Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-04-07
CHAPTER XVIII.
ne p.t.J. Of III. R.eooon.

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Mr.. Atchison met the returning ad
vsotursrs 1t the door.
Your conduct, Jerry Dangsrfeld. IL
beyond words!" she exclaimed, seix
tAG tie girls hands. And so you real
u locked thA horrid person in q real
jall! Well. We shan't miss him! We
Aavs bssn kept up all night by the
arrival here Of other prisoners
brought in like parcels from the gro
eer's."
MORE prisoners!" shouted Ard.
more
Ths captain OF the battery whose
D1ns frownsd upon the terraces came
NJ and salutsd.
MI. Ardmore," he said, II have
bosa trying for several hours to see
0ov. D~angerneld, but this lady tells
- that he has left A%rdsley."
THAT 10 quite true; the governor
Wa called away last night on omcial
business. and no will not return for
- hour or two. You will kindly state
your business to ne"
The captain va rssvish from loss
q slssp. and By no . certain that
he cared to transact business with Mr..
AIdnore. He glanced at Miss Danger
~, whom he had met at Raleigh,
apA the governors daughter met the
dt1ado0 promptly.
Capt. Webb, what prisoners have
yoa taken. and why are they not
0Gged to prevent this hideous noise?"
Seemingly from beneath the ample
ports-cochere, whore this colloquy oc-
0WreA, Q . yells. groans and curses.
aAd the sound Of thumps, rs of the
impact oe human bodies against re-
mots subtsrranean doors.
They're trying 70 get loose. Miss
DangsrnslA. and they refuse to stay
tied. The fercest row Is from the
fellows 70 chucked into the coal bins"
It's sxcellsnt anthracite. the best
I can buy: they ought to be glad it
ant solt coal" replied Ardmore de-
fons1vely. who are they?"
They're newspaper men, and
th1VAfe most terribly snraEed." an
swefod Cayt. Webb. we picked them
N one ct . tdms IN different places on
~ estate. They say they're down
here looking for Gov. nngerfeld."
~You have done well. Capt. Webb"
80 Jerry with dignity. and I shall
ugs your promotion upon papa at the
orliest moment possible. Are these
newspaper gentlemen your only pris-
oosrs!.
NE; W gathered up two other par
t3es. ana one u them 10 in the serv-
0aS' laundry: the other. a middle
AOod Dorson, l locked in the tower,
WAsre he can enjoy the scenery. The
pFbc0er up there made an awful rum
puA He declares he will ruin the
vAoas state Of North Carolina for this.
Has = hi card. which, in a com
D~ag14dvsly lscdd interval, he gave me
- hanA you ct the earliest possible
1a0sak.- anA Capt. Webb placed a
v1geAAg sasd In Ardmore's hands.
4 snl3s struggled for possession OF
AE1Aors's countenAnce. but he re-
Ulnsd oontrol Of himself promptly,
- hls faos rev were
He save the eafd to Jerry, who
Aanled Il 10 Mr.. Atchison. and that
~ lAu0hsd merrily.
Year prisoner. Capt. Webb, IL
0oorUs ?. Billings. secretary Of the
ugnx Lean and Trust Company of
NV York. What Was he doing whom
20 sslaeA hint" dsnanded Ardmore.
H va chasing the gentleman
wlshs resting O ne anthracits. He
ahAeed him ana chased him. arosnA Z
tAAhouse out Asee somewhere on the
poAee: a1A AAally tAis person IN the
e0d hsls feN. aAA they both rolled
oUor togeehse. The gentleman in the
eoal hale declares that As's Eoster,
~ stats troas1Eor q North Carolina,
~ ~ fass got - scratched on the
0rubbary thAt he doesn't look in the
hooGe Ne Mr.. Foster"
have sent htn witch hazel and
es1ft plaster, and Ne can get a doc
- 1pe his wounds, II necessary" said
11ss. AAehisoo.
A sergeant rushed up In hot haste
WITH Z demand from Col. DauAen-
Ooak. q NE North Carolina First, to
GAov vhea 0ov. DAAOsrAeM could be
anan-
IAs souGA csouA pickets have
tesu withdraw. md or officers want
OGa1s from The governor in person
- Ne messenger.
TAsn tAsy sAall have orders
reared Ardmoes. II our men dare
aAenAoa tAeir eueDosts-"
1s turned aAl reAe fuFiously 70
vNrd The bes4e1. 81 n hi rage he
~ traveSssA . tAs1Anad yaras belors
- saw Tat Jerry VA close bohiAd
Nm. - 10y Nsssd the red bunga
~ The crack a scattering Ytne-sAc<a
SeacAel tAsm.
10 baakl e. heck! TAs vars
laguni" cssel kansss: ~ tAsa0a
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