Milford chronicle., 1892-10-07
MALCOMTENTS.
AsToRY FOR AMERICANS
CHAPTER vIII.-looNrmURDl
COPYRIGHTED BY CORA S. HOOD.

CHAPIEh fllls-tCoNIANuEDsl
Margaret drew Dartls out onto the open
air. She was pnle a death.
They mean him harm. joe"
'Iikely enoW," he answered indiffarsnflv
''bu; never fear. I'll have n1usnt to do w,th
the Wis work."
Il was dark when Margaret reached her
home. a heavy snow storm had salt ed over
the town aud the nak were coming down
thicK and fast. The county rn"ds were al
ways full Of drift ami, II this. sno Niail con-
tinued, would soon he rendered pas~ao'.
Shiyaring and oiied. N arg rel stool ut the
window AMI sighed as size peerei out at the
gathering llnnm and thought OF the suffering
IN tn. town below.
Al last, as he hour grew lnte, she sat down
On front Of the scanty firs. and iinallv, over
come bv he warmth an fatigue. ieiia-lerI.
Sh= dreamei of confusion Of voic"s Hni
awoke 70 tind It late, the room in pitchy d rk-
nes- aud tue fie tend on the haarth.
Surely tere was sOms snund tronhlin, the
uu!et OF the wniry night? Size openad the
window ami listened. Yes. she could hetr II
di-tiue'ly GOV; il 10 mufll and ba ting as
though ur,s.ng from the marching OF NAM
fr.t. Tn sound grew mora stn't as IN .
ct Hdy tread came nearer, m Margaret
closed the window and sf-pp Il b7ck tuto
thu dark room. In mOmenl the highw IN
front OF ths house was l. n VIII do1rn- oi
dars forms. and, as thew hnlt-d ons OF tn 'u,
evidently the leader, smoke.
By the ligli- OF the tOrcn-s they hid. n r
Vara reco nizai Gent msn kel at tGe 70 ad
OF the W-li-iormed rnks aud near him sew
erai OF the men she hal met hat afternoon a.
Ghs soup house.
Filth, DO :, he's home tonight an atone.
fer hi sarvant=-damn 'sm er bau' sarvnnts
60 sch as hm-ar. either laYeil' MIN. an
now's ths t0imr 10 wipe the q ior wa the white
dtNii and damage his ar -focrssfic ~ ug i-r Ver.
Begorr nu' We Shtop his tlkin' tne sowld
no e-t min mas aTned fer him across tue say.
Eorurl. mHrchw
As ne 81 mdy read began again Margaret
stood paral zel, an agony she could II un-
der-tand tearing at hrr feart ria .. W b n
prayer for m-rog =he sslzeI "a shawl and has
tened on into The snowy nisht as tue las
d rE form lisa pc, ,r'i. keach him and warn
him she mus, Vt hnWf
B.auman was no 40 inr away. There was
q stort cut through the woods, and Dv rnn-
ping she could yst b. there Ire ORE the RI" ers.
umbing through the freshly fallen snow
she nt-red he woodland path only to pause
with a despairing cry. Gr-ai, lmpassive q 1 T.
stool betw en- her and ner 2 al. he ron e
e-i man could not ta' tie bis way { rou-h ip-
on snrh night. Precious time was bei los
and they would be upon him before she could
save b.m. Oh, God In H aven, what coul
Bhe d,i
o ics rs thought she made her decision.
She knew That through that hill. on a sion-'s
u
q the rear Of BE uinOut, wa a tunnel. Onl,
a few years before, the con-trurlion Of IL bad
b4sn a wO DIR 10 the simple prop . o. miles
around AMI N rgare had sat many evening"
Watching he ron monsters 5psrd arOun the
curve ID disappear ia the bowels OF fhe
e rih carrying ear Hi car IA their wake, with
childish chrio-i y, Tor hs tlro d Eaa cam-
para lively n~r aud WAS still re- ar ted win
eup-r-ti iuus avs BY many. Here wa a iath
through darkness and danger. yet Nnat matter
II Il led TO nim7 The next instant she had SD
down the snOw-covsr-d declivity. ami " 3 at
the tunuel's mouth. Ah, bn it WAS dark and
clammyl The air struck her fae@ like the
baud Of death nd seemed 10 IT, det Sc tonlnes-
to push her bark With ung sWit shuidering
glance at tho cruel, -srlantins trsio Eli feriug
IN be snow Oehind her, nhe iurn@d, pfessed
Nurfiedly Onward, and was swallowed up IN
tlackness.
Tie agony Of years seemed condensed In
those next brief momeuis, ttten tue blessed mir
OF the outer ord again iaunrd her damp
forehead and sh stumbled out iuto tue snowy
wood TO int That she nad CONS too late.
beaumont vas already surrounde by the
hungry, despaIfing de peraioes. and bef"re
fhaa.. calm and uncOwei stood Thorpe
Ft-Tcher. be was unarmed, and was
speaking.
For an instant his courage awsd and stenced
shem.
.'My men," he said, "what do you want aud
VII, are you hsre u such numb RS to-nigh p
"We want bread for our starvins children r
cried on.
sAn' va want our eoagd yer rakin' 70 form
par q. an yer b arts blood !" yelled K.ilY.
casing pistol ant irins a coward shut.
S-rsarst saw Fletcher siagger into the