Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-14

| vailed. the constables managed to @, ..x
their leader free. and caught .
! glimpse of him, wild eyed ard frantig-
! win rear MS clothes torn from h;s
back. standing at bay like some a,iI-
MAJ ana brandisnins his staff in one
hand, a packet of letters in the otter
| 1 nave letters letters OF state b.,
! screamed shrilly. Let me alone zen
/ YOU Let me go YOU curst"
I But m vain. The next instant tbs
I MOB were upon him again. The packet
/ OF letters Went one way, the stan wae
dashed another. He was thrown down
/ ana piucked up again and hur,,iod
! bruised and struggling. toward tb..
! river ms screams for mercy and furious
! threats rising shrilly above the oatbs
| and laughter
felt myself growing pale as scream,
IoIoWed scream. They will Kill him,
Exclaimed, trembling, and prepared
| 10 follow. Il cannot see this done
Bul The monk who had returned 10.
my side, grasped my arm. Don't be a
tooI, he said sharply L will answer
Tor II, they VIII not kin him Tom MIL.
Ter - not fool though he is angry
he VIII duck him and let him go. IN,
VII lfouole you for that bit of gold.
young gentleman"
gave il TO him
Now he continued with a leear "r
VIII give you hint IN return II vot,-
are wise, you viii be out of this com,
try Ia II hours, Tethered to the pate-
oNe there Is n good horse. which he
loHBS 10 certain purveyor now In the
river. Take IT, There is no one 10 ss,
you nay And begone,
looked hard az him for a r,inute
my heart beating fast This was horsc
Steallns. and horse stealing was a hang
ing matter. But / had done so much
aifeddy felt might as well be hanged
sure that | had not melted TO treason
ana what was stealing a horse beside
that? II viii do N satd a Deoioe
ately. N'NPe''
Don't lose time then, ouotb NV
mentor. fuo'H my
went out then and there and fopnd
he had told the truth Every sa,,i ~
the place had gone 10 see the ducl,irn
and the street was empty EtaI.t
aside in the roadway lay the b,InSI"
or letters, soiled, but not torn. ana -,
the gutter was the staff / stoorad
ahu picked up one and the other-ju
Tor lamb, IN for a sheen. an,t
they might be useful some day. The
jumped into the saddle and twftcbed
the reins off the HOOK
But before | could drive in the spurs
hand fell on the birdie. and the
monk mons, face appeared at my knee.
Wei" said Rlariug down at min,
was burning 70 Ice away
Ihat is "a good cloak YOU have eof
there, he muttered hurriedly. There
strapped 70 the saddle YOU fool, yoY
do not want that Give IL me. no
You hear? Quick, give il me-" he cried
raising his voice ana olutching al IN
iercely. his face dark with greed ana
fear.
I see ! replied as I unstrapped n
Il am 10 steal the horse that vou may
get The cloak And then you viii iaI
the lot on my shoulders Wen. take
II! | cried, and go your way AS f-st
AS you can"
Throwing il al him as hard as
could | shook up The reins and went
OF down the road az q gallon. Tho
wind Whistled pleasantly past nv ears
The sounds OF the town grew faint ana
distant, Each bound OF the good barll
carried me farthel and farther from,
present danger farther and farther,
from ;hc old life. In the exhilaratjnn
and excitement Of the moment | for
got my condition forgot that had NOT
q penny piece in my pocket, and that
l had left an unpaid bin behind me
forgot even that | rode a-weu, a bor-
roWcd horse
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