THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, ANUL 22, 1D21 FOUR 4 PUNCHER ilTfnKT"" ff if. ... 1 hold you In very hlph He razed for a time Into the street. r,.spM.t , one of ; gO0ll wonil.IIt while thoughts nf bitterness and re- (;))0(1il. r Tcnpe louoni lor nomiiiiim'ii liin mlnl. "lMlth," lie an id, at length, inn-t I forgive?" 'I do tint sny j on mut,' lie nn- CHAPTER XIV. When Irene Hardy pursued tnve RobeH J.C.Siead (luthorc kitchener, and other poem ' face close to Ms." Thi-n, spenC fug very slowly, nnd with each word hy Itself, """ Tijitcrhewiin.i i up the ennvon. He must nnve un -n. ."r ...r .. ? fa gai(L wns not vet nt the meridian when he ' . , swotcM. -I merely sny n j.m, ..re w. frnn, ,p hns , r(ir of ,mi,or. yc.ii will. Nothlnc It wnw to me. Is i r nlri.,.,lv (lrmvn0,, ,n tIlP o tmirli misunderstood as forjrlvcnes. !pf (,)(, (.,.y jiatlcss, she run The on who Is forplven may merely escape punishment, hut the one who forgiven experiences a positive ppir Itunl expansion." "Is thnt Christian!?" he venturer!. "It Is one side of Christianity. The ol her side h nervier. If you lire will the length of n full Mock ; then, real igns tlie futility of such a chase, r turned with utmost equal haste to her home. "What Is the monn'ng of this?" she demanded of ("onward. "Why did he threaten to slioot r.nd why did he found himself nt the little nook In the rock where he and Irene had sat that afternoon when they had first laid their hearts open to each other. Suddenly one remark stood up In hi memory. The day In coming." she had said, when our country will want men who ran shoot and ride." And he hnd said, "Well, v hen It docs It ran call on me." And today the country did want men ho coul.l shoot and ride, and he had Town Into the foothill to nurse a l.roken heart. . . . Itroken hearta can flht as well as whole onea. H eould be of some use yet. At any rate there was a way out. Pome whim led htm through the prove of spruce trees on his way back to the ranch. Here, In an open space, ht looked about, kicking In the dry Crass. At length his toe disturbed a few bleached bones, and he stood and looked with unseeing eyes far across the shimmering valley. "Brownie," he wild . at length. "Brownie." The whole scene came Lack upon htm the moonlight, and Irene's distress, and the little bleed ing body. And he had said he didn't know nnytUng about the Justice of God ; all he knew was the critter that couldn't run was the one that got Taught. . . t And he had said that was life. ... He had said It was j only nature. j And then they had stood among the trees and beneath the white moon and fledged their faith. . . . Again his head went up and the old .light flashed In his eyes. "The first thing Is to kill the wolf," he said aloud. "No other Innocent shall fall rnrkriess " had" again fallen befors Dave found his car threading the ctreets of the city, still feverish with Its newborn excitement of war. He returned his car to the garage; an attendant looked up .'urlously It was vldent from his ghu.ee that Pave had already been missed but no words vere exchanged. He stood for a ino- nent In the street, collecting his thoughts and rehearsing his resolves. He was amazed to find thnt, even tn his bitterness, the city readied a thousand hand to him hands of iiablt and association and customs of mind all urglriu him bnVk Into the old groove; all saying: "The routine Inrr to forglvo and ready to serve I,,.ave n9 hc Voll know T(, "Then come to my room and talk tome. Talk to me ! Talk to me! Fo 1 don't think you n'ed woiry much over the details of your creed. Creeds, i after, nit, are not expfessod In word ; but In llxcs. When you know how n mnn lives you know what he believes always." "Suppose 1 forgive what then?" "Servb-e. You are needed rlcht now, Pave forgive my frankness your count ry needs you right now. You must dismiss this grievance from your mind, nt least dismiss your resent ment over It, and then place yourself at the disposal of your country." Thnt Is utmt I had been thinking fl s. ot" he fin,1' "At ,Pnst ,tint pBrt Bbont C-'rV "PrvlnR my country, although I don't fait JtJ think my motives were as mgn ns you WOUKlimaKe mem. nui ie r tun i last. It Is nnbelhwahle." "I'm not so sure," she answered gravely. "Of course I know nothing about Germany. But I do know some thing about our own people.ftI know how selfish and Individualistic and ! sordid and money-grabbing we hnvn "Yes," He Answered, "I Have to Kill been; how slothful and Incompetent a Man." land self-stlsfled we have been; rnd I I fear It wHl take a long war and sac God's snke tulk to me! I must talk rflPP8 and tragedies altogether be to. someone." yon(1 our present Imagination to make She followed him. Inside the room un8eifish ami puWIe-splrlted and he hnd himself under control again. ,pan nd RPnerous. I am not wor He told her the story, all he knew. rylng ahout ,ne rtefpnt 0f Germany. Yhen he had finished she arose and lf onr rvni,.ntlon Is better than that walked to one of the windows and of flermany we shall win, ultimately, stood looking with unseeing eyes upon Bna f onr civilization .is worse than the street. For the second time In tbat of Germany we shall be defeated his life Dave Elden had laid his heart Utimntely and we shall deserve to bare to her, and again after all these gefpjfai. years he still talked as friend to. P(lt j ra"tner think that neither of friend. That was It. She was tinder ' thf ni,ernntlves will be the result. I no delusion. Dave's eyes were as ratnPr tnInh that the test of war will blind to her love as they had been Khmv lliat there are elements In Ger that night when he had first told, her civilization which are better than of Irene Hardy. And she could not our)l an)1 Pi,,mw. n our civilization tell him. Most of all she could not wlllrn nre footer than theirs,-and that tell hint now. . . . She hnd waited ()(e Kml ei,.,m.nts will survive and nil these years, and atlll she must f(,nn thp t,nS 0f a new civilization I better than either." Dave's eyes were upon her form, if that Is so," Dave replied, "If silhouetted against the window. It oc- this war Is but the working of Imtnu curred to him that In form Edith wan table low which proposes to put all the very much like Irene. He recalled that elements of civilization to the suprem? In those dead past days when they Pst nnd retain only those which are used to ride together Edith had re- justifiable by that test, why should minded him of Irene. I I or anyone else fluhtT And," lie When vhe st od allent SO long he ndded, as nn afterthought, "what me." "I nm sure I wish I could tell yon," said Con ward with all his accustomed suavity. In truth ('onward, having somewhat recovered from his friirht, was In rather good spirits. Things had gone better than he had dared to hon Elden was eliminated, for (he present, rtt uny rate, and now was the time to win Irene. She stood hefore him, flushed and vibrating and with flashing eyes. "You're lying, Conwnrd," she said de- JL -, . WITS about that principle of forgiveness?" "We must fiht," she answered, "be cause It Is the law that we must flulit; spoke aguin. "I'm nfrnld I haven't played a very heroic tmrt." he said, somewhat Is the thing. Be a six.ke In the wheel;, Himmefaceilly. "I should have burled because It Is only hv fighting that we go round with the rest or us. , my KP(.,.Pt n my heart; burled It ever can Justify the principles for which we "No." he reminded himself. "No, I ' from y, ; perhaps most of all from fi'ht. If we bold our principles as be nn't do that. '1 have business on . Vou. r.ut von can advise me. Edith. lug not worth fighting for the new clvl- lmnd. 'First to kill the wolf." lie remembered t lint he had given Ills rcvolir to Irene. And suddenly she sat with him again at the tea table. . . . Where was he? Yes, lie had given his revolver to Irene. Well, there was another In his rooms. In the hallway of the blixk lu hlch he had his bachelor apurtments Dave almost collided with a woman, lie drew buck, and the light fell on Ills face, but lurs wa lu the shadow. Ami then he heard her voice. "Oh, Ive, I'm mo glad Why, hat bus happened?" The last word ran Into a little treble of pain as sl.o noted his haggard face. "You Edith?" Le managed to say. "Whatever" I wilt value whatever you say." lizatlon will throw rhoso principles In Slie trembled unill she thought he the discard. And that. too. covers the mus see her. nnd she feared to trust question of forgiveness. Forgiveness, j vvmllll ik fim. tn, front page." "You're Lying, Con ward." liberately. "First you lied to him, and now you lie to me. There can be no' other explanation. Where is that gun? He said I would know what to do with It." "I have it." sold Conwnrd. partly cr.rrlcd off his feet by her violence. "I will keep It until you nre a little more reasonable, and perhaps a little mote Respectful." "Irene," said Mrs. Hnrdy, "what way is thitt to speak to Mr. Cnnward? You are out of jour head, child! Such n scene. Mr. Conwnrd! That cow puncher! I always knew it would come out some time. Oh, If the pa pers should learn of this!" "That's all you think of," Irene re torted. "A scene, and the papers. You don't trouble to even wonder what was the occasion of the scene. You're afraid of the papers. I'm not. I'll ;lve the v. hole story in them tomor row. Ill tell that you Insulted him '.'onward, and how you stood there, a grituriur. gaping coward under the muzzle of his gun. How 1 w ish I had a phorogrrph of it I" she exclaimed. with a little hysteric;;! laugh. "It her voice, but she could delay a reuli . fact, itoos not enter into Hie cou no lon-er. sideratlon at nil. "Dave," she said at length, "why n,ust fiht- because we hate should vou take Conward's word In ermnny but because we love certain uch a matter as this?" principles which Germany Is endeav- "I didn't take Conwnrd's word. rluK to overthrow. The Impulse must That's why I didn't kill him at once. ,l,eJove; not. na,e-, , , ' . . ..... It wasn't his word. It was the Insult , M" ,,",, "'"J 1 wh"9 that cut. But she tried to save him. '. ?he ti"(ke; ' himself She threw herself upon me. She would farr,pa b h tneaa o, have taken the bullet herself ru-her , r gumet.t. What a wonderful ... ..... ... ... .u.,t . woman she was! 1 And as he looked liinil in it nun ii.iii. ii.ai nun wmti i that was wUat " ' "I know, Dave." She had to hold herself In check lest the tenderness I that welled within her, and would 1 She came toward Win nnd placed , shape words of endearing sympathy tier hands on his. "I've been here a ' In her mind, should find utterance in tiundred times ever since morning j speech. "1 know, Dave," tshe said. ver since Bert Morrison called np to - "The next thing, then. Is to make aay you had disappeared that there' sure In your own mind whether you was some mystery. There Isn't, Is ever really loved Irene Hardy. Be there, Dave? Tou're all rlffht, Dave,; cause If you loved Irene a week ago aren't you, Dave?" j you love Iier tonight." "I guess I'm all right," he managed "Edir!;," he said, "there Is no way to answer, "but I got a Job on an lm of expiuialng this. You can't uuder portant Job on. I must get It done. ' hi and. I know you have glved your There Is not time " I self up to a life of service," and I But her woman's Intuition hnd gone honor you vt ry much, and all that but t a , t at l airr.. I. xr oe.ow nm m.e worus. " ' (here flre MmB tWn;rs 0 wo.t be aomethlng wrong. Dave," she said. able to understand. Yob can't under- 1 , 1 1. 41.1.. t . . . . . .... ' U'T " J" liow mu.h I lovc-d Irene, lei me what " Is. 111 me. Iave.,JIave kh()wn rf ,ove Perhaps I-can help." 'turned to hate?" , Dave was silent for a moment, p p9 b bu. patching her Sud.lenly It occurred n ,V nQ turn t0 to him that Edith Duncan was beautl- cnQ turn o dorb. ,'. ... , - . ness. Believe me, Dave, If you bate . If she had not quite the fine features Irenft Us. Of Irene she had. a certain softness ot ten. nl) th(ngs Mm ( tenderness of m, and eye; a certain. things' l" T.S-fT- w. "Nt a "ns. Ediths not all "Edith," he suld, "you re white. Why ... ts It that the woman a man loves will. ,"" .. .,,.., 11 lH ULI lUIIIK. Dave was . silent for some time. at her he again thought of Irene, and j ' suddenly he felt himself engulfed In a great tenderness, and he knew that even yet "What am I to do?" he said. "What nm I to do?" In the darkness of her own shadow she set her teeth for that answer. It was to be the crowning act of self renunciutinn and it strained every fiber of her resolution. "You had better go oversens and enlist ! England,' she told hint calm ly, although her nails were bl'ing he paliUK. "You will get ipjicker action that way. And when you -onie bucl you must see Irene, and you urn learn from your own heart whether you reolly loved her or not. And If you find you did not, th"u then you will be. free to to to think ot some other woman." I "I am afraid I shall never enre to think of any other woman." he nn swered, "except you. But some way She broke into peals of laughter and rushed up the stairs. In the morning; she was very oler and pale, and marks of distress and sleeplessness were furrowed In her face. She greeted her mother with cold 'civility and left her breakfast untouched. She gave part of her breakfast to Charlie; It was a saving tutlni to her to have someone upon whom she could pour affection. Then -he went to the telephone. She called Dave's otlice. Nothing was known of Mr. Elden; he had been working there 'ast night ; he was not down yet. She ailed his apartments. There was no i'ttswer. Then she tried a new num ber. "Hello, Is that the office of the Call: Will you let nn" speak te " Her mo her interrupted almost fran tlcally: "Irene, you nre not going to tell the papers? You mustn't do that Think of what it Tnenns the dis grace a shooting affair, almost. In out '.oine. Think of me, your mother " "I'll think of you on one consider?! ,n that you explain what hauncne'1 last night and tell me where Dave j Elden Is." ' j "I can't explain. I don't know. And I don't know " j "And you don't want to know. And ' you don't care, so lonjf as you can keep It out of tiie papers. I do. I'm going . tn find out, the facts about this, if every paper in the country snouni you re mnerent. 1 non i minis or . j,rlnt them. Hello! .Yes. I want to as a woman, you snow; noi rninj, a way. I can't explain It, Edith, but fall him, and the woman he only likes stays true?" When he sprfke again she caught a dif- Oh!" she cried, and he oould not . . nt ,,,, ,n hi, vnU.p ton, guess the depths from which her cry though bis soul In those few moments v as wrung. . . . "I should not have; hud go.ie thrtlUBh . fetime of expe- asked you, Dave," she said. "I'm Berry." They stood a moment, neither wish- rlence. "Edith." ho said, "when you repeat ed those word I knew you had some- lng to move away.' "You said you 1 thg ,hat have not , knew tt not the reminded him at length. "Yes," he answered. "I have to kill a maa. Then I'm going to Join up with the army." Her hands were again upon him. "But you mustn't. Dave," she pleaded. "You can't fight fo your country then. You will only Increase Its troubles In these troubled times. Don't think I'm deeding for him. Dave, bnt for you, for the sake of us for the sake ot those who care." , He took her hands In his and raised them trt h' -ou'',- a" -"'V bt by words but by )tf way you said them. You made uw know that In your own life, If yoij loved, you would be ready to endure all things. Tell me, Edith, how juay this thing be done?" Fhe trembled with delight at the new tone In bis olce, for 6he knew that for him life would never again be the empty, flippant, selfish. Irre sponsible thing which la the past he had called life. In your case," she said, "the course you're something more something better than all that." He had sprung to his feet. "Edith. I can never thank you enough for what you have said to me tonight. You have put some spirit back Into niy body. I am going to follow your advice. There's a train east In two hours and I'm going on it. Fortu nn'ely my property, or most of it, has dissolved the way It came." L ."She moved toward him with extend ed hand. "Goodby, Dave," she said. He held her band fast In his. "Good by, Edith. I can never forget I can never repay all you hne been. It may sound foolish to you after all I have said, but 1 sometimes wonder if if I had not met Irene if " He paused j'nd went hot with embarrass ment. What would she think of him? An hour ago he bad been ready to kill or be killed in grief over his frus trated love, and already be was proc- ticallv making love to her. Had "he brought her to his room for this? What a hypocrite he was! "Forgive me. Edith." he said, as speak to Miss Morrison.' In a few words she explained Dave's sudden disappearance, stripping the Incident of all but vital facts. Bert Morrison was all sympathy. "It's a big story, you know," she said, "but we won't think of it that way. Not a line, so far as I am concerned. Edith Duncan Is the girl we need. A sort of adopted sister to Dave. She may know more than any of us." But Edith knew absolutely nothing; nothing except that her own heart was thrown Into a turmoil of emotions. She spent the day and the evening downtown, rotating about the points where Dave might likely be found. And the next morning the culled on Irene Hardy. In spite of all eforts at self-control she treuib'ed us she pressed the bell. She had never met Irene Hardy; it was going to be a strange exiorience. Introducing herself to the woman who bad been preferred over her and who bud apparently proved so unworthy of that preference. She bad difficult things to say. and even while she said them she must Jeii!ouy of her natural womon!iooi. And she must be very, very careful that In saying things wh'cli were bard to say she did not say hard things. And, tnosj difficult of all. she must try to pave the wav to a reconciliation be tween Dave and the woman who stood between her hud happiness. Irene rttended the door, cs was hor custom. Her eyes took In Edith's face and figure with mild surprise. Edith was conscious of the process of n quick Intellect endeavoring to classify her solicitor, music teacher, busi ness girl? And In that moment of pr.uso she saw Irene's eyes and a strange commotion of feeling surged through her. So this was the woman Dave had chosen to love! No; one does not choose whom one will love; one loves without choosing. Edith was conscious of that; she knew ll.at in her own life. And even ns she looked lliis first time upon Irene she became aware of n subtle attraction gathering about her; she felt some thing of that power wlcli had held ouve to a single course inrougn an these years. And suddenly a great new truth was born In Edith Duncan. Suddenly she realized that if the stecL nt any time prove unfaithful to the magnet the fault lies not In the steel but In the magnet. What n change of view, what a reversion of nil accepted things came with the realization of that truth which roots down Into the bedrock if all nuture! . . . "Won't yon come In?" Irene was saying. Her voice was sweet and mu sical, but there was a note of sadness In It which set responsive chords a-tremble nil through Edith's heart. "I am Edith Duncan," she managed to say. "I I think I have something to say thnt may Interest you." There was n quick leap In Irene's eyes; the leap of that Intuitive femi nine sense of danger which 'so seldom errs In dealing with Its own sex, and Is yet so unreliable n defense from the dangers of the other. Mrs. Hardy was In the living room. "Won't you come up to my work shop?" Irene answered, without change of voice, find they ascended the stairs together. "I draw a little," Irene was saying, talking fast. "Oh, yes, I have quite commercialized my art, such as It Is. But I haven't lost my soul altogether. I daub In color a lit'le yes, douh, that's the word. But It keeps one's soul nllve." S1k trembled, and her voice choked ; she put out her arm to a chair. When she turned her face there were tears on it. . . . "Tell mo Edith," she said. . . . "You know" . . . "I know some things," Edith man aged to say. "I know, now, thnt I do not know nil. Dave nnd I are old friends. My father took a liking to him n-id he used of en to be in our house. And we got to know each other very well, and he told me about you long ago. And last night I found him at h'.s rooms, almost nnd nnd swearing to shoot Conwnrd. Ami then be K id nn that that " "Yes? Yes? What d.d be tell you? I nm not. afraid " Edith turned her eyes to where the white crests of tlc m I'.ntalns cut like a crumpled keel through a sea of Infi nite blue. "He told me be saw Con wnrd li.-re . . . upstairs . . . and Conwnrd made a boast. And he would have shot him, but you rushed upon Ifm and begged him not to. He said you would have taken the bullet yourself rather than U fehould find ("onward." "oh! oh'." the girl cried, in the pain of one mortally hurt. "How could he think that? I didn't care for him for Conwnrd but for Dave. I knew there had been u quarrel I didn't know why and I knew if Dave shot him it wasn't in self-defense what ever It was. he couldn't plead that and they'd hang him, and that was all I saw, Edith, lhat was nil 1 saw, nird I would yes. I would rather have taken the bullet myself than that that should happen " "You jxior girl!" fnid Edith. "You jMior girl!" And her arms found tlie other's neck. "You have been hurt, hurt." y nd then, under her breath, "more than me." "What has he done?" "He had already been convinced nt be uhonM nfi'er his serv'ees tr j his country, In these times. He said he couldn't remain here, and he has already left for England. I nm afraid I encouraged him to leave at once. 'You see, I didn't understand." Irene had taken a chair, nnd for some minutes she sat In silence. "I don't blame you," t-he said, nt length. "You gave him good advice. There remains only one thing for me to do." "What?" snld Edith -after a mo ment's hesitation. "Follow him ! I shall follow him and make him understand. If he must go Into battle with all that that means he must go In knowing the truth.. You have been very kind. Miss Duncan. You have gone out f your way to do me a great service, and you have shown more kindness than I have uny right to claim from a stranger. ... I feel, too, the call for vengeance," she exclaimed, spring ing to her feet, "but first I must find Dave. .1 shall follow him .at once. 1 shall readily locate ';n in some way through the military service." She accompanied her visitor to the door. They shook bands anil looked for a mommt In each other's eyes. And then Edith burst away and hur ried down the street. First Gasoline Launch Appears on the Lake at the Country Club Members of tha County club and o'heis pot their first real insight this week irto the sort of a playground that the dub will develop into. The polfbups hive been so busy tellintr lies about their low scores that they haven't paid any great attention to the other features, but the motor launch which appeared the first of the week has ca.'t every other attraction Into the shade. The tennis enthusiasts are pettinj? ir.teic.ted, too, and if the weather keeps on running true to form, there'll be a crowd of bathers there some day. Work on the construction of the club hou?e has nlreadv begun, fin! tflmtccnhll.ETAOl ETA ETA T (Jet your supply of sassafras bark at Thicle's. 42 CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP OF TWO MEAT MARKETS" This, week C. E. Simpron purchased a half-interest in the Sanitary meat market, Frank Melvin retiring. He has not yet decided what he will do in the future. Mr. Simpson has been conducting a meat market at the Stalos grocery, and will hereafter be found at the West Third street loca tion. L. E. Bliss has disposed of his in terests in the Model market to his partner, E. K. Jones. The senate finar.ee committee added' $1.3G0,000 to the appropriation bill. This raises the total of the bill to $22.8f,0,000. Of the added amount. $746,000 is for the university. Of the sum added for the university $350,000--is for a new gymnasium on condition that an equal sum be raised by sub scription. The remaining $396,000 for the university is for general expense and improvements. The other items: added to the bill are for various state departments and for some special purposes. Miss Beatrice LiedlolT who has beer in a critical condition for the past few days, is reported improving this morning. When your watch is out of order burg it to Thiele's. 42; Dr. C. E. Kirchev. field representa tive of Hastings college, is in Alliance attending the synodlcal convention at the Presbyterian church. Lee Moore went to Thursday on business. Hemingfont Mrs. W. A. Zook of Crawford, who- has been in the hospital returned home Sunday. She has made a good' recovery from a very serious opera tion. When your watch is out of order brirg it to Thiele's. 42 London youth, having won a coliejrer decree, has been refused it because he lacked a birth certificate. He must prove he is alive! Nations throughout the world seem more ready to throw down their tool than their arms. As a professional definition, has "psycho-motor excitation" the punch. of brainstorm : If Kaiser Bill cuts his clothes to fit the world's opinion of him, he's not using up much cloth. France, having no money, strenu ously favors an allied loan of $250, 000,000 to save Austria. Yaqui Indians are on the war path,, but that will be taken care of. It is an automobile highway now. Waterloo House Dresses $2..)0 to $6.00. f Highland-Holloway Co. 42 ? Herald Want Ads ltf a word.' 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