Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-06-06

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" wounded wild animal: his eyes shot f
out % strange gaze og mingled fear and f
aud fury; has tecth chatsecel.
" Go. now. YOU thief" said Ia
mcaI. and if ever again 7 find YOU
prowling in this part of tho country.
IN have yon hanged go the first limb
chat strong enough 90 bear y0u ,
Go g."
like a rGce-horse promptly starting
at the word. Nasscur bolted away.
running nimbly, bat with certain
feeble swaying of his body. aud was
quickly lost sight of in tho gloomy
thic6ets of underground near by.
= grim half-smile showed itself I'm
Eamcau's face; II appeared 20 make
tae slender white scar across his
cheek and ear flicker balefully.
s.. Ride on" he said 20 his mon;
"take the saddle and bride Leave
the horse; it is not worth being
troubled with. I'll ioin you a.
Dicks
The order was promptly obeycd, and,
FEW moments later. Burns and Ra-
meau were left together in the silence
aai tne gloom of tie moss-hung
woods.
Half gay. half melancholy was the
snatch of song borne back 60 their
ears--a bit of sentimental rhyme that
one of the outlaws, iu q lue tenor
voice. trolloi ss he rode:
'' 5er lover was false and cold was his
heart.
an shs died by bis cruel hand:
knN the lover oG Co cig wl-- lid -.
I'D lcat ia % forcign land
Bcrus was still standing beside his
horse. and, hali leaning on the saddle.
ken. bis dccp-set ewes liked go that
they seemed 90 burn right INFO those
of Pierre Rameau.
when thc men were quite out OF
sieat and hearing Rameau sand
d" Old man, what DO you want -
" Iou know what L want. hiIk Mac
Coiiough. Where is my cAild-where
is Margaret ."
What 10 ] know about yoU- child?
Who are You, 10 put such a question
- ;le2'
lyon have not forgotten me. Tt Is
useless for Won 10 discriminate. i am
here Ark MacCoilouch. humbly beg
girr to see Margaret once more be
fore ] am dead. You are bad man,
hut YOU cannot refuse me this"
You are evidently laboring under
some strange mistake, sir. Ny name
is not NacCollough j don't know
anything about your child"
Don't lie to me. xxx NacCo.-
louchl X can do you no good--serve
Won no turn whatever. ! know Won.
You know me. / have followed you
step by step, from place 20 place, from
country TO country. You could 10;
and cannot escape nae. Where Is
7ia-garet?'
isis was said in louder voice ar
VISA an intonation that ia some way
suggested the impiacable spirit o.
rirltcous fate. Ii did not, however.
produce the slightest visible effect Oh
Eameau. His face was absolutely in
different IN its expression. He re
cardad the toll, emaciated old MAJ
before him as satisfied beast of prey
might have eyed with soulless an,
careless eyes an undesirable victim.
III you, like the little scouudre
whom you have seen me punish in
light way. are also logging M
steps" He broke of, hesitate,
and seemed 20 be rejecting with hi
ewes cast down. Presently. he said
"Noa must be crazy, stranger. Al
old man like you ought not to be risk
ing himself in this wild place"
Burns lifted one hand, as If il
prayer, and a strange, hungry, long
ING expression passed has face. 10
some moments he was silent, his lip
moving, his eyes upturned.
When again he spoke. he SCENE
10 have better control of himself
Kirk, no said, very gently, "yo
Well know tlat A would not harm
halr OF your head if 1 could. and
moreover, you can see how utterl
poweriess / am"
Don't call me Kirk or any othe
OF your fanciful namesi" sxclaime
kamean, his voice for the first tim
ringing impatiently. 81 am Pierr
RGmeau-you may have heard of hil
and do not deal gently with thos
who set themselves like hounds I
follow on my track Do you hear >
'rne old man drew IL a deep, lon
breath, and held 1t as one does who
helpless and hopeless ut a momeI
when some mighty desire fills Tia
whole Of life. he made a gestuI
that signifed both pity and utter di
tress.
i will address you with any nam
you like" ne presently said; "but
name is nothing. You cannot t1I
me back or put me OF by this pretens
OF not knowing who I am. L am Ma
Burns; / have never had any cause
la o. qhosnaf Of spu mama. 4 want