Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-06-26

you say IL, not i.
"Now you're lodging. neighbor. You
think H."
IF 30, do I think more than the
TRUTH Your actions convict you"
$50 you think. Isn't II just possible
you don't understand themY' There
was the faintest hint Of derlsion in
his polite inquiry,
A light flashed In her dusky eyes, a
shining hope newborn In her eager
heart. Are you telling me that you
are innocentf"
you've been thinking me guilty,
then" he countered swiftly.
what else could I thinkf"
"You might have waited TO hear the
defense"
ar you had stayed to make one, but
you ran away"
How do you know didf'
"You were gone when the officers
reached your camp"
His smile was grim and his voice
defiant. There was a man up in the
hills I wanted TO see In a hurry"
BY the look In her eyes Il was as II
he had struck her. With fine contempt
her answer came. "was there another
man up there In the rocks Just now
that you had to see until the deputy
HAnyhow, there was young woman
down by the banks OF Sunbeam I
wanted to see after he was gone" the
fugitive claimed boldly.
A faint angry flush glowed delicate
" beneath the olive OF her cheeks.
EMISSIONS nothing but evasions"
She turned away. sick at heart. He
had treated with fiippancy the chance
she had given him. Would an limo
cent man have done thatf
Swift as an arrow his hand shot out
caught her shoulder. and held her firm
ly. The eyes that lifted to his famed
with proud resentment.
I'm not going to let you 40 like
this. Don't think It."
"Sir."
you'll do me Justice first" His
hand dropped from her shoulder. but
the masterful look Of him stayed her
steps. you'll tell me what evidence
you've got against me-"
Again an insurgent hope warmed
her heart. Wild he might be. but
surely no criminal--if there was any
truth In faces.
What she had heard against him she
told. "The robbers were riding horses
like yours. You left the fair grounds
early. When you passed us on the roat
you were anxious about something
You looked back two or three times
Both you and Mr.. Golfer showed 20,
were In hurry Then you ran ava,
before the sheriff reached your camp
Does an innocent man do thatf" Sh'
put her question as an accusation, bu
IN the voice was a little tremble that
asked to be refuted.
Sometimes he does. Now listen Ia
me- The horses ridden by the rob
bers were Golfers and mine. We Ger
tainly were worried about the time
we met you. And we did break camp
In hurry 30 as TO miss the sheriff
Does this prove me guiltyr
She brushed away the soft waves OF
dark hair that had fallen over her fore
head In little escaping tendrils. The
fearless level eyes Of the outdoors
west were looking straight at her.
II don't know. Does 1T"
sven say this evidence had piled
up against Captain Kilmeny lnstea,
OF against me. Would you have be
lieved him guiltyf"
"No. He couldn't have done H."
ION the same evidence you woui,
acquit him and condemn me. Is tina
fairf"
II have known him for years-hl
standards. his ways OF thinking. Al
his life he has schooled himself 4
run a straight course"
"whereas -" lie waited. the sal
donic frosty smile on his lean stron
face.
Moya knew that the fiutter Of he
pulses was telling tales In the pin
Of her cheeks Il don't know you"
I'm only a workingman. and a
American at that-so II follows tina
I must be a criminal" he answere
with a touch Of bitterness
Mono! But you're-dineren
There's something untamed about yol
don't quite know how to put it-a
II you had been brought up withcu
restraints as II you didn't care muc
for law"
"why should II Law is q weapo
to bolster up the rich and keep dow
the poor" he flung back with an aci
smile. hut there's law and Law
Even In our class we have our stant
ards. such 40 they are
snow tr you that isn't fair Oh
told him quietly. "You know I near
nothing like that. The point is tbs
! don't know what your standards ar,
Law doesn't mean SO much TO peopl
here. Your blood runs freer, lie,