Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-17
Sir Johns face wore an amused smile.

Il am not %inventing romance. You
urged and stimulated to do your work a
ut agent" went on the colonel. "You set
the Hindoo, Obejah Sahib, about his dew
lilsh work., which was the destruction of
all your relatives. The storm and angry
sea saved him from part of it, but he
managed with his Internal arts to sink
the cobra's poisonous fangs into two no.
BILE persons. and two noble lives went
out. l always suspected, but l deter
mined to know the truth. For years I
courtcd the favor of Obejah Sahib. and
won him. if such creatures can be
wOn-'
Did he not attempt your life in Phila-
delphia?" asked Sir john sarcastically,
"or. was that only a shrewd game to get
the American spies out of prison:''
II will not answer your question at
present, Sir John. The time for interro-
cation has not come, or, rather, it is
past"
Sir John had come to a halt directly
before the colonel, with a sarcastic sheer
on his features, and when the officer
paused he asked:
III what o say was true, my dear
colonel, even if l had conspired with
Cbejah Sahib to destroy your sister and
her husband, the witnesses are gone.
Both the Hindoo and nurse persisted in
Yesterdays fight, as did Captain San
ford. Would YOU have me acknowledge
to being a fratricide? You are so very
plain yourself that you will Excuse a lit
tic freedom in me, l am sure
ATTEND me again, Sir John, but once,'
cried Col. Chester; lin your very look,
word and gesture you mean to tell me
that you had nothing to do with YOUR
brothers death, and that you did not
usurp the estate of my sisters child. 1
tell you it was you who prompted the
former and executed the latter. True,
Sir Robert had angered the Hindoo, but
you tanned the flame. In every action
of my life, from the first hope which
you converted into grief and dssolation,
you have stood like adverse fate between
me and peace. When I loved Annie
Franklin it was you who poisoned her
against me, and she married Fitzgerald.
In all you have ever been the same cold
blooded, hollow, false, unworthy villain.
For the second time, and for the last,
cast these charges in your teeth and
Spuln you from me as I would Il faith
less dog"
With that he raised his arm and struck
the baronet on the breast With such force
as to stagger him. The instant he re-
covered, Sir John drew his sword, threw
away the scabbard and his hat and laid
aside is coat.
Not another word was spoken by eth
er. They crossed swords, and there in
the broad, green wood, fought each 9TH
er furiously. They were well matched
and each thoroughly skilled in the use
of his weapon.
AS the seconds rolled on they grew
hotter and more furious. and, pressing
on each other, inflicted and received sey-
eral slight wounds 1t was directly af-
ter receiving one of these in his arm that
Col. Chester, making a keener lunge with
his sword, felt the warm blood squirting
out and plunged his sword through his
opponents body to the hilt.
Their eyes were on zach other as he
drew it out. He put his arm about the
dying man, who feebly repulsed him, and
dropped on the turf. Raising himself
on his hands, he gazed at him for an
instant with scorn and hatred i'll his look,
and then fell back dead.
my sisters child must never know
how her uncle died." the colonel said. put
ting up his sword and walking away.