The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-10-24
three mel coming down the slope above
us.@8They were In our midst In mo-


Gentlemen. I come with a warrant
for thea arrest of that man. and / took
"a sudden breath as / saw Hazeltinlle
standing there pointing at m a"sand
this mar here pointins to Acton.
Acton laughed In his face.
What is this, STRIP. cried Prince
Henry, walking over to Hazeltine. EDO
you not see you interruptSan important
matter??"
highness, I am obliged to fol-
low the orders of Sir Henry. These
men are being searched for all over
this town. 1t is amattero Of great mill
Stary Importance.
'And can you not choose a better
time. them" asked the young man in
the first tone Of voice Ishad heard him.
use that showed he was accustomed to
issue rathersthan receive orders.
cannot dot, your highness," said
Hazeltine,S~ doggedly, and none too po-s
Iitely. z.af
frank cried Anterior at this, ",tis
an Unsolicited moment. What matters
half an hour?""s
1T matters much" said the other
hotly. They must come now!"
"Must?" said Sproat, in a question
ing tone. s ;%
Certainly major.n MI e
my friend" said the prince,
quietly, listen to me. The military
demand have nothing to do with this.
We Will go on with our affair. There
fore leave us alone and arrest your men
later as you an" And he started to
turn IN his heel.
= shall be obliged to. use force" cried
Hazeltine. The young prince turned
about as II the speaker had touched a
spring in his mechanism. But before
he could speak DIR. Low said softly:
9S. STE WON 4 a, - 1, 49, :. .. - -
YOU will simply become our ~prisoners!
These two gentlemen have come here
relying on our honor. They no sooner
arrive than they are arrested. May it
not appear to them that this5is an am
bush y .&
In fact, some such thing might stray
into our brains" said Acton blandly.
Therefore" said the prince, our
own honor Is here at stake, and we will,
with your permission, or: in fact with
Q Y 1t, continue our affair and deliver
these gentlemen where they came from
In safety, or my nalme is not Guelph"
Hazeltine glared around him for:a
moment and put his hand on a pistol,
but ting movement started the others,
and before he could draw, six men sur
rounded his three and stood ready for
anything.
T Observation-Disclosures
highness' august father cried the man.
TN look out for that said theggpr:nees
h%aughtily. I
know not what you do! It will
cost you your commissions, gentlemen
and, by God, I'll do N.Y. uty!!' And he
turned to his men and pointed%at me.
Atherton stepped in front Of me, as
3did.sthe doctor, and for5an instantEwe3
all thought ashort but serious affair
beginning. Sproat put his hand
on $Hazeltine's shoulder as if to say
something But the other mansthrew it
off fercely, and the dark hatred the
man bore me showed in his face as he
turned to me and cried:
EIaye another half hour, you fool!
I'll see you hanged before night, mark
me atherei" inc he started to move off.
Stay, man., said the doctor. You
must remain till this is over. And you
two men" continued he, stand there
before Major Spreat II lieutenant
1Purdy, and do you, sir, remain by me.
again. 5sssss
7 hadSless taste for it than ever, after
the quick action of Atherton when he
thought I was to be attacked.4#But we
were Q at it, and as I got into the
work my head cooled down, the
thought OF her against whom this
mans jest had been directed stiffened5
my wrist and setSme hard at him.
He played his rapier well after the
orthodox fashion of ,duelling, andtwice:
touched me, but not drought the skin
Then, seeing that ISstood on5the defen-t
sive still, he began to grow red in the
face and hisSeyes lit up with anger.
Notaa sound#calne from&the others as
we circled around one another, nor did
I say a word until he. began to press
mehard, forward and back, forward
and back, each time a different stroke:
Then ] exclaimed in surprise uncon-
sciously,sfor he seemed ito be new
man. My breath carae#ha and fast,
and i began take the offensive.
Twice, thrice, four times ,hesparried,s
andsthen o sudden he came and r
felt q sting&in$$my left arm just at the
biceps. S92H
DR.. Low called a halt, and ripped up
my sleeve in spite of my cries that
TWAS nothing
tLeaNesme alone,'"cried ], do you
see tits but serape? Come, sir,
do not waste your time!s AndI broke
away and made at8him with my tenn
half gone.|sWe Went itSfhot&after5
that, norSdoiIsEemember anywhere such
quick work. $8&l Once + was down on my
knees. Twice he.saVed his IifeSTbya
tprodigious side jump. And then----then
/ saw him, orn at me. from below his
point up and faIlingSsSas hesrose hiMl-S
self. a
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