The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-04-14
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IN WHICH MY ENEMY SCORES
FIRST

FIRST.
True 10 his promise. Richard ,leuni-
fer met in the cool gray hirthlight of
,Iie aew day at a turn In the river road
MOI above Il mile IN Two from the re-
devious. and thence we logged on to-
gether.
.Ntter the %sree,ings. which. as YOU
may like I" know, We're grateful enough
on my part | would fain inquire how
the baronet had taken. his seconds de
lection, but OF this .Iennifar would say
littIe. ffe had broken With his priu-
eipal. whether III anger on not / could
only guess and onc of ~lralconnet's
brother officers. that II one of
the twain who had cried shane at the
n~aronet's vile boast, WAS 10 serve in his
stead.
1t was such a daydawn as l have
sometimes seen in the C'arpathians:
cool and Gear, but With that sweet
dewy WITNESS in the lower air which
washes the o~Ner-nighI cobwebs from
the brain. and is both meat ard drink
io one Who breatheS il. On the left
he road was %oNerhung by the border
ing forest. and where The branches
dropped lowest Va brushed the frac-
rance from the wild grape bloom in
passing. ON tho right The river. late
i'll flood, eddied softly: and sounds 9th
er than the murnurine of the waters.
the matin songs OF the birds. and the
dust mutt1ed hoof beats of our horses
There We're none. Peace. deep ~ ahid-
ing. was the keynot OF natures morn
ing hymn; and i'll all this sylvan byway
there was naught reinindful of the
fierce ~internecinc warfare atlanue in all
he countryside. Some rough forging
OF this thought ! hammered out for
. IasySjfAy- ~, 49,, ,-l -
laugh was not devoid of bitterness.
Old Mother Nature RULES her feath-
ers little enough for any teapot of
ours. he said. But speaking of the
crucitleS. We provincial saNaceS. as my
Lord CORVALLIS calls us, have no mo-
nopoly. The post riders from the south
bring blood-curdling stories of Colonel
Tariton's doinss. 'Tis said he over
took some of Mr.. Iiucnln's reinforce-
ments come too late. They gave bat
tie but Enthusiastically. being all I'M
ready for an enemy. and presently
throw down their arms and begged for
quarter-hegged, and were cut down
as they stood"
"Faush," said I. THAT is but hang
mans work. And Vet in London 1
heard that THIS same Colonel Tarlton
was with Lord Howe in Philadelphia
and was made much OF ny the ladies'"
Jennifcr's laugh was neither mirth-
ful nor pleasant.
Ills a weakness Of the sex he
scofIed. The women have q fondness
for a MAJ with Il dash of the brute in
him.
/ laughed also. but without bitter
ness.
You say 1T feelingly. DO you speak
by the book ~
Aye. that l do. Now here is my lady
Madge preaching peace and all man
nel of patience to me i'm II breath.
and UNFOLDING in the next this baronet
captain who. though would have Sec
onded him AT a pinch. is but Il pat
tern of his brutal colonel"
! put w m two together.
so l'alconnet is on terms at Apple
by Hundred. is he?"
oh. surely. Gilbert Stair keeps open
house for any and all OF the winning
hand. as I old YOU"
The thought of This ~unspoiled young
maiden having aught to do with such
Il thrice-accursed dcspoiler of ome
made my blood boil afresh; and in the
heat of it ! let my secret slip. or rather
some small part of it.
Sir Francis had ever q sure hand
with the women l said; and then /
could have bitten my masterless
tongue.
So" queried Jennifer. Then this
is not your first knowing of him."
No" so much ! said and no more.
We rode on in silence for d little
space, and then my youtlling must
needs break out again in fresh be-
seedlings.
Tell me What YOU know OF him. and
what it WAS he said Of Madge." he en-
treated. You can't deny me now,
Jack"
Il can and shall. 1t matters not to
You or to amy what he is or has been"
Why"
Because. as God gives me strength
and skill, ! shall presently run him
through, and so his account will be
squared once for ali With AL ,nen-and
all women, as We'll"
God speed you" quoth my loyal al
ly. II knew not your quarrel With him
was so bitter"
1t is to the DEATH"
so it seems. In hat case, if by amy
accident he
L OWNED what he would say and
broke III upon rim.
Continued Next Week.)