The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-07-21
IN WHICH WE STRIVE AS MEN 10
RUN A RACE

Kun A RACE,
1t was some time before tho arr,ghted
o.aek could give us any connected account
or what had befa!len: and when at length
The story was told, all save the principal
TACT OF the carrying OFF OF Mistress Mar
gerry and her maid was hnzy enough.
frune down to tho simple statement OF
the fact. and with all the foolish terror
gatherings weedcd out. his news came to
THIS: the party Of homing Jewellers. had
been ambushed and waylaid ut the ford
Ing of n creek some miles to the scuth-
ward, and In the mellay the young mis-
tress and her tirewoman had been cap
tured.
SO far as any actual witness OF the cyo
Went. the negro had seen nothing. Their,
had been n volley fire from the thiciIet.
belly OF black darkness, Il -warming at
tack to a chorus OF Indian yells. shouts
from the men. shlieks from the women.
confusion worse COMPOUNDED In which tho
neWsbearer himself had been endorsed
ana trodden under foot. After which ha
knew no moro till some one-his master, aa
he thought-kicked him alive and babe him
mount and ride post haste on the back
ward track to Appleby Hundred. crying
the news as he went that Mistress Mar
gerry Stair and her maid had been kid
mapped by the Indians.
Pinned to the mark and questioned
afresh. the slave could not affirm of his
S'''' h'io tllil any tIle II bttil
killed outright Pinned again. 1t proved
to be only a guess of his that the ono
who had given him his orders was his
master. In the darkness and confusion no
could mako sure of nothing; had made
sure of nothing save his own frenzy of
terror and the wording of the message hs
carried.
When we had quizzed him empty we
hotsted him upon his beast and sent him
once more a~-gallop on the road TO Applcby
Hundred. That done. a hurried council OF
war was held in which We four fell apart,
three against one. Jennifer was for in
slant pursuit, afoot and at top speed: and
Epiiraim ieates and the Catnwba. ADAM
doning their own emprise apparently
without a second thought, sided indifrer-
entity with him.. For my part. / was for
going back to prepare in decent order fog
a campaign which should promise some.
thing more hopeful than the probability
OF speedy exhaustion, starvation and
failure.
We grew hot upon it. Richard and I: no
with a young lovers unrecking ~rashuess,
and with an old campaigncr's foresight
to make me stubborn; and T.phraitn
1eates and the Catawba drew aside and
let us have it out. Dick argued angisly
that time was the all-important item.
and was not above haunting mo bitterly,
ninging the reproach of cold blooded n.gc
in my face and swearing holly that I
knew not so much as the alphabet of love.
The taunts We're passed in silence. sirco
l would set them over against the irrevoc-
able wrong l had done him. saying in my
heart that nothing he could say or 30
should again tempt me to give place to
the devil of Jealous wrath.
But when he would give mo space 7 set
the hopelessness of pursuit. all unprcpared
as we Were. in plainest speech. The chase
might we'll be a long one, and VIC wsre
but scantily armed and without pre-
visions. The hunters rife must Ire orr
sole dependence for food. and in the sum-
mer heat we would be forced to kill daily.
On the other hand. with horses. a bag Of
corn apiece. firearms and ammunition, wo
should be in some more hopeful case; and.
Notwithstanding the delay in starting,
could make far better speed.
For all the good 1t did I might have
spared my pains and saved my breath.
Iennifer broke me In the midst, crying
out thai / was even now killing the
precious minutes: and so our !ll-starrcd
venture had Its launching In the frenz;cd
haste that seldom makes for speed. Ono
small concession l wrung out of his I'M
patience-thts with the help OF Yeates and
the Catawba. We went back to the break
fast camp, relindled the FIRE, and cooked
what We could keep and carry of tho ven
ison.
In spite of this delay 1t was yet early In
the forenoon OF that memorable Sunday,
the twentieth Of August. when we set our
faces southwark and took up the line Of
march to the ford of the ambushment.
BY now the sky was wholly overcast, and
the wind was blowing fresher in the tree
tops: but though as yet the storm held
off, the air was the cooler for the threat
ened rain and this was truly q blessing,
since the old hunter put us keen upon our
mettle to keep pace with him.
Continued Next Week.)
Shopping in Italy.
Harper's BaZar: An italian once became
SO tndiSCrnet as TO be frank mud nhmiAtnd