The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-05-21
x.-Continued.

rfpples past Greenwich, and a SIN;
boat gliding over it. and a man in t
DOW OF the boat, a man with a grim ]
and a sinister eye. Yes, the tall soldi
talking to Dymphna in the moonligf
his cap the cap of a Spanish guard, W;
envy.
I staid my foot. With a strange Sc
cling into resolve Of all my doubts.
felt IL my sword. which happily l ha
brought with me, was loose in il
sheath and leaned forward scannin
him. So he had tracked US. He we
here! With wonderful vividness l pie
tured all the dangers which menace
the duchess. Master Berthe. the Lind
strcms, myself, through his discover
OF us, all the evils which would BETA
Forgetting Dymphna's presence. 1 Sc
my teeth hard together. He Shout
no escape me this time.
But man can only AS I too
a step onward I trod on a round piec
Of wood, which turned nder my foo
and l stumbled. My eye left the pal
For a second. When it returned to them
ehey had taken the alarm. Dymphn;
mad started away, and I saw her fig
ure r~etreating swiftly in the direction
OF the house. The man poised himsel
q irresolute opposite to me
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behind the cottage.
1 was after him on the instant. my
sword out. and caught sight of hi.
cloak as he whisked round a corner. He
lodged me twice round the next cot.
cage, he one nearer the river. Their
ne broke away and made for the bridge
t,is object evidently being to get off tht
Island. But he seemed at last to see
chat l was too quick for him, as ]
certainly was. and should catch hin,
half way across the narrow planking
and changing his mind again he
doubled nimbiy back and rushed into
n open porch OF a cottage. and !
heard his sword ring put. 1 had him
at bay.
AT bay indeed! But, ready as l
was and resolute to capture or kill
him, paused. / hesitated to run in
on him. The darkness of the
porch hid him. while must attack
with the moonlight shining on me.
peered In cautiously. Come OUT"
cried. Come out, you coward" Then
2 heard him move. and for a I
nough he was coming. and / stood
ar,ipeoe waiting for his rush. But he
only laughed a derisive laugh OF tri-
umph. He had the odds. and saw he
would keep them.
I Q another cautious step toward
him and, shading my eyes with my left
hand, tried to make him out. AS I did
~ Aoohaii iiS lace IoOk QlIl form
and shape, confronting mine in the
darkness. / stared yet more ~intently.
The face became more clear. Nay. with
p sudden leap into vividness, as it were.
II grew white against the dark back
sground-white and whittier. It seemed
20 pc thrust out nearer and nearer until
NJ almost touched mine. this face?
No; 1t was not his face! For one awful,
moment a terror, which seemed to still
my heart, glued me to the ground
where / stood as 1t flashed upon nv
brain that 1t was another face that
grinned at me SO close to mine: that 1t
was another face I was looking on
n iiyid, blood stained face and stony
eyes OF the man I had killed.
with q wild scream I turned and fled.
instinct, for terror had deprived me
eason I hied to the bridge. and
keeping. I knew not how. my footing
<alson the loose Gathering planks, made
desperate isl across it. The SHIN
xnertag water below. in which I saw
e1zssf face q thousand times reflected.
ete hreeze. which seemed the dead
nan's hand clutching me, lent wings to
my iliEni- ! sprang at a bound from
the bridge to the bank. from the bank
TO the 9hoat. and oyesturning, yet never
eeesfng. my startled companion. showed
from the shore with all my might
and fell a-crying.
Avery learned man, physician to the |
auesna majesty, has since told me,
when I related this strange story ia
elirn, that probably that burst OF tears
ssayea my reason. 1t so far restored
E11e. at any rate. that I presently knew
1 was-cowering in the bottom
Dc The boat, with my eyes covered-and
understood that Master Lindstrom was
keantng over me In a terrible state ~
mind, in1ploring me In mingled Dutch
and English to tell him what had hap
pened. ~ have seen him. was all n
gould say at first, and I scarcely dared
remove my from my eyes. .I
seen him" I begged my host to
away from the shore. and after a
time was able to tell him What the
matter was, he sitting the while with
Ais .rll round my shoulder.
Q are sure that 1t was the SPAN
he said. kindly, after he had
Thought q minute.
Quite sure answered, %shuddering.
with less violence. .How could I
ne mistaken2 II you had seen him
And you are sure? Dix you feel his
ear this morning, whether 1t was
beating?"
His hearth Something In his voice
me courage to look up. though
{ still Stunned the water, lest mat
dreadful visage should rise from the
depths No. 4 did not touch him.,
you tell me that he zen ON HIS
lace Did you turn him over?s
NO. I saw his drift now. was sit
Ting erect Ny brain began to work
! ea.n b. /. omitted did not.
roughly, how do o know that he
was dead. young sir? Tell me that
! explained, "Bah!s ne cried
There Is nothing In that! You iumned
g = conclusion I thought q spaniardss
blood coming from his mouth. perhans
bit his tongue or dfa anv 49, ~