Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

"1Sow, young fellow, who are your
What do you want, ehT"
With great effort Emmeline presrrvI
ed herself from fainting.
harrington, in a moment, placed Linn
self between her and her assailant pie
| pared to defend the poor girl.
Touch him again ut your pe'ii,'
Noel said, Overwhelmingly.
And on their feet were Insanity
| every member Of that dclectabtt coln.
pany which now crowded The 'Splat
| and G%ridiron," and Their hands wee
on the weapons, which they were pre-
pared to WELD; that Is to say, bottles.
jugs and glasses.
Undaunted by these threatening ap
~pearances, Noel continued:
"He is, as you see, a mere stripping,
and has come hither under my protec.
ton, and it shall go hard but l will
indeed protect him."
"Oh, you know him!' cried Nicksey;
that's another matter"
And he moved his hand to the com
pany, as much as to say:
BE seated, gentlemen"
And the gentlemen obeyed, and were
seated accordingly.
I'VE are rather pertickler in this
house with whom W. Associates
And tlsn, turning toward Emmeline,
NickSey continued:
Give us your fist, young uh-my
friends friend Il my friend"
And he wrung Emmelines hand 70
hard that she, with difficulty, suppress
ed a shrek of pain.
And then, looking at Emmelines dell
| cate hand as it lay in his W coarse
palm, Nicksey said, with a laugh:
What a white little mauley. o
are a young chap as is like me In one
pertickler-never oyer fond OF hara
work, / take it."
Emmeline hastily withdrew her hand.
Don't be afraid, young man" Nick
sey shouted. You're a friend or my
| friend Darlington, and that's enough,
and YOU shall have a share or the DoWl
of punch l am going to pay for.
NO. no, there's no Occasion!
Noel. , on
IF the young 'un refuses, ] shat
think he bears malice" said Nlcksey.
But Emmeline told him that she lad
no thought Of refusing. and Nic&sey cx.
pressed himself satisfied, and ordered
a bowl Of punch, desiring that 1t should
be all rum, and saying that he had been
concerned in a good job the night be-
fore, and had money in his pockets.
And again seizing B~arrlngton's hand:
But for you," Nicksey said, II should
not have been in London to get that
money. l don't forget that, as you'll
know when I'm rich"
YES, when that One Tree Square
business Is settled" Darlington said
meaningly.
"Hush!' cried Nicksey, I'VE mustn't
talk about that now
Noel and Emmeline exchanged sig
nificant glances, and the former wills
pered, He IS yet too sober, but will
| speak presently"
And then suggested to Nlcksey that n
private room would be best where they
three friends as they were-might be
snug together.
Nicksey agreed 10 that, and led the
way to n small room, of which the at
mosphere, rocking, with other foul
odOrs, of stale tobacco, was almost
| poisonous.
Noel looked apprehensively towards
Emmeline, but she appeared %undaunted
by the horrors with which she was sur
rounded.
When the punch was brought Bar
rington paid for 1t.
None of that" cried Nicksey, lyon
are here at my invitation"
Never mind" said Noel, "you can
return 1t to me when you have made
your fortune"
Il have been waiting for II twenty
years" growled Nicksey, 'but / must
be paid yet, principal and interest"
Nicksey drank freely Of the punch.
Ere the first bowl had been emptied. n
second had been ordered and brought.
NickSey had no sooner finished his
glass than, each time, it was replen-
ished by Emmeline, who equally filed
her own, but, at first, with some diff
Guilty, but soon very easily, contriyed
TO throw the liquor beneath the table.
And Nfcksey, who saw, as he be-
HeVed, Emmellne drinking glass for
glass with him, expressed his utmost
admiration, and gave it as his opinion
that his friend B~arrington's friend was
Il lad who would grow into q man that
might be proud OF himself.
After n while Emmeline said. let
us drink TO your fortune, Mr.. Niczsev."
(which must be something consider
able now, If it has gone on accumu-
lating for twenty years." added Noel.
Yes; ever since eighteen hundred
and severn hlccoughed Nicksey.
Emmeline now again filed the mans
glass, and this time with q violently
trembling hand.
TO be Continupd)