The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-12
CHAPTER x1l--continued.

1OT lue GOAT was waiting 1oT US. 1'iS
duchess scanned US rather cur!ously as
we ran up. We We're the last. But
Anne kept her word and concealed her
fears so bravels that, as h Jumped III
from the bank, her air of gayet al
most deceived me and would have mis-
led the sharpest sighted person VINO
had rot been present at our interview.
so admirably was 1t
We calculated that our pursuers
would not follow us down the river for
some hou.s. They would first have to
search the island, and the watch which
they had set on the landing stasew would
lead them to suspect rather that we
had fed by lal4d.
We hoped, therefore, to reach I'm
merich unmolcsted. There Master Lind
strom said we could get horses and
he thought we might be safe in Santon
by the following evening.
IF you really think We had better
go to Santon." I said. This was an
hour or two after leaving the island,
and when VIC looked to sight Emmerich
very soon the hills which we had seen
in front all day. and which We're CRATE
full to eyes stated with the monotony
of Holland. being now pretty close to
II thought that we a settled that"
said the Dutchman promptly.
felt they We're all looking at me.
II look at it this way" l said redden-
liS. NSSCI IL ilCl 1SI lSll
by the road. Should we not have an
excellent chance Of reaching it before
our pursuets come up?"
You might reach it," Master Lind
strom said %gravely. Though. again,
you might not"
And Wesel oncc reached" I per-
sisted. there is less fear of Violence be
ing attempted there than in santon.
1t is a larger town."
True" he admitted. but 1t is just
This. Will Won ba a h1a IN reach VVaSa)2
1t Is the getting there. That is the diff
culty-thc getting there before you are
caught"
III We nave a good start. why should
we not?" I urged, and urged it the
more persistently the more 1 found
them opposed to it. Naturally there
ensued a warm discussion. At first
they all sided against me, save. of
course. Anne and she sat silent, though
she was visibly agitated, as from min
ute to minute 1 or they seemed likely
to prevail. But presently, when L grew
warmer and urged again and again the
strengt OF Wesel. my own party
misgivings. The Dutchnan shrugged
his shoulders to the end and remained
unpsrsuaded. But finally it was de-
cided that l should have my own way.
We would go to Vessel.
Every one knows how a man feels
when he comes victorious out of such
q battle. He begins on the instant to
regret his victory and to see the pos
siblc evils which may result from it.
to repent the hot words he has used
In the strife and the declarations he
has flung broadcast. That dreadful
phrase, II told you SOL" rises like an
avengtng fury before his fancy. and he
I felt all this the moment the thing
was settled, but I was too young to
back out and withdraw my words. I
hoped for the best and resolved in
wardly to get the party mounted the
moment we reached Emmerich.
I soon had the opportunity Of proving
this resolution to be more easily made
than carried out. About 8 O'Clock we
reached the little town dominated, as
we saw from affair, by an ancient min
lister. and preferring not to enter it
landed at the steps on an inn a quar-
ter OF a mile short of the gates and
making a point where we might take
the road 20 Vessel. or crossing the river,
the road to Santcn. Master Lindstrom
seemed well known, but there We're diff
t1culttes about the horses. M German
landlord listened to his story with APP
parent sympathy, but no horses! We
could not UNDERSTAND the tongue in
which the two talked, but the Dutch-
mans questions. quick and animated
Tor once. and the landlords slow re-
plles, reminded me of the foggy morn
ing when in a similar plight we mad
urged the master of the Lions When
to put to sea. and 1 feared a similar re-
suit.
II says he cannot get SO many
horses tonight" said Master Ltndstrom
with a long face.
'Offer him more money!" ouoth the
duchess. WV
IF we oannot have horses until the
morning, we may as we'll go on in the
boat" / urged.
"a says, 100. that the water is gu
IN the road" continued the Dutchlnan.
Nonsense! Double the price," cried
my lady. impatiently.
y suppose that this turned the scale.
Inc landlord finally promised that in
BERTHE and the duchess, Anne and nv.
self should be ready, with a couple of
PACK horses and a guide. Master Lind
strom. his daughter and Van Tree
you'd start a little later for Cleves
nVe miles on the road to %s;anton if con
veyance could be got. and if not,
our late host added as we said Some.
lining about our unwiilingness to leave
MIN In danger. Il shall be safe enough
Cleve." n Z"
It was nll settled very Hastily. we
ielt-and l in particular. since my plar
had been adopted-an unreasonable
lmpatience TO be Off. AS we stood or
the bank by the inn door we had a
straight reach of river Il mile long ir
tull view below US, and now we were
no longer moving ourselves, but stand.
ing SIM, expecting each minute to see
the Spanish boat. with its crew of des.
peradoes, sweep round the corner be.
fore our eyes. Master Lindstrom as.
sured us that If we were once out O,
sight our pursuers would get no in.
formation as to the road we had taken
either from the innkeeper or his neigh.
bore.
There is no low lost between then
and the Spaniards." he said shrewdly
land know the people here and the,
know me. The burghers may not BIZ
very keen to come to blows with the
spaniards or to resent their foray, bu
the latter, on their part, will be careful
not to go too far or to make thcmselve.
obnoxious"
We took the opportunity of suppint
then, not knowing when me might ge
food again. I happened to finish first
and hearing the horses hoofs went on
and watched the lads who were to b.
our guides fastening the baggage o.
the sumpter beasts. l gave them +;
hand-notwithstanding a vince or two
Tor the wound in my chest was painful
and while doing SO had a flash of re
memberance l went to the unglazec