The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-02-24

And II was TO you. beloved,
20 you, q woman OF such great soul,
mat ] could do this thing. -
should b. utterly wretched. ''' But
ln not" He spoke slowly and DELHI
erhtely. rs one having ample time and
with the dicti0n of earlier years. II
should be securing the valleys with a
troop OF men, hunting for our money
But I'm not II seems such a puny
Thing. us hardly worth the while-ex.
cept for the happiness IL might bring
10 you, and Beuiah." 80
When they returned to the house II
was almost evening, and they found
the doctor from town busy over Allan.
Would have killed nine men out Of
ten" he told Harris. quite frankly
but this boy Is the tenth. He's bad
iy hurt. but he'll pull through. II we
can arrest any Infection. His consti.
tuition and his clean blood will save
him"
Before the doctor left Arthur In
quired " the police had any further
details Of the crime. Harris appeared
to have lost interest In everything ex-
cept the members OF his family.
quite s,mystery." said the doctor.
81 understand one ~ the robbers was
shot, and ! will go on up from here TO
make an examination. AS coroner. To
morrow the police will bring out a
jury. and a formal verdict will be re-
10 arsh xrtlI al
be undertaken 10 recover the money.
as I understand that you"-turning TO
Harris-"mffered heavy financial
toss In addition To the injury TO your
son. or course, Il Is impossible TO say
how many took part In the affair but
II Is not likely the outlaws numbered
more than two. in which case they are
both accounted for The one captured
had no money 10 speak of In his pos
session. but he may have cached II
somewhere. and when he sees the rope
before him II will be likely to make
him talh. They seem to have pref
~ straight case against him. Not only
was he captured practically In the act,
hut they have another important clue.
lie owns up to his name frankly
enough. and Il seems the revolver
found on the scene Of the crime had
his initials. J Tim Travers. cut
In the grip. In fact. he admits the re
volver is what's wrong. Miss Har
ris1 Are you M"
Beuiah's breath had stopped AT the
mention OF Travers name, and she
staggered to a chair. Harris. too was
overcome
I'VE knew him down east" Beulah
exclaimed, when she had somewhat re.
covered her composurc. II could not
have thought Il possible"
II didn't think he would have car
ried II that far" said Harris, at length
speaking very slowly and sadly
Jim. Jim. you've made n worse mis-
take than mine"
Mary learned OF the disclosure in
few minutes. and followed Beulah up
stairs.
You poor child !" she cried, as she
overlook her daughter.
ITS not me-" she shot back. "Its
Jim. lie must be saved. some way.
It's Impossible 10 think won't think
n. no matter what they sayl Let
them find what they like! But
he's in a hole, and we've got to get
him out"
Tn. mother shook her head with
some recolleCtoA Of the blindness OF
love And yet her own heart refused
10 accept any idea OF guilt on the part
Of Trnvers
II want tn be alone. mother" said
Beulah. II want to he alone. TO think.
I'm going down by the river"
As she strobe rapidly through the
paths In the cottonwoods the girl
gradually became conscious OF one
dominating Impulse In her maze OF
emotions She must see Jim. She
must see him AZ once. She must see
him alone. There were things 10 he
said that Reeded-that admltted-no
witness She knew that Arthurs or
one Of the men would willingly ride TO
town for her. or with her. bat this was
q task for her alone. They must know
nothing until Il was over.
Outwardly calm but lnwardly burn |
ing with impotence, she returned TO |
the house and went through the form |
Of eating supper. Then she dallied |
through the evening. giving her at |
tentioa 20 Allan until all the house
hold. except her mother. had gone to
he'd.
II will watch with Allan tonight"
her mother said. "You need rest more
than I do Lie down In my room and
try 20 get some sleep"
Her mother kissed her. and Beulah
went to her room. But not to sleep
When silence filled all the house she
slipped gently down the stairs, through
the front yard. and into the corral
Fortunately her horse had been sta
bled She hsrnessed him with some
difficuity In the darkness. and threw
herself into the saddle. For 100 yards
she walked him: then she drew him
OF the hard road on to the grass and
loosed him into q trot. Half a mile
from the house she was swinging at
hard galiop down the dark valley.
Aors than aaca evan the SIRE footed