The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-03
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need a lot of rope, if we have tt
go over the wall, but perhaps Their,
is some other way out. -
She went with him to the win
dow, watched him as he tied the
rope to the shutter hinge, tested il
to make sure that it was safe, ano
kissed him before he swung him
self off. Then she leaned far over
the sill and looked down into his
Iupturned face, all her love in Ee1
eyes. A moment he hung there,
gazing raptly up at her, then
slipped down into the darkness
and Kasia, with trimming heart,
returned to her task.
a very few minutes sufflced for
Dan to convince himself that the
only way of escape from the court
lay over the wall, He found the
door opening into the basement of
the house, but it was strong one
and securely bolted, as a pressure
of the shoulder proved and there
was no other entrance. The wall
itself was not encouraging, for it
was at least II feet high, and at
the top was that formidable iron
defense. 1t might be possible to
throw their rope over one of the
barbed points, pull himself up,
and draw Kasia I'D after him. Me
had accomplished far more diff
cult things than that to gain free
dom
He CROPPED For the rope, found
it, and mounted hand-over-hand to
the window sill, threw his arm
over it, drew himself up = and
hung there, paralyzed, staring at
what lay within.
Through the open door of the
bedroom poured stream Of light,
and beyond, on the bed, sat Kasia,
her head Lent, her fingers busy
with the strips Of cloth: and in
the darkness of the outer room,
peering in at her, was dimly out
lined huge and threatening fig
ure- Dan could see the profile Of
the bearded face, half turned away
from him; could guess at the leer
upon it, the evil light in it's eyes.
Then slowly, slowly, it drew closer
to the bed room door -
With teeth set and heart flam-
ing, Dan drew himself quickly up
on the sill, stepped lightly into the
room, and crouched in the shadow
Of the table. Had the giant heard?
He peeped out cautiously. No, he
was still intent upon the working
girl. But a weapon-he must have
a weapon and Dams agonized
glance, sweeping the room, fell up
On the debris Of the broken chair.
Quickly he crept to it, and his fin
gers closed about one of the heavy
egs.
Then, as he turned to seek tns
shelter of the table, Kasia glanced
up and saw that bearded face. Ter
'or froze the smile upon her lips;
error drained the strength from
Ter limbs; terror strangled the cry
n her throat 49,"
Dan-Dan-Dan!'
And Dan, flaming with such
'age as he had never known be-
lore, sprang upright, sprang for
ward, and rising on tiptoe to get
he whole weight of his body into
t, brought his club whirring down
upon that shaggy head.
Like a log the man Tell, with a
crash that echoed through the
house, and instantly from the hall.
way came a hoarse shout, the rush
If heavy feet ~
In that instant, Dan was Dos
sessed by curious clairvoyance;
ne could see Kasia, he could see his
victim, he could see the room be-
mind him, he could see the hall
with the other guard running
along it; he knew somehow that
there was pistol in the belt Of the
man who lay at his feet, and, with
out conscious will of his own, his
hand found it and jerked it out.
That other figure had reached
The threshold, and Dan was con-
scious Of his red face and staring
eyes and open mouth. He was
conscious of q hairy hand closing
On a pistol butt, and, again with.
out willing it, he jerked his own
hand up and fired -
And the next moment, with ons
arm about Kasia, he threw back
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