The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-06-24

: not 1Or u0lH0U L08L sue 1e6xSs Out there
has come over her 9 horrible dumbing
sensation that she 10 lost, for she does not
know which road leads to those she seeks
to save; and at the same time there comes
the certain convection that to her would
be fatal. There are but two roads now to
choose between, since she heard the fate
full signals from the left and front; but
how much depends upon that cholcel
ut must be this, " she says to herself and
as she says it, the sickening conviction.
comes: mo, no it is the otherr' She
hears hoof-strikes up the road in front, on
that to her left, and now, too. on that
which turns sheer to the right. From one
to the other the whistle sounds sharp.
short signals. Her heart sinks within her.
She,has halted at the very rendezvous Of
the enemy. They are all around her. To
attempt to ride down either road is to In
vite destruction.
She awoke from her stupor when the
first horseman came in sight, and thanked
God for her dark horse and colorless hab-
It. She urged young Lollard among the
dense scrub pines which grew between
the two roads from which she knew she
must choose, turned his head back to the
place Of intersection, drew her revolver,
leaned over upon his neck, and peered
through the oVerhanging branches. She
patted her horses head and whispered to
him softly to keep him still.
Hardly had she placed herself in hid
ing before the open space around the in-.
tersecting roads was alive with disguised
horsemen. She could catch glimpses of
their figures as she gazed through the
clustering pines. Three men came into
the road that ran along to the right Of
where she stood. They were only five
steps from where she lay, painting butde-
termined, on the faithful horse that
moved not muscle. Once he had
neighed before he had come SO near:
but there were SO many horses neighing
and shutting, that no one had noticed IT.
She remembered a little flask that Mag
gle had put into her pocket. It was
whisky. She put up her revolver, drew
out the flask, opened it, poured some in
her hand, and, leaning forward, rubbed It
on the horses nose. He did not offer to-
neigh again
Considerable confusion arose (amonp
the gathering riders, who had some diff
ference of opinion) and Lily, with her
revolver ready cooked in her hand, turned
and cautiously made her way to the road
which had been indicated by their
talk as the one that led to Glen.
| vile. Just as her horse stepped into the
path, an overhanglng limb caught her
hat and pulled it off, together with the
hood of her waterproof, SO that her hair
fell down again on her shoulders. She
l kIok - L
and if she had, could not have stopped
to repair the accident. She kept her
horse upon the shady side, walking on
the grass as much as possible to prevent
attracting attention, watching on every
side for any scattered members of the
Khan. She had proceeded thus about
one hundred and fifty yards, when she
came to turn in the road, and saw sit
ting before her in the moonlight, one OF
the disguised horsemen, evidently a sem
| try, who had been stationed there to see
that no one came upon the camp unex-
pectedly. He was facing the other way,
but Just at that moment turned, and see-
ing her indistinctly in the shadow in the
shadow, cried out at once
"Who's there9 Haiti
Il
4 Lollard trembled with excitement unaef
| the tightly drawn rein. Lily thought Of
her father, half prayerfully, half fiercely::
bowed closely over her horses neck, and
braced herself in the saddle with every
muscle as tense as those Of tiger before
his leap. Almost before the words were
out of the sentry's mouth, she gave
young Lollard the spur, and shot like
on arrow into the bright moonlight,
straight toward the black muffied horse
man.
"My God!' he cried, amazed at the
sudden apparition. IL
1 She was close upon him IN an instant.
There was a shot; his startled horse
sprang aside, and Lilly, urging young
Lollard to his utmost speed, was flying
down the road to Glenville. She heard
an uproar behind shouts, and one or
two shots. On, on she sped. She knew
now every foot of the road beyond. She
! looked back, and saw her pursuers
swarming out Of the woods into the still,
j white moonlight just then she was in
q the shadow. A mile, two miles, were
passed. She drew in her horse to listen.
il there was noise of hoofs coming down
4 hill she had just descended, as her gal
liant steed bore her, with almost undi.
unfinished speed, up the opposite slope
I. She laughed, even in her terribly intense
], excitement, at the very thought that any
one should try to oyertake her.
Is they'll have feet steeds that follow quotl
young Lochinvar."
she hummed, as she patted young Lol
n lard'S Outstretched neck She turEed a;
she reached the summit, her long hal
streaming backward in the moonlight
like a golden banner, and saw the solta
~ horseman on the opposite slope; the,
| turned and passed over the hill.
Admiration.
Every man of sense and refinement
admires woman as woman; but whe1
she steps out of this character, thou
sand things that in their appropriat.
sphere would be admired become dis
gushing and offensive. The appropriate