The times., 1897-08-15
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III Alad enough aifeatAS Win IHe Tlsh
~e iaa tonight. Take eaie SoG don t rile
me worse with yoar nleddlin'.'
-supper's feaay,' broAe in Kit. The
man nealded Eere a graIciui recognition uf
the fact ana s.re@ his ors4Ir 10 the Liable
as truce to further discussion.
He was a small, oltish man, with n
weatherbeaten face, what could be seen
OF IL, iof where his rough black hair left
orr his rough black beard began and his
deep-set eyes had a friendly flicker in
them when they met Ki5 $ and Pheiie's dur
ing the hoInely meal And when supper
was over and done with, and Capt Betsy,
having ordaFed the girls TO beti, had re-
flied her cob and was taking the night
easy ia her sIliiit rocker, before the tire,
her guest, Nno hsd finished his pspe, put
IL in his pocket and stood before her.
Ian they bear up there he asked.
CHANGING tawald the riekeity ladder tfar
led 10 the loft above
s-Lad, l.lan, no, answered Mrs nobbs,
who Was A trifie better tempered, now that
supper was over and her clothes dry; -and
aS to that Rigeer there, ynH could roast
him ta efndeFs on them logs ani he'd
saaFe straight through 50, il yeu We gut
any reason to SHOW, boss, for making me
cruss tile line on "a niEggy night Ii Ike this.
Id like TO hear lie quick"
-'AH right said the quiet man. .'For
one thing, / We come u sea John kiIbrishts
grave"
A & the bare mention OF the dead mans
name, Mrs. Dobhs chewed fiefcely at the
reed stem o. her pipe and gripped the
arms Of her roeker gith her big, brawny
hands
Tiff had known that was your
Tonifool eTraRd." she siamInered. as if
each word stuck cTosswise in her throat
and meant 10 choke her, II coCld Of told
yoG there wasn't NO danger OF its run
ming away"
No time like the present I want 10
see that grave right now"
'''Tonigkt?' she sSsped, with terrified
glance at his face ana another toward
the do9r. why, it's as black as the devil
"rtss.o ana tAe wind wnl blow .Us into
the bay
Ii Is a risk that must be run. Come
on, captain, al, waiting for you"
| aiutteting something that might have
! been he Fiaspfs, bat tiia aot sol1a l.ac
thcta, Mrs. Dotbs got up, took bulls
csc lantern from a shelf, and lighted IT,
and throwing the skirt of her dress over
her head, opened the door and Isattlea her
way across sfaree slice OF sandy back
yard and IN 10 the black shadows OF the
piaes.
-.deie il is she said. slileniy throw
| iaE the eve of Tight acroSs the mound. and
| much s9oG the sight may 90 you''
lie tok the lantern from her and swung
| il slowly up anti down che dcSolate length
OF the grave There had been a board
cross at its head. bur the storm In be2ten
1t down and as he picked it up and tuned
| il over he "a W mat some one had burnt
into its surface a rough attempt at print
ing the dead mans name:
Sacred to john kiIbright''
lis this your work. Captamr'' he asked.
reading II aloud ana turning swift,
curious glance at Mrs. Dobhs
DO | look Ike a dam foolG'' she re-
torted, enntemptpusIy 1T was them
gals nonsense. Let it he-.'' she went
on eruff1y, as he stuck it back in It's
place.
This amt nc time 10 be riddiing with
dead meas bones; the chill has gone to
the marrer OF l1ine already. I'm go-
ing ia
''StopI" commanded the man. Invent
You TO ten me how John KFFbrght met
his death. aad hew he comes TO be lying
here"
IF Yen had the sense most folks an.
born WITH she answered stoIidfy, eyou
would have heard all about it and forgot
Il made talk enough when 1t happened
Lua Knows
We'll, say I've forgotten he sug-
gested, as he swung the lantern full on
her face Now, then, captain, John Xii.
bright was sent by the Confederate gov.
ernment with important dispatches to the
North he engaged you to boat him across
the lines, with the understanding that you
We're co return him To the Virginia side
within the week What happened to make
him stay?"
Mrs. bobhs knew her equal when she met
one, but she had never faced her master
before Gruagingiy she retraeed her
steps ana hudGled her frock closer around
her shoulders.
The Yankees had bIockaded the entir.
T1yer with gunboats when Kflbriaht On,
me Co run him to the Maryland shore
he said ne had TO cross or die in the doinr
OF t, and he get what he expected. .
bullet In his heart barely got OFF by
the skin OF my teeth and when we landed
butnt his papers and buried his body
here"
Captain, you lie. You threw his body
in he bay"
il the dead man had risen from the
drenehed weeds in ali the horror OF hi,
years dcca he could not have frightened
her more, no, not half so much as the mar
IN the flesh facing her from the other side
OF the grave. Ks he spoke be shifted the
lantern TIL its yellow disc glinlInered across
bis own features. The coarse beard was M
longer there, and Capt. Fetsy, sturdy olf
villain that she was, eoIlarsed into n
woman aud shiieked out as she recognized
John Kilhright.
nat trip you accuse ME of foreettfnp !,
he Went on, Il shall remember tn my dv
ing day, as God will remember tt a vot,rs
Aou are strong woman, CAPTAIN. | WA.
noticing your brawny arms in the ca hir
; tonight and understood how easy it wa.
Tor yoH TO fling a wounded man to fin.
sharks You did me good turn when vor
| robbed me OF my papers, for the Yankee
treated me as a prisoner of war insteat
OF spy ard exchanged me when m,
wound was healed why, Ca ptainrr
she had sunk in a heap on the drenche,
mound of sand and weeds. and lav ther
while the rain beat mercilessly on he
guilty head and his words rang perciIassI
IN her guilty ears: .sTho lies here. an,
how he came by his death, rests wit
GOD and your own soul For the sal,
of those desolatc young creatures yoIr ba,,
. cursed with life, Will wash NV hand
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