The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-11-27
By JOHN rINNIMoRE.
CHAPTER xxvl.-continued.

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the roadsssaand BY good luck, the hous
could AZ usssSwith. q couple of saddles
one = Enid :andsane forsmyself, 70
my W saddle was altogether out q
character for a serving man to be
stride, being too costly, and I cheer
fully exchanged it for a rude sffai
Whlch the good man OF Maengwyn rod
to market. SIAM went off at a gallon
rldlng are-backed, to- house som
Two mileSfaWa8, andAtopk moneytto "A
herselfsEout, and was back with he
pony harnessed within the hour. Their
were GROVES Of animals belonging t
Nant-y-Bryn p%asturing about this par
or the mountain, and the son OF tn,
mouse captured us a strong little geld
ing to serve as q pack horse. He ant
fastened the saddle bags CAREFUL,
upon 1t and everything was ready To-
g. start.
1t was about 10 o'clock when W,
plunged into a narrow cwm which tool
US out of sight Of Maengwyp In les.
than q hundred yards and led us NORTH
eastward across the hills.
Enid was riding Whitesock, and
walked at her side, leading the gray
pony who had followed us to Maen.
gWyn the night before. Slant came be
hind with the baggage horse.
Again Whitesock seemed to under.
stand everything. She ambled on, as Ii
proud to carry her beautiful burden
and after walking half a mile l Ven
tured to slip into the saddle M ride
the gray beside her.
Poor creature!" said Enid; what a
shame to torment her when she is sc
fond Of you" For Whitesock was now
a trif1e uneasy, yet calm again when /
Spoke to her. and stroked her neck.
In live minutes mOra.o said r "Sfa
Will be as happy with you as under
me-"
"Oh, no." said Enid.
1T is true" I returned; II know her
ways we'll enough to be sure that she
has taken to you for good and ALL"
It was as ! said. A few minutes lat
er fell back into 1.-The proper place for
a serving man to occupy. Whjtesock
turned her eye on me, n when she
saw I was not leaving the company but
following behind, she movedssmoothly
forward without q fidget.
Nue. of this, to be sure. wa owing
to the manne in which she was being
ridden.
Enid is a born horsewoman, and her
hands are perfect.
All day we rode steadily forward,
following tracks we'll known to my
companions A halt Of a couple Of
hours was made in the early afternoon
at a shepherds hut to refresh our
selves and feed and rest the horses, and
as dusk fell we rode UP to an inn which
| recognized as the place where I had
whence I had ridden at once to take
them from the Red Men of the Dusk.
Here my disguise did not profit me
much, for the people at once found out
I was not what I seemed. They knew
Miss Vaughan and her servant we'll,
and took me, at first, for what l looked.
But. naturally enough, they spoke to
l was graveled at a word. When they
found / did not understand them, they
became very eager to probe into the
mystery, n set a fellow who had q
little English to cross-exanline me.
From this vas saved by the Inter
veption of Slant. and I saw very plain
ly the use of a laced coat In. gaining
one ciyflity at an inn.
The next morning we set off at an
early hour, and now I knew the track
We followed. We called at the house
OF the woman whose child I had lshed
OF the swift little brook, and drank
new, warm milk with her. She made
sign that she had seer me before,
that was not wonderful and no
severe test Of my present guise.
AS we rode that afternoon, Enid de-
cided against staying In Rhayader. In
the house opposite the Inn lived an old
servant of the V%aughan's, and I should
be again exposed to great fnquisttive-
ness.
The Welsh, and In particular the
country Welsh, have an intense pas
sion for prying into other peoples bus
and the figure L cut Of a fome-
mountaineer, with an English
tongue in my head. would gall their
curiosity nightly.
So we took a "a about Rhayader.
passing a couple of miles south of the
and riding slowly along very bad
roads to an inn some dozen miles be-
yond it.
The next morning I rode beside Enid
In earnest talk. for that evening would
see US at Mistress Whitgift's house.
and we had our plans for the future to
arrange. What they were, it is need
to mention, for they were shaken
pieces that same night by the march
OF affairs and others called for at a
short notice.
Our midday halt was at Knighton.
and here Siani obtained me a great
black patch, which I clapped over me-
right side OF my face as soon an we
were clear Of the place. Enid eyed mo
and even. her uneasy heart
at rest when she scanned the, an
pearance I now presented.
we rooe across the border into South
.alop, then across North Hereford, next
INTO Salop again n SO came to Lud-
low. We made no stop here bnt
steadily on, aiming to get to
Whitgift's house Just after
nightfall.
A thick misty evening was gathering
around us when Enid pointed to a tall
stone we were passing and said: 1T
8 a mile again"
we have timed ourselves to a Won
ier." said I, and rode up alongside. for
he road was solitary and the dusk was
deepening fast. Soon we came to al
White gate and here Enid drew rein.
4 little further on could be seen the
lights OF fire and candle in the windows
II a little hamlet.
l sprang down and pushed the gate
open. We entered an ven and Enid
brought Whitesock to a stand,
Il will go quietly forward" she said
and see that Mistress Whttgift 10
'omewhat prepared for u arrival,
Her health has been feeble this last
'ear or more, and I fear now that this
Will trouble her"
helped he to descend and she went
Witty up the avenue, which led
trough thick shrubbery, to a house
forty yards from the road. The
gave no signs of life save for a
III candleshine at one window.