The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-10-27

. quivered with fury. For few seconds b,
could not speak, so great was his emotion
When, at length, he did his voice was a
thick and laden with rage as a dense mis-
Is with rain.
"You impudent young rascal" he began
"you ungrateful foundlingl DO you sup
pose that when my brother left you {,
starve-which was oil that you were fit fo
i picked you out of the gutter for this
that you should have the insolence to com,
and tell me how to conduct my business
Now, young man, I'll just tell you what Il
Is. You can be Off and conduct q busines.
Of your own on whatever principles yor
choose. Get out of Nelson's, sir, ant
never dare to show your nose here again
or I'n give the porters orders to hustle you
off the premises And now, that isn't all.
I've done with you; never you look to me
for another sixpence. Pm not going to
support you any longer, can tell you.
And what's more, do you know what I'm
going to do just now9 I'm going Off to
old Todd-that's my lawyer-and Pm go
Ing to tell him to make another will and
to leave every farthing 1 have-and that
isn't much short Of two millions, one way
and another-to Addison and Roscoe
| They don't want it, but that don't matter.
You sha'n't have it-no, not farthing oi
II; and won't have pile like that frit-
tered away in charities and mismanage-
| ment. There now, my fine young gentle
man, just be Off and see If your new bust.
ness principles will get you living"
"All right, uncle, I'm going" said the
young man, quietly. II quite understand
what our quarrel means for me, and, to
tell you the truth, / am not sorry. have
never wished to be dependent on you, or
to have anything to do with q business
carried on rs Nelson's is / have q hun
dred year my mother left me, and with
the help OF that and my education I hope
to make living. Still, / don't want to
part from you in anger, because you have
been very kind to mo at times, and, as you
remind me, You picked me out of the gut
ter when / was orphaned, or not far from
it. So L hope you will shake hands before
90"
''Ah" snarled his uncle; "you want 10
pipe down now, do your But that won't
do. off you gol and mind you don't set
foot in Pompadour Hail." Mr.. Nelson's
seat. unless it is to get your clothes
Come, cutr'
"You misunderstood me-" said Eustace
with touch of native dignity which be-
came him very well. Probably we shall
not meet again, and did not wish to part
in anger, that was all Good-morning.
And he bowed and left the office.
"Confound him!" muttered his uncle, rs
the door closed. Hes n good plucked
one-showed spirit. But I'll show spirit,
too. Meeson is man of his word. Cut
him off with a shilling' not /; cut him off
with nothing at all. And yet, curse 1t,
like the lad. Well, I've done with him,
thanks to that mink of Smithers girl.
perhaps he's sweet on her, then they can
go and starve together, and be hanged to
them! She had better keep out of my
way, for she shall smart for this, so sure
as my name is Jonathan Meeson. III keep
her up to the letter of that agreement, and
IL she tries TO publish book inside OF this
country or out of it, I'll crush her-yes, I'll
crush her, If it costs me five thousand to
do it"' and with snarl, he dropped his fist
heavily upon the table before him.
Then he arose, put poor Augusta's agree
ment carefully back into the safe, which
he shut with savage snap, and proceeded
to visit the various departments of his vast
establishment and to make such hay
therein as had never before been dreamt of
in the classic halls of Nelson's
To this hour the clerks of the great house
talk Of that dreadful day with bated breath
for as bloody Hector ragged through the
Greeks, SO did the great Meeson rage
through his hundred departments. In the
very first office he caught wretched
clerk eating sardine sandwiches With
out q moments hesitation he took the
sandwiches and threw them through the
window.
do you suppose pay you to come and
eat your filthy sandwiches heref" he asked,
savagely. There, now you can go and
look for them; and see You here, you
needn't trouble to come back, you idle,
worthless fellow. OF you gol and TO
member you need not send to me for
character. Now then-double quick"
The unfortunate departed, feebly re-
and Meeson, having glared
round at the other clerks and warned
them that unless they were careful-very
careful-they would soon follow in his
tracks, continued his course OF devasta-
tion.
Presently he met an editor, No Z it was,
who YVES bringing him an agreement to
sign. He snatched it from him and glanced
through It,
"What do you mean by bringing me
thing like .hisf' he said. Its all wrong"
"It is exactly as you dictated it to me
yesterday, sir" said the editor, indignant
ly.
what, do You mean To contradict me;"
roared Meeson. Look here, No. 7, you
and had better part. Now, no words;
your salary will be paid to you till the end
of the month, and, if you would like to
bring an action for wrongful dismissal,
why, I'm your man. Good-morning, No. Z
good morning"
Next he crossed courtyard where, by
slipping stealthily round n corner, he
came upon jolly little errand boy, who
was enjoying solitary game of marbles.
Whdck came his cane across the seat OF
that errand boys trousers, and in another
minute he had followed the editor and the
notwithstanding clerk.
And so the merry game went on for half
an hour or more, till ut last Mr.. Meeson
was fain to cease his troubling, being too
exhausted to continue his destroying
course. But next morning there was pro-
motion going on in the great publishing
house; eleven vacancies had to be filed.
ITO he continuedl