The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-08-27

your counties and get ready your tar
barrels! Now we will give them a taste
of the Cujus Regto! Ho, drawer, there!
A cup of ale!" ~
He turned. and shouting-a scrap Of a
!! song staggered back into the shaft and
began to ascend. They all trooped
after him, talking and laughing, a reck-
less, good natured crew, looking to a
man as il they had never known fear
os selfshness-as IL distrust We're a
thing impossible to them. Master
Kingston alone. whom his losses had
soured and who still brooded over his
revenge. went off moodily.
/ was for stopping one of them, but
/ Master BERTHE directed my eyes by a
gesture OF his hand to the door at the
/ far end of the cellar, and I saw that the
key was in the lock. He wrung my
hand hard. Tell him all" he muttered.
Il will wait above"
CHAPTER XXI.
Tell him all? 1 stood thinking, my
hand on the key. The voices of the
rearmost Of the conspirators sounded
more and more family as they passed
up the shaft, until their last accents
die in the room above. and silence fol-
lowed-a silence in strange contrast
with the bright glare Of the torches
WHICH pufttSQ IOuIiQ HE LII hS ny
empty cellar as for a feast. l was
wondering what he would say when I
told him all. when 1 said: Il am your
o n /. whom Providence has used to
thwart your plans. whose lie you
sought. whom, without a thought OF
pity, you left to perish! l am your
SOM"
Infinitely I dreaded the moment when
I should tell him this and hear his an
swer. and l fingered with my hand on
the key until an abrupt knocking on
the other side of the door brought the
blood to my face. Before I could turn
the key the hasty summons was repeat
ed n grew to a frantic, hurried drum
ming on the boards-a sound which
plainly told Of terror suddenly con-
ceived and in an instant full grown.
A hoarse cry followed, coming
duly to my ears through the thick
ness of the door, and the next mo-
ment the stout planks shook as q
heavy weight fell against them.
/ turned the key n h door was
flung open from within. My father
stumbled out.
The strong light for an instant
blinded him. and ne blinked as an owl
does brought to the sunshine. Even in
him the long hours passed in solitude
and the blackness of despair had
worked changes. His hair was rayer,
in patches 1t was almost white, and
then again dark He a knawed his
lower lip and there were blood stains
on 1t. His mustache. too, was ragged
and torn. as If he had gnawed that
also. His eyes. were bloodshot. his lean
face was white and haggard and fierce.
Hal" he cried, trembling as he
peered round, Il thought they had left
me to starve! There were rats in
there! l thought"
He stopped. He saw me standing
holding the edge Of the door. He saw
that otherwise the room was empty.
the farther IGOR leading to the shaft
open An open door! To him
doubtless 1t seemed Of all sights the
most wonderful. the most heavenly.
His knees began to shake nde i'm.
What Is it," he muttered. VIVA
were they shouting about? / heard
them shouting"
THE queen is dying" 1 answered
simply. "or dead. and you can do US
no more harm. You are free"
"Free?" he repeated the word.
leaning against the wall. his eyes. wild
and glazing, his lips parted.
Yes: Free" I answered in a lower
voice-.free to go out into the air
OF heaven a living mani" I paused. For
q moment I could not continue. Then
l added solemnly. sir. Providence has
saved Q from death and me from q
crime"
He leaned still against the wall.
dazed, thunderstruck. almost incred-
ulous, M looked from me to the open
door and back again as II without
this constant testimony of his eyes
he could not believe In his escape.
1T was not AIMEE" he murmured.
"She did not"
"She tried to save your life"
answered. but they would not listen
to her.
did she come here?"
AS he spoke he Strengthened him
self with an effort and stood up. He
was growing more like himself.
NO." / answered. She sent for me
and told me and told me her terms.
But Kingston and the others would
not listen to them. You would have
been dead now. though I did all I
could to save You. il Penruddocke had
not brought this news OF the queen"
she is dead"
She is dying. The Spanish ambassa-
dor" I added to clinch the matter, for
I saw he doubted. rode through here
this afternoon to pay his court to the
Princess Elizabeth at Hatfield"
He looked down at the ground.
thinking deeply. Most men would have
been unable to think at all, unable to
concentrate their thoughts on any
thing save their escape from death.
But e life OF daily risk and hazard
had SO hardened this man that I was
certain. as l watched him, that he
was not praying nor giving thanks.
He was already pondering how he
might make the most out OF The
change; how he might to the best adj
vantage, sell his knowledge OF the gov
eminent whose hours were numbered
to the government which would soon
De. The life OF intrigue had become
second nature to him.
(contiaued Next Weekl
BEGGAR TYPES.