The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 28, 1908, Image 2
The Sp
By REX E.
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Copyright. 1905. b;
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There he toy like a dead man till
Ute ill the afternoon, when Hex try <
and Slapjack carae In from the hills, j 1
answering Wheaton's call, and fell !
opou him hungrily. They sh<Kik Hoy j <
Into consciousness with joyous riot. .
pommeling him with affectionate I '
roughness till he rose and joined with j '
them stiffly. He bathed and ruldted ; I
the soreness from his muscles, emerg- *
lng physically tit. They made him I !
recount his adventures to the tiniest i *
detail, following his description of the j
light with absorbed interest till Dextry 1 I
broke into mournful complaint: i 1
"I'd have given my half of the Midas j '
to see you bust him. Lord. I'd have , 1
screeched with sooprenie delight at j I
that." ,,
"Why didn't you gouge his eyes out . 1
when you had hiin crippled?" question- j 1
?d Slapjack vindictively. "I'd 'a' done |
K." !'
Dextry continued: "They tell rue that '
when he was arrested he swore in
eighteen different languages, each one
more refreshln'ly repulsive an' vig'rous '
than the precedin'. Oh, I have sure
missed a-plenty today, partlc'lar be- 1
cause my own diction la gettln' run I
down an' skim milky of late, showin'
sad lack of new Idees, which I might '
have asalm'lated sotnethln' robuaCly !
original an' expressive if I'd been here, <
Xo, sir; a nose bag full of nuggets I
wouldn't have kept me away." i
"How did it sound when she bust- <
edf insisted the morbid Simms, but 1
Glenlster refused to dlecuss the com- i
hut i
"Come on, Slap," said the old pros- i
pector; "let's go downtown. I'm so
v?* ?- T oin'f ct( II an' KmMm 1
mebbe we can get the story the way It
really happened from somebody who I
ain't Ivound an' gagged an' chloroform- 1
?d by such unbecomln* modesties.
Roy, don't never go into vawdyvllle i
with them personal episode*, because |
they read about as thrlllin' as a cook- I
hook. Why. say, I've had the story of ;
that flght from four different fellers i
already, none of which was within
four blocks of the scrimmage, an' i
they're all dlfTrent an' all better'n your (
account."
J?'ow that GJenister's mind had recovered
some of Its poise he realized
what he had done. (
"I was a beast, an animal," he groan- |
ed, "and that after all my striving. I
? . wanted to leave that part behind. I
wanted to l>e worthy of her love and (
trust even though I never won It., but j ,
t the first test lam found lacking. I j .
have lost her confidence. Yes. and 1 (
what Is worse. Infinitely worse. I have !,
loet iqy own. She's always seen me at ,
my worst," he weut on. "but I'm not j ,
P . that kind at bottom?not that kind. I 11
want to do what's right, and if 1 have ]
another chance I will?I know I will.
I've been tried too hard, that's all." ,
Borne one kuocked. and he opened
the door to admit the Bronco Kid and
Helen. ,
"Walt a minute, old uiau," said the ,
Kid. "I'm here as a friend." The
gambler handled himself with difficulty,
offering in explanation: j
"I'm all sewed up in bandages of (
one kind or another."
"He ought to be in bed now, but he j
wouldn't let me come aJone, and I
could not wait," the girl supplemented, ,
while her eyes avoided Glenister's in
strange hesitation. I j
"He wouldn't let you. 1 don't under- I
tand." ,
"I'm her brother," announced the
Bronco Kid. "I've known it for a long
time, but I?I?well, you understand, I
couldn't let her know. All I can say Is,
I've gambled square till the night I ;
played you, and I was as mad as a
dervish then, blaming you for the talk
I'd beard. Last night I learned by
?- chance about 8trure and Helen and got
to the roadhouse in time to save her.
I'm sorry I didn't kill him." His long
white fingers writhed about the arm
Of his chair at the memory.
"Isn't he dead?" Glenlster Inquired. j
"JCo. The doctors have brought him
la, and he'll get well. He's Mfce half j
the men in Alaska?here because the { !
sheriffs back home couldn't shoot I
' rr?? T'mrs I
iratgai. luerei Noujciwiug cw. iw j
not a good talker, bat give foe time
and I'll manage it eo you'll understand.
Z tried to keep Ileleo torn coming on (
this errand, bat she said It was the
L square thing and she knows better
than I. Ifa about those papers aba
brought to last spring. She was afraid ;
you might consider ber a party to the
deal bet you don't, do yon?" He giartd
belllcferently, and Roy replied with
fervor:
"Oef-ataly not Go on."
she learned the other day that
those documents told the whole story
and contained enough proof to break
?p this conspiracy and convict the
Jvdgo and McNamara and all the rest J
hat Btruve kept the handle in his safe
tad wouldn't give It up without a price, j
That's why she went away with him.
She thought it was right, and?that's
an. But It seems Wbeaton bad sue- ' .
Seeded in another way. Now. I'm coming
to tbe point. The judge and Mc- j
Jfamara are arrested for contempt of j
court and they're as good as convicted;
yon have recovered your mine, and 1
these men are disgraced. Tbey will go
to jail"- I
"Yes. for six months, perhaps," broke
jp the other hotlv, "but what does that
rrMnrwrmmiii
(
oilers.
BEACH.
r Rex E. Beach. -cn
last week. ]
' rovor was a l>oI<ler
r?i -meted nor one more
,.r. ti1(?v robl>o(l a realm
;uv' i ' <; it< |H>o|>le. they defiled a
cor? :i! (1 'mule Justice a wantou. they
lailc1 a' <d men and sent others to
ruin: and f< r this they are to suffer?
how? By a paltry fine or a short Imprisonment.
perhaps, by an ephemeral
tlscrrnce and the loss of their stolen
roods. Contempt of court Is the accusation.
hut you might as well convict
a murderer for breach of the
peace. We've thrown them off. It's
true, and they won't trouble us again,
hut they il never have to answer for
their real . famy. That will go unpunished
while their lawyers quihbhe
wer technicalities and rules of court. (
[ guess It's true that there Isn't any
law or God or man north of fifty-three; j
but If there is Justice south of that ^
mark, those |>eople will answer for ^
conspiracy and go to the peuitentiary." 1
"You make It hard for me to say
what 1 want to. I am almost sorry
we came, for I am not cunning with
words, and 1 don't know that you'll
understand." said the Bronco Kid
gravely. "We looked at It this way:
roil liovo Imrl vnnr rletorv. VOU have
beaten jour enemies against odda, you
have recovered your mine, and they
ire disgraced. To men like tbem that
last will outlive and outweigh all the
rest; but the judge Is our uncle and
our blood runs in his veins. He took
Helen when she was a baby and was
i father to her in his selfish way, loving
her as best he knew how. And
she loves him."
"I don't quite understand you," said
Roy.
And then Helen spoke for the first
time eagerly, taking a packet from her
bosom as she began:
"This will tell the whole wretched
story. Mr. Olenlster. ind show tbe plot
In all Its vlleness. It's hard for me to
betray my uncle, but this proof is
rours by right to use as you see fit
and I can't keep It."
"Do you mean that this evidence will
show all that? And you're going to
<? nta ikAfmutp von think It is
ii .xr ...x.
vour duty?"
"It Itolonps to you. I have no choice.
Rut what I came for was to plead and
ask a little mercy for my uncle, who
Is an old. old man. and very weak.
This will kill him."
He saw that her eyes were swimming.
while the little chin quivered
?ver so slightly and her pale cheeks
were flushed. There rose In him the
?ld wild desire to take her in his arms,
a yearning to pillow her head on his
shoulder and kiss away the tears, to
smooth with tender caress the wavy
hair and bury his face deep in it till
be grew drunk with the madness of
her. Rut he knew at last for whom
'he really pleaded.
So he was to forswear this venge
tince. wiiitii wa* no vengeance sun
all, but iu verity n Just puntshment.
They nsked him?a man?a man's man
-a northman?to do this, and for what:
For 110 reward, but on the contrary to
insure himself lasting bitterness. lie
strove to look at the proposition calmly,
clearly, but it was difficult. If only
by freeing this other villain as well as
ber uncle he would do a good to her.
then he would not hesitate. Love was
not the only thing. He marveled at
bis own attitude. This could not be <
bis old self debating thus. He had
asked for another chance to show
that he was not the old Roy (Jlenister.
Well, It had come, and he was ready. j
Roy dared not look at Helen any
more, for this was the hardest moment
be had ever lived.
"You ask this for your uncle, but
what of?of the other fellow? You
must know that if one goes free so
will they both. They can't be sepa-j
rated."
"It*8 almost too much to ask," the
Kid took up. uncertainly. "But don't
you think the work Is done? I can't
help but admire McNamara, and neither
can you?he's been too good an
enemy to you for that?and?and?be
loves Helen." ,
"I know?I know," said Qlenlster
hastily, at the same time stopping an
unintelligible protest from the girl.
"You've said enough." He straightened
his slightly stooping shoulders
and looked at the unopened package
wearily, then slipped the rubber band
from it and, separating the contents,
tore them up?one by one?tore them
Into fine bits without hurry or ostentation
and tossed the fragments away,
while the woman began to sob softly,
the sound of her relief alone dlsturb*' ?
an/4 u ha mva Hap
I&4H UIO NlVUVVt AUU OV ?v . w ??bis
enemy, making bia offer gamely,
according to his code.
"Yoo're right?the work la done. Aid
now I'm very tired."
They left blm standing there, the
glory of the dying day Illumining hla
lean, brown features, the vision of a ,
great loneliness in bis weary eyes.
He did not rouse himself till the sky
before him was only a curtain of steel, (
penciled with streaks of soot that lay
close down above the darker sea. Then
be sighed and said aloud:
"So this is the end, and I gave him
!o her with these hands." He held
them out before him curiously, becoming
conscious for the first time that the
left one was swollen and discolored
and fearfully gainful. He noted h
v\ nu muTitit, realiZ.ug its,
a cod of medical attention?so loft the
?nbin and walked down into the city '
llw encountered Doxtrv and Sinims of
the way. and they went with liini, hot'
flowing witli the gossip of the camp.
"Lord, but you're the talk of t'
town." they began. "The curio tilers
have commenced to pull Stru
office ajiart for sourenirs. and
fif-oiios want to run von for conere'
as soon as ever we pet admitted a?
stale. They say that at collar an' elbc*
holts you could lick any of them east
era senators and thereby rastle out a
lot of pood legislation for us cripples (
up here."
"Speakin' of laws goes to show m*1
that this here country is gettin'
blamed civilized for a white man".
Simra8 pessimistically, "and npt
this tight is ended up it don't loc.
there would be anything doin*
claim the interest of a growed u
sou for a Jong while. I'm goin' we
"West! Why, you can throw a s
Into Bering strait from here," said 1
smiling.
"Oh. well, the world's round. The:
a schooner outflttin' for Sibeery?
years' cruise. Me an' Hex is figge
on gettin' out toward the frontier ft
a spell."
"Sure!" said Dextry. "I'm beginnln'
to feel all cramped up hereabouts owln
to these fillymonarch orchestras an"
French restarnwnts and such dlscrep- |
ancies of scenery. They're puttin* a '
pavement on Front street, and there's
I shoe shlnin' parlor opened up. Why, <
I'd like to get where I could stretch an' j
hniw without disturbin' the pensive- I
QPS8 of some dude in a dress suit. Bttier
come along, Roy; we can sell out
the Midas."
Til think it over." said the young
man.
The night was bright with a full
moon when they left the doctor's office.
Roy, in no mood for the exuberance of
his companions, parted from them, but
had not gone far before be met Cherry
Malotte. His head was low, and be
did not see ber till she spoke.
"Well, boy, so It's over at last."
Her words chimed so perfectly with
his thoughts that he replied. "Yes; jt's
all over, little girl."
"You don't mind my congratulalions |
?you know me too well for that. IIo*"
does it feel to be a winner?"
"I don't know. I've lost."
"Lost what?"
"Everything?except the gold ?*
"Everything except?I s'
mean that she?that you d
her. ami she won't?" P w
the cost at which she hek e so
steady. J
"More thau that. It's so new that It
hurts yet, and It will continue to hurt
* 1 ! tinnnoa Put tn.
lUI" II IUU? UlliCi A r? u ppvov a#uv ?v
morrow I am going hack to my hills
and my valleys, ba'-k to the Midas and
my work, and try to begin all OTer,
For a time I've wandered In strange
paths, seeking new gods, as it w..?re,
but the dazzle has died out of my eyes
and I can see true again. She isn't
for me. although I shall always love
her. I'm sorry I can't forget easily, as
some do. It's hard to look ahead and ,
take an interest in things. But what
about you? Where shall you go?"
"I don't know. It doesn't really
matter?now." The dusk hid her white,
set face, and she spoke monotonously.
"I am going to see the Bronco Kid. He
sent for me. He's ill."
"He's not a bad sort," said Roy.
"And I suppose he'll make a new
start too." '
"Perhaps," said she, gazing far out
over the gloomy oeean. "It all depends."
After a moment she added,
"What a pity that we can't all sponge
off the slate and begin afresh and? j
lurntri.
"It's part of the game," 3aid he. "I
dou't know why it's so. but it is. I'll (
see you sometimes, won't I?"
"No. boy; I think not."
"I believe I understand," he murmured.
"and perhaps it's better so."
He took her two soft bands in his one
good right and kissed them. "God
bless you and keep you, dear, brave little
Cherry." i
She stood straight and still as he
melted into the shadows, and only the
moonlight beard her pitiful sob and
her hopeless whisper: I
"Goodby, my boy, my boy."
He wandered down beside the sea,
for his battle was not yet won, and
until he was surer of himself he could
not endure the ribaldry and rejoicing
of his fellows. A welcome lay waiting
for him in every public place, but no
one there could know the mockery of
It, no one could gauge the desolation
Uim vk as uis.
The sand, wet, packed and bard as a ?
pavement, gave bo sound to bis (.-areless
steps, and thus It was that be
came silently upon tbe one woman as a
she stood beside tbe silver surf. Had t
be seen her first be would bare slunk
past in tbe landward shadows, but,
recognizing his tall form, she called
and be came, while it seemed that bis
lungs grew suddenly constricted, as 1
though bound about with steel boops.
Tbe very pleasure of her sight pained 1
him. He advanced eagerly, and yet
with hesitation, standing stiffly aloof i
while his heart fluttered and his tongue
grew dumb. At last she saw bis
bandages and her manner change#
abruptly. Coming closer she touched .
them with care?lag fingers.
"It's nothing?nothing at all," he said |
while his voice jumped out of all control.
' When are you?going away?"
"I do not know?not for some time."
He had supposed she would go tomorrow
with her uncle and?the other,
to be with them through their travail. (
With warm impetuosity she began:
"It was a noble thing you did today.
Ob. I am glad and proud."
"I prefer you to think of me In that .
way, rather than as the wild beast you
Raw this morning, for I was mad, perfectly
mad with hatred and revenge, j
and every wild impulse that cornea to
a defeated man. You see, I had played
and lost, played and loet. again and
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