The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01
The House of the Black
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v-continued.

How bewitching she was as she sat
0aere with the scarlet geranium in her
hair! He had never seen her eyes so
deep and dark before. and he had never
seen hor in such Joyous mood. Her
every movement. tn. fash OF her little
hands, the ripple OF her laugh. De
wttched him more and more until he
was scarcely cnnscious that anything
existed in all the world save her-and
him. ah-h-h-hg! He ground his teeth.
fua beaming up into that great
feil moon He cIenched his fingers into
his palms as if he were %strangling
something.
tables and chairs. and danced with
might TN main ever as they q eat
en-. The old fiddler. soraping away for
dear life. keeping time with head and
foot and bow. called out the changes
OF the dance like the boss of a river
crow loading a boat.
MI salute your pardnersi First
couple forward and back! First couple
and swinEl Alll-l-l-l-l--sha-
shay" and 80 on and on. while the
.ytk,r that threatened the tavern floor.
Those elaborate mortals whose ideal
Of the lance is to o languidly
through some dreamy waltz. scarce
gain new conceptions OF the terpsicho-
rcan art could they but see a whole
eoulcd. primitive dance like this-the
vigor and JUNCTION OF those bouncing
Ktrtss the pigeon wings and capers of
those strapping Boys. and h muscu-
In an hour the faces of the matdens
were glowing with the exercise.
Ct was midnight and time to start
over the mountains. The boys paid the
leaving the girls plenty of time to ad-
Just their wraps before the cracked
mirror in the hall Ten minutes passed
and no sign from without.
Say. I believe something has hap
pched." 1t was Roae who spoke. I'm
going out to SEQ
on, don't. They'll be right along"
II IS wcfaan's place always to wait and
wonder.
NO. sir. I'm not going to stay
scnoped IN here another minute" She
bounded through the door and out into
the darkness.
Say. what's the matter?" she called,
approaching the circle Of lanterns.
"karl's lost his boss. Somebody's
stole him"
"StoIe him?'
Yes. or else he's got away"
WAS the halter broken"
Mo
..Any sign OF the halter d~ragging?"
mo"
Where's Karl?"
Gone down 10 corl's farm to hire
another rig wuust,"
Here, show me where the horse
stood" She took a lantern from one
of them and began to examine the
GROUND.
See. there's his track" she cried.
'<Hn haeked out this way and took that
swing there"
ooh. we saw that hrst thing" they
chornsed.
"yes?" She followed the trail care
fully far down the road until 1t entered
the beaten track and was lost. "Ah,
but you didn't see this" She held up
a shred of rcpe Hes dragging his
halter and stepping on 1t. He's got
loose. that's all, and he's started out
for home. Say. I've got half n mind to
get A saddle horse and light out after
MIN Bet I could catch up with him"
But where'd you get your saddle
hoss?'
Now don't you worry about that.
Say. there's no use for you boys to
walt Better start right out with the |
girls. I'll overtake you
There really was no need for wait
sng. 40 one by one the sieighs drove UP
ard took from the group on the door
stone. Then the bohs!ed arrived and
Rose stood alone.
Better pile In here with u.s., came
r voice from the sled. Tight squeeze,
but we III make It."
!. n.n 2 70 g worry aeoSt me-" she
~ ~ CSOO xOu hhGCG. ilGy UVT6L lnIO
b song. Good night. ladies. we're go
ing to leave you now" and drove hi
hartoMsly away.
Stay. Mr.. snyder"-she turned alb
latAy to.the aaod4erd-"do you know
Of any good saddle horse around here ~ |
No ma'am. No saddle -hosses round
here still"
but do you know OF any horse that1l
go. aa~ddle-horse or no sa~ddle-horse? ?"
wy. les see. Ga Lcrah's got one
N m fn0 Rnr~ 81 rrr~ - - ~
90. He's awful ugly. though. He
aln't no woman'sh oss."
'1fhen he's Just the horse 1 want. I'm
Eoing TO have him" She started out
deciHlvely.
AT that instant a sleigh leaped into
thslyard and drew up before the door
with q flourish. Oven before 1t stopped
q 6talwart fellow had leaped out. and
now he stood tdeferentially before the
gtrl.
IT was young jim.
you'll go with me, Miss Hartswick."
ne q calmly, There don't seem to
be n other way. Come m" He held
the laprobes and turned as II to
help her In.
oh. no! I'm going alone. I'm go
ing to got q horse down at Lorah's.'
But you'll ride with me-" he said
firmly. Fat least down to Lorah's?1
Youth ride that far?" There was a
maaterful. confident ring In the voice
$50 bpPCdASA " llSE. SAc
hesftated q moment
Come on" he usged.
"Why-yes-I.H ride with you down
60 Lorah's." She sprang into the
sleigh. and the colt darted out of the
yard like q swallow. A shout arose
from the sled az they went by.
The horse had been standing in the
cold and was frisky. She flung the
snowbaIs merrily. and skinned down
the fiat like a skater down a stream.
It seemed only q minute before they
met Agsietgh with a solitary driver
coming rapidly.
Rose gave a little cry at the sight of
II,
Why. that's Kar,'s rig" she shouted.
"See? That's his bay. Somebody
eaughr him and 10 driving him back"
Jim ground his teeth together and said
nothing.
That's Lorah's house there, see?"
she called. Here we are. I'll get out
now and wait for Karl. I'm going to
drive that horse OF his home, He'll
,6nd thim in a minute or two, now, and
come right along"
Jim said nothing. He leaned over