The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-14
heads. and the rank vegetation. and
mysterious darkness of the mere should

heads. and the rank vegetation a,
mysterious darkness of the mere shou
shut us In.
For a time I vas to be spared&thi
Master Lindstrom suddenly stoppe
rowing. We have forgatten 4a@hr.r
a stone, lad" ne aid in a low yoic
A stone | answered, turning.
was pulling the stroke oar, and m
back was toward him. do we want
%stone?" a''
Tt sink the body" he replied. "yy
cannot bury it in the marsh, and If W
g4uld IL We're trouble thrown ava,
we must have a stone"
WA. IS 70 be DONE" | asked. lear
ins on my oar and shivering az muc
III lnpatience as .sarnr
we go back?" Mus
NO; we are not far from the cause
Wy now. he answered, with DUE
oess. mere are some big stones
~ .anGy, by the end Of the bridge, |
not. there are some lying among ~,
cottages just acress the bridae ~
e are younger thai mine On 20,
naa better go. 1 will pull on and Ian,
! assented. and, the boats co,rs.
thras changed a point or twt
,nree minutes rowing LAID h W
bows on the mud some sn ne.
rom the land ward benz of ~.
oriuse and Just in the shadow =, ~
Sauss"ay. l sprang ashore and claw
oered up. Hist" he cried warntn
mas q was about to start on nv or.
r.. 10 about it quietly, Master
- aitcis' Inc people will proba bIv ba
IN he'd. But be secret" nc
l nodded and moved Off , w,r,,,. -
ne could desire. l spent a min,,ta ~
I"o peering about the causeway h,r
l round nothing that would serve o',r
purpose There was no course LEFT
.hen put TO cross the planks and sees
WHAT wanted In the hamlet. Rennernl
oering how the timbers had cran1a5
aha catered when 1 went over them
W. the daylight, 1 stole across on lin
ZOE. 1 rancfed I had seen a nila y,
stones near one of the posts at that
eLa' put could not find them now
~ aha aiter cropping about awhiIe-for
pass pr was at the moment in dark
ness.l crept cautiously past the f1rst
mover. peering to right and left a
went. aid not like to confess to NV
SCH mat L was afraid to be alone !,
.he dark, but that was nearly
me truth. was feverishly anxfo.s 10
companion. my
Suddenly I paused and held my
breath. A slight sound had fallen o.,
my ears, n~ervously ready to catch tine.
siigntest. l paused and listened. YES
Leis ~ was again-a whispering of
cautious voices close to me. withfn :,
lew ieet OF me. l could see no one. but
a Few told me that the speak
ess were hidden by the farther corner
OF the cottage abreast of which r stood
4ne sound of human voices. the assur-
aiice OF living companionship. stead1ad
my nerves and to some extent rid ms
OF my folly / ook a step to one side
81 81 as 10 De more completely in the
sliaoo" cast by the reed matched
caves. nj hon CNff11.
commanded a view of the whisnarer.
They We're two-am man and a vom.,
the woman was of all neonle
DEmphna. She had her back to me
out sne stood in the moonlight and T
knew her hood in a moment. The man
surrey the man was Van Tree. then,
II me woman was Dymphnao I stared,
81 sure II must be Van Tree. 1t
was wonderful enough that
should SO tar lave regained nerve and
composure as to rise and come ont To
meet him. But in that case her con.
duct, though strange, was explicable.
II not, however. if the man were NOT
Van Tree ee ~
Well, he certainly was not. Stare az
I might. rub my eyes a mieh+ 40
COULD not alter the mans figure. whjch
was or the tallesI. whereas I have said
Inar the young Dutchman was short
M man $ lace, too, though it Oh
sSuIeo as he bent over the girl by his
sp 10 WHICH was pulled high up about
ms lnroat, was notwithstanding and
! made out. More his oar,
ano Gather, and even as he stood st;ir
thought I read the soldier in his an
soldier and the Spaniardu
Whas did 1t mean On what stra npa !
had I lit? Dymphna and 4
Innpossible! Yet a tho,1esnd
and thoughts ran riot in ,,nv
ordlnf a Thousand conjectures iost1ad
one announcer to get uppermost WIZ
was l TO dof Go nearer to tha,n 90
leaE as possible. and listen and learn
me truth or steal back the wav- r Nod
soIne and fetch Master Lindstrormp Rnt
irsl, WAS 1t certain tina the pir, u,as
mere OF her own free will? Eas. The
Iussepoh was as SOON as nut. !
ne ma aid his hand gently On her
snoalder. She did not draw back
C~onldent of this, and c~onseapantly 4,
DYmphna's bodily safety, I hesitated
a uo was beginning to considev whether
liz pest course might not he 10 WIZ
Law and say nothing, leaving the nnes.
ssoI o. Ioture proceedings TO he d.
after | a spoken to her IN tha
lloIToW, When a movement divartad
thoughts. The man at last raisad
ms head. The moonlight fell cold go
bright on his face, d~isplavfng a,ar,,
.ea.ure as clearly as If 1t had been day
U I had only once seen his
ace before l knew 1t again. s
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