Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-12

bully Bishop with them! i
The girl turned her frightened race
to me
4 They came for father to take jack
Mount: IsEAn out the back door, stf.
iuh, hasteA hasten!" she walled ook- u
Ing at and wringtng her hands. i
The big stopped from his sad,
die and Ately kissed her.
Thank ~ dear" he said ~
come back 0r another before QtAf'
An large. d fiiikny & I'D with your Mr. &
Cardigan r. ss,s IA
{ Turn those horses! Take their
heads!r whispered Rcffe, There's one
back way to every news and half 9, /
dozen to this sss
The next moment had wheeled the
chaise-and- four back into the darkness
aud around rambling row Of sheds
and stables, following Relfe, then to
the left, then a demitour to the right,
which brought US up against heavy
stockade. But already Rolfe had set
creaking gate swinging loosely, and we
bumped out into field hub deep IN
buttercups.
"pn keep the scratch wigs amused"
whispered Rolfe as climbed to the
forward seat and picked up my rife,
and away we jolted across the starlit
pasture and out into narrow unlight
ed cattle lane which we followed to
the bars. These Shemuel let down,
popping back into the chaise like
iack-o' box. and Mount rode our horses
out into the dark Boundary road.
Presently on dark hillock to our
right saw lighted windows glim-
mering among trees, and l called in
a low voice to Mount and sprang
noiselessly to the road. A lane led
around the hillock to the right Up
this dim path conducted the cha<e-
and-four until found room to turn
them back, facing the Boundary road
again. Here our chaise might lie con-
cealed from passing folk on the high
way, and here 1 quietly bade Mount
and Renard await me, while Shemuel
held the horses heads.
passed silently along the lane,
climbed the hillock and entered the
orchard. Through the dim trees stole
toward the house, where two windows
on the ground floor were lighted up,
Then as I leaned breathless against
tree in the distant gloom the fortress
bell struck slowly eleven times.
Second after second passed, minute
followed minute, and my eyes never
left the closed door under the pillared
porch. Far away in the fortress the
bell struck the half hour, and on the
west breeze came the dull cry of senti-
nels calling from post to post under
the summer stars.
Impatiehce was racking me now.
! waited until I could wait no longer.
Then in the shadow Of the trellis vines
i, I stole up to the porch The hallway
/ was empty. stepped to the sill, cross
ed 1t and surveyed the empty stairway
and the gallery above There was not
a soul in sight. A door on my right
stood open looked IN, then entered
. the smaller of two rooms. which were
partly separated from each other by
: folding doors.
; Treading on the velvet carpet,
passed into the farther apartment,
) which by q little gallery and wa1ec
floor knew to be the ballroom. had
!, ALREADY turned 70 re-enter the smaiiel
room When ! neard the mont oool
close ana voices sounding along tne
outer hallway. stepped Dehlnd gil
j. cabinet ana Grew my heavy knlre, per
Y fectly aware tnat was trapped IKE
!. fox IN a snap oox.
Through the carved foliage OF tn
h cabinet saw three people enter TN
a room.
mere 'hey stouu ~ low Voiceu con
9 sultatlon.Laoy snelton' my Lore Dun
. mole anu 10y mo,sai eneny, Maioe
butier. ne turneo toward Dunmore
y with q gesture. -
Sir l1merson should ma them to
J. night ne SAID. your thleI takei
: Bully Bishop, is with them, ! under
d stand.
Ihey are to search every rebel raj
= :. mole IN TOWN. craed Dunmore eagerly