The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-10-12

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Rising. a common thief and a common
robber. You shall be hanged outside
Norwich castle"
Tom Rising swore a great oath. call
Ing. In his blaSpAemous way. upon the
Lord TO Inhict dire pains and penalties
upon him II he should resign the lovely
object OF his affection now IN his pos
session. You have heard that he had
the reputation Of a reckless daredevil
who stuck at nothing. was daunted by
nothing and was like a bulldog for his
tenacity.
Understand. madam" he concluded
this declaration. II am resolved 10
marry you-resolved Bear that in
mind"
And I. sir am resolved that | viii
not marry yau-resolved. Bear that
IN mind"
"Ncver yet did ! resolve upon any
thing but had IT, No; never yet"
Mr. Rising, you think you have me
in your power You shall see Once
more ask you, as a gentleman, to
send me back. Remember. have many
friends. The whole town, high and
low, viii be presently out after me,
securing the country in every direc-
( ton"
I'm an hour you viii be ut Wootten.
The parson hath promised TO await us
there. You shall be my wife within
one short hour"
"You waste words, sir"
you viii have TO alight. madam.
\ The post chaise is here TO carry MS 70
Wootten, where the parson waits TO
marry us. In an hour | say, you shah
be my wife"
Molly looked out OF the other win.
dow The post chalse was there with
It's pair Of horses and tho postboy watt
Ing at tie horses leads. She would
have 20 make Ter stand at once, there.
fore To got into the post chaiso with
/ that man would be DANGEROUS. eTen
though she was as strong as lluself,
and. since she was not driukcr Of
wine, she vas III better condition
Il 10 6cd round at the She
told me afterward 4 taou That If
l could ect iuto tie house m.eht gain
some time perhaps 1 cat har tho
door, perhaps ! could tiul tDst riddle
or the frying pan of which ! spoke
i or If II came 10 using Che hal6il there
would be moro room Cor Ills arm I'm a
house than in a chair or chase o
had one moro parley in order 20 gain
time ana thcn slipped out"
"Sir," she said, II give YOU one more
chance of retaining the name and rep
utation Of gentleman. Carry me back
or else await the vengeance Of my
friends. | warn sou solcmnly that
murder viii he done before | marry
you; understand, sir, murder Of YOU
or OF your eonfcdcratos or of myself
She spoke with SO much calmncss
ma with SO mach resolution that She
aroused an his native ohstinacy. be
.llos It was now too late. The news 81
The abduction would be an over lynn
he must curry the thing through, IL
swore another loud and blasphemou,
oath. Heavens! How he was punish
ed How swiftly and speedily!
Molly stepped ont Of the chair. Ton
Rising. Ills lat IN hand again bowed
low. madam" he said, 'yon are wei
advised Pray let me hand YOU into
the chaisc.
She made no reply, but rushing past
him. dartcd into the house. She Stun
bled down one step and found herself
In a room whore the twilight outside
could not penetrate II was quite
dark. She closed the door behind hel
nnd bolted II, finding q bolt IN the
usual place.
Thcn sle HGG naa nt thnEins
what she could do ncV. 4 rush.ns
and a footstep showed that She wa'
not alone.
"Who Is tharele she cried rs thcr,
no lightg"
she heard the striking Of flint and
steel: She saw the suffering yellow
Hight Of a match and by lis nlckcrinl
she dlscerued an old woman trying (
Hight a candle rushilght IN 2 tn
frame. with holes III The sides.
Molly looked quietly round the room
A knife lay on tile table. she took Il
Iup. II was one Of tire rough clasT
knives used By rusucs WHOM they cat
their dinners under the hedge SHE
stepped forward ana took the light
from the old woman's hand
quick She said Who IS in the
housei"
NO one except myself lie said the
house was 70 be KEEP clear tonight"
"Can they get inf
"They can kick the house down II
they like; It's SO old and crazy"
"ls there m upper roomi"
The old woman pointed 10 the Far
corner. Molly now perceived that the
place was the kitchen, the taproom. the
sitting room and all A table was In
the middle; q settle was standing be
side the empty fireplace; there was a
bench or two; mugs and cups Of wood
pewter ana common ware stood on the
mantclshelf; side OF bacon hung IN
the chimney In the corner TO which
the old woman pointed was a ladder
Molly ran across the room. At the tor
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