The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-11-23

rNrSaSs Ts-S TSt %nES1S w4ii ,f|SNA xAgan-
ssI,7as ana as s> wtl..
gEaW We SRau}a aavt arSuaa it aa; 10
no, kra0. taf suSt tasn JaanifGs>s GaHse,
j s~earlsgx ,Gs i~aaa mounts "a ;Na Farther
shore catxcG ,a3 ana cars }as owt =
scueafGc as.Sh. Ea2 aci &c cUrv&tt0S %f&
nIunk3aE ia s 9aokt; taat NlEAi have
stood Tor gAs SrIaSh}ass d ~ ~&av%He;as
army.
IN $ ~iwInA},0e tAe outpost care1 w&>
&StiT a26 s HcsloNsmE hSa4 oa@se - AS
across The water, EaNS1E no auSweE, the
troopers began q .et o& iSa5C p.e1a$ hap
hazard IN Iae darkness and w3ia me
SlRsf1S s&p ~ tae @rS; m@S&nt h4, N.>a-
sra wsai battle a.S&. As Re always -" N
iae taSa .; danger.
AZ IAen ne {~&aS&oESG, >aS2@AS
Spurs 70 RS 3S&@o He&>i ana NEsHH'sE N"S
tAe great >tSyRa27@t An& 50 ws >a@&SS1'
ne ta..>T@esi rope As%i ever Eea ape" an
enemy,
row We came ASHORE awe iAF"~S" 'aS
S~&-aES IS oaf 20 (aoS2 mysteries q "@E>S
every NaI'4e Ac@> ~ quota NG> |&S I"0s
ns&SSS we 0e@e were A@i 50 tNeAE, SSa-
MIXERS morse went GOWN Wat-e Ne "SEe
YET some EaT0S rom me AAaA. A2% &''&s
TEA a moment safer, 10 lace = score @
Na1S@s enemies S]oei was 100 Eh~I' 'oS
even HtehAFo F>SA so~F&Se' 50 W"sa
We were 4Ess OF ~le ~>>s@SS.-HS @o3>S> NS
promptly cove -o7 slsESsE ~A@SE ne Ky
SiFe2En o"aA
HeTe me darkness STOOD our ssssa@S -'sA
NHSh inc Fe.So@S troopers came oN"" 20
ne river eose WIKI ioSchsS 70 sec ""AS
had become OF Us We tooA ADVANTAGE q
me Aolse lhsE maze ana S'o's AWAY up
stream I'll! q SAe!Eins oe@e2 gave Us 'S4Ns
70 SHnlo 10 'le N".tTg .vNS ABOVE
NlcAa?d ShooN h4a'>e-. ne : WAFER
soaked SpaEie! ana "aSheo st'iE.H-
wen, mere We are, SAFE across morse.
less aad Wen oeiihe 70 freeze 10 GeAlh'
ne commented Nh2t next
MADE MN q DOW. Oh are on ny E@-
msSne OF Appleoy HunGreQ, captain Jel-
nlIeT, ana u sh24 so nara WITH Us Il we
cannot ma 8 nTe 10 warm Z guest ana Il
morse TO mount MN Wi'hal. 4%1 Us so 10
the manor mouse ana see what we can us
cover.
lie entered at once INTO the spirit OF
the jest, and together We t-uQSeu the
scant mile through the stupo!e feids 70 my.
oiG roof-tree. AS you would guess, We
looked to iind the manor house turned INTO
an outpost h~eaGquarteTS bat now we
were desperate enough 10 race anything.
howbeit not to rush phndIy into the
jaws OF q trap, we nrSt routed out the oiu
black maJordomo at the negro quarters
and when We learned from him that the
great house was quite deserted, we took
possession and had the black make US a
Toustng fire in the Kitchen arch. Nay
more; when we had steamed ourselves a
little dry, we mao OLD Anthony stew ana
grill for US, and fetch US a bottle OF tlat
madeira OF my fathers laylng III.
"A toast. cried RlcharQ, "hcn the Dol
tie came, springing to his feet with the
glass held high. TO the dear ady OF APP
pleby Hundred, and may she forgather
with the man she loves best, be 1t you, or
!, or another. JACK treton!
We drank it standing; and after would
sit before the ire, haNerlng ike Two loNe-
sick school boys over the charms of that
dear lady to whom one OF US was less
than naught, and to whom the other could
be but naught whilst that first one lived.
You will smile, my dcars, that we should
come to this when, put a snort hour be
fore, one of US had been bent upon STAY
ing the other for Mistress Margery's sake.
But the human heart is many-slded; not
though ! looked not to live beyond the
setting OF another sun | was glad to my
lnser ups 10 nav tns - 4oi4is HIp
nary,a me IRA valv for what must come
and so II did though not as | preficured.
W. rrera stil sitting Tins before the
kitchen arch when the dawn began to dim
the freight and the work of the new day
oonfrontod ms pinned down. old An
tho,v confessed that some two or three
horses Of the Appleby Hundred stables
had escaned the hands of the foragers of
botb sides. and two Of these he fetched
! for ne or the twain one CHANGED ia he
ERlackstar the good beast which had car
ried ms from New Berne in the sprinr.
and CO T had nv own horse betwixt my
knees when T set Dick a mile on the road
10 salisbury and bade him farewell
His last word to me was one of generous
]caution
..Rememher Jack. haste. haste most
haste, Is vour watchword. There will be
other cor,riers in from the battle field ar
Kinp,s mountain and Won must hang ana
Arc your news-petard and vanish before
thew come to betray YOU"
..Tr,st me" said 7 eyasiyelv..and so we
narted he 70 gallon eastward. and 70
charge down peaceably upon the British
ontnost we had set ab,zz in the small
ho,,rs Of the NIGHT
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XIII
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lN "1ilof1 w IN flAo Hi'
ORDERS.
Though 1 had passed out Of the British
lines less than a week before in decent
good odor, save for Colonel Tarleton's i'll
word, l met with nothing like the vel