Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-09-15

August. listened with rising hair, and
rallied nov very tying must be the LIE
ION, please stopl" abe said, family at
last. II can't besrit-1,can't. indsedi"
"Ahr" he said, Al he. sunk back ex.
hausted, Il thought that whan you under.
stood the customs at Nelson's you would
feel for me inmy present position. Think,
girl, think what Unjust suffer, w1thsucha
past, standing face to face with an I'm.
known futuref"
Then came q silence.
"Take him awsyl Take him awayl"
suddenly shouted ont Mr.. Meeson. staring
around him with frightened eyes.
"Who" asked Augusta; "whor
"Him-the tall, thin man with the bia
booki know him; he used to DO No. 81
--he died years ago. 10 wss . very
clever doctor; but one Of his patients
brought . false charge against him and
ruined him, 80 he had to take to writing.
poor DEVIL We made him edit q, medical
encyclop@dia-twelve volumes for G800,
to be paid on completion; and he went
mad and died at the eleventh volume. So,
Of course, we did not pay his widow any.
thing. And now he's come for mel
know he has. Hstenl he's ta1hngl Don't
you hear ,himf Oh, heavensi He says
that I N going to be an author, and he ID
going to publish for me q Thousand years
going to publish on the quarter profit
system, with an annual account, tho usual
trade deductions, and no vouchers. Obi
oh! Lookl-they are all coming!-thsy
Ire pouring out Of the Hutches, they are
going to murder me-keep them OIL keen
them OIL" and he howled and beat the AZ
with his hands.
Augusta, utterly overcome by this
awful sight, knelt down by his side. and
tried to quiet him, but in vain. He con.
tinued beating his hands in the air, trying
to keep of the ghostly train, till at last.
with one awful howl, he fell back dead.
And that was the end,o Of Meeson. And
the works that he published, and the
money that he made, and the house that
he built, and the sevi1 that no did-are
they not written In the Book Of the Com.
mercia1 Kings7
well" said Augusta family to herself,
when she bad got her breath back q little,
II am glad that it is over; any wsy, i'd
hope that I may never be called on ia
nurse another ,pubaisher." y
>"AunNeleauntiel" gasped Dick, "why
do the gentleman shout sof'
Then, taking the frightened child by the
band, Augusta made. her way through th1
ratntothe other hut in order to tell the
twoesatlofs what had como to pass. II
bad no door, and abe paused on The
threehold-to prospect. The faint fogey
Light was 90 dim that at first she could
sec nothing. Presently, however, heI
eyes got accustomed to II, and she msdt
out Bill and Johnnie sitting opposite e
each other on the ground. Between them
was the breaker OF rum. Bill had Q large
shell in his hand, which he had Just Hlsd
from the cask, for Augusta saw him il
the oct Of replacing The spagot.
my gQCcprse you, my go!" said John,
pie, al Rll lifted the ahellof spirits to hi
Ia Ia .i1,s s'' n@' 'n' " only
"You DO blowsdl" said Bill, swallowing
the liquor in . couple Of great gulps
"Ahl that's better. Now IN All fof you,
mate; fair does, I says, fair does and ns
favor" and he filed accordingly.
IN. Meeson u dead" said Augusta
screwingiup her courage to interrupt thil
suzpgises*x 6lsh johnnie beoie.
'Now g he. misst' he said, with . bio
coughs 'is hef Well, q good lob too
ssyS Is Q useless old land tubber be wa
1dooht he's oil to . warmer place thu,
thil ~ Eerguelen Land, and I drinks FL
bath. which, BY the way, I newer hal
the qpoa.aqp to do before. Here's to tn
health Qf.tbe departed" and he svsllowe.
the shellfM Of rum ct . draught.
"Your sentiment ! echoes" said Bill
"Johnnis. the shall; give ~ the shel {
drink the 'eslth Of TIL deaf Departed"
Then Augusta returned 10 hsr hpi viii
. heavy hsskt. She covered up ths d.
body be6t she could. telling tttls Nlel
that n: 4eeeon ytap gone bye-bye, an
then satd6Slnipths3e@ endaw4Io com
pany: Hy.4 ~ d~sPy9sfsng b9t sh
Ssetsa 81, "a IS kSosS Ssa iessS
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