The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-29

afterward-Now!"
I heard the clean-cut div OF the indian,
and struck the paddle deep to- balance
Jenn1fer's strike. But as I bent to put
my back into 1t. some flying missile
caught me fair behind the ear, and but
Tor SJennifer's quick wit 1 should have
s@~ampedZt,e crazy shallop.e II q fash
ne jerked me fiat between his knees and
sent the pirogue with a mighty thrust be-
yond the zone of fire light.
At that. though all the sense was beat
en- cut Of me. 1 was alive enough to hear
the savage yells of disappointed rage be-
hind US; these and the splitting crackle
OF q dozen rifles fired at random In the
darkness. But afterward all sounds, save
the rhythmic dip and drip of Jennifer's
paddle, faded on the sense of hearing till,
as IT would seen, this gentle monody Of
dipping blade and t~inklingsdrops became
a grooming lullaby to blot out all the
years that lay between, and make me
once again a little child sinking asleep in
my young mothers arms,
XVI.
HOW JENNIFER THREW A MAIN
WITH DEATH.
IT'S a sure mark of healthful sleep that
1t never makes account of time. No odds
how long the night, tits but q moment
from the lapse of consciousness to Its re-
sleen that nran+ ,,nan s uI as 80 ~
pirogue ,istepine ~ tha t,nr1ine drin
from Jennifer,s naddla va No., af heoltbp
tul weariness; and when I came awake
from 1t there was a dim and troubled
vista of vague and broken dreams to
ramemha 'Ne nhshe - W.
mr. 49,
row ~ 49, = ~ s aMahea5hs wa = IL
ovar f.. 60 - w. ueu -
the ground. and nv the a,ckerine lipht of
a handful of fire I could see the earth
walls of the burrow which we're worn
smooth as If the Mace had been the we'll
used den of some wild creature. But over
head there was the mark Of human oc-
cupancy. since the earth-arch was sooted
and hlackena1 py,+b ~ raaL ~ r,ony
fires.
when 7 c+,rroa ~ .+,r
bevond Tho hanat,I ae e"a az Ian,isar
came 70 EneaI hesido M arina NV, hand
and NJ arr - go as, ~ 49,
n,,ah+ ans as q "onaaA
"Jynon, .oHo 80 n
s,id Hs mhy sour -.
800 rolu..lns why 'he "oios ooA eo
~ eaui oet"eeh.
- jack was all had In answer; but
When ne mad found a tongue to babble out
ms JOY, l learned the why and where
torc. once more grim death had reached
Tor me, lying await IN the twirled toma-
haWk that set me dreaming OF my moth
er,s lap and lullaby. For week l had
IAN mere upon the BED OF pine TUFTS, poised
upon the Drink OF the death PIT with only
my oeat az 10 holo ana ara" me paek.
"a Week l Quefleo, Wnen ne had
ha lam me ln,erva!. ana you ave oeen
mere al the lilhe!
i've never left you. save to forage for
the pot" he admitted. Il dared not cave
you,
But where are we?" I would ask.
I'm a den on the rivers edge. a mile or
more above your sacked cabin. TITS some
dodge-hole followed out by the Catawbas
long ago and shared since bv them and the
bears, judging from the sinking reek of
1t. Uncanoola steered me hither the night
of the raid"
Then the chief came off safa,vou
said. falling into a dumb and i,nnotent
rage that the saving of two words should
scant me SO of strength to say a third.
"Right as a triyet-scalns and an"
laughed Jennifer. Hell be the envy Of
every warrior in the tribe when he wants
himself at the Catawbas council fire.
I let 1t rest a while at that. casting about
for words to shane a hungrier question.
Have you no news?' I asked. at length
Little or none" he answered shortly.
But Won have had some word-some
Applcby Hundred?" I SIAM
mered feebly.
Nothing you'd care to hear" he re-
Joined, evasively, thought. '''Tis as YOU
left it, save that Tarleton whipped away
to the south again as suddenly as he
came, and our cursing baronet has made
the manor house his headquarters in fact.
lodging himself and all his troop on Mr..
Stair. From his lying quiet and keeping
the Cherokees in tow there will be some
deyiltrv afoot I'll warrant
l knew that Falconnet was waiting for
tho povda. cargo b,1t ano+bar ,,o1tar
crowded this aside
"But-but Margery?" 7 oueried. on
sharpesr tenter-hooks to know how much
or little he had heard.
I thought his brow darkened at the ones
ton. but mayhan it was on,v a shadow,
cast by the hickering fire. At anv rate
he laughed hardly.
.'She is well-and well content dare
swear. Twas only Yesterday 7 saw har
taking the air on the river road Win
Falconnet for an escort. You told me- onca
he had a sure hand with the women and
IT made me mad. but truly I have conna
to think YOU drew 1t mild. .Jackn
Now though I could ply a decent ready
blade. or keep a firing line from l,,rch,ng
at a pinch. I had not learned 70 nut 3
snafhe on a Numbering tongue as T baXa
said before
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