Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-05

sou-vest, the rain a comm down a treat.
and as black as & hedge. At eleven
Q clock we beaches the boat, and at half
after comes this man with his chest.
There was not n word spoke; we put the
chest in, run the boat down and the Job
! counted was as good as finished. We
pulled out without a light till we was
about a couple of miles out, and then
father leaving the work to me Jugs out
a bit Of a lantern from his pocket, and
spreadin' his tarpaulin over it takes and
lights 1t with 4 lucifer. Father I says,
says l, we don't wan no light for this
JOB. and the lamp may do us a mischief
Speak when you're spoken to, young
'nn,' he says-'young 'un' he called me
though ! was over sixty-'speak when
you're spoke to. I'm goin' to see what's
in this here chest. 1t amt the first
time I've known alf-heayte ans chuck
away stolen property when they thought
1t might lead 10 information And with
that he shoyes n cold chisel under the lid
and, with a sharp wrench, busts 1t open.
Why! says he, shown the lamp inside,
II amt nothing but a gall And as I
lcant forard / see there a child, looking
Ike as If 1t was comfortably asleep,
with a little twist of hair blowin' about
IL the breeze. is it deadY' l says. OF
course 1T Is, says he, dc you hin it
would lay still and not SWIVEL If 1t
warn't? And he was taking his lantern
out, and goin' to fling the lot out, in
disgust, when | stops him, for / see the
child's eyes open under the light. The
wind and rain had kind of revived 1t. I
reckon. Father / says, it's alive
Well, we won give it time to get frac-
tinflR > co vyS Ia bnvr;,~ larx- IT. i.1
Now sonny, l hadn't never done any Job
Of his sort before, and I turned sick at
the thought Of heaying that living child
irto the sea, ike a NANCY dog, for she
looked to me The very image of my Sukey
when she was a little 'un. Then, as
father laid hold af the chest for to heaye
1t out, the sickness inside of me seemed
to turn to fire, and / what had never
dared tell father my soul was my own,
| upped and told him with a voice as
didn't seem to belong to me as I'd peach
on him II he hanged for it. Father, he
was going to knock my head off my shout
ders then and there, but on second
thoughts he didn't. After tarnin' of it
over in his mind a bit he says, says he
If We don't drown the young one what.
are we to do with it? 1t don't stand to
reason that we're going to lose the price
of this here job! Well says I. you
pull me into Iringlc's hole, and I'll run
up with 1t home, which / may well do
without being seen in such a love of a
right as this here. Then I'll come back
and We'll out abit, and then into Dead
mans Point and take the money of the
gent That's all right for the night he
says, but what are you going to do with
the varmint tomorrow and heyer after?'
DO with it, says l. I'll rare it up like
a. if it was my own child
disputed of it a long while, but
al last father give in, and we carried
out my plan accord;an-the gent look
ins in the boat when we run into Dead
man't Point. and goin' OF quite con-
tent
My grandfather shifted his position.
p assed& his tonglie round his cheek once
o. twice, and Iesumed with fresh 6xity
II his eyes
I'm tryin' to recollect the succum-
stances exact. so as ! may not acci-
dcntally tell Il h%untruth,' he explained.
Next day father called on me and seen
the youngster iayin' in bed, covered up.
He says, Is she dead? No, says /,
but she seems very queer, and l don't
think she's going to live, for she hasn't
spoke a word and only took a drop of
milk since here she's BEEN Well
he, in his masterful way, If she
Cont die, you've get to keep her down
her down there, by the laws III find
a way to do for her. I've been thinking
this thing over, and I'm ashamed Of
for givin' in like I did. I've
acted upright with my employers man
and boy over seventy years, and II
ein't goin' to be found out actin shabby
iiow.He was paid to put the varmint
away, and you've got to put her away,
or | will says he.
II knew he meant it. for I never knew
father to tell a lie in business. 'In drop
in tomorrow and see how things is goin'.'
he says when he left. The child got bet
Ter that afternoon, though she was not
in her head, being always kind o
half silly. So seeing she were not goin'
t. die had a go with my conscience as
TO what was best for to be done. Now il
defies father, what's. goin' to happen?
! asks myself. Answer: Why, one fine
mornin' the Young 'unll disappear as
sure rs ever Is. What then? Answer
| shall be the cause of father commit
tin Z wicked crime. and have to answer
Tor the young ,unss comm to Z huntimc-
y end. Putin of 1t the other way about.
then7 Answer ] shall save the
roung 'un's life, IND keep fathers hands
:lean-leastwAys ~ clean - they are at
present. Moreover, thinks 1, l shall be
Eeepin' that child out Of harms way, and
81 her up in the ways of limo
ence. For what 10 the root of all ain
i this world? Why. Temptations Well,
here wont be nj temptations down in