The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-04-07
THE MASTER OF APPLEBY
I---- BY Francis Lynde. --
BY Francis Lynde.


Z liIpuS 1 hlI JiNi " liiAS wv
%captaiu's mex friend. You know more
about the Baron de kalb's doings than
anybody else in M~ecklenburg."
Il" What should / know"
You know a deal-or else the sos-
sips lie most recklessly."
They do lie if they connect me with
The Baron de Kalb. or with any other
saying"
Tina you come straight from the
baron's camp in ~Nirsinia-to see what
you can see
N spy. Ell? 'Tis cut out Of whole
cloth. Dick. my lad I've never took
the oath on either side"
He looked vastly disappointed. But
you will. Jack? Surely. YOU have not
to think twice in such Il cause?'
AS between king and congress, you
mean? lis no quarrel of mine"
Now God save us, John Ireton,' he
burst out in a fine fervor of youthful
enthusiasm that made him all the
handsomer. Il had never thought to
hear your fathers son say the like"
l shrugged.
".And why not, pray The kings
minion. Tryon. hanged my father and
gave his estate to his minion's mlnion
Gilbert Stair. So. in spite of your dec
larations and your contiScations and
your laws against alien landholders. l
come back to find myself still the son
of the outlawed Roger Ireton. and this
same Gilbert Stair firmly lodged in my
fathers seat"
Jennifer shrugged in his urn.
Gilbert Stair-for sweet Madge's
sake l loath to say it-Gilbert Stair
blows hot or cold as the wind sets fair
or stormy. And / will say his for
him: no other Tyron legatee of
them all has steered so fine a course
+ y V.Nv wi hoo 1,-t S,~ s--- ,.N,,,,,
How he trims so skilfully no man
knows. y short month since. he had
General Rutherford and Conole Sumter
as guests at Applehy Hundred: now it
is Sir Francis Falconnet and the Brit
ish light-horse officers who are hon
Ored. But let him rest: the cause OF
independence is bigger than any man.
John; and 1 had hoped"
l laid a hand on his knee. spare
yourself. Dick. My business in Queens
borough was to learn how best l might
reach Mr.. Rutherford's rendezvous"
For IA moment he sat, pipe in air.
he had heard Alright. Then he clipt my
hand and wrung it, babbling out some
boyish bravo that / made haste to put
an end TO.
softly, my lad" 1 said; "'tis no
great thing the congress will gain by
my adhesion. But you. Richard; how
comes it that l find you taking your
ease at Jennifer House and ~hobnobbing
with his majesty's officers when the
cause you love is still IN such deS-
perate straits"
He blushed like a girl at that. and
for a little space only pulled the hard
err at his pipe.
Il did go out With the Minute Men in
IS, If you must know. and smelt pow
| dor at Nn0ra'S f'rpaE Whom my time
was done I would have listed again:
but just at that my father died and the
Jennifer acres We're like to so to the
dogs. lacking oversight. SO l came
home and-and-
He stopped in some embarrassment
and I thought to help him on.
"Nay. out With it. Dick. If am not
thy father. l am near old enough tc
stand in his stead. Twas more thar
husbandry that rusted the sword ir
it's scabbord, I'll be bound."
You are right, Jack: twas botf
more and less" he confessed. shame
~facedly. Twas this same Marger,
Stair. AS 1 have said, her father blows
hot or cold as the wind sets, but not
she. She is the ~fiercest little Tory IL
the two Carolinas, bar none. When
had got .Jennifer in order and began to
talk of listing again. she flew into /;
pretty rage and stamped her foot ant
All Dul SNOFe lNttl DICK JtllIiiiei III Dui
and blue should never look upon he
face again With her sood Will"
| had a glimpse of Jennifer the love
as he spoke. and the sight vent some
what on the a toward casting GU
the devil OF sullen rage that had pos.
sessed me since first | had set return
ing foot in this my native homeland
Twas a life lacking naught of hard
ness. but much of human mellowine
that lay behind the homecoming; an
my one sweet friend in all that barre
life was dead. What wonder. then. i
I set this frank-faced Richard in tn
other Richards stead. wishing him n
the happiness that poor Dick CoNcrdal
had missed? I needed little: woul
need still less. thought. before the wa
should md: and through this love
match my lost estate would ON a
length TO Richard Jennifer. 1t was
: meliorating thought. and while 1t hel
5 1 could be less r~evenceful.
"Dost love her. Dick" ! asked.
: AYE, and have ever since she WA
= in pinafores. and a hobbledehoy j
Master Wytheby's school"
i $50 long, thought NJ. Stair wa
n later ome in M~ecklenburg."
t 'He came eight years ago. as n {
Tyron's underlinss. Madge was eve
$ then motherless: the same little wifi,
J r-...a-pacc she has ever been. I Won
L Won kIleS Lltl. 1hNN. ''' '''''
g this stiffness of mine seem the thir
1t is"
so you have stayed at hon
accounting While others fought to 81,
k YOU leisure said l, thinking to raj
+: him. But he took it harder than
meant.
d "'Tis Just this. Jack: and I am ia
g ashamed. While tho fighting kept
8 the north it did not grind so keen: b
now. With the rcdroats ut u door
IS and the Tories Sacking and burning
every settlement. It's enough to fay ;
lie honest man alive. Go~d-a-nercN. JAG
% I'll go: I've got to & or die of shame
20 He sat silent after that. and as the
:. seemed nothing that a curst old car
II paigner could say at such Il pass, DO
id him company. j.
10 BY and by he harlSed back to t
e matter of his errand. making soi
II apology for his coming to me as t
II baronet's second.
"'Twas none of my free Offering. y
ar may be sure" lie added. But it
he happened that Captain F~alconnct on
did me n like turn. / had nance
l run aroul of that captain of Hessi
rs pigs, LauSwoulter. at cards. and II;
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