The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-11

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; LOT q time--from u Dutch friends. w
rememoefea how good and stanch the
nad been to us. we feared-thoup
Master Lindstrom would not hear of
.hat we mad brought misfortune upo,
theH1, and neither the duchess BRAY
eyes nor Dymphna's blue ones were fire
from tears as they embraced. | wrun,
a Trees hand as If l a known hin
Tor months instead Of days, for a com
mon DANGER Is a %wondrous knitter O
hearts. and he only sm~iled-thougl
loymphna blushed-when 1 kissed he,
cneek. "A few broken words, a last or,
ol farewell. and we four, with our twt
guldes behind us. moved down thu
Wesel road. the last I heard OF OH,
GOOD friends being Master Lindstrom'.
charge, shouted after us. ito beware O,
the water If it was Quit"
CHAPTER XIII.
Only to feel that we were moving
was a relief, though our marc, was
very slow. Master BERTHE carried the
child slung in a cloak before him. and
thus burdened could not we'll go beyond
a smooth amble, while the guides. who
We're on foot, and the pack horses found
lnls pace as much as they could man
g A little while, and the eXhilara-
ton OF the start died away. The fine
morning was followed by a wet even
ing, n before we had left Emmerich
three miles behind IS Master BERTHE and
i mad cof1e to ook at one another
meaningly- We were moving in a
dreary, silent procession through heavy
ram, with he prospect of the night
closing in early. The road. too. grew
more heavy with each furloF1g and pres
emily began to be covered with pools
OF water. We tried to- avoid this incon-
venience by resorting to the hill slopes
IN al Iaff h1vf f~r,y AL +I-
waste OF TUNE, as a deep stream or
b0rdered Ivy marshes, inter-
vened. The narrow rGDd- raised but
little above the level Of the swiftly
lowing rtves on u right, turned u
to be our only possible pnth, and when
Master BERTHE discerned this his face
grew more and more grave.
We soon found, indeed, as we plodded
along tina a sheet of waFuer. wfnich pale
~ reflected she evening light, was talk
ing the plaza Of the rossl, and through
this We had to plash and CLASH at a
sna1l's pace. one of ire guides on a
pack horse leading the way and Master
next; then. at some distance. for her
horse did rot take kindly TIC the water,
tie younger woman followed in my
care. The other guide brought up the
rear. In this way, stopped constantly
by the fears of the horses. which were
oSaiSu ny tHs eApdnsms OF anood before
them, We crept weaEilY ON until the
moon rosne. It brought, alas! an access
of light. but no comfort. The water
seemed continually to- grow deeper the
current on our right swffter. and each
moment / dreaded the announcement
that farther advance was impossible.
It seemed to have to come to that at
last, for | saw the duchess and her hus-
band stop and stand waiting for me.
dark shadows projected far oyey
the moonlit surface.
What is to be done?" Master Berthe
called as we moved up to them.
THE guide tells me that there is a
broken piece of Q in front which will
impossible with this depth of water,
I had expected to hear this, yet / was
so dumfounded-for, this being true. We
were lost indeed-that for a time I
could not answer. No one had uttered
a word of %reproach, but I knew what
they must be thinking. / had brought
them to this. It was my foolish insist
me shiyered. ! struck him with my
heels. We must go forward" + said
desperately. Tor what? What do Won
think? Go back:"
Steady, steady, Master Knight Err
rant the duchess cried In her calm,
brave voice. Il never knew you so bad
a counselor before!"
sIt Is my fault that you are here. I
said, looking dismally around.
Perhaps the other roa is as bad,
Master BERTHE replied. AT any rate.
that Is past and gone. The question is,
What are we to do now? TO remain
here Is to die Of cold and misery. To
go back may be to run into the enemy's
arms. To go forward
win be to be drowned!' Mistress
Anne cried. with a pitiful sob
I could not am her. Amore gloomy
than ours. as we sat on u
faded horses In the middle Of this waste
OF waters. which appeared in the oon
light to be bOundless. could scarcely be
Imagined. The night was cold for the
time OF year, and the keen wind pierced
our garments n benumbed our limbs.
At any the rain might begin
afresh and tho noon be overcS ST. OF
ourselves. We could not take q step
without danger. and our guides had
manifestly lost their heads and longed
only to return.
ret ! am for going forward" the
duchess urged. IF there he butsthis
one bad place. we may pass II with
care
We may her husband assented du-
biously. but suppose when we have
passed 4 we can go no farther. Sup
sit Is no good s~upposing!!', she retort-
SD. 18th some sharpness LET US cross
this place first, Richard. and we will
deal with the other when we ON TO
IT,
He nodded assent, and we moved
slowly forward. compelling the guides
to- 60 first. In this order We waded
ON hundred yards through water
Witch grew deeper with each step,
until u rose nearly to III girths. Then
THE lads stopped.
Are Ne i r said the duchess.
eagerly. III
For answer q of them pointed to