The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-09
o await tho upcoe,mliaxsbf the over-mountain

to await the upcomn1bf the over-mountain
F For momen. dabusht they would h.w
mo limb from Limb. but my Lord auelled the
fierce outburst with . word.
Put up your swords, gentlemen. We
shall know how to Aeal with this traitor. I"
| he said. And then to mo: ''Go on, sir. II you
itY' = = -.-sa..
There has. indeed. The mountain men
came up with US in the afternoon Of the
Saturday. In an hour one-third Of tho Ma
jor's force was dead or dying. the Major
himself was slain. and every living man
| left on the field was q prisoner"
Again a dozen swords Kissed from their
! scabbards. and again heard the little cry
| OF misery from tho table foot. I bowed my
head. looking momently to pay the penalty:
but once more my Lord put the swords
aside.
LET US have q clean breast Of II this TINA.
! Captain Iefon,s.. lhe said. ZION know well
what you have earned; 1nd nothing you can
| say will miket &c better or worse for you.
Was this your pufpess IN making your sub
| mission to mer'
ut was"
and you have Bsen . rebel from the
I met the cold anger in the womanish
eyes as q condemned man might
81 have, my Isord-since the day, nine
years agone, when i learned that your
Kings minions had hanged my father in
the Regulation"
Then 1t was a farrago of lies you told
me about your adventures IN the Western
mountains2.
mot wholly. It was your Lordship's
good pleasure to send succors Of powder and
lead to your allies, the Westefn savagea. ]
and three others followed Captain Fslconnet
and his Indians. and. have the honor to
report that We overlook and exploded them
with their own powder CARGO
"And Captain Sir Francis Falconnet with
| themr' ays
II do 30 hope and trusts my Lord"
. He turned short ON Ids heel and for a
moment silence as Of death fell upon the
room. Then he took the Ferara from the
table and sought to break It over his knee;
but the good blade. like tho cause 1t stood
for, bent like q withe and would not snap.
PUT this spy in irons ana clear
! the ROOM" he ordered sharply. And this u
how the little drama ended: with the supper
grests crowding TO the door: with my Lord
| pacing back and forth at the table head;
with two 6ergeants bearing me away to
await, where and how knew not, the word
which should efface me.
CHAPTER KIM.
In which Drink . Dish of Tea.
Being without specific orders what to do
with me. my two Sergeant bailifs thrust
me into that little den Of q strong room
below stairs where I had once found the
master Of the house, and one Of them
mounted guard whilst the other fetched
lsthe camp armorer to iron me.
The shaclles securely on. I was left to
content mo as could. with the door ajar
and my two jailers hobnobbing before it.
Having done all had hoped to do, there
was nothing for it now but to wait upon
the consequences. So. hitching my chair
UP to the oaken table. made pillow Of
! my fettered wrists and presently fell ADOBE.
know not what hour Of the night It was
| when the half-blood Scipio. who was Mr..
Gilbert Stairs body-servant. came In and
reused me. started up suddenly at his
touch, making no doubt 1t was my sum-
mons. But the mulatto brought me nothing
| worse than cold fowl and q loaf. with q
candle-end to eat them by, and . dish OF
hot tea to wash them down.
knew well enough whom I had to thank
l for this. and was set wondering that my
| ladyS charity was broad enough to mantle
even by this little my latest sins against the
Kings cause. None the leas. ate and
drank gratefully. draining the tea-dish to
the dregs-which. by the, BY. were strange
| ~ bitter.
/ had scarce finished picking the bones
Of the capon before sleep came again e
| drag at my eyeliAs, drowsinaO . master
full that coui& make no head against It
And SO. with the bitter taste Of the tea
| stlll on my tongue. I fen sway = second
time into the pif sof forsetfufness.
When awakened from what seemed In
the memory Of Il the mountaineering sleer
ever had It was no longer night. and
was stretched upon the oaken settle in that
| same lumber garrett where had been
| bedded through that other night Of hiding
| 30 much saw at the waking glance: and
| then I realized. vaguely at drst, but pres.
| entity with startling emphasis. that It VA
. the resferfns a.,n which vaa shfnin9 n n