Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-08

10 talk To Hester, While the colonel and
his son left the room. When they came
back the conversation became general,
and Ringbrand was glad of this. for he
felt that the one thing impossible under
the circumstances was tete-a-tete
with Hester.
After a little, the colonel suggested
30 his daughter that she retire, adding
.hS; they had little Eaaitcr of business
- talk about that would keep them
up swhilr longer. she went willingly
enough, being in n 0eatiiic frame of
mind which would have made her
oocdicnt To mucl more unreasonable
request, and vhrp they heard the door
IF her room CLOSE behind htr they drew
their chairs together. and Ringhrand
gave a rapid outline of his plan for the
capture of the maraudcrs.
I pom hearing il. Col. latimer de
Uuurrrd nj once because of the danger
attending Ringhrand's part in the un-
dcrtaLing; hat he acquirSccd finally
when Ludlow added the weight of his
advice, and the Young man glanced
gratefully NJ his friend for the timely
assistance. When the details were ar
ranged, and Rjngbrand had appealed to
Henry not To fire unless il became plain
ly necessary, the colonel spoke again:
In that conversation i'm the cave. Mr..
Einghrand, did YOU happen to hrah any
thing that might th'ow any light ON
this ?"-handing soilcd and greasy
note Ia the young man.
Ringhrand uufollcd it and spelled
out the contents prncilcd in Grabbed
characters scrawlcd irrrgularly across
the sheet.
deere Mis- ester" il ran. hit mout he
hcep better ef YOU loud not Ia stay on
the mounting two mite spose YOU go
down T ludloS fer Il spell yure friend"
Where did this come from" he
asked.
That's what's a-puzzlin' ms. Hester
found il wrapped round piece of flint
rock lynn on the floor of her room this
afternoon, and she rrckonrd some
body'd th'own it in AT the window"
Il think know who wrote it, said
Eirghrand. rcflectivcly. recalling the
words Of the conspiratnrs. 'Onc Of
them asked: How about the girl?'
and the other replied: Needn't mind
about her: she'll look out for herself
and then lac added: I shouldn't wonder
if Jed would he glad enough 10 take
care of her il she'd allow it, Jed is the
one who will hold the horses. believe"
blame his cusSed impudence!" cN-
claimed the colonel, blazing up wrath
fully. What right has he got TO be
thinkin' about my neStcr?"
Not the least bit in the world,
colonel. replied Ludlow. good-naturcd-
~; but don't let us forget that he had
enough humanity in him to send this
note; he knew quite well that he did it
at the risk of his neck, and it's the first
decent thing / ever knew one of them 10
do"
Eingbrand looked at his watch. II
think we'd better he taking our places.
gentlemen" he said. They set no time,
but we had best he ready for them"
Henry eNtinguishcd the light. and the
Tour men nled nolseleSsly out OF the
house TO their several stations. The
colonel and Henry, armed with repeat
ing rifles and provided with buckets
Of water for use in case the fire spread
too rapidly, concealed themselves in
the shrubbery TO the right and left of
the small clump of laurel-bushes; Lud-
low went down the avenue and
crouched in the black shadow of n low
brGnched pine; and Ringbrand, armed
only with the revolver which had been
his companion in the cavern, took his
stand against the trunk of a great oak,
whose spreading limbs overshadowed
the ambush selected by the mountain
GERS.
Up TO the moment when the compile
ton of the arrangements for the Zap
tnre Of the conspirators had begun to