Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-10

II don't want nothing. I'm going
over to the trap
Emerson shrugged his shoulders list
lessly; he was very tired. What is
the use? II wont pay us to lift It,"
i've watched that point Of land for
five years, and ] neve seen fish act
this way before" Bait growled stub
bornly. IF they don't strike in To.
day we better close down. Marsh's men
cut half our nets and crippled more
than half our crew last night" He be-
gan TO rumble curses. Say, we made
a mistake the other day. didn't we?
We'd ought to have put that Teller
away. II amt too late yet"
wait. Wayne Wayland is aboard
that yacht. { know him. He's a hard
man, and I've heard strange stories
about him but I don't believe he
knows all tnat Marsh has been doing.
I'm going to see him and tell him
everything"
"S'pose he turns you DOWN.
Then there Will be time enough to-
to consider what you suggest. 7 don't
ike to think about It."
"You don't have to-" said Bait, low.
ering bis voice so that the heimsmen
could not hear. 1--WE been thinking Il
over all night, and 1t looks like I'D
ought to do 1t myself. Marsh Ia COM
ing 10 me anyhow, and-I'm older than
you be. 1t amt right for a young fell
Ter like you to take a chance. II they
get me you a run the business
alone"
Boyd laid his hand on his compan-
ions shoulder. G.
NO" he said. Perhaps I wouldn't
stick at murder-I don't know. But /
won't profit by another mans crime,
and IL IL m to, that I'll take my
share OF the risk and the guilt. What
ever you do. I stand with yeu. But
We'll hope for better things. It's nc
easy thing for me to go to Mr.. Way.
land asking a favor. You see, his
daughter is Well. IL want to see
her very badly" 45'g es
Bait eyed him shrewdiy. o 1aE q
81 see! And that makes Il dead
wrong for you to take a hand. II it's
necessary to get Marsh I'll do 1t alone.
With him out Of the way 1 think you
can make a go OF II. He's like a rat.
tl"r-somebody's got to stomp on him.
Now I'm off for the trap. Let me
know what the old man says"
Boyd returned to the Gamer with
the old mood of self disgust and bitter
ness heavy upon him. He realized that
Georges offer TO commit murder had
not shocked him as much as upon its
tirst mention. He knew that he had
thought of shedding human blood with
little conjunction as IL the intend
victim had been some no xious ami
mai. He felt. indeed, that II his love
for Mildred made him a criminal she.
TOO, would be sOiled by HIS dishonor,
Ind for her sake he shrank from the
bdea OF violence. yet he lacked the
energy at that time to put II from him.
Well. he wou.i 90 to her father. hum
bic himself and beg for protection. II
be failed then Marsh must look out for
himself. 2 He could not find Il I'm his
,eart to spare his enemy. i11a st1 ysI
At the plant he found Alton Clyde
tremendously excited at the arrival Of
he yacht and eager toyfsit his friends.
lie sent him to the launch and after
hasty breakfast Joined him.
On their way out Boyd felt a return
4 that mfsg1ving which had mastered
on his first meeting with Mildred
q Chicagos--For the second time he
bringing her failure instead Of the.
promised victory
Willis Marsh was ahead OF him..
landing with Mr.. Wayland at the rail.
'ome one else was with them. Boyd's
Ieart aleaped wildly as he recognized
ler.IH He would have known that slim
CURE anywhere. And Mildred saw
Inn, too. pointing him out to her COM
With knees shaking under him he.
anne stumbling up the landing ladder.
tall. gaunt figure Of a man in rough
and boots stained with the
e a salt He looked older by five years
han when the girl had last seen him.
lis cheeks were followed and his lips
by the wind, but his eyes were
fame with the old light. His smile
Cor her alone.
He eve remembered the spoken
reetfngs nor the looks the others gave
i'm, for her soft, cool hands lay I'm his
ard. feverish palms, and she was smil-
ne MP at him.
Alton. Clyde was at his heels, and he
cit Mildred disengage her hand. He
ors. his eyes away from her face long
nough 10 nod at Marsh, who gave
I'M q menacing look. then turned to
yayne Wayland. The old man was
aging something, and Boyd answered.
i'm uninteliigfbiy. after which he took
1iidred's hands once moro with such
ar OF unconscious proprietorship
bat Willis Marsh grew pale to the. lps
nd turned his back. Other people
vhean Boyd had not noticed until now
ane de4A The sdeef-nen and yrpmep
nth feldglasses an0seamsras swpug
'vsf theln shapldessx,H Ma. fosnA that
waS being intsoApcsds q, them by
4ildred. WHOSE voice betseysdr no
1snsr and whose -manners wsrs. a.
objected ~ ~ this were her own draw
nGsu0om ana tho man a. her n1da