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

it. sir. Up the hill. All. there's your
man, jogginS-a7on 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 pur-
suit or any reason for it, had disap-
peared into a hollow, when Black
Bruce like "A 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 boots, part
ly turned his horse across the road,
the worst movement he could have
made, for Black Bruce, WI a war
neigh, came breast on. maddened with
the delight of battle, and whiTled OPP
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 read side.
while his frightens5 steed staggered to
it's feet, leaped the hedge with a
| scream Of fear. and soampered across
( the field TO it's furthest extremity.
Armstrong swung himself to the
ground with a Quieting word to Bruce.
who stood still painting and watching
| every movement of his master. A pis-
! tol in each hand, Armstrong stood over
/ his victim.
You halter dog, traitor and scuIlion,
give me the kings commission"
Sir YOU have killed me, moaned
De Courcy. family
You bribed thief. tie rope is your
/ end. You1l take no seattle through
honorable warfare. Di~gorgev'
De Courcy, vaguely wondering how
the other knew he carried it. drew
/ from within his torn doublet the sec
ond commission signed by the king and
handed it uD with a groan to 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 MOI
guess how this were possible. Tho
young man placed the document wher,
its predecessor had been, then said Z,
his victim:
Had a rope and hangman will
me You would end your life on yonde
tree. When first I learned your char
acter you were in some danger from
my sword: a moment since you stoo,
in jeopardy from my pistols; bewar
our third meeting, for If you cross IN.
path again / viii strange you with m
naked hands, if need be-
De Courcy made no reply. He real
i ns-a r,.-.
. troversy. A standing man well arme
mas manifest advantages Over~an encm
bruised and on the ground and som
; thought of this came to the mind Of tn
generous victor. now that his Gage
, was cooling. He felt that il was rattle
undignifled to threaten helpless ad
versary and il he were atraitor to IN
king. let the king deal with him. s
whistling to his horse, he sprang o
his back and rode to Banbury At
/; slower pace than he had traversed tn
I same road some minutes before.
The hostlcr made grievous pretenC
that he had been all but murdered
his fall and Armstrong examined hi
, | minutely as he would have done with
favorite horse. pronouncing him nor
the worse for his tumbling. but ia tn,
the better. AS We was now more supp
. than ne had been for years. He r.
> warded the man iavishly. nevertheless
and gave him the receipt for A lin
ment good for man and beast, shou
, after complications Cnsue.
c. Il hope, sir" whined the man. 9TH
! you did not treat the gentleman W
Z were IN such haste to meet as rough
as you did me.
h Very much the same, cried Arm
stang. with a laugh, but you are q
.. ] l,rth,. anef horarcr 7 laff f.fre, r,pff1,
3 gold nor medicine. taking from III
. rather than hestowing-"
5 All. IS that your game?" whisper