Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-10-06

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house and close the door behind him, while
the rioters drew gether Tor y conference.
They divided their-msn. come go az 10 tho
rear and others 10 he front OF the house.
Damn him." shouted ono man. she's got
his place we'll locked up. but we'll forcs It Or
burn it over his head r.
There Was II yell Of approval, and then fol-
ticwe.i show'.r Of stones aud bricks against
1.-The heavy oaEen doors and closed shutters.
Unohserred in the confusion Ma. 2iret hal
lcrept alon. unietsome high shrnbbrry to the
shelter of a number of dense. short ce lars,
ferowing close against the sid. OF the house.
She remembered that tiiate was n low &c lar
door st this point and kn.lt hoping TO And it
open, but It did not yisld TO her Efforts Paus-
Eshe ..eara a bolt slip softly from within and
the next moment Fletcher bsood-stxinsd face
appeared.
He started rs Margaret put ont her h,nd
land whispered, hen her words reassnrad him :
'It's ms, MarSnrez 6wynne, sir. For Go,i's
sake crouch low in these bushes or you're a
dead. mani Crsep after me- through yon
Ishrubhery and on to the woods, Ills our only
lhole OF escape. !"
lie ob.yed her withoura word and whom
tNey tlNu re1cG6O tue WOODS 8Skeu:
How came YOU her., Margaret? This is no
pl,ce or woman. Surely YOU were not on
the nigtroai upon such a night as this?'
81 dad not eone by the ighroad, SIR" she
answered simply, "but hal K, as a crash r.
Is iunded throush tho All. t'''hey have broken
in Q the house and will begina 8 arch for yon.
We mast hurry" The with quick glance Mt
his White lace she added:
Il fear that yon ars badly huFt, Sir. and need
|help.'
He did not answer and, AS sha ceased speak
ing. the hiling-piaee was brilliantly ium-
|ineI. he rio evs had fred the house.
MARGARET look, i des, airingty from the
|t'roopiug figure aud deattl-tika face aat her
side. 10 the open country, rapidly growing as'
Hight as day. and then up at tho impassable
|drifts behind them.
''Fh r.s's the innnei. 'tis orr only chance. .
|she FILTERED. u cans that way. and we must
'go back r.
:'lou came that wav, and for M, Marpar, t?
My br We girlf' exclaimed Fletcher, d eply
moved.
1t was only ply a supreme effort that he
gathered strength to follow her. She divine
something of THIS mortal weak ness. for ho!oina
her 1.-THE young arm about him, she ui1ed his
lain ing ioots teps.jnto it.e darksome tunnel.
For few N moments nei, her spoEe. Toe way
must be more than halt traysrsed. Mar: ar.t
Thought. S with beating heart she hurried
hm onward. Suddenly sil. stumbled, and she
.
| her.
..Ksepup, Mr. Pitcher. keep upi" sha cried.
only few more steps, sir. and w.'re safe.
On, Co." for h Ind i,,llen bv her side as she
|sl'oke. he has tainted, psrnuvs is dying, in
this a.fui piacaf'
She sank on t,ar knees beside him and placed
her eur TO hi, heart. In the solemn. dreadful
lstillnrs6 sha heard Il faint pulsa ion aud knew
hat he lived. She must leave him and go Tor
|hein. Then horrib . possibilities suggesting
themselves she paused.
Any Inst, Mt d train might pass and what if,
haif conscious, hs shoaid move during her
nbsencef Even now he might lie close enough
o the track to be swept into eternity by an
|oncnming locomotive.
She bent and drag ing hts PROSTATE body
ingly for the cruel steel OF the track. so dan
gerously neir. As her hani touched the rail
sse fanei4.l she felt q vibration, Tut WAS it
fancy? Hoh1ing her ear TO the gronnd she
listen d. There was rumb Q as Of thunder
and faint qnaking of 1tlie earth ashea,h her !;
min ID ne far distance and an approaching
train was speelin.s on tow,ri The narrow
way. Margaret's cheek blauchei AMI her lips
moved Ia prayer. An instant later the loco.
motive had u cred the tunnel and, with one
Il ,nce up at the swift, onco.o-
protecting arms over F!e,cher's form aud sank
into merc.fui INCONSISTENCIES.
Joe Dar'ls, living in the town below. awoks
some tim. after midnight, could not see.,
mt rising, walked 10 his window to So. if the
lay had dawned. What Was tnat IN the dire..-
ii n Of Marslr.t's s,ome2 The sky was ALIVE
ing. In moment he's had dressed and the
next was out under the ae ssy. dashinv
with mad haste toward MarRaret's cot ago.
! he door wa, unt,'c:ad, and looking through
the rooms his found he house empty. Was ii
possible that she mud vsnturei out upon such
u niyht7 5sS5
Heiighted a lantern he found near the door
and bessan SO ,rching for footprints. Us.
thcss we're hers; dainty footsteps. Y =
enough, instead OF leading to the
highway, they pas <ed around 20 the hack 81
the houss and on through the wool. He fol-
lowed to the st sp deeilsity, and then mnrksd
the slide, OF some h.avy body, ow.rd the
hollow blnckness Of the tunnel. Like fash
tue truth came to him.
''Good God r. he exclaimed 'she would nae
risk that for him T.
He knew in Ills heart that love such as hers
would count doash as nnthtn ;. and he resolv.
ed that hi. should brave ~ much.
"And she such n chit OF q girl, he half sob.
bed, as no AsoOped to pick up y bit Of black
frings from woman g shawl. lying just with.
IN the tunnels mouth, '.but she's gone IL here,
sure.n
He recalled with o ehudder that only few
moments must have elapsed since the last
train entered that way.
Cautiously b. stepped within, searching for
ne dared not think what; tiaeu, at the siisnt o.
II dark obj ct lyin, close 10 ths wall, ho hur.
ried on with patrd breath and quiekenin1 foot.
steps. He held the Ian arn aioit AMI looked.
No mMngled body th-re. thank Goif But.tid
he thank God IN that drst awfnl m0ment3 Foe
here lay the one woman he loved on the
bosom ot the mAn he had hated With the Bit
ter hatred Of caste all these years.
Meg" he craed, takini the 9 light form, In
his arms, ''sor Gods sake say ye Amt dead,
my sweet girl r.
TO his JOY Margaret opened her startled