The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-08
Godfrey Heathcote, ESQ. y
3 y : faNNifsoRE. Copyright 1893. 81 s. s. Mcclure Cal

had failed than the finding OF the dead
body OF his messenger. Must be
a prisoner with u~s,,'.sssafd Ieuan, and
forthwith beEan dressing the man
again.
Gruffyddsc came to his enses as
Ieuan was fastening his doublet about
him. and looked round upon us a
cantly, uttering low. uneasy cries. 1
brought the horse, and he was set
upon 1t, after his sbroadsword and a
pair OF pistols had been taken from
him. Ieuan ripped eff a strip of the
prisoners Goa with a knife and bound
his. feet together under the horse, then
seized the rein and struck away at
once into the moorland.
CHAPTER XVII.
I BECOME AsMAN&oF THE DUSK
Ifollowediin his, steps, 1 could not
see what else4toss do.Theewhoie affair
was onImy account; the man was ina
sense my prisoner and I felt respon-
stble for him. The discovery Of the
dreadful advantage which Sir Arthur
held over my friends had turned my
plans topsy-turvy, and I could scarce
ly ride. aWay4to q safe place Of refuge
with Gne knowledge thatgStheir4 liberties
and lives were hanging in the wind.
You will follow very carefully, said
|ieuan Fes7llt s=sfaauIder.4forzt there will
be places where to &c a foot wrong will
be to slip intoga bog, where you will
sink as a stone. sinks in water"
Upon this caution / came down and
led Whitesock close at the tail of the
messengers horse. At first the path
was hard a1drciean, then we Travelled
for q long way through places where
the frost had not yet gaincaMaScom-
plete grip of the marshy track, and,
crashing through the stiffened surface.
We sank half k~nee-deep at every step.
Being unused to such places my heart
was in my mouth time and again, es-
pecially when the surface of the bog for
a score OF yards round quaked and
sWayed, and seemed to- suckSataus, as
II eager to engulf us between It's sedgy
lips. @g
But Ieuan trod firmly ard steadily
on, and I followed, and within an hour
We came outson the smooth hard hill
side. Ieuan 10Y sprang up behind
Gruffydd and took the reins, urging the
powerful horse to e. trot, and I swung
myself into the saddle and rode along
side.
AS I came up, the prisoner turned a
sullen eye upon me, and / saw fear and
surprise mingled in his glance.
N1Tell him not to be frightened" said
]; he will not come to any further
harm" 5sss
Ieuan gave a chuck1e OF dry con
tempt. and shrugged his shoulders
slightly. He spoke never a word, and.I
was the more strongly fortified In my
resolution to see the thing through and
do what I could to keep safe a man
who was only al innocent instrument
in the mischief i%ntendedsto me.
Mile after mile we trotted over the
bare, bleak hills, and wilder End wilder
grew the scene around us. At last
Ieuan drew rein at the mouth Of a
narrow own, whose entrance was litter
ed by great rocks, and began to bark
like a fox. He was answered instantly,
and two fellows sprang from their hid
ing places among the boulders and ran
to meet us. At a word from Ieuang each
of them took a rein n guided the
horses through a narrow path, which
wound among the masses of stone and
led to- smooth patch of greensward
set round on three sides by beetling
p%reclpices.
One Ct these latter lay full length
IN the moonlight and toward it our
horses were led. A dozen yards from
the gray rock our guides stood still,
and Ieuan made a sign that I should
dismount. l did SO, and at a COM
mand from their leader the two attend
ants pulled Gruffydd down in q very
unceremOntous fashion and held him by
the collar.
Come this way" said Ieuan.
What about my mare?" I returned
Bring her with you,--if you like
said Ieuan, and l led Whitesock after
him.
l now saw hat a huge fragment of
rock lay at the base OF the cliff, but
being of the same color and leaving but
a narrow gap. it looked, even when.
close at hand, a mere projection rather
than a separate mass. The path be-
tween the boulder n the cliff admit
ted but a single passenger, and we
walked in file, my stirrups juggling
against the rock on either hand as
Whitesock stepped cautiously after me.
A black hole, barely the height of a
man received US, and sand crunched
under u feet. A red dancing CLEAN
struck into my eyes, and I saw a great
fire of turf burning high nj painting
the wet, Shiny walls OLA large cavern
With bright. mirror-like reflections.
Half a dozen figures, who had been
seated round the blaze, sprang to their
feet as we entered, but sank down
again when they recognized Ieuan.
Low strains of the most mournful
i saw the dwarf harper bending over
his instrument and drawing from it a
swailing, melancholy air.
A woman. huddled neal him in a
crouching heap. continued to utter low,
heart broken groans. fitting accompani-
ment to his music. From two or three
bundles laid against the further wall
and covered with skins and tatterad
rags. cries of5pain occasionally burst
forth, b%etrayins the presence of the
wounded, and / saw myself, at a boaI1a
transferred to the center and strong
hold of the Red Men of the Dusk.
Without a word to any one, Ieuan.
walked UP to the fire and spread his
hax.ds to the warmth. Fierce, curious
eyes We're turned upon me, and savage
cries of rage We're uttered as the pris-
oner vas brought forward. His teeth.
ratified together in fear as he was
dragged intosthe freight. Ieuan looked
upon his terror and their nate with a.
complacent grin. AT this instant the
woman, whose groans of sorrow had
been echoinE through the place, was
aroused from her torpor by the excite
ment of her companions. she looked
round and saw theScaptive, for Gruf-
fydd a new bound hand and foot.
With a scream of VILE exultation she
recognized him as a man from Nant-y-
Bryn, aEdEat the same moment / knew