The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, August 20, 1914, Page Page Six, Image 6
The Land
Broke
Hy DAN K
Ant!
The righting Fool," "lill
illustrations I
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"Have you seen Del Hoy today? No?
"Then all the better-he must ho pollc
Ung the town. It ts only of lit m I am
afraid. These rebels uro nothing-I
.agree with you! No! I am not angry
.with you at all now! nut tomorrow,
just at dunk, when nil lu ?till us lt 1B
,at thlB time, thon, If Phil were horo
'I would mount my bruvo horao and
"ride out by tho western jiaBB.'V .?
flhe ended rather Inconclusively, let
ting har voice trail off wistfully as she
watted for him to speak, but something
within moved Hooker to hold his
'peuce, and he looked out over tho to wa
without commenting on her plans. It
waa evident to him that she was deter
mined to enllBt his sympathy nnd in
volve him in her wild plot, and each
.timo tho conversation veered In that
. direction he took refuge lu a stubborn
silou.o.
"\VI:;.t aro you thinking of, Mr.
. Hooker?" abo asked at last, as ho
{gazed Into tho dusk. "Sometime?! I
I scold you and sometimes I try to
|please you, but I nevor know what you
?think! I did not mean that when I
.said I could read your thoughts-you
oro so different from poor, dear Phill"
"M-m-m," mumbled Hud, shifting his
ifeot, and his faco turned a little grim,
! "Aim!" sho cried with Ill-concealed
'satisfaction, "you do not like me to
call him Uko that, do you? 'Poor, dear
iPhll/-Uko that! Dut do you know
.why I do lt? It ls to punish you for
?never coming near me-when I signed
?to you--wbon I waited for you-long
iago! Ab, you were so cruelt. I want
?ed to know you-you were a cowboy,
?and I thought you wero bravo enough
?to defend me-but you always rode
?right by. Yes, that was lt-but Phil
[was different I He carno when 1 sent
?for him; he sang songs to me at night;
he took my part against Manuel del
'Rey; and now-"
i ?Tea!" commented Bud brushly,
'with hts mind on "dear Phil's" finish,
and she turned to peer Into his faca
, "So that ls lt!" she said. "You do
'not trust me. You think that I am-not
j your friend-that I will serve you as
ho waa.served. Is that what you aro
?thlnklngr* ...
' "Something Uko that," admitted
}Hooker; leaning lastly ' against ? tba
mud wall. "Only I reckon 1 don't think
Just the' way you do."
, "WhyT How do I think?" shs de
. m anded eagerly;
"Well, you think awful fast," un
tswered Hooker slowly. "And you don't
always think the some, seems Ilka
I'm kind of quiet myself, and i don't
like-well, I wouldn't say that, but you
.don't always mean what you soy."
:> .'"Ohl" breathed Gracia, and then,
after a pauso, she came nearer and
deaned against the low wall beside
' -If I would speak from my heart."
s'ae asked, "If I would talk plain, aa
you Americans do, would you like me
hotter then? Would you talk to mo
Instead of standing silent? Listen,
.Bud-j-foi*. that la your name-I wont
you. to bo my friend the" way you wero
a friend to Phil. I. know what you did
for bim, and how you bore with his
love-madness-and that waa ray fnuR,
too. But partly lt waa also, your fault,
fer you made me angry by not coming.
"YeJ, i will bo honest now-ll waa
you that I wanted to know at first, but
-you would not come, and now I am
promised to Phil. He was brave when
.you were careful, and my heart wept
ont to him. You know how it ia with
uri Mexicans-wo do not love by rea
eon.. Wo love like children-suddenly
-from tho hi art! ?pd now all I Vf lab
in life ts to run away to Phil. But
.every~tlme t speak of lt you shut your
jaws or tell me ? am a fool."
? <*Ump-um,"J protested Bud, turning
stubborn again. "I tell you:-'you don't
know what you're talking about. Those
r?bela don't amount to nothing around
the town, but on a trail they're awful.
They' shoot) from behind rooks and all
that, and.a woman ain't nowayB safe
-You must know what they're like
these-old women don't think about
nothing else-so what's the ase of talk
ing! -And besides," ho added grimly,
."i've had some trouble with your .old
saut au4 (kE't wont to have any
more." (
'"What troublo hnvo you,bad?" she
demanded promptly, but Hooker would
Pot ' answer In words. He' only
"shrugged hla shoulders- and turned
anray, crumpling his hat In bia bond,
i "But'not" she cried as*she sensed
tho moanlug of bis concealment, "you
Mw^dll-W??rl'wa^aC-TO' know. ? Was
Hpover' your' minot Then you most
?if?i ?lam?-m?/tbi''h? nev?r has told
.mp a wordr.. .
J; ^oT^lhQulred Bud; rotrstn? sudden
,iy at the memory ot hts wrongs. "Thea
may bo you <?ll ? tejl iho how he gel
this"-he fetched a Worn piece- ot Prc
.from his pocket-"when my pardnei
rkaVa.it ta yetti. It was right there 1
'Fuai.piy pardner-and he was a good
kid, tOo^rsmV. ?IS because ti that rook.
' Bore, : take ? vlook at it-t took thal
away from your father!3' .. .
??p>tt??< he atnie ?St from me!*< flaalfe<3
/back Gracia.as she gated at the spoel
.laen. '"Ob; have'you thought all thc
. time that 1 betrayed Phil ? . But dldn'i
;i tell you-didn't I toil yoa ct tnt
ifcOi*V jyhPP you nromlsed to. be m>
?f
m Promises
_ . i
MM,i IM;K
tor ot
Iden Walers." "Tho 'IVxIraii." otc.
)) ?ON J. LAVIN
Continued)
j Tr?en* ?" ?*i?, T seo tTT?T'yo?" ?Te a'h?r?"
I man. Mr. Hooker-quick to euHpect.
Blow to forget- and yet I told you bo
fore! But listen, and I will tell you
ounln. I remember wall when dear
Phil showed mo this rock-he was so
happy because he had found tho gold!
I And just to muko lt lucky ho lot me
hold lt while we were talking through
[ a bolo in the wall. Then my father
i Baw mo and ?tarted to como near-I
I could not hand lt back without betray
I lng l'hil-and in the night, when 1
I was asleep, some one took it from un
' der my pillow. That lu tho truth, and
I will ask you to believe me; und il
you have other things against mo yob
must say what they aro and seo if I
cannot explain.
"No!" she ran on, her voice vibrant
with the memory of poet quarrels, "I
"I'd Plght, Tool** 8poke Up Gracia.
' -.ip', ?j,
bavo nothing to do with my father!
Ha doss not love mo, but tries to maka
mo marry first one man and then an
other. But t am an American girl
now, at heart-I do not want to sell
myself; I want to marry for tova! Can
you understand that? Yes? No? Then
why do you look away? Have you
something that you hold against me?
Ah, you shake your head-but you
will not speak to mo? When 1 was at
achoo! In LOB Angeles I saw tho cow
boys in the wost show, and they were
different-they woro not afraid of any
.danger, but they would talk, too. I
have always wanted to know you, but
you will not lot mo-I thought you
wero brave-like those cowboys."
She pnaBod to make bim speak, but
Hooker was tongue-tied. There was
something about tho way she talked
that pulled him over, that made him
?want to do what she said, and yet
some secret, bidden voice wno always
crying: "Beware!'; He was convinced
now that she bad never been a party
to treachery; no, nor oven wished
him 111.
She was very beautiful, too, In the
twilight, and when she drew nearer
he moved away, for be was afraid she
would away bim from hie purpose. But
now abe. was waiting for some an
swer-^-some word from bira, though
the question had never been asked.
And yet h? knew what it was.
8he wanted bim to sV-al away -with
her in the evening and ride for the
border-and Phil. That waa what she
always wanted, no matter what she
: said, abd now the was calling him a
; coward.
- "8ure them bronco-riders are brave,**
ho said in vague defense; "but there's
a difference between being brave and
foolish. And a man might be brave for
him s ol f and yet be afraid fdr other
people."
"How do you mean?" she asked.
"Well," he said, "I might be willing
, to go out and fight a thousand of them,
insurrectos with one hand, and at the
same time bo afraid to take you along.
Or I might-*. .'
i "Oh, thm yon- wilt go, won't you?"
? she cried, clasping him by- the band.
"You will; won't you? Pm not afraid!"
"No." answered Bud, drawing hts
, hand away, "that's just'what 1'won't
I do I And I'll tell you why. -That co un
j try up there ts full of r?bela-tho low
i ' esr kind there ar?. lt just taken ?ne
; shot to lay'me ont or cripple ono of
I our horses. Then I'd have to make a
fight for It-but what would happen
, -.tb'you?" - . -'v
.Td light, too!" spoke np Gracia
; resolutely. "Tm not afraid."
i * "No/' grumbled Bud. "you "dont
. know them rebels. You've boen shut
[ up In n ?puso all the 'time-4f you'd
I been through 'What- 2 have tn the last
, six months you'd undoratand- what I
L 'mean.'* ? ? -
"lt Phil wore hore, he'd take met*
I eounteted Gracia, and then Bud lost
. his head. '
> ?.Yea,**; he?, burst. out, "that's Jest
t what'a'the metter with the,craty fool!
k Tlmt'n Jest why ho's up across tho line
rv now a holioring for mo to eajo fe'**
MARKET REPORT
MON KV ON (ALL.
Ni'W York, Aug. 19-Mercantile pa
lier ?i 7 Sterling strong, rates nom
'iial ; lor cables 004 ; for demand COO. j
IHtY GOODS MARKET
New York. Aug. 19.-Cotton goods i
cold more irely tod.iy. Worsted yarn
hutt been advanced. Dyestuffs troub
les among the textile manufacturers
are growing more serious. American
[irInts will be placed at value tomor
row.
Chicago Grain
Chicago. Aug 19- All Uoard of Trade
markets except corn which was bear
ishly influenced by rains ' in the
southwest scored further nndvancc
inent today. Wheat Rained 1 r?-8 to
2c and oats 1-4 to '?-4. and provisions
7 to 40 coiits while corn declined :i-8 I
to 1-2.
Liverpool Cotton
Liverpool, AUK. 19-Spot cotton
sales i,7G0 bales, Including 1.400 Am
erican on the basis of G.HOd for mid- !
diing. Spot grades quoted nominally, j
Cotton Seed Oil
New York, Aug. 19.-Cotton aced oil
was firm on covering of shorts, hut
lalor the list eased off somewhat, de
spite tho big advance in lard, owing
to selling pressure from refining In
terests ami over cautiousness on the
buying side of the market. Ki nul
prices were unchanged to 4 points net
sigher. Sales 11,800. b?rrela.
The market closed steudy. Spot G60
afi5; August CG"! a '?.
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. THE DAY IN CONGRESS .
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Senate met nt ll a. m.
Resumed consideration of trades
commission bill.
Secretnry Hryan conferred with the
I foreign relation/ committee over thc
I'olomhinn and Ntcarauguan treaties.
Senator Hitchcock introduced a
I hill to prohibit floating foreign war
loans In tho Untied States.
Senator Core introduced a bill for
I government licensing of grain ware
I houses.
War risk Insurance bill referred to !
I commerce committee.
Ulli to make Federal reserve notes I
legal tpndor for pul-Vc and prlvnte I
debts Introduced.
ItocosHod nt Q:24 p. m. to ll a. m.
? Thursday.
House met ut noon
Miscellaneous b-lls wero taken un
|der calendar Wednesday rulo
Passed amendment tn judicial code
j allow in? appeals from customs court
j to Supreme court.
Republican leader Munn prevented
consideration of wheat price .Inquiry
resolution.
Passed Sonate bill allowing appeals
from customs court to the Sureme |
I court.
Began consideration to revise gov
ernment printing code.
Administration marine war risk
I hill introduced, referr?d to commerce
committee.
Adjourned at 4:40 p. m. to noon on
I Thursday. ? ....
girl!" He's'brave.Ts te?" \VefJ. why
don't be come down, then, and save
you himself? Because he's afraid to!
Ho'? afraid of getting shot or going up
agalnst Manuel del Hey. By grab, lt
makes me tired the " ?y you people
talki If he'd done what I told him to
{.in the first place he wouldn't have gotr
'Into this Jack pot!"
"Oh my ! " exclaimed ttraeia, aghast
I ("Why. what ls tho nr tor with you?
j i And what did yon te', him to dor* .
"I told him to mb I -his own busi
ness," answered HOT. er bluntly..
"And whit did nr ay rf
"He said he'd trj laythlng-once!**
Bud spat ? ?hr . iraeo vindictively',
.for his bloc as .i and his heart waa
full Of bl t to rue BI
"Oh-jdeaaf Of: lered. Gracia. >Aad
?(So you do nc. think that > Phil ls
[jbravef* .
"He's brave ' > start things," sneered
Bud, "but?not lo carry 'em through!"
For a mo: .ent Gracia huddled up
against a pli ; ar. her hand agathe* ?her
face, na If to ward oSY a blow. Then
Ii aha lowered lt:slowly and mored; re
j luctantly away. v" 'V ;
"i must go how,**, she said, and Bud
i did not offer to stay ber, for be saw
-what his unkindness had done.. .
"I am norry!" she added ninrnUy,
j but- ho did not answer. Thoro waa
nothing that ke ??ould say -now. .
In a moment ti( resentment, driven
to exasperation by her taunts, he bad
I forgotten hla pledge to hie pardner
and'coma-between him and his girl.
That which he thought wild horses
eo?ld not draw from him had Cashed
ont In a flt of angers-end thb datnago
I. waa beyond amendment, for what ho
I had said was the truth.
I (To be Continued.)
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