The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1935 Page: 5 of 6
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PINAL INSTALLMENT
what a fool a man can
of himselfJim told Vie
foreman. "Some day you'll
i! Nor any other night. I've
wared something «*! ** about
Rowan. You haven't got the
of a guinea pig." Huyward
not lowered hi voice during
colloquy. Those people in the
Lr of the room had heard most
[what he said, and they were
ling on now in mingled euri-
and apprehension. The dance-
girl who had pointed out Jim
tpered excitedly to her com-
ions.
ed out across the tundra towards
the upen sea. It was u spot that
in winter was sheltered lrom the
icy ülasls; i nsumiuer it was bril-
liant with wild-ilowers, lush with
tender grasses, und i'ragrant with
blooms- a pleasant place for a
gentle, broken old man to sleep,
other hands were ready to dig the
grave, but this was a labor that
J ¡ni Kowaii reserved tor his own.
In due time he began it. For-
U-ni.tely, the rim was well drain-
id and, once he had picked through
the thin crust ot autumn frost, the
gravel was dry and he made good
progress, lie had finished his mel-
ancholy task and was about to
. , „ • , climb out oí the pit, when he no-
ticed a peculiar reddish tinge to
' the gravel beneath his feet. He
took a heaping shoveltul of it and,
descending to the creek, he stamp-
thu ice and
low can get without knowing it.
f"Bah! You rat! There's only one
ay to treat a -" Hayward rained
open hand to slap this objecthoU. Ul h _
contempt, but the blow did notify "panned" it on the shovel
■cend; he did not finish his M>n- . . ,
ice, for suddenly his face was a u*
He was engaged thus when young
Hayward and two of his men ap-
proached. Jim rose and leaned
upon his shovel handle, lie sup-
posed these were the first arrivals
for the funeral, but Hayward ex-
plained:
"1 came up early to have a word
with you, Kowaii."
"I thought you said ubout every-
thing, the other night," Jim told
him. "I'm not in any humor to--"
"Oh, 1 was drunk 1 1 made u fool
of myself. Now that 1 know who
He'll !>'oU ure> ' Vc eome prepared."
luged by the blinding, scalding
stents of Jim's coffee cup. With
exclamation he reeled backward,
lost into the arms of the wo
en at the piano, lie dashed the
luid from his face; with his
BVft he wiped his eyes, cleared
Bm; he gathered himself to rush
in the figure still sittinu nto-
nlc R upon the high stool. Hut
lie of the girls flunK herself up
him, twined her arms about,
fid in a voice high-pitched, vibrant
^ith warning, she cried:
"Don't touch hm, Hayward
ill you! God, man, that's
lichigan Kid.'"
Hay ward's ¡ilrtiRgh died sudden-
It came still-born. Into hi.-
furple face crept a look of aston-
khment, then incredulity.
Hiram Morris was too sick to be
noved. The doctor pronounced it
neumonía and for Host and Jim
liere commenced a period of sltrp-
anxiety, He moved her into
Ills cabin and tried to force her to
ike some rest, but a for him he
|id not remove his clothes and
carcely closed his eyes for nearly
week.
Then Mr. Morris died. He had
■uttered almost constantly; the
it words they heard him whisper
rere those of his favorite prophe-
|y, some «lay I'll land in th< pay."
There followed the customary
slancholv preparation and formal
les. There were still a few wo
in left on the creeks near I■>*
lid these did what they could for
i.
It was Rose who selected a bur-
il place, upon the north "rim" of
lie creek a high bench thai par-
Idled the bottom and that look
"I set). That's why you brought
help."
i he speaker's color deepened.
"Listen, Ho wan! 1 know what hap-
pened to that Englishman, Thump-
son. He didn't have any friend*
with him; the witnesses were all
your friends. I've heard about a
lot of your other lights, too—if
you can call 'em that—and I've
had u dozen warnings to lay off
ol you, so l provided my owu wit-
nesses. Now here's what I've got
to say alter the cet'etnony, you
duck!"
"And what will happun to Hose?"
111 attend to that. Shu has
friends unough to seu her through."
"11 1 don't duck, 1 suppose you'll
tell her I'm a gambler and that 1
offered to buy hur father's claim
lor tun tunes what it's worth,
l hat 11 certainly shock her."
"Oh, you had a reason ior that
offer—moro oí your ' "Michigan's"
luck,' probably! understand you
did most oí the panning. Funny
ui out that luck oí yours, isn't it V
Funny how everybody loses when
they play you. ¥ou were crooked
in uasvson and you couldn't even
play straight with Hose and her
lather. It's perfectly obvious why
you came out here in the first
place. Hull! Men like you ought
to be shot for looking at a girl
like her!"
"Well, Hayward, I'm not going
until 1 gut ready."
ll was u dismal travesty of a
funeral that occurred latu that
'The J'"1 stared inciedulously at the ajt^i-nooii. A clergyman and a half
I -peah'.'i; harshly he inquired. \doauri of Mr. Morris's acquaint-
don t mean to say you intend to Uncus had driven out 1'rom town,
start something to-day . j|JUl cven including them, thca'e were
i ei ta i ni y not. 1 came up to nut twenty people who followed
i notice on you. I ve learned J pine box as it was carriud
how you met Mr. Monis and came Hi;loss ttiu thin autumn snow and
nut here, and 1 understand why
Hut Hose doesn't under
you came
stand. She doesn't know you're
The Michigan Kid; she thinks
you're just the old friend of the
family, her little playmate from
the home town. .She doesn't know
it wa.s you that offered forty thou
sand dollars for this claim."
"Kight. She doesn't know any of
those things. I suppose you intend
to tell her.'
"1 do. 1'nless you have enough
deeenry left to behave like a man."
"How do you figure u man would
behave?" Jim asked. "Of course
it'- all hear ay with you, hut I'm
curious to know."
Hayward flushed. "Never mind
that line of talk. I came to tfive
you a (|uiet word of warning but if
you want to get nasty, why, just
write your own ticket. I'm ready
t<i take you on now, or later
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up lo its rusting place.
Hose was a brave but a pitiful
figure. During thu final depress
ing rites Jim Kowan's heart bled
for her. He il was who let fall
the first shovelful uf earth. When
thu grave had been filled in he
saw ihat Hayward and the clergy-
man had taken her back down to
the cabin.
Jim had secured a team with
which to drive the girl in to town,
and while thu visitors wure bid
umg her goodby he went lo his
own shack and began putting his
few belongings together.
He was mystified when he could
not lay his hand upon the liltlo
leather case with the old newspa-
per portrait of Hose, for that was
al'oul all that he really cared to
lake with him. He looked every-
where for it before he finally gavu
up liic search.
Kowan had refused Hayward's
warning to leave, nol because he
expected Hose to reconcile herself
lo his past, not because he now ro-
utined the faintest hopo of ever
realizing his dream, but because
there was something yet to be
done, und, moreover, because it
was not his nature to come or to
go at any man's bidding.
He was interrupted in his task
by the girl herself. She came to
his door and with her she brought
Huyward.
"Jim," she began, "Mr. Hayward
has been trying to tell me some-
thing—"
"What? Already?" A flame leap-
ed into Kowan's eyes as he turn-
ed into Kowan's eyes as he turn-
ed them upon the Bonanza fore-
man.
"Yes, already! It's best to have
it out and over with," the latter
declared, doggedly.
"I asked him to say it before
you, Jim if—if he insists upon say-
ing it at all."
"1 merely started to tell her why
she couldn't afford to have any-
thing further to do with you," the
visitor announced. "I tried to tell
her that 1 love her and want to
marry her; that I'll give her a
home und end all of her troubles—"
"Whut was it you sKid about
Jim?" the girl insisted quietly.
Hayward told her; frankly, bru-
tally he repeated what he had pre-
viously said. Jim listened in si-
lence.
"Is it true?" Rose turned a
strained, white face upon The Mi-
chigan Kid.
"Most of it is. Not that about
the killing of Thompson, of course.
He shot himself because ho had
lost company money.
"Rose, will you let me take you
to town?" Hayward asked, earn-
estly.
Slowly the girl shook her head.
"Jim has ararnged to drive me in.
I'm sorry you didn't wait a while
before-—I've had a good deal to
bear." When tho young man
scowled at Rowan and opened his
lips to protest, she smiled faintly.
"I'll be perfectly safe with him.
The Michigan Kid hasn't, been ac-
cused of killing women, has he?"
"Very well. I'm sorry, too, that
it had to come at a time like this.
But I thought it best. I'll see you
to-morrow, Rose. Forgive me if
I've been rough. It's only be—
cause—" The speaker stammered,
choked, then he turned and went
out taito the «hill twilight
Whan the «ranch ol his foot-
steps hod died out Bose inquired,
simply:
"Why did yon do it, Jim?"
Kowan answered carelessly: "Oh,
I'm just naturally a bad sort, I
guess I No great amount of char-
acter. I wanted money, and gam-
bling was the easiest way to get
it.
"I don't mean that. Why did you
come out here with father, the way
you did?"
"Well now, I'm not sure that I
can explain unless it was because
of that hunch I told you about,"
Jim managed a splendid assump-
tion of sincerity. "We gamblers
play hunches, you know. And say,
it just proves there's something in
them.
"A mighty queer thing happen-
ed to-day, Rose. I didn't mean to
tell you yet, but your father was
right. There's pay on this cleam!"
said Rowan.
"Please don't let's talk about
that."
"But, Rose, listen I While I was
digging up there on the rim the
gravel looked good. I took some of
it down to the creek and tested it.
I can't begin to guesB what was In
it, but it was rich. You're a rich
woman. There's no mistake. It
wasn't a prospect, it was big pay,
coarse goldl"
For a while the girl sat silent,
then abruptly she hid her face in
her hands.
"Oh! The pity of it!" she cried.
"After he had worked so long and
endured so muchl Poor father! So
patient, so gentle, so old—!" Tears
stole through her fingers.
"He told us he would land in the
pay and we wouldn't believe him.
But I know he's glad, for it was you
he wanted it for, not himself, and
everything has come out just the
way he would have had it. I—I'll
bet he's happy at last."
" 'Michigan's luck still holds
good, doesn't it? Half the claim
is yours, Jim."
"Pshaw! That 'partnership' ar-
rangement was a joke. I've got
money, lots of it. I could have made
and for you, but I didn't dare. No,
things a good deal easier for him
Rose, it's all yours and you have
nothing to worry about any more.
You needn't pay any attention to
what Hayward said, unless you
want to. I know you like him and
—he's a mighty nice boy. He has
courage and he loves you.
"But, Jim, I don't love him. I
don't even like him, any more."
"Then that's that!" Rowan de-
clared, heartily.
"I love somebody else." The girl
lifted her tear-stained face. "I'm
in love with a boy from our old
town. I think I must have cared
for him ever since I was a little
girl. And I've been in his thoughts,
too. He has carried my picture
constantly—"
"Well, well! That's certainly
nice." Jim could think of nothing
else to say.
"He's an unselfish boy. He did
a great deal for father. I think
he'd give his life for me. And yet
he has never said that he loves
me. I had to find it out by chance."
"Rose!" All the reserve, all the
counterfeit cheerfulness of The
Michigan Kid, fell away. It was
Jim Rowan, the Dover boy, who
Btared at her with working face,
and exclaimed in a voice suddenly
grown hoarse, "You—found that
picture!"
"Yes; that night when I was
looking for medicine. How long
have you had it, Jim?"
—
"Ever since the day you gradu-
ated. I've always loved you, ever
since I was a ragged kid and you
drove by in your wicker pony cart.
Rose dear, it was because of you
that I gambled. I wanted money
I think I'd have killed to get it—
almost. I went through hell. Then
when I had my money and had
found you I went throt%h hell
again because—well, because of the
hell I'd been through. I—I'm not
much of a man. I'm afraid you've
made á mistake—"
Pleas* I I'm—
Jim did not
'd up her arma to
, .v« ringly, like a
"Take mt, Jim.
•> tired I"
'o it waa that The Michigan
.id's luck held through to the fin-
ish.
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Smith, G. A. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1935, newspaper, November 28, 1935; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175183/m1/5/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.