The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-14

aYainst tie smashed door. And thai
fstches me back to our GRAND hero.
You say Madse ! safe. Does thst mean
that YOU have spirited her away since
last night
pima fash yourself about MadSn.
Richard %jennifer. She's meat for your
betters. sir" rasped the old man. laps.
Ing Into the mother tonsue AS he did
now and then In fear or anger,
still, | would know what You mean
| when you say she is safe says Rich
ard. whose Determination to crack q
nut was always proportloned TO ,he
hardness of the she'll.
Gilbert Stair cursed him roundlN for
an impertinent ~jacknapes. ana 'hea
gave him his answer.
T none OF your business. pickis
.Iennifer. but YOU may know and be
hanged to you, She rode home with
the Witherbys last night after the rout.
and will be by this safe away in tother
Carolina where your cursed higse'-
les darena lift head or hand"
"Of her own free WILL" Dick per-
sisted.
"Damme, yes: bag, baggage. serving
wench an all. Now will You be Off
about your business before some spy
ing rascal lays an information against
me for harborlng YOU:
Richard Joined me on the door-Stonc.
The dawn Was i'll its twilight now, ana
the great trees on the lawn We're TAX
ing gray and ghostly shapes in the dim
perspective.
You heard what he had to say
said he.
| nodded.
1T seems we have Kissed our cue
on all SIDES" he went ON, not without
bitterness. Il would we might have
a Il chance to fire a shot or two be-
fore the ship went Gown
AT Camden YOU mean? That's bNt
the beginning; the real battles are al
TO be fought yet. L should say"
He shook his head deSpondentlH.
You are a newcomer. Jack. and YOU
know not how near two tn" coun-
try is. Gilbert Stair has the right OF
1T when he says there will b nothing To
stop the redcoatS now.
L called TO mind the reso!ute lltt!a
handful under Captain -Abram FornrN,
one of many such. he had told me, and
would not yield the point.
There will be plenty of fighting yet.
and we must so to bear Il hand whore
ii is needed most" said I. Where will
that be. think you" At charlotte
He looked at me re~proachfully.
This time lis you who are the lag
gard in love. John lreton. Will You go
and leave Mistress Marsery wanting
an answer to her poor little cry for
help"
i shrugged. What would you@ Has
she not taken her affair into her own
hands,"
Goo knows how much or little she
has had to say about ill.," said he. But
I mean To know, too. before ! put my
name on any company roll. We We're
among the trees by this. moving off for
safety'S sake, since the day was COM
ing: and he broke off short to wheel and
face me as one who would throttle a
growing cur before it has a chance TO
bite. I'VE know the worst of each
other now. Jack, and WE must stand to
our Let us see her safe be-
You'd peradventure OF a doubt; then I'm
with you to fight the redcoats single
handed. If you Ike. l know hat you
will say-that the country calls us now
more than ever; but there must needs
be some rallying Interval after all this
disaster. and
Have done, Richard" said 1. Set
the pace and mayhap 1 can keep STEP
{ with you What do YOU PROPOSE"
/. This: that We go to Witherby Hall
and get speech with Mistress Madge
Stay a moment; n are These
Witherbys"
: "a dyed-in-the-wool Tory family
, seated some ten miles across the line *
York district. True, lis q ran Tory
hotbed over there, and we shall rur
some risk"
. Never name risk to me II you Low,
me. Richard %Jennifer." ! broke in
. What is Jour plan?"
!. His answer vas prompt and to tn
= point. ITO press on afoot through tn
forest TIL we come to the York settle
. ment; then to borrow a pair of Tor.
. horses and ride like gentlemen. Ar
g you game for it,"
. hesltated. u see no great risk i
u all this, and whatever the hazard. III
less for one than for two. You'd hes
go alone. Richard"
He saw my meaning; that I woul
stand aside and let him be her succo
IL she needed help. But he would nc
u have 1t so.
NO. he said, ~doggedly. We'll 6
n together. and she shall choose betwee
IS us for a champion, II she is in the hun
1t or to honor either OF us. That is wha
t. twill come to in the end: and 1 war
't you fairly, John Ireton, l shall neiths
!. give nor take advantage in this strif
l. said last night that l would stan
aside, but hat ! can not-not till 81
NJ herself says the killing word with h.
III own lips"
And that world will be-"
OF THAT she loves another man. Com
r let us be at 1T; we should be we'll o.
of this before the plantation people a
T. as:lr."
OF CONTINUED Next Week.)