The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-01-14

steps leadine . III arrest ana incar
ceratjon--
All said L now vs understand
| each other
He nodded
4 world hardly have expected this
Of ron. Ankory.-
~Tou admit the theft don't yoa-
DO you admit the motive that
prompts ron in the prosecutson-
That's got nothing to do with H.
But haturaily-Quite naturally, I'm
sure-is 10 To our interest to stop this
business and make m example OF the
tAsef- We've stood il too long al
ready. This il the fifth time this has
happened to the company in twice
that many years I tell you IL won't
do 10 let Ii so On.
] locked at him and smiled. Ii ma
not have been q very pleasant smile.
I certainly didn't intend il 10 be, and
he flushed beneath IT,
What do yoa mean he clustered.
That what you are telling me is AL
~Eonscnse. / retnrfed~
-Sox that We gene this far, per.
aaps you will 60 a little farther and
make yourself plain. he cried an
griiy.
CertAiniy. You we're refused last
night by Miss Hemingway"
She told you THAR"
If you knew her better you would
not ask such . question. She told me
nothing. You made your proposal so
public that the refusal vas bound to
Dc more or less SO. and you have your
self 20 thank for the fact that l. with
others. know of 1t Now. to make her
suffer. you throw her brother into
prison"
He got up hctly and took a step or
TWO toward me.
Be careful what you say. You
know better than that
Your habit has not been to run
down offenders" I remarked.
We've had TO lei several of them
20 because OF their relation 10 mem
bers OF the company. But there must
be- q stop somewhere. and ] an in
earnest when | say that ii must be
here. I'm sorry for the boy n for
bis sister. though : dort expect you
10 believe it But
No. don't" said L
took up my hat
Wait, Where are you GOING
Back TO my Office"
What for"
Because our interview is at an
end.
Its only begun We must talk OF
how We r to proceed"
I walked toward the door.
Am | 10 understand you refuse to
have anything to do with the prose
cutiony he cried
You certainly are. Ankony."
Il must remind you of your obliga
ton TO the COMPANY
There's an obligation before it." I
said. my hand ON the knob
That sounds very fine" he sneered.
Naturally, / can understand that o
wish the Hemingway name kept clean.
ince-"
LFSA y 81 ahy AlINIs IA yOu Di0dSE.
Il shall send In my resignation at
on. better think twice of that. Mr..
Twining-"
] went out and shut the door. But
halfway down the hall I turned de-
l~iberately. hesitated only a moment.
and went back What pride | had for
myself and for Dan and Barbara was
gone Matters must be amicably ad-
justed IL possible.
Ankony." / said, going In to him,
for Gods sake think of Miss Heming.
ray. il you won't think of the boy.
n she had accepted you last night.
you would not have followed this
course. You wouldn't have consid-
cred it, You would have been full of
other plans this morning. Surely we
can't hold women to blame for not
caring for US when we ask them to.
It's not fair. Love isn't 3 o be com
PEELED: you know that as well as
do. Think better of this. Won't you?
Yon know what an honored place
theirs has always been in the CON-
~nlunity. You know what luck they've
had ever since their fathers death.
and how they've met IL You have
been a guest in their house, a friend
OF them both You must have ad-
mired their courage. their smiles, and
the incompatible way In which they
have both set themselves TO make
things cone right. The boy has been
weak"
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