The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27

about: Cannot you remember whsrs
we are nor which way the river should
be? 1t the dawn were come. We could
tell"
But with the dawn"
The streets would I'LL. True, ana.
Master Philip giving the alarm, ne
should be detected before we had gona
far. The more need. girl. to lose no
time. I have my breath again. and the
child is asleep. Let us venture n way
the right one!'
e me see" the younger woman
answered slowly, as II in doubt. Ibid
we come by the church? No. We came
the other why. Let US try this turning.
hen"
Why. child. we came that way" wa
the decided answer. What are you
thinking of? That would take us
straight back into his arms, the wretchI
Come. come. You l%oiter." continued
this, the more masculine speaker,
and 81 minute may MAKE ali
and freedom. If we can reach the
Lion wharf by UT is like to be u dark
morning ard foggy-we may still es-
cape before Master Philip brings the
watch upon u.s."
They moved briskly as h spoke.
aii8 III WOTdS we're GlIGdQy kTOT1nK
tndistinct from distance, while l re-
malned still. idly seeking the ele,y to
their talk and 1ruttering over and over
again the name Clarence, which seemed
familiar to me. when q cry OF alarm, in
which l recognized one OF their voices.
cut shor my r%everle. I crswled with all
speed from my shelter and stood up,
being still In u line with the boards
and not easily distinguishable. AS eho
had said, 1t was Il dark morning, but
the roofs Of the houses-now high. now
low-could be plainly dlscerned against
n sray. drifting sky wherein the
t,rst signs Of dawn were Wis.
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 figures. OF whom l Judged
the nearer. from their attitudes. to be
the two women. The farthest seemed
to be q man.
was astonished to see that he was
standing cap In hand-nay. I was dis
gusted as well. for / had crept out hot
listed, expecting to be called upon to
defend the women. But. despite the
cry 1 had heard, they were talking to
him quietly enough az far as I could
hear. And in Il minute or SO / saw
the taller woman give him something.
He took it. with q low bow, and p
peared almost to sweep the dirt with
his bonnet. She waved her hand in
dismissal, and he stood back. still un-
covered. And-hey. presto!-ths women
tripped swiftly away.
BY this time my curiosity was In
tensely excited, but for a N I
thought IL was doomed to disappoint-
ment. 1 thought that 1t was all over.
1t was not by any means. The man
stood looking after them until they
reached the corner. and the m
they had passed it he followed. Hts
stealthy of going and his fash
ion of peering after them was enough
for me. guessed at once that he was
logging them. following them unknown
to them and against their will, and
with considerable citation 1 started after
him., using the am precautions. What
was sauce for the geese was sauce for
the gander! So we went-two, one,
one-slipping after another through
a Il dozen dark streets, tending gem
orally southwark.
Following him In this way I seldom
caught a glimpse OF the women. The
maj kept at a considerable distance be-
hind them. and / a my attention fixed
on him. But nee or twice when, turn
ing a corner, / all but trod on his heels.
a ", them. and presently an odd point
about them struck me. There was Q
white kerchief or something attached
apparently to h bac OF the ones
cloak. which considerably assisted my
stealthy friend to keep them In view.
1t puzzled me. Was 1t a signal to himf
Was he really all the time acting In
concert with them. and was I throw
ing away my pains? Or was the white
object which so betrayed them merely
the result OF carelessness and the lack
of foresight of women graphing with
q condition of things to which they
were unaccustomed? OF course I could
not decide his. the more as, at that
distance. 1 failed to distinguish what
the white something was or even which
of the two WOES It.
Presently 1 got a clew to our position.
for we crossed Cheapside. close to
Paui's cross. which my childish memor.
les OF the town enabled me to recoR-
nize, eve by hat light. Here my
friend looked up and down and hung
a minute on his heel before he fol-
lowed the m as II expecting or
looking for someone. 1t might be that
he was trying to make certain that the
watch were not in sight. They wsrs
not. at n rate. Probably they had
gone home to bed. for the morning was
growing. And after a momentary hest-
tation he plunged into the narrow
street Town which the women had
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