The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-04-27

felle. believe that the -..mighty does
| take hand in straightenin' out such
things when. us humans bungle EN-
| Il is SO.
| you. meant to do when yea found that
! the child you'd stole that money from
| was goin' to be under your face and
! eyes till you or she died. caflate you
was afraid I'D find somethin' out,
want you: presume likely you
thought that l. not havin' quite the
reverence for you that the rest of the
BaypOrttrs have might be sharp
! enough or Ia. Ky enough to smell rat.
Perhaps yen suspichmel that | knew
the Everdeans. Anyhow you wanted
to get the child as fur cut of your
sight and out of my hands as you
could. Amt that SO? And when her
dad turned up you thought you saw
your chance. Heman. you answer me
this: Amt it part Of your bargain with
Thomas that when he gets his little
girl he shall take her and clear out.
away OF somewheres. for good? Amt
il now-what?
The monument was swaying, was
swinging from side to. side, but it did
not quite fall-not then. The congress
mans cheeks hung fiabby, bis fore
head was wet. and he shook from head
to foot. But he clinehed bis jaws and
made one last attempt at defiance.
I'll don't know what you mean"
he declared. "You-yOu seem to be ac-
cusing me of something of stealing.
believe. Do You Understandable l
am? have some influence and repu-
'tation, and it is dangerous toto. try to
frighten me. Proofs are required in
law. and
"S-s-h-h! You know I've got the
proofs. They were easy enough to get
once l happened on the track of 'em.
Lord sakes. Heman, l amt a fool,
What's the use Of your pretendin' to
be one? There's the deed out in Fris-
CO. with yours and Johns name on it.
There's the records to prove the sale
There's the receipt for the $4,000
signed by you on behalf Of yourself
and your partners widow. There's old
man Everdean alive and competent to
testify. There's John Thayer's will on
file over to Orham. Proofs! Why,
you thief. if it's proofs you want I've
got enough to send you to state prison
for the rest Of your life! Don't you
dare say proofs to me again! Heman
Atkins, you owe me, as Bos'n's guard
Ian, $4,000. with interest since 1854.
What you gOin' to do about it,"
Here was one ray. feeble ray, Of
light.
you're not her guardian" cried At
kins. 1.-THE courts have thrown you
out. and your appeal won't stand Ell
ther. If any money is due it belongs
to her father. She isn't of age, No.
sir, her father
Captain Cy's patience had been Civ
ing away. Now he lost it altogether.
He strobe across the room and shook
his forefinger in his victims face.
$50" he cried. That's your tack.
is it? BY the big dipper. you go to
her father-just you go to him and tell
him. Just hint to him that you owe
his daughter thirty-odd thousand dol
lars and see what he'll do. Good heav-
ems above, he was ready to sell her
out to me for $50 with of sand bank
in Orham-almOst ready. he was. till
you offered a higher price to him to
fight. Why, he'll have your hide nail
ed up on the barn door! If you don't
nov him ororx, rod ooppor doxx,y ~, tbo
nail he'll wiring you dry. And then
he'll blackmail you forever and ever.
amen-unless. of course, l go home
and stop the blackmail by printing my
story in the Breeze. I've a precious
good mind to do it. BY the Almighty.
l will do it unless you come off that
high horse of yours and talk like
man.
And then the monument fell-feil
PROSTATE. with sickly, pitiful crash.
five of Bayport 'conld have seen our
then. The great man.
great no longer. broke down complete
~. He cried like a baby. 1t was all
true-all true. He had not meant to
steal at first He had been led into
using the money in his business. Then
he had meant to send it to the heirs,
but he didn't know their whereabouts.
Captain Cy smiled at this excuse. And
now he couldn't pay-he couldn't. He
had hardly that sum in the world. He
had lost money in stocks. His prop
erty in the south had gone to the
bad. He would be ruined. He would
have to go to prison. He was getting
to be an old man. And there was
Alicia. his daughter! Think Of her!
Think of the disgrace! And so on.
over and over. with the one recurring
burden-what was the captain going
to do-what was he going to do? 1t
was 4 miserable, dreadful exhibition,
ana Captain Cy could feel no pride in
his triumph.
There. there!' he said at last stop
It. man; stop it. for goodness sakesi
Phil 'yourselfstosether. Lguess we can
hx 1t up somehow. Ieain't, goin' to be
too~hard en<you. Ifsit want for your
meanness in bein' wilIin' to let Bos'n
suffer her life long with that drunken