The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-14

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e Eeighborhood. In that case the stori
e VIII blow over and things be no wors
1 than before
Il fear there is no likelihood {
i that l said, for 1 am told he had
companion. One of the maids notice
them lurking about the end of tn
> bridge more than once this evening""
| Our hosts face fell.
; III is bad" he said. looking at m
In evident CONSERVATION. Who toll
you?"
Mistress Anne. And one of tn
maids told her. 1t was that which lie
me to follow your daughter"
n old man got up for about tn
fortieth time n shook my hand. Will
the tears stood in his eyes and hi
Up trembled. Heaven bless you, Mas
ter Carey" he said. But for you M.
girl might not have escaped"
He couldn't finish. His emotion chokec
him. and he sat down again. The even
or the m~orning--his daughters danger
and my share in averting IL hac
touched him as nothing else could have
touched him.. | met the duchess eyes
and they, too, were soft and shining
wearing an expression very different
my return with Dymphna.
An, well, she Is, safe," Master Lind
strom resumed when he had ~regaine
his composure. Thanks to heaven and
your friend, madam! Small matter now
II u and lands go,"
sun let US hope they will not" Mas
ter BERTHE said. do you think these
miscreants were watching the island on
our account: hat some information
nau Deen given as to our presence,
ana they We're sent to learn what they
could?"
No. no." the Dutchman answered
confidently. 1T was the sight of he
XIII ana 81 her .A a n cr, .y.c =,
brought them-the villains! There is
nothing safe from them and nothing
sacred to them. They saw her as they
passed up in the boat, you remember"
But, then, supposing the worst to
come to the worst?"
w nus escape across the frontier
% Wesel, In the duchy OF Cleves." re-
piied Lindstrom in a matter of fact
tone, as IL he had long considered and
settled the point. "The distance is not
great, and in Vessel we may find shelter
at any rate for a time. Even there if
pressure De brought to bear upon the
government to give us up, / would not
trust II, yet for a time it may do"
And you would leave all thfs?" the
duchess said in WONDER, her yves travel
ing round the room, so clean and warm
and comfortable. and settling at length
pom the great armoire of plate, which
happened to be opposite her. You
"O0AA Na III lItIS at Il moment no
tice?
Yes, madam, all we could not carry
with us he answered simply. Honor
ana lte-these come first. And I thank
heaven that l live here within reach
OF a foreign soil and not in the in
terror. where escape would b hope
II the true facts were Known"
the duchess urged, would you still be
IN danger2 Would not the magistrate
protect ycu? The schout and schepen.
yot, call them? They are Dutch
Against a spanish royernar ana
Spanish garrison" he rep,ied il With
Aye, they would protect
me as one sheep protects another
against the wolves. MOI I dare no.
fisk IT. Were / in prison., what would
become of Dymphna?"
Master Van Tree?',
doubt, sind his father has influence b,lt
sucn as m1ne-a broken reed to trust
20. Them Dymphna Is not all. Once
m prison., whatever the charge theirs
would be questioning about religion
with a faint s1aadIe, Question
ing about my guests,
4 sufnose you know hest, said the
duchess, with a sigh. -But / hone the
worst VIII no come to- the worst"
Amen to that" he answered oufte
c%heerfully. 4uiee
indeed It was strange that We seemed
lee more sorrow at the prospect Of
leaVing this haven of a few weeks than
our most OF quitting the home of life
M But the necessity had CONF mon
as suddenly, while he had
LOT years. So much fear and I'M.
had mingled with HIS eniov-
ment of his choicest possessions that
his long expected ome brought
with It q feeling akin to relief.
aror myseiT. ! had a present trouble
Perforce, since I alone knew
me spol where the maj lay. I must be
one or n burying party. Nv nerves
mad no recovered from the blow which |
sight OF the Spaniard lying dead A.
my feet had dealt them so short a
.mns peIose. ana shrank with q nat-
lraI repuision from the task before
me. Yet there was no escaping ii. no
chance OF escaping 1t, / saw.
None the less. throughout the silent
meal TO which we four set down RI.
gether, neither the girls nor Van Tree
appearing. We're my thc.ghts taken up
with the business which was to follow
I heard our host. who was to 90 VIII
me, explaining that there was a water
way right up to the dixie. and that
we would go by boat, and heard him
with apathy. What matter how We
went. ~ Sueh We're the object OF our
Journey? | wondered how the man;s
9 would look when we came to turn
over n pictured 1t In all ghast-
lest shapes. wondered whether
should eve- forget the TRANCE snas-
nlodic twitching Of his leg. he urgl
oath. half cry-which had come
with the blood from his throat. When
Llndstrom said the moon was up and
Dade me come with him to the boat.
! Vent mechanically. No one seemed to
me OF fear. / suppose they
lhought that. AS I had not feared to
kiil&him.aI should not fear him dead.
and IN q e general siienceaaud moods
ness escaped notice.
It's a good night for the urpose
the ButGhman said, looking about when
we were outside. Its light enough for
A !; YET no SO light that we run much
risk OF beingsseen.
asA assented shiverirg. The moon VA
Almost at the full. and the weather was
CRY. putsEcud after scud OF thin clouds.
sweeping across the breezy sky. oh
gssared the light from time to time ana
lsIl ncthing certain. we Ioosened the
s.naiiest boatan silence, and getting in
Rltleu gently round iewer#eHd of3
sIiie STAND making for the fringe of
CUISINES which marked the line of dtyis-,
ioh river and fen. We could
ana m isogs croahing N the marsh