The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-04
! THE MASTER OF APPLEbY|
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>-- By Francis Lynae. --}
BY Francis Lynde.


- ~ ~ 'ha W
y tH@tt mouths out WIN a Wetted kefchle
- .ieu OF SWING lh''n d "Flnk'
Nhen all was done we sat oursclNc
!. Gown 10 wait as we must ana When IN
= ai'ente ana soiltude mad wrought the!
/. pSEie't "2tk. we fell 70 taking IN 10Y
tones 10 match the place and clrcum
stance; Il | do think in those quie
hours, walled in as we were from al
the disturbments of the outer world
many months,
ana NhIle we sat and talked the Ions
DAY wore on 10 evening and a storm
came on, as we could determine, though
no otherwise than a muiiied rolling O!
.tle tI,"it-5E NllSh' Stl'Se We Sou!o no
49, nj ', 5lt1iicts l.H, ltS@t tne an W.
t9nt = 49, 'Ne N0'''"''5 "a us
'"Lil S"iAoii'
1 t3l.i!ot LeIt you all we spoke or IN
Cr,,, a. - 'luIF.iiI lLete Ne
49, ~ - o' l1s 9tstl So o&ss'S Iol ~.
nor - ~, T.i,o No.. 1880" y :
thsro 70 > y, - ~ , 49, - ~ !, o,US ~
~, 90 !'LG." u silliIlStI'!,S l1"Sn-
g. saor 49, - nv iG eAelI,lS 40 tfaS!"
a1~irs Tcae Nd nI,,. a,.ft Nc -, 800 80 90
some IN OF 80 ba' $50 = a ,o, S.3St -, ~
dependence. now. thon@h We" We knew i
mot, drawing near ia its Close. and thera
was mich If ,rnn,inisconsa no III -
paGh 10 me exciting ana tFaSlc scenes
III which We TWO had mad our entrances
ana our eN!'s; Also there was a trlb-
old friend ana trusted cor3rodn in arms
HPHtdIn ealeS, so latelE gone TO ms
49, p!ace' II was at tn!S tlne l
1e%!Ileu Vi me 0Io man sitts ana pc
Io,taiit.eS nav ne~relhoelolc SET
10y Il y iNiclIalu ma known mn ioHS
aiIu wen.
rtoLl spsa hils OF old lphFaiin ana
ms sudden tak1ns-off we came TO things
more nearly present, and at length Dick
Houtu l1s d nlsSr sthtis upon the
mystery III winch he was as Yet walk
'"s ds one pliloioioed.
lis not a shameful thing: don't tell
me 1t is that, Jack" he would say; and
| gave him speedy assurance upon that
head.
No, It's never shameful; so much |
Yet you said once-in that black
night when l went mad and would have
killed yOU-that your life lay between
Madge and me-"
sc it did-and docs. And Go will
bear me witness, dear lad, that l have
Worn that life upon my sleeve"
"Nav." he said yerv gently. "vo,,
need not 90 so hi@h for . X 2il have
I not SEEM"
We fell Silent upon that ami ihare il,
the ca~nd,a-yellowad gloon nf olr am
geon harhoT 7 fo,-,r7t no tSilc.+ hatttio
of my life; FOUGHT il on1 Won II mo
my dears, once sind foy ali --hern VS.
a cold sweat on nv brow hon "a
gan in low tones fn tai, hie, tbn stS,,.
of that fatasuI njv1t in nm 40 ,isin
forty it's no ltght him 10 lose.
fIioS51M,y 10 80, - t,i,- ,"sc
scorn and Ina fI,in~ ! d'iiltar ;, ~ +,.a rl'o
III. haa, - No. r-ora, ,i,l..
ana - IA a-5 ~ -, y '}.,2sN !" "oE"
ti,. =, ~ 49, Me-" l .ooNe" 70 sec
%. ~ 80 - ~ ~ I'ie GrIW ana
=, 80 60 = IE p"ot SILa!i<c 10Y
90 y SS.H say l~noti2hIcss
20 :, 80 st1Il',s az me SIuttefinS
= nl:Tar - /" ~ ne SPOKE was WIN
. onna'. e'i'S y 'ie ~ tAal was not OF
"thSel.
in tho va nc -" - no stand
M. e.. ~,
d. 49, y aEe loVes you. 6lchard, as
bostis Us sne mates me. and us not so
tloL%.sss ltoW, else never screwed
az ''e .ouIase 10 tell you All TINS.
oLe nus at last consented to the
uiidoliiS u Lne incomplete