The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-10-30
~ JOHN FfNNsMcgE
CHAPTER XVIII.
IEuAN,s STORY,

cenIeE1nX br1Skly over the brown
1rosthitten turf. "A couple OF IeuGn's
Nastly with the mountain pony which
carried rheir tail leader. We held our
way southwark for several miles along
valleys and through solitary ravines.
while the two Re- Men OF the Dusk
tan. q on either flank. along the
"a Ridges. and watched the country.
At last we came to slopes dotted
with sheep. and Ieuan rode slower and
his followers secuted more cautiously
still. "A tiny hut, more Of ~sharpened
Or poles driven INTO the ground and
wattled with furze, came into sight.
! had seen several Of them about the
bills when riding With Owaln mi knew
b q they served the hardy shepherds
TOR shelter when 1t was necessary to
spend a night apon the mountains.
w will faEtel our horses In this
eAid leuan. and go a little on foot to
zee what they are doing"
Theshut afforded Just sufficient cover
from the cutting wind, and I siipped
Whitesock's rein round a corner pole,
and followed Ieuan, who was watching
for n cluster OF boulders scattered on
the croWla Of a rise bafore us. He
reached them before me, and placed
himself In cayersOf the tallest. I went
up n glanced over mis- shoulder. Half
a. mile away. to The west the windows
OF Nant-y-Bryn flashed redIy in the
hight Of the sinking sum-. figures moved
about the front OF It, the long, cooling
ny OF the WcTlen who herded the cat,
tie rose family up the hillside to us.
and the feeling that they were at ease
and grsing peacefully about their usual
Al tasks Narne 5insensibiy to the heart.
We shall go now to those trees"
said Ieuan,s pointing to a clump OF
arches some distance to the right. 81
II must see what people shall come back
With QWain:'
He moved of as he spoke and I
said: but what Of the animals? viii
they be safe there, If we leave them?"
Safe enough returned Ieuan;
~tisere is but n path which leads near
flhe hut, and no will be following
Il It leads to From. and From is now
amply
From though. 4; that is the place
where we went OF. thesday Of the heavy
mist and | admired the quick chance
which had banded me from the one
side to the other.
Where does this path lead to 2" /
ASked.
TO g farm called Tai-fryn, up the
bill there returned Ieuan. He caught
hig breath, and his n~ostrils dilated.
they are no FRIENDS of yours, then?.'
said /, marking his emotion.
Who said IVA no friend to winny
Ial-fryn?" cried Ieuan, his eyes blaz-
Ing darkly.SaCome now who said that?
You ave heard or Tai-fryn beforei
i Yes.5yes, you have oeen told
Never In my life" said I. IT know
BY nothing of the place or the people who
& 1--we there--I never heard the name till.
You mentioned 1t a moment back"
what made you say that 2"
cried Ieuan.
g looked angry enough to eat II
people I returned.
.Angry? said he, ':ay, well angry.
with Poor lass, indeed, will new
sr blame her" Ha stopped. and his
features worked c%uriously. His face
o the look often seen upon that Of a
Child too proud to weep yet having a
hard struggle to keep tears back. Ina
Few moments he had regained his COM
posure. but remained silent, his eyes
dxed on the road.
- sc caught my ears and / looked
mp.
.Eist.' said ], some one is coming
through the wood"
The whisper had scarcely left my
lips when o young with a child
running at her skirts came round
bend In h path. h was tall and
straight, dark-eyed and .fresh-colored.
4euan had sprung to my shoulder and
sWyAss peering owe 1t. AT sight OF her he
&feHSa-trembltng, until he shook me.
glanced back and saw that his face
was drawn hard and white, and set In
9 pftful smile.
The young woman came or, and
when was within a yard OF the
brake in which we lay, Ieuan stepped
cut and confronted her.
6he gave q cry, not, as 1t seemed to
ms, OF fear, but rather Of sorrow and
surprise, covered her face with her
hands and burst into tears. The little
boy set UP shout OF terror and clung
70 her, too no notice Of him
and continued to weep convulsively.
Y began to speak rapidly in the
beautiful voice, but I understood and
wished to understand nothing OF what
he said. As the couple approached us.
something inedf1nably familiar in the
2child's face had riveted my attention.
and the sad meeting before my eyes
began to make the situation clear
enough. PoTr Ieuan! Poor Winnyl
they had been driven apart, that vas
Clear. and I was at no loss to lay my
9nger upon the person who had driven
them.
I turned back deeper into the brake
ana left the poor souls to themselves,
q In a@few minutes Ieuan came back
20 his post. tears dropping from his
0erce eyes. He made no shame OF
them, az an Englishman would have
done, but began to speak 3n a low, un-
steady voice.
N 4S6, Sdlu ne, ! am sure you CAM
sec how 1t iss with us. That iss the
young woman who wass to have been
my wife. but that bad old man robbed
her away from me and not honestly.
either, and married her to a man who
les not At to be her servant. Yes:
lSiencyn wass very glad to marry VIM
ny. and get a good farm for a reward.
L 9 gone to England with. a drove Of
ponies to the markets, and Wass not
back for months and months. and then
\ came to find her lost to me-"
He stopped speaking n set his face
savagely in the direction of Nant-y-
Bryn.
She will not say that she a seen
U.S. I suggested.
Not If you should offer her a noun
tain Of gold cried Ieuan; mot il you
should make her a queen on aSthrone."
And it was efter5that when you shot
at Sir Arthur. .leuan?"
II wass," ha replied. II had two
sriss 70 shoot aim. but I am worth
noth1nE IN shooting. and missed him by
= both times. II 1t had been the
sword between US. now! But he took
care about that. He rode with too
manYS for me To try a ho ! - ~ ,e~%&