The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-05

UoOh. winch one OF the soldiers had con-
tenptuously thrown upon the floor.
There it lay, directly in front of her;
to her excited vision. the most conspic-
uous object in the room! Her father
would be sure to notice it, and then
would know all. The fact that she was
haif-stlHed, and that the cords were
cutting deep ridges into her wrists.
seemed to her as nothing in comparison
to his stern reproaches Oh. for sim
gle minute of freedom in which to hide
away that silent witness of her duplic-
ity and disobedieRee. Again and again
she strained every nerve to disengage
| herself. but in vain. How .lazy-foot-
ed seemed the hours which interviewed
before sundownl And yet to her they
| must terminate in disaster and dis
! grace.
When about three-quarters of a mile
from home. on his return from, church
that afternoon, Capt. Poundmaster.
finding that his lame leg was becoming
! stlff with the cold, decided to walk the
remainder OF the way. He accordingly
| dlsmounted. and the mare, quickeninC
her pace, as horses are wont TO do when
| approaching home, soon bore the old
| lady out of sight She had turned \
bend In the road, when two British
! soldiers stepped out of the woods, and.
Selling the bride. commanded her to
dismount- Attempting no resistance.
and apparently about to comply with
their request, Mrs. Pound,naster mild
~ begged the young masters" to al
ways call the boor beast by her name:
''Speckled jimmy" At that moment
the soldiers unsslspectingly let go the
bride, whereupcn,thc old lady spurred
up the horse, and ea1oped off. to the
utter amazemertt! OF the red-coats. Not
many minutes afterwards Nancy's heart
gave a sudden bound when the back
door was forcibly thrown open, and
her grandmother, with a flushed face.
and painting for breath, appeared. lead
ing Speckled Jimmy straight into the
kitchen, barely re.ma rking, as sheurged
the horse into the parlOr: Poor little
CELL! you are in tsouble, to be sure, but
you are alive: anG them rascals sha'n't
have Speckled jimmy. There, they are
a-comin' this minnie" she added, ex-
citedly: and. slaFalning the door, she
hurried the amin IL into the spare bed
room. The old lady had scarcely
ceased speaking, when one of the men
peered curiously n at the kitchen win
dow. while the other cautiously thrust
hislhead in at the door; but after paw
ing 4 visit to the barn. and falling to
find the object of their search, they
prudently hurried away. When, Jew
minutes later, Capt Poundmaster saw
two men in uniform hurrying across
the fields. ne Immediately took the
alarm, and fastened home as rapidly as
his lame leg would permit.
Poor Nancy. To the utmost she was
doomed to expi;lte her fault in having
entered upon ways crooked and indi-
rect" Mrs. Poundmas Ger had not vet
ventured from her hirling-place: and
the captain, upon reaching the kitchen,
with an expression OF tenderness on
his rugged face wholly unused to him,
FASTENED to NancyFs relief. But in
the floor he stumbled over the
volume,
There was avalue attached to books
in those days that would scarcely ad-
init of their lying carelessly about on
the floor without Extracting attention:
and, in spite of his daughters sad
plight, he involuntarily stopped and
picked UP the volume. An expression
If surprise, overspread his countenance
IS he glanced at the title page. and the
ruth flashed across his mind; but he
gently released her without a word
After Marcy had gone to bed that
hight, he told his mother that he kept
thinking all the tiune of the Scriptural |
passage: BE sure your sin win sind |
-ou out But" he added, sshe |
ool1ed SO kind o pitiful, couldn't
muster the courage to remind her of it,
Glad You conldFt!' responded the
I'D lady, as she adjusted her knitting
heath, for she always resumed her
week day labors after shutdown on
'Sabba7 day" The little CELL has
a lesson" sliet went on, as her
eedles began to fly, ''that'u do her
acre good than all the texts and sar-
lOns III the world
In spite OF the shock and strain of the
revious day Nancy was quite chip
err ~on Monday, but she never, after
7ardsl manifested the slightest curiosi-
concerning the fate of Crusoe, and
lways seemed uneasy wherever the
ook wTas mentioned in her presence.
And Speckled jimmy?
For few days she was housed as
wv horses have been, for she occurred
he spare chamber till her master or
atlarge force to pursue the de-
ested Kessians far from the home |
here Nancy prepared the memorable
Saba Day Dinner. Lucy Belden
RANT, in Demorest's Magazine. ,