The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-28

your COUNTIES and get ready YOUR tar
barrels! Nov We viii give them a taste
of the Cujus Ksgio: Ho, dIs wer. there!
y cup Of ale"
He turned, and shouting scrap of a
song staggered back Into the shaft and
began TO ascend. They all trooped
after him, talking and laughing. a reck-
less, good natured crew, looking to a
man as if they had never known fear
os selfishness-as if distrust We're a
Kingston alone. whom his losses had
soured and who stiI brooded over his
revenge. went off ,moodiiy.
was for stopping one of them, but
Master Bertie directed my eyes by a
| gesture of his hand TO the door at the
far enc Of the cellar. and l saw that the
key was III the lock. He wrung my
hand hard. Tell him ALL" he muttered.
Il viii Wait above"
CHAPTER MI.
Tell him all? stood thinking, my
hand on The key. The voices of the
rearmost of the conspirators sounded
more and more family as they passed
up the shaft until their last accents
die IN the room above, and silence fol-
lowed-a silence in strange contrast
With the bright glare of the torches
which burned round me and lit up the
empty cellar as for a feast. l was
wondefing what lac would say when
told him al. when l said: Il am you
son! l. Whom. Providence has used to
thwart your plans. whose life you
sought. whom. without a thought of
pity, you LEFT 10 perish! am your
som"
Infinitely i dreaded the ome when
l should tell him this and hear his an
swer and i fingered with my hand on
the key until an abrupt knocking on
the ether side of the door brought the
blood TO my face. Before l could turn
ed and grew to q frantic, hurried drum
ming on the boards-a sound which
plainly TOLD Of terror suddenly con-
ceived and III an instant full grown.
duly to my ears through the thick
ness OF l. door, and the next mo-
ment the stout planks shook as a
heavy weight fell against them.
l turned the key and the door was
stumbled out.
The strong light for an instant
blinded hmm. and he blinked as ar owl
does brought TO the sunshine. Even in
him the long ho0rs passed i'm solitude
worked changes. His hair was a
in patches il was almost White, and
then again dark. He had krlawed his
lower lip and there We're blood stains
on ii. His ,lustache, too, was ragged
and torn, as If he had gnawed that
also. His eyes We're ~bioodslot, his lean
face was white and haggard and fierce.
"Ha," he cried. trembling as he
| peered round, Il thought they had left
me TO starve! There We're rats in
He stopped. He saw me standing
holding the edge Of the door. He saw
that otherwise the room was empty,
the farther door leading to the shaft
open. An open door. To him
doubtless it seemed of all sights the
most Wonderful, the most heavenly.
His knees began TO shake under him.
What is it?" he muttered. What
We're they shouting about? heard
them shouting"
The queen is DYING I answered
simply. "or dead, and you can do us
no more harm. You are free"
Free" he repeated the word,
leaning against the wall. his eyes, Wild
! n glaring, his lips parted.
Yes; free" / answered in a lower
voice-"free TO go out into the air
OF heaven a living mani" l paused. For
a ome ! could not continue. Then
added solernnly, sir, Providence has
saved you from death and me from a
crime"
He leaned still against the wall,
dazed, thunderstruck, almost incred-
ulous, and looked from me to the open
door and back xgain as If without
StAASS VI lIlS SN ca
he could not believe in his escape.
1T vas not AIMEE he murmured.
"She did not
She tried TO save YOU life" I
answered, but they would not listen
to her"
Did she come here"
As he spoke he Strengthened him
self with an effort and stood up. He
was growing more like himself.
NO l answered. Ssh sent for mo
and told me- and told lne her terms.
But Kingston and the others would
not listen to them. You would have
been dead now, though I did all
could to save you, if Penruddocke had
not brought this news of the queen.,'
She is dead
she is dying. The Spanish ambassa-
dor" / added to clinch the matter. for
l saw he doubted, "rode through here
Princess Elizabeth at Hatfield"
He locked down at the ground.
thinking deeply. Most men would have
been unable 10 think at all, unable to
concentrate their thoughts on ANY,
thing save their escape from death.
But a life of daily risk and hazard
had SO hardened this mar that I was
certain, as / watched him, that he
was not praying nor giving thanks.
He was already rendering how he
might make the most out of the
change; how he might to the best adj
vantage sell his knowledge Of the gov
eminent whose hours We're
to the government which would soon
be. The life of intrigue had become
second nature TO aim.
(contisued Next Week.)
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