The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-15
CHAPTER xll.-con,inueG,

. or,r ~ 80. 49,. .n, - :,
/: 80 a. 81 ""t "
saiu CaihliE' tAen a sodde
gust OF passion seized hin
ana Tor once, | think, he spoke IN
simple truth, God! I'd sink my SOL
In CalNtn,s he'll to have her"
l could not wholly mask the smile .
triumph that his words evoked. Thi
fox of maiden VINEYARDS was e~ptrapNn
at last. ! saw the ire of such a mas
sion as such a man may know burnin.
in his eyes: and then | knew why h
was come upon his errand.
500" said .-rban ,fisrrsss Mo-
gerry sent YOU here To save ,,,a@,' ~
but a guess, bur 7 n9a6a s,,ra II hit ,SS,
truth.
He sNo~a a sraar,no oo+h go ~.
priest earned taias did 49, wa,l -
] the most of il. she unris NO. ~ - ha,
/ fathers e1!ast talan frnr, ~ 49, 80:
hanged like n dog ~
I smiled again ""Tvos mora +b,,
that; she would even so 50 r,r os -
beg her husbands life a hoon frnr1 tha,
same husbands mortal ansn3y" 1850
"Rah," 10 scneea5 ..1,,a, i.a
imposed upon the colonel, but i had
better information
"A lie, you say? True, twas a lie
when it was uttered. But afterward.
some hour or so past midnight, by the
good help OF Father Matthew, and with
your Lieutenant Tybee for one witness
and the lawyer for another. We made a
sober truth of it,"
l hope, for your own peace of mind.
my dears, that you may never see a fell
low human turn devil in a breath as l
did then. His mans face fell away
from him like a vanishing mask, and
in the place of it a hideous demon,
malignant and murderous. glared upon
me. Twice his HAND sought the sword
hilt, and once the blade was half un-
saeatnea. linen ne thrust his devil
IN mime ana Missed his parting
otu = me SO IKE a snake II made me
s"uuuer with aohorfence.
signed your W death war
rant. you wftless fool! You'd play the
spoii-sport here as you did once be-
fore, would you? Curse YOU: wish
sUu hau a hundred lives that might
IKE mem one by one!' Then he
nnesseu snaip upon ms nee! ana gave
ne 4laer 70 lne ensign. Beit him to
e ~aIquharsoh' ana make an
~ u nlih' We kept Sou waiting owe
Ihey strapped me to a tree With 9TH
er belts, and when all was ready the
ensign stepped aside to give the word.
Just here there came a little pause pro-
songed beyond the n OF COM
pieted preparation. l knew not why
tney waited, having other things to
shink OF. L saw the firing line drawn
up with muskets leveled. marked the
or weather-beaten faces pillowed
on the gun-stocks with eyes asquint
slght the pieces. remember count
up the pointing muzzles; remember
which would be the first to
oeich its fire at me. and if. at that short
range. a man might live to see the flash
ana hear the roar before the bullets
Allled the senses.
But while I screwed nv courage TO
he sticking place and ought to hold
t there, the pause became a keen
agony. A glance aside-a eIanre
hat cost a mightier effort than If takes
o break a nightmare-showed me- the
standing ear a-cock. as one who
listens.
Wit he heard T k,ou Mt r ~
he earth seemed hIsbaa ~ ~ 81
Waiting on mic IvorG ~ haa
tant the = early n7nrn;ne st;l1nass ~ -.
o-as+ : sh "a nioshiig sllllness OF h
"a con1s a..e, ana panoeInonlum
cry leaves a-rramhle. a ~. e,Iaa
~ from no, nda-rrno5 +bat1aft : 80 {
{ wrirhing dying men u.bsra ~ 80
no f-ing sc,Ios ba5 go. $50"
esdfnrp charpa ~ ro,Iab -, ha
EFT +h;s b.e,u touSn-eiau morse
.E- yv-;+fen unrds 80 ,,aa.n. !
I sansad II III ~ ,eon,a. t
RI INT p-ben nas a. .ne ]
FasHa<s rra eraa 800 oiasinaii {
al All II meant ~ ma,mas 80 y ne c
ssngia 60 ~ mas centeTed IN \
for h;s barsa niaklhs
ay touch Of lead or steel So 7 ,,ight )
Zach and pull him down, 1 cared no g
what followed after.
1t was not SO to be. In the swift '
ash across the glade I went too near $
y shambtes in the midst The COR i
oral of the firing squad, a bearded t
axon giant, whose face, hideously dis
will haunt me while 1 live, lay q
tiriy in the way, his heels drumming !
the agony Of death, and his great T
n clutching at the empty air.
l leaped to clear him. In the act the S
utching hands laid hold of me and I y
as tripped and thrown upon the heap l
dead and dying men, and could not {
ee myself in time to stop the bar S
let.
1 saw him gain his horse and mount; I
Nv the fash of his swor and the skill.
parry that in a single parade ward a
death on either hand; saw him drive {
the spurs and vanish among the T
ees, with his horse-holding trooper !
his heels.
And then my r%escuers, or else my s
captors, picked me up hastily, !
| was hoisted behind the saddle Of S
le nearest, and so borne away In all 6
le hue and cry Of a most unsoldierly G