Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-08


"That has no rcr1"n' ." ''1 ms
going ort," A-lho0v hua q
although sornn o. hi7 iae1n0. &c
Hasn't it th"ash2 '.' N-@
every co9rectfro T1n's 't'
kins and EN- long before "
called a co, eI I7aa hin Hfr
The whole THINGS over An,1 :"
That trunks IN = rolica 81 -"
and they've onerod it-an5 1"r IA
ton mans daughter is hCh ~ ''a
bars as a suspicious character bcfn
this
ANTHONY Frv'e snowl turno' h'~"''
Cant you sec M peace'-' "'thnu
trying to smesh it by bah>i"r = 1T
OF rot like thar" he 'n'a17od
angrily. "Wilkins NUS h'v ne -ir'
inside her home by this tire nd"
'eWhy should you be peaceful and
happy when my homes wreckcd?"
Johnson Boiler asked holly.
1--WE will not discuss it out here
said his host, leading the way up
stairs again.
Disnally he trailed through the
door he had left so cheertu'lv a mo-
ment ago. johnson Boiler tra''od after
him even more dismally albeit with
some grim satisfaction at his altered
mien.
eve can sit down ''e-~ 80
now" he stated. 1--WE don't have to do
anything more than thai n
We can figure it all out. Either he
has had the trunk and Wilkins taken
In, or he's just determined that our
guilt is cinched. If tho former, all
creation knows by this time that
Daltons daughter was up to some
thing-Queer. II there's a general
alarm out for her, they'll recognize
her when she comes out of that trunk.
On the other hand. if Hitchfn has let
the trunk go, he's having warrants
sworn out by this time and they're
busting off the seats in the nearest
patrol wagon Either Dalton gets you
and probably me. too, or the police
Eet us. That's all that can happen
and"
"Stop!" Anthony barked. 81 don't
care a rap what happens. so long as
the girl is not laid open to suspicion.
and don't believe Hitchin or anybody
else is going to contrive that, once
Wilkins started to deliver the trunk.
That is my sole concern now--to
shield her!"
Having delivered which commend
able sentiment Anthony demonstrated
his entire calm by rising with nery-
GUS Jerk, by listening and finally by
striding to the door, which he opened.
He stepped back suddenly, for with
one soaring glance at him a woman
had passed.
< She was in the living room even
now, and smiling horribly at Johnson
Boiler. She was, in word, Johnson
Boilers wife, and her black eyes
snapped more ominously than before.
Don't touch mel" she was saying,
as Johnson Boiler approached with
hands outstretched. 1--WE come back
but only to tell you!'
ITO tell me that you've changed
your mind, little pigeon?' Johnson
Boiler cried brokenly. you're going
to let Pudy-wudgy-'
''Taugh!" said the lady, and from
her radiated the Spanish grandmother
and all the strain implied-blood lust,
vengeance! mo. I've come to tell
you that mean to make that woman's
name a scandal from one end of town
TO the other! Not some woman's
.name, but the womans name!"
'sBut-"
''How can I do it," laughed the diff.
1erent Mrs. Boiler. 1--WE found out
Who she Isl"
CHAPTER XIV.
Thick and Fast.
However faint the appeal it made
b Johnson Boiler, Anthony's state
0ent had been the literal truth his
sole concern just now was the shield
ing OF Mary Dalton.
More and more these last calmer
minutes, the CHASTITY aspect of the
case as viewed from the woman's
side had appealed to him. 1t is en-
tirely possible that little real mental
suffering had rendered Anthony Frv
less selfish and more considerate of
the rest Of the human race-Johnson
Boiler always excepted-than he had
been for many years.
Whatever the cause. the weight OF
his own guilt was bearing down hard
er and harder, and he was prenared to
90 to extreme lengths if necessary in
the way of keeping Mary's adventure
an eternal secret
But like many another plan and re
solve of this bedeviled night and
morning, the latest had been blasted
% flinders!
Beatrice Boiler standing there With
Mary's hat still c'utched t'eht ar'
partly broken, was not sm'''n- the
smile Of woman who fa1o'e| No"-
self on the right tra'', Shn s-rHn'
the smile Of one who knew ovnr'''
where she stood Fe- lips c~-'"6 no.
as she examined the worm tNo- bad
been her husband and she rcr2H7d
on the |.dFe of the "onto- t-h'e
~ nfortunate isn't = that vou @'1-'
pick some poor drah FROM 40
etreets?' she asked sienifc'n-l~ =
'trumphantly. TTnf0r-~nate for roG
and unfortunate for hr-'"
"Well this-well, this" jon -"
Boiler tried.
Don't talk TO me. nleose ua'' -
talk to you--oh. not f~- NJ soto ="
for your sake he sure. I Ao-'t 'row
how much real man NAV re III -
either Of you: not verv r~ch im,o-