Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-02-16

Yea -yea--eyen into the lard OF
the I4amanites are you king"
At the sound of his voice Strang
turned toward him and the sonufous
triumph that rumbleds In his throat
|; faded to low greeting And Ma
thaniei saw that the little old coun.
cilois:::: eyes eyes itgg!ittered boldly as they
met the prophets and that in their
glance was neither fear nor servitudc
but rather a light as OF master meet
ing master. The two advanced and
clasped hands and a few low. words
passed between them while Nathaniel
went to the door
81 viii go with you, Captain Ma
thaniel Plum" called Obadiah Il will
go with you and show you the town"
THE councillor will be your friend"
added Strang To-day he carries with
him that authority from the king"
i He, bowed and Nathaniel passed
through the door. Looking back he
caught las. warning fash from the
stair he heard the councillor pause
for all instant upon the landing and
taking advantage OF this opportunity
he picked up the crumpled paper, and
read these lines:
Hurry to your ship In another
hour men win be watching for an
| Opportunity to kill ycu You will never
leave the island alive--unless you go
now. The girl you saw through the
window sends you this warming"
He thrust the paper into his coat
pocket IS Obadiah came up behind
him.
-fIo, no, Nat, my boy, have come
fast to catch you'll have come FAST"
he whispered. He caught his com
panion by the arm and Nathaniel felt
(, his hand trembling violently Come
this way, Nat-beyond the temple. 1
have things to say to you His voice
was strangely unnatural and when
| Captain Plum looked down into his
| face the look in the bead-like eyes
! startled him. Nat. YOU must hurry
away with the package"
| so | UNDERESTIMATE save my skin.
| Obadiah Price, | have notion to kill
| youi"
| They had passed beyond the huge
| e1ifice of logs, and as he stopped.
hidden from the view of the kings
Office, Nathaniel caught the councillors
arm in a grip that crushed to the
| bone
Il have a notion 10 kill YOU" he re-
peated
The old man stood unflinching Not
Il MUSCLE OF his face quivered as the
captains fingers sank into the flesh.
| AT the FIRST sign OF treachary, at
the first sign OF danger to myself, 1
Shall shoot you dead,' he finished.
You may, Nat, you may. From this
| moment until you leave the island ]
shall be at your side and no harm
shall come to you. But if there should,
Nat. or Ii there should come a mo-
ment when you believe that am your
cnemy--shoot mel" There was sim
certify in his voice that carried con
| yicdon to Nathanieis heart and he
| released his hold upon the councillors
arm. Regardless Of the mystery that
surrounded him he believed in Oba-
| diah! But there rose in his breast
mad desire to choke this old man into
| telling him the truth, to force him to
reveal the secrets of this strange plot
into which he had been drawn and OF
| which he knew as little as when he
first set foot in Strang's Kingdom Yet
he realized even as the desire formed
itself in his brain that such an effort
would be useless.
IF you had remained at the cabin.
! Nat, you would nave known that
was your friend" continued. Obadiah.
i She would have come to you, but
now-it is impossible. You know. You
have been warned?"
Nathaniel drew Winnsome's note
from his pocket and read it aloud
I Obadiah smiled gleefully when he no.,
ticed how carefully he kept the hand
! writing from his eyes.
4 "Ah. Nat, you are noble fellow."
he cried. rubbing his hands in his old
tireless way. You would not betray
pretty little VIM, Ell? And WHO do
Won suppose told WinEsome to give
4 you this note?"
"Strangs wife"
Yea, even so. And it was she whe
/ set my old legs a-running for you, my
boy. Come. let us novel"
The little councillor was his old self
again, chuckling and grimacing and
rubbing his hands, and his eyes
danced as he spoke of the girl.
4 ic ,,,,f a 3,a
gnrgled with a sudden upward leer.
Casey is 4 fool!''
'Casey!P almost shouted Captain
Plum. What the devil do you mean?"
'Ho, no, ho-haven'I you guessed
! the truth yet, Nat? While you and l
were getting acquainted last night a
couple of fishermen from, the main
land dropped alongside your sloop.
e had been robbed by the Mormon
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