Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
HEIRESS

BY r e. Francillon-

~ WA1tS@AS - LS HVLl& -lQfP YOU
rang on. IL sh. isn't here
AGAIN.
And what the devils thar I'd your
OisEstsred Poifyts master. II declare. 4
single redeoar's safer to fire q house
than all the Luaiites in Nottingham.
| Be ef with you. and don't comr here
again iii you're csIiedF
"Uh. dear. oh. dear" whined Polly.
bringing the corner OF her apron 10 her
| eyes, as IL I could 1T all alsne when.
any minute the whole house. might go
OF with n bang-and with ali them sob
dsers about, that's ~ ft Tor
any respectable girlt -TTs cruel, that
Il l.. 20 seEd me- away from thu. only
spot In al the place where / iare ~
BE-.
Lee her stay. grogled thu captain.
"A tine sort OF service this 80 - pot
Ep0n-ts keep guard over one young
EsfEsaE tiat faiEts and another thac
CRIES. Exersss me Mr.. N0rwen. I'll 20
ths rounds
There was no apparent reason for
Ats having turned sHilen. unless il was
that she young woman was warm
In aeF attentions. while the Tfghr one
%as TOO seornful and eold-rhat orr.
conquest WIS too easy while the otlAs.r
WIS top harsL AT any rate. he eIat-
tegsd9a jinSiesi Ogr. hgmusinz q live
sy eans Ia Slow thine. and Eaentally
clr,lE:@ the tTuGlrery machines TINT
la! provoked 4 ios NJ country bouts IN
e. keeping Capt Ts9wfheT from the
cgEGty ball.
Then Miss Mary Holmes dropped
her apt0n. set her knueEtzs On aer hips
and ffatueI.
squire. OCT Of this soHse ee1e % US
bundles her GF Tueg
pnily seated herself ia tie chair the
captain had Ieft. took from the pocket
~ her apron Z housewife ard a piss.e
81 SHAT IDFaen caA wsIrk. md began
T. sew. aad then - sing
Tom zlid her master. roughly
humble 80 can't say IN this rooEn
aii Rfza@ErS absurd. This * tn.
@gari-rptEa whiB G5pt. LowtIer Is
iaeEa We dent kn0w what a.ay hap-
pen any a4luuge tp1ne. don M I'd
sarI'
~Ig 1hs- y9uRg person il resTsefahif 2
skill Polly, prttaly, 4tis but proper lrst
n leaye her in 4 h0use~fuI y S0jeFs al
a2Gfp III shes mol. tia bit proper pgt
~ teare a li0ssse full Of Soiers ali alone
with A~sr h9Ee I know what's dsse
q my 0wu sex. lsassles though most o.
theas De: and 10 ms you'd he done by.
~ftA. y8Uag woman" said Grace.
wit! b. -eGtE eE0mgh E0 stay.
Well. III THAT sat iFapeTeace 70 a
aeEe.sS girl FROM q prisoner az th. bar.
hut, as To- staying, you EAAy take yoar
sath of ttat. l mean to-w whether y0u
sasir me- or go. so. there
Tbs. angers 1t Amos Maravea we're
itching - take lais bundle of spite ami
je4IsJisIy by Tie shoulders aatt push
her from eh- room. BE:. Iii. feit self
cotsst Ions ani slsangefaes-l aAi was
AFRAID VI q scene. especially before.
The girl whose faee WIS b~.sWltehing
AiEH more and more every minute.
Well. there wgGid b.. 4 hundred better
ca-tnees. anil ae was Il patient man.
@ferhapS y9u ar. right said he Y
May be.caliesi ont any minute. ard the
EFrisoRer mustn't b. let -. You must
- constable. P5lly-fon't let her 20
from unsief FggF eye.
So he Also s-4t dggn and filled hfsss
self 4 glass VI wine, and with his eyes
drinking deep draughts 0f nifdsc-agai
passion. and with his brain thinking
haw he might best rtd himself * Miss
Mary HolmeS, whose bark Wa rad
enough AMI wls,ss. bite WIS worse stiil.
Pccaa faEfifer sin b0Illy-sastl q
great Christian hero III, OH. reader.
yOG would sin without becoming n
very Eave OF slaves, avoid one thing
Like pcEsonfhe reputation ~ being a
respectable man
To u9tNdys surprise except the prs
Gner's. "a fuii aDHr PASSED In this I'm
comfortable manner without tsle Or
eBsrenee OF snytting great or small.
IL i rms that Capt. Lowther. horribly
bored. caTae tiI-etng Ia and cat; but
whether his exits or entrances were
great or snail things depends so eitire-
ly aEson the point Of view taken OF
the4n tlat Il IL the most prudent so
leave taa.Ga urlelassined- M0re-D ser. 20
hc aeeuFate. Lssknseasi steepIe chimeI
its quarters and struck its hour and
Polly, twice or thrice. nodded forward
over her sewin-. and then started up
right, with a shutider. for the hours
were growing small and chIii.
But at last Capt Lowther ciraked
in. accompanied b. y trooper. and said,
with a suiIen contempt.
% course. / an At your orders. Mr.
Norwen. But L have formed my opin-
bon, which is. that the Information you
LlEe tpENAEINu 10 NDtttI-ttdM was a
false alarm"
II am sorry 10 differ fren you. cap
tain" said Amos Morwen- ~AA that
can say Is that I wish il were
II ha ye taken advantage OF the late
ness OF the hour To throw cut single
scouts-a0t 10 excite attentiOn-on ey-
cry line ~ road. The village Is dead
asleep. AMI there are no signs OF an
approach within miles"
Have yom sent TOWARD Noting
hamg' asked Grace, eagerly.
There Is no OCCASION 10 take prison
e~s into counsel" said Amos Morwen,
rising. ave will consult elsewhere.
Capt Lowther. IL you VIII follow me
up stairs"
The gentleman. followed by the troop
ga, left the room. BY the end OF some
half-heur they had not returned, and
the two young women. prisoner and
iaIler. had not spoken d word But
Poily's eyes, divided between her need
" and her charge, were p~rOdigiGusIy
vide awake and Open Grace's were
haif-closed.
And yet 1t vas Polly who presently
felt herself brought up af the bottom