The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-06-18
CHAPTER xI1I-Continued.

IN tIGlI hild ll5 dd a.
grew darker as he saw the swirlint
@ddies and me standing fronting hin
IN the moonlight with my sword out
fte discerned at once, I think. thu
strength of my position. Where I stood
che water was scarcely over my horses
Tetiocks. Where he stood 1t was over
his horses knees, and between us il
Haosyed nearly four feet deep.
He held a hasty parley with his com
Epanions, and then he hailed me. will
YOU surrender" he cried in English
We will give you quarter"
Surrender? To whom?" I said
And why-why should 1 surrender?
Are you robbers and cutpursesT"
Surrender in the name of the en-
ueror, you fool" he answered sternly
and roughly.
Il know nothing about the emperor!'
II retorted. "What EMPEROR"
In the queens name, then!"
THE duke of Gloves Is queen here!"
Z cried. land as the Hood Is rising" I
added scornfully, Il would advise you
Go go home again.
You would advise, would you? Who
aare you?" he replied in a kind Of
wrathful curiosity.
gave him no answer. I have often
aafnce reflected, with a fuller knowledge
OF certain facts, that no stranger in
Servfew ever tool place than this short
soIloquy between us; that 10 stranger
sfgnt ever was fought thar that which
M"e. contemplated as we stood there
@athed In the May moonlight with wa
Ger all round us n the cold sky above.
"A strange fight indeed 1t would have
Been etwee him and me had 1t ever
TsnIoe to the swords point!
But this was what happened. His
vast words had scarcely rung out when
Eny horse began to culver under me and
aSway backward and forward. l had
.EuS3 time to take the alarm when the
Door beast sank down and rolled gently
over, leaving be bestriding it's body,
my feet in the water. Whatever the
cause of this, l had to disentangle my
self. and that quickly, for the four men
opposite me-, seeing me dismounted,
with a cry OF triumph into the
x.axer and began to founder across.
Without more d / stepped forward
TO keep the ford.
The foremost and nearest to me was
Ciarence. whose horse began, half way
across, to swim. 1t was still ~scrambling
TO regain it's footing when it came
esViafaan my reach, and l slashed it cruel
Rsy ACROSS the nostrils. 1t turned in an
on its side. I saw the riders
s1aIse CLEAN white In the water. His
stirrup shone a moment as the horse
rolled over; then in a second the two
were gone down the stream. It was
done SO easily. so quickly, it amazed
me. One gone, hurrah! I turned quick
~ to the others, who We're about land
fAng- My blood was fired, my
yell of 4yictory, as / dashed at them,
scared back two of the horses.
turned and scrambled out on
the side from which they had en-
ztnred. Only one was left-the far
thest from me. He got across indeed,
yet he was the most unlucky of all, for
Hlfs horse stumbled on landing, came
heavily on its head and flung him
at my very feet.
1t was no time for quarter had to
Ahink Of my friends-and while with
0ne hand ! seized the flying rein as the
morse scrambled. trembling. to it's feet,
with h other I lunged twice at the
rider as he half tried to rise, half tried
to grasp at me. The second time / ran
aim through, and he screamed shrilly.
Rn those days / was young and hot
and l answered only by a shout
OF defsance as | flung myself into the
saddle and dashed away through the
after my friends
Woe yictis! / had done enough to
check the pursuit and yet escaped my
self. II ! could join the others again,
.ataat a triumph 1t would be! l had
guide. but neither had those in
front of me. and luckily at this point
a. row of pollard willows defined the
aine between the road n the river.
this on my right, l made good
sEzy. The horse seemed strong under
.ne, h water was shallow and APP
peared to be growing more so, and
presently across the waste of flood
di~scerned before me a dark, solitary
the tower seemingly Of a church,
For it was topped by a stu1npy spire,
which daylight would probably nave
to be of WOOD
There was a little dry ground round
church, a mere patch in a sea of
Water, but my horse rang its hoofs on
L with every sign of joy and arched
It's meek as It trotted up to the neigh
nn~hon1 ne ~ =, al ~ xvt ~ - - - .,..4 4 1
pleasure. From the back of the build
Ing, I was not surprised, came an anil
sweri1g neigh As / pulled up a man.,
bis weapon In his hand, came from the
and q woman followed him. II
cal1ed to them gayly. II fancied you
.s0aId be here the moment I saw the
starch!" I said, sliding to the ground.
THANK heaven you are safe!" the
duchess answered, and to my astonish-
nel1f h flung her arms round my
n kissed me. What has hap
,ened2" she asked. looking In my eyes.
n think I have stopped them" / an
gwered. turning suddenly shy. though,
s0Jlike, I had been longing O Few MIN
before TO talk Of my victory. They
ried to cross, and
Z had not sheathed my sword. Mas
The blade looked at il. $50. sol" he
raid nodding. Are you hurt 2.
Mot touched" u nswered. Before
mUre was said ne compelled his wife
e0 30 back into the porch. The wind
blew keenly across the open ground,
When we had fastened up the horses.
followed her. The door OF the
church wa locked. II seemed, and the
porch afforded the best shelter to be
had; Its upper part was OF open wood
and freely admitted the wind. but
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