Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-28

IL AR%fAN = ~ - 1888 NN<
/ had sworn, and when Kingston re-
peated his question / answered him
quickly. II did not know yesterday
who he was" / said. II have discoy-
cred since that he is my father. / ask
nothing on his account. Were he only
my father / would not plead for him,
/ plead for myself" | murmured. IF
you show no pity, you make me a par
ricide.''
l had lone them wrong. There was
something In my voice. / suppose, as !
said the words which cost me SO much,
which wrought with almost all of them
In a degree. They gazed at me with
awed, wondering fnces and murmured,
His fatherl" in low tones They were
recalling the scene of last night, the
moment when | had denounced him,
the curse he had hurled at me-, the half
told story of which that had seemed the
climax. / had wronged them. They did
see the tragedy OF 1t.
Yes; they pltied me, but they showed
plainly. that they would still do what
perhaps I should have done In their
placc-justice. He knows too muchi"
said one. "Our lives are as rood as
his" muttered another. the first to be-
come thoroughly himself again. why
should we all die for him. The wolf
ish glare came back fast to their eyes.
They handled their weapons impatient
~. They We're longing TO be away. At
this moment. when I saw l had indeed
made my confession in vain. Master
BERTHE struck In. What he
charge OF him. and. escorting him TO
his agent without. be answerable for
both of them?'
"You would be only putting our
necks into the noose!' said Kingston.
we will risk that" replied my
friends, and what a friend and what a
man he seemed amid that ignoble
crew. \ win myself promise you that
TX he refuse to remain with us until
midnight or tries wherever we are 10
raise an alarm or communicate with
m n ( will run him through with
my own hand. Will not that satisfy
your"
mo" Master Kingston rctorted: st
VIII mott A bird in the hand is worth
two In the bushl"
But the woman outside? ?" said one
timidly.
w must run that risk" quoth ne.
In an hour or two we shall be In hid
Ing. Come. the lot must be drawn. For
this gentleman. let him stand aside"
leaned against the wall. dazed and
horror stricken. Now that I had iden-
tilted myself with him / felt a great
longing &c save him. / scarcely IA
ticed the group drawing pieces Of ape
at the table. MY every thought was
taken up with the low door over there.
n the wretched man lying bound in
the darkness behind II. What must be
the horror, the black despair, the hate
and defiance of his mind az he lay
there, trapped at last like any beast OF
prey? II was horrible! horrible! hor-
riblet
! covered my face and could not re-
strain the cry OF unutterable distress
which rose to my lips. They looked
round, two or three Of them. from the
table. But the impression my appeal
had made upon them had faded away
already, II they only shrugged their
shoulders and turned again to their
task. Master BERTHE alone stood apart.
his arms folded. his face grave and
dark. He, too, had abandoned hope.
There seemed no hope, when suddenly
there came a Knocking at the door. The
papers were dropped. and while some
stood as IL stiffened into stone others
turned and gazed at their neighbors.
1T was a knocking more hasty and
Imperative than the usual m
though given In the same fashion. AT
last a a found tongue. 1T is Sir
Thomas he suggested, with a sigh OF
relief. He Is In a hurry and brings
news. ! know his knock"
Then open the door, fool cried
Kingston, III You can see through a
two-inch plank, why do you stand there
like a gaby?"
Master Berthe anticipated the man
and himself opened the door and adj
mittcd the knocker. P~enruddocke &c
was. He came In, still drumming on
the doc with his fist, his eyes sparkl-
ing. his ruddy cheeks aglow.. He
crossed the threshold with a
and looking at us all burst into a
j & 4 IN "a cn t.A,I ~ 1 49,
Gone to enrthi" hi shouted. waving his
hand as II he had a whip in 1t. "Gone
TO earth-gone forever! Did YOU think
II was the lords OF the council. my
lads
He had left the door wide open behind
him, and VIE now saw IN the doorway
the seafaring man who usually guarded
the room above. What does this mean
Sir Thomas?v Kingston said sternIy
lie thought, I fancy, as many OF us
did, that the knight was drunk. Have
YOU given that man permission to leave
his posts"
Post? There are no more posts.
cried Sir Thomas. with 4 strange joll-
ity. lie certainly was drunk. but per-
haps not with liquor. Except good "a,
posts.' he continued. sraacking Mas.
ter Berthe on the shoulder. FOR loya.
men who have done the state service
and risked their lives In evil times,
Posts? I shall get SO drunk onigh
that the stoutest post on Ludgate will
not hold me upi"
You seem to have gone far that way
! already" my friend said colby.
! $50 will you when you hear the
newsi" Penruddocke replied. more so,
berry Lads, the queen IS dying,v
In tho vaulted room his statement
was received In silence, n silence die
tatel by no feeling for the IN go.
ing before her Maker-how should W,
"a who were plotting against her feel fo1
her. we who were for the most par
homeless and prescribed through her
+ but the silence OF men IN doubt. II
4 doubt whether this might mean al tina
: from Sir Thomas aspect 1t seemed t,
{ mean.
I she cannot live q week." Penrud
r docke continued, The doctors hay
given mp hope, and at the palace all
! In confusion. She has named tb'
4 Princess Elizabeth her successor. "a
{ even now Cecil Is drawing UP the proc
Y IamutionS. To stow that the game i
2 really up the Count de Feria, the Span
q iSh ambassador. has gone this very da.
to Hatfield 70 pay his respects TO III
, coming queen"
Then indeed The vauIted roof did RIM
ring ami ring again with shouts o
q "the co@pilx Quccn!p Men over wnCn
q the wings Of death had seemed a min
= ute ago ito he hovering. darkening al
things 20 them, looked up and saw III
8 Hnh "Ihe coming queen!" they cried