The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-11-26
BY JOHN FIfvEIM0RE.
CHAPTER xxVl.-continucd.

could fit us with q couple of saddles
one for Enid and one for myself. 70
my own saddle was altogether out O
character for q serving ma to be
stride, being too costly, and l cheer,
fully exchanged 1t for a rude affai
which the good man OF Maengwyn rod
to market. Siani went off at q gallop
riding bare-backed, to a house som,
two miles away. and took money to Il
herself out. and was back with he
pony harnessed within the hour. Their,
We're droves of animals belonging t.
Nant-y-Bryn p%asturing about THIS par
OF the mountain, and the son of ths
house captured us a strong little geld
ing III serve as q pack horse. he ano
I fastened the saddle bags carefully
upon it and everything was ready foi
a start.
1t was about 10 o'clock when we
plunged into a narrow cwm which took
us out of sight of Maengwyn In less
than a hundred yards and led u :scr.h
eastward T. the hills.
Enid was riding Whitesock, and
walked at her side, leading The graz
pony who had followed us to Maen-
gwyn the night before. Slant anne be-
hind with the baggage horse.
Again Whitesock seemed to under
stand everything. She amoled on as If
proud to carry her beautiful burden,
and after walking half a mile l Ven
tured to slip into, the saddle and ride
the gray beside her.
Poor creature!" said Enid; what q
shame TO torment her when b is so
fond OF YOU For Whitesock was now
a uritie uneasy, yet calm again when l
spoke to her and stroked her neck.
Tn five minutes more" said l. she
will be as happy with you as under
me-"
"oh. no." said Enid.
1T is true I returned; ~ know her
ways well enough TO be sure that she
has taken to 0 for good and ALL
1t was as said. A few minutes lat
er I fell back into the proper place for
a serving man to occupy. Whitesock
turned her eye on me, n when she
saw l was not leaving the company but
following behind. she moved smoothly
forward without a fdget.
Much of this. to be sure. was owing
TO the manner in which She was being
ridden.
Enid is a born horsewoman, and her
hands are perfect.
All day we ode steadily forward,
following tracks well known to my
companions, A halt of q couple of
hours was made in h early afternoon
at a shepherds hut to refresh our
selves and feed and rest the horses, and
as dusk fell we rode up to an inn which
| recognized as the place where I had
failed 10 find Enid and SLAM, and from
whence | had ridden at once to take
them from the Red Men of the Dusk.
Here my disguise did not profit me
much, for the people at one found out
| was not what I seemed. They knew
Miss Vaughan and her servant WELL
and took me, at first, for what I looked.
But. naturally enough. they spoke TO
me In the language of the country, and
1 was grayeled at a word. When they
found I did not understand them, they
became very eager to probe into the
mystery, and set a fellow who had a
little English to cross-examine me.
From this | was saved by the Inter-
yention OF Siani. and I saw very plain
ly the use of a laced Goa In gaining
one civility at an Inn.
The next morning we set Off at an
early hour, and now / knew the track
we followed. We called at the house
Of the woman whose child I had fished
out of the swift little brook, and drank
new, warm milk with her. She made
no sign that she had seen me before,
but that was not wonderful and no
severe test of my present guise.
AS we rode that afternoon. Enid de-
yctded against staying in Rhayader. IN
Liz bodSe OPpoSlIE iHe lI1Il tINRQE an OLD
servant of the Yaughan,s, and should
be again exposed to great tnquisittve-
ness.
The Welsh, and In particular the
country Welsh, nave an intense pas
sion for prying into other peoples bus
mess, and the figure I cut Of a home
spun mountaineer. with an English
tongue in my head. would gall their
curiosity nightly.
Go ua tonly a a,cf oha,,% DL-..5Z-
passing a couple of miles south of the
town, and riding slowly along very bad
roads to al inn some dozen miles be-
yond 1t.
The next morning i rode beside Enid
In earnest talk. for that evening. would
see US at Mistress Whitgift's house,
and we had our plans for the future to
arrange. What they were, 1t Is need
less to mention. for they were shaken
to pieces that same night by the march
of affairs and others called for at q
short notice.
Our midday halt was at Knighton,
and here Siani obtained me q great
black patch, which I clapped over the
right side of my face as soon as we
were clear Of the place. Enid eyed me
anxiously, and yer her uneasy heart
VAS at rest when she Escanned the an
pearance I nov presented.
We rode across the border into South.
Salop. then across North Hereford, next
into Salop again and so came to Lud-
low. We made no stop here but
marched steadily OH, aiming to get to
Mistress Whitgift's house just after
nightfall.
A thick misty evening was gathering
around uH when Enid pointed5to q tail
stone we were passing and said: at
is e mile again" a55@
we have timed ourselves 10 q won
der" said ], and rode up ALONGSIDE. for
the road was solitary and the dusk was
deepening fast. Soon we came to ]
whsle gate and here Enid drew rein.
A little further onScould be seen the
lights OF fire and cs.ndlelin the windows
OF a little hamlet.
I sprang down and pushed the gate
open. We entered In avenue, and enid
brought Whitesock tosa stand.
8 4 will &c quietly forward, she said,
T"and see that Mistress Whitgift Il
somewhat prepared forour arrival
Her health has been feeble this last
year or more, and4I fear now that this
will trouble her.
I helped her to descend n she went
swiftly u the avenue, which led
through thick shruhbery. to q house
Hor1e forty yards from the road. The
place gave no signs OF life save for q
faint candleshfne at one window,
Two, three minutes p~assed.@and 3
dark figure came toward us.
SIS 1t William7., asked Sinai.
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