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CHAPTER XII.
A REBEL BTILL.
1 SEARCHED two other rooms, in
eluding the one wherein I had
found Navarre's body. This I
knew was Jean's chamber, yet I
was in no way surprised at not discov
ering her there, us the memory of the
tnnrder would be sufficient to keep
ber from venturing within. Every
thing I touched reminded me of her.
However. I found nothing disturbed
and no evidence that any one had been
there Bince the removal of the lieu
tenant's body. My heart was beat
toft rapidly as I came forth once more
Into the hall and tried the door of the
apartment opposite. It was locked,
and I rapped softly. There was a rus
tle within, then Jean's voice:
"Who Is nr
"Lieutenant King. Will you speak
-with me a moment?"
1 heard the lock turn, the door open
reaklngly. and she stood before me.
her face calm, but her eyes troubled.
"What Is It? What has happened?
Too have been fighting below?"
"Yes. Miss Denslow. but nothing
that need alarm you.. Affairs have
changed very rapidly, but you can
remain here In perfect safety. Tho
Federal troop of cavalry that came
to my assistance was suddenly fired
m by parties concealed In the shrub
bery. We lost a number of men, but
the survivors succeeded In getting Into
the house and bavo driven their as
sailants back. Just now it Is quiet
on both sides, but the truce probably
Is not lasting."
"What soldiers came to aid you?"
"A troop of Ohio cavalry, under
: guidance of one of my scouts."
"Not-not BUI Daniels?" And for
the first time I realized that she
shared with me the belief that this
man was responsible for the many
horrors of the night.
"No. ho was not with them." I as
sured her, clasping her hand In sud
den desire to give comfort. "lie now
la in the Federal lines, and has not
been here at alL Whoever the mur
derer may be, he is not Daniels."
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely so: O'Brien, who Is on
guard yonder, asserts that Daniels
was never out of his sight until after
they returned to enmp. , lie is a sim
ple hearted Irish lad and. I believe,
speaks the truth."
She looked from my face down hi
the "hall TowEere the" ladw as "UiifeTy
visible amid the far shadows, her
band still within mine, as If she clung
to mo unconsciously. Then her eyes
came back quest lonlngly to my own.
"What-what Is he doing there?"
"Merely watching the bull while I
search the rooms."
"Wh.w should j oil search the rooms?"
"Because we cannot afford to be
taken by surprise from the rear. I
am hunting for the secret passage."
"Is-ls that why you stationed hlra
way back there?"
The question was Innocent enough,
natural enough, yet Instantly It awoke
my suspicion. She knew now where
that eninince was she may not have
known before. Donald must have still
been In the hall when she came up
stairs, and he had been compelled to
reveal to her his means of escape from
the house. And we must have guess
ed right, for It was O'Brien's pltloc
thnt alarmed her. Perhaps 1 could sur
prise Ihe girl Into a partial confession.
"I stationed him there," I said quiet
ly, "because 1 believe that llrepiace
hides the secret. Now wo are going
to lind out."
Foi an Instant I thought the shot had
carried home. Then her eyes smiled,
almost mockingly.
"That la very bright of you, I am
sure, but really I think you are mis
taken. Have you searched all the
soeuis?"
"All except those to the rear."
I have never looked into those my-
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self." she confessed. T'Muy T go with
you? Truly. 1 urn as anxious to un
cover this mysterious passage as you
are."
"Certainly you may go with me," I
answered carelessly. "But the rooms
can wait; that big chimney looks to
me the more promising."
Convinced by the expression on her
face, not only that she knew the truth
but that 1 was upon the right trail,
I started toward the rear of the hall,
never glancing behind, yet aware that
Miss Jean was following. lu appear
ance It was a strange, old fashioned
fireplace, nothing more large enough
to contain a great back log and over
shadowed by a huge mantel. The
opening was concealed by an Iron fire
screen, leaving nothing visible to
arouse suspicion, yet tho apparent size
of tho chimney and that such a fire
place should be located here upon the
second floor appeared sufficiently odd
to merit close attention.
"Have you heard or seen anything.
O'Brien?" I asked as 1 came up.
"Not a thing, sor," bis eyes on th
girl, "only the wind. There's a power
ful dhraft blowln' up tho chimney."
"No doubt; it is large enough to con
tain a hurricane. Lay bold of the
creen and let us see what It looks like
Inside."
He leaned his carbine against the
wall and grasped what appeared to be
the handle of the Iron sheet. It failed
to yield to his effort, and I Inld hold
with htm. thinking that probably it
was caught In some manner. We tug
ged together, but the thing was Im
movable Surprised. I bent forward,
striving In the dim light to discover
the cause and running my hand along
the edge. Instantly I comprehended;
the screen was bolted fast. I stepped
back, convinced we had at last uncov
ered the secret, nnd turned my fnce to
ward Miss Denslow. She stood mo
tionless, covering us both with O'Hrlen's
ievcled carbine.
The girl's eyes looked almost black
over the shining barrel, her lips com
pressed and resolute.
"Don't move, either of you, except to
my orders," her voice sounding bard
and metallic us we stared at her in
our first surprise. "O'Brien, reach
back and open that door at your left;
no. don't move your body; you can
reach it with your band."
lie did so. bis motion that of an au
tomaton, bis eyes fastened on the
black muzzle of the gun. Dazed, stupe
fied, angry as I was. I could not denv
(He uuiuii'uiiun I feTi "Tor Tier cool ac
tion. The polished barrel of the car
bine never trembled; the watchful eyes
never left us; the girl face was white,
but determined.
"Now move backward Into that room,
both of you. Lieutenant King, If you
drop your hand to your belt I shall
have to Ore."
I did not believe she would.
"Miss Denslow." I protested. "I have
tried to serve you, have trusted you.
Is this the act of a friend?"
"No," she answered sharply, "this Is
war. There is nothing between us
nothing that .can change my purpose.
As (Joil is my witness If you do not
go I lire."
It wus useless to argue, df ngeroiu
to delay. Step by step we drew back
across th! thresho'd. und the lock
cllckrd, leaving us In total darkuess.
"The Infernal little dlvll." O'Brien
cried, finding his tongue in u sudden
rush of passion. "The purring cut:
I'd lolkc to git me bauds on her for a
minute."
"You might as well stop that,
O'Brien," I interrupted Hternly. "The
girl did nothing but her duty. Tho
thing for us now Is to find some way
out before Donald leads the way In
and takes our men in the rear."
Even In the darkness the nature of
the apartment was islly discoverable
by sense of touch. It wns small, ap
parently the sleeping quarters of somo
servant. For the third time since en-
terlng this "house 1 fouiul myself a
lirlaouer. twite throuph Ihe wit uml
uerve of this woman, and she, uti
UnowlnR It. was my wife. Except for
those local bonds, by which we were
fraudulently bound together. I was
nothing to her. not even a friend.
1 discovered the lock of the sIhrIo
window and succeeded lu silently rais
ing the sash so as to lean through the
opening with head and shoulders. The
reward was scarcely worth the effort.
The darkness was Intense and the si
lence profound. The ground must
have been nt least thirty feet below,
and a great tree stood In front,
shadowing everything. Its spreading
branches obscuring the view. O Brlen
thrust his head out beside mine.
'It is black as the bottomless pit,"
1 whispered. "Can you see any
thing?"
"There's a grape arbor or something
lolke that straight ahead, sor," he said
at last slowly, "an' maybe there's
plenty of rebs hoidln' in It, but there's
no signs of thlm frwin here. Why not
thry a dhrop to the ground, sorV"
"Because after we got thero wo
would be no better off. Those fellows
are preparing to come up through that
back passage, and our work Is to head
them off. Help me to lower this up
per snsh."
1 climbed np, pushing my body ont
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ns fur as nossime. wuno v m-im
steadied tno by grasping my feet. My
hands groped aliout for the edge of
the roof, nud my lingers fouud llrui
"STAT WHKHE
IOC ABE,"
SOFTLY.
I ORDWtKD
hold upon the lead gutter. My rec
ollection of the roof was that It hud
a rather sharp pitch, sutllclently so to
make scaling it. even if I could draw
my body up. an Impossibility. But
this gutter wns built lu solid and
would safely sustain tuy weight. I
swu"g out, testing It cautiously, ex-
I pecting every instant to lie llred at
j from below. Nothing happened, how
1 ever, nnd I determined to risk 'he
venture.
"Let loose of my feet. OT.iie.i; I r.:::
going to try for the next room."
He was too surprised for protest, hut
released his grip, und 1 swung free,
dangling from the gutter. I heard him
clamber up on the still and snw his
head poked out throne li the opening.
"Stay where you are." I ordered soft
ly, "nnd If I make It I'll let you out
through the door. Be careful; some
fellow may take a shot this way."
The distance did not exceed ten feet,
and I moved along hand over baud
noiselessly, the supporting gutter not
yielding in the slightest to my weight
and my mind becoming more confident
as I advanced. I could see little, but
my dangling feet told me when I hung
opposite the first window. Here a seri
ous difficulty presented Itself the win
dow wns closed, probably locked. Yet
I had anticipated this, reasoning that
the clasp would be the same as that
of the room la which we had been im
prisoned, a half circle catch between
the two sashes. To reach It with my
foot I would have to break a pane of
glnss, and It must "bo iLe "rlg'Jt pune.
1 felt for it curefully, located tho prop
er spot and sent my shoe crashing
through the glass. A musket boomed
from the black shadow of the grape
arbor, tho leaden messenger chugging
into the wood Just above my beud.
Two carbines barked from a window
of the lower floor, their flame showing
like a red gash In the nlpht. I stuck
my leg through the shattered pane, felt
tho clasp with my shoe and pressed It
back. An Instant later, with foot and
hand. I had forced down the sash and
swung my body in through tho open
ing. It wns a ticklish Job lo let go my
grh on the gutter, but my left hand
found purchase on the frame of the
window, nnd I squlraied In Inch by
Inch, expecting every Instant a second
shot from the fellow In the arbor. As
I Dually dropped to the floor h!s mus
ket explod d, the bullet singing through
the open window, burying Itself In the
celling nnd showering mo with plas
ter. The sharp responsive crack of the
cnrblnes proved the troopers below
alert, while a yell of surprise and pain
mado me hopeful that one of their
shots had reached the mark.
The noise of crashing glass and my
fall to the floor would hardly alarm
the girl, even if sho remained on guard
in the hall, as there had been so much
of similar disturbance during the past
balf-honr. If tbe door of this room
fill wi
lit! Mm
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as unlocked, and 1 could surprise
er. the rest wouia De easily accom
plished. I crossed the room sortly.
and tried the knob, which yielded.
Looking first toward the fireplace I
saw nothing, nud it was a moment or
two before 1 perceived her, sitting on
low stool, the cocked carbine across
her knees, at the head of the stairs.
Instantly 1 comprehended her pur
pose. Confident that both O Brlen and 1
were securely caged and that Don
ald would lead his men into the house
by way of the secret passage, she
wus waiting to defend the stairs, to
preveut any search of tho second
story.
She was sufficiently in earnest, no
doubt: Indeed, the Intenseness or her
attitude, the grip of her fingers on
the weapon, her very posture, exhib
ited determination. And yet the
women In her was equally apparent
the quick trembling of her shoulders,
the occasional uplifting of one hand
as If she swept aside gathering tears.
1 could pcrcelvo one white check, and
the fluffy brown of her hair, although
the light was so dim that she seemed
little more than a shadow. In that mo
ment of Indecision 1 would have
given the world to go to her, to clasp
her in my arms and stand beside her
through right or wrong. She could
respect and admire a worthy enemy.
but she would despise a weakling.
even ir his lacts or niunneou ihhu-
through love of her. Besides, she
was doing this for Douald. She had
said this was war, and I would bear
my part lu It.
Even as sho leaped to her feet, giv
ing vent lo a faint cry of startled
fear, 1 had grasped the barrel of her
gun and held It safely.
"You said. Miss Denslow, this wus
war." 1 began sternly, "and now It
Is my turn. Give mo tho carbine."
She released her grasp of it, her eyes
on mv face. They were not angry.
but soft from unshed tears.
"I I am sorry." I stammered lame
ly, "thnt 1 must hold you prisoner,
but you have, proved too dangerous
to be permitted to go free.
"How did you get here? Where
did you come from?" she questioned.
"I came out through the window of
one room uud lu through the window
of another. Some of your friends shot
nt me, but their marksmanship was
poor. You must have a pretty low
opinion of Yankees to suppose one
would lie idle very long under lock and
key."
She sank back upon the chair, her
face hurled lu her bunds. A wave of
pity swept over me.
"Don't be angry," I urged.
"1 am not ungry nt you," nnd she
looked up at me. the tears visible.
respect you more becauso you tliwe not
yielded. But-but I huvo faied-fulled
utterly. 1 nm angry with mymilf, liu
mlllnted, miserable."
There was a noise behind, and I
wheeled about quickly, throwing up
tho carbine. O'Brien stood In the dor
way through which 1 bad come,' star
ing at us.
"I got tolred waltln'. sor," he said,
"so I thrled me luck at the gutter
joute."
"Very good," I returned, driven by
bis presence to action. "And now,
Miss Denslow, I shall be compelled to
lock you up fr awhile."
She rose to her feet, no longer look
ing nl me.
"Where?"
"The room yon were in when I first
came upstairs."
"Very well."
She followed me without word of
protest, her head bent forward. I held
Dpen the door, glancing within to see
the nature of the apartment. Then her
eyes uplifted and met mine, nnd I rais
ed my cap.
"Believe me. 1 regret this."
"There Is no necessity for apology.
You merely do your duty." she return
ed quietly. "I nm a rebel still "
I closed and locked the door.
(To Be Continued.)
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DISTRESS
THOMAS Efc PARMELE, Plaintiff,
vs
CHARLES V. DOEDEKER, ET AL.,
Defendants.
Notice u hereby oven, That by virtue of an order entered in the fore
going entitled cause on the 4th day of December 1911, by the District
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of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and known as the Theodore
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acres, less railway right of way.
Dated: Plattsmouth, Neb., January 4, 1912.
Byron Clark and
Attorneys.
Wm. A. Robertson,
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From Wednesday's Dally.
The trial of George Lytic, the
third man in the trio charged
with the attempted blowing of tho
vault of the Wabash State hank on
I tie night of September 27, and
the blowing of the safe and rob
bery of tho jewelry store, of
Michael Tritsch at Louisville on
the night of the 28th or early
morning of the 29th of September,
was commenced at noon today.
County Attorney C. II. Taylor and
V. W. Slabough, for the state,
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selecting a jury.
. The evidence in this case will
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the other two cases, but there will
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likely that the defendant will offer
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the worst crook of the three men
charged, and he is thought to be
an old hand at safe-blowing, al
though the Wabash joh did not
indicate the work of a skilled
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