Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-09-10

coat button. His eyes blinked hard
You don't see" he continued, the
one thing that's plain to my eyes. and
its this-that your only chance Of
escape is to tell the truth about the
quarrel. If the truth were told, what
ever it is, l believe it would be to
your credit-Tll say that for you. If
it was to your credit. even if they be
lieve you guilty of killing Errls Boyne.
they'd touch you lightly. All. in the
name OF the mother you loved. / ask
you to tell the truth about the quar-
rel In the name of Cod"
Don't speak to me like that," in
terrupted Dyck, with emotion. I've
thought of all those things. l hold
my peace because-becduse | hold my
peace. TO speak would be TO hurt
some one l love-aye to hurt some
one l love with all my soul"
And you won't speak to save ne
your father-because you don't love
me with all your soull Is that itf'
asked Miles Calhoun.
It's different-its different"
All. it's a woman -
Never mind Nhat ii is. l will not
tell. There are things more shameful
than death"
Yes" snarled the old man. "Rath-
er than save yourself. you bring
dishonor upon him who gave you
BIRTH"
Dycks face was submerged in color
Father" said he. ION my honor |
wouldn't hurt you if l could help It,
but I'll not tell the world of the quar-
rel between that man and myself NV
silence may hurt you, but it would
hurt some one else far more If l told"
by God think you are some mad
dreamer slipped out of the ancient
fold Do you know where you are?
You're in jail. If you're found guilty,
you'll be sent to prison at least for
the years that'n spoil the making of
your life, and you do it because you
think you'l spare somebody. Well.
l ask you to spare me We've been
a rough race, we Calhouns; we've
done mad, bad things, perhaps, but
none has shamed us before the world
none but YOU"
Il have never shamed you. Miles
Calhoun" replied his son sharply.
"As the ancients said, alis volat pro-
priis-I will fly with my own wings.
Come veal, come woe. come dark.
come light, I have fixed my mind. and
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my mother better than the rest of the
world. You would have thought it no
shame to have said so TO your own
father. Wen, / say it to you'll
stand by what my conscience and
my soul have dictated to me. You
call me a dreamer Let it be SO.
I'm Irish; I'm a Celt. I've drunk
/ deep Of all that Ireland means. All
/ that's behind me is my own, back 10
the shadowy kings of Ireland, who lost
life and gave it because they believed
IN what they did. So will l. If I'm
to walk the hills no more on the es-
tate where you are master, let it be
SO. ! have no fear; I want no favor.
II it is to be prison. then ii shall be
prison. If it is to be shame. then let
it be shame These are days when
men must suffer if they make mis-
takes. Well, l will suffer. fearlessIy
If helplessly, but I will not break the
oath which | have taken. And so !
viii not do it-neyer-never- ~
But of one thing have YOU
thought?" asked his father you
will not tell the cause of the quarrel,
for the reason that you might hurt
somebody. If you don't tell the cause.
and you are condemned, won't that
hurt somebody even more?"
For moment Dyck stood silent,
absorbed, His face looked pinched.