Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-05-15


In her chair, her eyes glowing. Der lin
parted. reJuvenated. dehumanIzec
Francis immediate companion. how
ever. surprised him. Her eyes wen
fixed intentIy upon Sir Timofhy's sh,
seemed TO have been weighing ever,
word he had spoken. There was non,
Of that hungry pleasure In her fac.
which sh0ne from the other womant
and was reflected In the faces Of many
% the others She seemed 20 be brac
Irg herself for q shock. Sir Timothy
looked toward the door which opened
upon the sanded space.
You can bring your men along" be
directed.
One Of the attendants promptly made
/ his appearance. He was holding tight
~ by the arm a man Of apparently
thirty years Of age. shabbily 'ressed.
barefooted. without collar or necktie,
with q mass Of black hair which
looked as though Il had escaped the
care OF any barber for many weeks
His complexion wag salIow he had
high cheekbOnes and O Fecedlng chin,
which gave him rather the appearance
Of fox. He shrank a little from the
lights as though they hurt. bis eyes.
and all the time he looked furtiveIy
back TO the door. through which In q
moment or two his rival was presently
escorted. The latter was a young man
OF stockier build. lIl-eonditioned. and
with the brutal face OF the lowest Of
hts class. Two of his front teeth
were missing. and there was a livld
mark on the side Of his cheek. He
looked neither to the right nor to the
left. His eyes were fixed upon the
other man. and they looked death.
The gentleman who frst appeared
Sin Timothy observed. stepping up into
the sanded space but still half facing
the audience, rs Giuseppe. the Lotha-
rio Of this little act. The other IL
Jim, the wronged husband You know
their story. Now. Jim" he added.
farming toward the Englishman. II put
Ia your trousers pocket those notes.
two hundred pounds, yeu will per
eeive. I place In the trousers pocket |
Of Giuseppe here notes to the same /
amounf I understand you have
lsssle quarrel to fight out. The one
NAo wins will naturally help himself
10 the others money. together with
that other little reward which / imag-
Ine was the first cause Of your quarrel.
Now let them 60"
Sir Timothy resumed his seat and
eaned back in leisurely fashion. The
Two attendants solemnly released their
,aptives. There was moments In
-ense silence. The two men seemed
'encing for position. There was some
hing steafthy and horrible about their
as they crept around one
mother. Francis realized what 1t was
almost as the little sohhlng breath
rom those of the audience who stiIl
'etained any emotion. showed him that
hey. too. foresaw what WIS going to
Happen. Both men had drawn knives
rom their belts II was murder which
lad been Iet loose.
Francis found himself almost Immedl-
tely upon his feet His whole being
eemed CRYING OUT for lnterference
.adys Cynthia's death-white face and
Heading eyes aeemed like the echo OF
ls own passionate aversion 20 whal
ras taking place. Then he met Sir
gaze across the room and he
emembered his promise. Under no
ondltions WIS he to protest or inter.
ere. He set his teeth and resumed
Is seat. The fight went on. There
ERE little aObs and tremors OF excite
tent. strange banks o. silence. Both
len seemed out OF condition. The
1und OF their hoarse breathing was {
asiiy heard against the curtain OF
oellbound silence. For time their
hives stabbed the empty cir. but I
'om the FIRST the end seemed certain. {
he Englishman attacked wildly His I
iversaFy waited bis time, content Z
lth avoiding the murderous blOws I
ruck at him. striving All the time TO
eml underneath the Others guard {
I'D then. almost without warning. Il 8
as all over, Jim was on his back {
q crnmpIed heap. There was hor- O
~ #ft4& &ftsA2 avs <o2-s ttN S&Attt s
an was kneeling By his side, hate. Il
airing out Of ais eyes. guiding all the
ne the rising and falling OF his 8
lEfa. There was one more Shrek 5
"a sllenceoniy the sound Of ehe d
ckors breathing as be rose slowly Il
aan hia CHASTITY task. Sir Timothy e
81 20 bis feet and waved bis hand d
" curtain went down. d
~Om deck. IL you please ladies and 0
nflemen.r be said caImly. e
no one stirred. A woman began to 8
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Ins. Two other Of the guests near II
sssen frona their sesRa asa we're
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