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

ly broken her heart with my gt1gl-
wavz she says thar I shall nEvA- PIT
two WORDS together property. and ThGc
I'm Z Disgrace 70 U people q has
= fine re-nper II you like, and I wOo3@r
Z * r-znE fn fks family"
And the letter ended With r1e EntGr1s~
rson that TIE writer would pc II las
woods On the day after
and hoped that 10 2 would be spgz1g
about.
And I'm the Gear old woods I met BE-
the Lessons ~ set zDOIr learning Ge-EE
such as Cupid Taught Us. and very &Es
pupils xe proved
! did not 20 into very exact dstzAs
respecting what are had heard. nOt tSar
r for Z Ons doubted either Ee- de-
erection u hs- courage. but IL she Es1s
innocent 0f the knowledge h w0G41 0=
the more easily able 70 play her part
so I told her = W. 1G~ knew enough
10 p2r al end 20 grCrvflle's z-sGE1ss
whenever ~ chose, and hat whsz the
I right moment arrived all w0GL1 ed
happily.
Our walks were ~untiyrurbe1 sut I
put this d0za 20 the fac that Az1-.ce
| D'OrvtIIs, who had again taken - Ms
quarters II Enfield. was allowing NJ
tine 10 gorge rEe bait
The process Of landing was 70 5eg41
speedily.
1 INST him close 20 our gate e das.
and aske1 him In and he lost 10 time
in coming 70 .he point
y have heard, M Trsrray-=" said
he. that yog are deeply inrs-=st=1 II
I - - -~-.-- - So E-a-a~ -~vF
are willing ID give practical proof q
your interest
Yes" I sad. you ara cor-=e-ly Il
I formed and Il I might guess a. o-c@-
il was Mr.. Courtney who D0l- you
Then" said ne. we ne=4zt beat
about the bush Ny Uncle has written
( 10 M 10 say tina you would Ike 10 Join
some association that has for liz 90
| tacr taa advancement o. Ireland al
| CONNECTED with several such. nut there
Is ore in particular % which l E02Iz
ike 70 draw your attention We inset
and you VIII see by the zse % IT,
prongUa- that I am z member OF the
socfety-w= meet every now za6 tIsn,
and cGnce measures THAI La hesp
the cause. and we have had = fair
share OF success. Nest o. our -ena-
bers, I must tell u ara inclined 20 the
I f0rclrer in - method and We, who
have cooler heads, have % restrain
hem
Vow, Ike most Of the kindred socie-
ties. We ara very poor SGcA fortune as
I have has oeea smba-k&d II the ve1-
turf but, until you Understand tn~
scope Of our actions and our methods
{ - ---~vE4 v-u~unE- - fir - ash -v-eF n
I show The color Of your money! you
viii permit the houely phrase. Poor
/ as We ara. II Is men We want Er. Ire
mayne. not nl0ney-EhCugh. OF course.
We must have the latter 10 provide the
sinews Of war. Now, II you have any
/ idea Of joining Us. / should D. proud 70
propose you, and let y0u know the re-
suit What do you say"
well you sea. Mr.. DCrvEIs. I know
nothing Of your methods a1d-anE-"
They are perfectly legitimate and
| constitutional" he broke n; that is
10 say. they cannot bring you within
J the pale Of the law" and with that he
sketchad far ne a plan OF their mode
Of operation than IN It's conception vas
such a tissue Of lies that il would have
I done credit 20 the EVIL One. his master.
II must have q few days 10 think
over the matter" said 7. when his Ella
! Cuence vas exhausted 1T is too sert-
Gus a step 70 take n q hurry, but l
must say that az present. I am rather
inclined 70 become one Of you. and TO
/ help you as far as NY means allow"
And so We parted, with the most
cor3iaI handshake. though I could have
wished. had I had the election. ID have
grzspei his throat instead OF his in
gers
After this opening matters proceeded
I apace, and scarcely a day passed with
out my meeting D'OrvfIle and having
the advantages OF the society he q
mentioned set before me in the NEST
eloquent terms At last I gave my con-
sent 70 being proposed as a member,
and, as an sarrssr OF good Will. ad-
vanced 5000.
Within a week he was able 20 tell
me thar my application was successful.
and that I might hold myself in readi-
ness 70 go with him and be installed at
the text assembly which would take
place ar Aanchester, in March. and he
would have been very much astonfshed
IL he had known tia I could have
saved him the trouble OF giving me the
exact date and address.
And now, by he advice Of Anguish.
I wrote to my father. and whe I as
sured him OF the great JOY our reunion
would be TO me. I told him Of the way
IN which I a come by my knowlstgs
Of the Ragged Thirteen. and hat our
plans were SO laid that I hoped to cap
ture the whole gang. adding that I pre-
posed 20 Join his as soon as our COM
mo enemies were laid by the heels.
I addressed the letter to Capt. Ire
maybe. IS. Corisande. Suva or Leyuka
Fill" trusting hat II what Sweeney
a said were true. this would easily
reach him. But II never came TO hand.
as I subsequently discovered. Cor IL
went TO the bottom OF the sea close 20
one of the Islands at which the Corr
sande had been expected TO touch.
One day early In March D'OrviIle
came TO me. Can you Join me ia
London the day after tomorrow" said
he.
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