The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-07
/ THE MASTER OF APPLEBY
BY Francis Lynde.


captain next lrleIi. GU hllo" M "
about the Baron de Nalbs doings than
anybody else in Mecklenburg.
Il? What should 1 know
You know a deal--or else the Cos
sips lie most recklessy."
They DO lie if they connect me with
the Baron de llalb. or with any other
of the patriot side. What are they
saylng?"
"That you come straight from the |
baron's camp in Nirgnia-to see what
you can see.
"A spy Ell? 'Tis cut out of whole
cloth. Dick, my lad. I've never took
the oath on either side"
He looked vastly disappointed. But |
you Will. Jack? Surely. you have not |
to think twice in such a cause
las between king and congress, you |
! mean? IT'S no quarrel of mine"
Now God save us, John Ireton!' he |
burst out in "a fine fervor of youthful
enthusiasm that made him all the
handsomer. Il had never thought to
| hear your fathers son say the Ike
| | shrugged
And why not. pray? The kings
minion, Tryon. hanged my father and
gave his estate to his minions minion,
Gilbert Stair SO. in spite of your dec
| larations and your coniiscations ana
your laws against alien landholders.
come back to find myself st!ll the son
of the outlawed Roger lrcton, and this
same Gilbert Stair firmly lodged In my
/ fathers seat"
Jennlfer shrugged in his turn.
Colbert Stair-for sweet Madge's
sake | loath to say it-Gilbert Stair
blows hot or cold as the wind sets fair
or stormy. And I will say this for
| him. no other Tyron legatee OF
them all has steered SO fine course
through these last five upsetting years
How he trims so skilfully no man
knows. a short month since, he had
General Rutherford and Conole Sumter
as guests at Appleby Hundred; now it
is Sir Francis Falconnet and the Brit
ish light-horse officers who are hon
ored But let him rest: the cause of
Independence is bigger than any man.
or any mans private quarrel. friend
John; and l had hoped"
I laid hand on his knee. Spare
yourself. Dick. My business in Queens
borough was to learn how best l might
reach Mr.. Rutherford's rendezvous
For a moment he sat, pipe in air.
staring al me as If to make sure that
he had heard Alright. Then he clipt my
hand and wrung it, babbling out some
boyish bravo that l made haste to put
an end to.
softly, my lad" l said; "'tis no
great thing the congress will gain by
my adhesion. But you, Richard; how
comes it that I find you taking your
with his majesty's officers when the
cause you love is still in such des-
perate straits?
He bushed like girl at that. and
for little space only pulled the hard
er at his pipe.
! II did go out with the Minute Men in
'76, If you must know, and smelt pow
$ der at Moore's Creek. When my time
c was done I would have listed again;
but just at that my father died and the
e Jennifer acres were like to go to the
|, dogs, lacking oversight. So 1 came
home and-and-"
q He stopped in some embarrassment
and I thought to help him on.
Nay, out with 1t, Dick. If l am not
( thy father, l am near old enough tt
;, stand in his stead. Twas more thar
husbandry that rusted the sword II
its scabbord, I'll be bound"
l You are right, Jack: twas boil
I. more and less" he confessed, shame
le facedly "'Twas this same Marger,
lie Stair. AS have said. her father blows
}: hot or cold as the wind sets, but no
$ she. She is the fiercest little Tory IL
'e the two Caroinas. bar none. When
,e had got Jennifer in order and began t
10 talk of listing again, she flew into
AZ pretty rage and stamped her foot AM
20 all but swore that Dick Jennifer in but
n and blue should never look upon he
at face again with her sood will"
- l naQ glimpse Oh Jelllllel llie ioNe
G as he spoke, and the sight went some
o. what on the way toward casting on
y, the devil Of sullen rage that had pos
10 sessed me since first I had set return
ing foot in this my native homeland
eu Twas a life lacking naught of hard
e ness. but much of human melloWint
&c. that lay behind the home coming; an
my one sweet friend in all that barre
life was dead. What wonder, them
|. set this frank faced Richard in tn
lo' other Richards stead, wishing him a
u the happiness that poor Dick Coverdal
had missed? | needed little; woul
'e- need still less, thought, before the We
mt should end: and through this love
~. match my lost estate would come {
Use length to Richard Jennifer 1t was
ny meliorating thought, and while 1T he
MS could be less revengeful.
N .Dost love her, Dick?" I asked.
'ur "Aye. and have ever since she W:
as in pinafores. and I hobbledehoy
Master Wytheby's school"
ON $50 long? I thought Mr.. Stair W;
later conner in Mecklenburg."
SUI 'FIe came eight years ago, as one
rs. Tyron's nnderlings. Madge was evt
as then motherless: the same little wifi
Iill prat-a-pace she has ever been I won
= l YOU knew her, Jack 'Twould ma
ing this stiffness of mine seem the thil
m 1t is"
Mr.. 80 you have stayed at horl
a-C counting While others IOuSnt 10 II
lex YOU leisure" said I, thinking to RAJ
tn; him. But he took it harder than
us, meant
md otis Just this, Jack: and l am t;
the ashamed While the fighting kept
as the north it did not grind so keen: {
now, with the redcoats at our doc
vas and the Tories sacking and burning
es- every settlement, tits enough to tay
me honest man alive. Coda mercy. JAG
the I'll go; I've got to go, or die of shame
.lso He sat silent after that, and as TN
ne seemed nothing that curst OLD ca
Ian paigner could say at such pass, D.
md him company.
no BY and by he harked back to
we matter of his errand, making so
for apology for his coming to me as
our baronet's second.
"Twas none of my free offering.
ifer may be sure" he added. But 1t
the happened that Captain Falconnet o
did me like turn. had CHANGED
ut I run afouf of that captain of Hess
lers pigs, Lauswoulter at cards. ana r
has comet stood my friend-though no
nest bethink of me. he did seem oVer.a
aste lious that one or the other of US sho
rave be killed"
IS is LAS how" inquired.
and when Lauswoulter slipped ano
Ca might have spitted him, and die
Falconnet was for having US make
.e to duel a outrance. But that's beslne
take mark. Having served me tnen'