Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-10-29


SIDE Win Ere ard sword At times he
swore 70 smoke out This les1 = rs
ezls. hur TIE umsd farmers. 0veraWed
( ~ 1her savagey, Esuld promise 10
support
Meanwhile 81 unparalleled winter
had so IL Day after Gag The snow
: fell steadily ard. hloEa By The wind.
f alnos- sl5thsrez The laW-eaved cot
Z tazes Desperate far sols word Of
+. Lena. Jahn usaEe LIS Uay O Sncw-
7 sAoeS Into TIE vey hear # Gle1
D0o-e. U1oEserxed Il thar 1eatLeTy
E fog. Jahu f511d LorZa's hamlet, stilsl
I her explanations II Surprise with
Kisses ard feir his heart swell with
zzSer q learning that she and her
maid. Gwe-1y Carfax. were kept In
/ confinement and deprived of food BIZ
order If Carver Ifoone until Lorna
Z stou15 consent u b his wife Not for
aaueat vss John Rid 3 giant-and
Z 4 lose Throwing discretion 20 the
winds he carried Lorna and GwenBy
sway upou MS sle5ze that very night
II tie warm refuge Of his mothers
hreSl8e.
Re Doones. though 50 openly set at
T defiance. bI8ed their time. With spring
tie roads we're open and one noon
I 81 ht night with en- arrogance worthy
q Carver. they attacked Plover's Bar
rows in force. John Rid, nothing
dauDte3. defended his hreSi5e and
/ loved ones with spirit, meeting the at
1 tackers squarely with q handful Of
men AID putting them 70 speedy fight
A uurderous attack By The Doouas
vas bad business enough. but 70
Johns honest soul a worse trouble
followed.
His Lorna was discovered TO be no
/ true Doone. but the niece IF the great
Lord Dugal. kidnapped as a child To
f. London and the protection If har noble
uncle she was summoned. her heart as
Weil IS her lovers tora by The separa-
ton The thought that he might never
again behold hzs Lorna plunged him
/ INTO MISERY.
after all" he asked himself. '4who
am ! bIt 3 simple farmer. who dares
LIT his eyes u the niece Of an earl?"
But this vas no time f,r repInIng.
for the Ll-starred rebellion Of Mon
mouth famed oat, catching John Rid.
. innocent though he was. il IFS tolls.
But al eaHse to happy issue VIXEN
John. summoned to London. frustrated
/ the intended murder Of Lord Dugal.
captured the attackers, and turned
them ever for punishment 10 the Ter
rI9le Lord Je1reys Events moved
swiftly; his exploit made London ring.
be was knighted By King James, and
when the earl OF DugaI died soon aft
er WelI-dlrected brtbe secured JET
freys permission 10 let Lorna. his
ward IN cElancery, wed the redoubtable
Sir John Ridd
Back 10 Exmo0r and Plover's Bar
rows went John Rid. knight 20 lead
the farmers Of the countryside who. in
furiated b a new outrage committed
bE the DGones. took the law into their
own hands and swept the r0bber
stronghold clean with fire and sword
/ only the scheraing old "coun selIor7
and his son. the brutal Carver, escaped
a bloody death
Now az last The great day dawned
FOR John and Lorna and they made
heir way 10 the little country church
% be we'd while all the neighboring
farmers came 10 applaud the event
/ Scarcely were the sacred words Of the
/ service pronounced when q shot lag
through the church and Lorna, her
dark eyes dropping. her wedding gown
stained with blood, sank into her hus-
bands arms John Rid never forgot
tie agony 81 that moment and yet he
seemed strangely calm Only Carver
I Doone could have done this dastardly
deed and as John dashed of in hot
pursuit he sTore that the world was
TOO narrow q place 81 barbor him and
his enemy another day. Fer Carver
On his jaded horse there was no e.
cape. HIS pistol missed fire. and at
last in a narrow defle fanked By
zFood and a stretch Of bog the two men
came 10 grips. They spoke little and
That grim duel was fought with neither
katie nor pistol but body to body as
! became two giants.
John fe5t a lower rib crack beneath
/ Caryers' terrible embrace. but his iron
hand ripped the muscles Of his assail-
ants an from the bone ike an orange
pulp ana he flung him. crushed and
bleeding. upon the ground. In an in
slant the black lips e the bog fastened
upon Carver's hinge limbs. swiftly,
silently. and John Ridd had scarce
tiuie TO ret his own feet upon firm soil
hefore his enemy was sucked down
into those grim depths. his face dis
torted with agony. bur his quiyering
/ lips uttering 10 sound
Loves true course doss not always
r1n awry ard both John and Lorna
: recovered. he 70 worship her and she
+ - assure him through the serene years
with eyes and lips an eloquent: Il
love you. John Ridd
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