Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-04-21

fNW- l3nf yen iHuff reiHeinbtr
he's sick. Now eo.~
If he's Sick lei hin siny ii hpf
Sand have wet nurse Maye you ran
he that
The lids dropped halfway over her
gray eyes, and the slim finger curled
more tightly about the trigger. -Oh.
wish ! could shoot you. Bertr' she
said. She didn't whisper II. or hiss II.
or hurl It. or do any Of the things most
people are supposed 70 do IN moments
OF violent emotion. She simply said
Il. and her meaning was all the
clearer.
"iBui you can't. And I'll pound that
mIlk-sop OF yours to pJeiiy every time
see him. I'd ,hIpz. Snowblrd, that
you'd want man.
He started up the trail; and then
she did strange thing. aIIe's more Of
a man than you are. right now. Bert"
she told him. Hell prove II some
day" Then her arm went about Dams
neck and lifted his head upon her
breast; and IN Crnnston's plain sight.
she bent and kissed him. softly. on
the lips.
CrnnstOn's answer was nn oath. II
dripped from his lips. more poisonous.
more malicious than the venom Of q
snake. His features seemed 20 tight
en-. the dark Hips drew away from his
teeth. No words rouId have made
him such m effective answer as this
little action Of hers. And as he turned
40 the trail, tie called down 20 her
name--ihat most dreadful epithet
/ that foul tongues have always used
10 women held In greatest sc0rH.
Dan struggled IN her arms. The
| KISS on his lips. the Instant before.
bad DOT called him out Of HIS half
consciousness. II had scarcely seemed
real, rather Just m incident 10 a-blIss-
ful dream. But the weird called down
the TRAN shot out clear and vivid from
the silence, just ns physicians face
win fen leap from the darkness af-
ter ll.c ancsihesla. Something Infinite
i9y warm and tender was holding him.
pressing him back against o hOly place
that throbbed and gave him life and
strength. but-hg knew that this word
had 10 DO ANSWERED. And only actions
not other words. could be It's payment
An tie voices 81 bis body called 10
him 90 Ito stlll, buf the voices OF the
spirit fidso higher ncbier promplings
from which no man, 10 the glory Of
the breed from which he sprung, can
ever quite escape, were stronger yet
Tie turged upward. s3gainIng. But Nc
didn't even have the strength 10 break
the hold that tho soft arm bad about
bis neck.
"oh, n could only pun tho trig.
gerFv she was crying III | could
only kln him
sI.et me-" he plended. "GIvc me
the pistol. I'll kIil him"
And he would. There waa no finch
ine In the gray eyes that looked az
10 her. She leaned forward. as Il e
pnt tho weapon III hts hands, but nj
once drew II back. And then single
sob caught NJ her throat. An Instant
later they heard crnnston's laughiei
NJ he vanished around the tnrn Of ths
irnil.
For tong minutes tho two o. them
) we're sim. TIE gin stu held ne mans
head upon her breast Tho pistol hat
fallen III tho Pine needles. and he'
nervous hand plncked strangely NJ Tho
} leaves Of mountain flower. TO Dams
eyes, there was something traneelike
hint II paralysis and insenslbliitS
about her posture. He had never srcr
her eyes IKE thia Tho light that b.
hnd nlwnya beheid 81 them had wan
lshed. Their utter darkness atartlet
him.
Tie rat up straight, and her arm thai
had been about HE neck felt o. be-
side. he took her hand ARMY In his
ana their eyes met.
1--WE must SO botnc, snowbird," ~
told her simply. I'm not 80 badll
hurt but ihas l can make T."
she nodded; but otherwise scnreel
ecemed 20 hear. Her eyes sim nawe'
with darkness And then, before ht
own eyes their dark papila began z
contract. The hand be held allied an'
: thrabbsd with life. and tae finger
closed around hts. she leaned towar'
bin.
-Lls;cn, DAM she said quickly
sYou heard didn't you--tho last ohio
that 10 RsidY
u couldn't help bus hear. Snow
bird
! Tier other hand sought for hl'
/, Then n You heard payment must b
/, made. You see what mean. Oar
] Maybe you can't zee, knowing the girl
I lhat live on tie plains You were u
cause 0f his saying II and 300 mus
!. anEwar--"
II seemer 70 nau that some atef
|. code of the hills, nnwrisien except =
tho henrts of their children. inexornhl
as night. was speaking through be
!. lips. This was 10 personal thing.
some din, half-understopd way.
! went back 70 the hasic code Of M
People must eight their own fEh,l
up here" she told him. ~'rhe law
I ~ the courts thnf The plains peopl
ran appeal 10 nre all too far awnl
: There's 40 ono that cnn do ~. excef
: you. Not my faihrr. Ny father can
!, night your bptiiea here. II your homo
2 Is going 10 stand. rs up 10 you. DnI
= You can't pretend TINT you didn't hen
! him. Such rs sou are. weak and SIC
: 70 be beaten to pulp IN two minute
you alone viii hnye to make him ~
8 swer for II. I came to your Rld-an
q now you must come 70 mine.~
Tier fingers no longer clnsped b
: strength had como hack 20 him, nn
+ his fingers closed down until the bioO
e went out Of hers. but size was who'll
+ unconscious Of the pain. IN renlIt
q she was conscious 0f nothing excel