The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-12
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CHAPTER XIV
When ne came out I said TO
Judy. Does Angel know you We
been married? ,"
No"
Why not7'
What difference does II make ;"
she said. You don't understand
about Angel and me-"
I sure didn't.
Shortly before Commencement a
bunch Of Chi Rho Gamma alumni
came over for a weekend confer
ence; something to do with new
wing on Rogues Hall. There was
little dinner party at my out
door oven. An undergrad commit
tee was there, and Maurie Sears
as chapter counsellor. and Loren
Oliver because he was on the fac
ulty buildings committee At the
end of the dinner they invited
Judy and me over for coffee and
a drink.
At first she baked. but I was
for anything that would get her
back into circulation. So we went
over, and she settled in quietly
and naturally beside Angel Todd.
Everything was sweet and love-
~ till a whiskery old gazabo who
looked as if he had been left over
from the class of 1910 brought up
the lynching.
There was one when I was in
college, too" he said. "Tamoay
Tree was green then"
Doc Oliver tried to shush him,
for Juddy had got white and
twitchy around the mouth. but the
old boob didn't get the point. He
hurbled along:
They say the Tree bears fruit
three times in every ownership"
Juddy gave sort of cry. Not
in mine she said. How could
anyone"
I tried TO switch the talk, but
Angel grabbed it. He put on that
eherub grin and said:
Ask Brother Sears"
Maurie Sears darkened up. Il
don't care for your choice OF
words, Todd" he said.
Juddy said to him: Il think it
was horrible of you to be there"
Poor Maurie looked as If she
had hit him. do you know what
the man had done, Cousin ,"
Don't tell her that" Doc SAID.
quick and sharp.
II hadn't intended to-" Sears
said. Being a northerner, you
don't"
NONSENSE" said Judy.
Button it up. pal" I said. 1
didn't like the way things were
shaping.
Angel did. It was right up his
alley. It's a pity there wasn't a
man on the place that night he
said. This time he was staring
straight at Doc Oliver.
What could one man do" l
said.
I'D like 10 have been there with
a few of the team Angel said.
Anderson and Ksrpak and zieg-
litz and Bones Smith"
"Oh, if only you had been!" This
from Judy.
What would you and your
young friends have done, Mr..
Todd ?" asked old Brother Whisk-
ers.
Angel laughed.
The old party had bristled up.
I'm afraid that Welliver would
have had to get a new football
team. Have you ever heard Of a
lynching being stopped in these
parts ?" He talked like he was de-
Tending a cherished institution.
Doc jumped in. Yes, / have.
This one was stopped by"-hs
smiled -" an aged man, two lads,
a narrow lane"
Shakespeare I said. Shoot.
Doc" l could feel the tension loos-
ening up.
Right here at Tambay," he
went on. Several years ago. There
had been particularly brutal
murder on one of the plantations.
There was no plain clew, but an
old Negro man had been seen put
tering about the place. He had
always been a harmless old fellow,
but when they caught and threat
ened him, he was too terrified to
explain what he'd been doing
there. Word reached a dinner
party that the old fellow was be-
ing taken to Tambay Tree. There
was an old gentleman there for
whom the Negro worked. He ex-
cused himself from the party. Two
other guests followed him, boys of
II or Is Their horses were out
side. They got to Tambay only
Just in time. They rode their horses
through the mob, took the rope
from the praying Negro's neck,
and faced around with their pis-