United States or Netherlands ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
From which?" asked Captain Dick, as quietly and unobtrusively dropping the Derringer in a flour sack. "From everything," gasped Catron, "from the men that are hounding me, from my family, from my friends, but most of all from, from myself!" He had, in turn, grasped Captain Dick, and forced him frenziedly against the wall.
One or two other items of money loaned occasioned the withdrawal of several gentlemen from the audience amidst the hisses or ironical cheers of the others. At last Captain Dick stopped and advanced to the footlights. "Gentlemen and friends," he said, slowly. "I foots up $25,000 as Roger Catron hez MADE, fair and square, in this yer county. I foots up $27,000 ez he has SPENT in this yer county.
Gentlemen of Sandy Bar and friends, I found that body, and yer it is!" And Roger Catron, a little pale and nervous, but palpably in the flesh, stepped upon the platform. Of course the newspapers were full of it the next day. Of course, in due time, it appeared as a garbled and romantic item in the San Francisco press. Of course Mrs.
Catron, feeling herself outraged and deceived in belt, ruche, and ribbon, freezingly admitted that she had heard of him before. "In course," said the captain; "why, Lord love ye, Mrs. Catron, ez waz, he used to be all the time talkin' of ye. And allers in a free, easy, confidential way.
But I thought that you and me might save lawyer's fees and all fuss and feathers, ef, in a sociable, sad-like way, lookin' back sorter on Roger ez you and me once knew him, we had a quiet talk together." "Good morning, sir," said Mrs. Catron, rising stiffly. The captain hesitated a moment, a slight flush of color came in his face as he at last rose as the lady backed out of the room.
The Santa Fé women were sufficiently aroused to hold a street parade and march to the home of U. S. Senator Catron, an opponent, where they gathered on the lawn and made speeches to convince the aged Senator of the wishes of the women as to his conduct in the Senate. Mrs. Joshua Reynolds was made State chairman of the Congressional Union and afterwards Mrs. Nina Otero Warren, and Mrs.
"Good morning, ma'am," said the captain, and departed. Very little was known of this interview except the general impression in the family that Mrs. Catron had successfully resisted a vague attempt at blackmail from one of her husband's former dissolute companions. Yet it is only fair to say that Mrs.
"I guess I'll ladle ye out some o' that soothin' mixture I bought down at Simpson's t' other day," he said, reflectively. "And I onderstand the boys up on the Bar think the rains will set in airly." But here Nature was omnipotent. Worn by exhaustion, excitement, and fever, and possibly a little affected by Captain Dick's later potion, Roger Catron turned white, and lapsed against the wall.
Indeed, one or two impulsive gentlemen, fired by her pathetic eyelids, openly regretted that the deceased had not been hanged, to which Mrs. Walker Catron responded that, "Thank Heaven, they were spared at least that disgrace!" and so sent conviction into the minds of her hearers.
Catron to send word that she "would be down in a few moments." At the end of this femininely indefinite period, a quarter of an hour by the French clock on the mantel-piece, Mrs. Roger Catron made her appearance in the reception-room.
Word Of The Day