Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-18
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counted on frightensng his enemy by
betTaying : knowledge OF his affairs-by
threatening TO employ that knowledge
to cause him serious trouble.
He had miscalculsted his man, how
ever. Paul Dalton, the farm superin-
tendent, had been . problem 10 him in
the past-Paul Dalton, the heartless
seeker after wealth, was no less an
enigma.
He had started slightly ut Prescott's
revelation, but that was the only evil
donce o! internal emotion that he be-
trayed.
A cocl, derisivo smile on his sncering
lips. he laughed jarringly.
.Oh! you've found that out, have your
j have retorted Prescott, angrily,
nettled ct his failure to abash his foe.
And that would be your first mover"
Yes, it would.
~Bigamy. ] believe you said?"
Yes, and an ugly word 1t Is in the
country courts, l car tell you. It amt
like your city divorce courts, and bribed
turles, and corrupt judges-it's the un-
bought, indignant verdict OF honest
mon.
Like you and I-eh, Prescott jeered
the other.
moi fairly choked the plotter, driven
to the verge Of uncomfortable rage by
the tantalising audacity of his compan-
Ion, farmers and-millers.
&c. pufrod Dalton. very good.
Quite Z Joke, Prescott. and he placed
his hand Familiarity on P~rescott's
shoulder, while the latter started al II
stnng By : serpent. well, that will be
move one, oh7
Yea, II will.
-Bigamy?s
Il said It.
IT won't work.
Won't it?s
NO. / see move one, and check
mate it.
do you?s
Yes. silence all that babble with a
letter I have in my pocket"
From who?"
Never mind that, but It shows that
Isabel, first wife Of Paul Dalton, died
exactly two months before Paul Dalton
married wife number two. Come on,
Prescott.
With mock friendly familiarity, as II
they had been brothers, comrades, all
their lives, Paul Dalton locked arms
with his companion.
The latter was . smoldering volcano
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Had Ralph Prescott been armed he
would have struck his victorious foe his
death-blow then and there, made half
frantic by the stinging taunts that fate
seemed to award him ct every new move
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rimmed eye-glssses.
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nave saen YOU at Manla Leaf farmss
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c-arelesslv.
Il Would mot have known vou..
II have changed / annnose.
-Remarkablv.
.Well. berrarv makes ! man wear 1
maxi 81 humility eometimee. " Wa tho
bare-faeed admission Of audacity. .Yc,