Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-12-13

" Hes within, fast asleep Hocame hoalo
Late last night dare say he'll sleep Oh
now, if you let hime alone. till evening.
Have you-has he--tall,cd with y5u
this morning. Mathews eyes wcr5 rest.
less, and Ills check twitched, p SIGN of
prolonged anxiety or much drink
Nay, what should he s.y "a me. .ae
ing that lie came home in the -ia8ie Of
tho night as drunk as pis Ia' idm
bide, Master Mathew What jo yos want
him for2 Is4here a lsug
lie nodded
She held out her hand an drums aell
TO tho venture. she said, taxing .e stil
ling which he gave her for lgcl. Gdaak
you, Ills is sure TO bring gou lle',
+ You'll say 50 tomorrow n,4tg RS
i member that you crossed Oil Mans palm
with shilling. A lucky ranl such
ruiz as you never had before A run That
will surprise the peopls
Ia! hal' said Ma how. pleased with
the prophecy. 1T sh III surprise lAem
Aud how do you set On With Miss
Dwsy! SO She SAID may size wii and
she wont--ay, ay--I know their tricks.
Yes. enc girl, and spelling. as ono may
/ say for a husband Take care Master
Mathew Better men than You lave lost
by sbiliyshally'
why, what would you have me do,
Nang"
! dor A man 4 mettlo shouldn't ask.
Capture the prize; pipe all hands and
/ alongside then of with her. show
clean pair Of heels clan al sail
I believe. Nau, Mathew said, chat
you are q witch
Il believe She replied Chat after
you run youll Be sure I am 60 III aud
wake Dam
The fellow reused radey, SIT up ana
rubbed his heavy eyes
'You can't be drunk still, man, said
Mathew seeing ISIS half.past 2 in tho
afternoon.
My head. said Dan banging it with
/ his great ft "is IKE the church bell be-
fore the service goeth ding dong And
my tongue, u is as dry as haaa Last
night last night--whare the aeyil was
last night!"
Gel up fool, end PIT ou your coat
and come cut we have work to do
The fellow made 40 nrly lie was stu
pidly wondering why his heod was So
heavy and his legs like lead
Come, Mathew repeated, ethcre is no
4 time 20 lose Up man
They left the house and walked up the
street.
When they were gone, Nam took the
pipe out Of her mouth. and considered the
position Of things with "a cheerful smile
As for Mathew" she said with a grin.
he viii set salt eel for Ills srqpeg Salt
eel-nothing short
She doubted for awhile whether 10 i'm
part the plot to the fugleman But She
remembered that though he was no Older
4 than herselt Tie would take Gle thing dit-
ierenliy, and q fight Letween him au3
Dan. not to SPEAK of Mathew as welj.
4 could have only enc termination Had
/ she been twenty years Yonn -er She woeld
not hnvo hcsitated to engage the man herr
self, as she had led many gallant board.
! ing party against any odds, Bat her
fighting days were over.
What She at last resolved upon marked
4 her as at olce the brayest aud the most
sensible Of women. But her resolution
took time for tho working ont. She sat
on her stone scat aud smoked hol pipe as
usual When any boys passed hor G9ar
she shook her stiek at them, aul used her
strange sea phrases. inst as IL nothing
was on her mind
It grows darl, in tie short November
\ days soon after q which Is the hottr
4 when FOLKS Who can aFQN The iuNaly of
candles light them. sweep sle }emth, ana
( prepare The dish of chcorful tom There
was no tea Cor us Ola, wear. bat small ale
Of our own brewing d buttermil1 And
my mother sat in great sadness for the
most part, not knowing what would be
\ the end yet fearful of the worst, and
being Of feeble faith Certainly. there
was little to give her eausa for hope
1t was G.30 or that heard footsteps
outside, ana presently a knock at thc
door saw, 70 mv maammcnt. no other
than old Nam Il @as a cold aHi rainy
evening, but she had 80 nothing maga
than her usual jacket ea3 hat A hard
and tough old woman
Child she said earnestly, edo you
think that | would lead tlee wrong 81 tell
! thee a lie4"
"Why, no. Nan
Then mark me 70 not forth Tonight
Why should 60 forth! It is past 9
o'clock. and already dark
IL messengers shouid come Look
| who Is that
She slipped behind the door as boy
came running 10 tho door recognized
him for y lad half gypsy who WAS well
| known 70 an runners, and often took part
ii driving the ponies 4 bare headed
boy with thick coarse hair and bright
black eyes. who was afterNard sentenced
to be hanged but lcprieYcd | know not
for what reason and forget now what
be had done to bring upon Linn this SON
| tence.
The fugleman says. IL beganat once,
seemingly in broath.ess haste thst DE
has fallen down and IS like rs have broton
his back he wants 70 see You at once
"Oh, cried "what dreadful thing is
this? Tell him III come at once Run.
boy, run Twill bRt put "a g hat aad '---
The boy turned and ran gathering up
the road and across the bridge
Then Nan came out from behind the
door
Its true, then. The kidnapping VII
lains It's true But never had n doubt.
Go in doors, Kinney Stay az home As
for the fuglcman / 4 warrant his back 70
be sound as my own Wait, wait ! say,
till you sec Mathews face tomorrow. A
| villain, indeed
But, Nan what do you mean? Ny
dear old fugleman a villain What has he
to do with Mathew"
"Eo. child, not he. There's only ono
william in Warkworth, though many fools.
The william IS Mathew Humble. The big.
gest fool is Dan Gedge lie is such fool
that he ought TO be keel hauled or hogged
through the Fleet, at least Stay At
home. This is q plot. The fugleman IS
at the Hermitage at work among the stuT
There's to be a run tonight. And they
think. Avast bit brother. Ay, av
they shall have what they want. There
hook OF salt pork and . pease pudding
for supper looked forward to that
hook Never mind e. The villain
he to run this rig upon q gil! But Old
Nan knows mast from Manager yet,
and values not his anger a ropts end.
| Here she became incoherent and one heard