The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-14
CHAPTER III
IN WHOA My ENEMY SCORES

iN" ~ ftlN-it Nj IN N4Nk ill,iH
FIRST
prus ,o his premese. Richard Jsunl.
fnr n'ct i'm tas cool era birthtsht ct
thc neW aty At i uGra in thr river road
not aoot, a m,iN ~ Two NOM the re
de.vocs, aaa 2senre @e jossed on to-
sethei.
After tbe srssts,gS. whjeh. as Won
may like IL know. werN gratetul enough
on my part. / would fam inquire how
the haronet had token his second's Dc.
lection; bNt OF his Jenmfsr would say
little. He had broken with his prin-
cipal. whether in anger or not / could
only guess; and one of Falconnet,s
brother officers. that younger one OF
the twain who had cried shame at the
b~aronets vile boast, was To serve in his
stead.
1t was such a daydewn as have
sometimes seen in the o'arpathians,
cool and clear. but With that SWEEP
washes the overnight eobwebs from
the brain. and is both meat and drink
to one who breat!ies it. ON the left
the road was %oNerhung by the border
ing forest. II where the branches
dropped lowest We brushed the frac-
rance from the Wild grape bloom in
passing. On the right the river. lata
- ''o'NA' 49, StAttS , tiAti ootlt'lS hit-
er than the murmurins of the waters,
the matin songs of the birds. and the
dust mutf'ed hoof beats of our horses
there We're none. Peace. deep and ibid
ing. Vas the keynote nf natures morn
ing hymn; ana in all this sylvan byway
there was naught remindful of the
fierce internecinc warfare afan,e in all
the countryside. Some rough forging
of this thought I hammered out for
Jennifer as we rode along. md his
laugh was not devoid of bitterness.
old Mother Nature rufies her feath-
ers little enough for any teapot of
ours" he said. But speaking of the
cruelties. We provincial savases. as my
Lord Corvallis calls us. have no mo-
nopoly. The post riders from the south
bring b~lood-curdiins stories of Colonel
Tarlton's doings. 'Tis said he over
took some of Mr.. Lincoln'S reinforce
ments come too late. They gave bat
tie but fa~int-heartedly. being all un-
ready for an enemy, n presently
threw down their arms and begged for
auarter-begged, and we're cut down
as they stood"
"Faush.' said I. THAT is but hang
mans work. And yet in London I
heard that this same Colonel Tarlton
was with Lord Howe in Philadelphia
and vas made much of by the ladies'"
Jennifer's laugh was neither mirth-
lul nor pleasant.
Ills a weakness of the sex" he
Scoffed. The women nave n fondness
for a man with IL dash of the brute in
| him."
1 laughed also. but without bitter
ness.
You say it feellngly. Do you speak
by the book"
Aye. that l do. Now here is my lady
Madge preaching peace and all man
nov of patipnca IN ma i'm ono hrnnfh
and UNFOLDING in the next this baronet
captain who. though / would have sec
onded him at a pinch. is but a pat
tern of his brutal colonel"
1 put two and two together.
so F%'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 told YOU"
The thought of this %unspoiled young
maiden having aught to do with suc'l
a thrice-accursed %despoller Of women
made my blood boil afresh: and in the
heat of it 1 let my secret slip, or rather
some small a of it.
Sir Francis had ever a sure hand
with the women" 1 said: and then 1
could have bitten my masterless
tongue.
So queried Jennifsr. "Then this
is not your first knowing of him."
Mo- SO much | said and no more.
We rode on in silence for a little
space, and then my youthling nus
needs break out again in fresh be-
seedlings.
Tell me what you NOW of him. and
what it Was ne said Of Madse.' he en-
treated. You can't deny me now,
Jack"
Il can and shall. 1t matters not to
you or To any what he is or has been"
Why"
Because. as God gives ne strength
aud skill. 1 shall presently run him
through. and so his account will be
squared once for all with all men-and
all oren as we'll"
Coo speed you" uuoth my loyal al
ly. Il knew rot your quarrel with him
was so bitter
1T is to the DEATH
80 it seems. In that case, if by any
accident he
L OWNED what he would say and
broke in upon him.
CONTINUED Next Week.l