Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-24

Y was taEs mar who srst spoke
"TSu have taken al precautions.
Maurice
Yes and you're as safe here as Il
yg- were An-E=zvsn"
W. weren't safe tn Dublin 80 !
changed tb= venue, for yO1 Know what
an accident means 20 us. And now. be-
fore ~e begin 0gr business. I must hear
from SEe4reys Eps Il the news h seat
me IT, trGe
~Yaz said the broad-shOultersd
rnzz Eho sat with his hack 20 me-
~T@s. I've found him" and, short and
Simple ar his answer was. II seemed
like 4 spark t-zr ~. g- the evil nature
Of Mxursn4 DCrTEEIe and made IL blaze
70 within hirn Til The man looked Like
aorne Ssa6 filed Efra the lust Of sla1g-
ter.
For a Second Or two he made 10 re-
psT- Then. as he spoke. he stretched
ont his hand and g-Tpped the others
Il kne- & would come" he said
~L@. fools pirate about vengeance be-
longing 20 the Lord It's lize Tow. or
y Viii Dc s00n- and Il viii De al the
s~e@t=- that &. comes 50 late. It's mel
lowed with kee2ing. but it's mine.
n4ne. Where 10 be- sEt what Is he
1osag
Hes in Fiji. owner and captain Of
on of the boats that r-ns betwtxt b
tslzntz You car g, At kim that assy
that SURE. Twill scarcely De any credit
10 kEIl him"
~Pzr1on M. Maurice. but haca't we
better s-t-se rhe most important bust
n@Ss frsry" said the man with the Ery
nose.
Yes: but ~ r1us- remember, Mac,
that this company was started by me,
for the purpose % gratifying ~ prf-
Ta-s revenge" said DOrvfie- II nave
added the wrongs % my country 90 my
own. and we have drawn together q
hand Of nea that viii go On striking
terror into TIE hearts Of those xho are
grinding life gnd enterprise out Of Ire
land III put aside private matters,
however. and III tell you the campaign
I propose 10 per Here, first OF ali. is
a list Of the men to be attacked. We
must have done with small people.
James and Field were well enough to
begin with. and b served our pur-
pose. Now we must fly higher. List
en- and then ne read the ans OF
some OF the most prominent politicians
u the day. with running comments On
the deeds Of h persons mentioned
seeds that. in the speakers opinion.
made the doors III and proper obtectA
upon which 10 wrsaL vengeance.
And then followed d long discussion
as 70 ways and means. This one was
TO be quietly slain In his oom az night:
a second TO be publicly executed" a
third 70 he killed with a bomb; and so
N and SO forth, unit matters had been
arranged in such a way that. IL the
plots succeeded, Her Majesty would. in
a short space OF time be berefr Of her
aBlest advisers. and Liberty's car, as
these patriots phrased IL. be driven for
ward we the bodies ri men who were
Eavpting their time and talents to the
good Of their
i almost forgot my private wrongs In
the feelings Of indignation that surged
Through me when L heard these un-
known, uniufuentiaI wrerches calmly
n cooIly discussing the murder Of
those SO irmessurably their s~uperiors,
though there was sweet comfort In the
reflection that Providence had given us
so fair a chance OF bringing their mis-
deeds home 70 them.
Courtney was the only one vho took
no part In the discussion. and IL was
evident from the way IN which he
shifted about in his chair. and from the
expression OF his face, that he was
screwsrg up his courage 70 make that
protest Of which he had talked in his
s~oIIi0suey. But is was clear. TOO, that
IL was one thing 70 come 20 such a re-
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audience. and quite another to Dur Il
into effect when face 10 face with men
whom he had SO much reason TO dread.
and into whose Esndasn schemes he
had been drawn by the wfIesu Of his rel
astva-
AT last thsre was a pause In TIE
g-uescrne talk and Courtney,s chz7c.
came IL be would but take IL. I could
sAe him quite plainly. and 7 noted that
he made two Or three distinct s1orts
before speech came % him
Look here Maurice he saIi. AZ
Last. and you other r.n. tooI I soireS
this party 20 g-t fair play Tor Ireland.
/ s1S-T nothing about private ~
and 7 don't want %. I've spent my
money freely. and I have a right 20
speak. and I say you ~on't ger justice
this way = good VII Il DO IL you
murder half the people in England?
The other half viii only b more bitter.
Se@i Dor't reckon on me TO have a
hand IN any OF these zssasxinations,
Are. us not a nice word. Maurice. but
IL fits what you're going 10 Go. Never
a Bit do I are, AacDunnet.. IL you XIII
me, n you look biack enough To DO
IL. and 50 do o Jim McSweeney.
"You fools. Can't you see that Maui
rice has you all for puppets. He's
sending you here. there and every
where 20 find somebody he wants 10
XIII. and ali this philandering abou,
Lord this and Mister that 10 his way
Of making you do what he wants. I
tell you that from tonight I've done
with o IA can't b-tray you, for. even
II my conscience would let me, rye
gone too deep In the mlre to get clear
with my life. You may do your own
e.fl work IN ysur own evil way
While he was speaking the other men
had drawn apart from him. and now
they stood in one corner and Whispered
20 each other In such low tones thar 4,
was impossible to catch what they