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CMULB By OCTAVUS ROY COHEBI WNU SERVICE CHAPTER XV Continued 15 Seven men In all: seven men with leathern skins; calloused, overlarge hands, stolid faces, unkempt hair s and tattered men who had been born clothes; in the swamp and raised there; who tilled tiny tracts of clayey earth when the spirit moved; who had ruined their digestions with too much fresh pork; who fished indifferently for porgie and mullet and eel and sucker and sunfish; who shot in season deer, possum, coon, rabbit, squirrel, duck, quail and turkey; who accepted the gray drabness of Big Moccasin Swamp as the only thing they knew; whose private lives were sodden and, on occasion, unesthetically immoral but who prayed loudly and frequently and considered themselves very virtuous men indeed. The assembled crusaders appeared to be startlingly indifferent to the fact that they were about to take human life. All except one little man a man smaller even than Clem Ross who had been quaffing sparingly from the jug and whose more-or-les- ... beady eyes moved furtively from face to face, as though to find an ally in his contemplated desertion. He said, whiningly, You reckon there aint no danger, Jeff? Whos to know we done it? Somebodys lible to suspeck, aint they? Naaal Whole county will say Thank You when we finish. But Jeff . . . Aint gittin skeered, are you? No-But if anything went 1 ...aint wrong Nothin slower than .burning 25 Pie, e of the 15 other largest-sellin- g brands than any of average the sted-slo- wer give a smok- plus equal to Sposin trouble?" goin wrong. . . . sposin theres to be no trouble. Aint We got guns an a rope. We take him out an string him up. Oh, if things look mean, a gun can go off-k-ind of accidental an Barney Hamilton will be just as dead. Dont the Good Book say A life fo a life? It sho do." Aint we been commanded to do this by the preachers? Yeh . . . but they didnt ezackly say nothin bout no lynchin. An besides, stated Jeff, if the Sheff was to git set on making trouble fo somebody, hed arrest these city folks. Not us. You reckon? Im sure. We got votes." Mob spirit. Courage of numbers. Colossal ignorance and stupid piety. Sense of security. Class hatred. Stimulus of raw whiskey. Righteousness. False logic. Herd instinct. Leadership. Grim hysteria. Thus mobs have always been created; thus they are aroused to peaks of insensate, homicidal fury. Thus And they justify the unjustifiable. dusk closing down over Big Moccasin Swamp cist sinister shadows and evil invitation. Just before dark an automobile appeared, bumping nervously over the corduroy road. Dan Creedon and Babe Henkel stepped out. Babe was dressed in unobtrusive brown. Her lips were tight and there was high unnatural color in her cheeks. Babe stared at the swamp anBut she said nothing, gave gels. no sign of approval or disapproval It was Dan Creedon who talked. He asked, Everything ready, Butler? I reckon. When do we go? Not yit awhile. Got to wait ontil they have a chance to finish sup- per. Why? Give the darkies a chance to git away. We dont crave to be seen by nobody. How do we get there? Walk. Taint fur. O. K. Dan Creedon joined Babe and spoke m a whisper. What a achy s the ibis Yeh . . . theyll do anything. Youre not changing your Then, tbs t of mind, Babe? Her eyes were like ice. Barney Hamilton didnt give Kirk a chance to change his mind. They seated themselves on the top near yet not step of the too near the swamp angels. They refused the proffered jug. They sat and stared into the pines, into the impenetrable darkness of the swamp on them . . . felt the night close in black Like like something tangible. velvet Heard the voice of the of frogs, swamp: hoarse croaking . . . other crickets of chirping sounds; vague, scarcely discernible . . . symphony of death. The swamp angels urank steadily. cloudDrank until their brains were aroused. They emotions their and ed in low talked among themselves, to voices, fanning their courage Jeff o'clock At nine heat. white from Butlers elongated figure lifted to git go-ia chair. He said, Time letter 3ran Hto ntloo ' men only ulai after dog-tro- ieaS every , anc about iiXf eifll i cnMc,'; V $, h C1 v t slowly at first, and their progress to Babe unaccuswere who Dan Creedon tomed to the woods at night. clung Dans face was stony. Babe of faltcr-rto his arm. But whatever In htr there may have been foot-T.uncertain the to due was did He that. of lie was sure reck-lesa crazy, was It not argue. warned her enterprise. He had But she had time and again. to carry blazed with determination And Dan Creedon adhered They moved n ij g V $ W jj v$ v Jp g s U through. You must Its Yes, he said. been a rotten mess from the beginning. And, as I was saying when it clears up, Im going. Why? He laughed. I know what you're thinking: That Mother has done a swell job. That shes not only caused something beautiful to be created but that shes made a commercial success of it. Well, listen, honey. Mother W'as doing a bigger job than that. She was trying to make something out of her moderately virtuous but highly indifferent son . . . and she wouldnt think she had succeeded if she found me willing to spend the rest of my life here collecting dollars from tourists. Nope Margaret Hamilton entered the . . . Im commencing to suspect you doing? He moved toward the veranda. big kitchen and smiled at the huge, that life can be grimmer and pleasebony Negress who presided there. anter than that Itll be New There were sounds outside: the anYork gry, guttural voice of a mob. Company for supper, Flagrant. Yassum, Miss Margaret they Doing what? Barney said, in a voice which was mos usually is. Then, Mistuh cold and flat, Im going outside to and Learning something working at it. Starting seven rungs below see what they want. Margaret shook her head. Not the bottom and casting impatience Kay followed, splendidly unafraid. tonight. out of the I can get She said, simply, Im going with How come not? a job. Dad had lots of friends, and you, Barney. Hes busy. while, at first, they wont believe Lawsy, Miss Margaret was I a Im serious theyll find out soon man Id have to be awful busy not enough. He shrugged his broad CHAPTER XVI to come see a purty gal like you. shoulders. I feel like a sap, talkWell hes just that busy. Miss ing this way. Little Rollo . . . but They were grim shadows in the I happen to mean it. Kay Is coming, though. seven men from Big Moccanight She this I know Yassum. do, you black said, Flagrant's eyes sin Swamp, plus Dan Creedon and twinkled. Reckon it ain't so long time. off when Miss Kay will be remainin And Ill keep on meaning it. Its the woman who was known as Babe. The from the house cascaded heah pummanent. funny that Beverly could have downlight the steps of the veranda and York New me what never Maybe . . Margaret looked taught marked a faint, yellow path across around the Immaculate kitchen. the emerald lawn, limning their sinIsnt this Zeros night off? ister figures, shining upon the dark, Yassum. and upon ugly barrels of shot-gun- s Then Ill help with supper. the coiled rope which one man carNom thats the most thing ried. you aint gwine do. So git you Her Kay stood beside Barney. gone. Flagrant made clucking hand was on his arm and she knew noises and Margaret fled. She passed that his muscles were taut. He did through the hall and thence onto the not move. His cheeks were white, veranda. but his eyes were level and cold, his feet firmly planted. He held his Kay was with Barney and their arreled shot-gufaces were turned toward the sunas a set. They walked down to the laholds it, right hand caressing the goon, unconscious of the striking pictrigger guard, left hand on the barture they afforded: a picture of rel Ready. healthy youth, of youth oblivious to Kay heard the front door open everyone and everything save themand close. Mrs. Hamilton and Marselves: Barney tall and broad and garet joined them. Barney spoke, blond; Kay looking infinitesimal bewithout moving his eyes from the side him. They disappeared behind tableau near the azalea bushes. He a screen of radiant azalea. You-al- l get back in the said, house. They seated themselves on a bench of hewn cypress logs, and for Kays answer came quietly. Im a few moments neither spoke. Night staying right here. was closing upon them. Barneys I can handle this. first words were light. His lips Kay said nothing more. Neither smiled, but his gray eyes were sedid Mrs. Hamilton nor Margaret. rious. But they remained. Inwardly terriBehold, he said, the figure of fied; outwardly unafraid. Thoughts a young man about to do someraced through Kays mind: 1 did thing. this . . . Ive heard of lynching Kay sensed that there was somemobs . . . never saw one before thing deeper than badinage in BarI wonder why I feel so Babe stared at the neys words. She knew that he was cold . . . Disconnected thoughts. she seen had him more serious than swamp angels. Angry thoughts. She heard Barfor days. And so she asked, To ney's toice: hard and mature. could. I suppose thats what Mothdo what? What do you want? in mind. had er really Barney laughed. Awkwardly. As A tall gangling figure detached They were silent for a long time: though in apology for his embarrassclose, mentally and physically. The itself from the shadowy group. Jeff ment. Want to hear all about it, hon- day slipped away beyond the cy- Butler said, hoarsely, We come fo press trees and azalea bushes; the you, Barney Hamilton. ey? hush of night enfolded them; there Yes . . . ? A suspended query. Yes . . . Well . . . He took a deep breath was an incredible serenity. Her A grim pause. . . it sounds screwy coming voice was very tiny, there in the Yeh, we come fo you. Youll from me, but then Ive never de- soft blackness. She said, Why? ceived you about being the undisput- make the grade, Barney. Youll dam soon find out why. You really think so? ed worlds champion Wont you Barney whispered, She said, You used to be proud I know it. into the house? The back get please of that title. Banter had gone from his man- women beside him did not move. Used to be is right. Maybe It ner. The arms that went about her Another voice came from the was my fault, maybe the fault of were strong arms. The lips that she nasal voice. the way Id been raised. So much turned up to his were wide and ea- mob, an unpleasant, We dont aim to leave no murderof everything I wanted when I ger and frank. And if his face was wanted it that I never could see an lost to her through a mist of happi- ers go free. Jeff Butler again, Youre a goin awful lot of sense in minor things ness, if for the first time in weeks to git strung up." like jobs and ambition. I well, I of fulfillment a sense and felt she For what? don't even know how to describe security that was only natural. She Murderin Kirk Reynolds: that's what I mean. said, Everythings all right now, I understand. it, dear? and he answered by what An fo lots mo things. isnt Sure you do. Anyway . . . and drawing her closer . . . and closer A womans voice: Babe Henkel's he motioned toward the great aisle . . . until it seemed that there had voice bit Into the night. under the archv.ay of cypress, any- been no trouble, no agony of soul, time! Go get him! Quit wasting way, this gives me courage to no stark reality. It's that Henkel thought, Kay cera continue. It seems as though d They rose then and walked woman. She must have loved Kirk tain young man is beginning to see house. Their a lot. toward the the light. He yearns to go forth young faces were grave. Mrs. HamBarney raised his voice. He spoke to He desires and make history. ilton saw and made no comment. directly to Babe. I suppose tins lay the world at the tiny feet of his She was wise in her generation: a was your idea." do reminds Which me, fair. lady tolerant and understanding mother. Yes. you happen to like worlds? was served late. It The Why? supper Kay tried to answer lightly, but was simple and tasty. The converBecause the law won't touch you. could not. She said, "I like you, about the table was light and Because they told me to get out of sation of Barney. Then, after a moment pleasant and subdued. Occasionally town. Because you killed Kirk. silence, What are you planning? I didnt kill him. Barneys eyes would meet Kays as And Im I don't know exactly. to say: You see, everything Her voice cut sharply at Jeff Butthough not kidding myself, either. I well, is Well, what are you waiting ler. right and tranquil now. I'm wanting to start something for? finished meal the and a They to me support which will allow Jeff said, Better come with us. out onto the veranda. The wife provided I can find one with strolled We aint to be fooled with. with were stars, sprinkled black hair and hazel eyes who an- heavens Another voice, We got guns. from the the big and hallway light of Kay. swers to the name sent a faint yellow glow out upon Barney said, I've got a gun, too. She put her warm little hand over lawn. Barney and Kay sat to And the first man who takes a step the Go ahead, Barney." his. gether in the porch swing, hands in this direction gets a load of buckTve been thinking, a rare thing clasped; frankly and unashamedly shot. for me. I've been talking to MothThe mob hesitated. It milled about happy. There was little conversaer. And Im not foolish enough to tion. It was too beautiful, too peace- and murmured. It had not anticibelieve that Beverly offers any par- ful. pated armed resistance. Kay heard ticular opportunity to an ambitious And then the serenity of the night someone say, He wouldnt shoot, I m young man. Seriously, honey was shattered by the slamming of and somebody else answered, planning to check out. You're crazy. Any manll shoot if the front door, and the descent of a She was startled. huge, frightened Negress. Flagrant he has to. Leaving? Oh, my Gawd. Mis was babbling, Jeff Butler said, Git them ladies Oh. my Gawd! Eventually, yes. Naturally Im lull Barney We don't crave to hurt inside. this until well, this not going until breath her them, caught sharply Kay cleared all Kirk Reynolds affair Is came to the surAnother pause. The lynchers were find out All the old terror up. Sooner or later they'll face again. She scarcely heard Mrs uncertain. Hanging a man was one who did it Hamilton's tense question. 1 dung: firing into three women was She faced him squarely. Whats the matter, Flagrant? something entirely different. Kay did-- at fust. thought you and The else. Oh, Lawsy, Mis Hamilton . . . knew what they were thinking, So did everybody was glad. And she wasn't afraid she his lips. they's laughter had died from any more. That is, not very. BarWho? But I don't play that way." ney was so quiet, so steady . , . He had risen. moved Barney I'm trying to believe you." What is Babe asked, sharply, a and firm put closer to Flagrant You have my word. 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Hij'h quality hardy could have produced an exhibit of rt'cleaned Montana seed .it new low JVtoiit. such brilliance. Ike bearlo beed to., J.ew Ulown, pines. Ow-enb- hand-in-han- Babe said, briefly, "Theyll do. Jib' to his own peculiar code. He was sticking it out whatever the cost not so much because of any desire to avenge the death of his friend, as because it seemed the proper thing to do. It was an oddly sinister procession which trudged through the blackness of Big Moccasin Swamp. A man from the city and a vividly beautiful woman. Seven alcohol-fogge- d swamp angels, exalted by false righteousness. They moved slowly. They moved toward Cathedral Gardens. They moved upon Barney Hamilton. To lynch him. ... lousy gang. JC F EVIL The Negro woman was babbling. Mistuh Barney. They's They got guns. I seen em. You saw who? Them menfolks. White trash from the swamp. You run, Mistuh Barney run quick. Barneys voice was brittle. He said, harshly, Snap out of it. Flagrant. Whats happening? 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