The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-09-22
three or our hours. as I had fancled.

three or four hours. as I had fancie(
but eight or nine.
That discovery had the effect {
hastening my steps and lessening NJ
caution. I had no time to lose, an
whatever the result of the fight at tn
SHE II was improbable that any q
me enemy had fingered so long In tn
neighborhood. So I went forwar
boldly and as swiftly as / could dow,
the hill, into the narrow bed of IN
torrent where now murmured the clea
waters of g little brook, over the rougI
tones around q Jagged point Of roc
me. "eA 10y peiof'
For a moment 1 saw only the rocks
the red eartil-then my eye was caueh
py a huddled mass so trampled int,
the mud as to be almost indistingrish.
able from 1t, yet Enthusiastically -,
human body. l FASTENED forward witt
heart beating madly; ! bent above Il
ana stared down into the battered ans
~blackened face. Disagured, ~repulsiy.
as IT was, / knew 1t tnstantly-jti was
Pasdeloup. With a sudden feeling 81
suffocation, | stood erect and looked
ABOUT me, trembling at the thought Of
the dread objects my eyes sought aud
yet shrank from. Then l drew a on}cl
breath of relief, OF JOY, of thankfniInass
Pasdeioup had sacrificed his life, In
deed, but not in van his master had
escaped, by some miracle he had
escaped, bearing his wife with him.
she had been only wounded, then
that was not the pallor Of death-she
merely tainted; perhaps the wound
had been only a trivial one. But which
way had he gomez why did he not
press forward to the cave? I must
hasten 70 him. lie would need assist
ance. Which way
stopped, shivering, my eyes burn
ing into my brain. for there. in cruel
exposure, half way down the slope.
We're two objects
How 1 got down to them, shaken as
| was by the agony OF that discovery,
I know not; l remember only the
tempest OF wild rage which burst with
In me as 1 looked down at those naked,
mutilated fgures-hideously, unspeak-
ably mutliated- And / held nv
clencbed hands above my head and
swore, as there was a God In HEAVIER.
mat L would have vengeance of the
who had done this thing, He
would pay for 1T; he should pay to the
uttermost, drop by drop. I vowed my
self TO the task; by may fathers mem
ory, by my mothers love, by my hone
of heaven, | swore that for me there
should be no rest, no happiness, no
-centantnacat Until had pulled this
monster down and Gent his soul to the
torture which awaited 1t.
For an instant the mad thought
seized me TO set off at once on the trail
Of the muTderers. to harry them, c!caye.
asunder, seize the fend who had
set them on, and wiring his life out. A
superhuman strength possessed me, q
divine ardor of vengeance. and not for
an instant did I doubt that God would
nerve my arm to accomplish all this
to have doubted that would be to doubt
His justice, His might, His mercy. But
suddenly / remembered that another
duty had been laid upon me. / must
discharge that, first: / must go on to
the Bocage Then l could turn back to
DANCE.
I grew calrner after a time. that
rage passed away and left me
weak and shaken. ] sat Imply down
. nearby stone. and gazed at
those aeseerated bodies. with the hot
tears starting from my yves at thought
the gallant man and fair woman for
this hfdeous fate had been re-
In that moment of anguish.
there was but one comforting rerlec-
fion-she had died with her husbands
arms about her, his voice in her ears.
his kisses on her lips. Her soul had
its flight to heaven pure. nm
sotied II was not she who suffered
this defileTnent-it was but the poor.
empty dwelling which she
left behind. And-he had Joined her
a throne which would endure
all eternity. In q land where
there We're M revolutions.
Yet. deserted. insentient as they were.
! could not leave these poor bodies here
to rot In h sun, food for carton birds
and unclean beasts of the night. stnl
could not spare the time TO bury
mem, lot the sun was already sinking
toward the horizon. I glanced desnatr-
ingly about me-then I saw the way.
Twenty feet above the bed of tba
stream. some tremendous fresbet bad
eaten into the bank and so undermined
Il that IT seemed TO hang tottertng in
the air. In a moment. ] had carried the
bodies one by one into the shadow AZ
this bank ard laid them tenderIv s,da
by side. Then h~esitated-but only for
an Instant. vent straight 10 the sno,
Pasdeloup Law, and half drsg~
gtng. half carrying. placed him at LAST
his master. where he surely had
Inc righf TO ne-Yhere, I even faneied
pc would have wished 70 lie. / knew
little Of the burfaf MACS. but I roiild
least a q prayer above them, and
the ground with my taara
AS I was about TO turn AWAY .
sudden thought struck me. Here ,pas
q disgnise ready 70 my hand. ana
would need sorely. / mad donnad
my shfest suit 2 Eight before-tle
EpI1s > EfiSA t+pE lflCIEIlE To wear I
until I approached the high altar ~
Potuerg4arid though fl was alrea5g
sadly soiled and torn IL must stIi1 nj.
attesstien =. 9 &C. .=tts, - fIr,,ar !
OF conveyance than his own Ioga
Under the rude garments which pssga
loup had worr--stained az. thew ygara
with blood and dtrt--mo one would s,,s-
pect the royafist. Here WIZ a chanoa
not 70 be neglected. In a rloment T
had strtpped Off his stockings hta..e4
and b~reecaes, cleaned the caked ma
them MI veil ar I could ana
throwing my VI garments over hin,
donned his--not without q ahiyer ~
rep1ignance-~taking care to transfer IL
my new attire my purse, my annupi.
ana the 5rie pistol which remained
ftse. and ~ secure The Ll,.4 Si,,,
had already dore such execution. ana
ahich ! found grippcd In bis right hana.
! tied hts coarse handkerchief about
my head, and stopping only for a uttie
prayer, ciafnhered TO the top or the
bank end With my sword began to looa-
en- the nyerhanging earth. Great cracks
showed here and there. and Il mist
o have fallen of its W weight
very little remained for me 10 do
ana AT the end OF q moments worry
saw the cracks slowly widen.
Then. with q dull crash which, eeboad
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