The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 1, 1920, Page 8

BY: RANDALL PARRISH (Copyright, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919) (Continued From Yesterday) She was leaning against the table Staring at him; her face seemed to RO White, and her hands toyed ner yously with a knife she had picked ‘up. “You—you had trouble with two men, over me?” she asked, her votce trembling slightly. “What ment” “‘Red* Kelly, and a garibo named Cowan; they was both here.” “Oh; they were angry at you for that?” “Sure; not because you didn't take ho notice of them; then fot drunk, an’ undertook to ride me; said it was & pubup job between us ter get away with that money.” “What money? . “The twenty-five hundred you was! sorter helpless out here, an’ that the /@sked him, and he answered “ ‘The preacher told you | town owed you a decent chance fer goin’ to get. about that, didn’t het (Copyrighted in Great Britain) | wea married, It was the preacher's; being desirous of letting bis light ge: | idea, an’ that was what caught the boys mostly, I reckon—nice ttle wind-fall to start hous: on.” She drew a deep breath, looking | « straight into his eyes “You mean those men cdme here »| joining dining-room, sealed; he wanted an audi and to that end had leaked in tion, Be that as it may, the of the hotel waa already | with uninvited guests when y arrived, and there was also meeting in the ad-| Bhelby swore h, but was too late main | quite under his bre »|to protest outwardly, as the bride ne woldt Is that actual body ever hinted such a shameless thing to me.” ‘Well, I reckon they didn't mean no harm by that,” he tried to ex plain, “You don't Just see it right They figured that Old Calkina had |died, an’ left you without a cent git married, an’ settle down. That's She shook her head, evidently be | what the monéy was give for, But wildered. “Where was I going to get all that money? “Why, McCarthy was puttin’ {t I've come here to marry you." “Youactually want me to marry your™ Sure; that's wha¢ I come back Up; and he and some other bucks, for.* @0 as to give you a start after you TENT COLONIES TO FIGHT H.C.L. Thousands ‘Will Camp Out During the Summer CHICAGO, May 1.— Tentmakers were doing a here today as thousands of “Amer. fea’s millions of homeless families | | landoffice business | Prepared to camp out this summer | Short a million homes thruout the eountry because of lack of trans eet. “ne of sufficient building mater! builders, architects and government and city officials agreed Her eyes fell, thetr long lashes hiding thetr depths from his atht 4 good humoredty “I reckod there may be some things you'll discover about me fer the matter o° that Maybe it's "bout as fair one way as another.” “Yea, I suppose it is, You really mean what you have sald? “I sure do” “When? How soon? “Tomorrow morning. T aim to get out o° here just as soon as I can. How ts it-—will you tuke a chance? His voice was strangely earnest, and his eyes, as she ventured to glance up, were honest and kindly “Yen,” she «ald slowly, “I will, Tom Shelby.” CHAPTER VTIT. ‘The Wedding Morning Tt was an exceedingly busy fore foday that some"drastic step to rem-| noon, so filled with details of prep edy the situation is necessary if &laration as to leave Shelby slight op chilly existence is to be avoided dy| portunity for reflection. the country next winter. He expert enced no regret regarding his rather A repetition of the housing short ion action of the night before, but ‘@ge in the freezing months of next) was nevertheless vaguely doubtful Winter will mean unrest and per-jas to the future haps riots in cities where the situa- He saw McCarthy, and the preach ton becomes extremely serious, it is|er from Buffalo Gap, first, telling them frankly the whole story, and feared. In the tntertm homeless families| gravely pledging both to secrecy here are-peaparing to camp out in| The solemn Injunction to secrecy Yacant’ lots on the city's vutskirts| prevented Ponca from making this Or at nearby shady watering places. occasion one of special celebration. | ‘Tentmakers say they are being be | but, nevertheless, rumor had been @ieged for canvas tents by families sufficiently busy so as to prevent |‘ may they haven't a house andjany to Live out this summer. Oa strictly private ceremony Shelby suspected the preacher of not THEATRE MADISON s:««2"0 Y'S DRAMATIC Stock Co. HERE NOW FOR THE WEEK LEVY’S DRAMATIC STOCK COMPANY PRESENTS HOLMES ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK BY SIR A. CONAN DOYLE “THE SIGN OF THE FOUR” <== The greatest thrilling, mystifying and hair-raising melodrama ever presented on the American stage. ——————— SPECIAL “PINK TEA” MATINEE THURSDAY "Nights and Mat. Sun.: 36¢ to 500—Mat. Today and Thurs. 18027 » | tobe was a eady waiting his arrival at the fe the stairs. | | What rred during the next| few mor was never wholly clear| jin Shelby’s mind, He did mechanto-| ally whatever he was told, but with | jout comprehension He remembered a question and then he seemed to hear whisper a similar response. The} | preacher mid something, using some | |strange words, and turning onee to face the allent crowd prensing close) in upon them; then he lifted his hands solemnly, and Shelby caught the sentence, “I pronounce you hus | band wife, and whom God hath | Joined together, let no man put! asunder,” | There waa an explosion of breath. a faint clapping of handa, an tnetant bum of tongues, He felt that he} must have shaken hands with a/ thousand people; was pushed here! and there by the efforts made to reach him, and finally, bewildered. hin mind in a whirl, found himself once more out tn the hall, obseaed) with a dewire to eacapsa He pow seased no idea as to what had be come of the girl; no doubt ashe was somewhere back there in the crush. but he, at least, was free, and would walt her to join him outside. Someone thrust his hat into his hand. jand #0 be pasned thru the door onto the wide stoop without. | He stood there alone, staring down jat the team of broncos and the [heavily laden buckboard uncompre hendingty. His attention was attracted by the approach of a horseman trotting steadily up the deserted street to ward the hotel. The rider was a cay. alry soldier in untform, powdered with dust, his horse showing evi ences of hard travel. Shelby watched his coming curtous ly, his memory still Ungering upon the mene within. The man drew up At the hotel, dropped his rein over the horse's head, swung stiffly to the ground, and advanced up the steps. He glanced aside at Shelby's motion lena figure, took a step toward the joor, and then wheeled suddenty. “Say, ain't your name Shelby? | ‘The Waxed bridegroom turned and [looked into the face confronting him ‘his mind snapping back into quick | recognition, | “Sara Well, thunder, you're |Shaunessy, of the Sixth. What're you doing here? The two clapsed hands firmly. “Thought I knew you, Tom, when I first came up the steps, but wasn't quite sure til I got a aide view | Must be stx years since you left jaint it? What am I doing? Ob. | they've shoved us up here from Ari |fona, and I've been up at the Reser. | ¥ation watchin’ ‘em ghostdance, an’ |am headin’ now for Collins to tell |the old man the news, Some fun | rotn’ to be pulled off presently, may be up on the Cottonwood.” “Did you ever know @ Y named Calkins, Pete? a “Jett Calkins; he waa first Yop’ after I joined; he left the service ‘bout ten years ago. There was a shootin’ scrape, or somethin’ down at Harker. Sorter ugly story, tho I've forgotten just what it was all labout now, Calkins got out o° that jan right, but when bis enlistment was up, he quit; he didn’t get on good with the men. Do you know whatever beeame of the ol’ duffer?” “He was buried here yenterday- killed himself; left a daughter ‘bout nineteen—" “The hell he @ia! Jeff Catkins never was married; not before he left the army anyhow. I know, because I bunked with: him nearly two years, an’ he told me a lot about himself Ho wasn't no lady's man at all” (Continued Tomorrow) |Furth Estate Is | on Market Now At promined bafgain prices, the old Furth estate is to be placed on the |market, Carter, MacDonald & Miller, realty dealers, announced today. ‘The estate includes 300 lots. 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