The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-27
DARK DAYS.
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This AS :hr temptation with Which I
vsest.cc dunn those long hours. Again
ard again ] Va. Oh tie pYiB, of yield ins.
Opcr or twice rose - nny feet viii tie
ind de:e: .ai..ailcR v: destroying Tat pa
Der. AID is't,rs ings:sEefheirC-ucJn r.e.
O:ce of t~!cs even faces my SIC - Soine
distance M T.. e election q home. but each
tina I turned. went back 10 ,.e sheltered
spot threw iny self sga.u u tie groaDi. AID
fought he battle su.~.
n. I cogi' no. DO n. thia.. ] was . gen
t.eniaE and a H.l d! bpsor. Ia,;ry.. tie
rrice WAS When cun,sr.G with rha; b;
niga; buy. ] q ID not pay u. A!;4ors - M
whole soul va. merged In i'Ail ppAs w-s-
fare, ] cDuad mo-, even for Ter sa,~. - 9
Ga innoc~ni man 10 b. done uIissIy 10
death. 1Ae cline MAS too D.acl. to- base,
~, contr,a,sio.e. f.,t sI;c thai $ "a the
mans bioo: naora..y oE inY head. ~. ~i-
Ifeinesi jyys vi. cL Tie cyrlh give would
moi; lnil Ia, c1isc.cac- {. ryt- ] kne. 4
wGaid boz b. I'm. tefDr- rruiorss All sIame
fi.vc ire ~ cOiItni; sa.ri.c.
LIT III" ~, -c.rtss 81, Lat s.n = seas iha;
WcviIL IL more si!uriiag han right IL-'s
maj he I'm, '.us whc; are easily o"ii-
n TIED, Ut 4 dare 10 .ac '.st :fcfe are 9TH
ere which fLe agersE. Isr. '~'Ir.'"d D. tie
cole u h"ror. and trraiins sham sni
cowardIce. q ifs IL flr -,sier go AVOID man
y. bring hum.elf ~ commit M, every sio
- not essy!
Eu, oil the same my struggle "a. = ,nortai
one AT times fanny 81 MAJ b. bat !rEc,
--,ta, cvr n now my mind b~s,s sane irsc's
4, THAT conflict . cot firt in ~Lici, my vie
tory m.sne ruin Ia my neaie-. sna dearest.
va. 1 not rIgh, when ! AID that m t-inDta
ton wzs az all but unparalleled one H.:
IN r~zss-r,ing ;his le' me hunibly d.sc.:.iin
oil credit soT not having ;ie.aea. ! s.v.c
% yi.ld. but could not
I, sas only when ] had conquered. AMI
~: the teu,piz TN from rae, TIA: l va, able
q see how utterly usr.e~s sch a crime ~
that urged upDa me S.ud iA.c ben.
- ,utsi..s Fsit!pvs, sooner ~ later. would
"a. ye Iearusd thai Sir Mfry,I F,IraEd's sup
taSed murderer had pad tie penalty q: H..
crime, Huv would niavc faI"! win ".
~thsn-tbrD. ~heu s-Tsf.'ivl VIC placed cut
u tie QusshiuB' IIs"IDsa 80 lid every
thought u g., .ifr =. ~Irfy tuna Il her IA
tu,,is-, seLsi..c nature, VS. f.in - trll
Iuy self that such lac a ~1u!u &c rl!Hr,y her
drAiL- blow.
But was, wss a. b. iDft? Finding that |
a. uii not compass lie tfedc..cIy which 1
dared 10 mediate, ! cast sboU. for another
loop hole VI escape. HAat!I! were 4" tt
turn - England. and aCCa>e NY Ell ~ tie
sstnef To in.urc P.iiipp.s .Jfeiy IwOnI'
Fight willingly vIve s~A la, osa I've. IL
showed the state - Wbicr, NJ mud "a> q"
duced wien l s.y that l considered til,
schcme 10 ali It's LeaI.ags. sac !"I willie
thought 81 furnished \ solat,ol 20 ny dM
~culties! wonder II Ivy BAN ~as wa.LcT-
Ing?
laughed la bitter merrimehi "a thc al
surdity VI my new plan forced 80 y upon
me. l had fnrg1;,en PAi!ippa. and What
the effect u such { sacrifice would be upon
hef. had forgotten that size loved me-
even as I loved her that IN, DIVING for hef
sake-fUr tn. sake az saving hrT from the
consequence of that gruesome Iight- would
make an expistioa. II any .cr. 'iaa from
her. the most fearful Which human " dia
boilcal ingenuity could devise.
No. Neither BY sinEins agains, iny Eel
bowman nor by . voluntary sacrifice 81 my
own life could I say. her. After ali TAI, pro
trncied mental struggles, ali my lonely
hours 1t anguish ana wild schcnirg. ! Ma
forced a. return 10 the point .rom whIch ]
started. fhilipia must surrender herself.
and free this innocent man. There was, IN
deed. no alternative!
And G day gone, or AL but gone! The
t1!al on the 3oth. 10 Teach .gland-'O
reach Tewnham In time 10 stop that trial,
We must tgave! DAY Ind night. Day AID
A!ght ACROSS sunny - stari,i spain-.cro's
pleasant France v must spCef on. unti
We reached 0i.r ow8 native Haas, now ly.Hg
IN all the rich calm II Tie ra:ly autumn. ]
nnst lead my wifr. my love. 10 Der "o'mi
Iose from the YrcuUi. lfc.t wear, and
- X ! had been cgd.e!-d ~ every limb. !
dragged myself sloSly bscI - NV home,
she must be told sh. must ,. It'd. But
how ~ tel her nuitcIe1 sslI-Ats iors.
Ny appearance. mast iA>. t~eu wretrlicl:
for ] received the Impression in4i sev-r.'
yrsyc-looling Sev,iianos Ia. Nc; aud Looked
after ne ~ passed ty- Even rs coward
~ felon WHO ufags himself slowly u tie
scsflold. ! dragged .uys-i.tO ;hc gate % our
pleasant boIae, aud ia lettering Zee. passed
into thst frAgysn; space IN which tie hap
I!est hours e Iuy lio had been spent
As l eniered, the remembrance 81 sorGe
tale which once ] had read flashed through
my IniDd-a tale If the fcrocity Of . bygons
age. IL Was VI . prisoser who WAS forced
BY bis caUtors u strike Q dagger into the
heart u the woman Ls loved. | know no,
where the tale Is 10 be found or when I read
Il
Blu, /, seemed 20 me TIA: mine Vas . pnal
lei case.
Pisy mel