The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-07-09
That is all?" the president asked im>

THAT is all?" thep president asked I'm,
passively.
All" answered, yet with a strange
ugntening at my throat. Was 1t all.
All could say for my life?
was waiting, sore and angry and
desperate. to hear the sentence, wher
there came an Interruption. Master
Lihdstrom, whose presence at my side
L mad forgotten, broke suddenly into a
torrent of impassioned words, and his
Urgent voice, ringing through the court,
seemed IN q to change its as
pect-to infuse into it some degree of
NE n sympathy. More than one gut
tural exclamation. which seemed to
mark approval. burst from the throng
at the back OF the hall. In another
moment, indeed, the D~utchman's our
age might have saved me, but there
was one who marked the danger. The
supdean. who had at first only glowered
at the speaker in rude establishment.
now cut him short with a harsh ques-
ton.
one moment, Master Dutchman." he
cried. Are you one OF the heretics
who call themselves P~rotestants?
l am. But / understand that there
is mere liberty of conscience" our
friend answered manfully, nothing
oainted in his fervor at finding the at
tack turned upon himself.
THAT depends upon the conscience"
the priest answered, with a scowI. I'VE
viii have no ~ptists here nor for
eiSn praters to bring us into feud with
our neighbours. 1t is enough that such
men as you are allowed to live. We
VIII not be bearded by you. SO take
warning! Take heed. 1 say, Master
~Dutchman, and be SILENT" he repeated,
leaning forward and clapping his hand
upon the table.
l touched Master Lindstrom's slesve,
VINO would of himself have persisted, and
stald him. 1T is of no use" L muttered.
ihat dog in a crochet has condemned
me, He will have his way"
here was q short debate between
the three judges, while in the court
you might have heard a pin drop.
Master Lindstrom had fallen back once
more. l was alone again. and the
forth its mystic influence to Unfold me,
When, looking up, ! saw a tiny shadow
mt across the soft. many hued rays
winch streamed from it athwart the
ROOT. 1t passed again. once, twice,
/ peered upward tenth ri
vas a swallow flying to and fro amid
carved work.
les, a swallow. and straightway I
lorgot the judges. forgot the crowd.
The scene vanished, and I was at Cotton
End again, giving Martin Luther the
nest for Petronilla. a sign, as I meant |
t then. that I should return. I should
never return now. Yet my heart was
On a sudden so softened that, instead
d this reflection giving me pain, as
one would have expected, it only filled
ne with great anxiety to provide for
he event. She must not walt and
Vatch for me day after day, perhaps
year after year. I must see to ii some
low, and l was thinking with such in
ehtness or his that it was only vague-
y heard the sentence pronounced.
r nl1phfL h q yyn h~~- l
sno was to be beheaded at the east
rate an hour before noon. And SO God
the duke,
CHAPTER XVI.
They took me back to the room in
ne tower, it being now nearly 10
CLOCK. Master Lindstrom would fain
ave Stald with me constantly to the
but. having the matter 7 have.
ientloned much in my mind, / begged
I'M 70 go and get me writing materials.
vhen ne returned, Van Tree was with
I'm: with a particularly very curious
y nat moment. l remarked tina the
i.ter was CARRYING something.
Where did o get thatg" I said
harply n at once.
II is your h~aversack,,' he answered
eltihg 1t down quietly. Il found the
nan VINO had taken possession of your
.orse and got it from him. T thonpht
here might be something in r vn,,
hight like -
IT is my haversack,'' I assented. .but
was not on my horse. I have NOT
cen 1t since I left 1T in Master Lind
trom's house by the river. I left #
n the pallet in my room there, and 1t
,,as forgotten. I searched for II at
'mmerich, YOU remember"
- only know" he replied. that i
1t behind the saddle Of the
orse you were riding yesterday"
he thought that I had become con-
ised n was a little wrong headed
ON excitement. Master Lfndstrom
$50 felt troubled, as he told me after
ara, as seeing me taken up with a
1lle at such a time.
But there was nothing wrong with
~ wits, as / promptly showed them.
The horse I was riding yesterday"
continued. "Ah, then, / understana
was riding the horse which tnoE
ON the Spanish trooper. The snanA f.
lrd must have annexed the hayersack !.
he and his companions searehed
nous after departure.
That is II, no doubt" Master Hind
rom said. And in the hurry of vas.
.rday's ride vol failed to notice 81 :,
tcontinued Next Week.)