Show T h 0 C a CHI florla nd B by y ralles 1180 ville but buck with illustration from photographs of scenes in the play L COPY Cla ioie b NV I 1 N vail co for jn all instant tile ino mountaineer mount lineer stood looking at his 1 ost and IN with ith en ees Cs thit that bored deep but teer was in his mind as lie ho made thit that scrutiny lie he kept to himself at last lie took tile the magazine pistol turned it 01 er in his hand and put it into his pocket M r lie he said I 1 I 1 ie e been in ilacas before now non where men cicro sh daunling ml ing IN mho lie had made threats a against ainest me I 1 think sou are arc excited about this thib thing it if anthina an thing starts he will alit start it at fit the dinner table simson samson south and IN wilfred ilfred horton were introduced and acknowledged then anti inti deductions ions uth the briefest and mot finial amal nods during the course of the meil though seated side bide by side eich ech I 1 ig g nored the presence of tile the other sam bon IN was as perhaps no more diore silent than usual always lie he IN was as the listener ex e capt when ihen a question was put to him direct but the silence which at upon cilfred Nil fred horton nas a departure from his ordinary custom he had disco discovered ered in his college las that liquor instead of ing him was inas an all influence dundei which he grew morose and sullen and that disco discovery cry had made him almost a total ab abstainer tamer tonight his glass was inns con scantly filled and emptied ind and as lie he ite ate lie he gazed ahead and thought re sent fully of the man mail at his side R hen the coffee had been brought and the cigars lighted and the servants had withdrawn horton with flip minner manner of one who had been aNai awaiting ting an opportunity tunit turned sligh tl in his chair and gazed insolently at t the he kentuckian samson south still lemed entirely unconscious ot of the other s existence though in 1 bality no detail of the brenn brewing storm had baci escaped him lie he was as studying the other faces around the table and what he saw in them ap feared to occula him wilfred ilor her tons cheeks IN were ere burning with a flush and bib ees woe n narrowing arro ing alth ith an dislike a silence fell on the part and as the men sat puffing their cigars horton turned toward the kentuckian for a moment lie he glared in milnee ril sil rice nee then hith an impetuous exclamation of dis gut gust he anno announced see here south I 1 IN want ant ou on to know that hut it I 1 d understood 3 ou I 1 were ere to be ba liere here I 1 hale hae come it has pleased me to express mn m opinion of aou to a number of people and now 1 I mean to express it to 3 ou in person samson looked around and lid his features indica indicated td neither surprise nor in terest he caught s eie at the same instant and though the plotter said nothing the glance was subtle and it seemed to prompt and goad him on oil as though the man had said lou I 1 stand that go after him I 1 reckon Sam olce bolce was a pleasant drai dra I 1 it doesn doean t mike make any particular dif terence mr horton een it if what nhat I 1 said didat happen to be particularly commenda com commendatory menda tory 7 inquired horton II orton his ees narrowing so long replied the kentuckian Kentuck lan as w N hat j ou said N wab as I 1 our lour ON own a opinion I 1 dont don t reckon it would interest me much in point of fact horta horton IN ms INIS IS gia ing aith ith steady stead hosti hostility lit into sam bons eons on s ees 1 I 1 prefer to tell lou I 1 nave have rather generally severally sene rally cx expressed pressed the belief that hat I 1 I 1 iro i q d imbed savage unfit fit for decent society aimon 3 imon on s face gren aigid and a trifle pale ills his mouth set itsell itself in a straight line but a as IN alfrid horton came to his feet anith the list last nord the moun taiseer lellia lei mined ined seated and v knelt cut I 1 on the nex nen lor dorler arker ler flushing flus liing inith suddenly augmenting lug passion fission v ahat hat I 1 slid said I 1 still bellen belledo I 1 to bo true and repeat in bour our presence at another time and place I 1 shall be eien een more explicit I 1 shall ask ou on to exi explain ain certain things sir mr hoi ton suggested samson in an ominously quiet I 1 olce I 1 roof rod on noure loure i a little chunk it if 1 I 11 apier PI e ou I 1 d sit doun doimi vilfreds Wil freds face nent from red to white ind ills his shoulders stiffened ile he leaned forward ind and toi rot tile the instant no one moed the tic tick of 0 the clock 1 nas mas plaint audible south lie he said ills his breath coming in labored excitement defend your self I 1 samson still it motionless against inato ile he against that I 1 horton struck tile the mountain man mail iduss the face his open hind hand instant there vas IN as a commotion of scraping chairs and shuffling shu illing fiat mingled niall I 1 chorus of inarticulate protest simson samson hid had rigen nen and foi 1 t second ills his face had become a thing filing of unspeakable pas elon ills 1113 hand instinctively ati ell 1 siept I ept its his pocket and stopped hilt half IN flav an ile he stood ija h his chair gazing into tile the acs of ills his as ballant inith an effort at self mastery hichi gaie his chest and arms the 0 ot of a min writhing and stiffening under electrocution then he folcey both hands to his back and gripped them there foi a moment tile tho tableau nas as held then the man from the mountains begin began speaking pc ahing blosl and in a tone ot of dead level monotony eich each sellable nas mas portent ausin distinct and clear clipped mabe be N ou on kno vh ll 11 I 1 don t kill iou ou iab be ou don t I 1 don t rt f I 1 4 A I 1 N VJ i i J i 4 1 2 6 M 1 5 Z aw t I 1 Z V e 2 p P z I 1 5 av Z don dont you see that this thing Is a fri arme ne up glie a damn whether 3 ou do or not the first WON blo I 1 ie I 1 I 1 eier eer passed I 1 am ain t going to hit back you need a filand pretty bad just nou foi certain reasons I 1 m going g to be that friend don dent t iou see that this thing is a damned framo upa dont iou see that I 1 mas ilas brought here to murder oua 3 to wb did sou insist on m my putting that hat in mi in pocket samson took out the he and threw it down doann on the tablecloth able cloth in front of 0 alfid il fid where it I 1 struck and shi shivered ered a half filled NN line ine glass and IN ato did 3 sou on I 1 warn arn me that this man meint meant to kill hill mea 1 1 nas as meant to be our to put wilfred horton out of lour our wa nia I 1 maa ma be a barbarian barb arnn and a savage c but I 1 can smell a lat lf it it b dead enough for an instant there was absolute and hushed calm calin 11 ilfred horton picked up the discarded weapon ind and looked at it in bewildered stu petac fac tion then slowly his face flamed v ill ih distressing mortification any time you want nant to fight mo me S samson amson had turned again to tace face him and was as still talking in his deadly quiet olce notes except tonight you cin find me I 1 live ve nener neer been hit before without hitting back that blow has got to be paid for but the man that teats 8 responsible has got to pay first when I 1 light you fight tor for myself not tor for a bunch of damned murderers murder erh just now nou I 1 ve got other business that man framed this apt up he pointed a lean han finger across the table into the startled countenance of mr barbish ile he knewl knew he has been working on this job for a month I 1 m going to attend to his case no now As samson started toward farbish the conspirator rose and with bilth an ex cellena counterfeit of insulted virtue pushed back his chair by god he indignantly you I 1 try to embroil mo me in our quai quarrels aels els you must apologia ap ologie you are talking wildly south am 19 I 1 questioned the Ken kentuckian Kentuck lan quietly I 1 im in going to act 1 wildly wildly in a minute ile he halted a short distance from far bish and drew from ill liis pocket a crumbled crum cled scrap ol of the offen offending dint anaga zinc pasc page tile item that had offen offended cled horton I 1 mi ma not hivo have rood good manners I 1 mister I 1 arbith but I 1 where here I 1 conic come from N we e know how to hindle handle N arminas Mr mints ile he dropped ills his wice and added for the plotted s ear cir onla hero s a little matter on oil tile the side tl if at concerns oli oil us it t interest these other gentlemen it he opened ills his hand and added here cat tint that I 1 Tar erbish r bish with a frightened glance elce it at the sot t f rice ice ot of the alia plan mm mho wis is ad wincing lancing upon him leaped bik bi k and drew from rom his pocket a i pistol it was lias 1 in I cica counter counterpart par L of the one v ith which inch lie he had samson with a panther like swiftness ta tie a kentuckian leaped forward ind struck up tile lie acaron which spit spat one in c fleettie bullet into the rafters there nas mas a scuffle of ga gaar mr bodies bodice and i a rish arash under I 1 aich the tibia droane I 1 amid tile the shattering 0 of f glass and china then slowly the colls s bod bent acl at the x ait until its shoulders i cio cic sti etched on the ranged cloth and the chite face with purple veins su swelling ellIng on oil the to up between two blown hands that gripped its threat it shallow thit that the moun moua tainter just in an instant the compa company riv S stood food dumfounded dum founded then a 1 strained icil unnatural olce bolce broke the silence 7 stop him lies he s going to 1 ill 11 the ro man an the odds odd were nere foai to two tao ind N with ith a sudden rally rail to tile support of their duet chief plotter the other con constin spira torb tora rushed the figure that stood food phrot taing ills his but samson south vis nas in his element the dammed up I 1 rath that had been smolders deni dern g dur in ing g these last dis dab IN was as haling haing 1 i tern outlet lie he had found men who iho in a club to which V lie ho hid had come is i I 1 guest sought to use him as a cat spaNN and murderer mui derer As thea assaulted him on en ile he seized a chair and swung sung it flail 11 like ke about his head for i a few fen mo merits there aas as a crashing of 0 gliss glass and china and a clatter of 0 furniture and a chaos of struggle samson samon south stood for a moment panting in a scene of ni wreckage wreck ige and disorder the tible table v as littered NN with ith shivered glasses and decanters decan teis and china v are the furniture nia was scat and arned farbish was nias beahl leaning to one side in the seat to which lie he had made ills his xa wa the men who had gone down donn under the heavy blows of the chair PIN quietly where thea the had fallen wilfred horton stood waiting the whole affair had transpired tian with alth such celenti ce lerit and speed sliced that he had hurdly understood it and had bad taken no part dut but as lie he met the gaze of the dis figure across the wreckage of a dinner table he realized reali sed tint that now nonn with ith the preliminaries settled he who had struck samson in the face must give satisfaction for the WINN blow horton N is sober as cold sober as though lie he lad had jumped into ice and though lie ie was not in the least afraid he be was nas mortified and hid had apology at such a time been possible would hane hae mide made it ile he knew that lie he had misjudged his man he be saw the outlines of the plot as plaine as samson had seen them though mole moie tardily samson a s toe touched the pistol v had bad dropped from farbish s land hand and lie he contemptuously inched hacked it to one side he came back to his place no 0 o mr horton he be said to the man who iho stood looking about v ith a dazed expression it if 3 ou re still of the sinie same mind I 1 can accommodate sou you lied when nhen aou ou said I 1 was ilas a savage though just now nonn it sort of looks like ike I 1 was and he then added and im I 1 in read either to fight or shale shake hands r eithur way suits me for the moment ho boiton ton did not speak and samson slowly went on but whether we fight or not auve got to shake hinds hands with me when w Nere e re finished dished it ou and me am t going to start no feud this is the first time IN I 1 e c ei eer er refused to let a man be in enemy it if lie he T v anted to I 1 ie I 1 got my reasons I 1 in going to make you shake hands with nith me NA whether lether aou ou llie ilice it or not but it if you x want ant to fight first its satis satisfactory factor you said awhile ago iou OU x would be to be more explicit N with ith me when lien we ile were vere alone lie he paused and looked about the room shall I 1 throw these damned murderers out of hei heie e or IN will 1113 ou go into another room ind and talk leae them where they are said horton q quietly we it 11 go into the reading room have iou ou killed any of them 1 I dont don t know said the other curtly and I 1 don dont t care when the were nero alone samson went ent on 1 I know what IN list you vou want to ask ash me about aej and I 1 don t mean to anan answer or you you want to question mo me about lescott whatever she and I 1 have done t concern aou ou I 1 ill say this much if I 1 ve vc been ignorant of 0 new york wass wag and my ignorance has embarrassed her I 1 in sorry i I 1 supposed vou know that ashes too damned good tor for you just like ashes too good tor for me but she thinks more of lou on than she does of me and ashes yours As tor for me I 1 have nothing to apologize to ou on tor for ala be I 1 have something to ask tier her pal baidon don about but ehe chasn t ashad it george lescott Lo cott brought me up here hera and befriended me until a lear ear ago I 1 hid bad acier known any life except that ot of the cumberland mountains until I 1 met miss lescott I 1 hid had never known a 1 woman oman ot of our nour world she was nas good to me stio sno saw sav that in I 1 spite ot of my roughness and ignorance I 1 I 1 wanted to aleain and she taught me you lou chose to misunderstand aud and dill I 1 liked mo me these men sav that an and believed that it they could make you insult me they could mako make mo me kill 3 ou ell As to 3 ioui ell I 1 pat nit t tile succeeded I 1 dian didn t see eee lit fit to oblige them hut but now that lne lie settled nith them in I 1 m Nill billing inq to gie sou satisfaction Bitis fiction ijo DO ne fight rion ind lid shake hinds hands after maid or do 10 AN ML sh 41 lice ike hinds hands NIt without boUt horton stood silently stud studying Ning tho the mountaineer good god he be at last and lou ion are the min man I 1 undertook underfoot to criticize you aint ilant anse answered redl my question 11 suggested samson south south it 3 sou oil are N willing illing to clial I 1 hands with tile me I 1 shall bo bf grateful I 1 ma as well veil admit that it if aou ou had thrilled cd me before that aou ou could hardin hie succeeded ded in male mak ing me feel smillin I 1 han hae I 1 pla placed ed into their hands I 1 have been a damned tool fool I 1 hale bie riddled ms onn on self and it if aou ou can afford to ac capt my apologies and my hand I 1 am offering sou both ain I 1 m right glad to hear that said F Z 0 1 J I 1 I 1 7 A jil KIP im ready either to fight or shake shaie hands the mountain boa bo giaier 1 I told jou ou I 1 id d just as ilef shake bands as fight but just now I 1 e got to go to the telephone the booth was nas in the same room and as horton nailed he recognized the number for which samson wis calling 0 ilfred s face once more flushed with inith the old prejudice could it be that simson samson meant to tell adri enne crine what had transpired 7 9 was ilas he after all the braggart iho ho boasted of tile his fights and it if not nas it samson s custom to call her up eier aery evening for a goodnight me messaged message sage 7 ile he turned ind went ment into tho the |