Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-02-10

the caboose, Prof. Gr.s v DID II" ni
cavalcade set out tor Mount
church. When the master Of Ardsle,
was revenging himself upon tue duke
of Ballywinkle. his dearest friend
against whom he. had closed the doors
of his house, vas losing no time ir
setting forth upon a mission which. II
successful, would seriously interfere
with all Mr.. Ardmore's hopes and
plans.
The guide of the expedition pushed
his mule forward at a fast walk, max
ing no excuses to Griswold and Haber'
sham for the roughness of the trails
he chose, 0 troubling to give warn
ing of sharp turns where a horse, be-
ing less wise than a mule. tobogganed
madly before finding a foothold. DC
c~asionally a low hanging limb switched
the associate professor sharply across
the face, but his temper continued Sc
rene where the trail was darkest and
steepest, and he found himself ignor'
ing Understands occasional polite
questions about the university in his
effort to summon UP in memory GER
tain ways of Barbara Osborne which
baffled him. 49, .7-r
"Check up, CANT you?" snarled the
man on the mule, laying hold of Girls
wold's rein; and thus halted, Griswold
found that they had been circling
round a c%uriously symmetrical. thick
ly wooded hill. and had finally come
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to gaze far OFF toward the north.
"We are almost out of bounds" said
Habersham, pointing. "Over there
somewhere. across the hills, lies North
Carolina. 4 am as thoroughly lost as
you car possibly be; but these men
know where they are. How far is it.
Billy"-he addressed the silent guide
ITO Mount Nebo?"
about four mile. and I reckon we'd
better let out a lettle now or they'll
sing the %doxology before we git thar"
Whats that light away OF there!"
asked Habersham.
The guide paused to examine. and
the faint glow far down the vale
seemed to perplex him. He spoke to
INK VI WV OluCl AdLlt0S bllu lily
viewed the light ruminativeiy. a is
their way.
"Thet must be on Ardmore's land"
said the leader finally. at shoots out
all sorts o ways round hyeh, and I
thet's wheh Raccoon creek
cuts through"
That's very likely" said Haber-
sham. 1--WE seen the plat of what
Ardmore owns on this side the border
at the courthouse. and I remember
that there's a long strip in Minge
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 it a
wide berth. The whole estate Is sim
ply infested with scarlet fever.
They're Guaranteed"
Il guess that's a joke said Haber-
sham. There's a big party OF there
now, and 1 have seen some Of the
guests in Turner's within a day or
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 Ardmore's house: The thought
of it 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
soon dismounted and tied
their horses out of sight of the coun-
try road which they had latterly been
we are in plenty of time" said
Habershaln, looking at his watch.
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 a
particular place where he ties his
horse back of the church. It's a lit
tie apart from the fence where most
of the congregation hitch, and he
chose it.. no doubt. because in case
of a 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
on across the state line TO lock him
up in jail at Kildare and give Gov.
Dangerfield the shock of his life"
ut sounds simple enough: but it
won't be long before Appieweight's
friends miss him. You must remem-
Der that they are a shrewd lot"
We've got to take iii chances.
Let's hope we are as shrewd as they
are" replied Habersham. 4f
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 wors 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 a~usterest outlines,
and as the men waited. a rude though
unseen hand was slamming the wood
shutters that protected the win
dows from impious violence.
I'VE could do with less MOON" NUT
tered Habersham, az he and Griswold
peered through the trees into the