The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CHAPTER L.-Continued.

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sword that stopped it when his parry
Jailed, the steel would have passed
through him. After this he grew war
Ter. having in mind. as I supposed, that
time when 1 had shown him that
my wrist n arm could outweary his.
Yet his savage onset neyer tagged for
an instant; n when the light fell up
on his hideous face, I could see the
herce eyes glinting Ike a basilisk's.
with no sign in them that my time was
come to press him home.
None the less, I did press him. inch
by inch, driving him at each new clash
OF h steel a little deeper into the
gloom thai crowded close upon the
narrow circle of candle-light. He saw
my object-to push him to unfamiliar
ground where he might trip and sturn-
bic In the aaSkness-and he strove
furiously to defeat it. Yet he had no
choice, and presently I had him among
empty Wine-butts. foining andspar-
rying for his life and pouring out such
y blaspheIEies as would make your blood
U cold.
Here t end came quickly. Being
among the butts he
had no room to play skilfully. So pres
emily 1t CHANGED that he caught his
point In the chine of a cask n his
blade snapped short at the hilt. With
"a yelling oath. kissing hot from the
DEVILS thumb-book, he snatched up the
broken blade to fling and stick 1t jaw
elin-wisesin my shoulder; and then l
saw the duh CLEAN Of the candle light
Q the barrel of pistol.
Had he aimed h pistol at me, /
trust i should still have given him his
sgentleman's chance. But when I saw
him level the weapon at my dear lady
they came in one and the
same heartbeat: the sword-thrust that
found his life n took 1t; the,crash OF
the ptsto1-shot echoing like q clap OF
thunder tnisthe close vault, and pitchy
darkness to draw It's curtain over all.
not how / reached her, pull
Ing he broken sword-blade from my
shoulder as ! ran; nor a I tell you
how an u~pgushing OF thankfulness
schoked me when found her unframed
by the bullet which had snuffed the
candle u
She was In a most pfteous state, now
stt was all over: and though I charged 1t
adlSwhere I supposed 1t should belong
to b account of a natural womanly
passion to cling to something in her
OF weakness-yet the blood
ran quick in my veins when sheesuf-
tered me to e her out of that dis
NAL. smoking death-pit. she clinging to
theswarmth Of her and the fiuttering of
hersdeaT heart beneath my hand.
She said no word, nor did l, till we
were above stairs. We found the rooms,
on the main floor deserted by all save
{ c VIII were clearing away the
debris OF the feast Of leave-taking. In
hall we came upon Old Anthony,
putting on the chain of h outer door.
Here my lady drew apart from me.
Is my lord gomez" she asked.
missa. He say tell you he
gwine tex IL mighty hawd yo' no come
Ster glib him de sti-up-cup."
sgssAnd my father?"
.Goneito de lib'ry to wait To- Massa
9Pengarbin: yis. lnissa."
She turned away, shuddering al this
mention OF the factor for whose COM
Ing h master would wait long and In
p 4 heard her mnrInur: oh,
the horror of his night" But in a.
moment she came back to ME, and
was her cool calm self again.
"EoTsthat l am here, alive and we'll,
n thank you. Captain Ireton. Need I
NaysmOre?"
eannot tell you what was in the
to make me hot with anger, as
4 had but now been hot with love. But
h new wound In my shoulder was
Bleeding freelyssand I would not let her
Twas hurt: and IL aught will
Astanch q wound. tits anger.
You need not say so much" I re-
tortcd, bowling low. .You have spoken
upon those who are knotted up. ever
~.aoAopsely, In the marriage bond: I
.have my part In these as we'll as you,
Margery."
She bit her lip and was upon the
sedge OF tears. raw what I had done
that must needs add It's wOrd-thong to
the nights whip of s~courgings.
When she spoke again 1t was to say:
In you house. Captain Ire
will you do?"
Zone question first. Is Richard Jenni-
rher safe?"
HE tss""
Then. by your good leave, I shall do
what IT came to do"
She bent her head In acquiescence.
.sYou will find the-the person whom.
you wish to see In your old room In the
north gable. Shall I have Anthony
light you up?"
.No:sISca find the way !
Ny hand was on the stair rail when
the cruel irony OF 1t struck me like a
Sblo%. She had planned the slcosing of
bond in the very room where we
had knelt ~ takes'the good fathers
Blessing upon Il.
I stepped back, stumbled, I should
nay. for q curious weakness had come
upon me. and drew her arm in mine.
We will 80 together. II you please.
my lady. IT'S only Just to me that you
should hear what / must say to Father
sMatthieu."
~ SOf ACAAs AsN0ASsn6AAC &OOIC with me
TO the last: and together We climbed
the stair to come into the upper corr
.sldrr with the Of destiny at its
farther end.
We came as far an the door; I mind
III perfectly. for I remember marking
that the wooden bar my father had put
suponsit was gone. and the iron brackets
~ well. But whilst ! was cropping for
the hatch there came a taste of blood
In my mouth. and I heard my lear
lndyss voice as II h were calling to.
me ACROSS the eternal abysses. Mon
ssieur John!--you are hurt!" And then,
from a. still remoter distance: 4"Oh,
Father Matthieu-Dick! come quickly!
HE'S dying"
ssS Ii.
IN WHICH TIE GOOD CAUSE
GAINS IA CONVERT.
Which M OF you. my dears. faring
across the frontier Of the shadow land
lof dreams into the no less mysterious
country OF the real, cannot recall the