The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-10-13
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BY BRET HARTE.

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BY BRET HARTE.
understand you perfectly, re.
turned Judge Beeswinger, with un.
changed cDmposure, and as YOU,
know that Judge Wilson unfortunate
Nv cannot be removed except through.
regular cause of impeachment, l sup.
pose you may still count upon his
southernssympathies to befriend you.
With that Ishave nothing to do; my
duty il complete when my deputy has
brought you before him, and have
stated the circumstances of the arr
rest
II congratulate you, sir. said Cap
tain Pinckney, withSan ironical salute,
Sin your prompt reward for your
treachery to the south, and your
equally prompt adoption of the PEI
culiar tactics of your friends in the
way in which you have entered this
house.,
IT am sorry I cannot congratulate
you, sir" returned Judge Beeswing-
err, gravely, o breaking your oath
Ito the government that has educated
and supported you, andshas given you
the ~epaulettes you disgrace. Nor
shall l discuss 'trenchery' with the
man who has not only violated the
TRUST of his country but even the in
tegrity of his friends household. It
is for that reason that L withhold the
action of this warrant in SO far MS
IL affects the person of the master
and mistress of this house. am sat-
listed that Mr.. Brant has been as ig-
norant of what has been done here as
/ am that his wife has been only the
foolish dupe of q double traitor"
"silence!"
The words broke simultaneously
from the lips of Clarence and Captain
Pinckney. They stood staring at each
bthet--the II pale, the other Grim
son-as Mrs. Brant, apparently obliv-
ious of the Significance of their unit
ed aajuration, turned to Judge Bee
swinger i'll the fury of her still stitied
rage aud modification.
Keep your mercy for your fellow
spy" she said with a contemptuoiis
gesture towards her husband, 81 sgo
with these gentlemenl'
you will not" said Clarence, quiet
", until ! have said u word to you
alone.ao
He laid his hand firmly upon her
wrist.
The deputy and his prisoners filed
slowly out of the courtyard togeth-
er, the latter courteously saluting
Mrs. Brant as they passed, but turn
ing from Judge Beeswinger in con-
temptuous silence. The latter fol-
lowed them to the gate, but there he
paused.
f. Turning to Mrs. Brant, who vas
still half struggling iii the strong grip
OF her husband, he said:
Any compunction I may have had
In misleading you by accepting your
Invitation here, I dismissed after I
had entered this house! And 1 %trust,"
he added, turning to Clarence, stern
~, II leave you master of it'll"
AS the gate closed behind him, Clar-
ence locked it. AS his wife turned
upon him angrily, he said, quietlyi u
have no intention of restraining your
liberty q moment after our interview
Ia over. But until then I do not in
tend to be disturbed.h9
She threw herself disdainfu1ly back
In her chair, her hands clnsped in her
lap, in half contemptuous resigna-
ton, with her eyes upon her long,
elim, nrched feet crossed before her.
Even in her attitude there was some
thing of her old fascination which,
however, now seemed to sting Clar-
ence to the quick.
II have nothing to say to you in re-
gard to what has just passed in this
house, except that us long as l re-
main even nopinally as its master, it
shall not be repeated. Although l
shall no longer attempt to influence
or control your political sympathies.
1 shall not allow You to indulge them
where in any way they seem to i'm
ply my sanction, But SO little do !
oppose your liberty that you arc free
to reioin your political companions
whenever you choose to do so on your
own responsibility. But I must first
know from your lips that your
sympathies are purely political-or a
name for something else"
She had alternately flushed and
paled, although still keeping her
scornful attitude MS he went on, but
there was no installing the genuine
ness Of her vague wonderment at his
stand you," she said, lifting her eyes
1 w lie W NSlAa AAlOSily
"What do you mean?"
what do I mean? What did Judge
Beeswinger mean when he called Cap
tain Pfnckney a double %traitor?" he
said, roughly.
She sprang to her feet with Ash
ing eyes.
"And you-you-dare to repeat the
~cowardly lie of a confessed spy. This,
then, is what you wished to tell me-
this, the insult for which you have
kept me here, because you are inca
pable of understanding unselfish pa
triotism or devotiol,-even to your
own canse---you dare to judge me by
your own base, Yankee trading stand.
ards. Yes, it is worthy of you'll
She walked rapidly up and down,
and then suddenly faced him.
81 understand it all! L appreciate
your ~magpanimity now. You are will,
ing I should join the company oil
these chiyalrous gentlemen in order
to give color to your calumnies. Say
ut once that it was yon who put mp
this spy to correspond with me--to
come herein order to entrap ME,
Yes, entrap me-I-who a moment
ago stood up for you before these
gentlemen and said you could not
lie! Bah!n
Struck only by. the wild extraya.
gance Of her speech and temper, Clar.
ence did not know that when women
are most illogical they are apt to be
most sincere, and from q mans stand,
point, her u~nreasoning deductions ap.
Peared to him only as an affectatior
to gain time for thought, or n the.
%atrical display to dazzle, like Susy's
And he was turning, half contemptn.
ously, away when she again faced him
with flashing eyes;
We'll, hear me! | accept! l leave
here at once-to join my own people
my own friends-those who under.
stand me-put what construction or
it that you choose. Do your worst!
You cannot do more to separate us
than you have done just now,