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'"■ fc 4 The Advocate Clean Fiction Human Interest Features i ____________ = S «V. » M «to.. M II D—rim i M A U i M i i i i s i K « pressai s il tea M N UAMI. Jr. r e a le r e » « I l e r íes *> True Stories ___ » Achievement Stories T H E IL L U S T R A T E D F E A T U R E S E C T IO N — February 14, 1931 THF ILa i lllllLa P r e t t y Mtuzette H a w l e y Forgets Herself And De ifies the Law to Save the Mam She Loves By D O N N B R Y A N Tlirre stands to Uita i U v at tne filar ct H ocnitalr. M o. an antiquated water mill which, notwlUiatandmg slaty-two year* of uninterrupted w r- vlcr to the community. U .till In operation It U a Iran irry »true- turn enveloped In a ahawl of taupe with gaudy cloth tobacco algn* dre- orating It The wcallirr-ntatned and wrather beaten roof ha* fallen In. Tlie enormous wheel that dip* Into the river u like a rangy akelrton. hav ing gone to »tavra and been repaired time* too numernua to account for On the went aide of the mill la an iron wagon-bridge which apana the buy. whiaprrlng atrram. causing a sort of drath-raltle In lla angry pro- tealatlona when a car whip* aeroa* It or a lumber-wagon rumble* along the w.ndlng road "W h irr you been?" "Savannah" The deputy paused, The girl hesitated now, wlirn about to *uy something more, What'* U>* m attrr," she flung bark eying the drputy coolly, "There'« been a murder committed between here and Savannah," Jrrroa atated. and the killer'» allpprd «hrough Uir line thrown out to head him off Hr'a colored Lro Ounn You may know him. Hr killed Hill A brock We ve been ordered to atop everybody cornin' thla way." She laughed "You think," idle countered mls- chlevoualy, "that I'm Ounn?" II* gunned at tlie Interrogation It a a» allowing heavily now and a atrong gale had rlaen. Naw." the drputy purred. but The youth laughed and swung himself onto the side of the bed. “Look around you and see what you think about that,” Gunn suggested. The deputy whirled around but he did not lower hi« pistol. “ I guess you’ll think twice after this before opening a woman’s sligl J .1 M híík layer ¡“ * you,lrU « * h,m ln door and walking in.” said 1 Muzette. who stood with a drawn revolver slighUy'bihind'him' Utat wagon!' In shoving the door open he had shielded her when he entered the room. of m io w on live ground, and this snow She »hoved bark a stray wisp of garbed tlie ancient building tn n hair cloak of rim ine A dIs play of Incon 'You're welcome to look," alie re- week, day and night. In an effort to windows which were thick with Ice, stood with a drawn revolver slightly gruous drift* distorted the highway; ■ I « ll * — l««l ■ -.a. ------- - - - - — . - - — M I __ _» . - - ■ __ k-.- _., a t_ . . - _ _ _ _ 1 i , • >1____ *' U hpfl OW VI i V I M * * L - I__ ■ « I • - lolned; and k her cyea were I Inscrut- find Ounn. but without avaU. They " • brave man.” behind him. In shoving the door and there were even a few thinly ablr “ I lutve a load of wheat." stumbled upon hla white mare but "Tumble out o f that bed." Jerroa open he had shielded her acallerlng flake.« of white The deputy chuckled and once c rdered crisply “ No lime to play." entered the room. A wagon came r illing aerosa the more tlie deadly rifle reposed In the there was no trace of the fugitive, When the deputy. Jerroa, stopped “ You might miss if you shoot,' "Lay down that gun,” Leo Ounn or- thick plank« of the bridge tin- iron- Muartle, the latter was on her way sneered the young man who opposed dered. work overhead rattling Imvwaantly. cr? [ * ^ hta * rm reckon dot. ' he drawled. (Jo home from the county seat with a him. "A re u t you nervous?" There was nothing to do but obey nervoualy. and there wa* a woman In 'awn.' M il* Th' road 1* your o ' the b.gh front aaat, a pretty mulat load of gram. The deputy grew Impatient. Such f nd Jerroe d4d 0,18 m<wtly quick- "Thank* ' And cluckuig to the to colored woman who wa* lndlatin- , When he heard for the first time cool courage he had never witnessed ^ Ita They bound him hand and foot. gulahable In appi-arance from a while U,u,, th' w* « on of Gunn's courtship of Musette, he before. " I ’ve got you nailed," he dc- woman, wearing a man'* duck coat, No man aver'm ade a more acrloua happened to recall that the wagon clared. "and won't stand for any more and|r*hOY5 ^ . hf* ‘, un?,fr heavy fur mitten* and a coon.-kin S h Le » land * d been covered over with canvas, of your inaulta. CVme on now. get " « * *— lh* mistake than Deputy Sheriff rap She handled the linea with a He spent a month thinking about up Juros. But the storm was too furious for araaoned adeptnraa. keeping tha »leek till*. The youth laughed and swung travel, and they had to put up at a grey tram In hand with admirable The girl attracted attention when onto the side of the bed. restaurant ln the countv seat S o n »- Musette Hawley fanned with her control. Look_ round you and are what you l" i h' brother. Ruben, married; and on the »he stayed away from the social one tipped off the authorities and A deputy »lierlfT, colored and hand- eighty-acre tract they resided in d lf- functions in the neighborhood Be think about that." Gunn suggested. both were arrested. aame. one hr land Jerroa, at rode fo r deputy whirled round But he ferem house*. The ... buildings cause , ” she a favorite. did The Ounn was given nrteen fifteen years for .......... were ....... 7 wa* ---- — popular • . '7 and 7 ,7.------------- not lower hts nutnl v*unn ward with an energetlr movement, • 7 ” “ about a quarter of a mile apart The people discussed freely this falling on g**™ the murder of Abcock. but Musette and called out In atertr tone* abode o f the comely colored girl wa* her part to call upon them. The 1 * ue“ you “ lmn* twlc* ■ * » • * ---- ------- ---- —- ----..— for - - ly waa ner pari ui can mem. in e . - ' — 7 was paroled. She Is sttll waiting • Halt, there— ---- , „ a story and a half structure, net down U lk reached the ears of Jerroa who, open ng a womsa i door _______ *“ * Ihe team imlllng tlie heavy wagon In a grove of cottonwood ________ _____ •rm in» hinu»tr in the m n n i. *nd walking ln. said Musette, who arming himself in the county sea t/ ™ 1 »»'k in g ( ( • a l l a » « * M m u 4> trees. came to an abrupt stop *------ w -* h n i.i«* hi. rui* There had been nn altercation be with a nistnl. made a hurried trip * 7?" ! I . ,^L*d _ hU r 0 * tween Bill Abcock and Leo Ounn. th rough a blinding snow storm to Into a threatening position "What's your name?" lie demanded hla young hired hand, both colored. Musette* house. The kitchen door waa open and "Musette Hawley." waa the quiet Abcock was a stern man. a difficult employer to get on with. He had Jerroa did not knock He slipped answer. refused to pay Ounn for a week a la- mto the house, ami finding the down- ' Where do you lire?” bor. One word brought on another, stairs vacant, clambered up the ' Itonendale # and Gunn stabbed his employer with creaking staircase a hunting knife He fled The quick- A m ucu,ln<. voice called out from ly formed p.«ae could not locate him. Ule room: I » America Ounn had at one Ime been em- that ,u MlucU* r p lo y «l by Rube Hawley. The plain- n rn ^ d )ut knew h<> ,lod hls a mulatto nation Ÿ tlv# love note chorded by the affair ,nan a r « n between the -killer and Muzette was Kicking open the door, with hts m n U M t r t an OIVMI. low. soft and plilU)| for lnsUnt lle rutin r mournful. stepped through the square opening There had been days of perfect h ir - Into thr room, where a coal oil lamp mony and the boy and gtrl had be- flickered and burned dimly, come rngaged. although no one else “ Hands up, Ounn!" knew I t Ounn had gone to work for "You're a brave man. aren’t you?" better-money at Abcock a. 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