Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1908 Page: 5 of 8
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1 As Harr; stood In tire cabin floor-,
way looking afterPrendergast toward
fits town, glistening far below'in tbe
morning sunlight, be thought bitterly
of his reception them--
“They all knew toe,” he thought
r fTEtery one knew me—on the street in
Che hotel. The; know me for what I
■hate been to them. Yet to merit is all-
a blank. What shameful deeds have I
done?” He shrank from memory now.;
-•"Whet was 1 doing so far away, where
was I fOteg flO the night whop I was
picked np beside the railroad trade? I
may be a drunkard,” few said to him-
•elf. “No, In the past month 1 have
%nB|rjbara. but not for the taste of the
•SajnSr. I may be a gambler, I may be
a cheat a thief. Yet how is It possible
for bed deeds to be blotted out and
leave no trace? Actions breed habit if
iMpif; fla not spring from it; and habit
automatically repeated becomes char-
acter. I feel no inherent propensity to
rob or defraud. SbtU I? Will these
M>tog» come beck to me If my memory
he was about to speak a knock dame
at the cabin door, and Prendergast
opened it .
- The visitor HarTy recognised in-
stantly. It. whs the man who had
called for fair play at the fight before
the saloon, who had drawn him into
the hotel' ; • . .. . ;A
.. Felder carried a bundle under his
arm. % He nodded cnrtly to - Prender-
gast and addressed himself to Harry.
“I am the bearer of a . gift fron
some one' ha the town.’* he Bald.;/ “I
feteve been asked to deliver this to
you.” He put' the bundle Into the
other’s hands.
Harry drew up one of the chairs
basely. “Please sit down;*’ he said
courteously.. He looked at the bundle
euriously. “Et eos dona ferentes.? b* 1
;Of IntBreat To Womefl* ;
To such women as are not seriously out
Of healths but who have exacting duties,
to perforA:either in the way of house-*
I h< Id cantesW in social duties and tone-
tid^^hivhVserioUsly tax their strength,
as\?eifa!S%*^ Dr, Pierce’S:
Favorite Pre&riptlch has proved a 'most
valuable supporting tonic and Invigorat-
ing nervine. By Itatltnely use. much
Serious sickness and suffering mav oe
^voided. The operating table Wnd the-
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seldom have to be employed tPthis most
valuifcbl^wornan^ remedy were reported*
to iu'goodthne. The " Favorite Prescrip-
tion" has proven a great boon to expectant
mothers by preparing the system for the
coming of haby» thereby rendering child-
birth safe, easy, and almost painless.
Bear in m i nd, please that Dir; Pierce’s'
Prendergast's oily manner whs .gone.
ttOW. His savage temper came- upper-
most . A''A/V's ■ '■ V'A
“I forgot you didn’t? know about
that,” he scoffedL “1 made a neat story
of it in the town. They’ve been gal*
bling about it ever since;’”
Harry caught his breath. As through
a mist he saw again that green habit
im tHe b®tel balcony—that face, that:
had haunted his waking Consciousness
It had not been Prendergast alone,
then, who had brOpght him here. And
her act of charity had been made, no •
doubt a thing for the tittering of the"
town, cheapened by Chatter, coarsened
by Joke! : • . ; AA' •
“I wonder if she’d done it if she’d
known all I know,” continued the. otb- ■
er malevolently, ‘Ton’d better go up
to the sanitarium. Hugh, and give her
a nice sweet.kiss for it(” '
A lust of rage rose In Harry’s throat.
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tneniilsidewas the nearest habitation mgr ne snouted, -ho ,
—the company’s flame disgorged its overtaken the horde f*
flood in the gulch beneath It—and bus- } The horse’s first fury of speed was
picion bad eventually pointed Ita way. tiring. The steel steed was creeping
The sudden ceasing of- the robberies closer. A thunder of hoofs in pursuit
with the disappearance of Hugh Stires would have maddened the flying asi-
had given focus to this suspicion, eml but the giidlng-thing that was
Favorite Prescription is not a; Secret or
patent medicine; against which the most
Intelligent -pebple pris naWrifly ^ .
averse, because.of*the uncertainty as to i.bnt he choked It down. His hand fell
their composition and harmlesscharacter, like iron on Pren- r
hut is a medicine or kxown com posi-
tion, a full list of all its ingredients hei ng
printed, in plain English, on every bottle-
wrapper. An examination of this, list of
Ingredients will-disclose the fact that'itls'
noil-alcoholic’ in its composition, chemic
may not be out of place to state that the
"Favorite Prescription” of .Dr. Pierce tsk
the ingredients of which, have the
i endorsement of all thfl. 1«»
said slowly, .* “A gift from some one | schools of practice, and tha» toe
. the only medicine put np for the cure of > too small for us
womans peculiar weaknesses and all: j t)w> trmi
. ments, ana sold through druggists, all
the ingredients of which have the ur
animous endorsement of all thk leading
—««--» writers- and teachers m aH tb«
tar tfern town!”
v A keen su
yer*s glance.
rprise flashed into the law?
s. :Wtae quotation Is clas*
m
. In the batife.that he fought now he
turned, even in his weakness, to man-
ual labor, striving to dull bis thought
wltb mechanical movement He clean-
ed and pot to rights both zooms and
£3brted their litter of odds and ends.
Jftat at times the tneftnatSan toescape
j became well nigh insupportable. When
the conflict was fiercest he would
think of s girl’s face once seen, and
' the thought would restrain him. Who
jras she? Why had her look pierced
through him? In that hateful ameer
that seemed so curiously alien eouM
If*,
did Mk ktaMr that she of whom
in the bitterest of those
mixnmx him; that on
the mountain she had
tev tbe Anob to look
m
as remedies, for the ailments for which
"Favorite Prescription " is recommended.
A little book of these endorsements will
be' sent' to any- address, post-paid, and
Absolutely free If you request skme by
postal card, hr letter, of Dr B V. pierce
Buffalo.. N.T. :■ ; .j ''-0•'
-Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation > the cause of
many diseases. Cure' the cause ano you
cure-the disease. •. Easy to take as candy*
dergast’s shoul-
der andr turned
himi forcibly to-
ward the open
door; His other
hand pointed, and
h is : suppressed
voice Said: ‘This
cabin has grown
he
to sOky his struggle by
+tt wu his exprrm iotih that / give the
yMbe to igm." : 'j
ste,” he said, “hot it need not apply
here.” He took the bundle, unwrapped
It and disclosed a bartered Violin. “Let
me explain,” he continued. “For the
owner of this yon fought a battle yea
terdfy. You tested its tone a little
tetasr. It >spTni;flBft you are a master
of the meet difficult of instmznenta.
There wae a time. I believe, whefl^diii
okl man was its mastm also^ He waa
|te «Adnctor 00' an
supper ti
J£?m
Prendergast
flbe candle n
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box, the dinted tea
over a crackling
(perspiring over the
.the last ntensfl. _ 1 '
looked the orderly into-
mem the threshold with a
amuaement ' “Almost
>at and lazily watched
cook the frugal evening meal,
my not volunteering,” he ob-
“You do It so nicely I*m al-
afrald You’ll have another attack
of that forgettery of youra and go back
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htasntta :he leaked at the honk.
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into tt. knelt devrn
arm into the empty
(It Be got np hastily. .**s
t!1f|at have you done with thatr he
“With what?” Harry turned hia head
as Im net two tin plates eta- tbe bare
Hfeta i ,-r' ' .
“With whit was under here.”
“Thece was nothing there hot an old
hocne skin,” said Hairy. “It is han^ng
en the slde of the cafeitaz”
. With an oath Prendergast flung open
the door and went outside. He re-en-
tered quickly with the white bide in
hfls arms. Wrapped tt in a blanket had
thrust it back under the bunk. y\
lNHu any one hem here today Since
won put it out there?” be ssked qnick-
“Na” said Hairy, surprised. “WtayT
' Prendergast ehuckled^ The chuckle
Skew to a guffaw, and he sat down,
tapping Us thigh Presently he went
te tbe wall, took the chamois akin big
from its hiding place snd poasred some
of its yellow contents into his pshn.
“That’s why. Do you semembor tfeiat
•hr
Harry looked at tt “Gold dust,” be
paid; T seem to recall that. I am
going to begin work in the trench to-
Worrow. There aheokl be more where
(that came fiom.^ ?
Ptsodergaat poured the gold buck
tpW the bag with n eutaning look. The
r<ths» had aatred flar no ehare of-it
At that moment be decided to aay
nothing af the evening before, of the
|gh9 or the horseback Journey, lest
lde brains, might re-
offered
San Frandsco. Drink and
.tbt devil finally brought him dow*-
For three years past he bm~ nv^Tm
Smoky lionntain. Nobody knows his
name. The town has always called
him ‘Old Deapm?/ You did him what
W perhaps the -first real kindness he
hm ever known at its bands. H# has
done the only thing be could to requite
V: ^
Harry had colored painfully as Fel-
der began to speak. His. voice was un-
steady as be answered:
“I appredate.lt 1 am deeply grateful;
but it is quite impossible that I accept
fefe* ';.
i Ton need not hesitate” said the
lawyer. “OifcPespalr needs It no long-
er. He died lest night In Devlin’s
dance hall, where he played when he
was sober enough for his lodging.: I
happened to be near by, and I AAStare
you it wss hie express wish that I give
the violin to you."
Rising, he held out his hand. “Good
night” he said. “I hope your memory
Will soon raton. The tnml ta much in-
. terested in your cMA” ; -
The flueh/-grew---deeper in Harry’s
cheek, though he saw there was noth-
ing ironical in the remark. “I scarcely
:hope.-W much,” be replied. “I am
learning that forgetfulness has its ad
vantages.”
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a halt
plenty more where that
from, all right” he said, “and
yen again how to get it one
dsya.”
—m little during the
When the table was cleared he
tut hia pipe and took from a shelf a
•board covered with - penciled figures
land scrutinised it
• “Hope you remember hew. to play
*eld sledge?”-be said.
Harry did net move. As they ate
[he had been wondering bow long he
fnould abide that sinister presence. Am
. HR little town bad been
unconsciously grateful
for its new sensation.
The return of Hugh
- Stires and his apparent
curious tranriformatmi
was the prime subject of conversation.
For a half year the place had known
bat One other event as startling That
eras the finding’ some months before
of s dead body—that of a comparative
stranger la the plece-“fbrust beneath
a thicket on Smoky mountain, en the
very claim which new held Prouder-
■ gwt aad lfls pertnar. - J; ■>
The “amen corner” ef the Mountain
Valley House had discussed the pros
and coos exhaustively- 'There were
many who. sneered at the loss of mem-
ory and took their cue from Devlin,
who, smarting from his humiliation
and- nursing vtaom. revamped suspi-
eftons wherever he showed his bettered
face. In his opinion Hugh Stires was
“playing a slick game.”V ^
“Your view is colored by your preju-
dices, Devlin,” said Felder. “He’s been
a blackleg in the past—granted. But
give the devil his due. As for the
other ugly tale, there’s no more evi-
dence against him than .there Is
against yon or me!”
“They didn’t find the body on my
ground,” had been the other’s surly
retort. *?and T didn’t clear out the day-
before either,” v
The ; phenomenon, however,. whether
credited or poohpoohed, was a draw-
ing card More than a. few found oc-
casion to climb the mountain by the
hillside trail that skirted the lonely
cabin. These as likely as not saw
Prendergast lounging in the doorway
smoking, while the yoauger.. man
worked, leading a trench along the
brow of the hill to bring the water
from its intake, which Harry’s qtaick
eye had seen. was practicable.
The spectacle of Hugh Stires, who
had been used to pass his days Jn the
Saloons and bis nights lh even lees be-
coming retorts, turned practical miner
added a touch of opera Pouffe to tbe
situation that to a degree modulated
the rigor of dlapndee. It was the con-
sensus of opinion that, the new Hugh
Btlres seemed vastly different from the
old; that |f he were “playlng a game”
it was a curious one.
On the onie side was a black record,
exemplified jn PrtandfCgast—ck>ndi£ lN-
famy, W shuddering abhorrence of Ms;
past self as he saw tt through the pttf-
Jkos )eue of public opinion; on tbe other
..tras s grim constancy of purpose, a pas-
sionate wish to reconstruct the warped
structure of life of whlqh he found
himself the tenant days of healthful,
peace taeplflzif toil, a woman’s face
that threaded hia every thought Aa he
wielded hia pick in. the trench or labo-
riously washed out the few glistening
grains that now were to mean his dai-
ly sustenance he turned often to gase
up the slope where, set in Its folfsge,
the glass roof of ttie sanitarium spar-
Ue^vsoftly throegh the Indian haze.
Strange that the sight should mysteri-
ously suggest the faro that haunted
Prendergast sew the abstracted re-
gard aa he came up the trail from the
town. He was in an ngiy humor. The
bag of gold dost which he had shown
to Harry he had not: returned to; the
hiding place in the wall. and. with this
in hie pocket the faro table had that
day tempted him.' ,The pouch was
empty now. ' : ,. - ;
Uarn-’s back was towurd him, and
the gold pan in which he had been
washing the gravel lay at his feet.
With a noiseless, mirthless laugh Pren-
dergast stole, into the cabin and reach-
ed down from Die Shelf the bottle into
which each day Harry had poured hia
"The town wOl evtt
yon bettef.m .
both; The town
will suit you bet-
ter.” ’ • . •;:
TP rendergaat
shrank before the
wrath whitened
face, the danger-
ous sparkle in the
eyek “You’ve got
through with me,” he glowered, “and
you think yon can go it alone.” The
Old suspicion leaped In the malicious
countenance. “Well, it won’t pay you
to try Tt yet I know too much! Do
you understand? I know too muchr
Harry went oaFof tht cabin. At the
door he turned. “If thmu is anyriiing
yon own here,” he said, “take it with
you. You needn’t be hero when I come
back.” . .
Hia fingers shaking with the black
rage in his/heart Prendergast gath-
ered hia few belongings, rolled them In
the white horse skin .Which be drew’
from beneath his bank and wrapped
the Whole In a blanket ’Hr fastened
the bundle In a pack strap, slung it
over his dionlder and left the cabin.
He settled bis burden and went rapid-
ly down the trait turning over fes hia
mind Ms- future schemer^y .; V •
As It chanced, there waa one who
saw hii Trindictive face. Jessica,
crouched on the Knob, had seen him
come and /now depart pack on back,
a|0 gotaamd the pair had parted
company. . Her whole being'flamed
with sympathy. She could see JMe
1 - mallgnant. scowl ‘ plainly ; from. where
Blii leaned, screened by th* [mshei
It terrifiod her- ' What had passed br-
^ tmeen them in the cabin? She left
the Knoh wondertng.
All that evening she waa iH at eaar
At midnight, sleop)c«B» she iraw' ta**
tat. out from her bedroom window
across the phantom peopled shadows,
where on the face of the pale sky the
etazfl trembled like slow tears. Anx-
iety and dread were in her heart; , a
pale phantom -of fear seemed larking
in the shadows; the night was foil of
1 '
Now, almost, coincident with his re-
turn. Die thievery had recommenced.
It had been a red letter day for Dev-
lin and his ilk, who caviled at the
more charitable.- Of all this, however,
Die object' of their T told yon .,so”
was serenely ignorant
Entering the town, ^ there were few
stirring on the/ sunny streets, but he
cohld nqt hut. be aware that' those he
met Stopped to gaze after him. Some
indeed followed. His first objective
point was a jeweler’s, where be could
turn his gold dust Into readier coin
for needful purchases. .He saw a
Sign nett the Mountain Valley House
and entered. ^ -
The jeweler weighed tbe dost with
a distrustful frown, but Harry's head.
was turned away. He was reading a
freshly printed placard tacked on the
Walk an offer of reward for the detec- j
tion of the sluice thief. He read it
through mechanically. fOr as he read
there came from the street outside a
sound that' touched a muffled chord In
his brain, it was the exhaust of A
motor car.
He thrust the money the goldsmith;
grudgingly handed him into bis pocket
and turned to the door. A long red
automobile bad stopped at the curb.
Two men whom it carried were Just
entering the hotel Something, in the
sight of the long; low “racer” reminded ‘
Harry—of; what? Hto beye traced its7
polished lines, noting its cunning mech-
anism, its' build for Silent speed with
the eager lighting of a connoisseur. He;
took a step toward it, oblivious to all
about him. -
He did not note.that'men were gath-
ering. that the nearest saloon was
emptying of its occupants. Nor did he
see a girl on horseback, with a tiny
child before her on the saddle, who
reined up sharply bpposlte. ■
The rider was Jessica, the child an
now so dose to him came on with
noiseless swiftness. Harry had re-
served with the nicety of a practiced
hand a last Increment of speed. With
the front wheels at the hone’s flank,
he drew suddenly on this. As the ear
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He UfteA the child from the saddla
responded he swerved it sharply in
and. holding with one hand, leaned
far out from the step and lifted tire
child from the saddle. A . :A/-
The automobile halted tgeJa hWsn
the hotel amid a hash. The men who
a little while before had been ripe for
violence now stood in shamefaced si-
lence; It was Jessies who ran for-
ward and took the child, still sobbing
a little, from Harry’s hands. On*
long'look passed between them-* took (,-;
on her pari brimming with -a great
gratitude for his lifting of her weight
Of dread and compnnctlsn and with >■
something besides that mantled her
cheeks with rich color, an* n—a a-
m
Vi
ecstatic five-yoaiHold she had pldred np
Wnge ot the towa to. cuter to gj*
with her hands gripping the pommel of ! 1 --
the saddle. She baw Harry’s potaKion 1 *rnM-
Instantly and gnessed it perilous. What
did the men mean to do? She leaned
forward, a swift apprehension tax her
face.; "• v V <-;A ’ ,:A 'v
s Harry came back suddenly to a real-
isation of his surroundings. Hs looked
almit him, startled, his cheek darken-
ing its red. every muscle Instinctively
tightening He saw danger in the tow-
eling faces, and the old lust of dating
leaped up instantly to grsppl* with the
rejuvenated character.
Devlin’s voles earns ever the heads
of the; crowd ss,buziy andshhrt tiee ved,
; hs strode screes tim;stiuet;AV*-/
Hand oVer th^ dust you>e
before you are tarred and
Hugh 8tireeT A A -
Harry looked a? him, surprised, hia
Ch&pter 18
i
hand—almost two ounces, a little less
N the-day following the
explusion of Prender-
. gast Harry woke rest-
less and unrefreshed.
A> F1 e e tin g sensations
mocked him—a disturbing eouvictlon
that tike struggling memory, in some
measure had succeeded in reasserting
itself in the shadowy ^kingdom of sleep.
Waking.: / the apparitions were -fled
scanty findings. He weighed it in his again into their obscurity, leaving only
the*, wraitiis of recoHectioh . to startle
than*$20. He hastily took the empty .atM disquiet. A girl’s face hovered
bag from his pddret' I; Always before him—ruling flls con-
■,:Hut Just then a shadow darkened the sciousness as l* had ruled feds sleeping
doorway, and Harry entered. He saw thought ; v ' ' - ■
the action and, striding forward, took | Ha took down from Its shelf the
tbe bottle from the other’s hand. bottle he had rescued from Prender-
Prendergast turiied on him, a sinis- gast’s intention add emptied it oT its
ter snarl under his affectation of sob glistening grains—enough to replenish
his depleted stock of provisions. - He
paused a moment as he put an hia hak
smiling whimsically, a little sadly.
prise. “Can’t you attend to your own
rat killing?* he growled. “I guess 1’ve
got a right to what I need.”
“Not to that,” said Harry quietly. j-He dreaded entering the town. Bat
“We. shall touch the . bottom of the then could bo no remedy In eooceal-
flour sack tomorrow. You expect to g«t | meat: / It be was to Ute and work
your meals here, I pceemne.” I there, appear he must on the streets
“I still look forward to that pleas- 'sooner or Mater. Smoky Mountain
answered Prendergast, with an must continue to think, of him as it
evil «z>eer. ‘‘Three meals a day and a i might What he was froth that time
rottro roof over my bead When I on was all that coqld count to hho«
thing of the llttlo I have drnoh to de-
caaatloB..' .
A “I hares stolen nothing.”
ed quietly.
A "Where did he get wfaat he just sold
me? The Jeweler’s sour quay root
behind him from the doorway. V.
. “We’ll find that outr was tike rough
rejoinder. %
In facf of his threatening peril Jes-
sica forgot all chan the restive hose,
the ddUL - She sprang to the ground,
her face pained and indignant and
started to nro across the street But
with a cry of dismay, she turtied back.
The horse had caught sight of the red
automobile and. snorting and wild
ay ad, had swung Into the roadway.
“Ilfs Devlin’s kid!” some one cried
OUt Slid Devlin, turning, went sudden-
ly ashen. The baby was the one Soft
spot in his ruffianly heart He sprang
toward the animal, hut the movement
and the hands clutching at the bridle
sent it to a leaping terror. In another
Instant it had broken through the ring
of bystanders and. frenzied at Its free-
dom, ~dashed down the long, level
street with the child clinging to the
saddle pommeL i r?
It waa nil the ' Work of a moment,
one of panic and confusion, through
which rang Jessica's scream ; of* re-
morse and fright Torpor held the
crowd—all save one. whose action fol-
lowed the scream as leap follows the
spur. In a single step Harry gained'
the automobile. With an instantane-
ous movement he pushed the lever
down and jerked the throttle wide.
The aaachine bounded into its pace,,
the people rolling back before It, and.
gathering headway, darted after the.
runaway; . ' / '
The speetatom stood staring.. “He’ll
never catch him,” said Michael Hair
loran. who had. joined the crowd. “Fu-
neral Hollow’s only’; A mite Away.^.
With others be hurried .to the hotel
balcony, where he coaid watch the ex-
citing race. Jessica stood stock stiU.
as blanched as Devlin, wringing her
burying his face in the et
and crying like a baby, he
street hastily to his own dbor.
Harry stepped, to the pavem
a dull kind of embarcai
manifold ecrutiay.^aA
strned Jessica^ flushingjBitoikce. and1
gizetotheowner.be
ly. for helping tataxm
Ski hr Whn etniSr a
whose door the town
ed thlevertre, M V
goat for thetowa’i
That owner,
«*■:.»» «»ri
A scuffle and a weak I
ad a lean brown streak
J
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mrm^k of memory,
the animal which had Just
lost master th* Was* meant s
tion of delight the clearing of
ale of namelessness t!
its canine braia. Tbs
*uached. -■ .^-A:-
A Down on bis knees on
went Harry, with I ‘
starved, palpitating
his cheek against
another moment be had
his arms and Waa
street He went back
a strange feeling of exa
appointment—exaltation
ifcnce of something of Ate old adven-
tures. disappointment
rflenoe with which Jesatoa lHH 1
<-.‘ived the child.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
A A—Tablets, pens, inks and i
kind of fine stationery at
City Drug Store.
y the
mm
Wm Tdbn te'
MmYmtS
Out taUon mkcM make elotbe*tbe w:/
toUors do. Sot to ear aystem o< skUtei
tsti your garments pate through d!im
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nine jhU *f
rervn It, tire hospitality overcoma me.
All I have done la to keep you from
Hasting to.deatli..and; out ofquod at
tote- Slteto \tiure.;' I only taught you a
•af* way to. beat the fanfee, an sAfetto
one than you stem to know, and to
Mye <m Rtasjr Atreot” -'
1 am looking for no easy way,” re-
sponded Harry, “whatever you mean
19 that j expect to earn my 11 ving aa
I’m anting It now. It’s an honest
method, at all events.” "
“You’ve grown all fired particular
since you kiat your memory,” retorted
Prendergast his eyes narrowing.
“You’ll be turning dominie one of these
days. Perhaps you expect to get the
town to take up with you and to make
love to the beauty in the green riding
habit that brought you here on her
horse the night you were out of your
head.** ■
Harry started. “What do you mean?”
tas asked thickly.
If he had but known it there waa
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• , . With the first bound of the car under
IT that ooRriL .il ux* wmor b.d |
dlMrMtb. town. Th. rtrfe. Of dw. I » ■tg°^
■ l HartyTi every nave. Each bolt and
bar he know aa ooi votdfl tell his fin-
gers. Somewhere, /at seme time, he
had known snch flight—through mel-
low sunlight with the air singing past
Where? When?
.Not for, the fraction of a second,
however, did- hia flaw waver. He
knew that; the flat on which the town
was built fell away in a hollow ravine
to tire southward—Ire could see it from
the eabln doorway—a stretch of break-
neck road only a mile ahead. Could
the child hold on? Could he distance
those frenzied hoofs in time? The Ar-
row of the indicator stole forward on
the dial. • M ;y. A
Far behind aa the crowd watched a
cry rose from the hotel balcony. It
was Barney McGinn, the freighter.'
with a glass at pis eye, “He’s gain-
.
The jeweler weighed the duet with a die-
:truetfvl frown. ■/v/; -?V
hydraulic company had been robbed
again. Some two months previously
there had occurred a series of depre-
dations by which the company had
suffered. The boxes were not syept
of their golden harvest each day, and
in spite of all precautions coarse gold
had disappeared mysteriously from
the riffles, this, although armed men
had watched all night There had
been much guess work. The cabin on
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Cox, M. J. Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1908, newspaper, November 27, 1908; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1006488/m1/5/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.