Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-05-17
CmAPTER XVII.
Missing.

dergr8n3h. Ills face was death-fkp.
and great beads 0f moisture stood out
upon his brow.
He stroYe 10 spaak. bar u%tfeFance
seemed To fail him. lie could only
make Il Wild gesture toward the VIII
iage. ~ he ssnk exhausted ufsoa the
rock behind him,
Great Heaven. Give, what Is it,
asked Fenf0H. his own rudy chpeS
bEanehing. *Are y0l hurts That shot
where did II come FROM Where is
Miss Wraypl
~Quiek-the Doctor gasped Herbert
who seemed IN rnfSp his sinking ensr-
gy AZ the namp-sfilc doctor, She Is
Northumberland for aught ] know TIE
SHIRT struck hcrF'
~Syhfis' shrlesed Fannie '0h. heav-
en- SybI wounded dying Oh, where
Is eheg
sHnshF' said her brother, grasplng
her arm: don't shrek SO. You viii
warn hira-the lend who did the decd
that we are near. Quiek-the doctor,
Fenton! Ride for life or deafhi ~
che young mans voice broke hoarsaly-
II cannot leave her for a moment. 1
dare not move her: she Is lying still
where-where she fell"
fIef me 90 with q brother said
Fannie. sobbing Historically. "I-I VIII
be aaiet. OH, SYbil, Sybil darling.
who cnnld wish 90 harm herr
"TTrlshr' said Herbert turning on her
Gercely. Girl girl. Won will madden
Nay. I nm mad already. The shot thar
riercca her gentle heart was aimed mt
re. She saved me hy giving her own
life for mlnet She-Hush, hushi We
are near file spot. Hush! The villain
may be lurking around, even now, p
we fnnst not warn him He shall nof
escape me, If there is justice in heayen
and earth, With my own hands | VIII
ayeEge lspr innocent blood with my
own hand l viii take i life for q lie.
"uerJert-brothern,' exclaimed Fam
Jiie. sick with a new terror, as she saw
the terrible change that had come over
him.
For Herbert Clivees countenance was
transformed by tire storm Of passions
swelling III his breast. Ills diiated eyes
to fash with Iurid fire, his nos
triis uaivcrcd-every feature vas set IN
tie stern Rightly 0f caryer stone
1T was one Of those fearful moments
of tswhife heat that mould the man
forever and forever.
trey reached the spot. the grassy
g9aae where Sybi1 had spoken her last
words "a Herbert these words that
would remain stamped on his memory
while life should last.
The two horses were grazing quietly 1
near ~. the shrubhery was tramoled
and broken The grassy bank where
Ecr4crt had lefl Sybii still bore the i'm
press Of her fragile form; but-the
u man snrang forward. with an
exclamation &c dismay-Sybil was not
there!
Not there. though he had left her
less than FIVE mlnu'es ago, witt the
closed eyes and the helpless limbs, the
we'll nigh pulseless heart. Of one nj
ready in tile grasp of death. Not there
AYE, escaped. even in death. from bis
and his love,
sMy Godl where IN shey' exclaimed
the young nlnf. IT left her here. d this
VERY bank. Her wound was bleeding,
I dared not nov her further. Has
che dragged herself into some neigh
boring tIiirkef. IN die unseenf'
saOh. Sybfl! Sybilr' cried poor Fan
ME. as She fImng herself from, her horse.
darling, where are your
@sfay heresy' said Herbert, in a
hoarse whisper, laying hts hand heayi-
upon her arm. 7 must 20 search
for herl But. no. mol forgot. you, too,
are helpless. | cannot leave you until
they come from the village"
"Don't think Of it, Sobbed generous
Fannie. 'sGo-go aud find Sybil poor.
Sybil! on. brother. I loved her SOL
loved her sor'
''What was your love 10 mine?' WINS
his angaished reply .'She had Just
words-aye, irst MS she fell
words that opened heaven to me. Oh.
the villain. the accurgnd villain. who
could blight 4 flower like her--a bios
som too pure and lovely for m0rtal
bloom! OH. heaven. to think that she
died warning, saving me! Aye, ave-
the young man clenched his teeth to.
as IL TO reDress the commissions
into which his wrath would have be-
trayed him-"they have carried her off
TO die, The flendS. The Villains. have
her off 10 die. where there will
be mono TO witness her death-nane TO
say she WINS foully. erIelly. basely muir
dered. But I will find her, dead or
nlive-I will find her. my darling. my
Syhil. my martyred loyer'
Where are they? Ciirel Give. where
are yoLTv
1t MS nr. Bonds voice that echoed
through the woods; and In 4 moment
Fenton Forest. Laurence Grey and
the old doctor had ioimted The brother
and sister.
what tte deuce is to pay?s ex-
claimed the doctor. excitedly. "Where's
the girl? Who's been shot? What the
mischief Is The matter, anyhow"
"She Is gone; they have carried her
orr said Herbert ''srbey must be hid
ing "a Stay with my sister. doctor.
and we viii find her. Come. boys.
Find who? The girl has been car
ried off? Yon talk like a fool. sirrf said
the doctor. irateiy. ewhat cock-ana.
bull story Is thise And what have
been dragged away from my dinner
Tor viii teach you young scape-
kraces % play yoGr practical Jokes on
1ne! Who was it told me Sybll wraye
NH ahoty'
"x$pkhl hushi' said Fannie, laying
9er t346 gently on the rate old gentle
411E1R ~ Herbert, followed by