Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-12
CHAPTER XIX continued.

SitdAGk VII AH' 'Nt'i iiNf"h4 '"'
father / gasped, And he sent you
TO ave me2'
surely, she said Are you not once
again his guest, Captain lreton%" Then
she stamped her foot, and though the
candle light was of the poorest, !
could see hey Eyes fash, "NVill you
squander the last moment IN silly ques-
tons" she burst out. Come, / say
/ smiled. Give me that sword you
are hiding behind You and | win keep
The door whilst YOU spirit Dick away.
He Is net 10 be III this"
She gave nla the weapon, though not,
% ! made sure, IN any Conscnting TO
my proposal could have cried out in
sheer JOY when / found the sword TO
ne my own good BLADE OF proof-the am
Gent Felara wiled me by my father.
Sharp as the crisis was, | made no
doubt { should have asked her then
ana there how she came by the blade
had last seen when my Lord Corn
wallis tried 60 break II over his knee
Jut the march OF events suddenly be-
anne too swift for me. There was a
5ound of cautious footsteps i'm the in
lined passage leading from the but
ar's pantry above. and our chance for
3capc that way WeS gone.
Too latc,' said Dick; and with an
rm about Margery he whipped be-
ind the great oakeu door opened back
gainst the cellar wan, whispering me
o follow.
We we're scarce in hiding, with the
joor wen drawn back 10 screen us,
yheu the cautious footsteps Came slow
i into the out cellar. Peeriug through
nc crack behind the door we saw Pen
Earyin-alone.
What brought him there without his
ale OF armed men at his back no man
ylll ever know; but since his ways
we're always crooked and devious, /
guessed he would not wish TO appear In
he matter in his own proper person,
md yet could not deny himself q fore
hand peep TO see ir the trap were still
safe shut and secure.
Twas evident he was much discon-
certed at finding the door open and
the wine vault apparently empty. AT
first he would start and dodge as il To
run away; her his rage got the better
OF his caution and he had one Of those
senScless cursing fits / have before told
you OF, raving and swearing and prom
Using all ann Of fendish recompense
TO Mistress Margery when he should
have her ia MS power,
"A little longer dwelling upon this
variation oil the cursing theme-ravinga
in which Dick learned for the first time
WI AlAt idIibi - QNEtHAA W illullA lllA WIZ
and the estate-and / do think the
lad would have gone cut TO make him
sing another tune. lut now the factor
left of suddenly 10 cock his ear and
listen, and afterWard to come tiptOeing
into tho cellar, ali eyes to spy and legs
70 run il a NOUS should but squeak at
him.
Iro was nluttoring to himself as he
passed our hiding place.
BY MI the devils. be must be here,
gait The little Jade would have
warned him if she had known: but Il
is known only 20 the dodderIng Old
miser and me, and the. girl is safe in
her bedroom, Happen this devil of an
captain mas drunken himself
sodden; ah, that would be a rare jest
to wake with the rope around his neck,
liz those cursed. slow-footed dragons
would but come! Damnlc! I'll have that
bull knocked lieutenant cashiered If his
high and mighty lettering balls me in
this"
He stopped before the wine cask
whereon the pickering candle stood
and craned his neck 10 look be-
You'd II. The candle was guttering
SMOKEY, ana he reached n shaking
thumb am finger 10 pluck the
dead man from the wick. At that
heard him muttering again.
Twas a play TO make the very devil
envious; and to have it marred by that
pig OF a lieutenant, No one knew me
In 1t save the legion colonel, and coul6
have sprung the trap fair and soft
~, not eve Mistress Margery herself
could have laid this swashbuckler's
death at my door. But now he's gone
vanished like a straw bailee, and all
because that damned understrapper of
Tarletols's must needs turn up
nose at a bit of sherif's work.
Curse him."
The and was burning brightly now,
and he crept catlike around the cask
to peer into the bin beyond it. Just
hen the shutter of the little window of
espial fell open with a shrill creaking
Of it's rusty hinges. and a blue glare
Of lightning came TO prick out every
nook and correr OF the cellar. Being
almost within a blades length OF the
I saw him plainly; saw him
start back and put his hands to his face
and drop down all OF q tremble on the
bins edge, where l had beer sitting
when he discovered me.
To second the flash, 81 prolonged
OF thunder dinned upon the
still air of the vault. and mingled with
thunder came other flashes. soaring
the eye and making the candle flame
appear as a sickly orange halo In the
blue-white glare. What with the play |
Of the storm artillery we could neither
zee nor hear for the moment; but when
candiellght came to its w again
the scene was changed as IL by magic.
Under cover of the thunder din a squad
Of dragons had come TO ring the fac |
tor in where he sat upon the edge OF
the wine bin.
Soho" said my good friend Tybec
a little strident laugh, tits you l
I'm to take out and hang, is il. Master
Lawyer? thought mayhap you'd
double on your track once too often,
and so Ii seems YOU have. Up with you
come along"
AL In 8 fash Pengarvin was UP and
out in q trembling frenzy-tt
II protestation.
"Oh. tits al q mistake. my good sir
/ devils own trap. I'll am not the
| pledge you my sacred word.
OF. YOU cursed villains, or I'll
the law on you." this last when
OF the men asst h Moose OF d rope
,ver his head whilst a second drew his
arms 10 his sides in the looping OF an
cord. by God! you shall all
smart for this: an. l say! Take me 10
Colonel Tarleton. The king Il no
ssanehsr friend In all the province than
{. Why. damme, twas | who
A trooper came behind and gagged
him MIL tie loose end OF the rope; and
ryfee neld the candle TO light the knot
Ing 81 IT,. And So they marched him
eat. with I'ybee muttering between his
thcTlt was rat-catcher's work.
ind no soldiers. this killing OF yermin.
aud hiding tts men make haste.
CHAPTER l..
HON RICHARD COyERDALE'S
DEBT WAS PAID.