The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-02

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= Out IN I laugh. With \ s!Cs hung Hr.
AZ Gilbert Stair 1ui then at t.le0aus
y, GO Save as ! Siva you jos. VI
| star and YOU, Sir Francis These tN
have dtpet you hravs4- By heavens
SIR .FrAnk twas ~ who should HAY
/. had The sword thrust In the duel |
That evsnt you might have stood /
n CaptaiE lreton's shoes. and so IN
. the priest fetched Tor your heneIr.
j Then he turned to M4rsery with
4 bow that had no u of mockery il
. it. 4 crave your pardon. madam.
> Knew not you were pleading for yon
husbands life ar hour ago. 1t grIeqe
ME that l may not spare him To 70,
longer than the night. but VAR is crue
At its best.'
She stood like any statue lone i,
cold Carrara while he spoke and whei
she made no sign he gave the word I,
reconarnit me.
Take him away. I-ieutenant Tybse
and see he has a bribe-proof ma this
time % keep him company. MADAM
lreton, I'll put you o. your honor: you
may have access TO him. but there
must be no messages carried in OF
out. TO your quarters. gentlemen. We
must ride far and hard tomorrow"
When his final word had set her free.
my frozen maiden came TO life and
ran to throw herself in helpless sob
bings, not upon her father. as you
would think. but upon the good priest.
And it was Father Matthew who led
her, still crying softly. out of the
throng and up the low stair: and now
| marked that all the rough soldiery
stood aside and made way for her with
never a man among them to scott or
sheer or point a gibe.
At her going. Tybes drew his sword
and cut the cord that bound me.
These y~oungling cubs are over
cautious. Ca Dt1ip Irat0p Wa shall ~.
make 1t harder for each than we must"
ne said. with bluff good nature. And
then: Will you lead the way to your
room, sir?'-this to give the youngling
cub another lesson. 1 suppose.
walked beside him to the stair, and
when stumbled. being weak and spent,
he took my arm and steadied me. and
| did think it kindly done. At my own
door he gave me precedence again. saw
ing. with Il touch of the grateful old
world courtesy. After you. sir" and
standing aside to let me enter first.
When we We're both within he touched
upon the colonel's mandate.
Il must obey my orders. Captain
lreton. but by your good leave l shall
not lock YOU up with any trooper; I'll
stay with YOU myself"
thought this still more kindly than
aught he had done before. and so
told him. But he put it off lightly.
-, III OIIe al Oh
for you, my friend, but 1 will do that
little as l can. You are ike to have
a visitor. 1 take it; if you have, I'm
sure twill be a comfort if your body
guard can be stone blind and deaf"
SO saying. he dragged the big wicker
chair into the window-bay, planted
himself deep within it with his back
to all the Don and so left me to nv
w devices.
Being spent enough to sleep beneath
the shadow of a giboet. I threw myself
ful-length upon the bed and was, I
think. adrift upon the ebb tide of ex-
and forgetfulness when once
again the shifting of the wooden door
bar reused me. rose up quickly, but
Tybee was before me. There was some |
low-voiced conference at the door:
Tybee came to me.
TITS Mr.. Gilbert Stair" he said.
He has permission from the colonel
and insists that he must see you solus. !
I'll take your word and leave you, if
you like"
At first I hung reluctant, wanting
little of the host who came so late to
see his guest. Then, as if a sudden
flash of lightning had revealed it, 1
as 1 had not before, how 1 had
set the feet of my dear lady in a most |
hideous labyrinth of deception: how
his lie that l a told to bridge a
gap must leave her neither
maid nor widow in the morning.
Yes. yes: for Gods sake let him in,
Tybee!" l burst out. II am fair
erazed with WEAKNESS. and had for
got. It's most important, I do as
sure YOU"
The thing was done at once, and be-
lore | knew it 1 was alone with the old
nan who, though he was my supplant-
n. was also Margery's father. He en-
cred cautiously, shielding his bedroom
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t TO make me out, as if his renturing
n We're not unperilous. And 1 marked
hat when he put the candle down up
IN the table, he edged away and felt
behind him for the door as If to make
sure of his retreat in case of need.
Sit down. Captain Ireton; sit down,
beg of YOU" he said, in his thin.
'asping treble. And when 1 had
,beyed: Il think o must know what
came for. Captain Ireton?"
said l could guess; and he began
again. volubly now. as If to have it
'ver in the shortest space.
Twas not a gentlemanly thing for
of a foolish girl out of hand while
'ou We're here a guest; and as for the
PRIEST that did it. I'm have him
ranged before the army leaves, 1 prom
Sc you. But now It's done, l hope
prepared to make the best of it?"
l Sd" at once tnal MS had
lot yet confided in him; tina he was
till entangled in my lie. SO 1 thought
t we'll to probe him deeper while l
night.
What would you call the best If
may ask" said l, growing the cooler
With some better seeing of the way
head. ~
The marriage settlements" he cried
coming to the point at once.
IS any miser would. Ills the merest
natter of form, as we may say, for your
tile to Appleby Hundred is we'll burnt
promise you. But for the decent
BOX of 1t o might make over your
to your Wife"
Aye, truly; so 1 might"
And so YOU should. sir; that YOU
Mould, We miserable. spying runag'-
re choked and coughed behind his
and and the began again without the
pithets. Ills the very least We can
o for her now, when you have the
ope fair around your curs-ahem-
rebel neck. Only for the
orm's sake, to be sure, We understand,
or she'd Inherit after you in any case"
| saw his drift at last, and, not car
ng to spare him. sped the shaft of
ruth n let it find the joint in his
arness.
Ills as you say. Mr.. Stair. But as
life"
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