The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-29
The MASTER OF APPLEBY|
l--=- BY Francis Lynde. ---3
BY Fr.nc;. Lynde.

When all was Zone we sat ourselves
down to wait as we must: and when the
silence n solitude had wrought their
perfect work, we fell to talking in low
tones to match the place and circuln-
stance; n ] do think in those quiet
hours, walled in as We were from all
the d~isturbments of the outer world.
we came closer than we had come for
many months.
And while we sat and talked the long
day Wore on to evening and a storm
came on. as We could determine, though
no otherwise than a muitled rolling OF
the thunder which, since we could not
see the lightning nor hear the rain, we
took at first for the booming of dis
tant annOn
ann tell you all we spoke OF iii
that day-long immuremcnt. There was
some talk of the great struggle for in,
dependence, now. though we knew it
not, drawing near to It's close: and
there was much of Renaissance, bark
In back to the exciting n tragic
scenes IN which we two had had our
entrances and our exits. Also there was
some talk of the great struggle for in
dependence, now, though we knew it
not. drawing near to Its close: N there
was much Of "Reminiscences, barking
back to the exciting and tragic scene
In which We two had had our
and our exits. Also there was Il trib-
ute paid to the memory of our true
old friend and trusted coinrade in arms,
Epllrnim Yeates. so lately gon to his
own place. 1t IA at this time [
learned Of the old mans gifts and pc
culiaritfes l have EereiHbefore. set
down: for Richard had known him long
and we'll.
From speaking of old Ephraim and
his sudden taking-ofr We came to things
more nearly present, Int at length Dick
would lay IL finger gently upon the
mystery In which he was as yet walk
ing as one blindfoldcd.
Tits not a shameful thing: don't tell
me 1t is that. Jack" he would say: and
! gave him speedy assurance upon tina
head.
mo. tits never shameful; so much /
ma lay an oath to-"
Yet you said once-in that black
night when went mad and you'd have
killed you-that you life lay between
Madge and me-
S it did--and does. And God will
bear me witness. dear lad. that | have
worn that life upon my sleeve"
: Nay" he said, very gently: you
need not go so high for Il witness; have
I not seen?'
We fell silent upon that. and there, In
the candle-yellowed gloom OF our dun
geon harbor, l fought the fellest battle
OF my life: fought 1t and won it. too.
my dears, once and for all. There was
a cold sweat on my brOw when I be-
a In Low tones to tell him the story
OF that fateful night in June. At rising
forty It's no light thing to lose a
friend-nay, to turn u friends love into
scorn and loathing and bitter hatred.
He heard me through without a word:
II at the end, When I looked to see
him SnTinp I'm AND hid mo draw, orH
let him have his one Dol chance for
satisfaction. he still sat motionless,
winking and staring at the gluttering
candle. And when he spoke twas with
a quiVering OF the lip that was not Of
anger.
Dear Cod he said It's / who stand
in the way"
No: for she loves You. Richard. as
dearly as she hates me. And tits not so
hopeless now, else I had never screwed
together the courage to tell you all this.
She a at last consented to the
church's undoing Of the incomplete
marriage-twas his she wrote me
about when We We're at the Cowpens,
and twas her letter that set me upon
going to W~innsborough to see the
priest. ] missed him there. as you
know: but / am here NOW by her own
appointment to meet him in her
father's house,
,.,i,ss - us neau 5lomis. Aou We
Klileu tue nope ~ me, JACK. ! 90 think
sot sa,e ai ~ set ~ you sue loves,
y a .I CO..,
..1e aaao,u ~ SUIT az .la..
spu eouiu : NV sns mas ever
soie aoou. ~ pIuse .na' sne dld not
NV me, YOU "ou'o rest easy on that
se vu uea, iau.
n nu, ne "ou'u onts snaNe MS mead
asaa ~,
"ne ~ 80 s'ui - sue foue IN
:. IN Ina. morning u'ioer the oaks III
y H.aue.
Was q Solhnlis iolror OF duel
am u.oou ~ more pe.lke. SAD J.
bu. sue mas saseu your hie thrice
simGe lnei.. az you coNless.
drtI U.s. io aha . ,o s,L gnna sense u OF wlfeiy
ma S. - sooo e"ie 10 zen
..N,,a IN, ,..-..h 1,.L
know. har 40 do. Che rvn,,h, Sou ~ ~.
nn,san.ad "a stonI hafnre IL iass
With von hnd hara MI hae,, ! MHss.
W., rn,., thsn I,at rad IN ~ ~ taart !"
twas n sitter necessary f,ir,x
forced upon her. Tell me. had there
been a spark of love for mo IN her
heart, would h have treated me as the
dust beneath her feet on ma lnne In
farinc from the western mhrntsinsp
She Fever smoke a word Ia me- n,nl,
in all those weeks"
(Which nav prove no more than 4b.+
Won said or did somethinp ia r,t ha,.
to the Quick. Twould Ia we'll IN ,,n,,i.
way. Jack. She is AZ sensitive as sha
should he. ard Won are blunter fh,n I
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