Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-08-25

nf0 . away upon which more c0A
bed Ieccntly hReoa thrown. Whites ahan
death 9Aii6s HAtbufy made 0n0 frShtiC
move towards il, while : yell q what
really seemed like terror broke from him.
Another yell succeeded, ond still another;
then he collapsed utterly and fell upon .
low wooden stool in Wild despair.
GOOD heavens!" exclaimed Dinah
Ann who had been STOPPING over some
blankets in the far corner. whist in
the world Is the matter? II u spasnas,
James? Let me run for the camphor. .
"Camphor indeed!" exclaimed theun-
happy man. Bring poison, rather.
Poison. You've ruined me-"
"He's of his, head," w~ her nitlable
suggestion: "Let me rub You; James:
Where is the pain In the chest 2"
He flung his arms around in al direc-
tons, so that she could not get 10 his
chest, or to any other part o him. "Who
lighted this FIRE 2" he easped.
"Phmbe lighted it: l ordered her.
The hue in the proper wash-house has
taken to smoking frightfully. The blan-
kets are to be washed ~tU=fhBff6W and
will be put In soak tonight. Bit what
is the fire to you, james, that You should
be put out about it :"
Tits everything TO mo-" he faiitly
answered. Five hundred pounds has
been burnt up in it."
Rising from the stool-and Dinah Ann
wondered the cEcaky old thing had not
come down with his weight-he hastened
indoors, sat down by the table and buried
his head upon it. She found him 10, his
face hidden in his hands.
Nov, James, you just tell me what
all this means-if You are not quite out
of your senses. Come ! / intend to know. .
Eyes, you may know it now, "he said,
lifting his face and its despair. 81 had
placed in the fire place OF that old fur
mace, in my old green pocket hook, s5OC
in bank notes. And-and they are
burnt They are burnt, Dinah Ann r
Dinah Ann paused. "Where did the
notes come from I"
From your brother-to me. A loht
while ago, years before / knew you,
lent q friend over E4O0. He ran away
with it to Australia, and I lost my mo-
ney, and set him down as = rogue. But
he is not 80 dishonest az / thought him
he has made his fortune out there and j,
back again in London now, and last weel
he transmitted the debt and interest Il
your brother for me, f5OO. / brought
the notes home the night Harry drove
me here"
"And now just tell me, James, how
you could think Of putting bank notel
into such a place as a furnace fire hole p
II did it for safety. Nobody ever wen,
in there, and the furnace was never used
"Safetye Was there not your bureau
up stairs, in the bed room?"
"That's never looked"
"Why, it's always locked"
Anyway, the key is never taken ou'
of It,"
"Ah, l sec what il is-you were afrait
| should see the money and want t.
spend it,"
"And SO you would, Dinah Ann,
sum like that coming unexpectedly" h,
mcekly rejoined. "Bonnets and frills
and fresh chairs and tables-you'd NO
have known where to STOP"
Well, / must say, James, you hav,
been rightly served for your want o
COAuOCIiCca lNU utloUALlu GVcE uAo u u
cealment from hts wife, II she's a goot
wife, but he is sur to be paid out. It il
q loss though, E50O!"
He groaned. "My business il
NOrtham this afternoon was to consul
with your brother about a good invest
ment for it,"
What's this?" asked she, placin,
before him the identical green case
with the bank-notes inside it. james
gnsped.
"Dinah Ann! My dear DiDah Ann
"Ah, it's my dear Dinah Ann now
and where would you be without me?
have given you . good fright, however
Don't you conceal o thing from m,
again James,"
"Idon't think I will, he said. "Hov
has it all come about?"
Why, l have Just been playing
little as well ~ You. / was at the gat.
last Thursday night, and heard what yor
said to Harry as you got out of the gig
II excited my suspicious and my curios
ity."
"But what did I say?" asked th.
farmer, really not remembering between
the excitement Of the past misery ant
the present happiness.
"Not a word, mind, to Dinah Ann
Not a word, for your life, mind, to Dinal
Ann ="