Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-24
CHAPTER XIX.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE HEARsE.

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tpade and pickax. IN the tunult Of my
senses hardly noted that our prisoner, the
dragoon, had contrivcd 10 alp his bonds and
! steal OF in the night
And then Della, seeing me return with the
snd tools on my shoulder, spoke for the first
time:
First, " there be n well near, fetch mo
! two buckets Of wnter, and leave us for mn
| hours
Her voice weary and chill SO that l
dared not thank her, bu. did the errand in
| silence Then, but dosea PAGES from tho
| spot where JoaD's father lay, dug grave
| and strewed it with bracken, and heather,
! and gorse petals, that In the morning mir
srnelt rarely And soon after my task was
DONE Della called me
In her mans dress joan lay, her arms
crossed. her black tresscs braided and her
| face gentler than ever 'twas In life. Over
her wounded breast was bunch Of some tiny
pink flower that grew about the tor
So lifted her softly as once In this same
| place she had lifted mo- and bore her down
the slope TO the grave, and there buried q
| her. while Della knelt and prayed. and Molly
| browsed, lifting now and then her head 10
| look.
When all was done, we turned away, dry
eyed, and walked together 10 tho cottage
| The bny horse was feeding on the moor be-
| low; and, finding him still too lame to carry
Della, shifted the saddles and, mending tho
broken rein, set her Molly. The cottage
door stood open. but We did not enter; only
looked In; and seeing Jan Tergagle curled be
side the cold hearth, loft him so.
| Mile after mile we passed In silence, Della
riding and pacing beside her with the bay.
At last, tortured past bearing, spoke:
Della, have you nothing 10 sayF'
For while she seemed To consider; then,
with her eyes fixed on the hills ahead, an
swered.
"Much, IL could speak; but all this has
changed me somehow-'tis, perhaps, thnt
have grown woman, having been girl
and need to get used 10 1t and think"
She spoke not sngrily, as ! looked for, but
with n painful slowness that was less hopeful.
"Butn said !, "over and over you have
shown that nm nought To YOU. Surely"--
Surely I am jealousi 'Tis posSibe-yes
Jack ] am but n woman, and SO It's certain"
"Why, 10 he jealous you must love mel'
She looked mt me straight, and answered
very deliberate;
"Now that is what ann far from sure Of"
"But. dear Della, when your anger has
cooed"---
my anger was brief j am disappointed,
rather With her last breath, almost, Joan
said YOU were weaker than she, she loved you
weak Jack"--shs drew In Molly, and let her
hand fall on my shoulder very ndly--"we
have been comrades for many a long mile,
aud | hope are honest, good friends, where
fore | loathe 10 say harsh or ungrateful
seeming word. But you could not under.
stand that brave girl, aud you cannot under,
stand me; for as yet you do not even know
yourself. The knowledge comes slowly 10 a
man, think; TO a woman at one rush But
when il comes, | believe you may be strong.
Now leave me 10 think, FOR my head is all Of
n tangle"
Our pace was so slow (by reason OF the
lame horse) that great part of the after
noon was spent before we came in sight Of
the House of Glcys. And truly the yellow
sunshine had lung some warmth about the
naked walls and turrets, Sd that Delia's home
comp,, seemed not altogether cherries But
what gave us more happiness was to spy, on
the blue water beyond, tho bright canvas OF
tho Godscnd, and To hear the cries aud stir
OF Billy Pottery's marines as they hauled
down tho sails.
And Billy himself was on the lookout with
his spyglass For hardly were we come to
the beach when our signal-the waving OF a
white kerchicf-was answered by another on
board, and within half an hour boat puts
OF, wherein, as she drew nearer, counted
eight fellows.
They were (hesides Billy Matt Soames, tho
master; Gabriel IIutchins, Ned Masters the
black man Sampson, Ben Halliday and two
whose full names | have forgot--but ono
was coIl,d Nicholas And ofter many ,,rn,
greetings, the boat was made fast and we
climbed up along the peninsula together, in
close order, like little army.
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"Alas,n-the old man heayed n deep sigh
=, and with that began 10 hobble across the ward