Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-24

to school, and trying to teach me 10
read. T was a bad pupil, and I've near
! lyN Broken her heart with my STUPID
ways. She says that i. shall never put
two words together properly, and that
TIN q disgrace to our people. She has
q fine temper. If you like,S and II wonder
II 1t runs in the family, "a ,.,.>a
And the, letter ended with the intima-
woods on 1.-The day after Tomorrow"
and hoped that no one would be, spying
about.
And in the dear old woods met her,
the lessons we set about learning being
such as Cupid taught us, and. very APP,
pupils we proved.
I did not go into very exact details
respecting what we had heard, not that
for moment doubted either her dis
erection or her courage. but if she We're
innocent of the knowledge she would be
the more easily able to play her part.
So told her that we now knew enough
to Put an end to D'Orville's mischief
whenever we chose, and that when the
right moment arrived all would end
happily: = /. -, 90
Our walks were undisturbed, but l
put this down to the. fact that Maurice
D'Orville, who had again taken up his
quarters at Enfield, was allowing me
time to gorge the. bait. ,s
The process of landing was to begin
speedily.
!. I met him close to our gate one day,
and asked him in: and he lost no time
iii coming to the point.
III have heard, Mr.. Tremayne," said
he, "that you are deeply interested in
the Irish cause, and that indeed, you
are willing to give practical proof Of
your INTEREST,""
Yes" I said, "you are correctly in
formed, and, if I might guess at once,
it was Mr.. Courtney who told you"
'"Then," said he. 1--WE needn't beat
about the bush. My uncle has written
to me to say that you would like to join
some association that has for it's OBJ
ject the advancement of Ireland. I am
connected with several such, but there
is one in particular to which I would
like to draw your attention. We meet
and. you will see by the use of the
pfonoun, that I am a member of the
society-we meet every now and then,
and concert measures that may help
the cause, and we have had a fair
share of success. Most of our men,
bers, I must tell you, are inclined to the
fortiter in re method, and we, who
have cooler heads, have to restrain
them
"Now, like most of the kindred socie.
ties, we are very poor. Such fortune as
I have has been embarked in the ven
ture, but until you understand the
scope of our actions and our methods,
it would scarcely be fair to ask you to
show the color of your money-if you
will permit the homely phrase. Poor
as we are, it is men we want, Mr.. Ire
mayne, not money-though, of course;
we must have, the latter to provide the
sinews of war. Now, if you have any
idea of Joining us, should be proud to
propose you, and let you know the re-
suit. What do you say?" ,...r
'"Well, you see, Mr.. D'Orville, I know
nothing Of your methods and-and-"
They are perfectly legitimate and
he broke in; "that is
20 say, they. cannot bring you within
he pale of the law and with that he
sketched for me plan of their mode
of operation than in its conception was
such tissue of lies that it would have !
lone credit to the Evil One, his master.
1T must have few days to think
over the matter" said I, when his elo-
1uence was exhausted. eft is too seri-
JUS a step to take in a hurry, but l
must say that at present, I am rather
Inclined to become one of you, and to
lelp you as far as my means allow"
And so we parted, with the most
cordial handshake, though could have
had had the election, to have
,rasped his throat instead of his fin
,ers. =
After this opening matters proceeded I
lpace, and scarcely a day passed with
tut my meeting D'Orville and having
he advantages of the society he HAD
mentioned set before me in the most |
Eloquent terms. At last I gave my con- |
sent to being: proposed as a member,
md, as an earnest Of good will, adj |
yanced 5000.
Within a week he was able to tell |
ne that my application was successful. |
Ind that might hold myself in readi-
less to go with him and be installed at |
ne next assembly, which would take i
place at Manchester, in March, and he |
would have been very much astonished |
f he had known that I could have |
aved him the trouble Of giving me the |
.xact date and address.
And now, by the advice of Anguish |
wrote to my father, and when as
ured him of the great joy our reunion |
would be to me, told him Of the way |
n which I had come by my knowledge |
# the Ragged Thirteen, and that our |
,lans We're so laid that I hoped to cap |
ure the whole gang adding that pro-
POSED to. join his as soon as our COM
non enemies were laid by the heels.
I addressed the letter to capt. Ire.
nayne, SIS. Corisande, Suva or Levuka
7iji," trusting that if what Sweeney |
lad said We're true, this would easily |
each him. But it never came to hand.
Is 1 subsequently discovered, for it
vent to the bottom of the sea close to
me of the islands at which the Corr
ande had been expected to touch.
One day early in March D'Orville |
.ame to me. "Can you join me III