The Lamar register., 1922-03-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(Copuisht by Little. Brown s. CompanD
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her hand on the little animal.

her hand on the little animal.
'.Then he isn't yours" he retorted,
"and he can't be nnybody's but mine.
I thought was missing some lambs"
Polly's eyes filed with alarm. She
was trying to frame an argument In
favor OF herself and the creature she
loved
when you find thing dyin' I'm
creek. Oscar" she faltered at length
you eau luke hili. u.ne an love him,
now can't yOu:'
The mans loud guffaw brought
deep flush to the girls face. She
placed herself directly between him
and the lamb.
Hes mine," she Insisted. He'd
drowned sure If / hadn't jumped into
the drink an pulled him out"
Her words made the farmer certain
where the creature came from.
Dead or alive, he's miner he ex-
claimed.
Besides coveting the lamb, he hated
the squatter girls way OF fondllng ami
mails. When he got her. he deter
mined, he would take all OF that kind
of nonsense out of her
With one sweep of his mighty hand,
he thrust her aside. and. whipping out
his knife, he cut the rope that held
Nanny Hopkins to Polly's arm. Then,
In spite Of the girls frantic cries and
her desperate fighting against 1t, Os-
car picked up the lamb.
Pollyop screamed frantically. for
from the look on his evil face, she saw
Instantly what he intended to do. He
was going to kill Nannyopl Again she
few at him, but he was tall and strong
and held the lamb aloft In the air,
high out Of her reNch. With a rough
oath he pushed the girl from him so
roughly that she fell. When Polly
scrambled up. he had the lamb IN one
hand and 4 large stone In the other.
"Oscar!" she shrieked.
She dropped to her knees. clasped
Wee Jerry In her arms, and shrouded
his face and her own in her curls.
When she dared look up again, Oscar
had thrown the dead lamb on the
ground.
There" he gritted. ''thats to teach
you a lesson. Miss Poll Hopkins. And
now I'll open your eyes to something
else"
As he crossed to her. she tried to
struggle to her feet; but her legs were
weak, and she was sick over the Quiv-
ering body there In the road. In an
other minute Oscar had snatched her
Into his arms.
She shrieked again and again; and
Jerry's loud cries followed. as she
fought desperately with the burly
farmer.
Once out of sight of the Red Cross
poster and the little group In front OF
It, Percival checked his horse. Bay
Dexter shook his head and champed
his bit in disapproval. He was ac-
customed to mad. harum-scarum gal
lops, and he loved them; but this
morning. especially since the pause by
the fence corner, he had been com
PEELED to mog along like worn-out.
old nag.
His master was thinking. really and
seriously thinking. Happily born and
the heir to an immense fortune. his
way through life SO far had been
marked out Tor nln. lie nhu gone 10
war carelessly. In a mood Of hot pa
triotism and because 1t was the thing
to do. Over there he had done his
share and gained, especially from his
French comrades. an inkling Of life's
vital purpose He had decided that,
when he returned, he would do some
thing worth while. something to make
the world a little better because he
had lived In it
Now he was home; and almost the
first day had come to him this appeal.
He smiled ruefully at the recollection
Of Pollyop's plea. He had promised to
help the sQuattsrs. and he meant to do
1t. Suppose It did bring him into con-
fict with Marcus MacKenzisl He
knew how to fight. and . good fight
was not bad fun.
Family from the direction he had
ridden, the sound Of cries came to his
ears. Idly he wondered what the row
was. Some squatter man disciplining
his wife, he decided; but he could not
stand to have a woman beaten!
He vaulted Into the saddle and raced
back over the road. 1t was not long
before he located the place where the
screams came from Then Bay Dex-