Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 15, 1914, Page 6

e T - = o CLEAN, FRESH GROCERIES CRNTR THE LAW OF MAN By FRANK FILSON. Sergeant Anderson, of the North- \West Mounted Police, got down from his horse and studied the ground, kicking away the snow that already lay nearly six inches deep. Under it was the tough grass of the Saskatche- wan prairies. Then this trail he had been following was not the path. He , had suspected that, but on those boundless prairies, once one lost the " THIS IS WHAT YOU FIND AT MY STORE—ALL AT his horse southward and ride until he struck the Transcontinental line, and so return unsuccessful; but that was not Anderson’s way. When a Policeman goes after a man he gets him. Anderson’s mission originated with himself. He had asked for a week’s leave of absence upon government duty, and his officer had granted it without questioning him. He knew Anderson to be a man of integrity, and that he worked like a mole, alone, ! until he had achieved results. . THE LOWEST PRICES. MY SAUSAGES' WILL MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER FOR A MONTH AFTERWARD, JUST TO - THINK ABOUT IT. CRNTD - e e THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., JAN. 15, 1914. Anderson, stretched out on a bed. felt the life slowly returning to his | trozen body. By nightfall he was him- self again. The horse, stalled in the little stable adjoining, also seemed | mone the worse for its experience. ! That was a commonplace for both. After supper Lockhart told Anderson of his plans. The girl was to go to Winnipeg next spring to the convent, to be educated. As for him, one more -yinter, and then, with luck, he would be able to give up the life and take his wife to a civilized town. Anderson listened mutely. brain, which had held only one idea, His could he arrest this man who had saved his life? How could he not arrest him? The Police always get their man. That was an axiom. Lockhart had shamed him once; he should not do so twice. Lockhart knew that Anderson was a policeman, but he did not associate him with his escapade in Montreal fifteen years earlier. That had, in- deed, driven him here, but the episode | had been buried in the past. He did not imagine that anyone was seeking him, “Where were you bound for?” he l asked Anderson, But when Anderson | sat staring moodily at the stove, with- ! was now yielding to a second. How l i E. P. HICKSOI Phone 144 § m\A BHP PP PP B GPfofodr didrfuirfud Bfedned Gl oo Sosfortechonfiad: Shbbd W 30RO BB OB O MO0 O R O S &% H ALFIELD, Pres, Sec. and Trea BELISARIO, if I’s Made,.,.” ..o ‘i*ithCemzntIt’s Made_in Lakeland & For Estimates Wrie or Call Us Up LAKELAND» PAVING & CONSTRUCTION CO Faoner Ofice 348 Black LARELAND, House 39 Blue. 807 West Main Street. | path, there was no means of telling one’s locality. True, he might turn l 1t was only by accident that Ander-| gut replying, Lockhart did not per- ! | son had heard Lockhart had a trap-| sist. He knew that it was not good er's camp on the Peace river. He | form to ask questions of the police. !i catisfied himself that Lockharti Anderson’s struggle brought drops ) was Ha!: Who had escaped from his of sweat to his forchead. This pre- g | custody fiftewn Years before. Ander- dicament was terrible, 18 was a n | son wWas then ¢ poa ceman in Montreal, ' man of simple mind and of unflinch- A {and flart had becn pwec®d in his'ing integrity. He did his duty; but & | charge for conveyance to ths 8551265 now the duty was two-fold, and a ¥ | upon a charge of murder. Hart baa, higher law seemed suddenly to have ¥ | not murdered, bui his compahion had| interposed itself between himself and —ithe man who had instigaied him to| hils task. 'y the robbery which resulted ina death; | “I think I'll go out and see the | and that was murder under Canadian? horse ‘again before I turn in,” he said. j law. Hart had leaped from the train, The little stable was also a store. and Anderson had lost his office and| tn it Lockhart stalled the horses ot had been a soured and disappointed | his rare visitors and also kept the man for years, i stock of gocds with which he traded Now he meant to arrest Lockhart | and pay off old scores. g Doggedly he turned his horse’s head northward and pursued his path. He' | knew that he must strike the Peace { river within six hours, and he hoped his rough map would then guide him to Lockhart'’s camp. But the horse| of which he was a part. Yet this | | was weary, and the snow fell thickly. ( man had given him his li%e; surely | { An icy wind came up and froze the! he must rather lay down his own than |} ground into a sheet of slippery glass, | violate the law of man, the primal | ; law. ! Ho paced the Httle shanty, now!: | stopping beside his horse's head and | ) | watching the beast eat with satisfac- .: tion, now back agaiu beside the door, | | where Lockhart’s trading goods were { piled on a few homehewn shelves.|* ! Anderson fingered them idly, and a with the Indians during the summer | months, when there was no trapping. Anderson paced up and down, torn with irresolution. He must take Lockhart back to| headquarters or shame not only him—" gelf but that splendid organization | slipped to the ground. In raising it | | cleverly coatrived sliding board. He { put the bale in place and went back to the hut. An immense load seemed to have | been lifted from his spirit that night. | | It's of vital importance that you start the bank account NOW—now when you are vigorous and able, ; There comes a time in everyone's life when an ample CASH RESERVE is one’s best friend—why not begin building that reserve now? 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HutE the police was hig ali now, and life d become fair for him again. | He slept dreamlessly in his bed Le-! | hind the little partition of wood, and | over which the horse plunged and| “When he awoke the sun was already | stumbled, its hoofs tearing through ©Ver the horizon aad the smow had! the crust at every step. At last An-| ceased to fall. derson got off and walked. Presently| There won't be much more snow, | he stood still. The wind, which; I'm thinking” said Lockhart. “Its| whirled the snow about them, made| almost spring.” further progress impossible. He was| Yes” answered the sergeant medi- | fast becoming benumbed. | tatively. “By the way, Mr. Lockhart, | He set to work to build a snow en-| ! think you'd better come back with closure with his saddle shovel, but| Me this morning." the snow was not thick enough, and| Lockhart stared at him. and a! the frozen particles would not adhere, | dreadful pallor came over his face. | as ig the case with newly fallen snow | For the first time he suspected that in general. When he had toiled for | the policeman might have come to half an hour Apderson could do no him concerning that matter of fifteen more. He stood alone, except for_ki. | years before, in Montreal. steed, in the heart of & boundless| “It's only a day's ride,” sald An-| gnowy expanse. There was not'sng| derson. “We'll take the horse m! to do but rest till morning. turns. I haven't a warrant, Lockhart, He flung the blanket over his horse but I guess you'd as soon get it over and strode up and down. To lie down,{ and not make trouble for us both on he knew, would mean death. First| that score.” would come that intense desire for| Lockhart licked his dry lips. sleep, then the slow chilling of the| “What's the charge against me?” he limbs, the coma, the— asked brokenly. | He started to his feet. He had sat! “Selling whisky to the Indians,” down, quite unconsciously. He tried answered the policeman. “I saw that to pace out a route mechanically. He demijohn in your store. You kihow covered it once, twice—he was lying that's contrary to law. I'm sorry, down again. | Lockhart, and T hate to do it, but— The horse stood over him, its with-| duty is duty, you know.” { ers to the wind. It knew. Anderson (Copyright, 1 by W. G. Chapman.) closed his eyes. He was beaten, but! he would not have done otherwise. | A hand pulled him to his feet; he “Poets and scientists,” says Dr. Al | felt a numbness in his limbs wher he fred Noyes, “move along the tried to rise; a sense of returning jines, but I am confic | from an everlasting journey. Ander the end reach scientif ! son opened his eyes and tried to ever that n | steady himself. A man was at his rhe poets | side—Lockhart! Anderson recognized i ta him immediately. | But t “Guess that was a near shave,” he ' harq to belic | said. “If you'd gone a half mile fur-| yg that what | ther, stranger, you'd have struck my ¢o: camp on the Peace river.” | He steadied Anderson with his arm | Fell Thickly. Scientific Unity, €0 eful, no ¢ forever tell d tomorrow will tell hiey said today is not and it is not easy to keep patience with them, much less put faith In them. | and began to lead him toward the' A geientist is no fit company for a | cabin. . | poet, of all persons. And while we “It was your horse saved you," he may not be anyt but slightly bi- i explained. “He nosed 1.11 at the dflOT_; ological specimens, should \\\'e " not ; ;s‘a;\' l;oem‘:;al?;;bkll(!)t ?nstl:a:::ldcz‘:d;; cherish what microscopic distinctions | have ¢ e remain to us respectively? is es | snow-shoes and followu? his tracks to a1y diffi:u!r. [_‘::c::)‘ 21,\‘ urlxxpll:afi;xzt T was to suppose that an affinity exists be- so}x:gh:atrgge:abm et and‘ tween the poet and the scientist spe- s cies. The ancestry 3 la gh;l. The tr;wer ifl:md“?r@‘? them ' ¢:aceable to one and Otrh:ost:m;n‘;)iof: as his wife and daughter. ® WII®| plasm. But since they have was a gentle, refined-looking woman, yige apart we would p}efe: tha%ozacs; such as one often sees in those IOI.GWI eternally should stick to his diverg- cabins. _., Ing course.~Providence Journal you. 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