The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-08
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bring l.smscli to a serious considera-
ton 81 anything except his own in
jurics. They exchanged evil glanccs,
they ,eane. into direct, verbal: contact
only seldom, and when they: did it
was &c clash as flint upon steel. No
statement OF the one Was sufficiently
conservative, sufficiently broad. to
escape a sheer and an immediate. re-
futation, from the other. Evidently
the rift was deep, and was widening
rapidly. :
Now the injured husband himself
had often applied even more dispar-
aging terms to the lady in question,
therefore tho visitors were puzzled
at his show of rabid resentment. tho
most they could make out of it was
that he claimed the right Of dispar-
ageipcnt as, a personal and exclusive
privilege, and considered dctraction
out of the lips of another. a trespass
upon his intimate private affairs, an
aspcrsion and an insult The wife
of a mans bosom, he avcrred, was
sacred; any creature who breathed
disrespcct Of her into the ears of her
husband was. lower than hole in
the ground and lacked the first quail
ihcations. OF a friend, a gentleman, or
4 citizen.
Jerry, on the other hand, would not
look at tire matter in this light.
Tom had called the. woman "hel-.
hon.. therefore lie was privileged to
90 the same. and any denial Of that
privilege was All iniquitous encroacl,-
'nent upon his sacred rights. Those,
rights he. proposed to safeguard. to
hight tor if necessary. He would
she'd his, last drop Of blood in their
defense. No cantankcrous old
crouch. could refuse him free spcccl,
and get away with it.
You're not really mad at each
other" Rouletta told them.
"1nt wc?' they hoarscly Choir
used.
She shook her head. you need
a. change, that's all. As matter OF
fact, Your deyotion TO each other is
abont the most beautiful, the most
thing know. YOU! lay
down Your lives for each ether;
you're like ran and wife, and we'll
Vol, know it,"
Who: t's'' Icrry was aghas,.
Which, ono OF us is the woman? /
been insulted by experts, but none
Of ON ever called me Mrs. Linton
She was a tough customer, 4 rcgu-
lar l;c!lion--"
Hes off again. Tom growled.
Me lay down NY life. for a squawk-
ing. parrot! He'll repeat that, pet
word tor the rest Of time ii !! don't
wiring his neck"
~ ebbe SO yo,, LAX hear bout some
other fellcr's trouble" 'Polcon broke
in. automatically. Wal, ma sr,v
she's come 10 you for help, .quccck."
Both old men ;iteca,nc INSTANTLY
alert: :Aou in trenklc?''. Io,n &c.
manded of the girl "NNho's beer
hurting YOU, Id like TO know"
Jerry. too. leaned forward, and III
to his widening eyes came a stormy
look. "S,rc! Has one Of them
crawlin worms got frcsl, with YOU,
Lefty: Say" re reached up and
removed his six-sllootcr from its nail
over his bed.
Ro,Ilctta set them Upon the right
track. Swiftly but earnestly she re-
cited the nature apd the circulnstau-
ccs OF the misfortune that had over
taken Pierce Phillips, and Of the
fr,,itless efforts his friends we're
in his behalf. She concluded
by asking her hearers to so his bail.
why, sure!" Linton exclaimed.
witt, manifest relief. That's easy.
I'll so it, if they'll take me-"
There you arc. hoggin' the cur
tain. as usual" Jerry protested. I'll
go his bail myself. l got him in
trouble at Sheep Camp. l ow,
him"
1--we known tie boy longer thar
YOU have. Besides, I'm family
man: | know tho anguish Of a par
cnt's heart" 49,. :.
Lay off that family stuff"
howled Mr.. Quirk. You know j,
rifles me. l could Of had AS much
of a, family as you had if Id wanted
to-, You'd think it. give you some,
sort of privilege. Why. ever since
We set up with Lefty you've assumed
a fatherly air even to her, and you
act like ] was plumb outsider.
Iou, remind me of a lcn-scttir1' on
every loose door-knob you find"
IF you'd Law off the family SUBJ
jcct we'd get along better
Once again the fray was on; it
ragged Internationally throughout the
evening ;sit did not die out until bed
time put an end to it.
Ro,Iletta and her three companions
were late III reaching town on tho
following day, for they awakened TO
find q storm raging. and in consc-
quencc. the trails were heavy Out Of
this white smother they plodded just
as the lights Of Dawson were begin
ming to CLEAN. Leaving the men at
the Barracks. the girl proceeded to
her hotel. She had changed out of
her trail clothes and was upon the
point Of hurrying downtown to her
work when she encountered Hilda
Courtean.
Where III the world have you
been :" the latter INQUIRED. ~
Nowhere, in the. world Ro,l,
letta smiled. '1've been quite out OF
it, Then she told Of her and Pol.
cons trip to the mines and of their
success. Pierce will be at liberty
inside of an illour," she declared.
We'll. I've learned the, truth"
Rouletta started; eagerly she
clutched at the elder woman
What? You mean--??" -
Eyes. wrung it out of Courteau
He confessed"
1T svasta frame-up-a plot? 81.
Exactly, But don't set Iyste5ieal
Tn the one, to, do, that. WHAT
night, what day, I've put in " The
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