The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-10-23

cuted some movement which hac
caused them to fear an ambush of the
Red Men Of the Dusk. What would
she, what could she think of me? I
IN league with the Gwylliad Cochion
and apparently lying in wait to entraI
stragglers from Nant-y-Bryn. 7 moved
about restlessly and my eyes fell upor
the dead man. Here was a fresh anc
dreadful tangle. He Is carried back by
Whitesock to my whistle and is found
cead the next day at the same spot
n a man known to be on Ill terms
with me. 1 gritted my teeth together
IN perplexity. The face Of the PROSTATE
figure was turned away from US.
Who is hep asked Ieuan.
Il have seen him at Nant-y-Bryn, but
1 do not know his name." I answered
leuan walked forward, caught a lock
of hair dangling over the forehead, an6
turned up the face, lifting the head
he dropped it as If the touch haG
burned him, and sprang back with the
WGd cry Of a surprise beyond words.
Who is it?" I cried in turn.
leuan turned on me a face in which
shone great eyes of wonder 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.
a speaking again it was with refer.
ence to the band which Owain had lee
down the hill to Nant-y-Bryn.
1T ISIS easy to see what they have
come for" said Ieuan, nodding his head
gloomily: there are but few Gwylliad
Cochion left, and indeed there will be
an end to them very soon.
lis did not seem to me altogether q
pure evil, but I refrained from saying
so.
How long has your sept 1o~urished? p
I asked.
proudly. ut iss now about a hundred
years since they were at their full
strength. Then they were lords Of the
mountains many miles to the north OF
mere, and no one dared to say,t them nay
But Baron Owen came down among
them suddely with an army and took
them by surprise, n slew a hundred
or more. Many a time AVE I heard
the story when I wass a child, from a
very old man whose mother carried him
Tar over the hills on her back thai
night"
And since then they have never beer
so formidable ?" said I.
i Never" said Ieuan. Small bands
of them have held their own in the
depths of the hills-hills which they
know as q Ia knows his house, but
the numbers have grown less and less,
n now" he stopped and sighed
as sadly as If the Gwylliad Cochion
were a blameless and prosecuted rem
nant. He remained silent for a while,
then burst out in an inconsequent fash
ion. as II uttering his thoughts aloud;
and yet 1 should not like her to think
that 1 killed her husbard."
TO be sure not I replied, perceiv-
Ing that he spoke Of tn mar Of Tai
fryn. 1T was an accident which might
happen to any one. To be flung from
a horse and killed is a common mis-
fortune"
IF 1 could have made plain to her.
said Ieuan, obviously, things perhaps
would come better yet"
There is nothing more likely" I re-
turned; land. for myself, 1 should be
glad to tell Owain the truth of the mat
ter
Yes" said Ieuan, laughing aloud.
Things are looking rather strange
with sou, too"
They are, I returned, and again we
rode for some time in silence, each busy
with his own thoughts.
"Ieuan," said !, what were YOU go
ing to do with Miss Vaughan and Siani
that first night I came across you?"
When you took them back, Ell 2" re-
piled Ieuan. but there was no harm
meant for them. No, indeed" he cried,
slapping his thigh; mo harm at all, in
deed. But I would have used Miss
Vaughan to draw her brother from that
bad old a 1 would have sent to
Owain a word that hts sister was safe
q nd xxyo1l onrr-o,u a Nl Ho~Ir, ,,ai4s.-
for him to come away from Nant-y-
Bryn, and promise to stop away; and
then he should have her again. That
Wass the plan hat came to my mind
when I heard that she, wass on the
road
What made you so anxious to de-
tach Owain from the garrison?" I
asked.
Indeed, I am fond Of him." replied
1euan,1 simply. 4 would fight twice as
gladly against Nant-y-Bryn If Owain
wass 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
This was the outcome of my thoughts
during the previous silence: Ieuan now
turned to his.
They are telling me-" he said, that
you are very rich"
Who are telling you?
We'll, no one now, Of course, but I
have heard many times of Butley Croft
and the rich English people living
there, named Heathcote.'
I laughed, for Of a surety my riches
were swiftly taking wings to them
selves by this time and deserving me
as an obstinate malignant.
'sThe rents, now" insinuated Ieuan
gently. the rents in a rich country
Ike that swilF-come, to much money in
a year."
Il smiled and humored him.
Last year" I replied. they a to
something yer sixteen hundred
pounds"
@Ah!" cried Ieuan, In a deep. rich
tone OF admiration. in one year, one
little year? And how does 1t feel to be
so rich as that?"
How did 1t feel?" thought /. would
be a more correct phrase" but ! said
nothing.
From all that money" said Ieuan
.refectively, "a M hundred pounds
would hardly be missed"
And what would you do with the