The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-05-15

galloped after you,'' went on Miss
Betty. ooh, l wish, / wish, / had
come up with you in time to prevent
this terrible meeting!'' She looked
toward Guy, poignant regret show
ing in every line of her face. "He
would not have been hurt if I had
have felt all along that something
terrible would happen before we Sc
cured our rights in this county seat
fight. have tried my best to- keep
you from violence and you, Capt. Blue,
nave dlsregarded my expressed wish,
my strongest command Who was
it fired the shot that wounded Mr..
Herbert?"
''The other side fired the first
shot" replied the captain, evasively.
Il know that, for I was close
enough to see it. But that shot did
no harm, and was no excuse for the
fusillade which you returned. You
were three times the number of the
Eother side and they were fleeing as
fast as their horses. could carry
them. My question was not an
swered, Capt. Blue. Can you tell me
whose bullet struck Mr.. Herbert?''
| mo one could tell you that, Miss
Vlandingham. A dozen shots were
fired simultaneously and it would be
impossible to tell which did the
work.
1--WE will inquire into that later.
I am going to push on so as to have
the doctor at our house and to
make ready for Mr.. Herbert. See
that you bring him as quickly and
as easily as you cam
She darted from the captains side
at top speed and was quickly lost to
sight.
"How is he getting along?" asked
Capt. Blue riding close to the men
who we're carrying Guy. I
HE hasn't fiezed an eyelid,' re-
piled Barney, who was one of the six
and who imagined that he had been
watching Guy very closely.
you're mistaken, Barney" spoke
up Guy, his eyes wide open.
"How do you feel, Herbert?' in
quired the captain in tones of mex
pressible relief.
CAS- we'll as can be expected, cap
tain" Guy lifted himself slightly and
saw that his coat and vest were I'M
bottoned and that, tight across his
wound and over his blood-stained
shirt had been bound scarf of silk.
"Whose house is that over there?''
he asked, pointing.
'That's Sile Whittaker's place." an
swered the captain.
'Take me there, please" said Guy,
dropping back on the blanket.
"We'ye got orders to carry you to
Harmony, to the squire's," returned
the captain.
1T seems to me that I am the one
who ought to be consulted" muir
INJURED Guy, weakly.
He was in much pain but he could
probably have weathered out the
longer journey to the squires had
circumstances been different. Just
now he preferred any other haven
than Willowview.
"See here, Herbert" demurred the
captain, his brow wrinkled per-
plexedly, Miss Vlandingham has
gone on to make things ready for
your reception at the house. She's
going to have a doctor there, too.
If I don't bring you I'll be raked
over the Goals and I think I've had
more than my share of that already.
Put yourself in my place, can't you?'
"Put yourself in mine, captain"
said Guy, his eyes closed and his
face twitching with pain.
The captain felt that he under
stood then. Herbert was not able
to be carried farther than Whitta-
ker's.
"Major," said the captain to man
who reared above the saddle like
Don Quixote over the back of Rozi-
mantle, ride on to the squire's and
tell Miss Betty that Herbert gave
out and we couldn't get him past
Whittaker's. Bring the doctor post
haste
Correct, cap'n," was the response
which the major shook out of him
self. Relinquishing to companion
the horse he was leading, he ratified
his spurs and was off at speed.
Only a few minutes were required
to carry Guy to Whittaker's shack.
Whitaker was bachelor and i'm
mediately came forth to welcome the
Invincibles.
what you got there, Blue?" he
asked, nodding his head toward Guy.
"A wounded man, Whitaker
II heard shootin' off south, spell
ago. Did he get in the way of it?''
eyes. We had orders to take him
on to the squire's but he doesn't feel
able to travel any further. Will you
take him in?''
''Not if he's one of your folks
clustered Whitaker, whose house
was just then on the Concord side
of the farm.
"Well, he's a Concord man." said
the captain. grimly.
Call rigth, then. sile Whitaker is
with the under dog every time, and if
he's from Concord he's welcome to the