Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-03-03
A New Romance Of tho Storm Co11nfr1a
CHAPTER xli-continued.

CHAPTER xli-continued.
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"You mean just drunk, don't you?
Didn't you try dom what 1 told you
tot"
The boy nodded and shivered again.
II sure did, but, but q
"But whar?". cried Devon. s .,t
Il put the stuff in the medicine all
right, but something happened" Reg
maids voice was low and wavering
as he finished the statement.
what happened?" repeated Devon
hoarsely. sDon't sit there like id
fool bnd look as II you'd swallowed
a live eel.' s,..5,.,1
"I1was going to slip back from the
window sill to the tree" faltered
Reggie, "and Tony's ghost rose up be-
fore me and showed me clean off the
ledge and down to the ground!"
Uriah's eyes almost protruded from
his head. Then slow smile ran
around his lips.
"Rats" he calculated huskily.
rats. you fool! There amt such
things as CHESTS"
Eyes, there Is, Devon" insisted Reg
gle, in q dreary monotone. "I've seen
one! I've seen Tony, say, and many
y time she's come so close to my
eyes I could have touched her If she
could have been touched. The fall
made me sick. I've been in bed ever
since" &
"And your cousins still alive, chr,
Uriah's voice had a snarl in It.
"Still alive" muttered Reggie.
what you goin' to do about 1t
now?" demanded Devon. TRY It
again y SIS.
Brown shook his head.
mo, not yet, Riah," he muttered.
"Not just yet. L can't" s
"Y6u got to get me lot of money
some way" Devon came in with.
"I've got to get out Of this country,
or I'll be hooked to Jail If those SYRIA
cuse folks find me. You'd better be
getting home and back to bed. Best
take a stiff swing, too, to settle your
nerves." :
He watched the tall thin boy walk
slowly away in deep meditation. Then
he laughed and went below to the
cabin.
Almost week after Reggie's futile
attempt to poison his Cousin Paul,
Tony Devon was sitting in her room.
reading. when a servant appeared and
told her some one wanted to see her
downstairs. Her heart bounded with
delight, for she was sure Philip had
come again and had sent for her. She
rushed to the glass, caught glimpse
Of her rosy. face. pushed back s few
stray curls and went downstairs to
the drawing room. 8.it.s5s
As she stepped inside, she came to
a sudden terrified halt. Her father
was seated in large chair and his
eyes, red and swollen. were conferred
upon her. Then he smiled, that wick
ed smile that always widened his
thick lips when he had succeeded in
some evil thing.
"Hello, Tony" he chuckled. You've
made a fine nest for yourself, huh?"
Tony only. stared at him., She felt
suffocated by his sndden appearance.
Fl came to talk to you, kid" he
said, the wheedle coming into his
tones that always augured bad for
the person addressed. sit down. =
Tonnibel sat, not because he told
! her to, but because she couldn't stand
on her trembling legs. VI *
'You don't appear to beivery tickled
to see your old dad" he threw at
her, frown wrinkling his face. SECT
up and come over here" His wicked
eyes seemed to be swallowing her
whole. In fact Devon could not make
himself believe this beautiful creature
was the Tony who, he thought, had
been drowned in the lake. He felt
new sensation within him as his
gaze took in every line of the lovely
figure. %
Come! over here" he said ! once.
more. ''and tell me how you got out
o. the lake that night. Did you swim
ashore7" d
Tonnibel shook her head.
sim not going to tell you anything"
she murmured almost inaudibly.
''Well, keep It 70 yourself, then.
snapped Uriah. When get. you back
to the Dirty Mary know ways
which'll bring out of You what /, want
TO know. So get your things and
come along home" Il IS,
Tonnibel felt as II the bottom had
fallen ont Of the world. Then q boys
smile. and q boys words, Salvation,
little Tony, AZ always at hand, for
God is good" seemed to strike both
her vision and hearing. y.
Tony believed every word Philip
Mace auley uttered. he couldn't speak
an untruth 4 he tried, Il as he had
said. Salvation was, at hand, then she
could be saved II, that moment.
.Tm busy herr. n daddy. = she man
aged to say.> .sI'm doing some nurs-
Ing, 90 ! can't get away Just now r
.sYou'll come Just tho same rspliedj
Devon. getting to his feet. I. 1 u,
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