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r. ' . WJ' v. ^CONQUEST t \ OF CANAAN j v> ? ' ^ . By BOOTH TARKINCTON. j AMVor of "Ckorry." "Moo?ievr Be*.u curt," tic. Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers | i? I (Continued from page 6 ) rir"UeveiT"never~i?arn enough to keep out o* trouble, even when I see It comin*! But that gen'leniau friend of mine?Mr. Nashville Cory's his name? i he kind o* coaxed me into it. and he's right comical when he's with ladies, and he's good company, and he says. "Claudine. we'll dance the light fanKr tastic,' he says, and 1 kind o' wanted something cheerful. I'd be'n workin' steady quite a spell, and it looked' like he wanted to show me a good time, so I went, and that's what started it." Now that she had begun she babbled on with ber story, at times incoherently, full of excuses made to herself ? ? ? *K? ? ( ?t*,l nirifiillr ninlrtl vnr. UJUrr UJUU IV aim. |?iuu,v . __ . v.. ing to convince herself that the responsibility for the n^ldle she had made was not her*. *Mr. Cory tolJ me my busban.l was drinkin' and . wouldn't know about it. and. 'Besides,' he says, 'what's the odds':' Of course 1 knowed there was trouble between him and Mr. Fear?that's my husband ?a good while ago. when Mr. Fear up and laid him out. That was before me and Mr. Fear got married; I hadn't ? even bc'n to Canaan then: I was on the stage. I was on the stage quite awhile in Chicago before I got acquainted with thy husband." "You were ou the stage?" Ariel exclaimed involuntarily. "Yes. ma'am?livin' pitchers at Goldberg's rat'skeller. and amunchoo: nights I nearly always done a sketch with gen'leman friend. That's the way I met Mr. Fear. He seemed to be real struck with me right away, and soon as 1 got through my turn he ast me to order whatever I wanted. He's always gen'lemanlike when he ain't had too much, and even then he vurry. vurry seldom acks rough uuless he'9 jealous. That was the trouble yesterday. I never would of gone to the Beach If I'd dreamed what was com. In'! When we got there I saw Mikethat the gen'leman that runs tb> Beach?lookin' at my company and me kind of anxious, and pretty soon he ; got me away from Mr. Cory and told | me what's what. seems mis vory only wanted me to go with him to make my husband mad. and he'd took good care that Mr. Fear heard I'd be i there with him. An' he'd be'u hangin' around me every time he struck town Jest to make Mr. Fear mad?the fresh ] r* thing! You see, he wanted to make . my husband start something again. ! this Mr. Cory did. and he wa9 fixed i for it." . "I don't understand." said Ariel. "It's this way: If Mr. Fear attacked Mr. Cory. why. Mr. Cory could shoot ; birn dowu and claim self defense. You , see. it would be easy for Mr. Cory, because Mr. Fear nearly killed him when tliey had their first trouble, and that 1 would give Mr. Cory a good excuse to shoot If Mr. Fear jest only pushed him. That's the way it is with the law. Mr. Cory could wipe out their old score and git oT scot free." j[ | "Surely not!" "Yes. ma'am, that's the way it would Ka in,i whon tnlil me that Mr. Cory- had got me out there Jest to pro- I vokeruy husband I went straiRbt up to biw afed bosun to Rive him a piece of 1 icy miiul. I didn't talk loud, because I never was one to make a disturbance and start trouble the way some do. and right while I was talkin' we both j see my husband pass the window. Mr. i Cory give a kind of yelling laugh and put bis arm round me Jest as Mr. Fear ; cotoe in the door. Aud then It all happened so quick that you could hardly tell what was goln' ou. Mr. Fear, we J found afterward, bad promised Mr. | Louden that he wouldn't come out ; there, but he took too much?you could see that by the look of him?and fer- j got his promise?fergot everything but me and Cory, I guess. "He come right up to us. where I was ! tryiu' to git away from Cory's arm?It i was the left one he bad around me and j the other behind bis back?and neither j of 'em said a word. Cory kept on ; laughin' loud as he could, and Mr. Fear ! struck him In the mouth. He's little, but be can bit awful bard, and Mr. Cory let out a screech, and I see bis gun go off right In Mr. Fear's face. I thought, but it wasn't. It only scorch- 1 ed him. Most of the other gen'lemeo , bad run, but Mike made a dive and ' managed to knock the gun to one aids j Jest barely In time. Then Mike and three or four others that come oul TTOm IK* IJI LIU U1IUKS BC|/aiuivu v.... .... of 'em fight!n' to git at each other. They locked Mr. Cory up iir Mike's room and took Mr. Fear over to where they hitch the horses. Then Mike sent for Mr. Louden to come out to talk to j my husbaud and take care of hlin? j b?(s the only one cau do anything with , fifth when he's like that?but before MI Loudeu could grt there Mr. Fear br^fe loose and run through a cornfield arf^got away?at least they couldn't j rind him. And Mr. Cory Jumped throagh j :t window and slid down luto one of ! Mike's boats, so they'd both gone. I Wheu Mr. Louden come be only stayed long enough to hear what had happened aud started out to find Happy?that'a ' my husband. He's bound to keep them ' apart, but he hasu't found Mr. Tear ? . yet or he'd be here." , Ariel had sunk back in her chair. "Why should your husband hide?" she asked Is a low voice. ^fe. "Waitin* fer his chance at Cory," the woman answered huskily. "I expect ho'a afraid the eons are after him. too. on account of the trouble, and he doesn't want to git locked up till he's met Cory again. They aiu't after kirn, but ho may not know It. They haven't heard of the trouble. I reckon, or they'd of run Cory in. He's around towu today, drinkiu' heavy, and I guess he's lookin' fer Mr. Fear about as hard as Mr. Louden is." She rose to her feet, lifted her coarse hands and dropped them despairingly. "Oh. I'm scared:" she said. "Mr. Fear's be'u mighty good to me." A slow and tired footstep was heard upon the stairs, and Joe's dog ran into the room droopingly, wagged his tail with no energy and crept under the desk. Mrs Fear wheeled to\\?*d the door and stooi.. rigid, her hands^Liched tight, her whole body still oxcr?t her I reast. which rose and fell with her tumultuous breathing. She could not wait till the I.(guard step reached the landing. "Mr. Loudon!" she called suddenly Joe's voice came from the stairway. "It's all right. (Tindine. It's nil Oxed up. r?on't worry." Mrs Fear - :w n thick cry of relief auJ sank b.ck i:i her chair as .loe en tered the room. He came !n shainbliugly. with his hand over his eyes as if they were very tired a:nl the light hurt them, so that for a moment or two he did uo^perceive the second visitor. Then he let his hand fall, re veniing a face white and worn. "It's all righr. t'laudine." he repented "It's all right." lie wa> moving to lay his lint on the desk when his eye caught first the roses, then fell upon Ariel, and he stopped stock stII! with one arm outstretched. remaining for perhaps ten seconds in that attitude, while she. her lips parted, her eyes lustrous, returned bis gaze with a look that was as inscrutable as it was kind. "Yes." she said, as if in answer to a question. "1 bave come here twice today." She nodded slightly toward Mrs. Fear. "I can wait. I am very glad you bring good news." Joe turned dazedly toward the other. "Clauiline." be said, "you've l.eeu tell ing Hiss Tabor." "I cert'nlv have!" Mrs. Fear's ex pression had cleared, and her tone was cheerful. "I don't see no harm In that. I'm sure she's a good friend of yours, Mr. Louden." Jge glanced at Ariel with a faint, troubled smile and turned again to Mrs. Fear. "I've had a long talk with Happy." "I'm awful glad. Is he ready to listen to reason?" she asked with a titter. "He's waiting for you." "Where?"' She rose quickly. "Stop," said Joe sharply. "loumusi be very careful with him"? "Don't you s'pose I'm goln' to be?" she interrupted, with a catch In her voice. "Don't you s'pose I've had trouble enough?" "No," said Joe deliberately and I in personally, "I don't Unless you keep remembering to be careful all the time you'll follow tie first impulse you have, as yau did yesterday, and your excuse will be that you nevei thought any harm would come of It. He's iu a queer mood, but he will for give you if you ask him"? "Well, ain't that what I want to do?" sfie exclaimed. "I know. I know," he said, dropping into the desk chair and passing his hand over bis eyes with a gesture of infinite weariness. "But you must be very careful. I hunted for him most of the night aud all day. He was try ug to keep out of my way because be dldu't want me to find him until he had met this fellow Nashville. Happy is a hard man to come at when he doesn't care to be found, and he kept shifting from place to place until I ran him down. Then I got him in a comer and told him that you hadn't meant any harm?which is always true of you, poor woman?and I didn't leave him till he had promised me to forgive you If you would come and ask him. And you must keep him out of Cory's way until 1 can arrange U have him?Cory. I mean?sent out of town. Will you?" "Why. cert'nly," she answered, smiling. "That Nashville's the vurry last person I ever want to see againthe fresh thing!" Mrs. Fear's burden had fallen; her relief was perfect, and she beamed vapidly. But Joe marked her renewed irresponsibility with an anxious eye. "You mustn't make any mistakes." be said, rising stiffly with fatigue. "Not me. 1 don't take no more chances," she responded, tittering happily; "not after yesterday. My, but it's a load off my shoulders! I do bats It to have gen'lemen quarreling over me. especially Mr. Fear. I never did like to start anything. I like to see people laugh and be friendly, and I'm. mighty glad It's all blown over. 1 kind o' thought it would all along. Psbo!" She burst Into genuine, noisy laughter. "I don't expect either of 'em meant no real harm to each other after they got cooled off a little. If they'd met today they'd probably both run. Now. Mr. Louden, wbere's Hap I?y i Joe went to the door with her. He waited n moment, perplexed; then his brow cleared, and he said la a loW voice: "You know the alley beyond Vent Miller's poolroom? Go down the alley till you come to the second grate. Go in. and you'll see a basement door opening into a little room under Miller's bar. The door wou't be locked, aud Happy's in there waiting for you. But remember"? "Ob. don't you worry!" she cut him off loudly. "I know him. Inside of an hour I'll have him laughin' over all tills. You'll see!" When she had troiie he stood upon the lauding look in c thoughtfully aft ?r her. "Perhaps, after all. that Is -- ' * < ? . .- ... . .1 < . -- . ' f^Wj : the best mood to let her meet him In.'*; j tie murmured. Then, with a deep breath, he turned.! ' 1'be heavy perfume had gone, the ar[ [ was clear and Bweet, and Ariel was I ^.Annin/. KA. /<1AA i,,fn thA MAAAA ???{? ! | i/Lcaaiug uvi iai_v iuiu iuc iu?c? agaiu. j As be saw how like thera she was he j was shaken with a profound and mys1 terlous sigh, like that which moves in j the breast of one who listens In the i dark to his dearest music. (Continued next week.) i . j TOO LIFELIKE. Curious Reason For Rejecting the "Portrait of a Doctor." Concerning the prize, "Portrait of a Doctor," by Seymour Thomas, j there is a very amusing story. Several artists had made paintings of the gentleman who is represented in this celebrated picture, "but the family decided that none of them was "lifelike enough." After visiting ti e Thomas studio tlie gentleman's relatives coijmis.-ioned this artist to essay thro t;4k. The work went on well, and the picture was completed. Kvery one was delighted. Alldeclared?friends, family.end enemies?that it was a : "living likeness." One' day, before the picture had been sent home, the wife of the doctor called with her sister-in-law. This woman had been suffering from nervous prostration and had come to spend several months with her brother for a rest. Instantly on entering the studio she threw up her hands and exclaimed in a hysterical, horrified tone: "Olt, my dear, my dear! How much like Robert that is! Oh, it is horrible! I couldn't stand it in the house a moment. Why, it looks just exactly like him, and I'd almost think him about to speak. Don't i I take it?it's uncanny!" Abashed into silence, embarrassed beyond description, the wife.and sister-in-law later left the studio. ''And what do you think," said Mr. Thomas, with a gentle smile. ''A few days later I had a note from the wife asking me if I could rot 'make the picture a little less like the doctor?a little less lifelike?' Did I do it? Well, I guess not! That was one of my best pieces of work, and I know that in trying to please everybody you are apt to be in the same predicament as the man with the donkey?in the end you'll lose the donkey and will have pleased nobody. Give me changeable sitters, but deliver me from the family."?Scrap Book. No Contract. Those who desired to secure Philander Hay's services as a wood sawyer were obliged to take him on his own terms. "I'll saw an' split all you got here an' tier it up for ye in good shape for $1.75 a day," said Mr. Hav after an inspection of the summer resident's shed yard. "There are just three cords of wood to be sawed and split," said the summer resident briskly. "How much will you charge for the job?" "I don't do work that way." And Philander surveyed his victim with a relentless gaze. "If I set out to saw an' split by the job, what with the wear an' tear on ray saw an' hatchet an' the 1 Inimonl -flint liflj tn llf> nilt OT1 HIV .< ? , J | back nights, when you get it all reckoned out there wouldn't be any money in it, an' I wouldn't have had a minute to set down an' see how I was getting on either."? Youth's Companion. Uncomfortable Shaving. The traveler, who had just returned from abroad, sank back into his accustomed barber's chair with a sigh of relief. "This is the first time I've had the prospect of a comfortable shave for three months," he remarked. "They have improved in a good many things abroad," he continued, "but the barbers over on the other side still stick to those uncomfortable chairs of theirs in the most absurd way. "I asked the man who shaved me in London, and nearly broke my neck at the same time, why they never used American chairs in the barber shops of London. " T don't know, sir,' he said, 'except for the reason that they are made in America, sir.'"?Cleveland Plain Dealer. _____?? He Had an Opinion. At the time of the ecclesiastical . trial of Professor Woods?of Andover Theological seminary for alleged Iieresy, a retired New Hampshire clergyman while making a journey by rail was absorbed in reading the details of this trial as reported in the Congregationalism A sporty j looking individual who sat beside | him was absorbed in the pages of a i different periodical. "My friend," said the clergyman, "what do you think will be the re- I suit of the great contest that is now j agitating the nation ?" 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