The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-01
to give him a good rest till tomorrow
He bit hia lin, and stared thouRhtfMllY

to give him q good rest till tomorrow
He bit his lip. and stared thoughtfully
into the fire.
Now" said he. here iss the plan.
Tomorrow morning. before the daylight
comes. you u go from this place
in my clothes. 1t ISIS lucky we are about
the same size. Have you some mon.
ey?"
NO a penny" I replied.
Never mind,''' rejoined Ieuan, "yot
have a good right to a few pounds out
of h little bag here and he touched
enough to carry you to a place where
you Eil1 be safe again. Are you
thinking to go far?"
Within a dozen miles of Hereford"
"A little Journey that" said Ieuan.
We'll. you take these clothes. when
you will o very respectable. and by
daylight you must be two or three
miles away. Walk to the next town
and hire a horse. and OF you go
or change in clothes will be seen."
I gratefully consented to Ieuan's
plan, which held out a good hope OF
safety; and as the landlord nov came
to give US his company, 1t was not pos
sible to discuss the subject further. For
a couple of hours he sat with us and
prosed about country affairs and local
gossip. Ieuan, who had his own rea-
sons for doing SO, ordered liberal sup
plies of ale. and urged the host to
drink. He needed but little encourage
ment and disposed c%heerfully of almost
all that he bought. Seasoned topper as
he was, his stories at last became
shorter and more broken, and his head
wagged drowsily. Ieuan informed him
that l should stay the night, and he in
vited US to go to bed at once. Ieuan
where we We're to be quartered. and
then the door was made fast; and the
host n his family, a wife n two
s~hockheaded children. got to their bed
and left us by the fire. Dafydd had
long been asleep, stretched on a
bench.
Are o going to bed, Ieuan?" I
asked.
No, l am not" he replied; 81 first
went to looE, to make that man easy
In his mind. We will sit here and sleep
a little till it ISIS time to start. We
shall be more sure not to stop too
long"
This was entirely to my mind, and I
took som: fuel from a stack in the
corner Of the room and ~replenished the
fire. We sat and talked for some time
o6CAiip LIZ GllCII lllS lIllSl CS vi lllS Qly
began to assert themselves: Ieuan be-
cane silent, and, before long, 1 slid in
to u restless slumber. N+-
OF q sudden I awoke, instantly and
completely. l had an uneasy feeling
at my heart that I had been wakened
by a sound of danger. Yet all was still.
Ieuan had dropped asleep in his chair.
and was breathing heavily. The fire
a died down, and the room was dark.
Thara Saarond M ri,cr in Z, a n tra
distant bark of a dog.
From some farm close at hand"
though ], and stretched out my
cramped legs and resolved to sleep no
more, but watch the rest of the night.
I was seated in the corner of a high
backed settle with the window behind
me. A faint glimner seemed to come
into the air, and I sprang to my feet.
With a beating heart I perceived the
window full Of a red, dancing light.
1 ran to 1t, and, ever as I did SO, the
loud baying of a hound rang out in
the silence of a MINDLESS night, n I
saw a plump of flaring links not thirty
heading straight for the house.
"Ieuan," called quickly, but my
voice was drowned by a great hound
giving tongue %furiously without. HIS
deep, hollow bark was followed by a
whine and a swift scratching at the
outer door.
I recognized the note with a bitter
brute had done it unconsciously. ALL
my doublings and twistings had been
in vain. Ranger had been set upon
my track, and had led my foes unerr-
ingly to my refuge.
IeIan leaped from his chair and ran
to my side.
"Enemies." said he, cool and wide
awake at once. M
YES" said 1. "Is there a door he
hind?"
The light Of the torches flashed In
through the windows, and cast our
shadows before US as we sprang into
the passage.
Surround the house." shouted a
voice I knew. 1t was done upon the
instant.
The whole building stood open aud
naked to the moor without fenco or
enclosure, Ind while we CROPPED our
way along a Uttered. pitch-dark, aud
unfamiliar passage, our foes outran us.
Here it iss," said Ieuan. laying his
hand on a bolt and half drawing 1t.
He growled something and shot 1t
back, as the light of the well pitched
links shone red under the door and
through the crevices of it's ill fitting
planks.
II can see Them" said Ieuan, with
Two Of them carry a light and a sword,
and two have guns. They are stsnd-
ing about five yards away, and the
guns are pointed at this door,"
BY this time the knocking was fast
and furious at the front door, and the
landlord was crying out in alarm.
He Will ope when he knows who Is
there" said ], unless we stop him"
Continued Next Week.)
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