The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-01-09

refused the conditions of such an ali-
ancc, betook himself afar. 10 contiunc
his reckless gathering of other folks
none? III such wise as to make him
amenable TO the law the very FIRST time
he should be caught at il.
A few tentative ventures resulted in
: profits so large that the company grew
nightly enthusiastic over the novel
manner OF working. In each instance
Harris was consulted and made his
confidential statemcul as 70 the le.ali.
ty of the thing proposed. After 4 teU
perfectly legal breach Of promise suits,
due to Aggie's winsome innocence OF
demeanor. had been settled advan-
tageously out of court Mary devised a
scneme or greater elabOrateness. with
the legal acumcn Of the lawyer To in
dorse II ~ the matter II safety II
was planned rs the swindling of u
swindler, which, in fact. had now be.
come the secret principle in Mary'S
morality.
\ gentleman possessed of some
means. none too ScrupulOus himself.
but with high financial aspirations. adj
vertised for a partner to invest capital
III a business sure TO bring large re-
turns. This advertisement caught the
eye OF Mary Turner, ana she answered
it. An introductory correspondence
encouraged her to hope for the victory
III 4 game OF cunning against cunning.
| Shn nnnciJltn1 with H. ,m; ,,.l $1,000
cially sought from him detailed infor-
nation as to partnership law. His
statements gave her such confidence
that presently she entered into n part
nerShip with the advertiser. By the
terms Of their agreement each depos
tied 100000 to the partnership account
This sum Of 100000 was oStensibiy
10 be devoted 10 the purchase OF n
tract Of land. which should afterwari
be divided into lots and reSold L. the
public ut enormous profit. As n mat
tcr Of fact. the advertiser planned to
make Il spurious purchase Of the tract
In question by means Of forged deeds
granted by an accomplicc. thus max
ing through fraud 4 neat profit Of $50.
GOO.
No sooner was the 10000 on deposit
in the bank than Mary Turner drew
out the whole amount. rs she had u
perfect rightt0 do legally. When the
advertiser learned Of this lie was, nat
urally enough. full TO overlooking with
wrath. But after an interview with
Harris he swallowed his wrath us best
he might. He found he could not go
into court with clean hands. which l.
a prime stipulation Of the law, though
often honored in the breach. 50 he
let himself be mulcted In raging 81
lence.
The event established Mary as the
arbiter in her cotcric. She mex
decided that n certain General Hast
ingS would make IN excellent sacrifice
on the ALTAR Of iustice-aud to her own
financial profit. The old man was a
notorious roue Of most unsavOry rep
utatiou IS = destroyer Of innocence.
It was probable that liz would easily
fall Il victim 10 the ingenious charms
Of Aggie. AS for that precociouS dam
sci, she would run 10 least risk of de-
truction by the satyr.
General Hastings met Aggie in the
most casual way, He was captiVated
by her freshness and beauty. her de
mureucs>. her Ignorance Of all things
vicious. Straightway he set snares.
He shuwered every gallant attention
on the naive. bread and butter miss
and succeeded gratifyingly Soon in
winning Der hcart-to all appearance.
But hc gained nothing more. for the
coy creature abruptly developed most
effective powers Of resistance T. every
Establishment that went beyond strict
est propriety. His ardor cooled sud
denly when Harris served a summons
in q suit for $1,000 damages for
/ breach of promise.
| Even while :his~aHair was still IN
1 the course Of execution Mary found her
( self engaged in a direction that offered
at least the hope Of attaining her great
/ desire-reveugc against Edward Gil
der. This opportunity came III the
Il person OF HIS SDI. DlCh. Atlti mum
! contriying, she got IN Introduction to
! that young man. Forthwith she show
acd heLseli : d~eIiciously- womAI!y~~>o
intelligent. 50 daintily feminine, 50
sinsularly beautiful that the young
man was enamOrcd almost at once.
The fact thrilled Mary 70 the depths
Of her heart. for in this son Of the man
whom she hated she saw the instru-
ment Of vengeance for which she had
so longed. Yet this one thing was so
vital to her that she said nothing Of
her purposes. not even 10 AgSIe.
though that ohservant person may
have possessed suspicious more or less
near the truth.
1t was some such suspicion that lay
behind her speech as, in negligee. she
sat smoking Il cigarette, while watch
ing Mary, who was adjusting her hat
before the mirror Of her dressing table
one pleasant spring morning.
"Dollin' ny a whole lot. amt youF
Aggte remarked afably, with that lax
ity of language which characterized
her natural moods.
Il have a very important engage
mcnt with Dick Glider Mary replied