The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-04-16
CHAPTER VII.

be an intolerable torment. But bad as
this may be 1t can be nothing in com
parison with the pains | suffered from
the same cause as l my
senses. My brain seemed to be a cavern
into which each moment, with a rhyth-
mical regularity which added the pangs
OF anticipation to those of reality, the
sea rushed, booming and laundering,
Earring every nerve and strainlng the
walls to bursting and making each mo-
ment of consciousness a vivid agony,
And this lasted long-how long L cam
not say. But it had subsidized some
when l first opened my eyes and
duly, not daring to move my head,
looked up.
foot from my eyes were rough beams
of wood disclosed by a smoky yellow
light, which flickered on the knotholes
and rude joists. The light swayed to
and fro regularly, and this adding to
my pain l closed my eyes with a moan.
Then some one came to me, and L heard
voices which sounded a long way off
and promptly fell again into a deep
sleep. troubled still, but less painfully,
by the same ~rhythmicai shocks, the
same dull ~crashings in my brain,
When l awoke again. l a sense to
know what caused this and where L
was-in a berth on board ship. The
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the waves beating against her forelock.
The beams so close to my face formed
the deck; the smoky light came from
the ships lantern swinging on a hook.
l tried to turn. Some one came again,
and with gentle hands arranged my pill
low and presently began to feed me
with a spoon. When i had swallowed
a few mouthfuls, | gained strength to
turn.
Who was this feeding me? The light
was at her back and dazzied me. For
q short while l took her for Petronilla,
my thoughts going back at one bound
to Cotton and skipping all that hap
pened since 1 left home. But as L
grew stronger l grew clearer, and re-
calling bit by bit what had happened in
the boat | recognized Mistress Anne. I
tried to murmur thanks, but she laid
a cool finger on my lips and shook
her head, smiling on me. You must
not talk. she murmured. You are
getting we'll. Now go to sleep again"
l shut my yes at once as a child
might. Another interval of unconscious
ness, painless this time. followed. and
awoke, | was lying on my side
now, and without moving could see the
whole OF the tiny cabin. The lantern
stu hung and smoked. But the light
was steady now, and l heard no splash
ing without nor the duh grooming and
creaking Of the timbers within. There
. Sio iiCt q IufCl WIlitH seemed DllSS To
me, and l lay wrapped in 1T, my
thoughts growing clearer and clearer
each moment.
On a sea chest at the farther end of
the cabin We're sitting two people en-
gagged in talk The one, a woman, /
Immediately The gray yes
full OF command, the handsome fea-
lures. the reddish brown hair and grac-
lous figure left me in no doubt. even
Ior a moment, that l looked on Mistress
Bertram: The sharer of her seat was
q .ah .nln man, with a thoughtful face
o. ona afea.is, rather melancholy eyes.
ana p p = ana rested on his knee,
TO HE a.r , - 'alhea we're close
~. - niue ASIDE, sitting on
la, hS ~ wv" : seep OF the adder which
~ 70 .ne ueck' her head leaning
re- 20 ~ ttnnners ana q cloak about
7 tr ma1 t's.ress anne.
: lisea 70 speak n after more than
r." + whisporad ny Ny N paa Mnere am
nispe,eo. Wy mead aehed sadly.
70 ra. aAielsu' lnonsh was too languid
ba nda se5 name 70 it. that II was
pandageu. MY mine was 50 far clear
md b,s 9 n,rs,,i, Master Clarence
hoats and Lnau, AZ, Nv ilsn. IN the
IN orr ,uay az sna We ought to be
IN muS @ = PRISON. VINO. then. was
, ,m .n a. suhheiy gentleman whose
smaller than # wan .aaae Nm me eaptn seem
~ W. 'uaI - was: MOI a Jailer sure
nar M M T TaI eise
ali haa, ri ,na a. my voice was they
the elder LADY cried os sha vi up, Anne.
ts,d Is 'p p,a 70 uirect the other to at
first ~ ,isa Vas sne herselI the
az 49, h 80 "iu .oiie aha lay her hand
sha s,fS a., me IeNef is gone
nentia,nan M apparehtiy 10 the
had is a,,,ta cna, Ngne ms seat. His
+ ~, : s urae ~ ~ ne VIII 90 Well now,
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