The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-02-17
STHE WILD GEESENSH
- g By Stanley :. WMeyman.q -

ooess oi loHS tried skill. by this tim
asglll, forced to keep his blade in me
ton. was beginning to breathe onickl,
me sweat stood on his brow, he struc
more and more wildly and with les
less strength or aim. He was awar
1t could be read in the glare of hi
eyes--that he was being reduced to til
fatal. y
An oath broke from his painting lip
and he rushed in again, even NOR
recRlessly. more at random than before
ms sole object now to kill the other. t
stao MIN at close quarters, no matte
what happened to himself.
AGAIN PaYton avoided the full fore
OF the rush. but this time after a diff
mht ashton. He retreated a step
if'eIl with q Kicker and a girding O
steel on steel. Asgilrs sword flew r
ms hand and at the same instant-or s,
nearly at the same instant thu the dis
artnlng and the thrust might hay,
seemed to an unframed eye one motion
-rayton turned his wrist and hi.
sword buried itself in Asgilrs body. Th,
unfortunate man recoiled with a gasp
ing cry, staggered and sank sideway,
TO the ground.
BY the powers." O'Beirne exclaimed
sprlhsing forward, q foul stroke, r.
heaven, q foul stroke! He was dis.
armed. tt
have a care what you say" Pay.
ION swered slowly, and in a terrible
eone, you'd do better to look to your
friend. for he'll need it."
It's you that struck him after he
was d~tsarmed!" Morty cried. Amos
weeping with rage. Not a bit Of q
chance did you give him! You"- q
Silence, I say!!" Payton answered. IN
q herce tone of authority. II know INV
DUTY n If you know yours you'll look
He turned aside with that and thrust
into the sod before he sheathed the
weapon. Meanwhile Morty had cast
himself down beside the fallen man
VINO, speeches., and with his head
continued to supper himself
on ms hand. A patch of blood, bright
eoieTed, was growing slowly on his vest
ana tnere was blood on his lips.
the freshman exclaimed, helplessly
his hands. "What'll l do for
MN? He's murdered entirely!"
faFton, aided by one of the troopers.
was putting on his Goa and vest He
paused to bid the other help the gentle-
man. linen with a cold look for the
,alien man, for whom, though they had
peen friends. as friends go in the world.
ne seemed 10 have no feeling except one
OF contempt, he walked away in the
of the rear of the house.
by the time he reached the back door
the alarm was abroad. the maids were
running to and fro n screaming. and
% the threshold he encountered Flavia
pale as the stricken man, she looked
pm y with an eye of horror. and.
as he stood aside to let her pass. she
rev her skirts away, that they might
not touch him,
He went on. with rage in his heart.
very good, my lady" he muttered.
very good! But I've not done with
you yet, l know a good way to puiI
,ou pride down. And I'll go abou
lie might have spoken less confident
y q he, before he retired from the
of the fight, cast one upward
siance in the direction of the house.
he marked an opening high up in
a of the yew, and noticed
.nrough the opening a window so
'iaced that it alone of all the windows
n the house commanded the scene Of
lction. For then he would have dis
covered at that easement a face he
NEW. n a pair Of stern ewes that
lad followed the course of the struggle
noted ZACH separate attack.
ma judged the issue-and the man.
And he might have taken warning.