The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-01-16
A Brave Coward.
Ey Robert Louis stevenson.
Ey Robert Louis Stevenson.
CHAPTER Y.-lContinnedl


You hold your tongue. says he; 81
am speaking TO that girl"
THAT girl, as you call her. is my
wife" said /, and my wife only leaned
"a Little nearer, so that knew she had
affirmed my words.
'Your what?" he cried "You lie,'
''Northmour.' i said. "we all know
you have bad temper. and am the
last man to DE irritated By words For
all that propose that you speak lower,
for I am convinced that we are not
alone
He looked round him, and 1t was
plain Ipy remark had in some degree
sobered his passion. What do you
mean?' he asked
I only said one word, Italians"
lie swore round oath ard looked at
us from one to the other.
"Mr. Cassilis knows all that know"
said my wife.
'.What l want to know" he broke
out, lis where the devil Mr.. Cassilis
comes from. and what the devil Mr..
Cassilis is doing here. You say you
you were, Graden Foe would soon di-
vorce you; four minutes and a half.
Cassilis, keep my private cemetery
for my friends"
1T took somewhat longer" said /,
for that Italian
He looked at me for moment half
.daunted, and then, almost civilly. ask
- x.xn &nlI haN fnc
much the advantage of me, Cassilis,"
he added. complied. of course, and
he listened, with several calculations,
while told him how | had come TO
Siraden; that 1t was | whom he had
tried to murder on the night of the
landing; and what had subsequently
seen and heard of the Italians
We'll" said he. when l had done,
cit is here at last; there is no mistake
about that. and what, may | ask, do
you propose to do?'
Il propose to stay with you and lend
hand" said !.
''You are brave man." he returned,
with a peculiar intonation.
II am not afraid" said l.
Anu So ne NOuJluutu, an ~
understand that you two are married?
And you stand UP to ii before my face,
Miss Huddlestone?"
I'VE are not yet married" said Clara,
''but we shall be as soon as We can"
"Bravo!" cried Northmour. And the
bargain? D it, you're not fool,
young woman; may call a spade with
you. How about the bargain? You
know as well as do what your fathers
.:fe depends upon. have only to put
my hands under my coat-tails and
walk away, and his throat would be
cut before the evening"
Yes, Mr.. Northmour," returned
Clara, with great spirit; but that is
what you will never do. You made
bargain that was unworthy of a gen
tieman; but you are a gentleman Tor
all that, and you will never desert
man whom you have begun to help"
"Ahai" said he, You think I will
give my yacht for nothing? You think
I viii risk my life and liberty for love
of the old gentleman; and then, sup
pose, be best man at the wedding. to
wind up? Well he added, with an
odd smile perhaps you are not alto
gether wrong. But ask Cassilis here.
He knows me- Am l man to trust?
Am I safe and scrupulous? Am
kindly"
81 know you talk a great deal, and
sometimes, think, very foolishly," re-
nlied Clara, "but l know you are a
gentleman. and am not in the least
afraid"
She's trump" cried Northmour
"But she's not yet Mrs. Cassilis. ] say
no more The present is not for me"
Then my wife surprised me.
81 leave you here" she said. sud-
denly. my father has been too long
alone. But remember this: you are
TO be friends. for you are both good
friends to me-"
"See here, Northmour." said I; eve
are all in a tight place, are we not?"
IL believe you, my boy" he answer
ed. looking me in the eyes, and with
great emphasis. I'VE have all hell
upon us, that's the truth You may
believe me or not, but I'm afraid Of
fDy llle-
'"Tell me one thing" said I. what
are they after, these Italians? What
do they want with Mr.. Hnddlestone?"
Don't you know he cried, "The
black old scamp had Carbonari funds
ON ieposit--two hundred and eighty
thousand; and. Of course, he gambled
ST away in stocks. There was to have
been a revolution in the Tridentino,
or Parma, but the revolution Is OF, and
the whole wasps' nest Is after Huddle-
stone. We shall all be lucky II we can
save our skins"
"The Carbonari!" / exclaimed; God
help him. indeed"
And now let rs so directly to the