Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-04-10
CHAPTER ~vI.-coNTINUED.

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once, do you hear?"
The captain shook his head and sai'
s~Iuggishly that Ii was impossible
Splitting on the deck. he ground hi
heel ~leisurely round a knothole. I'm
possible" he repeated. 1T would no
be seamanship to start in a fog. Whei
The Fog lifts, we will go. Twill b.
all the same tomorrow. We shall III
AT Leigh tonight, whether we go nov
or go when the fog lifts"
al Leigh
That is it, madam"
And when will you go from Leigh?
she cried Indignantly.
''Daybreak tomorrow he answered
You leave 1t to me, mistress" HI
continued in a tone Of rough patron
age, and you will see your good mar
before you expect It,"
Put. man." she exclaimed, tremb-
ling with impotent rage, did not Mas
ter Bertram engage you TO bring ms
across whenever / might be ready.
Aye. and pay o handsomely for it
Did he not, sirrah?'
ITO be sure, to be sure" replied the
giant unmoved. Using seamanshiI
and not going to sea In a fog, IL il
please YOU"
1T does not please me- she re-
torted. And why stay al Leigh"
He looked up at the rigging, Their
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the knothole and ground it round
again. Then he looked at his question
er with a broad smile. We'll. mis-
tress, for a very good reason. II Is
there our good man is waiting fol-
you. Only" added this careful keeper
OF a secret, "he bade me not tell any
one"
She uttered a low cry. which might
have been an echo of her baby's COO
ing and convulsively clasped the child
more tightly to her. He is at Leigh
she murmered, flushing and trembling
another woman altogether. Even her
voice was wonderfully changed. He
is really at Leigh, you say"
ITO be sure!" replied the captain
with a portentous wink and a mys-
terious roll Of the head. He is there
safe enough! Safe enough. you may
bet your handsome face TO a rush
light. And we will be there tonight. .
She started UP with a wild gesture.
For a moment she had sat down on
% cask standing beside her and for
gotten our peril and the probability
that we might never see Leigh at all.
Now, / have said, she started up. mo,
mol" she cried, struggling for breath
and utterance. "Oh, no, moi Let us
go at once. We must start at oncel"
Her voice was hysterlcal Ia its sud
den anxiety and terror as the con
seriousness OF our position rolled back
upon her. Captain, listen, listen!'
she pleaded. Let US start now, and
my husband will give you double. /
will promise you double whatever he
said If you will chance the fog
l think all who heard her were
moved, save the captain only. He
rubbed his head and grinned. Slow
and heavy, he saw nothing in her
prayer save the freak OF a woman wild
10 net "A hn~ a lie ala 80 It.
her promise at a groat. She was but
A woman. n being a foreigner he
did not perceive a certain air OF breed
ing which might have Influenced a ma
tive. He was one Of those men against
whose stupidity Father Carey used TO
say the gods fight In vain, When he
answered good naturally: mo. no,
mistress, Il is impossible. 1t would not
be seamaHship," I felt that we might
IS well try to stop the ebbing tide
AS move him from his position.
The feeling was a maddening one
The special peril which menaced my
companions I did not know, but / knew
they feared pursuit. and I had every
reason to fear Ii for myself. Yet at
any moment. out OF the fog which en-
circied US so closely that we could
barely see the raft below. and the shore
at all, might come the tramp Of hurrying
feet and the stern hall of the law. 1t
was maddening to think OF this and
to know hat we had only TO cast
of a rope or two in order to escape
and to know also that we were abso-
1utely helpless.
/ expected that Mistress Bertram,
brave as she had shown herself, would
burst into a passion of rage and tears
But apparently she had one hope left.
She looked at me.
I tried TO think-to think hard. Alas,
1 seemed only able to listen. An hour
had rome by since we parted from the
rascal in the court. and we might ex-
pect him to appear at any moment
vengefui and exultant. with a posse al
his back. Yet / tried hard to think
and the fog presently suggested a pos
sible course. Look here" / said sud.
denly speaking for the first time, I'll
you do not start until the fog lifts
captain. we may as we'll breakfast
ashore and return presently"
That Is as vol please" he answered
inadvertently.
What do o thiak?. + said turn
Ing to my companions with as much
careIessness as l could command. Had
we not better do that"
Mistress Rertram did not understand
but in her despair she obeyed the mo-
ton of my hand and mechanically
walked to the side. The younge WON.
an followed more slowly. so tina | had
to speak TO her with some eurtness,
bidding her make haste. for I was In
a fever until we were clear of the
Whelp and the Lion wharf. 1t had
struck me that. IL the ship were not
To leave at once. we were nowhere I'm
so much danger as on board. AT large
In the fog we might escape detection
for q time. Our pursuers might as we'll
look for a needle In a haystack as seek
us through liz when once we were clear
of The wharf. And his was mo- the
end of my idea. But for the present
II was enough. Therefore / took IN
Mistress Anne very short. Come" i
said. '.be quick Let me help you"
She oleyed and l was ashamed OF
my Impotence when at the foot Of the
ladder she thanked me prettily. II was
almost With good cheer in my voice and
il rebound OF spirits thar I explained as
/ hurried my companions across the
raft what MY plan was.
The mornent we were ashore / felt
safer. The fog swallowed us Up quick.
AS the bible says. The very hull OF the
ship vanished from sight before we
hac gore half q dozen PAGES. / had
ncNer seen q Lender fog before. and to
me tt Seea ca portentious and providen-
tial--a marvel as great as the crimson
hail WEscn Tell IN the London gardens
70 mark her majesty's accession.
Yet AFTER all. without my happy
thought. the fog would have awaited us
We had scarcely gore a score
~ <nar,7~ before the cautious trend nj