Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-06-20
CHATTER xxNIv.

Lth1h " N3ANa vans WV - hA~~
possessor, but his handsome face was
very pale, and in his glittering eyes
was a light which betokened no mood
for trifing.
AT the lodge gates he drew rein, his
horse white with foam.
''Tyrrell." he called.
The man appeared in answer at the
lodge door.
"Eave you made up your mind?
Have you concluded to give UP the pa
pers? i gave you an hour TO decide"
II can't give what 1 amt got" was
the surly answer. II never stole no
papers,
And the man / told you to keep un-
der close watch you let escape you.
You steal, you lie and you disobey mt.
Do you fancy there is no limit TO my
patience? Well, there is. and you have
reached II. After to-day you are no
longer in my service"
You name that, Mr.. Chester?" said
the man, coming a step nearer, his
question holding, perhaps, unconscious
menace in it's tone.
Yes, / mean it," answered the mas
ter, 'and take care how you act and
what you say on leaving me. You may
think you hold a little power In your
hands. Try to use IL, and I'll throw
you in prison within t~wenty-four hours.
What do you think you could say
against Grey Oaks master to which the
world would listen? Pshaw! Why do
i handy words with you? Go, you idle,
drunken cur, and never let me see or
hear OF you again. It's what i ought
to have done long ago. There's n
condition, however, on which l will
keep you. Give m the papers you
stole that night. and I'll pension you
for the rest of o life-remember, the
rest of your life. tn not last long, by
the way. Whisky will 500 make way
for the undertaken. though such a car
cass as yours don't deserve decent bur-
ial."
And he rode off, with a coarse, brutal
laugh.
''ThatH bring him." he unused. 'Tn
have the paper before nightfall. He's
got them, / know. i could read the lie
in his face. But / can't afford, In any
case, to turn the fellow loose, only 1t
won't do harm to frighten him."
Meanwhile Tyrrell had not stirred
hand or foot from the spot where his
master had left him, but the express
sion upon his face was not good to see.
The sullenness had awakened from
SITS usual torpor to something akin to
action; the m~allgnity of a terrible hate
shone in his eyes: the coarse. thick
lips We're nearly white, in contrast to
A.. lann rol 80 Lite e,vnllap chanlyS
AT last he spoke aloud and to him
self:
.And you'd be turning me away like
a dog. Mister Chester, and it's my car
cass that's not worth decent burial?
Shure, then. it's on you may the crows
feast! And it's on the papers you're
afther wanting-the papers as she said
she'd prove his innocence? Well, you
and me is in league with the devil. IL
nc hasn't run away with 'em, maybe
III be tfther giving 'em to ye; but II
amt done for love, behave that, II
keep out o. Tyrrell O.Byrne's way on a
dark night, or 1t may be the worse for
We. I'll go and think Ii all over. Be-
tween now and nightfall i might
change my mind"
He turned and went into the lodge.
AS he did so, a man strolled up TO the
door.
.You pardon,' he said, "but I've
been an unseen listener to your con-
yersation that just took place between
YOU and your master. Do you know L
think / might show you a way out OF
his clutches? You don't like him
neit-er do I. Let's work together"
at don't mind hearing what you've
got TO say" assented Tyrrell, and inrlt'
ed his stranger guest 10 enter.
Ten minutes later n men were In
earnest ~colloquy. while between them
was a steaming jug.
And, strange to say, as the man
talked. the tones of his voice were SIN
cularly like the voice of the old man
who had taken so abrupt a departure
but a ssw hours before.
But TO Beatrice, the long hours
brought no hope nor respite from her
torturing thoughts.
One picture was ever present before
her. 1t was the picture that h had
last seen as the three men once more
had dragged her lover from her sight.
For this they had toiled. For this
%bav had waited. And her appeal TO
Rettie had brought it all about.
Cora. too. had deceived her-Cora' the
y,ttle friend whom she had SO trusted!
And h had had reason to fear the
terrible and subtle power Chester a
acquired over her! 1t had been a pre-
sentiment, and she had not needed IT.
Rut what were her sufferings COM
cared with Bertie's2
once more he would be placed in the
n~rlsoner's dock. They would take good
care this time that he should not es-
cape them. ,-,
They would swear away MS liberty!
rrhev would make him a convics! on,
had Randolph Chester no mercy? was
there no tender spot In the hint OF ms
soul that she might reach
she sprang to her feet, n began
pacing anew the room, when, as IL In
answer TO her latter thought, the door
opened to admit him who had been It's
object.
sBeatrice," he said, Il have come 10
vou for the last time, TO tell you that 1
believe before nightfall l shall be IN
possession of the papers which may
nroye your birth legitimate. You must
so.o hama he aroused, for i am