The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-08

you ask II. tttt ehcNuRr 1tftA fOr vOli
And not Tor Il price Analogous haven
Thought 1t ON very clearly. have yru
what yOn mean Ia impossible I'm an,
case. II ! Went ON with the iIivpstiya
tiOn you rol,l,lU', love the man wh'
was prosecuting your father Amt
Just lesaMss. you understand what j.
right In tue ease aud are what vo,,
are. yoil Olildn'f respect and ~,
couldn't love the man who weakly did,
whnt was wrong for him--'even for y,n.
And just now you are very anxious t.
ave your father
The fMni Of crimson ebhed Sil
looked at him strangely ''lDo yOn ln,
iieve--tt,at ~
~ know II ismt YOU needn't Il.
afraid any longer Your father is SAT-.
70 far ~ an, concerned That was
settled before you came"
She. turned from him In MI tmmeas
urNb relief to look ont vt the window
The voice Ut thu congregation ROSE
again In the closing hymn. Unwar,i
Christian Soldiers"
The hymn ended She raised npl
head and Jared MIN. Mnshed tears in
her eyes
John Dnnmtnle," she cried -
don't know yet how mucn ~ what YOU
have said Is true And don't know
whether you have been weak or strong
But there are finer things than the
strength Ut n-artless justice Olie OF
| igy l>., -. L.
want to show mercy where you owe
none. where Won hclieve you can gain
nothing. az ynn nave done can't-l
shnn't try to thank yOn Hut shall
always liz praying for yOm All the good
things you have earned az you 60
and you will so onward"
He merely repeated an old saying
II haven't thought as far ahpnd NJ to
morrow And nov You'd better 70 b.
fore church lets out. II people saw
you here II might set them thinking =
Warren RHke'- tA,i. was buried and
his tragedy with II The luck had held
to the last. No suspicion Of a lurking
mystery had been hr.a,t.si And vii
liam Murctlpli returned from the n,
neral to u birth
His enemies nave called MIN nhuman
lacking in moral sensiMltty. There
are episodes In his career which sup
V0rt the charge Hut deep down Ml,b
In him had always laid something that
long pregnnting now fought to win to
the light He was suddenly arruigned
before himself. become by the tragedy
most pitiless Of judges The vigorous
mentality that had hnngered aud
thirsted for action. lusted for sharp
combat. sought insntiably for power
and ever more power, now turned ,,pO,,
himself. with precise. merciless strokes
dissected his life for him, revealed its
essential ugliness. disclosed overlook I'd
personalities Is
1t was the evening after the funeral
He was alone IN his library. Hut he
was not read,ng. lie was angrily
watching the gathering of b.latpd
force in his existence.
He frowne,d when fromthe hall came
the sounds Of alteration. heated np
one side and cooily confident on the
other Then the door was thrown
open. aud Haig. followed by the prot
estant man servant. entered. The my
elist briskly crossed the room, ana
planted himself In u chair before Mnr
chell
The Involuntary host greeted him
inhospitably II told lin | would Sue
nobody tonight What do you WANT
you remember. Saturday night 1
said you and would have to discuss
the matter OF paymentl The time
has come. the waIrus said
"WeiI?'
Senator Murchell, have you con
science r
Are you trying to bs impertinent.
young man.
How inpertinent! I'm merely try
Ing to verify aD impression. The 9th
or night. while you were watching
Warren Blake die. got the uotion
that you had one. Now Warren Blnke
10 OUT Of the way. Hampien won't
be disgraced. There's to be no scandal
Your plans to snve the bank are I'm
der way. Other plans Of yours are no
longer In jeopardy. So It's time to
think Of payment. have Just come
from Dunmeade He isn't . very
happy man. Senator Murchell. He's
oppressed nv the knowledge that ne
has been weak. He has lost bis pride
his belief in himself. his sense OF alb
soiute honesty II soul for short
The poor foot even thinks he IL to
blame for Warren BIake's shooting
himself. Yon and know better. We
know who killed Cock Robin" Haig
laughed lnsinuatingly
"You have "A strange sense Of h,,-
NOR. Just what are yOu trying to In
sinuateY' g
II mean that we know that the man
who killed Warren Blake was the
man who killed Creighton. Hawkins.
Delehanty. Burns. Schneider. Larkin
10. ..::::.:::c. Ana mes inc Te;iow .:....
created an al,ns::s,;i..!he-a 81 dishonesty
in political banks and public treas
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