The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-15

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'"H' " ldeais and to hones,v M.
rrSthing worth willie in -.
Vi all temptations. To think o, IT,.
gong IN for this sort Of thin, =.
"aS nad enough for Agnes to h. =, =.
out lor Tom, too She f.I, na
dreadfully hurt. "ur''
Tom. how could youT. s,o
now could you:' eA
IL seemed 10 Agnes that Ton,
aoashed. But he gazed at bar s.na '.su
nevertheless. ' Steaoiiy
s.,, ~ can't be so terribly bad" b.
'a'' or-you wouldn't be doing II"
agnes put her hand I'd TO he, 700.
a. 'his az though to ward of 49,
ohe really felt almost as thoro,, nv
mao struck her. Certainly he had bnr,
ner, ana yet she really deserved :,
Undoubtedly she was the csusa -.
ION getting into this. u
lhey tell me you're In love u,.,
Eootiegger," said Tom. az, ,b.,,s =,
eore Oh man who can win your love
tneh me Tor 1t. 1 can bootleg "a vol,
az any one else. And you know IA
anything" ALMOST
Agnes retreated swiftly to her ~,
enc simply couldn't speak. How Tom,
words brought the whole s,.ra,,o,
nome 10 her. Was she really IN Iovo
with a bootlegger? Or had she hsar
swept on her feet by the easy monev
me excitement, the lure OF Jobn
uleehieafs skilled wooing?
Without another word Agnes c-or,o.
into her car and started furlouslv dow
the road. "A
quite suddenly she had come n .
cecision. She knew now lust whs,.
she stood, Just what she was going "a
90. Just what sort of future l,fe Oh.
was going to lead.
AS she sped down the road oh.
turned and looked back. Tom vo.
Following close behind her. A grim
set look came into her face "a shs
made this discovery.
A mile she sped down the road
then another mile and hal-.m,I.
further before she stopped with a
rafting Of the cars brake-bands NJ.
rectly In the middle of a concrete
bridge over little stream. As she
stopped she saw Tom draw I'm no.
| side her.
Without looking at Tom. Agnes
1erked the six cases Of liquor from
the tonneau Of her car Then, quickly,
efficiently, she threw each bottle over
the bridge to the rocks In the river
below, where each bottle smashed 70
bits as it fell. When she had fin.
ished with this she dumped the cases
themselves over the bridge into the
water.
Then she turned magically to Tom.
I'm through with it-all through"
she cried. I'm going to turn over
every cent I've made by bootleggins to
the government
| "a hiotHoAl BIC siOpptu dS an ID
finite sorrow came into her face.
"Oh, Tom," she cried. I'm sorry
so terribly sorry you've skidded I
never loved Greenleaf-I can see that
now. II was simply infatuation. And
l could never, never love a man who
wasn't perfectly square and honest
and uprght,'
To Agnes's great surprise q smile
came to Toms face at this.
Il knew It," exulted Tom. Il knew
you were o. X. at heart even If you
did make a mistake. l knew you
couldn't love man who was law.
breaker So. look"
From the car Tom jerked one Of the
booze cases, Quickly he broke one Of
the bottles on the bridge.
Smell III Taste it," he cried.
"Colored water. That's all 1t Is.
There's no booze in my car. I'm not
a bootlegger. l filed up the car with
this fake stuff to wake you up. And
l did-thank heaven"
For Just a moment Agnes gazed at
Ten In anazement. Then a great Joy
rushed into her heart. She flew Into
his arms.
Tom was still square and honest and
upright-the one man she really loved
the only kind Of man she could love!