The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-05-31

her n parting call, rs I was to return
to school the next dry. The fact Of
my going away seemed to depress
her a little, and the subsequent chat
was tinctured with q flavor of sad.
ness. We talked in a tone which be.
came Il trifle sentimental in it's ma
ture, and the minutes flew away with.
out attracting attention. happen.
nd finally to glance Mt my watch and
saw that it was five minutes to 8.
Il must go ut once" I said.
$50 soon? she said in q voice OF
remonstrance.
{" Yes, am sorry to say, but have
an imperative engagement"
"And shall not see you again be-
fore you go?"
Gin afraid not. The stage leaves
Mt 6 O'Clock in the morning. hours
before you will left dreamland."
Her long lashes fell over her eyes.
won't you?"
She drew herself back as if fright.
ened or offended.
NJ, uo, uOG so I:tf us UnlC.
"You are unkind and unreason-
able. / only ask one. We may new.
er see each other again."
She still kept herscliaway from ME.
persisted in my Importantly. At
last she bent toward me.
"Oncc, them" she murnured in n
faint voice. l touched her lips with
mine, and ut the precise moment of
contact the heavy, sullen
report of n gunshot rang
through the air. 1t was from the
direction of the Byrne house, and
felt IL deadly thrill in my heart as if l
had been pierced by q bullet. 1
sprang down the steps and ran in
the direction of the report.
1t was just Mt dusk, permitting OBJ
ects to he dimly seen. At the dis.
tance ola block ! saw two or three
figures scattering from the front OF
the Byrne house. One of them came
toward me with Il wabling, Singer
ing gait. like a man far in the stages
OF intoNic;ltion, and who at every
step gave utterancc to n cry like the
inarticulatc howl of u wild beast.
Just as he reached me he tumbled
Mt my feet in AZ lump, the froth COW
ering up his upturned mouth. lie
was an cpilepticnamed Hanford. and
l saw that he had IL fit was about
to raise him up, when he suddenly,
after writhing convulsively in the
dust, staggered to his feet and ran
on, bowling like u tortured demon.
There w;ls IL commotion in thenar-
row alley that led across the Bryne
place to the barn. A voice shrieEed:
"lou'vc killed him! You've killed
him!"
l rushed into the alley, and saw
just beyond the entrance a form ly-
ing on the ground, over which was
bent another, trying to raise it up
by the shoulders, while IL little farther
on was II man who menaced the two
with II revolver.
$50 way from here" said the man
in Il hoarse voice.
81 shall not, said the one bonding
over tho fallen figure. SIT is my
brother"
The man with the revolver hacked
away, pointin" it &c them as he left.
| recognized all three of the party.
The prostratn form was that OF the
eldest OF the Bryne brothers, the
second who bent over him was anoth-
er brother, aud the third man, with
the weapon, was Il cabinetmaker
named Chaser.
Attracted by the shot, some neigh
bors had gathered, and by them was
borne into the house the wounded
boy. lie had been shot through the
lung by IL ball from n navy revolver.
Medical aid and IL pricst-for the
Brynes were Roman Catholics-were
summoned. Neither awaited to cure
him; within IL few hours he was dead.
The horror with which l contem.
plated the awful result cannot be
told. Had Anna not coquctisliy re-
fused me the kiss: had she conceded
it when first asked, should have
been OH time mt the gate, and would
have received the bullet shot through
the body Of poor Brync. Her little
hesitation saved one lie and lost an.
other.
CHASER lived in u house half
block away, and thither the town
constable with IL posse proceeded
soon after the shooting. lie was
found in bed and fast asleep.
CHASER WAS II 'renchmun by birth,
who had wandered about the world
Il good deal, who had been to Cali
fornia, and who had at last reached
the town i'll which the homicide was
committed.
At his trial it was shown for the
defense that he was unused to the
ways of the the country; that he
had secured the revolver in his Cali
tornih experience; that he was IL de-
pendent upon the lawyer, and, hear
ing that the boys of the village were
making preparations to hang him,
he had determined to defend him,
and knowing the programme had
placed himself in the alley. He was
shown to he pacific and harmless in
his average life, and IL church mem
her in good standing. He was given
IL short term of Imprisonment, and
on his discharge moved to Iowa, to
which state the lawyer had preceded
him.
CHASER and the lawyer are still in
the Hawkcye state; Anna died in
Quincy two or three years ago. leav-
ing Il t;lmily OF SONS and daughters.
4 sister of Glasscr's wife, Margaret
Thompson, is Il resident OF Chicago.
The Brynes moved away within u
year or SO after the killing.
The seminary school was broken
up and the building has never since
been occupied.-Poliuto in Chicago
Herald.
Tic Strawberry.