THE 8PRINOFIELD NEWS
THURSDAY MARCH 3. H>27
UAY <
tfrand sa bin
W H A T HAS QONC BCFORC
II 1« l*«K «ml the Pacific itallroal
blue eyes under shimmering hair, I
roughly «talked on and out. free of
has raactwd Ila nnwnat "furthu.l her. free of the Big Tent, her lair!
waal"- llanton, Wyoming, a town <l«s-
In the morning aa I left the hotel
erlbed aa "roaring," an aai h new ter the clerk handed me a note. 1
minus, temporarily waa.
It could have bean sent by only one
Frank B..aon, a young man from
person — the superscription, dainty
Albany, New York, comes because ho
and feminine, betrayed It. That <wo-
la In aearrh of health ami Benton 'a
man waa still pursuing me!
considered "high ami dry."
Couldn't «he understand that”!™»««
Edna Montoyo, a fellow passenger
on the train from Omaha, Impresses no longer a fool— that I had wrenched
Beeson with the beauty of her blue absolutely loose from her and that
eyea and the atyle of her apparel. she could do nothing with nw! I «as
Equally ahe astonished him hy taking minded Io tear the note to fragrant*,
a "amlle" of brandy before break fa at. unread, and rontempuously scatter
A hrakeman tell« Beeaon ahe has them Had ahe been present I should
have done so, to «how her.
"followed her man" to Benton
• LO*’*’4"' »» I
k»«w-.
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within contained a Hve-dollar bank
note.
Thut waa enough to pump the blood
to my face with a rush It was an In
sult a shame. With cheek* twitch
ing I managol to read the lines ac
companying the dole;
Hlr:
You would not permit me to ex
plain to you to-night, therefore 1
must write. The recent affair waa
a mistake. I hud no Intention that
you should lose, and I supposed
you were In more fund«. I Insist
upon «peaking with you You ahpll
not go away In this fashion. You
will find me at the Elite Cafe, at
a table, at ten o'clock In the morn
Jim, a typical western ruffian
But around a corner, I tore the
ing And In case you are a little
whom ahe know« apparently well In envelope open
The folded paper
aulta her ami la floored by Frank
whose proweaa Impresses the pansen
gera
t'ol l.umleraon and “BUI" Brady
volunteer to entertain young Beeaon
Frank avoids being caught by any
of the numeroua gambling games, but
la robbed of all hla money.
At the "Big Tont" Beeson again
meets the Lady of the Blue Eyes. At
"Monte" someone turna up ,he corner
of the 'Winning Queen of Heart« an-l
Beeaon. hla whole *22 bet on It. turna
the caril which Inntend of being the
Queen la the Eight of Clubs.
Montoyo, the gambler at "Monte"
table, strikes the lardy of the Blue
Eyea lleeaon Interfere« a n ' 1« nearly
killed by the gambler. Ilia life being
eared by teamster who was at the
“Monte" table
The teamster tells
Beeson that the Lady of the Blue Eyea
Buffet CoiovUl Jr
with «to
la Montoyo'« wife or wimmn and la
u te «tot» »LMKthma-ni whtUt, »rw j
or Sa«u>n* rn a m ri trim ; Ruff«*
only a leader-on for Montoyo.
•h o if <»r drop t o r w a r tw r ; 14-incfc
or I
I Cotos tai H s oso: fu ll reom ol la
Gsasa
A W A K E N IN G — C on tinu ed
Now I saw all, or enough. I had
received no more than I deserved.
"Jest why Montoyo strtiqk his wo
man I don't know." the teamster went
on. "Do you?"
“Yes! She had cautioned me andTe
must have heard her. And she showed
which was the right card I don't tin
dnrstnnd that."
"To save her face, and egg you on.
Shore! Your twenty dollars waa no
thin'. She didn't know you were bust
ed Next time she'd have steered you
to the tune of a hundred nr two and
cleaned you proper. You hadn't be >n
along, yet, to the right plclh o' smart-
nets Montoyo must ha' mistook her!
Well now what are you going to do?"
"I don't know," I replied. "I must
find work and earn enough to get me
hern,« with.” To write for funds was
now Impoaslhle through very shnmp.
"Home's the only place for a person
of my greenness."'
t
,
"lart me make you a proposition,”
he said. "I'm on my way to Salt Lake 1
with a hull outfit anil I’m In need of ,
another man. I'll give you a dollar <
and a half a day and found."
"You are teaming west, you mean?" I
I asked.
"Yes. sir. Freightin' across. Mule- i
whackin'."
"Bui I never drove a span In my |
life; and I'm not In shape to stand |
hardships." I faltered "I'm here for i
my health. I have—"
"Stow all that, son." he Interrupted. :
"Forget your lungs, lights and liver !
and stand up a full-size man. In my i
opinion you've had too much doctorln '
A month with a hull trnln, a diet of
beans and sow belly, and you can look j
anybody In the eye and tell him to go
to hell! This roarin' town life—It's
no life for you. It's a bobtail, wide j
open In the middle."
"Sir." 1 said gratefully, "may I let |
you know In the morning? Where
■will I find you?"
We arranged to meet next day and
1 returned to the hotel, having paid
In advance.
Gazing neither right nor left. I i
strode resolutely for the exit, but at |
the door I iwns halted hy a hand laid i
upon my arm. and a quick utterance.
"Not goln?
At least say good
night!”
I barely paused, replying to hor,
"Goodnight."
Still she would have detained me.
"Oh, no no! Not this way. It was
a mistake. I Rwear to you I am not
to blame. Please let mo help you. I
don't know whut you've heard—I don't
what has been said about me—you
are angry'—"
I twisted free. With such as she, a
vampire and yet a woman, a man s
safety lay not In words but In ua-
eqnlvocal action.
■Geod-nlght," I bade thickly. Bear
ing with me a satisfying hut somehow
annoying persistent Imprint of moist
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short I beg of you to make use of
love me aa a paramour, sir. Please hands to her fare. Gating back,' a*
the enclosed, with ray best wishes
understand! Treat me as you will; I hastened. I saw her still there, learn
and apologies. You may take It
as a sister, a friend, but anything ing against a wall.
as a loan I am utterable miser
human Oh, I'm so tired of myself;
(TO BE C O NTINUED )
able
E
I can't run .true, I'm under false cdlors.
Half unconsciously wadding both And there Is ,Montoyo—bullying me,
P L E A FO R P E A C E M A D E
money and paper in my hand aa If to cajoling me, watching me. But you
B Y 0 . A. C. P R O F E S S O R
squeeze the last drop of rancor from were different! I foolishly wished to
them I swung on.
help you. but last night the play went
H.eaklng before the Methodist
"Mr, Iteeson! Walt! Please salt" wrong. And Montoyo struck me—
I had to turn about to avoid the m e. In public! Oh, why couldn't I church brotherhood Monday night..
further degradation nt acting the have killed him. You’ll say I’m In Prof Roy Hewttt. professor of politb
churl to her, an Inferior.
love with you. I’erhape I am—qwten science at the Oregon Agricultural®
college, made an urgent plea for the
"I’ve been waiting since daylight," sabe? I only ask a kind of partner
she panted, "and watching the hotel. ship—the encouragement of some de Injection Into International relatione
of the doctrine of Christianity, aaauf-
I was afraid you wouldn't answer mv cent man near me. I have money;
Ing his hearers that such a doctrine
note, so I slipped around and cut In plenty till we both get a footing. Bui
you wouldn't live on me; no! I would will do more than anything else to
on you.”
bring about permanent peace.
"1 know where you're going. Geo- be glad merely to tide you over. If
"The Future of Our Civilization,*
you'd
let
me.
And
I—I'd
be
willing
to
rge Jenks has engaged you, You
don't have to turn bull whacker or wash floor* In a restaurant if I might eras the subject of the college prof
essor. He pointed out the folly of
mule-sklnner! It's a hard life; you’re be free of Insult. You I'm sure, would
war and gave sccou-ts of first-hand
at
least
protect
me.
Wouldn't
you?
not fitted for It—never never. Ix-ave
experiences In the world war.
Benton If you will, Let us go toget I You would, wouldn't you? Say some
Students of Springfield high school
thing. sir." She paused, aqulver.
her.”
heard Prof. Hewttt In a similar ad
i "Shall we go? Will you help me?”
"Your husband, madam," I prompt
dress on Friday afternoon at asaemb-
For an Instant her appeal, of swim
ed.
IF.
"Montoyo? He la no husband to ming blue eyes, upturned face, tensed
grasp,
breaking
voice,
swayed
me.
me. I could kill him—I will do It
Form er Resident Dies
. Rut I had resolved Dot to be snarled
yet. to be free from him."
J. G. Löffler died at Eugene
again.
Mrs.
"My good name, then.” I taunted. "I
hospital Monday after a brief lllnees.
might fear for my name more than I'd
Impossible, madam,” I uttered. This Mrs. Lofflei was 28 years of age. and
fear a man."
i is final. Good-morn I ng."
formerly lived in Springfield, her hu»-
"But I'm not asking you to marry
She staggered and with magnificent band conducting a, blacksmith bual-
me." she said. Tin not asking you to but futile last flourish clapped both nesg here at one time.
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