The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-01-05
"An0 he has q start Of

~ have
"And he has q start Of
Thirty minutes"
"You'll never take him. He bears a
charmed life"
And nOw. madam. what can | do
for you: My friend charged me to see
that you have> every attention"
Il will go ~ and join my mother"
Tonight
"TOnignt-nOw."
"YOur phaeton shall be at the door In
a few minutes. You. must accept my
escort. There will he y guard be
sides"
In ten minutes Laura. Major ITALIA
ferrO seated beside her. six staiwart
cavalry men In gray about her. was OH
her way to join her mother.
Marx knew the direction OF the roads
leading from Anderson. and believed
that he could avoid the pickets Max
ing his way over n space covered with
bushes and Il low growth Of timber. he
struck the road by which he had come
that day at u point beyond the vedette.
Then half a miles run brought him.
out OF breath. TO Il house. The Oc<.u
pants yer MOI, asleep. and Mark sue
ceeded by persuasion aud threats in
getting a horse to take him TO Stacks.
promising to send il back the next day
with iberai pay for its use.
He arrived at Stacks shortly before
midnight. aud his horse fell ex TN iiSt ed
in the yard. STACK received him with
a shotgun pointed through the cracks
Of the door Mark made himself
his arms. The old man got them for
him. n taking them to the sta ole
Mark put them on. Then be went to
the stall where his horse stood The
mare knew her master when he threw
his arms about her neck and seemed
as glad to see him az he was to see
her.
"Ah. Madge. my darling. Once on
your back. old girl. and the devil may
catch me II he can"
He lost no time In putting the bit in
her mouth and s,raprinx Oh The sad
die. Then. putting his FOO in the
leaf her covered stirrup. he lifted him
self into his seal.
For the first time in ten days Mark
felt the comfort OF being in the saddle
with his arms about him.
A few steps took him out OF the
barn: then. turning his horses head IN
the direction from which he had ap-
preached the place with Souri,, he rode
away among the trees. Before going
a hundred yards he stopped and lis
tened. Some sound had caught his
ear. II vas the gailOp Of hOrsemeu
He waited. dreading a neigh from his
own horse. which h. pat,ed to hold
her attention. The hurSpMen passed
on Down the road.
Ride on. IRA We boys" said Mark:
~ you're after me-. the faster you 50
In that direction the tT,te IN like it
In thr tight Ut the waning moor ne
tra implied over b shadows Of leaves
n on n 'crazy quilt" He crUssed the
Seaustchle by the ford over which
Souri, had guided him. and took care
! not to head too far down the str~am
- ~ tuu UsSUV ucuOtV. buCu U0 CTO0O-
ed the Greet near the fallen log. He
struck the romd By which be had left
JaSj~r just south Ut the fork At which
Sour, had halted him. without hest,
tating 4 moment be struck out ut 4
brisk ranter over the lett Of the two
roads-th the a leading to Tracy City
Mark had never experienced such
sensations ~ now On his owl tept
horse. his carhin~ siung on his shout
der. his pistol ~ hia side. on the road
to the Union ramps a wife whom h.
adored To Join hlm In cave he should
arrive saf~,y why should moi the spirit
within Tim fairly glow with hope7
And never had the beautiful Madga
i.Oru~ her rider With such evident ex
AitarasiOn
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