The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-03-26

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about! Cannot you remember whero
we are nor which wsty the river should
be? If the dawn were come. we could
tell,
But with the dawn
1.-THE streets would fill. True, and.
Master Philip giving the alarm, we
should be detected before we had gone
far. The more need, girl. to loBe no
time. I have my breath again. and tho
child Is asleep. Let us venture one way
or the other. and heaven grant 1t be
the right one!n
Let me see,e the mai
answered slowly, as if In doubt. ibid
we. come by the church, No. We came
the other way. Let US try this turning,
then"
why, child. we came that way" was
the decided answer What are you
thinking OF? That would take us
straight back into his arms. the wretchi
Come, come! You ~loiter.' continued
this, the more masculine speaker,
and a minute may make all
the difference between O prison
and freedom. III we can reach tho
Lion wharf by Tit Is like to be q dark
morning and foggy-we may still es-
cape before Master Philip brings the
watch upon U.S."
They moved briskly as she spoke.
~~AN ANS Il WIN OAAOeANl KIN" In
mdistinct from distance, while 1 re-
manned still, idly seeking the clew to
their talk and muttering over and over
again the name Clarence, which seemed
familiar to me, when q cry of alarm, In
which I recognized one OF their voices.
cut short my reverie I crawled with all
speed from my shelter and stood up,
being still In "A line with the boards
and not easily distinguishable. AS she
had said, 1t was q dark morning, but
the roofs OF the h~ouses-now high. now
low-could be plainly discerned against
a gray, drifting sky wherein he
first signs OF dawn were WIS.,
ible, and the blanks outline Of
the streets, which met at this point.
could be seen. Six or seven yards from
me, in the middle of the roadway. stood
three duslSy figures, OF whom I Judged
the nearer, from their attitudes, to be
the two women. The farthest seemed
to be a man.
1 was astonished to see that he was
standing cap in .hand-nay. I was dis
gusted as well. for I had crept out hot
listed, expecting to be called upon to
defend the women. But, DESPITE the
cry / had heard, they were talking to
him quietly enough as far as I could
hear. And In a minute or SO 7 saw
the taller oma give him something.
He took 1t, with a low bow. and APP
peared almost to sweep the dirt with
his bonnet. She waved her hand In
dismissal, and he stood back. stHl un-
covered. And-hey. presto!-the women
tripped swiftly away.
by this time my curiosity was in
tensely excited, but for O. moment I
thought il was doomed to disappotnt-
ment, l thought that It was all over.
1t was not by any means. The Ina
stood looking after them until they
reached the corner. and the
they had passed It he followed. His
ion or peering after them was enough
for me. I guessed at once that he was
dogging them, following them unknown
to them and against their viii, and
with considerable citation I started after
him, using the same precautions. What
was sauce for the geese wa sauce for
the gandsr! So we went-two. one,
one-slipping after n another through
half a dozen dark streets, tending gem
orally southwark. - go
Following him in this way T seldom
caught q glimpse of the women. The
man kept at a considerable distance be-
hind them, and l had my attention fixed
on him. But once or twice when, turn
ing q corner, / all but trod on his heels.
I saw them, and presently an odd point
about them struck me. There was q
"AAbS hSASAlACL VI oOiiClttlAt6 dbLdCItCu
apparently to the back. OF the ones
cloak. which considerably assisted my
stealthy friend to keep them In view.
1t puzzled me. Was 1t a signal to himr
Was he really all the time acting I'm
concert with them. and was I throw
ing away my pains? Or was the white
object which so betrayed them merely
the result of carelessness and the lack
OF foresight OF women graphing with
q condition OF things to which they
were unaccustemed? or Course I could
not decide this. the more an, at that
distance, l failed to distinguish what
the white something was or eve which
OF the two woe It.
Presently I got a clew to u position,
for we crossed Cheapside, close to
Pauis cross, which my childish memor
les OF the town enabled me to recoG-
nize, ever by that light. Here my
friend looked up and down and hung
a minute on his heel before he fol-
lowed the women. as II expecting or
looking for someone, It might be that
he was trying to make certain that the
watch were not in sight. They were
not, at any rate. Probably they had
gone home to bed, for the morning was
growing. And after q momentary hest
tation he plunged into the narrow
street down which the won~. Gad
fitted. .s
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