The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-08
COPYRIGHT, 1910 , BY
CHAPTER vi.
SCENES.

4 N old fashioned Christmas came
~ that year. the air electric will
~ the keen snap Of 10 degrees
above zero You felt Christ
mas that day, the joyous relaxation
tAe paeasurabl BILE excitement.
Yet the spirit of good will was no,
universal. as three men in that city
sosad have testified. They shivered in
. downtown Office and glowered hate
11y at one another.
"It's no use talking" No. was say
0g firmly. 81 won't have it. He must
Hgver Gene to trial"
But, heavens. man." No. respond
ID impatiently. ''the mans so plainly
guilty. LIS a fragrant case"
Caught with the goods on No
added. 81 couldn't help getting con
v1ction If l tried"
IAN the more reason why he must
0pt come to trial"
But think what it meansv No.
argued. Everybody knows all about
tAls thing. The newspapers have pub
0shed beforehand the testimony of the
beliboy who overheard him offering to
hike the bride. They have published
acsimiies of the check signed by Hen
3efsOn and Endorsed by Malassey. Ev-
~ morning there is fresh editorial
bowling for his conviction. The whole
country is yammering. 'Malassey must
70 to jail! Our credit is a little strai in
Cd as it is; we must do something to
paacate these bowling FOOLS"
Bah! MACPHERSON. I'm not fool
Do you think I haven't seen through
your scheme? You're trying to dis
credit me through Malassey, because
Aes my councilman. Oh. don't bother
denying 1t. Either this indictment is
ylgeonho4ed-or you fight me-" He
brought his clnched fist savagely down
q the desk
I'm net afraid Of you" Macpherson
snarled.
The square chinned man laughed
harshly. "That's another lie You are
ofraid Of me. You wouldn't be worth
De powder it takes to blow you up if
you didn't have me and the Sixths
najOrities. while can 90 out and get
the Old Harmon crowd together and
beat you all along the line day after
tomorrow. I don't want to do it. but
II this trial goes on I will. Now put
up or SHUT up. Is Maiassey tried:"
There was silence a minute.
mo" The monosyllable sounded
more Nike a VOLTS bark than a human
voice.
The square chinned man laughed
agaln. "All right. There's a good deal
ef profanity packed away in that mo-
save It until I'm gone" he put on
hs hat and left the office
In q secluded corner Of the city's
most fashionable restaurant sat man
and woman at early dinner. They
were evidently brother and sister, hav
ing the same dark hair and eyes, the
same regular features of the same
eighty Semitic cast. The man was
talking.
"'Aud so laid hold ON the man who
has life by the throat. Now what do
you think Of your most unworthy
bFother?"
mo enc but you would have done it.
What asdacity!"
why not? I can't afford not to be
audacious. 1t is the only role that
suits me-"
"Ah. but will you win with all your
holiness? You say yourself that he
threatened to crush you
my dear sister. the doubt is un-
worthy Of you Rest assured. he will
yield. Tonight will prove me right"
Her eyes rested proudly on him.
Yes, the doubt is unworthy. When
I'D you ever fail? Who can resist the
wftchery of your magnesium"
TT Is witchery. isn't it? But we
come rightly by It. Strange how. after
I've generations OF Puritanism, our
breed should cast back and produce III
Iou and me copies of our Hebrew an
oosts'ess- glorious woman!-who fell in
love with q Puritan, abandoned her
people TO marry her lover. deserted
Der husband to go on the stage anG
bring the world 70 her feet. A mag.
netic sensationalist. She lived! And
we are her children
The woman Shuddered DON'T
always think of her tragic disappear
ance from the world and her hidaous
end. Perhaps that is part Of our her.
ttage too,
AN, ~. L. u