Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-10-05
CHAPTER XIII.

Every heart beat violently; every
look turned toward the newcomer; and
Sir Edward, after a momentary hesi-
tation, threw himself into George NAL
colm's arms. whom he recognized, de-
spite his disguise.
'My brother!w he cried, while the
young girls. pressing his hands, muir
INJURED, "God be praisedw
T One by one, they gathered about
him, scarcely daring to believe in his
fiesh-and-blood reality.
. You have not doubted me?" he sud
denly asked Edward.
Brother" he answered. "surely. Ii
is not In seriousness that You put to
me such a question:
Doubt you?" added Dieudonne. 81
"Ah, my friends, thanksw
Sir Georgep' sobbed Agnes, "who,
then, could have pretended you were
an assassin"
'They only who Invented the
scheme"
'Ah, the miserable ones,'
"And they continued George, soon
trived well for my death. But for a
child who bore false witness against
me a few minutes previously, yet who,
Notwithstanding, came to my rescue
you would never again have seer me- y
"A child, GeorgeT" asked Edward.
SIS it Kazil?'
eyes"
What did he do?"
"He put a dagger in my hand, in the
moment that my situation was despel
ate. Thanks to him, l made the band
its recoil, and sprang into the river.
Some one fired at me without hitting
me. Ii / am alive, it Is a miracle. l
felt myself lost. / had given my soul
to God, and murmureG low the names
OF Agnes and my brother. A pistol
ball whistled past my ear and singed
my hair. | gained the water, which
closed above my head like a moist and
transparent tomb. / have sounded tn.
frightful mysteries of the Gauges and
ask myself how, In this moment. my
hair Is not bleached with terror | dare
not tell Of the horrors I have seen. 4
found myself in the midst Of n charmed
house, surrounded by a hideous assem-
Dlage OF spectres. BY a supreme eff
Tort l broke the chain of corpses floor
ing the sacred river, and rose to the
surface, only. however. to take breath
swimming or floating beneath its sur,
face except for those necessary breath
Ing times, until darkness fell and ut-
terly exhausted. / gained the bank. In
a canoe. moored near a cabin I found
mis- dpQgG fnnlv ~ -.
place W pieces Of gold-four times its
value. ] darkened my face and hands
with a little lemon, to make me resem-
bic a native, and then took the road
toward Benares. 1 am out of danger
for at least to-day"
"And now" asked Dieudonne-"now
what will you dog'
Let the news of my death spread
and be accredited" he answered. az
must leave this house,
Agnes made a gesture OF alarm and
s~huddering, extended her arms to her
betrothed.
What she sobbed. "You will
leave us?' "A
III Is necessary, dear child
'But why?'
you shall comprehend. If 7 have
returned, 1t is only to reassure Won au
n TO provide myself with gold and
weapons, Now l shall disappear. On
your silence rests my safety. Ween
Tor me as IL | We're dead. and weep
very loud. You will be watched. let
them be duped by your tears. GEORGE
Malcolm no longer lives, and IL is n
rhn an unknown, an adventurer.
India, until he has traced in the denths
or the shadows which conceal tba,o
SIT John Malcolm's m~urderprsr
ne without fear, my brother" said
EDWARD. We will reliciouslv ohau
you" $3.50 80 800 nave seen
we VIII promise a great reward .
S Saaea Dleudonne, 'for any news Of
I'VE WIN breathe your name
our prayern." murnorraA onAy IN