The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-05-12
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fully like a trusscd fowl before


peacefully like a trussed FOWL befoE'
The Are"
The baronet smiled and said "l'i u,
Your warrant for Ills safety. We've Fac
him we'll guarded from tine !irsi. aho 20
night he is behind u barred door VIII
MIR. Stairs overscor standing sentry
before 1t. But as FOR that. he's Darcy
o u III bed from my fin-2'ick,
Having thus disposed of me. they LEI
me be and came 10 the graNer business
of the moment. With a toast to lay tht
dust before II. II wns Eelrnnnet WHO
gave the toast.
Here's To our bully redskins and
their ling-hoW do You call s'inl, Cup
:aln stuart" )Ccn-Dcona-'
~"Oconostota is the Chela1iee OF II,
though on the border they KNOW hin.
better as .Old, Hop Fin up gentle
men. fill up. it's II dry business, This,
.AiloM me. Mr.. stair: and you. Mr. err
-ah-Pengarden. This same old
heather is the kings friend now. but,
gentlemen all. ! do assure you he's the
very devil himself in a copper-colored
skin. Twas he who ambushed us in
60. and but for .Attukullakulla-
.Oh. Lord groaned Falronnct. II
say. captain. drown the names in the
wine and Wen drink them so. lis by
far thekraSicSt way TO swallow them
by this. the griZzied captains mem
ton OF the old Fort L.oudon massacre.
knew him for that same John Stuart
! of the Highlanders who. with Captain
Damare. had stoutly defended the from
! tier tort against the savageS twenty
wears before. knew him and wondered
| had not sooner placed him. When L
was bu a boy. as | could we'll remein-
Der. he had been kings man to the
81 -. .-,, - .r vIra IN
times of peace. and in the border wars
a man the Indians feared. But now.
as | was soon to learn, he was Il man
for us to fear.
Ills carried through at last" he
Went on. when the toast was drunk.
And then he stopped and held up II
warning finger. This business Will not
brook unfriend,y ears. Are We safe to
talk it here. Mr.. Stair
1t was Falconnet who answered.
Safe as the clock. You passed my
sentry ~. the road
Yes.
III" is the paddock of Il chain that
reaches round the house. Let's have
your news. captain
AS l vas saying. the Indians are at
II with us. Twas all fair sailing in
the council at IIchota: the Chelakees
being to a man fierce enough to dig the
hatchet up. But / did have the DEVILS
own .carot tempest With my Lord
Charles. lie says wc ave more friends
than ener.ies in the border settlements.
and these our redskins will tomahawk
them all alike"
! made a mental note OF this and
wondered if my Lord Cornwallis had
met with soma new change of heart. H.
was not over-squeamish as had known
HIM. Then l heard the baronet say:
BIT yet the thing is don.?"
AS good as done. The Indians arc
TO have powder M lead of us. after
which they make a sudden onfall on
the aver-lnountain settlements. And
that fetches us to your part in it. Sir
Frank; and to yours, Mr.. Stair. Your
troop. captain. will be the convoy for
this powder: and YOU. Mr.. Stair. are
requisitioned to provide the commits
There was silence While a cat might
wink. and then Gilbert Stair broke in
upon it shrilly.
Il cannot, Captain Stuart: that 1
cannot" he protested. starting from his
chair. Twill ruin me outright. The
place is stripped-you know it we'll. Sir
Francis-stripped bare and clean by
these thievlng rebel miIitiamen: bare
as the back of our hand, l tell YOU.
But The captain put him down in
brief
Enough. Mr.. Stair; we'll not con-
strain you against your will. But tits
limited at headquarters that you are
but a fair weather royalist at best
nay. that for some years back YOU
nave been as b as the rest in his
nesting place of traitors. AS a friend,
mind you, as Il friend-I would advise
out my lords commands. Do you take
me. Mr.. Slair?"
The trembling old nan fell back in
his chair. nodding his yes dumbly
like a marionette when the string has
been jerked Il thought too Violently.
and his weasel face was moist and
olammy. l now not what double
dealing he would have been at before
this. but it was surely something with
the promise Of a rope at the publishing
of it. =
So he and his factor fell to ciphering
on a bit of paper. reckoning ways and
means. as | took it, while Falconnet,
was asking for more particular or,
ders.
Youth have them from headquarters
direct" said Stuart. "Oconostota win
furnish carriers. Il Cherokee escort. and
guides. The rendezvous Viii be here
aboutS. and our route vii be the Great
Trace
Then we are told to hold on all and
wait still longer?"
That's the word: wait for the Indians
and your cargo"
Falconnet's oath was of impatience.
We've waited now a month and
more like men With halters round their
necks. The country is alive With
rebels"
CONTINUED Next Week.)
MAID AND MISTRESS.