Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-09

resolutely shook his head. Visions of
Ogledon; Of the body he had assisted
to drag from the river; of many other
things-foated before him; he decided
to hold his tongue.
Feeling, however, on second thought
that it might be possible that this
young and rich lady would be willing
to assist so forlorn an outcast, in need
of considerable refreshment, he at
length consented to accompany the lad
to her house; and was hurried along,
at most undignified pace, by Harry,
Immediately his consent had been OBJ
tanned.
Harry stipulated that he should first
see the young lady alone, in order to
prepare her for whatever communica-
ton Cripps might have to make; and
that gentleman, complying with SO
reasonable request, took a seat in
the hall, while Harry was shown into
the presence of Madge, who was alone.
There, his courage and resolution
began to fail him at once-the more
so that she came eagerly toward him,
with flush on her face and with her
eyes lit up with faint hope that he
had news for her.
what is it, Harry; what have you
to tell me? she asked quickly.
81 want to be fair and just, MISS he
said; II want to undo some OF the
wrong have done and have so bitter
ly repented Of
"What wrong?" she asked
Harry hung his head a little lower.
'T sold Master Dandy, miss; l gave
him up to the police, when he might
have escaped; put them on his
track"
"You! But thought"
"Oh, yes, MISS" he said, bitterly,
glancing up at her-"I know what you
thought; know what every one
thought. You believed that | loved
him and was devoted to him. So |
was: | would have died for him;
would die now to undo what did that
night. But / was mad, Miss Barn
shaw; felt that he had done me
wrong, and l forgot-forgot all the
rest. But now-now | want to put
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prove his innocence"
eyes, yes, he is innocent, Harry;
| there can be no question about that
she said, firmly. 81 believe that with
all my heart"
"And so do I, Miss Barnshaw," re-
Piled the lad. IT feel now that he
could never have struck down an I'M
protected girl l know that, whatev-
er mystery there may be about it all
| the Master Dandy we knew could new
er have done the deed. And there IS
a man here, miss, a man l met by ac-
cident, who knows him, and who has
some strange story to tell about MIN.
| I could make nothing of 1t myself, so
| I brought him here, in the hope that
YOU would see him, miss, and try to
get the story from him. He has been
babbling about twins, and there being
! two of them-two Dandy Chaters ne
seemed to mean, miss-and one dead
and the other living
She looked at him in perplexity for
a moment, and then, following the di-
rection of his eyes and hasty move
ment he made toward the door, opened
/ it swiftly and looked into the hall. She
beckoned to Grips, who got up some
what diff1dently and came into the
| room.
| He had had time to think about the
! matter while he sat alone in the hall.
Having deadly fear of Ogledon, and
Of his own connection with those
shady characters at Woolwich, he had
1 come to the conclusion that the less he
i said the better would it be for him. At
i the same time, he wanted money; and
1 If this woman wanted information, she
j must pay for 1t, no matter how
/ meager that information might be
Putting on an air of deep humility, he
4 faced the girl, hat in hand, and waited
for her to speak.
IT am told" she said at last, in low
4 voice, that you have something to
| tell me concerning Mr.. Dandy Chatter
4 something that may help him, per
haps save him, from the fate which
4 seems to be sweeping down upon him
Will you tell me what you know
Cripps moistened his lips with his
4 tongue, looked all around the room
4 looked into his hat, and finally raised
his eyes to her face. Owing to cit
cumstances cannot explain, my oeAl
q young lady he said, in his veal
treble, 81 run very great risk in tell
ing you anything; so great a risk tina
q Il hardly know how to put the
/ matter S. that it will be necessar.
for you or any one else-to make !
worth my while to say anything.
''If you can help him. il you can tel
me anything Of service, you shall b
B paid literally. ;" she responded, eagerly
4 The weak eyes of the little maj
J. twinkled, and he moistened his lip
again 4 wantsay, fifty pounds?
he hazarded.
1T is yous. Tell me what yo'
know"
Il should Xix" -he hesitated, AM
turned his hat round and round
I should like an open check first. !"
She went straight to desk In [
corner Of the room, was busy for a mo