Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
eStr Anthony. sho,o then, that!!''

well, Sir Philip, will you stop to sup
perp'' cried, with laugh, when he had
had time, as judged, to reach the sigma
ture.
go toll" he grunted, looking at mo.
mice fools you have made Of US, young
MANI He passed the letter to Greville.
Sir Anthony" he continued, mixture
OF pleasure and chagrin in his voice, you
are freel congratulate You on your luck.
Your nephew has brought an amnesty for
all things done up to the present time save
for any life taken, In which case tho mat
ter IL to be referred to the secretary. For
tunately my dead horse is the worst Of the
mischief, so free you are and amnestied,
though nicely Master Cecil has befooled
us!''
1--WE will give you another horse, Sir
Philip, answered.
But the words were wasted on the air.
They were drowned In great shout Of
joy and triumph which rang from SCORE
of Cludde threats the moment the purport
of the paper was understood-a shout
which made the old house shake again
and scared the dogs SO that they fed away
into corners and gazed askance at us, their
tails between their legs, shout that was
plainly heard mile away In half q dozen
homesteads where Cludde men lay gloomy
In their beds
BY this time my uncle's hand was in
mine. With his other he took of his hat.
Lads" he cried huskily, rearing his tall
form in our midst, "a cheer for the qusenl
God keep her safe, and long may she
reignl"
This was universally regarded az the
end of what they still proudly call In those
parts ..the Cotton insurrection." When
silence came again, every dog, even the
Oldest and wisest had bayed himself
hoarse and fed to kennel, thinking the
end Of the world was come My heart, as
I Joined roundly in, swelled high with
pride, and there were tears In my eyes as
well as in my uncle's. But there Is no tri-
umph, after all, without its drawback, no
fruition equal to the anticipation Where
was Petroniila? could see her nowhere
looked from window to window, but she
was at none. scanned the knotof maids,
but could not find her. Even the cheering
had not brought her out.
1t was wonderful, though, how the
cheers cleared the air. Even Sir Thomas
.Greville reaained good humor and deigned
to shake me by the hand and express HIM
self pleased that the matter had ended SO
happily. Then the sheriff drew him and
Bridgewater away to look to their mems
arrangements, seeing, think, that my
uncle and l would fain be alone awhile,
and at last asked with trembling voice
after Petronilla.
ITO be sure,'' Sir Anthony answered,
furtively wiping his eyes, II had forgot
ten her, dear lad. wish now that she
had staid. But tell me, Francis, how
came you back tonight, and how did you
manage thisp"
Something Of what he asked / told him
hurriedly, but then-be sure took adj
vantage Of the first opening asked again
after Petronilla. Where has she gone,
STRIP said, trying to conceal my impa-
tience II thought that Martin told me
she was here--indeed that he had seen her
after arrived.
81 am not sure, do you KNOW Sir An
tony answered, eying me absently, that
was wise, but considered she was safer
away, Francis. And she can be fetched
back in the morning. feared there might
be some disturbance in the house, as In
deed there we'll might have been, and
though she begged very hard to stay with
me sent her of. !"
"This evening, sir'" I stammered, sud-
denly chilled.
Yes; an hour ago.
but an hour ago every approach was
guarded, Sir Anthony" cried in sur
prise. II had the greatest difficulty in slip
ping through from the outside myself,
we'll as know every field and tree To
escape from within, even for man, much
less q woman, would have been impossible
She will have been stopped.
81 think not, he said. with smile at
once sage and indulgent, which seemed to
add, You think yourself q clever lad, but
you do not know everything yet
81 sent her out by the secret passage to
the millhouse, you see, he explained, las
soon as heard the sheriff 8 party outside.
I could have given them the slip myself
had pleased"
1.-The millhousei" ANSWERED. The mill
stood nearly quarter Of q mile from CO.
ton End, beyond the gardens and In the
direction of the village. I remembered
vaguely that had heard from the serv-
ants In old days some talk Of secret out
let leading from the house to 1t, but they
knew no particulars, and its existence was
only darby rumored among them.
''You did not know Of the passage, Sir
Anthony said. ohuokling at my astenish-
ment