The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-23

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By HENRY HERMAN.
CHAPTER VIII-(ContinuedD

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CHAPTER VIII-(COntinuedD
~E guess yew're right, Dave, he
@aid. Its bad Injun-it's Injun on
the war-path, an powder runnin'
Gferned short"
What are yew goin' to do?" the
younger man asked.
dor exclaimed George. what can
gre do?"
eff that young man remembers
Sand stretch about Dick Ashland, an
hTmself, an us, it will sarve us to a
1ssw yards o. rope apiece. 1t makes
INC SILVER to think of it,"
His face had gone aShen, and
Drought within discernible distance of
mans justice coward fear took pos
session of him. His teeth ratified and
ziS limbs shook.
Elf that young man remembefs!'
George Kissed disdainfully He hit the
@abEe with his clenched fist, making
tine glasses jump and the decanters
rattle His cruel little eyes glittered
more ferociously than ever, and his
SeetEl were set hard in relentless saw
ngery. ''Damnation! he cried. He
mustn't remember-he Shan't remem-
Der! guess we're not logs. We've got
hands, haven't we? We've got eyes,
haven't we? An if we're to swing fur
Dick Ashland, recken it won't matter
Gnuch if we cut that young fellows
&iroat in the bargain to stop his jaw"
THAT amt so easy George" David
answered TREMENDOUSLY. "Yew cayn't
get at a man so smack heear as out in
8fzo Rockies. It's just a trifle bigger
feb to stop his jaw in this hole than
5E we had him on the Sangre de Chris
sA2''
On itv' vicisously exclaimed the
glider ruffian, we've got to do it, and
tine sooner we make up our minds and
aGE TO work about it the better"
CHAPTER L X
The Maclanes had no difficulty in
discovering the place where Sir Will
afam Cuthbertson had performed his
@peration and where his distinguished
4. gaSfent was slowly recovering. 1t was
a. pretty little cottage standing in a
Gfny walled garden on a sparsely fire.
luented road between Shepperton and
HaIliford- on-the-ThameS. A former
owner had given it the fanciful name
of THE Rest" The place was within
easy reach of London, and, although
at comparatively short distance, the
Efver teemed with buoyant life and
yeyelry, along the lane, shaded by
&uge elms and wild chestnuts, soli-
stEde was made musical only by the
GeaGhered songsters of the skies, and
SiEe sough of the leaves quivering with
Gre Summer breeze.
The nearest habitation, small
ss0use, usually let furnished during the
beating season, was about five-and
Gwenty yards away and unoccupied at
&kne time. Other residences, streWn
aaere and therealong the road, were
hidden deep in the park-like grounds,
2nd gave rise to no disturbingnoises
TNhe room in which Herbert was iy-
ing was situated on the ground floor
asf the little cottage. 1t was spacious,
and plainly, but extremely cOmfortab
Ey, Furnished The walls were painted
O. blush Stone-gray. and no pattern of
any kind attracted attention. There
were no pictures on the walls, and
che doors and windows looked across
al small. but beautifully kept, lawn,
ssn so a brick wall smothered with
NIrgini.' creeper. The skyline was
aGearly dido by Eiart eln,s in TIL
&ulI wealth of their leafy green. All
<was simply harmonious-no violences
Of taste or shade shocked the eye. 1t
was nominees and comfort made soliG,
@RG vet placed within such balmy rest
Gy surpass.
Herbert had to pass his days and his
nights on his couch Thanks to the
excellent care bestowed upon him, he
had suffered from hardly any fever,
sznd the wound resulting from his
separation was healing fast.
Not soul entered his room but the
-a0ftly-Spolzen, grave-visaged, gray
hSsded attendant, who moved with a
Ha5seless solicitude and anticipated his
every want, his every wish. The
gsours seemed eternal, but his deter
ntInation strengthened him and
made his temporary lonliness less bit
Ger All around him silence reigned.
His attendant moved stealthily like
81 cat and no disturbing football
reached his ear from anywhere. 1t
was only ut the rareSt intervals that
She grating of the wheels on the soft
aSFayey road outside became audible,
or that passerby, more noisy than
usual intruded upon his privacy by
6IISe faint sounds of the snatch of a
Gong.
And. yet had ne but know it, he
xVouId have felt less lonely. from the
fact that an anxious, loving heart was
watching over him in the same house,
Chat dainty, tiny hands assisted in the
rreparation of his meals, that good
<Tvoniar'S voice was lifted nightly IN
yxayer for his recovery.
Y,Tlcv had succeeded in obtaining
sir William Cuthbertson's permission
60 live in the cottage with Herbert,
gruOn the expressed condition that her
g,resence should not be betrayed by
sound or sign. that she should remain
ssn the wing of the house opposite to