The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-26

hon's face but he swung his Wcapon
ana Ieapcd forward The az hj gcrp-
II, at the base of the spine. anu irry
I,utrfcrt felt all CONSCIOUSNESS 80 ms
lower limbs leave him. Then the inrk
fell heavily upon him, "lUtrhln- aIm
,,v fine throat with feeble fingers. HE
.i,,r, bite of the an had caused CLah-
fart f. drop the pistol and rs his
LINES painted for release he fnMhl"d
oimIrSSly for il among the Blankets.
,Then ne remembered. lie slid Hand
M the clerks belt to the sheath anfe,
AMI they drew very close To each ether
in that last clinrh.
Percy Cuthfcrt felt his strength leave
him The lower portion Of his body
WINS useless The inert weight of
Weuthrrbee crushed him crushed him
and pinned him there like Il bear under
= trap. The cabin became fllrd with
, familiar odor. and he knew III" bread
70 he burning. Yet what dId Il mat
tort He would never need it. AID
rhcrc were all Of six cupfuls IF SUGAR
| =, the cache. If he had forrseer tAi5
no would not have been 50 SAVING M.
last several days. Would tar wind
,.4o ever move: It mi-ht Gwen be
yrnriI,., now. Why not: Had d. not
seen the sun today: lie "o3'i -' and
see. 30: il Wa Impossible e. move.
lie had not thought The 'le!t. s.. heavy
a man.
How quickly the cabin c,vea' The
ire must be out. The c"ld Wa '2rc-
ius, in. 1t must be below 1850 II
ready. and the ice creeping NJ HE in
side OF the door. He could not ~ee it,
hut his past experience enabled him
~ gauge its progress by HE cabins
1emperature. The lower hinge must
be white ere now. Would the tale or
this ever reach the world! How
vould his friends take it? They would
read it over their coffee, most likely,
and talk it over at the clubs. He could
see them very clearly. Poor old tuth-
fprtr' they murmured. Not such
bad sort of chap. after all. He
smiled at their eulogies and passed on
in search of a Turkish bath. 1t was
the same old crowd upon the streets.
Strange they did not notice his moose
hide moccaslns and tattcred Ger pan
socks. He would take cab, And
after the bath a shave would not he
bad. No; he would eat first. Steak and
rotatoes and green things how fresh
, if all was. And what was That!
t Squares of honey, streaming liquid am
her. But why did they bring so much!
Ha. ha, He could never eat ii all
? Shine? Why. certainly. He put his
, foot on the box. The bootblack looked
> curiously up at him. and he rcmem-
/ bercd his moose hide moccasins and
!; went away hastily.
2 Hank. The wind vane must be sure
2 " spinning. No; mere singing IN his
! ears. that was ala mere singing.
| The ice must have passed the latch by
now More likely the upper hinge was
) covered Between the moss chinked
Q roof poles little points of frost began
t TO appear. How slowly they grewl
: No not so slowly There was new
t one, and there another -two-three-
@ four-thcv were coming too fast to
/ count. There were two growing to-
e ccther. and thcre-a third had joined
r them. Why. there were no more spots!
= They had run together and formed a
i sheet
+ Wei. he would have company. IL
d Gabriel ever broke the silence of the
d north they would stand together, hand
g in hand before the great white throne
Y And God would judge them, God would
: Judge them.
y Then Percy Cuthfert closed his eyes
II and dropped off to sleep.