The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-03-26


about, Cannot you remember where
we are nor which way the river should
ba2 IF the da Wn were come, we cou
toll"
"But with the dawn
THE streets would fill. True. Inc
Master PhiIip giving the alarm, We
should be detected before we had gone
far. The more need, girl. to lose lie
time. / have my breath again, and the
child is asleep. Let us venture one way
or the other. and heaven grant it be
The right one"
Let me see" the younger woman
answered SLOWLY. as if I'm doubt. Did
,a come by the churchp No. We came
the other way. Let us try this turning
them"
why. child, we came that way" was
the decided answer. VIVA are you
! thinking of? That would take us
| straight back INTO his arms, the wretch!
Come, come! You ~loiter." continued
this. the more masculine speaker,
and a minute MAJ make all
the difference between a prison
and freedom. If We can reach the
Lion wharf by lit is like to be a dark
morning and foggy-we may still es-
cape before Master Philip brings the
watch upon us
They moved briskly as she spoke
| anu IltI "oIdS tiI NGoD si'N ''5
indistiuct from distance. while l re-
NAMED still. idly seeking the clew 1o
their talk and muttering over and over
| again the name Clarence, which seemed
| familiar TO me, when a cry of alarm. III
which | recognized one Of their voices.
| cut short my reVerie, l crawled with all
! speed from my shelter and stood up,
being still in a line with the boards
and not easily distinguishable. AS she
had said. it was a dark morning, but
the roofs of the houses-noW high. now
low-could be plainly discerned against
a gray, drifting Sky wherein the
first signs OF dawn were VS.
IDLE, and the blank outline OF
the streets, which met at this point,
could be seen. Six or seven yards from
me, in the middle of the roadway, stood
three dusky ngureS, or Whom l. judged
the nearer, from their attitudes. TO De
the two Women The farthest seemed
to be a man.
| was astonished TO see that he WaS
standing cap in hand-nay, l was dis
gusted as we'll. for | had crept out hot
listed, expecting to be called upon tc
defend the women But. despite the
cry | had heard, they were talking to
him quietly enough as far as | could
hear. And in a minute or so I saw
the taller woman give him something.
He took it. with a low bow, n ap-
lCiICh i " sweep LAC uhL Win
his bonnet. She waved her hand in
dismissal, and he stood back. still I'M
covered. And-hey, presto!-the women
tripped swiftly away.
BY this time my curiosity was In
tensely excited, but for a moment /
thought 1t was doomed to disappoint-
ment. | thought that it was all over.
1t was not by any means. The man
stood looking after them until they
reached the corner. and the moment
they had passed it he followed. His
stealthy manner of going and his fash
ion'of peering after them was enough
for me. | guessed at once that he was
dogging them, following them unknown
to them and against their will. and
with considerable citation [ started after
him, using the same precautions. What
was sauce for the geese was u for
the gander. SO we Went-two, one.
one-slipping after one another through
half a dozen dark streets. tending gen.
orally southwark.
Following him in this a I seldom
caught a glimpse of the The
mar kept at a considerable distance be-
hind them, and l had my attention fixed
on him. But once or twice when, turn
ing a corner, I all but trod on his heels,
l saw them, and ~presently'an odd point
about them struck me. There was a
white kerchief or something attached