The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-06-17
cHAPrER xII1-contlnued.

III - ~ Aoi
She loves him; she looked into his eyes
and she cannot sleep. Ha. ha, ha, All
what's this? An old man2-with white
nair?-oh, there's but one way,-re-
Senge, ha, ha! reyenge! revenge!"
oh, don't! Please don't Gran'mawl
Don't do anything. I want to go.-But
OH, it's father ! come about. You won
touch him. will you? He's kind and
good and jolly If you don't cross him
He'd do anything for me, but he cam
be crossed. 1t isn't his fault; he was
made so. But you haven't any idea
how set he Is. He's q man OF iron, and
he's set against-him. and he's going
TO ruin him, n he can do it-and ]
want you to make him stop-hating
MIN. Oh, you can, can't you, Gram
maw?"
And then she'll look In her cap,-the
cap she wore In the rain, and she'll
lind a hair.-a grey hair-an old mans
hair" Automatically Rose looked into
1t was her fathers cap which she a
taken on account of the storm. In the
crown vas q thick grey hair. She had
At In her fingers before she was aware
OF wha she was doing.
Here, give it to mel" The mi
was like a hiss.
For the first tim she saw the wom-
ans eye Piercing snaky they
were fixed full upon hers, and not q
foot away. The eagerness and glitter
81 tllSil WCic- Wildly aIllI1dl. Rose eX-
tended her hand, powerless to do other
wise. h creature took the hair and
with 1t the handkerchief which Rose
had u about the scratch received
In the thorns. There was blood in the
center.
"Oh, Gran'maw-' But the ewes
OF the woman, fastened full upon her,
took away her powers OF speech. She
could only gasp and hold herself rigid.
Wait for me-" The command had in
At almost hypnotic power. Then with
q feeble movement the bowed figure
gathered itself together with the aid
OF a long staff and arose to it's feet.
Then, taking the candle in it's shaky
hand. 1t hobbled to a door at the end
of the room.
body,-you won't harm father? Prom
ise me, Grammar. You won do any
thing bad, will you, Gran'maw 2" The
door closed upon her appeal.
She turned about In a tremor. The
room was now In darkness, save for
the Goals in the fireplace. Everything
was silent. She had ar impulse to flee
from the uncanny house headlong, nor
stop until she was in her own room,
but She was powerless to move. The
affair had touched her deeper THAI she
knew.
To her the affair was u~nspeakably
awful, for, despite her good sense, she
had. deep below all. more than q trace
Of the valley superstition. Grammar
Miller had ever in her Imagination been
her childhood were responsible, and
her %neighbors who had whispered wild
tales of the power" and even her
father, who In most ways was a tru
son of the valley.
Beyond the fireplace Poppy Miller,
asleep now. was nodding almost out
OF his chair, but recovering himself
each time at the critical instant. She
watched him for @ moment with a
strange fascination. Suddenly some
thing caused her to glance up and she
started as she had never before in her
life, and gave a nervous scream.
why. why, Iona! You here? /
didn't hear you"
Here's a chair. Don't stand. She
pushed a kitchen rocker In her direc-
fion.
"Oh. Iona, do you know about tt?
She isn't going to harm papa, is She
or anybody? You won't let her. will
you?"
She'll do what she'll do" The girl
took a low seat before the glover OF
that had come noiseiessly from the
darkness.
But what do you think. Iona ?"
SGran'maw'u help you" she answered
1 ~sasively. It's coming right"
But how can 1t? Tve thought 1t all
over and over. Father won't give in
and II he don't, It'll Kill me
Better one than two" The low
purring OF the cat resounded through
b room In the silence.
What &c 9 mean" h asked.
aNothing. You.n be happy; you
haven't any trouble. / wish to God
you did know what trouble was for
Just one day There was q strange
squirt OF bitterness in the tone.
fg SsvKyvxv r ono tttG Cha rn0t {, osrk%% Yn01~
at the girl. "What-what do you mean,
Iona
Nothing
There's something wrong. Tell
me, Iona" Impulsively she crossed
bver to her and laid her hand on her
arm. There was no reply.
TEL me, Iona" h whispered. For
q single instant the girl looked eagerly
MP at Rose, blu she dropped her glance
as quickly.
rs nothing b said carelessly.
arising with q quick movement and
throwing more wood on the Goals.
but Lona-
.Hark! Sh~-h-h-h-h!" The door
opened and Gran'maw Miller hobbled
u With almost painful EFFORT she
regained her seat by the fireplace.
1I.oney,', she wheezed.
Instantly h girl sprang forward,
ecoOped up In THE pipe bowl a not coal,
md placed the pipe in her hand. Then.
1Or WnAI seemed TO Rose i X ar hour,
there was silence save for the spas
mode puts. Rose studied the weird
fgurs eagerly It was much bowed,
she noted. and the face had the leath-
cry appearances which characterizes
Very dark people In extreme old age.
The cheekbones We're prominent, the
deeply sunken In the sockets. and
the aair. despite her seeming great age
scarcely touched with grey. The 81
ience I length became uncomfortable
Gran'maw, the girl began shakily
VIII have you dohes What is I'LL
ell me about 1T. What are you Fofnr
TO do Its nothing bad. Is it2 Tel
me, Gran,maw.. Again there was Iii.
lence, broken suddenly blythe wornan'f
voice. this time with q touch OF excite
mert In 1T.
s.sAh. look! IT'S death-death-daatf
@ Ha ha, hal See him. Look! ses
there! His eyes are wide ! Ses
purple In his face. An. revenre
revengel-ha. ha, ha!s
asEsstQ hss#gransmaw. what ill ii Tel; me
Qulckr b have you doneS"Arai
kneeled drnpulsivaly, but ther,
yvaa no answer now. The shrlyeies
neuFe ssefnedst Al bow lowerandSiowe,
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