Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-10-01

CT ucFii "iius Ut uiletIl, htTVeu as
Jesse Rickey's sole assistant In the
mechanical end of the Wigwam office,
looked up from his case rack as Sabra
entered
Its all right. Mis- Cravat got
the head all set~up like you said
Vice Gets Death Blow. Reign of
Scarlet Woman Ends. Judge Issues
Ban Even II Jesse don't-even II he
ain't-why. you and me can set up
the story this afternoon 30 we can
start the press goin' for Thursday.
We ain't been late with the paper yet.
have we?'
"Out on time every Thursday for
I'VE years" Sabra said, almost de-
nantly.
Suddenly. sharp and clear. Yancey's
voice calling her from the office porch,
from the front Office, from the print
shop doorway; urgent. perturbed.
"Sabra Sabra Sabra !"
He strode into the back shop. She
faced him. Instinctively she knew.
whats this about Dixie Lee?" His
newttrained eye leaped to the form.
He read the set-up head, upside down.
sxpertly. "When's this case come up?n
Nov"
who's defending her?'
Nobody In town would touch the
case They say she got 4 lawyer
from Denver. He didn't show up. He
knew better than to take her money"
''Prosecuting?'
pat Leary.'
Without a word he turned. She
caught him at the door, gripped his
arm. Where are you goings'
Court"
What for? What for?' But she
knew. She actually interposed her
body between him and the street door
then, as though physically to prevent
him from going. Her face was white
Her eyes stared, enormous
You can't take the case OF that
woman"
.'Why not r.
Because you can't. Because I've
been fighting her Because the Wig
wan has come out against all that she
stands for
why. Sabra, honey. where are you
thinking OF sending her.
Away Away from Usage
But where?r
i don't know. don't care. Things
have changed since you went away.
Went away and left me-"
"Nothing's changed. It's all the
same. Dixie's been stoned In the
market place for two thousand years
and more. Driving her out is not
going to do IT, You've got to drive
the devil out Of"
'Yancey Cravat, are You preaching
to me7 You who left your wife and
children to starve, for all you cared
And now you come back and you take
this creatures part against every re-
spectacle woman in Osage-against
me !"
II know It. ! can't help 1t, Sabra."
'I'll tell you what ] think" cried
Sabra--the Sabra Cravat who had
been evolved In the past I'VE years.
Il think you're crazy They've all
said SO. And now ] know they are
right"
Maybe So
If you dare to think of disgracing
me by defending her. And your chill
dren. I've fought her for months in
the paper miserable creature like
that Your own wife--a laughing
stockton al"
1.-THE territory's rotten. But, by
Cd, every citizens still got the legal
right to fight for exIstencei' He put
her gently aside,
She went mad. She became Wild
cat. She tried to hold him. She
beat herself against him. 1t was like
an Infatuated sparrow hurting itself
upon mastodon. III you dare Why
did you come back? hate you.
What's she to you? ! say you won't.
I'd rather see you dead. I'd kill you
first. That scum That filth! That
harlotl"
Her dignity was gone. He lifted
her. scratching. kicking, clawing, set
her gently down In the chair In front
of her desk The screen slammed.
His quick, light step across the porch,
down the stairs. Crumpled, tear
stained, wild as she was, and with her
hat on one side she reached auto
matically for her pencil, pad of
copy paper, and wrote a new head.
vice Again Triumphs Over Justice"
Then, with what composure she could
summon, she sped down the dusty road
to where the combination jail and
courthouse-a crude wooden building
sat broiling In the sun.
Because of the notoriety OF the d.
PENDANT the inadequate little court
room would have been crowded enough
In any case But the news OF Yam
cey's abrupt departure from the Sunny
Southwest saloon-and the reason for
it-had spread from house to house
through the little town with the rapid
ity OF forest fire leaping from tree
to tree. Mad Yancey Cravat's latest
freak. Men left their offices, their