The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-20

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We'll. said l. YOU call that love. Mr..
Carruthers. but l should call it self
ishnesS."
"NIavbe the TWO things 90 torether
nvho,y i couldn't let her 20. Besi3es.
Win mis- crowd about. IN was vel thaf
She should have someone nea, To look
after her. Then. when The cable came.
/ knew they were bound 10 make a
move"
o,,.ta aaNlaa,
o3ffeNA0ts LOOK u 1esesFata from MS
potNet'
"Fhats ~ said he.
1t WAS short and concise {:
The old man il dead"
Hum said Holmes II tbipI, : zoe
hn,c fbinrs Wo,Ead ANA can nnaayS
stand how, mis- nfessa.e Womb as vo,
say, bring them to = head. But while
you wait, yau MIGHT feil me what Won
can
The old r~eproAate with the surnlice
burst into a yollev of bad languama
"Rv heayent" said he. .if Won sn,eal
on ms. Rob Cnrrnthers. I'm servo Won, az
YOU served lack Woodlev. yo,, can
bleat about the girl to your. hea-t's
content. for thnt's y-o,l, own affair Nut
il Won roi,na nn voir na1s tn this riair1
clotbes conner ~ viii he Inc n"orst
DAYS work hat ever Won did"
Your reverence need not be excited"
said Holmes. liehtinr a cigarette .yThe
case is clear enough against Won, and
all | ask is for a few details for n1l.
private CURIOSITY. However. if thera,s
any difhcultv in vollr telling mo I'm do
the talking and tban Won win soc bou.
far Won have a chance of holdins hack
your secrets. In the first place. three
of Won came from South Africa ON This
game-yol. Williamson Won Car-
ruthe~s. and Woodley.,
Lie number one" said tho old man.
81 never saw eifheI of them untii two
months ago. and / have never been in
Africa in my life. so Won can put thar
in your pipc and smoke if MI R,1sv-
body Holiness"
"\Ehat he saws is trl,e" said Car
ruthers
We'll. we'll. two Ct vo, came over.
His raverenca is n,r own bo,na ,o,aa
a%rtiele. Yon had Known BaInh s sniub
in south Africa. You had reason To
believe thar he would moi live 60 1onm
Won fo,nd ONT mar his Nice vyo,,,d IN
herit his fortune. How,s thatNeh
Carruthers and Williamson swore.
S h was next of kin NO doubt ana
Won were ,uara tbat tho ola fa,la,,,
wou,d ina maks no. no will u'as '"e oiu ie'io"
"Couldn't read or write" said Car
uthers.
$50 yo,, cap,a oye- tho .v.o of ,o,
and hunted mn tho girl. The idea vas
that one of Won was to marry her and
the other have n sha~n Of the nl,,,der
as the husband WHY vas thatm'
we nlaved cards for her on the vow
age. He won"
~ 500 Won o,t tho vo,,,, 1,dy into
vour service, ana there Vas ia
do the co,lrting. Sha r~ecornized the
brute that he was and wol1ld
have notbinr to do With hin, MeamS
II -,
unset nv tha f,ct that yon had 1,o,r-
ealf f,i,e, II, 49, Vii, ~ 1adv w,
ro,1l5 NO Ionrar hear tho idea of 1his
,11f1ian ownine bara" ~Ai'
No Nv Ceo,ee i ~onldn.t
her was q ouar,al hatv.aa, vo,
He left vo, i'm a "a =. and hagan ia
make his ou,, mans indenendent1v of
Won"
.Jt strikes mo Niu;,neo, tb,+
there is,,t ,ye,,, witch ,hnt m,a n,, ta,j
This rentleman" cried Carrn,;,ars VIII
a hitter laugh "yes we nI,aTre1ed
and he knorbed mo-. down ann Iavai
with him on that. ANYHOW. Then l lost
up with this cast padre here. 1
found that they had set UP housekeep-
ing together at this place on the line
that she had to pass for the station.
l kept my eye on her after that for 1
knew there was some deNiltry in the
Wind. / saw them from time to time.
for I was anxious to know what they
were after. Two days 9 Woodley
came up to MY house with this cable.
which showed that Raiph Smith was
dead. He asked me if would stand
by the bargain. | said l would not.
He asked me if would marrv the girl
myself, and give him a share. said I
would Willingly do so. but that she
would not have me. He said, Let US
get her married first. and after a week
or two she ma see things u bit differ
ent.' said L would have nothing to do
With violence. So he went OFF cursing,
like the foul mouthed blackboard that
he was. and swearing that he would
have her vet. She was leaving me this
weekend. and L had got a trap to tax
ncr to the station, but was so uneasy
in my mind that L followed her on my
bicycle. She had got a start. however.
and before 1 could catch her the mischief
was done. The first thing 1 knew
'sllisi' "iiNiis pasN III hei oos cart.
tonnes rose ara tossed the end of his
elsafette INTO lhe CRATE. y nave been
very oot'lse. Watson said he. When
IN your report you SAID mat you had
Snht1 tho TI1 nc N-01p fl"yt IL -.