The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26

had small regard for the father.
Seeing We came to do yeu q services
Mr.. Stair. / think we may set the blunder-
buss and the handful Of slugs over against
hack to our GRAND here. You say Hadgs
10 safe. Does that mean that you have
spirited her away since last Hlghtr'
''Dinna fash yourseg' shout Madss, Rich
ard Jennifer. She's meat for POUR bsttsrS
s'ri" ras~ed the old man, iapsing into
then in fear or anger.
Still. 1 would know what you
mean when you say she Is safe" says
Richard, whose determination TO crack a
nut was always proportional 10 the hard
ness OF the shell.
Gilbert Stair cursed him roundIy for an
impertinent ~jackanapes. and then gave him
his answer
TITS none Of your business. Dickie Jen-
infer. but you may know and he hanged
TO you! She rode home with the Wither-
bys last night after the rput, and VIII be
by this safe away In t'othsf Carolina,
where your cursed whiggeries daFena lift
head or hand"
"of her own free WIN" Dick persisted.
"Dammei yes; bag, baggage, SCI wing
wench and all. Now WIN you he OF about
your business before some 'pying rascal
lays an information against me for bar
boring your"
Richard Joined me on the deor-stons. IRE
dawn was in its twilight now, and the
great trees on the lawn were taking gray
and ghostly shapes In the dim perspective.
You heard what he had 70 sayT" said
he,
/ nodded.
at seems we have missed sur cue on an
sides" he went on, not without bitterness.
81 would we might have had 4 chance to
fire a shot or W before the ship weht
down"
AT Camden. you meant That's but tia
beginning; the real battles are all to be
fought yet, / should say"
He shook his head d~ezpoudentiy, "You
are a newcomer. Jack, and you nov net
how near outworn the country Is, Gilbert
Stair has the right Of IL when he says
there will be nothing to stop the rsdeosts
nov"
/ called to mind the ~resOluts little hand
full under Captain Ahram Forney. one Of
many such, he had told me, and would
not yield the point.
There viii be plenty Of sighting yet.
and we must 60 TO bear a hand where It
is needed most" said 1. Where will that
be. think you? At Charlotte?'
He looked at me reproachfully.
This time tbs you who are the iagsard
in love. John Ironton. VIII you 70 and
leave Mistress Margery wanting an an
swer to her poor little cry for help?"
1 shrugged. what would you? Has she
not taken her affair Into her own kands?'
NIDQ AutNn nOH "a " y ENE mas
had to say about IT," raid ne. But I
mean TO know, too. before 1 put my rsme
on any company roll" We were among
the trees by this, moving OF for safsty's
sake, since the day vas coming; and he
broke of short to wheel and face me as
one who would throttie a growing cur be-
fore IL has a chance TO bite, We know
the worst of each other now, Jack. and We
must stand TO our compact. Lee Us sen her
safe beyond psradysntuTe Of a doubt; then
I'm with you TO night the redeoats single
handed. II you like. ! know what yLu VIII
say-that the country calls US now more
than ever; but there must needs be some
little rallying interval otter al this dn-
aster, and"
Have done. RIchsrd," said L Set the
pace and mayhsp ] can keep step with you.
What do you propose?
This; that We GO to witheroy Hall and
get speech with Mistress Aadge. II 30 beS'
Stay q moment; who are these Wither-
bys?'
"a dyed-in-the-wooI Tory family seated
some ten miles across the line in York Dis
trict- True, tits a rank Tory hotbed over
there, and We shall run some risk"
Never name risk 10 me IL you love ne
Richard Jennifer!" ] broke in. What Is
your plant"
His answer was prompt and to the point.
'To press on afoot through the forest till
we come to the York settlement; then 10
borrow q pair Of Tory horses and ride like
gentlemen. Are you game sor itT'
1 hesitated. II see no great riak In all
this. n whatever the hazard. tits less for
one than. for i've You'd best 40 alone,
Richard"
He saw my meaning; that I would stand
aside and let him be her succor II she
needed help. But he would not have 1t 50.
NE" he said. doggedly. Wen go to-