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THE COURIER
, r ;s-Keop that for t
fVi'nWell, now, cf it
by IdBt kVhMVant
Nip M-fcrter
,"Keop that for those you want to deceive."
WATKIN'S FATE
now, cf it comes ter deceiving, I guess I'll Halter give way
ginsit 'pears ez ef ho could lay over the hull camp at that."
A
4Ycp," repeated Joo Watkins, "sho fcwyed hcVe by
; do yojyfacanjy Some or your lies, 01 courses.
You are a
by acci-
' nnd'i nniiT nntinv
.
MS
puauiugiHwutaMMHW
vent
morality
"Wal"
evcrjJna!
this, that-
be. and as it'i
along smili
order to
her while to
lumr'don'
i vnn'n M'RlNu.h
w. r r
w yu're powerful
hen
coml
go,
HW
laBai
' C-4 .2
. leTTOil
,squar' lets chip in.t
without sayin' nothin' to '.
ins.
man go
man: and
Jlck."
'to
OTnaroKnM'ii 3M
WnaJByopiron'Vfl eo cmppervw
SBr rffiuW2S.g oKbh$ J
gT fed dofito SWffRtlcLsoeni
B iirow 'iii'm
ifflBm lb luuk slWrt liUIT I IB
you
st step in.
mean, and
un-
when
ajrjrinaitoMneirto-laki
lWnMiljrhafeido'l7Jir"ro!
:nrl If ST Sr n i r n oruvrtlf anrl
AHUiLUjinwuivw dmvtwm uuw
VOhjKSVbeg
K wntH MC1 wn't-6tay tHere! Tell me what
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... . . . -r . vv w mi nro tt n nn v mi w w l in ijiiii uijdca iuu
A dozen hands wont to a3 many pDSkets in practical response w" ku """" , , .,. , , i i JT !,:.,
this appeal, but were arrested there as Joe Watkins, who appeared "ous You see, his fust wife , . come, and folks are kind of speakin
in the light of public prosecutor, again etepped forward. "That's noISp
not,tbo n'ipt, .Isay hat Waggins ought to bo punished; ft play, P. lff;TO?fflHWr " C?lVZ7Z.iZ: Za ZZi
od it mean on this camp, and if I know the boysthoy'll play it back on
him to a pretty tune. Why, when Spiggot died over to South
Fork Mountain, an Waggins went over and brought his wife over
7 Imo vcifn diiln'f thiH vnr r:imn nnnak 'most uncommon well of
iir ":' - vv She's cot checks-like tulips and;a laugh
r- .i:.i" -,nAnA A.,! U,tMnnnartiXv.nt.nn orw way up South Fork njouujSiif. "here's
.w, ,.D1U ,v wy7- "-" - j TrA -- - l' 'IV.V. f to- :f
- ? uniiur. uuu iuo uujbimij iK.R o tuv ki k
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ez.might hevthougblof that wjddcr, but bein'
got ahi34."end tbfe camp approved Waggin s;
J aadirovin! and deserted wife 'turns up, and
j
fa &
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chorus.
"Thar wub others
more iiiodo8t,WagginB
but now here Wilis! tfue
the question isj-wMat's Vie camp goiti' ter do about it?"'
"the orator knew
Ilia. -audience , top. well toxuake the infringement of t he i marriage
layi the.,qhiefipointpfhisijndictmeBtand therefore.dwelt on tlio de
ception used, by Wiggins .toward .society at Babbit's Fjnd, Dick'
should ihavptlaud the matter before ,th.em, should have' confided it tb
tetq as men not unfamiliar, with, domesjic infelicity, and inthat
case.thej'jWouldhayejbniquitp.willing to ignore the first wife-' and
suppoft.hin in .his - impending .trouble. Dickt had not chosen to act
apcording,,to,thep recedent and, consequently, the camp, felt .outraged,.
aqdjdjeposedto.Iisten.tOjWatkW) , ,. .,, jl( .,n
jfl saj'pvufsueithB mperii Ariatides, '.'that justice hez,gpf.,to bej
RRe"t. J I -Ji .nit- ttj I.j pi !.i-li-.l ) t-l- '$'- iu Jiw
j,Vut hejnihhav.enkeA.thoughtful bystander ,
"yyhaiibecoiqeB.ifif DiggoKf.wiipFijU t? stranger, Jakes,,, the ;pot?0
Y,py,lflaitsimonylliBa)Wn4.Pfi gPiMrom ,whici,xoucanitldniw
the stakes." iutwr i. ?.. ! j jH jm ln
"That ain't the p'int, it's the, princerple. Rabbit's Find ain't got
aV.tfK.Jto,1niuchiJa.tffijpari,theaway( of morality; it,.ajt
a-burstin' out and overflowin' with virtue tor that extent, that it ,can..
afford to let a thing like this go by."
An affirmative
-.!, I hi uuiij 1
ready to atone
.jjjini
aostra
rnnnrl
this time: it will take a hand in the game, and Waggins hez got ter ,
e'Y.'
seemed' as if the news came to her as the fulfillment of an old dread,
rather than as a revelation of
HER HUSBAND'S TERFIDY.
"Yes, Marier Delancy was hgrname least-wise on the stage.
that yer ketch ontojfhalf
been wrong done this lovely
right smart" J ".?-
-Got Iter leave Babbit's Find?", ' .. !- . ,
ana jnecrip?
by me and my
vC
murmur ran round, the crowd, .which was quite
ior maivmuai Bnoncomings py nfiarty.enaorsemeni 01
bim it ii...jj.-. - . i-.j- ." urn 1 1 :rj 1 Jiui' . it ! i- 1 - -j -"iii
,cl .01 .principle, "lie Deen a rawer .ary season n morais
hprn nirht alnnir. and 7 tnkn it the camn n not cnin'tn Timw
"Yes. . You- see they'redownriglit mad, 'cause' they thought he'd
done rheenei'ons.prprer thing bypiggot'; wjdden
pie chijti ; got jHuywpaE laore was anojncrC- x j g
"Silence, you snatch! HVuid do the generous thing I
poor children, and by"-v - "- ' ' . " ' . . " J
i','SpiggotM,too" ,M fll J.ilnv. 1-11 , -V.;
(."yos,! ho jdid, .when, ,wr.etchea likayou would have made '. poverty
and.iny.loye for them, a, temptation.'!,, - . ' ' ;"
"'Whaan.unforgivinatemperypuVcigotS Maybe, you'llwish you
hadn!tMboenjso pert when tjex hear theiverdic agin himtoaiorrow
night tThe iboysiwill meet,him.atjtho stage and take'hiaa, straight
thar." ,i u ii n .!, i j t . '
i Fori a.whileiBhe.etoodJookingafterheroldenemy as if unable to
graspi the situational What, w.aashe, to doJ.j How could snesave
Dick? i Should i Bhe, take. heel children: andi.flee? . ,No, thatlwould.be
idle) Shei Jcnew her husband. too well .to think-he would, allow.lherv
to'saciiticeiierBelfaJ; , dl m i -. . IhwiI . lli'ri" jn nv
5 Her eyeslwaBdered over, the camp,i whose; lighta'ahown Jike fireflies
throughithe light.TdiliofimiBt and then lurned to the aeighboriag .
mountain, .hsith its beltot pines, .nntat last they rested on the dia-!.
tant -outlineaot th SierraaJJiTheihotidayihad been followed 'by.at
sultry- night, 4nd-the momentary breeze, which hadibroagUt adlittle
freshneBS'diedaway aseuddenlyias ithad come... The place was not!
beautiful; even the softening grace of night was powerlees to' rob iti
of its ugliness; but yet to this wopan it had had a fascination no
w.ordsi.cp.uldexpress, ,lt,ww..hone;J andas.the. thought, that .she
mustjeave, it;caflie to.h.er; she loqko uppu it.a?, EveJmay .have look-,
ed on tho garden when its gates were about to -n." i: I , - , ttfi.
CLOSE BEHINp HER.
1 III! . itN'Sl viltflM -it! til lllt.t'l I.L T ,il " . J . 111 ill ... 1 ; &1 Al-J t t 1
Jick Tepdy thorigKt that Babbits could withstand more shocks ,Must tney m unven away necu. iue w:ueu woman wno naa
ththist-fc :ri.ha
UdhYBtwawv "' U!'v ' "" himi f iclc1ifflt6ld--hbr ' lKen BtiJry of1KisWfaIoTQ'arriageran,d,
-fin wifc'tresiiBlli'Tho sh4'hfad iistefei toefhiiafen;
there isn't a man here as would wish't eo you one better on that, her heart; and now this woman 1 found him out, and 'they- must4
Ybu frct'this is'IHGkhirft(r''KViDa'iriV6ok,ldmaUblV
we'll, 'alfi'vo'got'tS Bay' , 'the rdaH'afe sayilho's g6tU straight flush1
of that suit had better show his band."
THE LIBERAL VIEW
Ot,thj?,sitation pr.ovoked hearty,applause,lbut.,asi Joe Watkins ire
presented (Lhp.jrelicouB element ;ofi the place, bo Xar.aaat .could be said.,
to exit at) all, his Hrgumoots finally, carried the da ' It .was event?! ,
ually-decided) thatltha boys Bhouldmeet.thostage.by whichWaggins
would arrive the following night, and escort him to -.thai meeting! i
house, where, in the presence of his two wives, he should hear his
sentence of banishment from Babbit's Find.
Watkins, after Ieau;
waggins nome, wmcnTlinerea rrotn tnesur:
reason of its cleanliness withui andjte.litUe garden. without.
"What evir brings you here, Joe"Watkins? No good, I'll be bound,"
co forth beggars.
''Ohi'DickliDick!' 'JIaveilJcbme.toyou.only toruin you?,i iMusfcl
givoJy'ouup? Gh, I cannbt.M.iIscannoti!" Il-1 U.,-, -ir , .., 0.lti
She'cried'aloud in hcr.ag'onyi looking: upi to tho solemn midnighti(
sky but no answhr camdntoiiher from th& starry. dpmD.jand nature
stept; Voiceless in thehotiiw'indless might;, 1 c u 1 : -,M r. .if
iTho meeting houtd at Babbit's Find"bwed its .existence touono'ofil
those sudden bursts of emotionabrfeligous feelings to whichtimeni
whq,lead,hardrliv.psare frequently prone. When Mrs. Waggins
reached the' meoting house her husband was already there, and
without a word Bhe went and stood by his side. Tho two clasped
and looked
!ZJ.r
expire'
ailently into each other'sfacesneither having
tBeeeMn3sitjfeifieeS!.tSenW Joo Watkins
tnd ofL. ing- Ujo dicoqtion,of A" 1ndsan4t
thffBurrfiUittiifiir 'fehantiiSR hv --worus w
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was in nossession ol.ine puipu, anu near uim eai mo uuroine ot ine
1 lill.J f I I .( J I. I . If. i '(L r .. L !' L.M'.! IT A'1'
; BOiiHrig pleasantly on ine company. j.ne crowu
L. Ii
nour
well
'fiever
was unusually
dreMed So many boUcd ahit8, itwas renjmJjedaf, (erwrdhad,
rlieeif seeiTbefore'n the' tfimp. Alt was the dry'seasonwhich
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