Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-28

Smlleu JeOHfy, WetlliiS Hel
eyes with q s~elf-confidence that was
very reassuring. I'VE viii cheat ,heii
all yet. but you will have to trust III me
10 rescue an Enchanted Princess FROM
her enemies. In short, sweetheart III
modern English, we will have 10 make
a runaway match. Now. daring, ~
the event OF their combining you 70
your ROOM. you explain 10 me
where ii is located"
My room is i'll the front OF the
house. 1t is the last window on the
east side. A westeria climbs up me
front Of tn eportico, and enclrcles me
window
Does anyone else sleep in the
'front.'" he asked, th%oughtfully.
mo. The house is very large ana
rambling. and even Salome's room Is
some distance from mine
Good" said Carslake. Then II you
/ drop a cord out of the window, shall
be able to communicate with you ID!
means of letters. That will at least
help us to mature our plans. Cheer up.
darling: we shall cheat them all YET.
4
one. two. three days elapsed without
news from Pansy, and Geotfry cars
lake. constant 10 his daily tryst ne
meath the trees i'll the orchard, coulu
scarce restrain his impotence II ahX-
icty.
What could have become of his oar
Iingg' he asked himself. again ant,
again; only prevented from going 10
see her by her earnest entreaties that
he would not act p~recipitately. Three
days have passed" he thought. i can
bear this no longer. Tonight, if ! re-
! ceive no communication from her dur
ing the day-to-night | shall risk even
her ~displeasure and 20 in search OF
her. How am | to know that they are
not even now in the act OF spiriting her
away? 1t is all on the cards. and II
that deformed wretch has fallen II
love with the poor child, he will go any
lengths TO force her TO comply with his
will. Yes, tonight | will end this
wretched suspense"
He had already determined that he
would persuade Pansy to escape nj
night with him-drive to Litton, ff-
teen miles away, and catch the Srst
train leaving for london. One there.
he would either take her TO her own
friends until arrangements could be
made for their marriage, or 10 Miss
! Fenwick's, ut Twickenham, where
Pansy had told him she had been
brought up from n child. The latter
course might, perhaps, be attended
with some risk, as Fergus Thunder
would be sure TO search there first for
his runaway ward.
No; my own people would be the
best. all things considered. The dear
governor and the mater would offer
her a loving welcome, | well know. for
my sake he determined, and took the
precaution, then and there, of writing
to them ON the subject of his ardent AT
tachment. and limiting that he had rea-
son to fear that there would be some
difficulty in persuading the young Ia
dy'S guardian to take a favorable view
of the matter, as he had Interior and
i most unnatural intentions for her mar
rage with a deformed and otherwise
congenial partner.
There. that will prepare them" he
thought. as he dropped the letter into
the post. Mother will read through
the lines. with a woman's intuition"
In accordance with Fergus Thun-
der $ expressed wish, Salome had kept
IA strict watch over Pansy's move
ments; indeed, the girl could, by no
strategy manage TO escape into the
grounds: and the three days which had
passed so slowly to Geoffry Were
equally intolerable 10 Pansy.
40 be Continued.)