The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20

| lion, and must not be a cowardbeca05s
Lhe worst has come OF it"
Eyes, you might have haAsome other
srraad-that OF a lover meeting his
sweetheart, for example. Was thSt il
in your cass9'
Oliver was certain now that his sur
/ mise was correct. BE said 80 rcoCscSen-
siously as any man ever he'd. NO"
Ii it were 60, and You could prove Il,
your Hfe w0usd be spared"
Il can prove 10 such thing"
''That removes . sorroS from me and
seals your fate. Within an hour NV
wife has told ne thxt yen were her
lover-ths: Won canst0 see her. and ros
as spy frUn the rebels"
Believing that she had confessed the
whole truth instead q Only al insfeot-
uaI part OF It, Oliver only sentiment for
the instant WIS pride IN has. own sacrifice.
The colonel lett him 10 hSnSalf
An hour later. InEflcd woman was
in his presence. When she showed her
face il WIS 50 close that he felt her breath
fSll hot on his cheek, AID 1t was Mrs.
Armvta<e who spoke: ~ could nos lee
you die with the thought that l. sste "a
your sacrifice, had not tr5ed to save yoAs.
told nav husband why YOU, eame,to tho
city. but be wo2Ed not believe me. icon
iure YOU TO convince him that I told thu
truth"
1t is not always trus that men are
Drawer in premaiitaIiaS herojsna THAI
when the tirna-af actian comes. Oliver
had. even since his interview with Col
ArmvtaSe. wayered from his de,erminS-
tion to die possessed of this wou1anS
secret. He had balanced his obligation 10
her against his fa5IiEy's grief and hisowI;
dread Of dsath. and which vCls Nssightiess
he had scarcely been able - determine.
But now. under the powerful influence
OF her presence. &nd m ths kroSvledgs
that she appreciated and lowed bun, he
felt steeled IN hSs purposs OF kesplng his
VOW. lie SID very quietly Your huS-
band has been here.
And told YOU whsc-T Eaid?'
Eyes"
s-You assured him that It WAS true
They VIII bSfIeve It. and you VIII he
savedg'' She w>zited with alright for
his answer. She honestly believed thas
she hoped he would szy a ca" but liz
her mind was a ssladowy. avvfuffeAr Of
what night be the consequences TO her
self
1T Is too lats 10 alter my purposesif Z
would" ne said, taking Der hands iTs
his. and feeling thtr tney wSre hot and
nervous. Year lester IL destroyed. II
1 were to tell its contents ROW 1 would
not be believed. I have thought il all
over. ny lie is very precious TO me;
but mine or yours must eo-for what
would be Iest OF yours worth retaining
If tue world regarded Won as faithloss
wife? ! wili die in the flush of a-high
resolve, Nou would lnger, II / had
provej cowarily, IN years. Of death Mo-
have kept iuy oatn and your secuet.'
When AIRS. Army tlge was once again
in her room the hrss gray light OF dawn
shone INTO the window where she sat.
Her husband hadnot returned The hor-
ribIe duty OK tile- execution OF the court
Inartiars 12ntauce Ctevosyed on him, and,
although be assigned its details 10 -
staff officer, it added TO his. otheractivi-
ties of the night and kept him away
from her. Soon she heard the beat Of
Iuuttied drum, marking tho tread Of
marching feet. Looking out through
the shutters. she saw q company Of fifty
soldiers coming down tiIe street.
IN their midst was Oliver Willett.
The first vision OF Old JUDGE was real
lied. The prophecies Of thsuefress had
man, bat now she felb that divers
march 10 death had been foretold. With
a dumb still sense Of despair for her
lover. she watched the dreadful process
SION until it passed beyond her sight and
hearing
"What was il that Old Judee told
next" shc exclaimed Il remember.
She saw me riding On horseback toward
a wood. Sine heard me say that must
save him. How Ican't coaoeiveaway."
she WIS N a condition now iuwhich
quietuds WIS not possible. Her saddle
horse vas 10 stabfs nsar by. Shssdid uos
consider what she neaITt % do non hardly
realize what she was doing. Old JUDGES
prophecy inpsIied hG. She hastily
dressed herself in her riding habit and
reached the stable uRobervsd. There
sl1e sadlIpd and bridled the hoTEe, i'm
peguously nsOuErted him and rode IN ths
direction th:A the detui Of exsCutt0Ders
mad gone once beyond the limit q the
town. sire discerned ~ Z distance the
company Just entering \ grove. Urging
her horss into rsiB. she dashed after
them. oHappeariug into a EoOd, Just al
tho pro pbeess hal prolessed 70 &c her
do Ia the second vision.