The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-08-04

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"Well. MIR Be~yrrs o~n reputation
isn't ID. best" size res0rsed. llsttle'i
thar shn Yves foreed 10 chAmpios VII
ton. "Yoa know Mr. c~rruthers has
az Interest 10 joe Bostosks hSe. of
eOurss, Tom Bowysr would try to st
ycu against them r
TIE fast@s face grew purple With
rage be ehoksd for uttersnes.
! 4 ken the whess scheme weel !" be
shouted WHEN yoa wsnt TO wlnni-
peg you got In thick With Kitty Boo
,osk. and never matt cones 10 DO,
there's q letter from her She aud
Joe are giving TO ~, ycu there. 20 leave
me here slons, Aye. ! read that letter
the woman write you, telling you that
your life vas wasted here. hen what
the ward Ia. ! learned II one nlght
! Ia TafosstsA. years aga ADds marx 'lsars
70 rather sas ye lying dead at ny
feet han the pssihins Of man IKE
VIII CarruthersI"
That had been the burden Of his re-
breaches ever since Tom Bo~!ers
visit the autumn before
I hosyer bad poisoned bis mind
ags.nA Wilton Molly vas sure q
that She Suspected that bowyer had
some bold over her faihcr She knew
that, yeas before lie bad sscured him
hts position><Aih The c'rnpany. As I,
/ Aesltess, - b N,a1,s=ss, = raea lnaa.,
for ,rainlag-scots for The service
bad beco,Ds trpshttaa In Nrtb.
Britain since thea days Of McKous!s
And the company dqss not pick its
employees on, % the Highways and
/ byWays
Molly had known Tom Bowyer since
| childhood. although bis yis,,s 70
the trading past had oerurred not
otteuet THAI once 10 two or three
sears SHE had heard much 10 his dts
cr.di, In winnipeg and bad verified Il
when he spent day or two q, the
portage In october nowyrr saw big
ger game 10 prospect than the moose
and as beGnnlns. resolved TO nd
htmself N possible Wilton,
Muly had spoken wvll ~ him. aud
Bower WAS kccn rvader Of mind
When The storm u her fathers rase
bad passed The slrl went down and
stood taisetutly 10 The deorway Ills
Insane UuthUrets Rcre driving her to
The very course he feared Only his
Illness kept her tro.u going away She
looked out, her mind In a turmoil ~
Doubt
Big Musseg was az It's loneliest The
guile was lravin. the snow before II 10
clouds Ike spray, ard the wsnd howied
through The gap tn The bluffs A the
arl stood thrr~ she f1ncie5 that she
heard cry come across the frozen
swamp
She SLIPPED M the hooded coat
which she hsi left IN the store. and
went slowly toward the portage lis
tening tutenHy The driving ~tnd had
swept a portion 81 The troiien rad
clear ~ The fallen sii1r, In this, near
the rdse ot the muskcg, she saw the
imprint ~ mans snowshoe coming
frum the swamp Her eyes, trained 10
observation. detected instantly tina;
thcrv had betu l,oss s,rtng under
the ball a. The foot, which had tralled.
leaving IN ohliGue blur scross the
lmprVssicn
Therc Ne. the one Imprint. and no
more Ard as She hooked at II. q gust
~ atnd drove a cloud of snow ever u.
nhh'stsrtSlns 4 Molly .s,e2i ne. Tie
discovery. which seemed ~ no impor-
tsuee. passed fr,an her mind Again
she listened
Then, with the uncomfortable feel.
ing that ste was being watched, she
started ard peeve3 into the under'
HrpSh patriot A-aas eyes watched
her They wcre these ~ Jules thc
half wttfed deafmpte For The mo.
urnt Molly was startled Then she
s,eppsd forward. aGj The MaSkeEou
varlsbed sounilcssly ansons the under
brush,
As he girl st~o.i there she thought
she heard the cry a0ce mare. Al once
she was running down 70 The eige q
me spaup aud, staats2k her graaad
WITH a,Gjculty TO ,he Hesee gale. she
lter.a 1ut, saaltering her eyes with
her band
Then. tir,ly out X the whsrlius
snow size saw a fssre stumbling 10
ward her. Gearing no tts shoulder
slr,s,h,ns ;Aat locked like railroad
s.t~ter
Sometimes ~ vsnlsa~t, freus her
sight In the circular wsiri ~ ssest
AZ others rsspyeafed, Stumbling into
the d7tsts hut ever Gearing her, II
Was within twenty ave fewt II her
When Il aipgrNd sri there followed
'ae crash u me ro,fer srs hersath rs
sess Ire tsurs erots through the
sushy aver into TIE rnaskeg below.
THUS W,!trr CsrrRtSs-s came 10 the
pS--ssr .cs the 'ourTS ;irs Ard 10
tbs tsNsstau ~ was saves, ~ the aeHd
ram. fay wh}v@ tt.!aEs ,.~sy be- tsd
rissed aa can ife Far, az he .vgi.
s,lit t{ptcsfas ~ $ Aat ~ b0re the
s'i~en@d t-a SO 1gt ofs- tho sR
Areees sgrtso~ arr hslt eIal bead snG
tArpst shevs ,a~ l.,x
In aaerg~ct Ne-r wss -vn-yrs 10
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