The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-08-10

StdTJeu 10 cry OUT. ueTe WIS HO
doubt as to the insanity in those wild
orbs staring at me, and for the in
slant could not escape their power.
They seemed to hold me as the snake
does the bird. Then my fingers "trip.
ped hard on the dresser.>and swung
around. desperately resolved to make
the creature captive With my first
hostile move the door clicked shut.
and before could touch The latch
my foot caught the edge OF a rug. and
fell to my knees,
Could she have gone down the stairs :!
below. A guard. fully armed stood
Just within the front door. leaning on
his rife No one could pass that WAY
unobserved. Then she must be hiding
within one OF he rooms. SO certain
was | OF this that ! took time TO the
search, opening door after door and
surveying each interior thus revealed
with carcfUlness which convinced
NE they were absolutely empty
Thoroughly puzzled, | came out Of
the last room. that in which the Irish
lad and | had been imprisoned. and
scarcely Knowing why. paused 1T the
head of the stairs to glance down once
again at the sentry stationed below
lie was apparently young fellow
roughly dressed In butternut. II wide
brimmed and rather disreputabe hat
shading his face He lifted his eyes to
the stairs. ard | nearly cried out in
startled amaGement, As | lived. II
was O'Brien, woIld have believed
it merely Il strange resemblance had
not the fellow impudently grinned up
M me. making use OF q peculiar ges
ture. which left no doubt Of his iden
tity. OBrien. in pretense of Confed.
crate uniform. acting as sentinel here
as one of Donald's guerrillas, What
had 1t to do with my cscape-with the
mystery of this house? And Jean
did she know? Could she have passed
and re.Mssrd without noticing the boy
and recognizing him: Could it be that
she was colspiring in my escape and
had placed him there:
For the Lords sake. sor." he whis
pered hoarsely. "av we're Goin' to skip
now's tie tonne. before the sergeant
gifts here wild my relief"
What do you mean? Have you
been stationed there to let me slip
through" n
Sure, that's the program. It's the
girl that fixed it all up"
Not Miss Denslow?"
An who the divil else would it be-
Sure she picked ne out from the
whole bunch for the job an niver
cracked Il smoilc but them pretty DIES
Of hers was dancin'. Just now whin
she came down she give me the wink
an said | was to pass ye out an uiver
say nothin'."
But what are you doing here:
What's the meaning of this masque
rade:'
The fellow grinned. bringing his
hand to Il salute.
I'm Private O'Brien. sor. of the
Confed army. | WIS lift behind whin
me fellow sojers departed after the
late fracas. Sometimes | tell thin !
belonged to Dodds squad. sometimes
20 Theilen's. an thin agin came over
here wild I.iftenant Dunn. Divil
bit o difference it makes so belong
to some other outfit than the fellow
I'm talkin to. It's an llliGant liar
am, begorra. an that's how hold the
Job. Sure thin divils shot the horse
undhcr me. an | came down in Il bit
of bush. SO shook up didn't know me
own name for an hour Thin there
was no Gittin' away. IN lay there
studyin' it all ont an wntchin' thin
rebs lawn. The way they had fixed
me | couldn't see how ] was liver 60
in TO git shut OF thin except by bein
reb myself for awhoile. SO ! shtole
u coat-this beauty I've got on. sor-
an hat. an afthcr the most of thin
had marched away came out an
reported to the sergeant. He talked
TO me loike hell. sor, till the girl took
me part. an since thin he's bin civil
enough"
Miss Dcnslow took your part?"
questioned in surprise What did she
say"
The Irish eyes twinkled mcrrily.
"Bedad. she said she knew me; that
I was wan Of Liftenant Dunn's caval
rymen."
"She said that?"
"Begorra. she did. sor. an stood
lookin ut her purity face wild me
mouth open. 1t was beautiful loi
sor. an she niver cracked II smoile
while she was givin' it TO him She'd
"a fooled a betther man han that ser
geant wild the honest way of her an
thin eyes lookin straight ut him
They're great devils, thin girls"
Bur why did she do this? VIVA,
object could she have had+"
He rubbed his sleeve across his
mouth. leaning over the railing to
where he could look the full length or
the hall. Then he Strengthened up. his
face solemn as a preachers.
AT first thought Il was me manly
beauty that did 1t. But afther nwhoilc
woke up from me dhrame You was
the wan the loidy was thinkin' about
all the tonne. Bedad. she about the
same as tould me so wild her own rosy
lips not tin minutes ago"
The knowledge OF Jeans interest in
me quickened my pulses.