Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-23
THE MASTER OF APPLEbY|
By Franci. Lynde.
D!ng us news from the major?'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
bing us news from the major?'
broke the fascinating eyehold and
turned slowly to face my fate.
IL do. my lord"
Well what of him? You left him has
tening to rejoin with his new loNalist
levies. hope?"
1 drew my sword. reversed 1t and laid
it upon the table.
May all the enemies OF the common
wealth be even as he is, my lord said.
quietly.
Now truly. had hanged my pe.ard
we'll and twas plain the shock of 1t had
gone far to shatter the wall of confidence
our enemies had bulded the field of
Camden and elsewhere. Had hand
grenade with thu fuse alight been dropped
upon the table. the CONSERVATION could
scarce have been greater. To man the
tabeful WAS UP ard throngius round me;
bgt above all the hubbub ] heard little
cry of misery from the table foot where
my lady sat.
How is this, sir?-explain yoursel..'
Numbered my lord forgetting for once
his mild suaviiy.
"'Tis but brief tale, and will make
It as crisp as may he in the telling re-
piled. Il came upon the major some miles
this side of the crossing of the Broad.
He was marching to rejoin You, I'm ac-
cordance with his orders But when he
had your lordships command to stand
and fight he obeyed."
My commando 1 gave him no such
order
Nay. truly, you did not--neither IN the
original nor in the duplicate. my lord. Blu:
when we had waylaid Lieutenant Twice
and quenched the duplicate and had so
amended the original as TO make it tit
our purpose. the brave major thanked you
for what You had not done and made his
stand to await the upcoming OF the over
| mountain men"
For moment thought they would
how me limb from limb, but my lord
| queled the fierce outburst with word.
put up your swords gentlemen We
shall know how to deal with this traitor,
he said. And then to me: "Cio ON, sir, II
YOU please; there has been a battle, as
take ~"
There has indeed. The mountain men
came up with us in the afternoon of the
Saturday In an hour one third of tho
majors force was dead or dying the ma
jor himself was slain, and every living
man lett on the field was :. prisoner"
A;sai.! a dozen swords Kissed from their
scabbards, and again | heard the little cry
of misery from the table foot bowed
my head looking momently to pay the
penalty; but once more my lord put the
swords aside
Let us have a clean breast of 1t this
time, Captain Ireton,'' he said You
KNOW well what YOU have earned and
nothing YOU can say will make 1t better
or worse for YOU. Was this your purpose
in making your submission TO me?"
ut vas"
And you have been rebel from the
hrst?''
met the cold anger in the woma,ish
as n condemned rr,.l,, ,nitrbt
II have. my lord-since the day nine
Years agone when ! Learned that vour
/ kings mnions had hanged my father in
the Regulation"
| Then 1t WAS farrago Of lies yon told
4 me about Your adventures In the western
mountaius?'
Not wholly. 1t was your lordship,s
i good pleasure to send succors of powder
and lead to your allies, the western saw
4 ages and three Others followed C'ap-
tain Falcennet and his Indians. and
have the honor to report that we over
took ana exploded them with their own
powder cargo"
and Captain Sir Francis Talconnet
/ with Them"
4 Il do SO hope and trust my lord.
He turned Snort on his hecl. ana for a
4 moment q silence as of death fen upon.
We room. Then te took the Fcrar from
the table and sought to break it over his
knee; but the good blade, like the cause
I 1t stood for. bent like withe and wo.Ia
! not snap
Put this spy In irons and clear the
room he ordered sharply And this is
no" me llttle drama ended: with the
supper guests crowding To the door; with
my lord pacing back and forth at the
\ table head; with two scrgeants benrj,l..
/ me away Ia await whore and how
knew not. the word which should .fface
me.
in WHICH DRINK A DISH OF TEA
leing without specific orders what 10
do with nae. nay two sergeant baillfs
thrust me into that little den of a,
stfon2-room below stairs whore j had
once Found the master or the house
ana one of them mounted guard whilst
4 the other fetched the camp ta,lnorer 10
iron me.
The shackles securely on. i was lor,
to content nle as could, with the door
ajar and my two jailers holJnobbing be-
/ fore i'll. ilaving done all had hoped
4 TO do, there MAS nothing for III now
hut Ia wait upon the consequences so
hi'chlhg my ehaii UP TO the uaken
table, naade g pillow of ny fettered
wrists and presently feli :doze
Know not What hour Of tlie night 1T
WAS whell the half blood s9ipio. who
WIS Mi Gilbert Stairs BODY servant
came in and rpt;Se(i me. j stalted np
suddenly at bis touch, making no
doubt il W@a lay summons Bat the
,nt.latto brought ,ae nothing Morse
than a cola fowl and loaf. with y
candle- end 10 see ia eat ti7ein by, and
a dish of hot tea ", wash them down.
] knew Weil enough whom ] lad TO
thank for this, and was set Wondering
that my lady charity was broad
enough 10 mantle even by this little my
10, ,-tt4
None the less ate and drank grateful
H. draining tine ,ea- dish TO the dregs
which. by tie by. w@rc strangely bitter
] had scarce finished picking the
bones of The capon before sleep came
again to a1sie ut my eyelids, Il erowsi-
ness 50 nlasterful that could make no
head against it. And so. With tho bitter
taste of the tea still on my tongue, !
/ ten aWAy :, second time into the pit Of
fprgetfllneas.
Whom | aMaloned from what seemed
in the memory of it the most unresting
slcep | eve. had, ii Was no longer night
and ] Vas stretched upon tie oasen
settle in that same lumber garnet where
4 ! had been bedded through tlat other
night Of hiding. 50 lalseh sdw al the
waking glance, and then ] realized
saEuGl% ~ fret bat presently with
4 startlhis cmphasis. that II was the
Westemn@ atn which Vas Shining ia at
the high root windows. that the
siiaclsies We're Ssh en. and tl43t my
temples we're thiobi5itg with q most
Skull splitting heaaaGne.
Reins fair agasp VIII establishment
4 at This new spinning of fate's wheel,
/ sprang up quiz kly aad was as quickly
1 glad to fall back uron the pallet For
4 With the lpsfart n heaXine nausea
ea,ne To slppiemen; the headache and
I fol long time lay BAT blind and sick
~ 1,iS IN ft,-s..