Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-10

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slowly and fixlng his eyes on the
smoke rings from ais cigarette--"dont
Won tbfnk il might be a good thing FOR
Won f0 make the acquaintance OF that
dreadful person.
II Sh,,ught that was Just what yoa
sss-ef mirSt make things even worse
rnan they are-that I should try To see
him and talk him over, iDterrup'eu
Frank.
Hear me out. my dear fellow. i
didn't mean thai you snoss.a Toe
yourself upon him and try to- argue q
marrer with him. FIFE must be q h0r
ouxhIy unreasonable ,wromg headeu
begxar: and I certainly think that
would do more harm than good. But.
ar the same time. barring his stupid
prefudlc- against you ~ your
son. he mAay BE-. AMI probably Is, a de
cent sort Of chap IN the main-opin-
donated. no doubt: bat as ready 10 take
a sudden liking TO anyone AZ a sudde
and unreasonable disiikiny YoG fol
low me-"
Frank nodded
Now. IL I were in your place. l
should make 81 my aim 10 meet Joyce
without letting him suspect who | was.
You would b. sure 10 make a good i'm
preston on him He would So for
himself tha y0H are a thoroughly
good hearted. unaffected fellow and
IL i quite on the cards that he would
take a very strong liking for you
Then il might come out, as IL by scct-
dent. that yOGr name Is Lester. ana
you ~0ulsl, or course, Be equally sur
pris.-E r0 be told th2s your new rrt~nd
i Crsafa Joyee's father"
Il Tx yOur idea immensely. Clovis
and don't like Ii az all | should De
very giEf Eo meet Mr. Joyce withour
his knowing who am. IL IL were reaL
Iy an ae~.sfear. I might be able 10
lessen his prejudice against me. BCr
LAYING a trap for him seems rather a
mean thing ~ DO. He would BE- sure
To suspect that I knew who he was all
al0Lg, and IL he charged me with Il, /
shouldn't b.- able To deay u That
wouldn't be very nfsr."
Well. my dear fellow rs b only
thing that e~urs to- me. ! have no
doubt you are right in thinking thar IL
all Intercourse h~rwesn you n Miss
Joype is stopped FOR an indednlte time,
THE result will Bs rs you fear L. can
not be otherwise"
Frank sald nothing. but continued TO
gaze absentiy out Of the wiRsfow. still
holding hts anlightei pipe In bis hand
And In defense cf my own scheme.
I must say this. IlGr il il quite posi-
Die that Joyce may never suspect that
taEs meeting was other than seeigtent-
al and X he does e Is quite possible
that e may look upon tc ~ a good
joF
Perhaps you ara right. Clovis Z
may be too serupul0us- But how a
I possibly Meet him in such a way thai
he may De under the impression that
u meeting was aecidentaiT'
1T muss be at n public place, said
Clovis, very slowly. and affecting ID be
thinking out the matter in his head al
Etie time he was speaking An inn
would b. best. Strangers often strike
up friendships By meeting at a country
NIX. I have itr' he exclaimed sudden
~. as il the idea had struck him for
the nrst time. You are fond OF fisfi-
ing. ( know. What more natural than
yCu should run down I'D your own par
Lsh. and take q cast in one OF the
streams, "a 4 cheap and pleasant way
OF spending a holiday? I know that.
Joyce Is a greet angler. and often goes
20 stay for n few days az the Golden
Horn. NJ Moor Edge, for tbs sake or
the fishing suppose you were there
when be comes. I viii describe the
man 70 you-bar you can't fail 10 re
apgniZe him by the scar on his cheek
Well you ara staying there when he
comes You take your meals in the
sdine What more natural than
that you should begin 10 talk about
the fishing in the neighborhood. and in
time strike up a friendship Then.
when IL comes out thar you are Frank
Lester. you may confess that you
Thought. or suspected. that he was
Richard Joyce. lie needn't know that
jon had any purpose OF meeting him
when yOa first went "a the ian
think Miss Joyce would quite approve
tbs idea TX she knew OF IL. Btrt. OF
coHrse, my dear fellow. I have no in
terest ia the thing. one way or this. 9th
er. IL you don't like the plan. is i
nothing To mr
AS IL I diin'e know thatr- ex-
claimed Frank. impatientiy. ~As IL T
didn't know that you are the kfndeSr.
best-hearted fellow In the world. 10
spend 80 much thought over nv con-
Germs. And | believe your plan is q
thoroughly good one I would have
cuigeiled my brains for a very long
time before / had thought OF one half
so good After an. I see no great harm
In IT, 1 think most likely. az you say.
Ursula would approve OF il. At any
rate. as the old man seems To hate me
as much as he possibly can already. I
dont see hat IL can do much harm to
try it,
her / agree with ysn--
Il wonder when he Is likely To s~ nj
the Golden Horn. Are you going back
To Tiibridge soon. by any chance
Next week. most likely"
Then would you mind-Y
Not at all l win make a point or
seeing Joyce. and ask him, casually,
whether he means 10 do a more
fishing this season III I find that he Is
going To stay q the Golden Horn. I
VIII b sure To let you know. And I
think. perhaps, II you can a II.
II D be better, and look more mar.
uraL. for him TO find you there. rather
rhan FOE you 10 go there on the chance
OF nnding him. 1t would keep him
from suspecting any previous design
or meeting him on your part"
As Clovis said this he rose to go.
Certainiy | viii do as you advise