The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-16

it, sir. Up the hill. All, there's your
man. jeggingrr7on ahead. leisurely
enough, if it's him you seek"
Right Slip off; L can't stop. God
be with you"
The hosber rolled in "a heap along
the ditch, staggered to his feet feeling
his limbs for broken bones, thinking
his gold pieces hardly earned in such
usage. then, satisfying himself that the
damage was not great, hObbled back to
Banbury.
De Courcy, riding easily. as the man
bad said wholly unsuspicious of puT-
suit or any reason for it, had disap-
peared into a hollow, when Black
Bruce like thunder cloud came over
the crest and charged down upon him
with the irresistible force of a troop of
dragons. The Frenchman. hearing
too late the rumble of the hoofs, part
ly turned his horse across the road,
the worst movement he could have
made, for Black Bruce, VIZ a war
neigh. came breast on. maddened with
the delight of battle, and whirled Op-
posing horse and rider over and over
like a cartwheel flung along the road
from the hand of "a smith. De Courcy
lay partly stunned at the road side,
while his fTightene5 steed staggered to
its feet, leaped the hedge with
scream of fear. and soampered across
the field to its furthest extremity.
Armstrong swung himself to the
ground with Quieting word to Bruce.
who stood still painting and watching
every movement of his master. pis-
tol in each hand, Armstrong stood over
his victim.
You halter dog, traitor and scullion,
give me the kings commission"
Sir, you have killed me- moaned
De Courcy. family
You bribed thief. the rope is your
end. You'll take no seattle through
honorable warfare. DiSgorgei"
De Courcy. vaguely wondering how
the other knew he carried it. drew
from within his torn doubIet the sec
ond commission signed by the king and
/ handed 1t uD with a grOan 10 the con-
queror. As it was an exact duplicate
of the one he had lost. even to the silk
en- cord, the honest Scot had not the
slightest doubt he had come by his
own again. and the prone man was
equally convinced that someone had
betrayed to Armstrong his secret mis-
sion, yet. for the life of him. could not
guess how this were possible. The
young man placed the document where
its predecessor had been, then said to
his victim:
Had l a rope and a hangman with
me You would end your life on yonder
tree. When first / learned your char
/ acter you were in some danger from
/ my sword, moment since you stood
III jeopardy from my pistols; beware
/ our third meeting. for if you cross my
| path again I viii strange you with ny
/ naked hands, if need be"
De CCurcy made no reply He real
J lied that this was not a time for con-
| troversy. A standing man well armed
J mas manifest advantages over~an enemy
/ bruised and on the ground and some
/ thought of this came to the mind Of the
/ generous victor. now that his Gager
was cooling. He felt that it was rather
| undiSnified 10 threaten 4 helpless ad-
! versary, and il he were atraitor TO the
( king. let the king deal with him. Sc
I whistling to his horse, ne sprang or
! his back and rode to Banbury at a
/ slower pace than he had traversed the
/ same road some minutes before.
The hostler made grievous pretencC
/ that he had been all but murdered By
his fall, and Armstrong examined hin
/ minutely. as he would have done with 2
/ favorite horse. prOnouncing him non,
the worse for his tumbling, but rather
the better. as ne was now more suppl,
! than he had been for years. He re-
4 warded the man iayishly. nevertheless
and gave him the receipt for lini
I ment good for man and beast, should
| after complications ersue.
I hope, sir" whined the man. "tha
you did not treat the gentleman yol
were i'm such haste to meet as roughl,
as you did me"
very much the same cried Arm
stNng. with a laugh, but you are tn
better of, because I left him neithe
gold nor medicine. taking from hon
rather than hestowing.'
All. is that your game?" Whispered