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

cost button. His eyes bHnked 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 10
your credit-Tn say that for you. If
it was TO your credit. even If they be
Heve you guilty of killing Errls Boyne,
they'd touch you lightly. All, in the
name Of the mother you loved, l 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-becdGse l hold my
peace. To speak would be to hurt
some one l loye-aye. to hurt some
one l love with all my soul"
And you won't speak to save me
your father-because you don't love
me with all your soul! Is that it?"
asked Miles Calhoun.
It's different-it's different"
All. it's a woman -
Never mind Mhat it is. / 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"
Dyck's face was submerged in color.
Father" said he, ION my honor
wouldn't hurt you If l could help It,
but I'll not ted 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, l 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 thatl spoil the making of
your life; and you do it because you
think you'll spare somebody. Wen,
| 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"
i have never shamed you. Miles
Calhoun" replied his son sharply.
AS the ancients said, ais volat pro
priis-I will fly with my own wings.
Come veal, come woe. come dark.
come light, I have fixed my mind. and
nothing shall change it. You loved
my mother bette. than the rest of the
world. You would have thought it no
shame to have said so to your own
father Wen, / say 1t to Youth
stand by what my conscience and
my soul have dictated to me. You
can me a dreamer. Let il 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 |. If I'm
to walk the hills no more on the es-
tate where you are master, let it be
I ~. 3 iAtt y Z iAV AtttA 4 want AD AdA NA q
If it is to be prison, then it 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 Wen, l will suffer, fearlessly
II helplessly, but I win not break the
oath which | have taken. And so
win not DO it--never- never -neyer!"
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 a moment Dyck stood silent
absorbed, His face looked piuched.