Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
CHAPTER xxrII-feontinned-)

man. Indeed, / had been nszr doing LBe
same deed myself. But j shrank before
this calm ruthlessnesx. Another le2S
pause followed Then the President sAldi
I'm sorry for all this Marun-sorE
you and ! came 30 blows -
"you played me false about me MONEY
I said bitterly. a.,
YES. yes, he answered senng' !
doar blame yoa. You were ooano y
b. 20 ttas OF coarse yon saw n% pan.
u supposed your excelAency mean "
keep the money and throw ne over.
Not altogether" he said s
] was bound to hzve the money buLI !.
was the other thing. gou know. Ia.
as ~ money vent, would aaN
care ron caDe TO 10 BARN
What WIS II, them
Il thought yo1 understood al aAons'
he .ss8 wiih some surprise. saw yoa
we're my rival with ChriStIna- ana ny
asn- wss 10 drive you cut OF the country
| br making The place TOO bot for Fou-
@>be -oSd me- ron didn't suspect aooaf
me and her Till quite the
aD5d shegt be answered with : smAe'
II must h4 getting clever 70 deceive 1Wo
.,eb wiae-a1ake young people % course
saw II all along. But goa FAC NOR
mi, tbzn / thought I've nsTer been 50
asarsr done by any man as.py you In
sorrx Martin: / liked sou. you kao"-D
| tsfrrs mustn't interfere Ean ou9'
renT =, s-aIsias. 81 hat claim hASe you
st mr. hands,
Decent burial, l suppose
He 70. ND and paced the room 1oE .
moment or two. i waited Win sone Al
az fo- life is worth something -
ra1-r man. eren when things 1esoA o
ext. and | peTar was 3 hero
= nake ron this offer" he ssid al Aa
.ya-- s.,a+ ties there ready. Get 1nlo 01
and go: otherwis-
~ see.- said l. And Fon VIII
herg
yes, he said
Against her VIM? m.
He looked at NE with soHnelhins
..rhn ran sel what a wosaans wiz WI
80 -ats In less than that sas wa
-.-r ne cheerfnlly- ] hope 2 nay
rr;exs as short a time as she Will
IN my irrnoSt heart I knew II was uus
! h.a s+akea everything, not Tor q WON
.,-s lore hl,t for the within Of a gil for
~o-nan, II was too hard for me. ana 1
hovd nv head on the table py me 2
h;s nv face. Then he came and put MS
haod on mine, and SAID N
We. Martin. young and old. We are al
ALIKE. They're not worth quare go
But natures too strong.
AMay I see her before & co.! ASKED
sles,- he said.
"Aicneys -
1Yes." be said once more So
II che can SEE you.
/ went up and cautiously opened l.S
dsor. The Signorina was lying on Is
III. with a shawl over hsr- she sssM ,
10 be asleep. / bent over her ana alsseo
her. She opened her eyes, and SAID IN a
WEAR voice
yes rnr darling said L Il am going
I nrst 60 or die- and "asn
die. I nrsr be alone
She vas strangely quiet, eren apathef-
L. AZ I kneir down by her she raised
herself. and took my face between her
hands and kissed me, not passionateiy,
but oenderiy-
.Se. dear. 1t is no use to Eight against
him.
-You lore mes' I cried in my pain
Eyes. she said, ..but / am very tired /:
and he will be good 10 me.
Without another word / went from her.
Nth the bitter knowledge that my great
grief found but a pale reflection IN her
heart
Il am ready to 90" l said TO the Presi-
dent.
.Come then he replied "Here, take
these, ron may want Them and he thrust
4 bundle of notes into my hand fsome OF
my own from the bank l aftarward dis
covercdl.
Arrived al the boat. / got IN nechan-
Ically, and made ali preparations for the
start. Then the President took nv hand
.Good-by, Jack Martin. and good luck
Some day we may meet again Just HOW
there's no room for us both here. You
bear no maiicef'
.No. SIR said L. "a fair fight, and
you've won"
As 1 was pushing of he added.
AWhen you arrive. send me word
I turned the boats head ont to sea,
and went forth on my lonely way into the
night
CHAPTER XIV.
Az far as I am concerned, this story
fns now reached an end. With my depart
We from Aureataiand I re-entered ths
wsrld OF humdrum life, and since thai
memorable night nothing has befallen M
sssrthy Of q polite readers attention ]
lve endured the drudsery incident Il
tsrninE q living: I have enjoyed the re
lLations every wise man makes for him
I'm. But I should be guilty of mpar
nable egotism If / supposed that I, my
J, Was the only, OF the most. interest
subject presented in the forexoin:
Ges, and I feel ! shall merely be do;n;
duty in briefly recording the facts in
~ possession concerning the o.her per
N who have figured in this record an
> ceuntry where its scene was laid
I did not, OF course, return to Eng
ad, on leaving Aureataland- I had ns
q sire to explain IN person to the direc
N an the facts with which they viii
be In a position to acqnaint then,
hes. / was conscious that, at the las
all events / had rather s~ubordinaset
tseir interests to my own necessities an
] knew weIl that my conduct vouid no
aSet with the indulgenf judgment that i
psrhapa requires. After all. men wis
hFe Iost three hundred thousand dollar.
can hardly Be expected 70 be impartial
Gd / ~ no reason for submitting my
elf TO Z biased tribunal. / preferred
% rex my fortune IN 4 fresh country, aas
In happy to say that ms prospwit]
- The land Of my adoption has gone fal
- Justify fhe Presidents favorable esti
00ee q my financial abilities.
Ny sudden disappearance excited sont
remark, . people were eren found 4
1nsanuate hat the dollars vent fhe SAM
~ - ] did. I have never troubled my
u