The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-07
The P1underers
BY e. cuTLtEFE HysE.
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they VIII only give yol q trulaaery
katgAthood for lis BGt so yopr ov q
way and I'll go uiu-eou shah b.
made In spite OF Yourself"
Mrs, Shelf noticed thar 1t ;h.s I0iut
her h~tso9nas eyes We're beginning Ia
gov with dun fury. SIZE objected to
scenes, ard dropping the subject re-
yerted once more 20 her present neeG
However. let us drop this wsrslug}e
and come 10 business. | wish you 40
see TO that impertlaelt circular freat
the bank. l have several checks out
and unpresented. I absolutely must
draw others today Tor tribes which wiit
add up TO about q thousand. You must
see that they are honored. II IS all
your own fault, this worry
about notl!ings. You should not try
10 screw ne down to such u n~iggarlly
allowance"
lap leaped hurriealy to the ground
growing. Woman he said passion
ately, IF you won't believe me. if YOU
will so or in this extravaganza, you
VIII soon learn for yourself that l am
not lying. perhaps very soon-perhaps
tomorrow. When a shameful bank
ruptcy does come, then You can play
your hand as you please. 1 shall not
be here to hinder you any longer.
Where l shall so to. how l Shall lead
my new life, who Will be my partner,
are matters which you viii be
allowed no fingers in. SO long rs
things last here l shall observe all the
conventionalities, and if you appreciate
those you will find it wise TO recon-
slider your present ways. tell you cam
didly that if the firm does go down
not only England, but half the world
Will ring with its transactions. Marina
duke, Rivers & Shelf he went on with
scowling fury, were honest, prosperous
trademen once, before their ways were
fouled to find honey for your cursed
ambition
There was a new look on the clean
shaven face which she had never seen
before and an evil Stint in the eyes
moved toward the door and put her
fingers upon the handle. Then she
drew herself up and stared him up and
down with a look of forced contempt.
You will be good enough" she said
coldly, ITO attend to the business Which
brought me here. an going nov to
draw the checks I spoke about"
Shelf looked at her very curtouslv.
he said, and do as you please.
You are a determined woman and be-
cause l am determined myself l adj
mire your strength of Will; but, for all
that. think l shall murder you before
I leave England"
Mrs. Shelf laughed derisively. but
with pale lips, and the she opened the
door. The dog advanced toward her
slowly, stiff legged. muttering.
What fire heroics!" she said. But
thanks for seeing after my balance. 1t
is a written thing that 1 must have that
money"
She passed through the door, closing
it gently behind her. and Shelf returned
to his armchair. George" he said as
the fox terrier stood up against his
knee, III that woman We're only struck
dead today. there are 1000 families in
England who would rejoice madly if
they only Knew one-tenth part Of what
trusted me to the hilt, and she makes
me behave to them like a devil. Yes,
little dog, she makes me, whether
wish it or not. For this at times l
moro than hate her.
AT times when 1 clog his f%erocious
ambition Of hers she must almost hate
me. Yet l know something about wom-
en-, and 1 believe thai nearly always she
loves me. It's a curious mixture, isn't
it, George? But 1T isn't a comfortable
one. D'you know, my small animal,
I wish very much just now an earth
quake or a revolution or something
like that would occur to ahuff1e mat
ters up. Then if l got killed l should
be spared a great deal of worry, and if
l didn't, why. I've got large hands, and
l believe l could grab enough in the
general scramble to suit even her.
As 1T is, however, with neither
earthquake nor revolution probable. I'm
a desperate man, ready to take any des-
perate chance Of commercial saliva
ton"