The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-12-09
1909, by Stanley j. Weyman.
CHAPTER xv.-(Continued.)

II am" Colonel John replied sternly,
Il am, n I intend to be. Nor a day
too soon! Where all are children. there
is need of a master! And for my
cousin, let her hear the truth for once!
Let her know what men who have seen
the world think of the visions. from
which she would have In a
dungeon, and her fellow dupes under
the gibbetl A great rising for a great
cause, if it be real, man, if it be earnest,
IL 1t be based on for%ethought, heaven
knows I hold it a fine thing. and a high
thing! But the rising of a child with
a bladder against an armed man, a
rising that can run but cannot help. l
know not whether to call it more silly or
more wicked! Man, the devil does his
choicest work through fools. not
rogues! And, for certain, he never
found filter Instruments han at Nor
ristown yesterday"
Uncle Uliek swore impatiently. We
the girl! Spare the grill"
What? Spare her the TRUTH"
"AI! Everything" Uncle Ulick cried.
with unusual heat. Canno you see
that she at least meant Well"
Such do the most ILL.," Colonel John
God forgive them-and her!" He
paused for a moment and then, In a
lighter tone, he continued ."as I do.
Only there must be an end of this
fooliShness. The two men who had
reason in their wrongdoing are beyond
seas. The McMurrough is not SO mad
as to act without them. Hewitt a
faint smfle-'is not implacable. You,
Ulick, are not of the stuff of whom
martyrs are made. But the two young
men outside"-he passed as If he re-
fiected-"they and three or four others
re-wh my cousin now listening to
me makes them. They are tow, If the
flame be brought near them. And
therefore-and therefore," he repeated
still more slowly, II have spoken the
truth and plainly. To this purpose,
that there may be an end"
Flavia had sat at first with closed
eyes, in a state next door to collapse,
her head inclined, her arms dropping,
as if at any moment she might sink to
the floor. But In the course of his
speaking a change had come over her.
The last heavings OF the storm, ply
the indomitable youth In her, and the
spirit which she had inherited from
some dead f~orefather, were not to be
long gainsaid. Slowly. as she listened
her color had returned, her face grown
more firm, her form more stiff. In truth
Colonel John had adopted the wrong
course with her. He had been hard
knowing men better than women
when he should have been mild; he
had browbeaten where he ould have
forgiven. And SO at his last declara-
ton, There must be an end" she rose
to her feet and spoke. And speaking,
she showed that neither the failure of
her attempt on him, nor the bodily
struggle with him, horribly as 1t hui
inflated her In the remembrance, had
quelled her courage.
An end!" she said, in a voice vi
brating with emotion. Yes, but it will
be an n for you! Children, are we?
Better that than be so old before
time. SO cold of heart and cunning of
head that there is naught real for us
high for us but that our words will be
measuring, nothing worthy risk but
hat We are safe to gain! Children,
are WEI" she continued, with deep pas
sion. But at least we believe! At
least we own something higher than
ourseIves-a God, a Cause, a Country!
At least we have not bartered all-all
three and honor for a p%ittance to pay.
fighting alike for right or wrong, be-
traying alike the right n wrong!
Children? May be! But, God be
thanked. we are warm. the blood runs
in us'-
.Flavia!'
.I say the blood runs in u.s." she re-
peated. And il we are foolish, we
are wiser vet than one"-she looked
at him with a strange steadfastness-
who in his wisdom thinks that a
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harmed, or one go back and forth in
safety who has ruined n shamed us!
You have escaped my hand But I
know that all your boosted wisdom will
not lengthen your life till the moon
wanest"
He had tried to interrupt her once
eagerly. wildly. as one who would de-
fend himself. He answered her now
after another fashion; perhaps he had
| learned his lesson. "If God Wills" he
said simply, ut will be as you say.
And h oad will lie open to you.
Only while / live, Flavia, whether !
love this Irish soil or not, or my coun-
try.sor my honor. the storm shal not
break here. nor the house fall from
which we spring."
While yru live!" she repeated, with
a dreadful smile. Il tell you, / tell
you and she extended her hand
toward him, tthe winding sheet is high
upon your breast, and the salt dried
that shall lie upon your heart"
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