Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-31
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CHATTER TX. (Continued)

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re hopeful of our cause than i have
II done. And o / want to speak to
, on a very delicate matter, and /
cerely hope that you won't think
t / am meddling in your private af-
IS. 1t is no secret to me that you
ard my cousin Nora with very warm
lings. and as we are to be fellow
mbers of the same glorious organic
On, / may tell you that. to supply the
! cheney in her dowry l shall give up
ii right to a considerable portion of
| Courtney estate, and some day /
lie to see you established, a landed
prietor in the country we both love
we'll"
S required all the ~self-control OF
.ich / was master to enable me to
.'wer him correctly, but / managed to
nix him and make him understand
/ / required no incentive, great as
II tire one he offered, to do what /
considered my duty, and / asked
j to look upon 1t as settled that /
uld be ready 70 go to any place on
shortest notice.
) be sure, / contemplated no farther
than a railway journey to Man.
ster, and there j hoped that the
/ sged Thirteen would come to an end,
that I should be a ready helper in
~ a desirable contamination.
~ soon as I had told Anguish the
Is he was once more taken with a
ihen desire to visit his flock. and
off he went to make all arrange
Its for surrounding the meeting
e at Manchester. Before he left us
gave me minute instructions as to
I / should do at the moment of the
.yery Of the attack, and, seeing that
iould then be in a position of on
srable danger, l carefully attended
.aem.
met Nora on the Thursday after
Ia. and told her that i "a going
s. for a few days. and that when /
2 back | should have good news for
cure keeping something from me,
- she said. "You can't deceive me.
( is it?"
ried to satisfy her as best / could
generalities, but she would not be
inced.
lis something to do with Maurice"
said. "Ah! do tell met and i new
slt 1t so hard to keep back know
) as / did then, when 1 heard her
ling tones and saw the love-light
fer eyes.
My tell me the truth" she said,
I'll be good"
d so I told her what we hoped to
making light of the danger, and
ling strongly upon the fact that
plans We're so carefully laid that
re was impossible. "Just Think"
q, ''your father and mine, and you
III, will be free agents again, and
go back to Ireland. and live hap
ever afterwards"
Ia! Jack. tits my Irish heart that
t be quiet. and when you go from
o-day there's that within me tells
That 1t will be long before / look
I you again. All! Jack, what will
when you are away from me?"
tie did / think that her words
" to come so true, and that before I
her again I should have sailed
I'D the world, and all that / should
ITO take with me, so far as she was
rned, would be the memory of her
Aw-stricken face and the know
that her heart would beat true to
Nade her goodbye at the gate of
t,emara Cottage, and carried away
me an early rosebud that she
ed for me. and when / had
fled her to the door, and waved to
9 she fingered for a while on the
] hurried home to make all pre-
ions for meeting D'Orville on the
DIV. Mindful of what he had said
regard to being prepared for a
ey and fearful of arousing his
cions by failing to comply with
was nothing less than a polite
iand, / packed my largest Glad
bag.
Athe next day, before I started, 1
4 in upon Travers, and told him
III was going to town for a few
but one glance at his face
eed me that the spirit which actu-
Archimides still lived. and had. for
time being, entered into my
~ and possessed him. He babe me
bye with the air Of one who was
lent of disturbance. and who
\ certainly be relieved when I had
myself Off and left him to resume
udies, and no doubt he had COM
y forgotten my existence long be-
reached the station.
rville met me at Liverpool street
x.l lunch here" he said, land we
by the 800 train. Is this your
ge?"
j." / said. ut doesn't look much
,ere's enough to last me for a triI
d the world in these fast days"
I'd to see you're so philosophical
a. Come along. I ordered lunch
will be ready for US. Wise mer
hen they can. Let US be wise.
presently I found myself discuss
very pleasant meal with the mar
hortly hoped to lay by the heels
re just time for a smoke" said he
we had finished. "and then w,
Ike a cab to Waterloo" You hav,
!, 'ked me yet where our meeting 4
leld, and you most likely supposed
MD what ! told you. that 1t would b,
y Manchester tomorrow evening
ISi, we have changed our place an,
and we intend to meet at South
n, so that those OF us who may b,
upon to go abroad will be abb
! s TT at once
as fortunate for me that my bacl