Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-03-25

not retarn 20 college till the last OF
September.
Meantime WAITED, hoping that Eus-
tace, who was frank and generous
to a fault when not in anger, would
come with an apology. tome. Wehad
always been on such,gppd terms that
it did not seem possible he could have
any other feeling than that of regret
for his fiery and unreasonable treat
ment OF ME. That he should call me
a coward surprised me, feE once HAD
at a very greatyfisk Saved his1ife.4 1
a whole month went past, and
had neither seen nor heard from him.
Then we met - 500 rs-tE
i was hunting wild turkeys. Eustace
and | hads often Ehupte9 them and
had learnedAto fHitaees theirscah 1t
was an afternoon in September, and
as Twas carefully boxing for ply gaIne,
thought heard the cluck of tur-
key some distance away Going
towards the sound, and step
utter my call aud listen, soon got a
distinct response andssteppmg are
fully behind asfitllen tree, thatSI might
snot be seen, repeated the call at fire.
quent intervals, and got several more
responses, Pie app'eachingi bird,
however, seemed very shy. 90 ~
Between the calls the, woods were so
quiet that | could hear the slightest
sound. Two or three times thought
| could hear the bird approaching
There was u shghtFastlihg oithe dry
1ao,roe, tba ,ronEli,,u of N turi,y oN1
now and then sound like the faintest
football S5ti HIS ft. 'ts
At length 4 Eot!aghmpse of a grayish
object through clump of dense I'M
oeIgrowth. Feeling sure that this was
the turkey, j 1eSelled my rifle and
fired. just at the second that the
hammer fell, there Was another move
ment, and j saw Eustaee Halleck's
head just peering above the leaves.
You can understanding horror. Foa-
tunately | failed in my aim. The
ping of the bullet and thesharp report
brought him from his cover with a
bound. He looked wildly at the little
wreath of smoke aboveme. My heart
| almost ceased TO beat. Then;I stepped
| into view, and said -4lG et'SStA L9Ga'
I THANK God, Eustace, my aim failed
| thought you were the turkey Pa u
$50 it's you, is it," he merely an
swered. "Well, it's no. more than
might have expected" and without
another word, he threwhis rifle across
his aEmr and walked, awav.agsssg .ssti
My pride would not allow me to go
after him. He must have known that
could not have fred Intentionally at
him. No explanation was needed for
that.
Hewent in the direction opposite to
that of his fathers plantation, and
the thought occurred to me that he
would tell Ethel OF the accidental shot
to my disadvantage / WAS anxious
to meet her Rgair before going back
to college, SOL concluded to go at once
to see her, and give my own version
of the unfortunate encounter.
She met me cordially, -yet-sadly, de
claring that since our last meeting
Eustace had not mentioned my name
80 Walter, /" she said, "he hasn't been
like himself at all since you left US
that dayl | never was so unhappy
before in my life"
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him Without speaking to me OF MOI
ticiBg me in any way. be turned fierce.
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o mo- ' no erninma+ion Of hi: cnndm"t
and when asSed INV NV cyassmotest be
camsa ~ bis Observation-Disclosures n,oroI ,U
renI;ed that r tbs,e Iras ap1 . iiana.
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term NOT HAVING vet onened a note
was bronphtme .by q classmate named
Sbin,a,, 1'hn 30 oI,Unr,S foror,ost j.,
any coIIe,a'tronbIe. :. It'nroved to ba
a chaIlenGe from Eustace The terms
of a. 30 ,,ara o,,rt o,,5 forn,oI 7