Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-07

What is the adage about castinc
your bread upon the water and gettin.
II back again?" asked Rip Van Wink,
Of Joe Bragdon as they jubilantly fol
lowed the procession Lslow.
There was no more sleep on board
that night. In fact, the sun was not
long In showing himself after the res.
cuers returned to the vessel. The dar
ing attempt OF Mohammed's emissaries
was discussed without restraint. and
every sailor had a story to tell of the
pursuit and rescue. The event furnish
ed conversation food for days and days
among both the seamen and the pas
sengers. Dan DeMille blamed himself
r~elentlessly for sleeping through 1t all
and moped for hours because he had
lost a magnificent chance to do some
thing" The next morning he proposed
TO hunt for the sheik and offered 10
lead IN assault In person. An investi-
cation was made. and government Of
icials tried to call Mohammed 10 ac-
count, but he had fed TO the desert
huQ U1e StdTcU WIS ITuitlcSS.
Brewster refused to accept a share
Of the glory Of Peggy's rescue, pushing
Conroy forward as the real hero. But
the sailor insisted that he could not
have succeeded without help-that he
was completely exhausted when Monty
came TO the escue Peggy found II
hard to thank him gently while her
heart was so dangerously neal the riot
point, and her words Of gratitude
sounded pltifully weak and insufficient.
1T would have been the same had
anybody else gone TO her rescue" he
unused dejectedly. "She cares for me
with the devotion of a sister, and that's
all. Peggy, Peggy" he moaned, III
you could only love me. Fd-Td-oh,
well, there's nc use thinking about It.
She will love some one else. OF course,
and-and be happy too. If she'd APP
pear only one-tenth as grateful to me
as TO Conroy I'd be satisfied. He had
the luck TO be first, that's all, but God
knows l tried to do It,"
Mrs. Dan DeMille was keen enough
to see how the land lay, and she at
once tried to set matters straight. She
was far 100 clever to push her cam
paign ruthlessly, but laid her founda-
tons and then built cunningly and Sc
curely with the most substantial mate
rial that zane to hand from day to
day. Her subjects were taking them
selves too deeply TO heart to appre-
ciate interference on the part OF an out
slider. and Mrs. Dan was wise in the
whims OF love.
Peggy was not herself for several
days after her experience, and the
whole party felt a distinct relief when
the yacht finally left the harbor and
steamed OF to the west. A cablegram
that came the day before may have
had something to do with Brewster's
depression, but he was not the sort to
confess II. 1t was from Swearengen
Jones OF Butte. Mont. and there was
sinister In the laconic adj
monition. 1t read:
Brewster. u. s. Consulate. Alexandria:
Have a good time while good times
JONES.
His brain was almost bursting with
the hopes and fears and uncertainties
that crowded 1t far beyond Its ordinary
capacity. Ii had come to the point, II
seemed to him, when the brains of a
dozen men at least were required to
the affairs that were surging
INTO his alone. The mere fact that the
end of his year was less than two
months of and that there was more or
uncertainty as to the character of
he end was sufficient cause for wor-
y, but the new trouble was infinitely
to endure. When he sat down
10 think over his financial enterprises
his mind treacherously wandered of to
Peggy Gray, and then everything was
hopeless. He recalled the courage and
confidence that had carried him to Bar
1ara Drew with q declaration of love-
the stunning. worldly Barbara-and
smiled bitterly when he saw how base
y the two allies were deserving him In
his hour Of love for Peggy Gray. For
ZONE reason he had felt sure OF Bar
oara; for another reason he saw no
:hance with Peggy. She was not the
,ame sort: she was different. She was
she was Peggy.
Occasionally bis reflections assumed
Ehe Importance Of calculations. His
cruise was sure to cost 100000. a
orincely sum. but not enough. Swear
Jones and his ~cablegram did not
awe him to a great extent. The spend
ng OF the million had become a mania
him now, and he had no regard
consequences. His one desire, aside
Peggy, was to increase the cost
the cruise. They were leaving Gil
braltar when a new idea came into his
head.
He decided to change his plans and
sail for the North cape. thereby adding
more than $4,000 to his credit.
CHAPTER XVI.