Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-03-08

They ill dismounted. She walked
INTO the bank, the men lounging close
at hand, not letting on that they
We're in any way connected with her,
but ready to shoot If she should show
any signs of bctraying them. She pre-.
scented her husbands check, and 70
ceived the money, two thousand
pounds in golds=a. tae money they
had In the world. You looked queer
round the mouth and eyes" the bank
cashier remarked 10 Aer afterward;
but as YOU sAla nothing, of course
thought 1t was all right
She remounted, and still accompan.
led by her guards, she turned spank:
er's head toward home. IL bnly she
got back IN ,ime! They rode and
rode; The Fatigue and want of sleep
told upon her terribly, but the thought
of the deadly peril OF her husband
Kept her UP. When about half the
distance had been covered, Lionel be-
gan to cry. Iii the effort to quiet him,
she dropped the reins on Spanker's
neck: lie took the bit between his teeth
ana ran away. The men, fancying she
was trying to escape, give chase,
frightening Spanker still more; lie ran
hchdlong Mt iive-rilru fence, hot
seeing Il ditch oh the other side of it;
he fell, broke his knees, and flung Mrs.
NeightlS and the LADY over his head;
but they fell in the water and was
not hurt in the least.
l,llc men rode up. realizing that it
was an accident; but what was to be
done? Neither of their horses had
ever had woman's saddle on him.
There was no time to be lost; an hour
might mean death. Mrs. Keightly
Killed up her riding skirt. jumped
astride the horse of one of the men,
with Lionel fastened to her breast as
before. the men taking turns in riding
the other horse or running beside him.
But progress was necessarily slow un-
der these conditions, and the woman
was in an agony all the time. With
the best that they could do, they
were an hour behind time when they
came in sight of Gilla-Gulla. AS her
eyes fell OH the house-it was after
dusk-she saw that the windows were
dark, and the place seemed deserted.
Even Carlo, her favorite sheep dog.
was not there to greet her. What had
happened! What could have happen
ed-eNcept the one terrible thing. She
was shaking all over with CHASTITY
fear as she threw herself from her
horse and staggered into the bunga-
low, expecting to find the dead body
of her husband lying there.
She entered the dining room. 1t
was dark, but "Carriew cried out the
voice of the man she loved, and his
shadowy figure sprang forward, and
she was Rugged close in his great
arms. Yes, he was alive and UNI
harmed, and all was well. For as to
the loss of their money, neither of
them thought of that. They had each
other, and Lionel.
The reason the dog had been kept
out of the way and the house not
lighted up had been because the bush
rangers, with an eye to all possible
contingencies, had foreseen that Mrs.
keightly might have succeeded in
having her escort arrested at the
township, and be coming back with an
escort of Il very different kind, who
would give them short shrift. BY
keeping the bungalow dark they were
enabled to see her before she saw,
them, and dispose themselves accord.
insly. But all having gone according
to their wishes, they made themselves
very agreeable, and the whole four in
vited themselves to dinner at the
bungalow; and when they departed,
near midnight, they babe the Height
lys farewell as if they We're dear
friends. Such is life in New South
Wales as 1t used to be generation
ago.-New Voice.