Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-30

threatened me with all sorts of awful
things If did not coax Uncle to taxi
him back into his good sraces again.
| told him / would not say a word to
Uncle. He was very angry and swore
at me. When | tried to leave the
room he locked the o and would
not let me go until | screamed for
help. Then he almost choked me. but
when he heard Uncle coming he jump
ed out of the window. The next day
he forged a check in my Uncle's name.
and tried to throw suspicion on me,
/ but he was discovered, and my uncle
disinherited him. Uncle had intended
to educate Richard and start him weh
In life, but now he would have nothing
further to do with him. 1t seemed to
work upon my uncle's health. all he
disgrace to the family name, although
no one ever thought OF my uncle In
connection with blame. AS he paid
Richards debts, it was not known
what the boy had done, except by the
banker, who was a personal friend
I'VE went abroad then, and every
where Uncle muse himself by put
ting me under the best music masters,
and giving me all possible advantages
in languages, literature, and art.
Three years ago he died at Carlsbad,
and after his death l went back to my
music studies, following his wishes IN
the matter, and staying with a dear
old lady in Vienna. who had been kind
to US when we were there before.
"As soon rs my uncle's death was
known at home, Richard wrote the
most pathetic letter to me, protesting
deep contrition. and saying he could
never forgive himself for having quar-
relied with his dear uncle. He had a
sad tale of how the business that he
had started had failed and left him
with debts. II he had only a few hun
dred dollars, he could go on with 1t
and pay OF everything. He said I a
Inherited all that would have been his
II he had done right, and he recog-
nized the justice of it, but begged that
I would lend him a small sum until he
could get on his feet, when he would
repay me.
II had little faith in his reformation.
but felt as if l could not refuse him
when l was enjoying what might have
been his, so | sent him all the money
I had at hand. AS I was not yet of
age, l could not control all the prop
erty, but my allowance was liberal.
Richard continued to send me volum-
nous letters, telling Of his changed
life, and finally asked me to marry
him. | declined emphatically, but he
continued to write for money, always
ending with a statement of his indy
ing affection. In disgust, at last
offered to send him a certain sum OF
money regularly IL he would stop
writing to me on this subject, and fin
ally succeeded in reducing our CORE
spOndence to a check account. This
has been going on for three years, ex-
cept that he has been constantly ask
ing for larger sums, and whenever l
would say hat l could not spare
more just then he would begin telling
me how much he cared for me, and
how hard 1t was for him to be separat-
ed from me. / began to feel desperate
about him, and made up my mind that
when l received the inheritance l
should ask the lawyers to make some
arrangement with him by which
should no longer be annoyed.
st was necessary for me to return
to America when / came of age, in
order to sign certain papers and take
full charge of the property. Richard
knew this. He seems to have had some
way Of finding out everything my
Uncle did.
HE wrote telling me of. a dear
friend of his mother, who was soon to
pass through Vienna, and who by
some misfortune had been deprived of
a position as companion and chaperon
to a young girl who was travelling. He
said 1t had occurred to him that per-
haps he could serve us both by sug-
costing to me hat h be my travelling
companion on the voyage.
II really did need a travelling com
panion, Of course, having failed to get
my deal old lady to undertake the
voyage, 80 l thought it could do no
harm. I went to see her, and found
her pretty and frail and sad. She made
g riteous appeal to me, and though
was not greatly taken with her. I de-
cided she would do as well as any one
for a companion.
"She did not bother me during the
voyage, but fiuttered about and was
quite popular on board. especially with
a tall, disagreeable man with a cruel
jaw and small eyes. who always made
me feel as If he would gloat over any
one in his power. l found out that he
was a physician, a specialist in mental
diseases, 30 Mrs. Chambray told me,
and she talked a great deal about his
skill and insight int such maladies.
AT New York my cousin Richard
met us and literally took possession
Of us. Without my knowledge, the
cruei-looking doctor was included In
the party. / did not discover 1t until
we were on the train, bound. as I sup
posed, for my old home just beyond
Buffalo. was some time since l
had been In New York, and 1 naturally
cid not notice much which way we
were going. The fact was, every plan
was anticipated. and i was told that
all arrangements had been made.
We had been sitting on the OBJ
%servation platform. and 1t was late In
the afternoon, when / said l was going
to lie down, and the two men got up to
20 into the smoker. In spite OF my
protests. Mrs. Chambray insisted upon
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