Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-13

VIII,
AS he rushed around to the southern
side of the old house-the side whence
all this uproar Observation-Disclosures
came suddenly upon two dim, swaying
figures. The one nearest him-t'hat OF
q man-was clutching, throttling, APP
parently, q slighter form in white, a
woman. The butt of his revolver
Strengthened out the dark fgurewith one
crack, and then for a moment every
thing was darkness and confusion. A
damp, held by some screaming female
at e. neighboring window, was dropped
with crash. The screams subsidized to
scurrv and chatter and Ethiopian pro-
testations and furious demands: "You
Elinor! you black nigguh-you let me
out this room instantly!" Then rush of
footsteps to the window again, and
tragic appeals: "Mamma-ma-amna!
Whut's happened? Doanswer? Do make
Elinor let NE go to you, or AE'll jump
out this window. Ah'm comm now"
And. indeed, "a dim. slender form could
he deserted, serrayed in white, benJing
Cow from the easement, when Burns
with his lantern came tearing around
the corner. Then a majestic voice, I'M
perious even though well-nigh breath
less, was heard: "Katherine, return to
your bed instantly. Do you hear? IN
star1tly! And send Elinor to me-
That Katherine shot back within the
sheltering blinds was possibly due not
so much to the impetus given her by
those imperative orders as to that JIM
parted by the sight of a pair of Shout
'derstraps and the face Of the young Off
Ger gazing in bewilderment above him.
Well might he look amazed! At his feet
ON the pathway Private Riggs was
sprawling, half stunned by the blow he
had received. On his back amidst the
wreck of glass hot-bed, Private Muir
ply was clutching at empty air and
calling on all the saints in the Hibern:an
calendar to rescue him from he hands
OF that old bedlam. On the pathway, in
a loose wrapper, her bosom heaving
with mingled wrath and exhaustion,
one hand firmly clutching a stout caDe,
the other clasping together at lier white
eled garb, her dark eyes flashing fire,
her lips quivering, stood a woman GER
tainly not so years of age, despite the
silver in the beautiful hair streaming
down upon her shoulders and the deep
lines of grief and care in her clear~cut
and thoroughbred face. She leaned
heavily on the stick an instant, but
raised it threateningly as the luck}ess
Murphy strove to sit up and stanch the
blood trickling from his laceratcd ha nds
and face.
Don't you dare to move, subj" she
painted, "unless-'' And the uplifted
cane supplied, most suggesti,ely, the
ellipsis.
''Oh, fur the luv O. God, ma-am, don t
git me ag'in! Sure, I'd niver prczhoo1ne,
ma am
Shut up, Murphy" growled Burns.
SITS easy to see what brought you
Sere. Shall let Riggs up, lieutenant?
1e's bleeding a good DEAL"
But Riggs didn't want to get up. lie
Topped helplessly back upon the grass
plot. Burns bent over and held his lam
tern close. 1.-THE mans drunk, SIR he
said-"and cut
Il did that, I presume said Lam
bert, still little out of breath alter
the dash to the rescue. 81 found
G,im daring to lay hands on this
sady. Madame, I sincerely hope you are
not injured. It is impossible for me to
say how deplore this outrage. These
men shall suffer for it, I assure you.''
With rapid step the corporal of the
guard, bringing with him a couple of
men and another lantern, came j.ur-
fiedly to the scene and stood silent and
alert, CHANGING eagerly from. face to
face. Two or three frightened negroes
had crept around the rear portico and
hung trembling behind their mistress.
With a shawl thrown over her head
sand shoulders, quadroon girl halted
half way down the steps from the side
door, her eyes dilated, and her lips
.witching in terror, until a low voice
from within babe her so on, and a iall,
.dark-haired, palefaced girl in i,ng,
loose wrapper fairly pushed her for
ward and then stepped quickly to the
elder woman's side.A
go back to the house at once, my
child. This is no place for you. Go to
Katherine and tell her say she must
not leave her bed. Col" And, silent
7y as she came, but with an infinite and
evident reluctance, the tall girl turned
and obeyed. Mrs. Walton had spoken
slowly and with effort, Of Mr.. Lambert
and his party she had as yet taken no
notice whatever. Again Murphy began
to squir1n in his uncomfortable couch
OF mingled mud and broken glass and
dead lettuce, and the cracking &C
compartment 70 his moaning once more