Show f r 0 BLACK ROCK I A Talc of the i I H Hy By Conno Connor Chapter IV Continued f r l' l r Sit down lOil fut for i 1 a n moment or 0 two t 1 entreated No No no iio 10 I l am un am ready See Sec dic hc added I r I nm fill quite strong 5 I set of off dC h liy by a short hurt cut leading to I her home hOle hoping the m men n would be bo there before U us but bin passing me she shu hu huI I walked swiftly through the trees ti-ces and 1 t 1 I followed In 1 Cea fear As 8 we eme came ne near the main path I r r heard hearl thu the sound of foot feet fet I J tried to slop lop her het but hut she silo too tuo had hall heard nOd and Hl knew Oh OIz let mo me go o she said Mid sly piteously you you need lint fear And I had not thc the heart hart toi to lo e her In Iii a little opening among i 2 the pines we met the thc hellen bearers When I the rhe men sa say her they laid their bur bur- I J del 1 loll gently ent down upon the thc carpet off of yellow p pine needles needle n-needle and then then for for f then t tho they had the hearts herts of or true truo men in them thor thom they went away awny Into the tho bushes and amid ald left leC her alone atomic with her dead She I t went swiftly to lO his side making no mm L cr cry but kneeling betide beside him she hc j stroked his race face and and hands hand and g touched his cUI curls with her lingers fingers murmuring all al the time soft oC words of or F 4 lo c. love Jove Oh 01 m my darling m my bonnie darling darlng speak to me Will Vili ye 1 yc r not nut speak peak to f 7 me Just one little word Oh my mr love lo c. my roy love 10 m my t hearts love Jo e I r Listen my il-my darling And she put heir her hei r lips to his ear whispering and ail then the tIle awful stillness Suddenly she ho hof f lifted hgr head had and scanned his face and then glancing round with a wild wilI ht surprise In her e eyes C she cried clied He lie J will wi not speak al to me Oh he hc will wi not speak to me much I r signed to the n n. n and as a the they came forward forwald I went ti to her hm and took her hands F Oh she said ald with a wall In her voice 0 le he will wi not spell speak to to Inc me The Thc Thomen men ilten were vire len sobbing alou aloud She looked I I at them with wide open eyes of won Bon on r 1 del der Why lW are arc the they weeping Vi l I J he never ne peak t-peak al to me inc again Tell rel me she iOie hc insisted gently The words were wele running through my ny head head head- i 1 hc- hc v Theres There a land that Is fairer th n day lay and I said ald them over to her o er hc her hands firmly In mine She Sho gaze gazed at me as If It in a dream and the Ugh light I faded fadel from her eyes as she said tear tear- in lug ing her hal hands s from Crom mine mile and lin them toward the tIme mountains and amid th the tho woods I here But lut nevermore ne here Nevermore e I believe in heaven and the oilier othe life but I conCe confess s that for a n moment It I all al scented sha shadowy ow beside the thc realIty reality real real- f Ity of this warm lii hI blight world ful ful till 4 of lit If life and nd e 10 love She was cr cry ery ill for Cor or V nights and when hen 0 the thc coflin was wa was closed a t new baby Ja lay Jay In the thc fathers father's arms 1 She Site slowly came back haek to life Ie but there were wele no flu 10 moro more songs bongs The hc miners still li come cume about her s top stop and talk to lu 4 her hem heI lab baby and blin bring her hel their helm sorrows sorrow and troubles but though she he hc is al always al- al tl 1 wa ways s 's gentle almost almust tender ender with wih them Iii no ni man ever e says SUS Slug Sing And Amid that Is Is- IS t why I nm om glad she sang King SUS last week I It I will wl be good for fOI her hel and good for I I them hem i t dt does S slick she J t t. t M vort 1 ant d bO to go I t 1 them hc Th rh y lavo c money she s-hc s t told hl me a about nut U it Il-hul but hex her I heart is lu In the grave ra o up UI there theto under tho the pines and besides she hopes to do tie II something for COI or the thc miners and she will t wil not HOt leave them I am ama afraid I snorted snOred a little Im 1111 Impatiently 11 patiently as ns I said Nonsense h Why with wih her face and amI manner and voice sue she he could h be un anything thin he she liked hiked In E Edinburgh or in Lu London ii don And wh why Edinburgh or 01 London he ask asked II cool coolly j.- j. Wh Why I repeated a n little HUa You think this tills is better I Nazareth was good enough for fOl th UI the ther r t Lord of or glory he lie d d with a smile none nOle too tuo hut I It St drew threw my ny k heart to lo him and Hul my mY h heat nt was wa Jon gone How Bow long long will vill wil she slay stay I a asked i I Till 1 her work Is done he replied a And AUl nl when will wi be I asked r t Impatiently When hen God chooses he answered I gravely and dont don't yo you ou ever cr c but hut that It Is worth while One Que value vain 7 r- r of r work Is not that owls crowds stare a at f it I Head history man milan r He lIe le rose abruptly nut and began to wall valk ii about about r And dont don't miss mis the whole meaning r of f the UC Life that lies Ics nt at the thc foundation aton r of o your our religion Yes Yes ho lie added t to II I himself the tile work worl is worth coln doing doing doing- worth wurth her hel dol J y even o cn doing n i.- i. c I. I I j could not miot think so o then but th Uw the light of or tile the after years proved him 1 ar c c wl wiser vise er than r. r A man to lo see sec ce far must t 4 r climb to sonic height and I was Vas lo lOC tOC IJ much upon upun the plain in those thol days daN I IC h c catch even en e a a glimpse of distant sunlit of uplands o triumphant c. c f i r w ri that cu lie le beyond the valley alcy of oC el cc t. t 7 J V. V CIL gr t Il Tho rie IC Making of ff ti tin tin- tie it La League tl t Thursday a found Crl Craig bus lous fOls oven ovon gloomy but with light fight ht ii in 0 j- j every cry line lne of his face aCO I tried to lo cheer f 1 him In Iii my clumsy way ay h by chuffing chaffing to S' S him about th tho he leau league nut But ho he hI tl did nol lot blaze up UI as he lie often oren lid did It I was 0 a r. r tiling thing thing too tot near hits his heart hart for that that II lp lie lie- 1 only shrank a 0 little from m my stupid r chaff and said bald chaI ane alI Dont old oll chap This Fills is a gooi gool g A deal cleal to me inc Ive I've te tried tiled for two Iwo years year cars y- y lo to get el timEs and If It it i falls Cals th through ugh now nov 1 shall 1 find hod It hard hale to lo bear Then rhon Il my lilY light words am and amI said suld Why h the Iho thing will wi go gu sure sun enough h. h After Arel fter that scene In lii On time wont won't back chuch church they the go o Poor Ioor fellows he saiL said as S if ti tu to himself Whisky Is about the tue 7 excitement tile the have and they fn timid r it i pretty tough to give Ivo It St I up nn and i ilot a ak at f k t lot Jol of or the time men a are a against tho total lota Idea ilca It I seems rot lOt to them I. I It I J is pretty steep I said Sid Cant S you tb do without it thC f No 10 I fear tear not not There Thore is nothing else cite for 01 it It Sonic Some ome of them lal talk of of i compromise They want to quit the thc i I 1 saloon and drink quietly In their I I thack The moderate moderato drinker may nitty have hl his place Illace In oth other 1 countries it I haven haven't l I. though I 1 cant can't set sec v thought that out but bul ut here the Iho only ti- ti safe fata man is the thc man who quits lulls Iuis it I dead ud i und lights It straight anything else 1 is lI sheerest t humbug and and nd nonsense I I II ci I 1 had not nol gone In hi much touch for Cor l total tal tali I I i i.- i. 0 abstinence up to this tIis time chiefly oo- oo l for Cor the seemed t cause It Its It advocates ad i I most part to lo bo be somewhat ill ill-balanc l-balanc- l I ed d but a as 1 I listened to Craig I b began an I to feel Ceel that perhaps there thele was a u total abstinence sl side e to the temperance temperance Black mack Rock Hock I to question and as I anc queston could xee see how It I must be one thing or the iho other g We Ve found Mrs ht Mavor ol Ia brave e and L Mr h Craig's Craigs aux ansi i t right She he shared but bul not hl hits his gloom Her hIel courage j wits Wil was of ot that serene kind that refuses 5 I to lo believe e defeat possible and amid lifts th the spirit Into Inlo the hit triumph hlf bf final victor Through the lie past week sh she had hall leer bee etl i t carefully disposing her hOI forces an and 11 I winning recruits An And yet tt she neve jc seemed med to lo U urge or persuade the thc m mon nin n but as evening e after aftel evening c the ers t-rs frs dropped into the cozy room 1011 down down- stairs with wih her talk anti and her Ion songs s sh hc charmed them thom till li th they were hers her She Sho took look tool for fOl granted their lo by ni ally altI trusted them utterly an and s so 50 made It difficult for hem rhem I foj to be other oIlier than true truc men That nl night ht Mrs MIs MI's Mayors flavors oll largo large store stOIC oum which had been ll up with will seats scats was uva cl crowded with Avith wih JU minors miners when 1 Mr Craig and nud I entered After a th tiu over crowd Crl Craig said Theres the lit manager that tha means war var And Alil I saw tw a tall tal man manvery vet vel very fair whose chin fell away to th the thc vanishing point and whoso whose hair hai wa parted paled In the thc middle talking to Mrs Mayor Mavor Ia She was vas dressed Ie l In some ome rid rich soft C stuff that became her well Sh Shwas She Sho was Wa looking beautiful as ever evem bu hut there was something quite new neW In he hel manner Her air ah of good fellowship was gone and ho she was wa the hi high bret h-br h d lad lady whose o gentle bente dignity and sweet grace while very tory ry winning made fain fam- impossible imposible Tho The mann manager cl was doing his L bs st and self appeared well weli wel pleased with wih himself him him- I Shell get got him If Ic an any one can I II I failed said al Craig I J stood 1001 looking IJ at time the men amid and a fine lot of fellows they were ant Free ca easy bold in Iii their bearing they gave e a ho no sign of rudeness and anti from the their glances toward Mrs I could see they were ivere always aiva's conI conscious conscious con con- ious of or her presence No o men ar arso are arc areso I so trul truly gentle as arc the Westerners Westerner In lii the tho presence of oC a good woman They wel e evIdent evidently of all ni classes and I ranks originally but now and In this this I I country of real ral measurements the they ther ranked simply according to the thc nina In them See that han handsome some young chap o of oC t dissipated appearance said Cral Craig Vernon Vinton an Oxford graduate blue blood awfully plucky but bu quite gone When hen he gets sets re repentant repentant re- re Instead of or shooting himself he hc comes conies to 11 Mrs Mayor Mavor I Fact From Oxford University to Black Rock bLock mining camp is something of a astep astep step I replied That queer looking little lite chap hap h in II t the he corner is Di Billy Breen How In the world worl has hns he got here herc went on Mr Craig Queer looking he was as A little man nian with wih a small smal head set scIon on heavy square quale shoulders s Ion long arms ant and amid hu huge e hand that hat sprawled all al over O el hi his body budy i g ether gether a most ungainly specimen of ot h humanity l By this time Mrs s. s Mayor Mavor or fa had finish finished ed cd d c with wih the thc manager manael and amid was In the c enter center of a group of oC miners He g grand rand air ah was all al gone and site she Wl ns t their heir comrade their friend wi 01 one 0 or t themselves Nor did she assume the theolo therole i role olo Ile of oC l but rather dl lid did s she with sh hult-sh air iii shy half cast herself 11 upon Uon their chivalry and ant they were t too tuo oo truly tuly gentlemen to tu fall all al her It Its Js is s hard liari to make maleo Western mon n 11 specially especially e old old tal talk But this thi gift g JH ift was ivas here hel and amI U it I sll stirred d 1 my may adini- adini ra tion to see ee her draw dra on a u grizzled to tell ho how tt tel t enty years eal a o ao o ic lC i e had crossed crossel tho limo eat GJ-eat Divide and lad ad i seen and done dune what no nu longer c cla oil ii lU- lU lo eJ to to seo or 01 do In iii thee thes n w la ays ys s 's And nd so ho ic io time the old old timi old r. r Jut Rul h i ut it w was v ti s beautiful lc to rc ec e the mno- mno Ino c ent nt guile gutie with which s hc she caught B Breen and drew him to her hem cornet corner n eat icar the organ What hat sue she gil v as a aS Lay Lay- tny- tny la In ng g I knew hiie not nOl hut but poor POOl Wl wa P waving wa hi his big bib hand hands The meeting m nio to lo order older i S Shaw Shawn in in the tho chaW and the thc hands im y oung d man secretary Sh hl v.- v. s stated tho the object of oC the thc meeting in iii u a 11 f few Y ew linking words but when he ho ca cit 1 c e to tu 1 speak of or the he he CI ule and amid h cIt rell in being 4 I together in that hint room I lus words flowed in iii a stream 1001 warm a and nd full Cul Then there was a pause arid and Mr Craig was called caled a But he ht knew better than thal to speak at that thai point Finally Nixon ro rose hesitatingly but bUl a as he caught a bright h smile from 11 Mrs Mayor Mavor ol la ho hi straightened himself as for fot a a fight I 1 aint almit no nn good gold at al making peeches speech es Cs he bl began an hut but it aint u uv wo v v want nl vc Weve We've got gol Jot to do o. o an we te want wani to lu know is how to do II It It An to h be lie ll right ht plain we WI wanto want t to lo o know how hmo to lo drive this cursed whisky out o ti Black Rock Hock You all l know what whaL Its It's Is I's doln doin for fer us us-at us at least al fer some of us An n its it's time to stop is It now or i fur fem tome some tome of us it'll mighty mIght soon be too late latt An the thc only a way to tl slop Its Is wOI work Is It to quit U It an help hell others to tu quit lull 1 J hear some talk lalk of a league an un what I 1 say xay i is if it 1 Its It's a league out aim an out whisky a total abstinence right to the ground then Im I'm Im wih with It I. I That's my l lull I. I i I move we wc make that kind In o ii I league Nixon sat fat down amid cheers cheats and amid a chorus of oC remarks Good man thiT thu tal talk Slay Stay with wih 11 IL 1 but he lie waited walet for fOI the smile smie un and time the glance that came lo to him him trout from the beautiful face in the thc corner cornet and with wih that thal he ho seemed content Again A there was wits silence Then Thou the secretary rose with wih a U slight alight hush fush upon his hll han handsome delicate face anti and seconded the motion If I tho they would pardon a personal reference he lie Woul give c them his reasons lie le had come Collie cometo to tilts this country countr to mal make his fortune now he was anxious to make male enough h to 10 enable him lo tu go u home home- with wih some degree of oC honor homier Ills his Ils homo home held everything e that thai was dear deam lo tu mm Between Be Re- tween him hini and that homo home between him and amid all that was good nud und antI beautiful beautiful beau beau- beu- beu an and amid honorable blood whisky hisley am am ashamed to confess confes and the Hush ush deepened on oh his hits check cheek and ald his hits hits lii-a grew thinner that thal bitt I feel t id td of or sonic some SOHl such uchi league league- His handsome face ace his perfect style lle of address learned Io in the Union but bul but more lucre than nil all al his show of nerve nerve nerve- for or these men know knots |