Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-10-22
The Lost Continent
BY cUTcLIEEE HYNE
BY Copyright 1900 BY cucuae Hyre
By cUTcLlEEE HyNE.

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, must be remembered they were far
removed from towards, being Allan
team all, just as were those within
the CITY, and were, moreover, spurred
] to extraordinary savageness and
desperation by the oppression under
which they had groaned and the
wrongs they had been forced to en-
dure.
Still as I say, the poor creatures
were scattered, and the siege was
raised from that moment; and IL
| was plain to see that the rebellion
might be made to end if no unreason-
| able harshness was used for its final
suppression. Too great severity,
though perhaps it may be justly their
portion, only drives such malcontents
to further desperations.
Now following up these fugitives to
make sure that there was no halt in
their retreat, and to send the lesson of
panic thoroughly home to them, had
| led us long distance from the city
walls; and as we had fought all
through the burning heat of the day
and my men were heavily wearied, I
| decided to halt where we were for the
| night among some half-ruined houses
which would make temporary forth
fication. Fortunately drove of little
cloven-hoofed horses which had been
scared by some of the rebels In their
flight happened to blunder into our
lines, and as we killed five before they
were clear again, there was soldiers
supper for US, and quickly the fires
were lit and cooking it.
Sentries paced the outskirts and
made their cries to one another, and
the wounded sat by the fires and
dressed their hurts; and with the Off
GERS talked over the engagements of
the day., and the methods of each
charge, and the other details of the
lighting. It is the special perquisite
OF soldiers to daily over these matters
with gusto, though they are entirely
without interest for laymen.
The hour drew on for sleep, and
shores went up from every side. It
was clear that all my officers were
wearied out. and only continued the
talk through Difference to their COM
mander. Yet had a feverish dread of
being left alone again with my
thoughts, and pressed them on with
conversation remorselessly. But in
the end they were saved the rudenes
OF dropping off into unconsciousness
during my talk. A sentry came up and
saluted. "My lord" he reported,
there is woman come up from the
city whom we have caught trying to
come into the bivouac."
How Is she named?"
"She will not say"
HAS she husiness?"
"She will say none. She demands
only to see my lord"
Bring her here to the fire." / or
dered. and then on second thoughts
remembering that the woman, who
ever she might be, had news likely
enough for my PSaiTHaatse COZ SONS ss5thS
couth rendezvous), I said to the sen
try: Stay" and got up from the
ground beside the fire, and went with
him to the outer line.
Where is she?" asked.
my comrades are holding her. She
might be wench belonging to these
rebels, with designs to put a knife
into my lords heart. and then we sen
tries would suffer. The empress" he
added, simply, seems to set COCO
store upon my lord at present, and VIZ
know the cleverness Of her tormen
tors"
"Your thoughtfulness is frank"
said, and then he showed me the won
an. She was muffled up in hood ant
cloak, but one who loved Nais as
loved could not mistake the form O.
Ylga, her twin and sister, because O.
mere swathings. So told the sentrie
to release her without asking her TO
speech, and then led her out from tn
bivouac beyond earshot of their lines
cit is something of the most pressing
that has brought you out here, Ylga :?
"You know me, then? There mus
be. something warmer than the ordi
nary between US two, Deucalion, If 20
could guess who walked beneath a.
these muffiings."
Ilet that pass. "But what's your er
rand, girl2"
"Aye," she said, bitterly, there
my reward. All your concerns for tn
message, none for the carrier. Wei
good my lord, you are husband to tn
' dainty Phorenice no longer"
i "This is news"
i "And true enough, too. She will hav
| no more of you, divorces you, spurr
Y you, thrusts you from her, and, afte
t the first splutter of wrath is don
!, then come pains and penalties"
i "The empress can do no wrong.
i will have you speak respectful wore
j. of the empress"
4 ooh, be done with that old fable!
b sickens me. The woman was mad fc
e love of you, and now she's mad wit
o jealousy. She knows that you gay
= Nails some of your priests magic, ar
that she sleeps till you choose to con
I and claim her, even though the day
d century from this. And if ypu wis
e to know the method of her enlighte,
d ment. it is simple. There is anoth'
n air-shaft next the one down which ye
(, did your cooling and billing, and TIL
e leads to another cell in which lay a
vi other prisoner. The wretch heard {
i, that passed, and thought to buy e
d largement by tellingit.
o Slut his news came trifle stale.