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He cooked a wretched meal, and then, leaving the dishes as they were,
he sat by the fire and brooded. When Rudolph came in, later, he
found him there, in his stocking-feet, a morose and untidy figure.
Rudolph's reception of the news roused him, however. He looked up,
after the telling, to find the younger man standing over him and
staring down at him with blood-shot eyes.
"You beat her!" he was saying. "What with?"
"What does that matter - She had bought herself a watch - "
"What did you beat her with?" Rudolph was licking his lips.
Receiving no reply, he called "Katie!"
"Katie has gone."
"Maybe you beat her, too."
"She wasn't my daughter."
"No by God! You wouldn't dare to touch her. She didn't belong to
you. You - "
"Get out," said Herman, somberly. He stood up menacingly. "You go,
now."
Rudolph hesitated. Then he laughed.
"All right, old top," he said, in a conciliatory tone. "No offense
meant. I lost my temper."
He picked up the empty coal-scuffle, and went out into the shed
where the coal was kept.


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