Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-15

tone Of stern authority:
Take heed, We WHY s and mothers
of the village. The tide of war has roll
&c from you So out with the stores
YOU have hidden and send to the hills
for your cows, lest yoIr haste to keep
back refreshment fl On the battle-worn,
result in the punishment that comes to
greed. Full many a starving royalisC
will Turk in these woods many a day
before the vengeance Of the Lord de-
liver him to US"
Master Burke" said the woman. sit
was not to defraud our own who might
come hither that we sent away the
stock. but lest the Stuart should
triumph. Sooner than give his follow
ers bite, would see my children go
supperIess. God grant that the even
ing may not set on their fatherless
heads"
"A truce to selfish fears said Burke
impatiertly, as he frightened his saddle
girt. Il am off. There is naught but
good for US If any fugitives come this
way detain them not. We want no pris-
oners in Boradell castle. There are
many reasons for wishing to have the
! peryer6e out OF the country. Watch well
the western road he added in whis-
per to Mistress Morley, land if you see
! Denison be sure to give him shelter"
She nodded comprehendingly, and
Burke rode on out of the quiet road
into the highway already sWarming
with the curious.
Small chance for him to escape if nc
comes to the tryst, as Of course he
will" he muttered, looking 2rXiOusly
at the sun tc measure the time ere it
let nights black mantle conceal the
fugitive A grim humor filled his mind
and he laughed to himself.
Little does Ely master fancy that |
am proving ali aid to the wicked and
wastefuI, simply because the magic of
lovely face hath made me rebel to 10y
atty Yet I do fear that my sweet Anne
would be sOrely unhappy with the
naughty EgremoMt l like no mixture
of French blood. What is this?" sud
denly refining up as he espied group
about the cottage door the turn in the
road disclosed. AS he drew near, those
CT the outside drew back and he saw
the object of their attention was
young Roupdhead officer. Two men
were tenderly binding up wound and
a third, evidently his personal attend
ant, stood aparc holding in his hand a
broken sword. At a little distance,
his rich garb dishGaveled end his hair
matted with blood, was a cavalier Of
fiCer securely bound and guarded by
two men. Burke gazed anXiously upon
him and his heart lighteDed as he saw
he did not recognize him. Not so the
other, for it was Louis D'Egremont.
n his is al unlrcky chance thought
Burke, q must get out of this before
his eye fall or me. There is 10 bitterec
foe OF Del son than Wonder PROSTATE
cousin Of Arre He is deep as the bot
t1mless pit and only needs a sniff to be
put OF the right track. His jealous
love of the Lady Anne gives him super
aturai keCrI ess."
He softly endeavored to eXtricate
himself, but one Of the DANES who was
looking on the wounded man suddenly
cried
there is Master Gilbert Burke, the
steward of Lord Borndell"
Good Gilbert" said the young mans
attendant, eagerly, ''it was to Boradeil
castle we were bound when my master
overlook this Denison and the two
would fight il ont" Glib nrt caught hi IL
self in time t. prevent the start of sur
prise &C he saw the fellows eye turn on
the prisoner. That Denison? There
was something here. He listened.
eve are trying to get there as quickly
as we can. How far is it,"
"a matter of several miles" respond
ed Burke, surely, but Egremont, i'm
patiently freeing himself from his sur
geOns. turned sharply on him.
"Ah, Gilbert Burke" he said "Hark
We, have heard doubts of your loyalty.
1t would not take much for me as the
earl's agent to remove you from your
place. Now turn about and lead us to
the castle by the shortest way
Burke struggled with rage ere he an
swered: q am going to get tidings
OF my lord for the Lady Anne"
Il bear them. Forward"
Burke thought rapidly, then obeyed,
even and anon, as the cavalcade swept
forward, stealing a glance at the young
man whose tensely drawn lips showed
how keen was the pain he subdued to
his will. He was strikingly handsome,
with a dark beauty that hGd no charm
for the old Irishman, between whom
and the dark, passion marked face rose
q frank, smiling, fair cOuntenance with
sunny curls tossed back from the open
brow. He knew it was the long
cherished plan Of Lord John to unite
the houses of BOradell and EgremOnt,
and since the Irish baronet had come
to the English estates bestowed upon
him, his ambition for his daughter was
i greater than ever. Burke cared only
! for the happiness of the beautiful
young girl he had watched over from
! her birth, and, stsunch Roundhead
| though he was, he determined to aid
her lover all in his power. He Won
dered how it was they thought they
had Denison in the prisoner, and he
guessed he must have had some Of the
Lady Annes letters on his person.
But the real Denison was we'll known
to the Boraden folks, and they would
expose the deception.
He rode along with the servant OF
ID'Egremont, who chatted of the battle,
nothing 10th to impart the accounts of