The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-09
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eif ~ ehti1" said the father
u M. s,ssi.t. "a o1.f - tomorrow
Z III tooSed at him 6ereely--so
he .hal he almost Thought this
hu. Il Ind l1e. rived her Of reason
VA. ler, size said hoaFselg, you
mu. abt Gle
Ihe Knight folded her In his arms
nntl nioaned IN broken tones: ..The
king wills Ii. He has signed my death
warrant, and 1t Is on It's way. It viii
be here toni.-ht The scafEold and block
are ready. The headsman Is waiting
Tbe sun tomorrow viii not rise on
your father. Ny child, do not deceive
yourself. There Is NO hope"
withdrawing from his embrace. the
girl Turned ana left him. AS she passed
out of the door she paused and. turn
ing. said with the energy OF despair:
"Father, you shall not de-
The night was dark. AcOurier dash
ed and spIashed along muddy Scot
fish road. A. mail pouch was sIunG to
his shoulder. Now and again the
Dough of some Overlapping tree would
sprinkle his face with rain water, and
his horse was continually plunging into
some pool or mudhole In the rond- The
inoorlnnd stretched ahead OF him. be
fore him and behind him. Far in the
t,fstnnce doomed the castle In which Sir
John Cochrane was confined, and the
messenger was making straight for 1t.
\ the east was faint forevEarntnS OF
dawn. Noticing 1t, he spurred his horse,
muttering:
Il shall be late. It would be 4 pity
to keep man in suspense. IT'S to be
at dawn, aud my presence Is as neces-
sarS MS that OF the lnsa who Is to pRrs
with his head"
He had scarcely finished his soliloquy
when something sprang UP and at him
Prom the road, At first he thought it Il
beast. but IN another moment he felt
pair OF arms struggling to deprive him
OF his mail pouch The courier was
not a weak man. and his eneay was of
light and slender build, but it seemed
as IL heavcn were giving to the latter
superhuman strength. In vain the
courier tried to throw him or. he
chung like n panther. Then the horse,
unable to support the two struggling
weights, fell The courier rolled Into
n ditch beside the road, and as he
cIambered out he caught sight of
figure clad in the garments of a Scot
fish knight standing in silhouette
against the line where earth and sky
met.
At the castle those who were to Off
ciate at the execution emerged from
their sleeping rooms 10 witness the
passing of Sir John CochiNhe. Nothing
was wanting but the official order for
the execution, and that was not forth
coming. Dawn grew into daylight,
and tie sun rose. Then came the
courier with his story that he had been
attacked by an unknown knight and
robbed of his mail pouch containing the
warrant The headsman rested on his
NIX while the others consulted. There
seemed nothing to do but send to the
capital for another order, and, consid-
ering the distance and the roads of the
period, the trip would require two
weeks. The messenger was. dispatch
ed, the officials dispersed and the
headsman put away his AK.
During the period OF waiting the IA
Their confessor was pleading for Sir
Johns life Gradually hope sprang
like a green sprig from the ground,
grew stronger. budded and bloomed
into n belief that the condemned man
would be pardoned. But IL so which
would arrive first, the new death war
rant or the pardon? In those days of
communication no one could
tell
One morning a sentry OH the castle
wall looking over the mOorland saw
in the distance a horseman coming ut
a gallon. The sentry called the atten-
ton OF others to the conner, and the
weIlwishers. AS the man
came near he waved a paper above
his head and shouted, "a partlOn!"
The prison doors were swung open,
and the prisoner stepped forth a free
man. Going to his home, followed by
n host of loyal friends, he was over
whelmed with congratulations He
had expected his daughter to be tile
drst to welcome him, but when he did
not see her he was troubled. He ask
ed for her and was told that she had
not been seen since the evening she
had parted from him in his cell. An
day the rejolcings went on, but when
night came the man who had passed
from the shadow of death to the light
Of life was alone. Then came a serv-
ant to announce that young knight
desired to see him. Hoping that the
stranger bore news of his daughter.
Sir John ordered his admlttance. A
slender young man of feminine APP