The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INsTALLMEST
Roger Ireton was executed in 1851 by Governor
Iyron for his participation in the Regulators
inzurrection. and his Carolina estate, Appleby
Hundred. bestowed upon one Gilbert stair III.
sen. John 1reton. having It'll then served the
King In q regiment in England, threw I'D his
commission and took service with the Austrians
4 1.'s ne returned TO the Ne- World 20 see IL.
In the uoublous Gays OF revolution. he could
not regain his ancestral estate.
Almost the first man he meet, IS Sir Francis
fslconnet. an old enemy of his English Army
days. now q Captain OF Hessians. The two fight
O duel. IN which Sir Francis wounds Ireton, tax
ing an Unfair advantage Of the Intervention Of
Asrgery Stair. the daughter Of the usurper of
Appleby. whittier Ireton is taken by her orders.
She nurses him. and he falls in love with her,
honor bidding him TO respect what he believes
10 be the prior claim Of a young American. Dick
Jennifer. She also tells him that Sr Francis
Falconnet has asked her 10 marry him. a mar
riage that he purposes to prevent.
Ere long he discovers that he IL in reality the
prisoner OF the baronet. who intends to denounce
him TO Tarieton as a Continental SPY. He also
learns that a powder convoy is TO be sent out to
arm the indians for raids upon the patriots.
While trying to escape with the map of the route
CT this convoy he Is captured. TarIeton con-
dennis him 10 death. and during the night before
his execution Margery visits him. She endeavors
TO carry the map to Jennifer. but Is taken. Tarle-
ton taunts her with being the mistress OF Ire;on-
whe boldly declares that she is his wife. Gilbert
Stair. knowing that he Is about to die. demands
q secret marriage. as this will secure AppIehy for
his daughter independent Of his conhscator's
claim.
Ireton is led out to execution. but saved at tn.
last moment by a band OF patriots. Uncanoola.
his Indian playmate OF boyhood days. informs
him that Jeunifer. too. has escaped. Ireton
chances to find Jennifer surrounded by enemies.
CHAPTER XV-Continued.
He never finched for all the hurting mis-
sfles sent or ahead to cut him down, nor
gevs q glance aside to where the horsemen
were deoloying to surround him. AS 1
looked. the two great pistols belched in the
very faces OF the nearest Cherokees. and IN
the momentary check the firearms made, the
baskes-nilted claymore went TO work, ris-
ing and falling like q weaYers beam.
] saw no more; but some heart-burstinE
minutes later. when Jennifer came racing
on behind TO share the flight his heroic
stand had made a possibility. the swelling
sob choked me once again: and when 1
thought of what his rescue of me meant to
him, / could have blubbered like a boy.
But there was little time or space to give
remorse an inning. The Cherokees. checked
but for the moment were storming hctly
at our heels. And as we ran 1 heard the
SHOUTED command of Falconnet 10 his
mounted men: "a rescued Right oblique
ane head them in the roadi Gallop, you
deVflsr'
We ran in Indian file, ] at the chiefs heels
and Jennifer at mine. 1 followed the Ca
tawba blindly; and being as yet little bet
ter than half a man IN breath and muscle.
was well-night spent before we crashed
down through a tangled briar thicket into
the river road