The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-09-28
CHAPTER XVII.
a TRAGEpY#

a. NStSSS AAiSSIS, allo pSll ooWA y SAAS
grave.
Good God!" he murmured, atLer a
moments inspection of what lay there.
Il would Y have guessed TINS. Ihls
IS a l,OVo times worse than 1 imagined!
Here, Lester, hold the light. n IN
cover the race" and thrustlng the loren
mo my nahus, ne atsacaea tne iuose
~ ~ ~
w.. 4hovea soH1eI,o~ 70 .ns 81 NJ
eha, anu lnIeW tne liglit aoMii !. Iars
swallow hole Godfrey worked WIN
ana IaSt e 7 rnsy,.hna 4hs nv,ng bands
in s,,ch an esonU of hnrror as 7 hone
navar again 10 axnsrienca stared down
into the deenening hole. with the cold
svre.t stsrtipo up anross NV forebaad
at the thomabt ~ ItaI NV instant
na;aL+ roaSN u "nds an' SO
Ssail SoulIeS uIoPpeo : iis Aiisss,
~ ! was CONSCIOUS 81 y race gloWins
~ tieiita, - 90 : 49,
ca5ilg ~ out.o1 the arkhsss SieareI
~ cieaieI ~ sIsM, as ns piusisu
aMay .ne ~ clas, isu ~ ssoou
sascl VIII o. .ltle sign ol ihiiisieo hoi-
iol-aiIu
Staring up at US was a Iaoe-loe a
Wollails iace--not Marcle LaWrences
iacgLoul a mans lace, norlu' heaVy1
5u|ieu Will y piach lhoussaene, usaa,
yel nol cam IN death put cohtorLed py
d niaeous grlillace' as though chucKllng
with satisfaction.
Miss Lawrence may, indeed, have
sailed on the Umbria," murmured Cod
frey, after a moments silent contem-
plation of the CHASTITY countenance.
She had every reason to fee-to the
earth's end, if possible. For she left
her husband here!"
] could find no word to answer; nv
throat was dry contracted. T Pe1+ +bat
I was sufrocatinp So th;s uas tho
secret! No wonder We had nor p1,eesed
nona ,..,
ohe can easily build up the story"
lowered. she Game bere eo ce1,ed hn NY ny
nota aae,arat = = y y lie
ready eyep 10 III, 49, 49, : ~
, e ~. roL ne was q devil, Lester
iog ~ ~ nus race; oao,,u. a
do1b1v rena,,an+ pith eious.r-
1872 ispeiiant now with that rum
ccr,,ai , 49, upon ie.coia ana marc, WITH
face TOD n,srtsa5 ~ 49, q uioa,sa
hest;alitv 20 y ! y aho
that Marcia Iawrenca 49, a. .n 80 aoa asn
baan in NC naMishse may nave once
10 dr,g h as pomel@saal ne mao tired
tsh ipnonaaoa " Aei sweet girl
aHa desar,oa a.,
.Ha 6esar,sad ~ - ! SAG hoarsely-
Yes" apraea Cadfra noi - ,,
did. If she was ever II. his banda sh ~
n,,,s+ hs1a a 80 N. ms nahds, she
aaISo ICY "oiiefea ING toflllents OF
He fell si1er+ >
ar the Foe " moment staring down
.Rnt Ido,,.
forgetting for - man,ant pulst. oul,
God4rey e1 ia;a ul3aefstandA
nv linz 'aia ms hahd sterniy upon
.Najtbar a. r.,
shout like that az pue ooht
The words recalled me s,ada,,y
:" "yve,d hettar a Z
pered, Dtsei go GUY oil 'hls' l whls-
"Yes-.,d &c
have to call in tbn a. no,i We can. Ven
he added prin,iy ~ poiloe. BESIDES.
tho star, 80 ~, ~ go. 70 get Off
.Ttei :. d rs get1lng late"
at heart 'ou suaoeiliv SICK
s. rar =.
can be NO ao,1ht -, hester- lhere
uppose ~ a0oo' ms oooy' l
A curious sound habind
den Chill The, Oh preaeii, sent a sud
torch and sent ii9 81 ! raised the
sween1ng .hant tba oenhh u ght
ed for an instant an Nc II rest
at us around a cornar of i4 tbe peeTlng
face co distor+aa eo = OF the wall-a
saen,ed snaraa1N 80 uetionIac' that II
was = fash ~ aan,a aneh 'here
the torch orssbaa d report, ana
while q e,,st ~ aar my nand,
intn NV 5 fana - aciia SMOKE Whlrled
felt C,odfre,, clutch
mo So1,n hns;Jo SIoii me ana pull
flied rrave. + a. ,ani my she half-
onche tbe s.rtnn aancted mat i
tI,era ~ iace Whlch lay
STRUGGLED 20 az a asory q horror |
erect. ready to RAYS nseit, 70 stand
rather +han +ha4 paate any danger
@staadH Tes+e = ne neio me fast.
whisr,era5 .sIf ~ sseAay, ne
drop her., and / knew tba asS 81 M IA
his revolver In M h.n 'nal He heio
@Don,t do th.tn Iana
40 thati 49, DonI
81 have tba rtoh ~ 81 . do mat!
retorte 81 coafraN er ~ uelenu nlSseif.,
his mi,scles +anse SHINY aho wanted,
Rnt she did not sra
there was a long ,1nhroita, i.i n :
during wbich T. sea,. uaatpioheH Siience,
fee, nv hair ubi9enina ' me could
also hecarna non sn;a,is " my nead. l
%nI,mhness In NV ,.ieps ~ d s9inglng
aftar ,mi,,,t - haAa. minute
sound cama from tba oI4as XII nc
feIt that r. The 81 oulef celiar; l
ma,.s. a-a- sl.e!.e injured a
1T 10 SAFE nsa s6rleh aloud.