The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-06
MALCONTENTS.
ASTORY FOR AMERICANS
COPYRIGHTED BY CORA s. HOOD.
CHAPTER VIIL-(CoNT1NuED.>


Margaret drew Dartte out onto tho open
cir. She Was pale a. death.
They mean him harm, Joe.'
"1ikely enow," he answered inditlsr"ntly I.
''bu: never fear. I'll have nAught to do with
the d vil's work.
It was dark when Margaret reached her
home. A heavy snow storm had settled over
thick and fast. The country roads were al
ways full OF drift and, II this snowfall con-
tinued, would coon be rendered i pnssabl..
shiverin:: and chilled, Msrg ret stool ut the
window and sighed rs she peered out ut the
gathering gloom and thought OF tho suffering
IN 1h. town below.
A, last, as ,hs hour grew late, she aat down
In front of the scanty fire. and i'na'lv. over
come by tha warmth An fatigue, fell asleep.
sho dreamed If a confusion Of voices and
aWoke 70 tln'i it late. the room In piechy dark.
Ness aud the fire lead Oh the hearth.
Surely there was som" sound troubling the
quiet OF the w'n,ry night2 She opened tha
distinctly now it WIS mufflsi AMI be ting. rs
though arising from the marching OF many
1""'. Tn sound grew more stinrt as tn :
Ut ady tread came Eearer, and Margaret
the dark room. In II momen. the highway in
front Of tho house Was ti."k with dozens oi
dark forms. ind, as they halted. one Of them,
evidently the leader. spoke.
by the livh, OF the torches they held Mr.
care. reco- nzci Cent? MIN Kelly at the head
Of the w-ll-iormed r.nks and near him sew
eral OF the men she had met that afternoon at
the soup house.
Faith, boys. he's home tonight an alone.
fer hs sarvant--dam0' eln ier bein' sarvants
to SIGH as him-,r. aither layein' him. an
Eows the toim. to wipe the floor wild the white
OWL and damage his stocratic mug fur liver.
BegorrA, an We shtop his takin' the sowld
honest min has armed for him across the say.
Forard, marchp'
AS he st ndy tread began again Margaret
stood parAl;zs an agony she could not un-
ders1and tearing ut h-r heart strin:,s. w III a
prayer Tor mercy she seized shawl and has
tened out into the snowy might Ms the las
DIRK form disappe .rad. Reach him and warn
him she must, ut how?
Beaumont was not so far away. There was
short cut through the woods, and bv run
ming she could yet bs there before the rio'e
Stumbling through the freshly fallen snow
she ntered The woodland path only to pause
with despairing cry. Great, impassive drifts
stood between her and her goal. The rong-
o., man could not battle his way through up
on such night. Precious time was being los,
and they would be upon him before she could
save HIM. On, GOD In Haven, what conlL
she dol
Q.ick az thought she made her decision
She knew that through that hill. only stones
throw way. and passing out IN .ieBse wood
q tho rear OF Beaumont, wn- tunnel. Only
4 few years BEFORE TIL, construction Of it bad
bren wonder to the simple peeps for miles
around, and Aargare. hid sat many evening
watching tho iron monsters speed arouni the
curve and disappear in the bowels OF the
earth. carrying car ~ Q, cur in their wake, With
childish curiosity, for the r-ilrond waa CON-
paraiively new, and vas still re- EAR led with
suP1r-ti't"us awe BY many. Here was irath
through darkness and danger, yet what n attes
III led to him? The next instant sbo had sid
down the s0ow.cover.d d.clivttv AMI vas al
the tunnels mouth. An. bu: 1t was dark and
clammyl The sir struck her fac. ike the
hand OF death. md seemed in it. dense ioulnes-
to rush her hack. With one swift. shudd erinl
glance u the cruel. s0rpontino tFac vli,tertua
in the SNOW oehtnd her, she turned. pressed
hurriediy forward. and was swallowed up ID
tho b1okuooo. - ID. - :
Tue aeeny Of years seemed condensed Il
those next brtoe moments, then tho blessed Mi
OF the outer world axain famed her dsaar
forehead, aad oh stumbled out into the SHOWS
wood to Ind that she had come too late.
beaumont WAS ALREADY surrounde.l+ by thu
hungry, despa'rtng do-posxdoes, and befor1
thom, calm s1d unoowo1, stood Thorn,
1lrse9sr: He was unarnsd, and ~,
For % instant biz sour.e. .w.d and silence.
them. a. -. b; - .cS -
my men. bs said. whist 10 yea wa.t an,
Why are you bore IN such numb~re to-nivh, r.
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