The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-25

ptioTS L answered 4 raised the Ild
IN my arms and. carrying him care
fully to the side of the road. set hir
with his back to a tree. Then / go
quickly on my horse. The women Wer
just coming up. "Master BERTHE"
said in a low voice as I o this wa.
and that to see If the alarm had spread
II am afraid there is a mistake. Blu
say nothing to them. 1t is one of tn
town guard you have killed."
one of the town guard" he cried.
light bursting in on him. and the REIN
dropping from his hand. What shall
we do? We are lost, mani"
CHAPTER XIV.
What was to be done? That was tn,
question, and a terrible question it was
Behind us we had the inhospitable
country, dark and dreary. the night
wind sweeping over it. In front, where
the lights twinkled and the smoke Of
the town went up, we were like to meet
with a savage reception. And it was
no Time for weighing alternatives. The
choice had to be made-made in q. mo-
ment. / marvel to this day at the
~quickness with which I made 1t for
good or Ill.
w must get into the town." I cried
llnperatively, and before the alarm is
given. 1t is hopeless to fly, Master
BERTHE, and we cannot spend another
night In the fields. Quick, madam!" i
continued to the duches as she came
up. l did not wait to hear his opinion,
Tor l saw he was stunned by the catas-
trophe. We have hurt one of the own
guard through a mistake. We must get
through the gate before 1t is discov-
ered!'
l seized her rein and logged up her
horse and gave her no time to ask
questions, but urged on the party at a
hard gallop until the gate was reached.
The attempt, / knew, was desperate,
Tor the two men who had escaped had
ridden straight for the town, but / saw
no other n 1T seemed to me
to be better to surrender peaceably, if
that were possible, than to expose the
women to another night of such cold
and hunger as the last. And fortune
so far favored US hat when we reached
the gate it was open. Probably, the
patrol having ridden through to get
help, no one had thought ht to close
1t, and, no one withstanding us. we
spurred our sobbing horses under the
archway and entered the street.
1t was a curious entry, and a curious
scene we came upon. I remember now
how strange it all looked. The houses,
leaning forward in a dozen quaint
Ing sky, caused a darkness as of a
cavern in the narrow street below.
Here and there in the midst of this
darkness hung a lantern. which. MAX
ing the gloom away from it seem
deeper, lit UP the things abou it..
throwing into fiaring prominence some
barred window with a scared face peer-
Ing from 1T, some corner with a puddle
a Sinking dog, a broken flight of steps.
Just within the gate stood a brazier full
of glowing coal, and beside it a halbert
rested gains the wall. / OWNED that
the Waterman had run into the town
with the riders. and I drew rein in
doubt, listening and looking. I hin
IL we had ridden straight on her all
might have been well, or at least we
might have been allowed to give our
selves up.
But we hesitated a homer and were
lost. No doubt, though we saw but one.
there were a score of people watching
us, who DOL us for four men. Master
BERTHE and I being in front, and these,
tina there We're more behind. concluded
that this wa a foray upon the town
At any rate, they took instant adyan-
tage of our pause. With a swift whir
an iron NOT came h,,rtlinp yet mo and
missing the duchess by a hands
house. That served for q signal. In a
moment an alarm of hostile cr,as roSa
all round us. An arrow whizzed he
tween my horses feet. Half a dozan
odd missiles. snatched up by hastv
hands. came raining In on us ont ar the
gloom. The town seemed to be rising
as one man. A bell began to ring an5
a hundred wards in front whers the
street branched off to right ana ,eft
the way seemed suddenly a1iva frnm,
to wall with lights and VOICES ana
brandished arms. the CLEAN of stee, and
the babel of a furious crowd crowd
making down iowa rd nc ,y,ts /. nsrnasa
We needed nc German to ,ntarnr At pose
It was q horrible n,omant Ia NOVA
horrible that + HAD not arnac, "a tnis
fury and was unnerved az wei, 'n nc
taken aback nv It. enemher, that
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-,hera was NJ - ~ ; ~, ~
stern meaning Of thase nEies en az
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+ MAJ yso,sd .rhaYr = pTs aia a,tsaniag
that he man We b,d str,,nl, S Sn.,m
wa . h,.,dn,.ra.no "a ~ s.rush aoWn
those -, ~ tba crnu.a ~ n. tao lhere Wese
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