The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-11-10

sing the doxology before we git thar.
whats that light away of thereF
asked Habersham.
The guide paused to examine. and
the faint glow far down the vale
seemed to perplex him. He spoke 10
one or two other natives and they
viewed the light ruminatively, as Is
their way.
"Thet must be on Ardmore's land,
said the leader finally. ut shoots out
all sorts O. ways round hyeh, and
reckon thet's which Raccoon creek
cuts through"
That's very likely" said Haber'
sham. i've seen the plat of what
Ardmore owns on this side the border
at the courthouse, and l remember
that there's a long strip In Mlngo
county that is Ardsley land. Ardmore
has houses of one kind and another
scattered all over the estate and those
lights may be from one of them. you
know the place, don't you?"
yes. I've visited there" admitted
Griswold. "But we'd better give 1t
wide berth. The whole estate Is sim
ply infested with scarlet fever.
They're quarantined.'
81 guess that's a joke" said Haber-
sham. There's a big party on there
now, and / have seen some of the
| guests in Turner's within a day or
| two"
within how many days?" demand
| ed Griswold, his heart sinking at the
| thought that Ardmore had lied to him
| to keep him away from Ardsley-
| from Ardmores house! The thought
of 1t really hurt him now.
Come on" called Habersham.
Half the company rode ahead to
| gain the farther side of the church;
the remainder, including Griswold and
| Habersham, soon dsmounted and tied
| their horses out of sight of the coun'
| try road which they had latterly been
| following.
I'VE are in plenty of time" said
Habersham. looking at his watch.
1.-THE rest of the boys are closing In
| from the other side and they will be
ready for Appleweight when he fin.
| ishes his devotions. We've been study.
| ing the old mans habits and he has
| particular place where he ties his
| horse back of the church. It's lit
! tie apart from the fence where most
of the congregation hitch. and he
| chose 1t, no doubt, because in case
! of surprise he would have plenty
! of room for maneuvering. Two men
are going to lay for him, seize and
gag him and carry him into the wood
back of the church; and then we're
off across the state line to lock him
up in Jail at Kildare and give Gov.
Dangerfield the shock of his life"
1T sounds simple enough but II
won't be long before Appleweight's
friends miss him. You must remem.
Der that they are a shrewd lot
We've got to take our chances.
Let's hope we are as shrewd as they
are" replied Habersham.
They moved softly through the
wood and presently the faint sound OF
singing reached them.
"Old Rabdick has finished his ser.
mon and we'll know the worst in a
| few minutes"
One of the party had already de-
tached himself and crept forward to-
ward the chuch, to meet his appointed
comrade in the enterprise, who was to
come in from the other side.
The clapboard church presented In
| the moonlight the austerest outlines,
and as the men waited, a rude though
unseen hand was slamming the wood.
en- shutters that protected the win.
dows from impious violence
I'VE could do with less MOON" NUT
tered Habersham. as he and Griswold
peered through the trees into the
churchyard.
There goes Bill Appleweight now"
whispered one of the natives at his
! elbow, and Griswold felt his heart.
beats quicken as he watched a tall
figure silhouetted against the church
and moving swiftly toward the rear
of the building At the front of the
church voices sounded, as the de.
parting worshipers rode or drove slow.
ly away.
on Griswold's arm.
They've got him! They've nailed
him! See! There! They're yanking
him back into the timber. They've
taken him and his horse!"
Griswold saw nothing but a momen
tary confusion of shadows, then per
feet silence hung over the woods be
hind the little church. The congre
cation was slowly dispensing, riding
away in little groups. Suddenly a
voice called out in the road 100 yards
beyond the church:
Hey, there! Where's Bin?"
"Oh, he's gone long ago!" yelled
another.
In moment more the church door
slammed and last figure rode rapid
ly away.
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