The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-09-04

dered what 1t was In my unCle'S race
which SO repealed me, though l could
not fix upon malignant expression in
any feature. All of a sudden he burst
out:
Il wish to heaven. nephew" he cried
peevishly, that you had made your
way here on quieter animal"
''Whitesock, sir" said I; "a sweeter,
tempered creature was never foaled.
Ills true she will allow no one on her
back but myself. The fellow should
have left her alone" #
All very fine said my uncle, but
to have man with shoulder badly
put out Just at the time when we need
every pair of hands and because he
wanted no more than to try the PAGES
of the mare is too bad. How do we
know but that that rogue Ieuan and
his fellow rogues may be down on us
any day or night"
II am sorry" I returned, for the
weakening of the garrison to that ex-
tent, but surely against such ill-pro-
V1ded assailants we are ample in num-
Der to make the place good"
And she will absolutely allow no
one but him to mount her." said Sir
Arthur, staring into the fire, and pay
Ing no attention to my last remark.
His tone was odd, for it was one of
pure chagrin, and could not make out
what he meant.
mo one at ALL" said l.
He started and looked up with
quick, uneasy smile.
I was thinking aloud, nephew" he
replied. 81 had it in mind how in
places where the need arises they nut
the old and in1irm in as secure place
as possible, while the youngpand nim-
BILE fight it out. Truly a man with
your Whitesock under him could re-
gard all chances Of fortune with an
easy mind. He could fight, or he could
| fly, just as he listed"
why these gloomy thoughts, sir p"
I. said I. Your fortunes do not incline
to such evil case, so far as any one
can see. l would gladly"
Sir Arthur held up his hand and
fell silent. He listened for a moment,
| then said:
"Who is galloping at so fearful a
pace down the hill road?"
l could hear nothing, for the roar Of
the river drowned all other sounds for
me. To my uncle it was so familiar
that he dismissed 1t and caught other
noises as though the thunder of the
| water was not present. He went across
10 one of the windows and we both
stared eagerly through the mist In
another moment flying mass came
into sight. 1t gathered form and out
line at every yard, and we saw a man
iup to the house.
1t Is Hugh From cried Sir Arthur,
and ran to the main entrance. 1 fol-
lowed him hastily and helped to draw
the huge bolts. AS we did so, we
heard the man spring down on the
stones before the door, and in an in
slant heavy knockings resounded
through the house. I flung the door
back, and the man rushed in. He had
a squalltng child under each arm, and
his face was white and terror stricken
and streaming with sweat. In an in
slant the wide hall was full of people,
OWain and Enid came to the spot
where Sir Arthur was questioning the
newcomer, and the servants crowded
the lower end to hear the news The
man told his story in gasps, but T was
none the wiser until I began, to distin-
guish an often repeated sound and
recognized "Y GWylliaid Cochion." In
the very midst of the fellows story
Enid Vaughan struck in with sharp
inquiry The man faltered, hung his
mead and was 10th to reply. When he
dld she seemed about to speak warmly
When Sir Arthur stepped toward her.
Pray, be silent, Enid" said he IN
English. Let us have the whole of bic
tstory. then you can see about the WON
an. With strong effort Miss Vaughan
controlled herself. and STOOD. witt
heightened color and scornful eve
while my uncle put question after
question.
You will, of course, take some steps
IN the matter at once, Sir Arthur" she
said to my uncle at the first pause.
This fellows place." whispered
OWa1n Vaughan in my ear, chs beer
attacked by these &c headed rogues
SO far as I can make out, the MAR
idea was food and plumber. But hf
fed without delay, leaving his wife II
bed" =
And the unfortunate woman was
left there alone?" said l.
so 1t seems" replied OWain: --"hut
II no one else stirs, it is certain thai
my sister will be on the road within !
few minutes"
turned my eyes on my uncle to SEE
what answer he would make to the
young lady's appeal. He said nothine
to her for the moment, but shouted AZ
angry command to the listening Grove
at the lower end Of the hall. and 1;
melted away. Owain spoke up:
Would it not be well, sir, for feu
men to get to horse and ride as FAR a,
IRON, to see into this story and take
some measures about the woman?"
yes, OWain, that Is what must h,
done at once" said his sister.
And what men will you muster +,
ride upon this errand?" asked m,
uncle, suddenly.
. IA few of the men about tho housa
here" replied Owain
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