Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-01-12

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But there was danger in the search
which would follow in the cabins. D.Ih-
| lei would remember the negro girl Ge
had let in the night before ana wouia
surmise that she was the person the IleR
We're looking for. Would Daniel betrav
hisa! He thought lot. Daniel gave no
hint, for presently Mark saw the trio.
ride away to join the troop.
Laura Fain had spent night no more
comfortable than Mark. The response
lility of Il human life weighed upon her
heavily. At one moment she would
picture Marks face, pale, haggard, de-
spairing, as he would be dragged from
his hiding place. The next she was
conscience stricken at the part she was
playing in shielding an enemy of her
cause.-The cause of her brother and her
lover. She heard the dogs as Mark had
heard them on the river bank, and lay
thivering till the bsying died away in
The distance. Then in the morning she
.aw the cavalry go by; the officer come
mp and talk with her mother, whom be
asked the negroes to call from her bed
that he might question her about the
presence of the spy. Laura got up her
self and stood at the landing, listening
breathless while they talked When the
man rode away she muttered a fervent
"Thanll Godr
As the morning frightened and it was
| time to rise, her fears were less intense,
and she began to think of how she
! should keep her prisoner concealed from
the rest of the household. How should
she feed him? When her maid came
up she told her that she would take her
breakfast in her room, but surprised the
girl by the large quantity Of food she
wanted brought to her. When the
breakfast came Laura was up aud
dressed She directed the girl to set it
on a table and then sent her TO the stable
with message to Daniel about her rid
ing pony. Her maid having gone, Laura
took up the breakfast and carried it to
the trap.
In another moment she was standing
ON the ladder with the tray in her hand,
| half her body below aud half in the at
| tic. regarding Il handsome fellow look
ing very much like a gentleman in her
brothers clothes. He in turn was re-
garding what he considered very pretty
picture in the half exposed figure Of
young girl holding a tray in her hands
on which he knew full we'll was a break
fast he was hungry for. Then he took
the tray and laid it on the lounge.
1t was the first time that Laura had
seen Mark dressed becomingly This
was the man she had been instrumental
in saving, the man she was protecting,
| the man she must exercise her wits TO
give an opportunity to get away TO a
land of safety from the halter. 1t was
pleasant to sec that he was good to look
upon. What fine brow, what a reso-
lutte mouth Those locks are golden and
fitted for woman's head The eyes
are heavenly blue. And all this beauty
holds a soul capable Of plunging into
the most frightful of dangers.
And this being. so dazzling to young
girl scarcely twenty. was in her power.
Could she not at word give him over to
an ignominious death? And could she
not by care almost certainly insure his
freedom: He was her slave. bound 10
to her far more securely than Alice, her
maid, who had been given her by her
father. She could order him TO crawl
on the floor before her, and he would
have TO do so. She had once seen a
woman enter a cage Of lion with only
slender whip in her hand, and the
huge beast had obeyed her slightest mo-
ton. Mark was her lion, and she felt
inclined to give him Just one touch of
the whip to see what he would do. She
stepped into the room and let down the
trap.
Miss Fain," Mark said, 'you cannot
have any conception of the fervor of my
gratitude. You stand between me and
death-not the death of a soldier, but
OF a felon. And here pointing to the
breakfast. "you are ininistering to my
wants with your own hands"
"And yet told you not to come here.
81 did not understand you So"
Mark was hurt. His heart was full of
how, after doing and risking so much
for him. she could blame him for throw
ing himself ON her generosity.
II am sorry that you regret your kind
ness" he added. with almost a tremble
in his voice.
II did not say that regretted it."
But you remind me that 1t Is not
agreeable to you"
How can it be? You are Yankee
a spy-and on mission to discover the
movements of our troops"
"Why. then, do you not give me up"
She shrugged her shoulders. "Can
turn executionerg
81 see. am indebted for my present
safety to the fact that you do not care
to do an unwomanly act"
You must draw your own infer
ence"
But | should like to be grateful.
How can when you tell me that you
do all this for me that your white hands
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