The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-06-24
CHAPTER xIv-conttnued.

Iona" he burst out p~assionately
''Tel me about it-now. Lona!"
"Goodby, Tom. Remember you'y
promised" She glided suddenly from
him and disappeared into the rhododep
dron. 1t was dusk where be stood; tn
night was creeping on rapidly; tn
shadow of the mountain lay heavil.
over the little glen.
but, Lona,' he cried forgetting ev
erything and %springing after her, no
yet; not just yet" He caught a glimpse
of white ahead and ran toward it.
Iona" he cried in real alarm
where are YOU Iona? Let me 90
with you. It's dark" There was M
sound save the echo of his voice IL
the hollow gar He rushed hither and
thtther in the dusk amid the rocks ane
the scrub oaks, calling her name.
Then he leaped upon @ jut of wealth
ered limestone and listened. No sound
save the snarl of the Run and the
3erky strain of a w~hippoorwin in the
near gap. There vas not a breath OF
air. The fragrance of clover fields stole
up to him mingled with the mist OF the
evening brook. Then right below him
IN the gloom he saw the old cabin of the
Hellers, black and silent. An %involun-
tary shudder, a fear of he knew not
what. made a clutch at his heart. But
1t was only for a moment. Was that
q flicker of white down neal the house?
He leaped from the rock. crying,
Iona"
A and she was right by his
elbow as If she had sprung from the
earth.
Please. don't" she pleaded in awful
earnestness. "I~Iush-h-h-h-h! You
promised. You must go-quick. It's
death to stay here another minute"
IT don't care IL it Is. I'm going to
stay-with you,' he cried recklessly.
I'D die for you, Iona"
"oh. no. no, no, no" h gasped,
don't say that. Hush-h-h-h. Now go,
Tom, please. Tor my sake. Tom. co.
There was 10 installing her tone. He
saw her waver a moment, then cast a
~shuddering glance behind her, and
again Sc had vanished. A. mad reck-
lessess was on him; he had but a single
thought. He ran hither and thither.
eagerly, i~nsanely. He looked behind
every bush and rock and projection.
In vain. She had disappeared like a
moth.
He ran to the old cabin: the door was
locked. She could not have been there;
he would have seen her cross the open.
Ee stopped and listened intently. He
was within the black ring, though he
did not know 1t.
There was a sound like a stealthy
rustic near him, and as he turned he
caught a glimpse of a white face-a
face as OF the dead, framed In intense
black. right within two feet of him. 1t
was pressed against the window pane
from the inside, and the eyes were
sharp and glittering. A sickening fear
gripped him. but he sprang forward.
'Lona!" he cried.
The face disappeared like a flash.
Was that Iona Heller's face? He
tried the door impulsively, then he
threw his weight upon 1T. In vain. In
q sort of frenzy he looked about him
for a stone; he raj back a little. Then
he heard a penetrating whisper from no
particular direction, but seemingly right
In his ear.
Don't; Tom. For my sake. go"
He looked about him dizzily. It might
have come from the shrubbery or the
cabin. II was impossible to tell which.
1t was Lonass voice, but there was a,
tone in 1t that was new to him. The
dead silence OF the night, the atmos-
phere of mystery. the face at the win
dow, h voice-what did 1t mean?
Then 8 feeling OF terror over which he
had no control began to creep upon
him. He was no longer capable of
thinking clearly. A moment and he
YVES on his way home, walking faster
and ever faster, looking fearfully
straight before him.
Like one. that or q lonesome road
doth walk with fear n dread,
having once turned round walks on,
And turns no more HIS head;
Because he knows q ~frightful flend
DOTH close behind him tread,
It was q sleepless night that he spent,
n his bedfelluw, Jim, was ~sleepless
too. And neither spoke q word during
all the night. There are some things
that part ever brothers.