The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-14
1.-THE MASTER OF APPLEBY)
BY FrAnci. L.ynde.


AhiAA h.'Na $3.50
spark, the old man had SET his piece on
With the candle flame.
We found him in the nook made by
the turn of the stair. flung thither, as
1t seemed. by the recoil OF me great
bell-mouthed blunderbuss which he
WAS still clutching. The fall had partly
stunned him, hut he was alive enough
TO protest feebly that he would take Il
dozen oaths of his loyalty TO the cause
that he had mistook us for some thleN-
ing marauders of the other side: craft
lily leaving cause and party without Il
name till he should nave his cue from
w]hereupon Richard loosed his neck
cloth to give him better breathing
space. and bidding me see II the rev
elers had left a heel-tap OF Wine IN amy
bottle nearer than the wine cellar,
lifted the old man and propped him IN
the corne. of the ~high-backed hall
settle.
The wine quest led me to the ban
quoting room. Here disorder relsned
supreme. The table stood as the rois,
terers had left it, the Very wreck and
litter of a bachanalian feast. Bottles,
some with the necks struck off, Mere
scattered all about, and the floor was
stained and sticky with split wine and
well sanded With shattered glass.
| found 4 remnant draining in n OF
the broken bottles, and a cup to pour 1t
in. and with this salvage from the
wreck returned to Jennifer and
i his charge. Tho old man had
come to some better sensing of
~,hinss-he had been vastly more fright
ened than hurt, as l suspected-and TO
Richards eager questionings was able
TO- give some feebly queruious replies.
"Nes. they're sone-all gone. curse
ON; and they've taken every plack and
ba wbee they could lay their thieving.
hands upon" he mumbled. Ills like
the dogs: to stay on here and eat and
drink ne out of house and home ana
then to sculry off when I'm most llke
10 need protection.
But Madge?" says Richard. is she
safe in bed?"
She's A Jade was all the answer he
got. Then the old man sat up and
peered around the end of the settle to
where l stood. CUP and bottle in hand.
Ills a Christian thought, lie duaNe',,
ed. Give me a sup of the Wine. man.
/ served him and had a seott'sh
blessing for my wastefuiness. because.
forsooth, the broker bottle split a thlm-
bleful in the pouring. ! saw he did not
recognizes me. and was We'll enough con-
tent to let it rest thus.
Richard suffered him to drink IN
peace, but when the cup was empty he
enewed his asking for MargerN. Al
this the master OF the house, heartened
somewhat by my fathers good MADEIRA.
made shift to get upon his feet in some
~tremulouS fashion.
"Madge, dye say? She's gone; gone
where neither YOU nor that dour-laceo
. deevil that befooled us all will find her
soon. l promise you, Dickie Jennlfer.
he snapped; and l gave them my back
and stumbled blindly to the door. max
| ing sure his next word would tell my
poor wronged lad all khat he SHOULD
have learned from ~nevefany other llps
l but mine own. But Richard hln1sei1
parted the impending stroke of truth
saying:
: so she is safe and we'll. MIR. Stair
It's all l ask TO know.
/, she is safe enough: safer by fal
+ than you are at this minute. my young
cock-a-huup rebel. now that the KING
God save him.-has has own again"
g 1 turned quickly on the broad door
e stone to look within. Out OF doors TN
early August dawn was craving mist
+ lily over head, but in the house tn
suffering tallow dip still struggled
t feebly with the gloom. They stoo'
facing each other, these two, my hand
some lad. the pick and choice OF {
{ comely race. looking, for all his toll
and vigils, fresh and fit: and the oil
e man in his wooden dressing gown. hi
g wig awry and his lean race yello" !
the candle light.
..How is hat you say, Mr.. Stair?
saws Dick. The king-but that !
only the old Tory cry. There will neve
be a king again this side of the water.
W The old man reached out and hooke
a lean finger in the lads buttonhoi'
Y, Say you so. Richard Jennifer? The
re YOU will never have heard the gloriou
news" This with a leer that migf
e have been of triumph or the mere whet
g ting of gossip eagernessI could M
tell.
se NO" says Richard. with much indil
d ference.
lie Hear it. then. Twas at camde,
l. forr DAYS since. They came together
= the murk Of the Wednesday mornin
my Lord CORVALLIS and that poor TO
Gates. De Kalb is dead: your blethe
a ing Irishman, Rutherford. is captured
Ne and your ragtag rebel army is seattle
IS ed to the four winds. And that's n
.,e all. On the Friday, Colonel Tariete
~. came up with Sumter at Fishing Cree
VI and caught him mapping. Whereupo
Charlie Mcdowell and the over-mou
" tain men. seeing all was lost, bro
10 their am on the Broad and took
% their heels. every man jack or them !
=, himself. SO We see, Dick!e Jennlf'
Nd there's a cursed corporals qua
left in either Carolina to stand in t
~. king s way.
M N, He ratified all this off glibly, like
~ child repeating some lesson got
heart; but when l would ave found
grain of comfort in the nope that
~, wa a farrago of F~alconnet's lies. Je
.as infer made the truth appear in ansM
,tb to q curt question.
Ills beyond doubt?-all this,
h,. Stair
by The old loyalist-ioyalist now.
~ never certainly before sat down on
settle and laughed; "a dry wizer
80 cackle of a laugh that sounded like
crumpling OF new parchment.
n9 YOU'D best be off. light foot a
tight foot. Master Richard. lest
learn shrewdly for yourself. lis
everybody's mouth by this. There w
tho some five and forty OF the kings friel
,in come together here nc longer g tt
~, yestere'en to drink his majesty's heal
!" and Ell, man! but 1t will cost me
,;c,- pretty penny! VIII that satisfy ye?
his Yes" said Jennifer. thinking. m;
], TO hap. as / did. that nothing short
Nh gospel-true news would have suti
n y to unlock this poor old miser's W
rely cellar.
md We'll. then: you'd best be off WI