The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-03-21
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Il" I SAID E.cas-eu has doae 7o1a-
Ing.
All. and ca-tguaae rszaa.aed 70.
a moment thoughtful We'll non
sleUr he sa,l. s; lzst. in : tons f0-
- EE=5GlzIcs. = 90 moi believe "s
shah .cul Io nzvs recourse 10 6 rescue
J Of that ~cEaract=r E-e matter VIII sool
4 z6r.sp I,sel<
Ad1us, stse-t- E-t how? | cues
tlon=d. II s-@zeleat
no matter. ard Ca-1ouche lArEhed
q short dry laugh Only, monsieur
should = -escGs become necessary, y9u
VEN vel. : said = shan see you
again, thSn, = there Is : and
turned Try horse bEzk in tAe direction
1.u4 winch I had corle
Vat : H2as monsieur :s
coming out Of The house and pctLls
U0 his pistol Eou are already o. the
road 10 Versailles. i IS oo= q ms
principles q cu- business nsTeT 70 tel
: truth = r c.1 bH avoided Cox
tErCe straight ahead and You VIII reach
st Cloud Ten leEguss f&-tha- Is Yer
sziIss."
! turned ny horse about with : jerk
Does the road -u2 through & wood
near hers2" ! asked rs ! took a aew
hold N the bride
Not half : league farther Or mon
s5sur ne answered II L surprised
Tutce. ana I was of hzfo7e he could
say mo7s As : glanced back over Ly
S%- : So a4aI starting plsers sLlt.
staring after TD@ E11 then, Is though
struck by q s-6deu idea. turn and
vanish within = CABIN. ! had need
q haste, for L O'Clock could not be al
distant But the horse Madame Gu
Maine had provided IVES : good ons
aa6 ! laughed as : pictured ID myself
h2- Eas -@E y 1=L1as -E- aGz- Il
tbs thought tAst i was shs who had
E3-en ne Inc OF saving = re-
gent The neon Rad risen clear Of Ihe
Cees while J was pE-tey51g With Car
tuuchs and flooded the country with
1ppu1Ey brightness Fearing 20 pit
tEllE N This vida and lsvEl read. I
spEred onward, Pes-zlg eaesd Ter Lns
WOOD O. which Ca-tooChe had spoken
DCt q which ! could see NJ sign. Once
I thought ! heard The bsat g horses
hocts behind ne, but whs1 I turned
IN NY SADDLE ! BET 10 one and cen
cf26s1 -9sE they were le-ElE Z eChO
u -y rvL -hA minutes passed. and
finally, 70 Ely great -eleL. away before
n= ! saw that E1s white -eg6 seemed
To disappear II th= ca-k2eG- 2s though
CIT IL 81 LAe entrance 70 q rU1n=l
This. -hez was The wood. sn5 with
zE- 2- | ! 1S begin 70 fear thar
Cz-IG1Eaz asd l5sls3 -ne, ! gsEopa6
towards = TIE Ecz5 59 gasE IN
der cy aa-ss Ike same gigantic rib
boz Z Il < ~ ! was II the
SHADOW q ls -e-S
Egw hs wood extended nor
81 Ro- ~ w1a point Tia
Gzz5151 Aas beer prepared The only
--zTE = be 6o.e. evidently. vzz II r3e
- EE= ether s63 A1l slap The regent
G11 rs r@rry oe1e-s hay entered Il
l proceed Cautiously. tls dust dead
e-1EE II EogECe&Es g Dy horse. for !
81 1C- EoE g what moment I myself
EEG- Dr. gse-sd ~ & TcEsy from the
=5zlsH1- ~ sE az d0w1 I ay-
s Izszd : sz7 me Rad opening
OK 1-=o TIE pain and al the same
--1Z=-E ! again heard tas sound of
sEEeL4y gz45pfcE horses in MY rear.
I tEl= there WIS no u-IislaEing the
7sz1d, 1GE rs ! turned, ! saw Z troop
- Ezree q fou- men just entering the
To1L Is I looked al them the uys-
fergus words u Cartouche flashed into
ny heza- Could IL be that Il was 10
as-a the duchess had con6ded the task
q asszEztnattng h regent, and that
5@ had not suspected my until
too la1e TO stop me- The thought made
me drive the purs once more into the
1aEks Of my horse, and as / did go. /
heard again that clear, sharp whistle
which Cartouche had used once before
70 summon mis- men TO attack me. Al
nos before the sound had died away
under the trees there came a fash of
fire from the roadsi5a. e ringing report
and my horse stumbled and nearly fell.
then continued slowly onward, limpfng
badly. / heard the horses of my pur-
GueFs rapidly drawing nearer, and ever
at thai moment l saw ahead OF me down
ne road another little troop approach
Ing from the direction Of Versailles, and
knew II was the regent and three or
four companions. Would I be on time?
Would my horse carry me out of the
1orest2 The troop behind me was dam
gerously close.
stop. monsieur" cried a voice which
| knew to be that of Cartouche. "Stop
or we firei"
Without answering, l threw myself
forward upon my horses neck and
again drove in the spurs. / could hear
the poor brute's breath coming In gasps
and from the trembling of his body j
knew he was almost done. But 1t was
no time to spare him. and the white
Q cleaning in the moonlight Just
ahead was SO near-so near.
Again Cartouche cried out for me tr
halt, and again / did not answer.
/ glanced ahead saw that the
regents party had apparently heard the
tramp OF our horses, for thew had
stopped to listen. In an instant / had
seized a pistol from the holster and
fired 1t in the air. They would hear
the report n at least be Ia
face the danger which threatened
them. AS my shot rang out through
the still night air, l heard a savage
oath behind me. There came a crash
of pistols and a great blow seemed to
strike me in the head. I resied in this
saddle, caught myself as I was falling
and held on. The earth seemed whirla
ing under me, strange lights danced
before my eyes. I shook them from ms
with cienched teeth: i was out IN the
moonlight; my horse still staggered on
And then, as in a dream, / saw the re-
gent, sitting on his horse calmly in the
middle OF the road.
Save yourself, monsieur!" cried
Save yourself! They would xii youis
! felt the horse slipping from under
me, the sky grew black, something In
my head seemed to burst, and | knew
no more.
CHAPTER XIX.
DANCENIS TELLS THE STORY.
I lay for some time without stirring,
looking fxediy at the window in from
OF me apd wondering In a yapue way
what had happened. / could see IKE
sun shining brightly on some shrubbery