The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06

'1f he knows l am here. why does he
let them search e~lsewhereY"
At this she looked away from me.
and I made sure I saw h sweet chin
culver when she spoke.
Fl has reasons of his own: reasons
of-of-' but instead of telling me what
they were she broke off to say: But
now you know why all the doors of
this house are under guard"
Truly" said I; and Herewith I fell
to pacing up n down the narrow
clear-way iii the garnet, striving to see
how l might come off with nothing
worse than the loss of my burdensome
life.
Twas easy to guess how this
shaveling lawyer discounted me. Fore
warned is forearmed in any soldier
camp; and through his blabbing, the
plan by which 1 had hoped to lull re-
sentiment and forestall suspicion was
nipped in the bud. I saw the far-reach-
ing consequences, and was made to
fight in sheer desperation whilst the
terrier is shaking him to death.
When that leaven began to work in
me I was fit for the %daringest thing
that offered; SO I paused to ask If my
Lord CORVALLIS were yet in the house.
HE is writing letters. in his bed
room," was her answer.
IL yO0 VIII Sl1OW ~ lllG way
I shall be your poor debtor by that
muc more"
IT will not-unless you first tell me
what you mean to 70. She said 1t
firmly, but now I was fronting death
and could be as firm as she.
IF you will not show me the way, 1
shall find it myself" So much I said;
but as for telling her that 1 meant to
save his lordship and all the others the
trouble of running me down, 1 could
not do that.
You are going to give yourself up"
she said; and when / would not deny
It,. she darted before me and set her
back against the wainscot door,. "'Tis
folly, folly!" h cried. H would but
pull the bell cord and
And give the order that Colonel
Tarleton's sentence be executed upon
me, you would say. Be it so. But in
that event I can at least clear you n
your father Of any completely in my
hiding"
II say you shall not co."
What touch of savagery is 1t in a
man hat will not suffer him to let a
woman, loved or unloved, stand in the
other time I would have pleaded with
her; would have ended, mayhap, by
weakly deferring to her wish. But row
well, you must remember, my dears,
that I was the trapped rat. 1 o. her
gently in my arms, set her aside, and
stepped out into the corridor.
1 looked for nothing less than a vol
.cano-burst of righteous Indignation to
pay ms out for this piece Of tyranny.
But now as twice or thrice before, my
lady showed me how little a man nay
know Of a woman's moods.
you need not be so masterful rough
with me- she said, with a pouting of
the sweet lips that set me back upon
that thought Of a Maynard child
wanting to be kissed. IF you say I
must, I am in duty bound to show you
the way" And so h led on and I fol-
lowed, in a deeper maze than any she
had ever set me in.
Arrived at a pair of doors in the main
passage, she showed me the one that
opened to my lords ~bed-chamber and
a away; ran with her hands to her
face as if to shut out a sight would
not bear looking upon.
I turned my back stiff1y upon this
newer wonder, pulled myself together
n raped on the door. A voice with
in babe me enter; the door opened UNI
der my hand and I stood in the pres
ence of the man who. as I made no
doubt. would shortly summon his
guards and have me out to my rope
INC tree.