The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-12-29
CHAPTER WIZ.

I had gone up to bed at IL o'clock,
l suppose, and it was now nearly half
an hour after. midnight. A good fire
Of logs still burned in the crate; a
hand lamp with a crimson shade stood
near by my bed. Setting this so that
/ could cast a shadow out Upon the
veranda, ! made those brisk movements
which a person watching without
might have interpreted as the act of
undressing, and then, e-xtinguishing the
light and screening the fire. / listened
for the footsteps of my servant Ok
yada- No cat could tread as softly as
he; no beast upon q trail could step
with more cunning h this soft
eyed, devoted, priceless fellow. I had
told him to come to me at a quarter
to one, and the hands of the watch
were still upon the figures when the
door opened inch by inch and he ap-
peared, a specteT,i almost invisible, Of
a pair of glistening eyes. of white,
laughing teeth, okyada, the invincible,
the incorruptible.
What news, Oyada?"
He whispered his answer, every
word sounding as clearly in my ears
as the notes Of a bell across a drowsy
river.
There is that which you should
know. MASTER He is here, in this
house. / nave seen him sleeping. Let
US go together-the white foot upon
the wool. 1t would be dangerous to
1 Slt0pH IildSltI. 4EEEs
I thought that his manner was cur
iously anxious, for here was a servant
who feared nothing under wi To
have questioned him further when I
could ascertain the facts for myself,
would have been ridiculous: and mere
a heavy pair of felt slippers over my
boots, I followed him from the room.
Straight down the stairs, master"
he said. "They are watching the cor
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night-he sleeps the good sleep. Let
us pass where he should have been"
I understood That he had dealt with
one of the sentries as only a son of
Hiroshima could; and nodding in an
swer, 1 ollowed him down the stairs,
and so to the dining room / had SO
recently quilted. The apartment was
!, almost as I had left it an hour ago;
| plates and glasses were still upon the
. table; the embers of a fire Redeemed
i upon the hearth. ! Observed, however,
: thai a shutter Of a window giving
upon the eranda had been opened to
: the extent of a hands breadth, and by
: this window it was plain that my SER
: want meant to pass out. No sooner
! had we done so than he de%xterously
aid Of a cord and q little beesWax;
and having left all to his satisfaction
he iec!sossd NE onward and began K
t tread a wide lawn of grass and, ate,
4. ItlaI, a pine WOOQ SO tilChly pIdIlSt
that an artificial maze could not havt
v been more p~erplexing.
+ Now it came to me that the hous'
: itself did not contain the man I wa
seeking nor the sights which Okyad;
had to show me. This woodland patti
: led to the wall of the mountain, to tn
foot of that high peak visible to ever.
4 ship thai sails by Santa Maria. Here
apparently, the track terminated
Okyada, crouching like a panther, bad
me initiate him as we drew near t
the rock; and approaching it with in
finite caution, he raised his hand agai,
"a lead body Of the sentinel who ha
watched the place, 1 made sure, no
a full hour ago.
eve met upon the ladder, master,
:, said my servant, unmoved; Il oul
,a not go by. He fell, master-he fe
from up yonder where you see tn
70 fires. His friends are there; we al
+ going to them"