Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-01-15
CHAPTER XVIII.

"Dinny! You hrreY
Eyes, sorts me-
"But at libertyW
yes, sir and I'm to attend on ye as |
did avore."
But"
ooh, it's all right, sor! The captains
a bit busy, and Pm not to be hung at
present. I'm to be kept till there's n big
holiday. and be strung up then. It's the
fashion out in this part Of the cOunthry.'
My poor fellow" cried Humphrey,
II am glad to see you safe again.
Safe, sir; and dye call it safe, whin
the first time, perhaps as the shkippcr
gets in passion | shall be hung mp in
all me youth and beauty, like one O the
big dropping flowers on tree|
Nonsense, mani"
' "Oh, it's since. sor; and | shall droOp,
too, wild all my moight"
mo, no." said Humphrey, as he pom
dered upon the past, and saw in Dinnys
reprieve a desire to crafty him. mo,
my lad, | appealed to the captain to spare
your life, and this is the result"
1t was not until the next morning that
he saw Dinny again.
; us all quiet in the placer he asked.
"An' is it quietH Why, a tomb in
Agypt is lively place to it. The schoon
ers getting rotting for want o work, and
! the men do nothing but schlape, and the
captains shut all alone whin he isn't
down in the forest saying his prayers"
as it the calm that comes before the
storm, Dinny?" said Humphrey.
Sure, an | don't know, sor; but I'll
y kape watch If | can, and give ye word If
there's anything wrong; but me poor
: heads in a mix and since I've been out
of prison l seem to see nothing but Black
= Mazzard shwarming all over the place
and takin' me darlin' away. Did We in
l. tersade wild the captain, sor?"
:. "Dinny, | have not seen him again"
II said Humphrey, frowning
I Not seen him, sor! Why, he has been
here half a dozen tonnes"
ie Been here? No."
Sure and | saw him wild me own OILS
SCR. Twice he came to the windy there
'e and four tonnes along by the big pas
10 sage. Sure | thought ye'd been col
logung."
II was not aware of it, said Hum
Is phrey, calmly; but his words did not ex.
press the feelings that were raging with
W in his breast, and as soon as he was alone
~ y, he tried to analyze them.
u He must flee. He could do nothing
y else and growing momentariy more eX
cited he tried to force himself to act and
- think.
lG II, The old temple. He would flee there
W for the present he said 1t would re
=" move him from Mary's pursuit, for she
~ would never dream Of his seeking refuge
1T there, and from that place he might per
, haps open up communication with Dinny
" He had no weapon, so he caught mp
large table knife and stuck it in his waist
band 1t was not much, but something
e. and at that moment he recalled Mary
)u Dell's history-h0w she had told him tina
they had begun with a canoe; through
n, that captured a large boat; that larger
boat had enabled them to take a vessel
ed and so on until the swift schooner haC
rs been obtained.
ce In the same way that knife should grow
into a sword he said to himself: anC
II then he felt sensation of half-blin,
ia rage at himself for making the compari
us son.
What is this hateful unsexed creature
to mel! he said, angrily, as he stoo,
a thinking as to his next step.
he All was silent, and the drawing asd
NY of the great curtain proved that Bart wa
NV not on guard, for there was no dull, vel
ay low CLEAN of his lantern at the end of tn
zen corridor, and once more it came over tn
me- prisoner as a feeling of wonder that h
OTIS should not again and again have take
FOR such stems as these. Almost unguardcC
lay his prison doors and windows Away
Iou open, and freedom given him to wande
UT about the ruins, and yet like a pinioae
is bird he had stayed.
his They know that the sea before, III
forest and mountain behind, are strong,
than bolt and bar" something seemed
lie? whisper TO him as he stood listening.
err? But MOTTO determined man, read
,u2 to do or die" he cried, as If forced
$ l answer aloud; and he set his teeth as
ug, still hesitated and paused before hurr
ing out of the great dark place.
icy, He stopped. What would she do VIII,
of she found that he had gomez What won
no she say Of the man whom, with all b.
to faults. she evidently dearly loved, al
let would sacrifice all to win?
Humphrey Armstrong stamped fierce
upon the old stone flooring. making Il
tch, vaulted roof echo as he thrust his ii
ion gers into his ears in child-like attem
to shut out and deafen himself to the
you lent whisperings which assailed him,
he He gave one glance around, trying
'ak, penetrate the darkness, and hestated
his longer. but STROBE away, passing out
ses the long corridor out among the ruiz
re- and. well accustomed to the place no
had making straight for the pathway whiJ
my at its division, turned toward the {
base temple.
Id | All was STILL but it seemed light
hen away to his left than he could quite
'em- count for, and he was starting aga
you, when distant shout as of many voiC
.ary came through the silence of the mig
FIRST aud died away.