The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-22

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him? frightened those others VII
We're with him, and made them ri
away. His horse was running loos
and 50 Ieaughtit and came back on
There ISIS pair Of pistols In the hos
sters, SO I am in good luck, for we have
fewrof such thlngs.AA4a
] related the name In which the I'M
fortunate fellow had come to his emo
and leuan barred his White teeth In /;
gratiied smile.
One less" said he; that ISIS some
thing, though they are now so strona
lhaI4one does not make much differ
ence."
Were there not women In that par,
ty?"I asked.
Yess, indeed said Ieuan; the sis
ter of Owain it wass, and Sialli, her
woman, and two or three men marching
with them to guard them"
The sister Of Owain! Enid had fled
before me. She had seen Whitesoci
and heard my whistle. Siani6 had criec
out the mares name. Ieuan had exc
cuted some movement which hao
caused them to fear an ambush of the
Men OF the%Dusk.@Whai-Menld
she, what could she think of me? 1.
in league with the Gwylliad Cochion.
and apparently lying In wait to entrap
stragglers from Nant-y-Bryn. / moved
about restlessly and my eyes fell upol
he dead man. Here was a fresh. and
dreadful taIIgle. He is carried back by
Whitesock to my whistle and is found
dead the next day at the same spot,
and nan kaownst to be on i'll terms
with me. l gritted my teeth together
! perplexity. The face OF the PROSTATE
f1gure was turned away from US.
Who is hep" asked Ieuan.
II have seen him at Nant-y-Bryn, but
I do not know his name" I answered.
Ieuan walked forward, caught a lock
of hair dangling over the forehead, and
turned up the face, lifting the head.
He dronped it as IL the touch had
burned him, and sprang back with the
wild cry of a surprise beyond words.
Who is it," I cried in turn.
Ieuan turned on M a face IN which
shone great eyes Of @onder and fierce
joy.
"siencyn Tal-fryn,,' he replied slow
ly.
The husband of Winny?"
YES"
He fetched out his pony from the hut
without another word. and we rode
some distance in silence. When he be-
gan speaking again it was with refer
ence to the band which Owain had led
down the hill to Nant-y-Bryn.
1t ISIS easy to see what they have
come for" said Ieuan, nodding his head
gloornily; there are but few GwylIia1
Cochion left, and indeed there will be
an end to. them very SOON
This did not seem to me altogether a
pure evil. but I r~efrained from saying
SO.
How long has your sept flourished?"
i asked.
From old times replied Ieuan.
proudly. 1t ISIS now about a. hundred
strength. Then they were lords Of the
mountains many miles to the north OF
here, and no one dared to say them nay.
But Baron Owen came down among
them suddely with an army and took
them by surprise, and slew a hundred
or more. Many a time have i heard
the story when ] a child, from q
very old me- whose mother carried him
far over the hills on her back that
night
And since then they have never been
SO fo~rmidable?" said I.
Never said Ieuan. Small bands
of them have held their w in the
depths of the hillsNhills which they
know asa man knows his house, but
the numbers have grown less and less.
and neE-', he stopped and sighed
oo o1aiy NkoE SpSllol1
We're a blarneless and prosecuted rem
nant. He remained silent for a while,
h burst out in an inconsequent fash
ion, as if uttering his thoughts aloud:
land yet I should not like her to think
that I killed her husband"
II be sure not" I replied, perceiv-
ing that he spoke of tn man of Tai
fryn. Tt wasan accident which might
happen to anyone. ToSbe flung from
q horse and killed is a common mis-
fortune"
IF I could have made plain to her.
said Ieuan, obviously, things perhaps
would come better yet"
There is nothing more likely" 7 re-
turned; land, for myself, I should be
glad to tell CWain the truth5of the mat
ter"
Yes" said Ieuan, laughing aloud.
Things are looking rather strange
with you, too"
."They are" I returned, ard again we
rode for some time in silence, each busy
with his own thoughts.
Ieuan, said I, what were you go
ing to do with Miss Vaughan and Slant
that first night I came across your"
When you took them back, eh q" re-
piled Ieuan. But there was no harm
meant for them. No. indeed" he cried,
Shaping his thigh; n harm at all, In
deed. But l would have used Miss
Vaughan to draw her brother from that
baGTold man. I would have sent to
Owain a word that his sister was safe
and well among us. an only waiting
for him to come away from Nant-y-
Bryn, and promise to stop away; and
then he should have her again. That
the plan that came to my mind
when | heard that. she wass on the
road
What made you so anxious to de-
tach Owain from the ~garrtson?" I
asked.
Indeed. / am fond Of him" replied
Ieuan, simply. II would fight twice as
gladly against Nant-y-Bryn IL Owain
not there. I taught him TO ride
and to play with the sword, and I
went with his father to the wars when
I wass a. tall lad myself"
Was&the= outcome of my Hgl1ts
during the previous silence; Ieuan now
turned to his.
'1They are telling me-" he said, that
you are very rich"
taVho are telling your"
We'll, no n now, of COURSE but I
have heard many times of Butley Croft
and the rich English people living
there, named Heathcote."
Laughed, for OF a surety my riches
were swiftly taking wings to them
selves by this time and deserving me
as an obstinate malignant.