Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-24
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
shivered when he looked up at the par
,tition.s
1t was this man who first spoke.
You have taken all precautions,
Maurice" =
Eyes; and you're as safe here as it
| you We're in-Heaven.'
! We weren't safe in Dublin, so l
changed the venue, for you know what
an accident means to us. And now, be-
fore we begin our business, I must hear
from Sweeney's lips if the news he sent
me is true"
| YES" said the broad shouldered
man who sat with his back to me-
| . "Yes!sI've found him. ,and;- short and
[fsimple as his answer WASH 1t seemed
Nike a! spark that seton the evil Ma ture
of Maurice D'Orville and made it blaze
|. up within him till the man looked like
4fsso1nes Hefida filled With the lust ofSslaugs
For a second or two he made no re-
ply. Then; as'he spoke, he stretched
out his hand and gripped the others. g
r. Il knew; it would come" he said.
Let fools pirate about vengeance be-
longing to the Lord. It's mine now, or
it;~ill be soon, and it will be all the
sweeter that it comes so late. It's mel
lowed with keeping, but it's mine,
mine! Where is he; and what is he
doing?"
= Hes in Fiji. owner and captain of
on of the boats that runs betwixt the
islands. You can get at him that aisy
that, sure, twill scarcely be any credit
to kill him."
Pardon me, Maurice. but hadn't we
better settle the most important bust
ness first?" said the man with the wry
nose.
Eyes; but you must remember, Mac,
that this company was started by me,
for the purpose of gratifying my pri-
vate revenge" said D'Orville. II have
added the wrongs of my country to my
own, and. we have drawn together a
band of men that will go on striking
terror into the hearts of those who are
grinding life and enterprise out of Ire
land. I'll put aside private matters,
however, and I'll tell you the campaign
propose to open. Here, first of all, is
a list of the men to be attacked. We
must have done with small people.
James and Field were we'll enough to
begin with, and they served our pur-
pose. Now we must fly higher. List
Is emf" and then he read the names of
some of the most prominent politicians
of the day, with running comments on
the deeds of the persons mentioned
deeds that, in the speakers opinion,
made the doors fit and proper, objects
upon which to wreak vengeance.
And then followed long discussion
as to ways and means. This one was
to be quietly slain in his room at night;
a second to be publicly executed"
third to be killed with bomb; and so
on and so forth, until matters had been
arranged in such a way that if the
plots succeeded, Her Majesty would, in
a short space of time be bereft of her
ablest advisers, and Liberty,s car, as
these patriots phrased it, be driven for
ward over the bodies of men who were
devoting their time and talents to the
good of their country.
81 almost forgot my private wrongs in
the feelings of indignation that surged
through me when heard these UNI
known, uninfuential wretches calmly
and coolly discussing the murder of
those so i1nmea surably their superiors,
though there was sweet comfort in the
reflection that Providence had given us
SO fair a chance of bringing their mis-
deeds home to them. '''
Courtney was the only one who took
no part in; the discussion, and it was
evident from the way in which he
shifted about in his chair, and from the
expression of his face, that he was
screwing' up his courage to make that
protest of which he had talked in his
soliloquey. But is was clear, too, that
it was one thing to come to such re-
solve, when he was both speaker and
audience, and quite, another to put it |
into effect when face to face with men
whom he had SO much reason to dread, !
and into whose fiendish schemes he
had been drawn by the wiles of his rel
atite:@ .,,.r i ,s.i4 l., .:.,...,,.,. ..,a|
Az last there was anpause in the
gruesone talk, and Courtneys chance
came if he would but take it. 1 could
see him quite plainly, and noted thar
he made two or ..threeJs distinct efforts 1
before speech came to him.
r. Shook Here, Maurice he said, at
last and you other men, too!1I Joined
this parity to get..fair play for Ireland
know nothing about private revenge
and I don't, want to. I've spent my
money freely and I have right to I
speak, and I say you won't get justice I
this way! What good will it do If you
murder half, the. people in England, !
The other. half will only be more bitter. !
!see!iDon't reckon on me to have a
hand, in any OF these assassinations! \
Aye! its not a nice word, Maurice, but
it fits what: you're going to do. Never i
a bit do I care, MacDunnett, if, you kill
me- 'and YOU look black enough tt, do
it, and so ID syou, Jim McSweeney! ''r
..... You fools! Can't you see that Mau-
rice has ,you all for puppets?,m He's
sending you here, there and every
where to find somebody he wants to
kill, and all this phlandering about
/; L or this an and Mister that is his way,
of making you do what he wants.
tell you that from tonight rye done
with you!f' L can't betray you. for, even
'tif,"ady = conscience would let me,i 1--we
gone too deep P1i! il the mtre TO get clear
with my life. You may do your own
evi1 Work IN your own evil way"'' ~
'eWhile' lfeswas speaking the other men
had drawn, apart from him.. and noa.