The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-08-13
THE
Story Of rancis Chudde
ARomance Of Queen Mary's Reign.
By M j. WEYMAN.
By " ]. EYM

when he had tortured me by the yer
/. same hopes and fears which no,
racked his own spirit.
, Fsaruddocke came back Maste
/ Sertie following him.
II must not be done tonight" he an
noanced quietly. with a nod whic
son afterward. we Will meet agai,
) tomorrow at 4 In the afternoon, in
stead or at 8 in the evening. INT
Ihea TWO must remain on guard witt
7 1t is right he should have som
time to repent. and he shall have IT."
This did not at onc ind favor.
Why not run him through now I?
said n bluntly. and meet tomorrow
AT some place unknown to him? If w.
come here again, we shall likeI,
enough. walk straight into the trap"
well, have it that way, IL yo,
Please" answered Sir Thomas, shrug.
ging his shoulder. But do not blam,
me afterward II you find we have ler
sup a golden opportunity. Be fools Ii
you like. I dare say 1T will not make
much difference in the endi"
HE pok at random, but he knew
how to deal with his crew. 1t seemed
Tor on this those who had objected as
sented reluctantly to the course he
proposed. Barnes and Walters are
mere in hiding, so they q better be
the two to guard him." he continued.
1here Is no fear that they will be
inclined to let him sol" I looked at
the men whom the gIances of their
fellows singled out and found them
to belong to the little knot OF fanatics
l mad before Observation-Disclosures, stern
men, worth, If the matter ever came
to hghting, all the rest OF the band put
together.
At 4. tomorrow. then. we meet"
Sir Thomas concluded lightly, Then
We will deal with him, never fear, Now
It Is near midnight, and We must be 60
Ing, but not all together. or we shall
attract attention"
Half an hour later Master BERTHE
rode softly out of the courtyard
The night wind came sweeping across
the valley of the Thames and met US
run in the face as we reached the
brow Of the hill. 1t seemed laden with
melancholy whispers. The wretched
~snterprlse, III conceived, i'll ordered,
ana IN lis Very nature desperate. to
which we We're In honor Committed,
would w accounted OF itself for any
degree OF fQrebpding. But the scene
through which we had just passed. and
op my part the knowledge that I had
gwen up a fellow being to death, had
distance we rode In silence, which 1
was the first to break.
why did Q put off his punish
ment?" / asked.
Because think he will give us in
formation in the interval BERTHE an
may help US. A spy is generally ready
TO betray his w side upon OCCASION
And you will spare him If he doeso.
| asked. It seemed to me neither
justice nor mercy.
NO. he said, there is no fear OF
that. Those who go with ropes round
drowning men will catch at straws and
ten to n he will babble."
shivered. 1T is bad business" I
said,
He thought I referred to the con-
splracy and he inveighed bitterly
against It. r~eproaching himself for
bringing me into it and for his folly
n believing the osy accounts of men
who had all to win and nothing save
their worthless lives to lose. There lis
] one thing gained" he said. 'sWe
are likely to pay dearly for that, SO
been the means Of furnishing a villain"
Yes said, that Is true. It was
a strange meeting and a strange req
ognition. Strangest OF. all that I should
be called up to swear with him"
NOT strange Master Berthe n
swered gravely. = would rather call
1t provfdential. Let us think OF that
and be OF better courage, friend. We
nave been used: we shall not be caat
away before time
l looked back. For some minutes |
9 thought ! heard behind us q light
footstep more like the patterfne az 4
dog = anything else. I could. aee
but that was not w~onderfn1. |
LOT the moon was young and the sky
overcast. do you hear some one fol-
lowing us ?"I said.
Mo rfnr Dnwtao a~o~, -f. 2. /.
turning in the saddle we listened For
z second I thought I still heard the
sound. The next 1t ceased and only |
the wind toying with the November
IN signing away In the distance
came 70 our ears. No. he said, .I
near nothing"
But when We rode on the SOUND he'd
gan again, though at first more family
as IL u follower had learned nr,idrrce
n fallen farther behind. do not synn,l
listen" I said softly. ..Cannot Won
nea the pattering Of Q naked foot
81 hear something he answered. II
an nlrald you are right ana that We
What is to be done? q. / said NV
thoughts busy. 80
s, There Y eaen wood In 'front.' he an
this Of It. We Will ride under ira
trees andAthcn stop suddenly. Parharas
we ha!ls febie to distinguish him a.
he crosses the open behind us.,' We |
made the experiment. but as IL our fol-
to sound BEFORE we had stonneSS
horses. He had fallen farther hs.
might ride quickly back
I suggested. and surprise him,
1t would be useless.,' BERTHE an
c cwsaea. is too much cover