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


Ir WAS locked She ratEiest % * with
her lists. and screamed. Help Fire.
Thieves
Presently She heard footsrayrs. and
her masters voice thunsIersrt.
What's the natter Open the door
II can't-fts lGckedE
Turn the key. then. N5zs tta
Can't you speak,
The keys outside
There's no key here. Quick speak
cut. Or
"7sh. squire. It's ~witcncrafrs Net an
ayes have / closed. ~ I'm u living we-
man-not a quarter the chnrch ehicaet
As | didn't hear. The weflch-sh.-ul-
der my very eyes
speak out. idiot, What has nap
r-is-i under your eats eyesy
Given you the slip. SQUIRE htssesf
Polly, tcs. .Ttwifi teach yoG not 20
take rubbish into custody another tine.
Cats eyes. indeedt I'D sDoner have =
cats than a sauces. Ike hers. Vnat
can get out of a nussfn like 4 ghost.
honest ieSi1 and blood for met An III
lot. III there's that ansng w. three.
squire, 'usc'r me nor her. She's no
silly. squire. S1sSs toosa the Sey-aa.
>lrT y APsh yNNAt fptrtGsl ~ F@tAtF AEFs
Then Amos Nor &en swore. He did
Eot believe ia Polly's wakefuiness, es-
pe.ialiy As she claimed to have ns-arsl
the clock continuously. lie knew. or,
rather was convinced. that his ex-p-ls-
0ner had escaped In order to carry the
secrets W bis garrison to her friends.
aud 50 had spoiled his trap: and ypt, il
WIS not for this reason that b. had
felt ksfffiei and enraged- Her superior
cunning was fuel to his new passion.
and both Ioye and wounded vanity
swora an alliance % his soul.
He hurried TO the front door sure
enough, chains and bolts had been
drawn. He called 10 the sentry
Has anybody left this house while
you've been On gEaFdT7
SDrra = s0wL sir-oarria the COT
leeu.T
barring Whist"
The colleen. s0rr-the gyurra-
Didn't you challenge beer. fellow
An why'd I do that, sssrr2 Shurs,
the orders vas to sthop every s0VyI,
that tf1rIed to come m
I'm or out, fool How long ago.
~NOt Ten minutes. s0rr."
which way
she tu& L9 tire r0Eld.
THAT wayg Then I Ought TO catch
her up III twenty minutes, III she has
taken the start Of tea.r He BenS back
for bis hat; the reports Of the latest
scouts had postponed all immediate
danger 0f an attack. and gave nAnl
plenty OF sime. Resides, he was imEsa-
tient IL waiting and he might lose this
girl forever If he delayed
Ent before be could pass the cortfoa
the sentry challenged atm.
Who GOES there
II am AIR. hfOrweu. Let uEe b.
Never. widoue the paas. MI Halt,
wsiere VI arr. or III t0lrp, an turin out
the gyuaTL,"
II am Mr. M0rweu, he master OF
tits h0use. Do y0u aear that fellow :
Let me ~. OF
"N0r II ye we've Ioni Wellington.
Halt, or IN eoire-
Sa Amos M1rwen aad 10 gaIt. a
prisoner, until he was handed 0ger 70
tue Dther trossp.rs To be conducted be-
lsre Capt. Lovther Or himself ia tie
gsaaxsrgs,ns, OF which the key WAS miss
inc. 1a1e wrefchefl comedy gave tne
girl 4 good FIVE minutes start more.
M0raI. when IL a hurry, don't stop
70 call an ErsLm1a names.
~rack-bacsr' once more cried BASH
Hsiy1ra. feebly raising his right arm
10 zgard bis eyes.
But, at the same time, opening then.
he found thcnt assaiied By nothing
more hostile than sunbeaElS. For
Ia0re than Il single moment he believed
himself the victim OF a nightmare. But
that fancy vanished with the first at
tempt 70 move his llmhs- Every mus
Gle haa lrp.t,rne nm ache and his brain
a chaos. be doubted whether be were
dead or alive.
Only one thing was eertaE1-hc was
alone. and moreover. he WIS not lying
rs 10 COULD possibly have fallen. HIS
coat and waistgoat had been placed an-
der his head for a pillow. end he was
wen az the edge of the. road, SO that
she FIRST Fxlsser-by could not fail 10 see
him. xhige he was safe from wheels or
boots that might ccEne that way be-
fore sunrise. THAT WIS q big fight,
he mutse~esi. as memory began 70 re-
turu. And il was fought fair. But
what the devil Was ii al about And
what-HailO0rf
All MT once. though there VAS a
rain ci9Ed ia the morning sky. his
whole head and face were delaged By
q shower. And, looking up. bewIider-
ed, ne found the mob % last night
transformed into an exceedingly pretty
girl. who had turned her bonnet into y
pitcher. and was douchIng him without
mercy.
"TIold enoughF' be- exclaimed.
bringing himself TO his elbow and
dasfling the streams from his hair AMI
eyes. Grace Lucas-ah. l remember
now. What has happenedt Lsid you
warn Morwen2 For Cots sake. Ice
me know the wDrstv'
ssYou are alive!r said she, with the
gladdest Of sighs- "HeFe-driuk this
at once"
Morwen's old port! Yes; bat Nor
wen
"Nr. Morwen ard his mill were safe
when I left Them" said she. He was
well guarded; he is not like you- On,
how could you 90 out al alone, TO
fight a hundred savage villains Are
you very badly hnrt? Where can | get
hesp-what can l do"
Nothing, my good girl am afraid
YeS-you can give me another drink 0f
wine. for I feel as If half the life had
gone out OF me. Bat don't o call my
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