The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-07

cold. though they be made as now n n,r.
hsh forth a marriage supper. L bid YOU
Eood night, gentlemen. I'll go and make
mat call upon the lady which you were so
RUE as 10 interrupt a little while ago." +,
And with that he turned his back unon -.
and strobe away. forgetting to tell bia r.d.
SKINNED myrmidons to strip me OF that
Kings uniform he was so loath to hays ma
burned in.
Inc Cherokees waited till the master ex-
ecutioner was out of sight among the trees-
Then they set up their Internal bowi,r,
.lEdth ana the tre-lighter ran to fetch a
fresh brand eS'
courage. lad! twill soon be over now
saId l. hearing groan from my poor Dick.
ms reply was chattering curse. not NM
on falconnet or the Indians. but upon his
Inaiady. the tertian fever
Now. by all the fiends. I'm cb,,,,rp
again jack he gasped. III these cursed
Moou-"oiVes mark ii. they'll set it down 10
woman cowardice and that will break INV
heartt' ny
asa'n l babe him be of good courage A.
surihG him. not derisively. as ii looks when
us written out. that the fire would pres
eLty medicine the chilling. In the middle
CT the saying the lighted brand was fetched
anu thrust among the fagotinSs and the
upWard-curling smoke wreaths made ma
gasp and strange at the finish
or little time after the sucking in OF
Tor any OF her poor creatures doomed To die
bE hre-i saw and heard less clearly and
suffered only by anticipation But to this
DAY the smell OF burning pine-wood ,s like
a s-eepinS potion to me: and the sleep IT
brings is full of dreams vaguely troubled.
80, While the Indians danced and leaped
about us. brandishing their weapons and
chanting the captives' death song. and whiIa
the blue and yellow tongues of fame
mounted from twig t. twig. climbing
steaithliy to flick at US like little vanish
ing demon whips. / saw and heard and felt
as one remote from all the torture turmoil
OF the moment Through the dimmIns haze
OF Sleeping sensibility the dancing savages
became as mariOnettes in some cunning
puppet show: and the blood-staned fingers
stfeninS against their log took shapes less
horrifying.
Twas Dicks voice. coming. as It seemed.
from a mighty distance, that broke tho
spel ana brought me back to quickened
asonies. He spoke in painting gasps, as tbs
smoke would let him
One word. Jack, before we go-go to our
own place. lie said-he said she would b
Tree toto marry him. Tell me o.
God in heaven,'
His agony was a lash to cut me deeper
than any fcking demon whip of fame vet
! must needs add to it.
Aye. Richard. have wronged You,
wronsed you desperately. can you hear me
yet! say have wronged YOU and / shall
die the easier IL you'll forgive
once more the smoke. rising again IN
denser clouds. cut me off. and through the
binding blue haze OF 1t I saw the Indians
running up with green branches to beat &
down lest 1t should spoil their sport over
soon by smothering us out OF hand
With the chance to gasp and breathe
again l would have confessed in full to
Richard Jennifer and had him shrive me
W han, II y1af
answer. His head was rolling from side to
SIDE. and his handsome young face was all
drawn and distorted as in the awful
srimaces OF the death thros