The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-05
'1lfE MASTER Of APpLEBY
.---== By Francis Lrnde. ---,
CHAPTER xLN.-cos,.snrea.

prsrsssd his ears ard care ooedt@atly
with fhe scrrei tagadag al his heels
= sncssets1 later. when tIsa up-cDrasns
troep sas hidden bv i ;ura IN fhs
ave;sse. we has tsle pair OF them IN ths
hall wiah ire doos shut and barred be
bind Them.
50 far. s. good. auosh Dick Then
- The eld black. WHO had stood ~
Saueer-eEsd aad FpeecbfeBs. the While.
Anthony do you be as big a nngnn-
skuA as yoa ssere bcrss 70 he. ana hold
fEeSe redcaat gsnfsesnag. fl paiavsr TIL
we can uin out al the back.
The Gid rgsajnsdofgo s5e5aee his good
viii, but Row my sioV Wit caule IN
Play We've dcrse # now" said j.
The horses VIII GO u as they came
IN Or rot at al. Had yea forgotten the
stair IL the back
Judge for yourselves, nsy .zears. #
THIS we're The time. place Or crisis for
a man 70 aing himself upon the hall
settle. grip his ribs and laugh like any
laek-Nit. Yet this is What Richard
jsnsffe- did
IT vas in the rery midst OF his gust Of
Al-finied raerrtEnent. while the horses
we're Messing nifty at their strange sur
r~alfidings. ard the hoof strokes OF the
reaeoat troop could be plainly heard on
t1e gravel of the avenue, that I
CHANGED TO lift my eyes 10 the stair.
There, looking down upon us with
hI'ssestaess astorlsilfg1ent IN the blue
gray eyes, stood our dear lady.
Another instant and she was with us.
stamping her foot and crying: Mon
D5sli. what Is this? Are you gone
mad. both of o p
DICKS answer was another burst of
Laughter. loud enough. you would
think. to be heard by those beyond the
door.
Behold fou witless brute beasts.
Mistress 1iadge-two horses and two
asses" he said. And then To old An
,thony: Open the door, Tony, and IN
wife the gentlemen in
But Margery was before him. All.
my dears. a mans wit is 1 k a match
lock. fixing and suffering its way
noisily to find the powder whilst the
enemy hath time to ride up and saber
the musketeer, but a wofnan's is like
tho spark in a finder box-a quick
snip OF flint n steel and you have
your fire. In q fash my lady had torn
Gown the heavy curtains from an inner
doorway and was carpeting a horse
path for us to the rear.
Quick. she cried; lead them gent
iy, for the love of heaven"
she went before US, padding the way |
S3tn Whatever came FIRST To hand, rugs.
curtains, table coverings, and I know
rof. Nha besides; and by the TING tie
:isfat1sh troopers were ilarnrtasiyg III re /
oufefedooT, we were deep within the old /
mansion and had made shift 70 drar
Inc nfiS1isins horses by one ana two |
step deseents 10 d room sfiaIG u,ftIEr asd
iIaif out Of ground, wiaieIl served as 4
sort ~ a;1fe-dungson 10 the seine eel-
lar.
Iiere I thought we might be safe for
tire moment. but ,'ct SO my lady. cali
Ing isis1s to aieip her III iii eiss f;re4n
isagfsss 81 - n1ar55sei that SIG ea5fef ID &
bieE aiaSs got 10 tIle=sai.e unlocked ard
opened tEe door to the wise vault. assd
W z tFiee We fWo and the iucR!1sss
darkness. with the stout oalsea dour
Slammed Behind US, the bolt shot in Tie
iGess, and the key withdrawn. as we
cord see by the spot OF light which
ssa through the keyflo!e.
Nssiiard wa the first TO break the
gEs4l e-sike silence of Cur dungeon.
Lord said he: did ever YOU see
such sharp Wit work In ali your ad-
vs;siaresg What a soldiers wife she'd
I smiled at that. being safe to smile
~ The darkness. For was she not a
wife? ! Rugged that saying
awe cifng to the thing that is slipping
from us. True. 4 was here to give her
lTseiy over TO another and a better
SO dier: b. while she was mine / would
.i;tsfn her. in my heart. at least.
Ghe excitement of the narrow escape
6CIUE VNTD Inv sat limo 0n III
~ q vim. Mn srac,,sa ,unk On the
ID to what wopla hasaif y. NV Wn us
seninr vainiv en- tha 1891, anu MS
ssIs.ad snracast NJ rs,annDs.eps winch
tur BY the enemy. Rn, - w Iur cap
.n,,rds thra.tantng Dul When no
came from the upperWorld, We CROPPED
MATED il With flint and staaa 90 cana!e'
and tnor = IN s.ee. 2 I'M
Srwaa the sanna IA olour Jan.
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an enc a. has not ,ts mata Dl ~
1varniins "a M. roaa -. mate IN All
81. i NV her hohhw nrih.y
hui,d Tor All e@ternitv. anI vas 70
arched ceilarare wa. mnra l ,a,1s s.one-
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