The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-07-13

! against the smashed door. And thns
fetches me back to our errand here'
You say Madge | safe. Does that mean
that you have spirited her away since
last nlght?'
"Dlnna fash yourself about Madge'
Richard Jennifer. She's meat Tor your
betters, sir" rasped the old man, laps
ing into the mother tongue. as he cio
now and then In fear or anger.
Still, I would know what you mean
when you say she is safe says Rlch-
ard, whose determination to crack a
nut was always proportional to the
hardness of the shell.
Gilbert Stair cursed him roundly Tor
an impertinent jacknapes, ana tnen
gave him his answer.
"Tis none Of your business, Dlckie
Jennifer, but you lnaysknow and be
hanged to you! She rode home with
the Witherbys last night after the rout,
Land will be by this safe away in t'other
Carolina where our cursed Wh1sger-
les darena lift head or hand
"Of her own free Will?" DICK per-
sisted.
"Damme! yes; bag, baggage, serving
wench and all. Now will o be off
about your business before some spy
Ing rascal lays an information against
me for harboring you?"
Richard joined me on the door-stone
The dawn was IN it's twilight now, and
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.
l nodded.
TT seems we have missed our cue
on all Sides he Wen on, not without
bitterness. Il would We might have
had a nance to fire a shot OF two be-
fore the ship went down
AT Camden, you mean? That's but
the beginning; the real battles are all
to be fought yet. l should say"
He shook his head despondently.
You are a newcomer. Jack, and you
know not how near OutWorn the u
try is. Gilbert Stair has the right Of
1t when he says there will b nothing to
stop the redcoats now
1 called to mind the resolute little
handful under Captain Abram Forney,
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 a hand where
it is needed most" said I. Where will
that be. him you? At Charlotte?"
He looked at me reproachfully.
This time it's you who are the lag
gard in love. John Ireton. VIII you go
and leave Mistress Margery wanting
an answer 10 her poor little cry for
help?"
l shrugged. What would you? Has
she not taken her affair into her own
hands,"
God knows how much or little she
has had to say about it," said he. But
| mean to know. too, before | put my
on any company roll" We were
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 nance to
bite. 1--WE know the worst Of each
other now. Jack, and we must stand to
our compact. Let US see her safe be-
yond peradventure of a doubt; then I'm
with you to fight the redcoats single
handed. il you like. I know what you
will say-that the country calls us now
more h ever; but there must needs
be some rallying interval after all his
disaster. and
Have done. Richard" said L. "Set
the pace and mayhap I al keep step
with you. What do you p~ropose?"
This: that we go to Witherby Hall
and get speech with Mistress Madge.
If SO be-
Stay a moment; who arc these
Witherbys?"
"A dyed-in-the-wool Tory family
some ten miles across the line in
district. True, ills a rank Tory
hotbed over there, and we shall run
risk"
Never name risk to me IL you love
me, Richard Jennifer!" I broke in.
What is your plan?"
His answer was prompt and to the
point. ITO press on afoot through the
forest till we come to the York settle
ment; then to borrow a pair Of Tory
horses and ride like gentlemen. Are
you game for it?"
I hesitated. II see no great risk in
this, and whatever the hazard. ills
less for one than for two. You'd best
alone, Richard"
He saw my meaning; hat I would
stand aside and let him be her succor
II she needed help. But HI would not
nave it so.
NO." he said. doggedly. Wen go
together, and she shall choose between
us for a champion, if she is in the hum
or to honor either Of US. That is what
twill come to in the end; and I warn
you fairly, John Ireton, I shall neither
give nor take advantage In this strife.
1 said last night that I would stand
aside, but that I can fnot-not till she
herself says the killing word with her
own lips"
And that world will be-"
THAT she loves another man. Come:
let us be at 1t; we should be we'll out
OF this before the plantation people ara
assir."