Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-01-11

QN itN heloTt tutul. 'ie lutitt> VI tile
town sinking in the rear
,,oiish words have frightened
you Forget them am accumulate
ing experiences that will interest You
to hear when the time comes for the
telling of them. but of one thing
am assured. the good Lord stands by
his own, and he has shielded me since
yesterday morning broke Come, Fran
ces, let us gallop. That and trust
in the Lord will remedy all the Ills Of
tuth ~ vonlan.'
So Las glad OF the respite, and they
set OF III full speed. Nevertheless her
mind was sorely troubled What did
he know. what did he know beat
through her brain i'll unison with the
clattcr nj the horses hoofs. 1t was not
possible that chance had brought him
thus to the very center of her guilty
secret Cromwell, treachery, midnight
stealth, the Broughton road-these
words amt phrases tortured her. Was
this. them the line of his revenge? Did
he know ALL and did he purpose to
keep her thus in suspense. limiting.
soothing her fears, then reviving them,
making her black crime the subject of
Jest and laughter? She cast glance
over her shoulder. Banbury had dis
appeared. they We're alone, flying over
the land The doubt was unbcarablc;
she would endure it no longer Inn
pctnously she refined her horse to
stand Stop she cried and mt the
word hcr own horse and Bruce halted
and stood. The young man turned with
alarm 10 her agitate,l face.
What do you mean by YOUR talk Of
Broushton and Cromwell:"
ooh that is Il secret. did not in
tend Ia tell you until our journey was
ended whe,. we could laugh over 1t to-
gc,hcl
ut is no laughing matter. must
know what you mean
".\l dangers are laughablc once they
are past An unknown. unsupported
danger threatened me at Banbury. 1t
is NOW past and done with, and the
person who plotted against me can
harm me n" more There are reasons
why do not wish To mention this per-
sons name Barring that, may tell
you NOM as we'll MS another time. IL YOU
care To listen.
Tell me the story. and will tell
yoM the name OF tho thief said
Frances
"Yon slept badly last night Did you
hear anything:"
I'LL heard the clock strike the
Gours
Il heard il strike three hut lay SO
locked in tllowsincss lhat ! knew not
the Lord was calling To me. III the
Seven Slrepcrs We're melted into one,
would outSlecp that ONE WE'LL to get
on. i was robbed in tho night. 1t must
have been mt that Eoul, for remember
dimly some SORT of disturbance But
Providence stood my friend by the
mcrc>t chance. it might seem. but not
by chance. as believe. | saw the crea
ture make for Hro,i@hton So, here's
for Rronghton. cried l. ON the back
I-Of Bruce and see il my good pistols
would win back what had been stolen
from me The Hroughton road ii was.
and the pistols did the business" Say
ing this. he wlislSc,l from his pocket
the kings colmmissiom waving 1t tri-
umplmntly aloft Her wide eyes drank
in the amazing sight of il. slowly brim
ming with supcrstitious fear, and then
she asked q duplicate of the question
that had been asked Of her {, few hours
before
Ibid you kill l'rolnwell?
"Cromwcll. l never saw him
'Oh, am going mad. WHO is the
thief: Who Is the thief
DE Courcy if YOU must know Why
does this trivial matter so disturb you?
DE Courcy followed us from oxford
last night and was lodged at our inn.
BY some means he penetrated into my
room. stole his from me. and / never
missed 1t until l SAW him ride for
Rro,ghton. and not even then, 10 tell
the exact truth. But remembered that
he had seen me place this paper in the
inside pocket of my vest in the kings
own presence, and then the whole plot
came to me Before he saw Broughton,
Bruce and were down upon him like
highland storm ON the lowland
This is not the kings commission"
she said.
"Oh. but il is
ut is not Have YOU read it,
NO. but that's soon done.
He united the cord and unfolded the
shecpskin. She leaned eagerly forward
and scanned the writing, while Arm
strong read it aloud.
You see he cried gleefully. "Of
course 1t is the commission. There are
tho names of Traqualr and all the rest.
just as gave them To the secretary,
and there is Charles Rev i'm the kings
own hand.
..lt is a duplicate. Cromwell has the
original You never left DE Courcy
alive within mile of Bronghton cas-
tie"
II did that very thing. Not as lively
as have seen him, yet alive ncverthe-
less
Then ride ride for the north. We
have stood too long chatterins here"
".All in COOL time, Frances. There
Is no moro hurry than ever there was;
less. indeed for it seems To me that
Cromwell. for some reason, wants to
come at this by fraud and not by force
But now that De Courcy's name is
mentioned between us. ask you what
you know against him more than
have told yong
against him: j know everything
against him Would that you had kill