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NEBRASKA. INDEPENDENT.
December 28, I899.
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(Continued Frm Last Week.
CHAPTER XII.
UK BITES
Bonaparte Blenkins was riding Berri
en the gray mare. lie had ridden out
u.nt afiui-twuiii nnrllv for the hclli'tlt f
his health, partly to maiutalit his char f
. . , . I
acter an ovcwit or tne rarui a "!
rode on slowly he thoughtfully touch-d
the ears or the 'gray mare with his
whip. ;- :
-No. Uon. my boy." n addressed
himself, "don't pioposn. Yoo can't
marry for four year, on account of
the will. Theu why propone? WliceOV
her, twcedle her. tet'dle her. but ditfl't
lei her make sure of you. When a 0
man." Haiti Uonapuite. sagely rent ,
fa M linger against the Hide or hl no.
"when a -woman In mire of you. sle
Joes what sue likes wit It you. hut
.when kIii Isn't you do what, you llk
with her. And I"- wild Itoiia parte.
Here he drew the horse up suddenly
and looked, lie wan now close to the
house, and leaning over the pigsty
wall. In company with Km. who was
allowing her the pigs, was a strange
female Jlgure If was the tlrst vlslior
that had appeared on the farm nine
hi arrival, and he looked at her with
.... hi... ....... (nil nllil.T wli'l
imerewT.. run- wn" u . i"..... r,--
r 15. weighing Wl poun.la. with lag
gy, pendulous cheeks and upturned
nose. She strlklugly resembled Taut'
Pnnnle In fornf'anrt rent it re. bnt her
' aWnv eood eyes lacked the twinkle
that dwelt In the Boer woman's small
rbs. She was attired in a ungui
green prlut. wore brass rings In ber
ears audi glass beads round her neck
and was sucking the tip of her large
ipger as she looked at the pigs.
..."VVhp Is It that has come?" asked
! . Bonaparte when bo stood drinking his
' eofiee In the front room.
.;w!if r,-,v niece, to be sure," said
I -Tanf Saunlo. the Hottentot maid
4 translating. rSbe's the only daughter
1 of my only brother Paul, and she's
come to vlmt me. She'll be a nice
. mouthful to tbil man that can get
' . ber." added TaaT Sannle. "Her fa
ther'a got 2.000 In the green wagon
box under his bed and a farm and
6.000 sheep and Ood Almighty knows
how many goats and horses. They
milk ten cows In midwinter, and the
jrnung niCD " "r Uor UK ul aDOUl
y ji! howl of milk. She says she means to
. jet married in four months, but ahe
fc doesn't yet know to whom. U was
I; so with me when I was young." said
f Tant' Sannle. "I've sat up with the
I young men four and five nights a
week, and they will come riding again
1 as soon as ever they know that the
1 time's up that the Englishman made
me agree uot to marry in."
Bb The Boer woman smirked compla-
p ft" . cently.
on 1 "Where are you going to?" asked
1'"!; Tant' Sannle preseutly, seeing that Ho-
na parte rose,
this Ila. im just g0ng 0 tne kraals.
lovi n tQ sp)eri" 8aid Bonaparte.
in 1 Nevertheless when he reached bis
'"J? own door he stopped and turned In
' tbere. Soon after he stood before the
at; little glass arrayed n his best white
"01' ablrt with the little tucks and tthavlug
w? himself. He bad on his very best trou-
t sers and bad heavily oiled the little
'V? fringe at the back of his head, which,
however, refused to become darker.
But what distressed him most was h'.a
J nose. It was very red. He rubls'd his
y f3nger aud thumb on the wall and put
? I a little whitewash on it: but. finding it
' ratlur made matters worse, he rubbed
It of ngaln. Then be looked carefully
JJJ Into his own eyes. They certainly were
W a little pulled down at the outer cor
l ners, which gave them the appearance
fi , of looking crosswise, but then they
Were a uke blue. So he put ou bis bett
coat, took up bis stick and went out to
. siipp?r, feeling on the whole well satls-
ial. fit?d- ' .
tl "Annt." said Trana to Tant' Sannio
,na when that night they lay together In
th. ' the great wooden bed. "why dos the
aii Englishman sigh" so when he looks at
u nief
iw. "Ha!" said Tant' Sannle. who was
o bair asleep, but suddenly started, wld'
fln awake. "It's because he thinks you
up look like me. I 4eil you. Trana." said
fn Tant' Sannle. "the man Is mad with
bu love or me. I told him the other night
tht I couldn't marry till Eta was 11 or
bla ; I'd lose nil the sheep her rather lert
me. And he talked about Jncon worn
Ing seven years and seven years again . f.
fr bis wife, and or course he meant I Pflfl 3PIIB-
me." ?!.! Tant' Sannle pomiioimf' f HV 1 Mir?! 9
-B it he out get me so easily fl ft 4 i V 9 I Ul I I Ufa
MOhraid Tr.. who wo a tir
."Utft'glrl and not n.uch given ttalip
but presently she added. "Aunt,?
does the Kiigilsniiian always k'k
against a in-rson when he.p
tbemr
"That's iM'raiise you are alwa
the way," said Tant' Sannle.
"Bat. aunt," said Trana prcsen
think be Is verj uirlv.'f
"Pbugb!" said Tuni' Sannle. h'
only because we're ndt accuston t to
such noses in this country. In his un
try. be says, all the beople have ucta
noses, and the redder! your nose f the
higher you are. He'i of the ran,' of
a soil. the Queen Victoria. you know.V1'" " If tu in. m
TOiEteSfelttpoa BLOOD GLEAN
IS
8CHBEINEE
a Tale of life in ti
COr.R REPUBLIC
1 tire J -it 1 governors and enure! elders
'and ,Vl people. They are nothing to
i li'.n . V''bH) lila aunt with tln dropsy
,11... hp" 1 1 have money 'nougli
to buy
rtalnly
aji t j .arms In this district!"
j "Cur said nana, imu
I mno. i difference.
'iM. ' Taut' Dannie, "a
1 ! , .1 !. mnM tnlra till
d he's
miivJ'l though you'd take hi
to be
e real
JO.'.r.art be tukl me last night -1,
re:J h of his baldness.'
'I jr Sannle then proceeded t
relate
ao ".t l yeara ot age, to:
md 8 jrted a fair young lady;
1 parte
iow a
lea f I rival, Jealous of bis
o,. his golden flowing bah
rdant
had.
i. IE damnable and Insinuati
g de-
,(, h(, ninde him a present oil
1 pot
i the
ft vfciatum: how. npptytng 11
.yOf. on rising In the morn
o, jils. pillow (ttrewn with tin
he.
gold-
ks and. looking Into the
lass.
,nl i!the sblulng ami smooth e
vsi thenceforth he must bear,
fcwremnlnlng hairs were tunic
silvy vvhilcness. and the youn;
unse
The
to a
lady
led bis rival.
-) jfpd." Bald Tant' Sannle soli
nnly,
. un(j aot )een for the gr
e or
(tlViy rending of the Psaln
:, I A,L tkvl -have killed hlmsc
he
He
I l JS i. -ou .till himself quite
isily
I .1 ,1 .
S she
va-I? wcreld." said Trana, and
then
they '"' 10 Rl(l'P'
p v,y one was l
Jm wlnlo
lost In Rleep sooni
but
the
m a
window of the cabin
jfgllt (reamed forth. It came fn
duo
te over which Waldo sat b
JIM',.
lag.
tour afier hour he sat there,
now
find aln "'rowing a fresh lump 0f
fuel f 10 "e tlt, wult'" oumcq up
brart' tUt'D Rnu'5 lut0 a Rreai bed
of n ' which reflected tlem-
Felvt-'1' '"V e.vi"s UN ue sat tjiere
hrooif- brooding, brooding. At-'ast.
wvniie fire was blazing at its bright
est t. r0"1" auil'leniy and walked S ow-
I,, (0 iM-ain 'rom which an 01 "rli-in"
S'jjna ;Loosetdug It. he ran a noos In
. f aud then doubled It round bin
a-m. I
mine! I have a right.' bs
i)uiit,,, "" I tben something louder.
1 111 anU am killed, so much the
tHi! .' " -
jl'leied the door and went out
in te'itarllgbL V
ll lked with his eyes bent upon
t': '" 1,1,1 overhead It was one
of t! ' ibrlllinnt southern nights when
eyel ace so small that your hand
mtgujovet It shows SO cold white
polntintl the Mllky Wfly Is a belt .of
aliarposted silver. He passed the
door ere- Bonaparte lay dreaming
0f ' ''J ber wealth, and he
ronn the ladder steps. From those
j, , -'! with some dllliculty on
t0. A )f of the bouse. It was of old
4v It itch with a rldgc of white
pi r, a id it crumbled away under
t
II
i ut every step, lie trod as lieav-
hi could. So much the better If
bf
knelt dowu when he got to the
fa
lo
able and began to fasten his
to the crumbling bricks. Be
as the little window of the loft.
ne cud of the "rlem" tied rouud
th
luble, the other end round his
W;
ai
br
how easy to slide down to it.
H t en It through one of the
p pain s, amf to go In. and to till
h,ms wlih books, and to clamber
n-ain! They had burned one book.
liJuld have 'JO. Every man's hand
w.RaliiM his. Ills should be against
tyjman's. No one would help him.
H-Juld Lelp himself.
lifted the black, damp hair from
b'jlt forehead and looked roimd to
ctJs hot face. Theu be saw what a
rejuigUt It was. He knelt silently
aokod up. A thousand eyes were
lot ""''"n at him. bright aud so
PolThere was a laughing Irony In
thy
4iot. bitter, so angry! Poor
lit porta"!"
iWms ashamed He folded his
arind sit on the ridge of the roof
loii "P at tbem.
jot. fo I'itti'r. so angryP'
,: '.! tliough a cold hand had
foM l'.hhi his turobbiug foreheud,
jiiwl.v they iK-gan to fade and
j.r, ilii, rant' Sannle and the burn
W'k. I 011:1 1 :i i'ie and the broken
w& tl e Ikix lu the loft, he hltu
9 'jUt g there how small they all
ft,,, i v n ih(. grave over yonder!
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ilOWELS
If y (!' n-iiiilar. Invlthr moTeropnl of the
bo';'rr f,ja ro .Irk. or will be. Kn mir
n u,a 1 rii. ort-e, In lKhait'f
! or .'l hiwi. In lnm,rnm. Tlia
mt. ukkiI 1 vrlort wuj ol kwuliuf llie
il ckiut la tu htk
Candy
' CATHARTIC
rAotMAss metsnste
'IS1 ? i'ol?rt,- T,," Ono6 "o 'X1,
tVt!! VIS',i'ip9 " WrlU
vwawtvii Rvtiio, Auaresa
BY
OLIVE
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Thhse stars tliat shonei on up above so
quietly, they tind seen k thousand such
little existences, a thousand such little
existences flglit just s Uercely. flare
up just so brightly and go out. and
they, the old. old stars shone on for
ever. (
"So hot. so angry, poor little soul!"
they said. 1
The "Hern" slipped from his fingers.
He sat with his arms folded looking
UP- 1
"We." said the stars, "liave seen the
earth when It was youAg. We have
seen small things creep (out upon Its
surfacesmall things that prayed and
loved aud fried very loudly aud then
crept under It again. But We." said, the
stars, "are as old as the upl.nown."
He leaned bis chin agalfcst the palm
of his hand and looked uplat them. So
long lie sat there that brlilit stars set
and new ones rose, and yet he sat on.
, Then at last he stood up and began
to loosen the "rlem" from the gable.
What did It matter about the books?
The lust and the desire for them had
died out. If they pleased to keep them
from lilm. they might. What matter?
It was a very little thiug. Why hate
and struggle and tight? Let It be as it
would.
He twisted the "rlem" round his arm
and walked back along the ridge of the
bouse.
By tills time Bonaparte Blenkina had
finished his dream of Trana. and as he
turned himself round for a fresh doze
he heard the step's descending the lad
der. Ills first Impulse was to draw
the blnnket over his head and his legs
under him and to shout; but, recollect
ing that the door was locked and the
window carefully bolted, he allowed
bis head slowly to crop out among the
blankets and listened Intently. Who
soever It might be, there was uo danger
of their getting at him, so be clambered
out of bed and, going on tiptoe to the
door, applied his eye to the keyhole.
There was nothing to be seeu;so,
walking to the window, he brought hla
face as close to the glass as his nose
would allow. There was a figure just
discernible. The lad was not trying
to walk softly, and the heavy shuttling
of the well known "vel-schoens" could
be clearly heard through the closed
window as they crossed the stoues In
the yard. Bonaparte listened till they
had died away round the corner of the
wagon house, and, feeling that his bare
legs were getting cold, he jumped back
Into bed again.
"What do you keep up In your loft ?"
Inquired Bonaparte of the Boer woman
the next morning, pointing upward aud
elucidating bis meaning by the addi
tion of such Dutch words as he knew,
for the lean Hottentot was gone home.
."Dried skins," said the Boer woman,
"and empty bottles and boxes and
sacks and soap."
"You don't keep any of your pro
visions there sugar, now?" said Bona
parte, pointing to the sugar basin and
then up at t lie loft
1. Tant Sannle shook her head.
I "Only salt and dried peaches."
vDrled peaches, eh?" said Bonaparte.
"Shut the door, my dear chlUbwbut It
tiitht." he called out to Em. who stood
lnthe dining room. Then be leaned
ovAr the elbow of the sofa and brought
hlsyaee as close as possible to the Bier
woihan's and made signs of eating.
Then, he said something she did not
comprehend, then said. "Waldo. Waldo.
Waldu." pointed up to the loft, aud
made Igns of eating again.
Now np inkling or his meaning dawn
ed on tilie Boer woman's mind. To
make it Clearer he moved his legs after
the mauler or one going up a ladder,
appeared f to he opening a door, masti
cated vigorously, said. "Peaches,
peaches, fii'aches." and appeared to be
coming d(wn the ladder.
It was ttw evident to Tant' Sannle
that Wul.ll had bee'U iu ber loft and
eaten her pi-aches.
To exemplify his own share in the
proceedings I Bonaparte lay down on
the sofa ami shutting his eyes tightly,
said, "Night night, night." Then ho
sat aip wildly, appearing to be Intently
listening, mimicked with his rect the
coming down a lazier and looked at
Tant' Sannle. This clearly showed
how, roused iu the uight, he had dis
covered the theft.
"He must have beeu a great rool to
eat my peaches," said Tant' Sannio.
"They are full or miles as a sheepskin
and as hard as stones."
Bonaparte, rumbling In his pocket,
did not even bear her remark aud took
out from his coattail a little horsewhip,
nicely rolled up. Bonaparte winked at
the little rhinoceros horsewhip, at the
Boer woman and then at the door.
"Shall we call him-Waido, Waldo?"
be said.
Taut' Sannie nodded and gigglert.
There 'was something so exceedingly
humorous In the Iden that he was go
Ing to heat the boy. though for her own
part she did not see that the peaches
were worth it. When the Katllr inn Id
came with the waslitub, she was sent
to summon ' Waldo, and Bonaparte
doubled up the little whip and put it In
bis "jioeket. Theu he drew himself up
and prepared to net his important part
with becoming gravity. Soon Waldo
stood In the door and took off bis bat.
"Come in. come lu, my lad." said
Bonaparte, "and shut the door behind."
The loy came In and stood before
Vthein.
j "You need not be so afraid, child."
said Tant fr'nunlc. "I was a child my
self once. It's uo great barm If you
have taken n few."
Bonaparte perceived that her remark
was not In keeping with the uature of
the proceedings ntul of the little drama
be Intended lo act. Pjrslng out his
lips aud waving his band, he solemnly
addressed the ly.
"Waldo. It grieves me beyond expres
sion to have to summon you for so
painful a purpose, but It Is at the Im
perative call of duty, which I dare not
evade. I do not state that frank and
unreserved confession will obviate tbe
necessity of chastisement, which, ii
requisite." shell be fully administered:
but the nature of that chastisement
may be mitigated by free and humble
confession. Waldo, answer me as you
would your own father, in whose place
1 now stand to you. Have you or have
you uot. did you or did you not, eat of
the peaches In the loft?"
"Say you took them. boy. say yon
took them. Then he won't beat you
much." said the Dutchwoman good
naturedly, getting a little sorry for
him.
The boy raised his eyes slowly ajid
fixed them vacantly upon her. Then
suddenly bis face grew dark with
blood.
"So yoj haven't got anything to say
to us. my lad?" said Bonaparte, mo
mentarily forgetting his dignity aud
bending forward with a little snarl.
"But what I mean Is just this, my lad
when it takes a boy three-quarters of
an hour to till a salt pot and vvhen at 3
o'clock in the morulug he goes knock
ing about the doors of a loft It's nat
ural to suppose there's mischief In It.
It's certain there is mischief in it. and
where there's mischief in It must be
taken out." said ' Bonaparte, grinning
Into the boy's face. Theu, feeling that
he bad fallen from that high gravity
which was as spice to the pudding and
the flavor of the whole little tragedy,
he drew himself up. "Waldo," he said,
"coufess to me Instantly and without
reserve that you eat the peaches."
The boy's face was white now. His
eyes were on the ground, his hands
doggedly clasped before him.
"What? You do not intend to an
swer?" The boy looked up at them once from
under his bent eyebrows and then
looked down again.
"The creature looks as If all the
devils In hell were In It." cried Tant'
Sannle. "Say- you took them, boy.
Young things will be young things. I
was older than you when I used to
eat 'bultong' In my mother's Left and
get the little niggers whipped for it.
Say you took them."
But the boy said nothing.
"I think a little solitary confinement
might perhaps- be beneficial." said
Bonaparte. "It will enable you. Wal
do, to reflect on the enormity of the sin
you have committed against our Fa
ther In heaven, and you may also think
of the submission you owe to those
who are older and wiser than you are
and whose duty ft is to check and cor
rect you."
Saying this. Bonnparte stood up and
took down the key of thp fuel house,
which hung on a nail against the wall
"Walk on, my boy." said Bonaparte,
pointing to the door, and as he follow
ed him out be drew his mouth express
ively on one side aud made the lash
of tbe little horsewhip stick out of his
pocket and shake up aud down.
Tao't Sannie felt half sorry for the
lad, but she could not help laughing.
It was always so funny when one was
going to have a whipping, and It would
do him good. Anyhow be would for
get all about it when the places were
healed. Had not she been beaten many
times and been all the better for It?
Bonaparte took up a lighted candle
that bad been left burning on tbe
kitchen table and told tbe boy to walk
before him. They went to the fuel
house. It was a little stone erection
that jutted out from the side of tbe
wagon house. It was low and without
a window, and the dried dung was
piled in one corner, and the coffee mill
stood in another, fastened on the top
of a short post about three feet high.
Bonaparte took the padlock off the
rongh door.
"Walk in. my lad." he said.
f Waldo obeyed sullenly. One place to
him was much the same as another.
He had no objection to being locked
up.
Bonanarte followed him In and closed
Ithe door carefully. He put the light
uowu ou me neap or aung in ine corner
and quietly Introduced his hand under
his coat tails aud drew slowly from his
I'ocket the end of a rope, which he con
cealed behind him.
i "I'm very sorry, exceedingly sorry,
Vnldo, my lad, that you should have
aided In this manner. It grieves me,"
siiid Bonaparte.
I lie moved round toward the boy's
blick. He hardly liked the look In the
fiillow's eyes, though he stood there
mkitionless. If be should spring on
hib!
h he drew the rope out very care
fully and shifted round to the wooden
poM. There was a slipknot in one end
of 'the rope, and a sudden movement
dill
'v tne boy s tiauds to his uacK auu
p.v
st a
wo
ed It round them. It was an In-
t's work to drag It twice round the
leu post Then Bonaparte was
saf1
1
r a moment the boy struggled to
frei
himself. Then he knew that he
powerless and stood still,
orses that kick must have their
itied." said Bonaparte as he passed
was
"I
legs
the tit her end of the rope rouud the
boy'4 knees. "And now. my dear Wal
do." taking the whip out of his pocket.
"I anli going to beat yon."
Ue j paused for a moment It was
perfec tly quiet. They could hear each
other'b breath. ,
''Cliasten thy son while there Is
hope,'!" said Bonaparte, " 'and let uot
thy sdul spare for bis crying. Those
are Gd's words. I shall act as a fa
ther u you, Waldo. I think we had
better (have your naked back."
He t tok out his penknife and slit the
shirt down from the shoulder to the
waist I
"NomJ," said Bonnparte. "I hope the
Lord will bless aud sanctify to you
what 1 (im going te do to you."
.The trst cut ran from the shoulder
across fhe middle of the back. The
second tell exactly In the same place.
A shudder passed through the boy's
frame. 1
"TIce.leh?,, said Bonaparte, peeping
round lajto bia face, speaking with a
lisp, as though to a very little child.
Nlth. eljr
But thl eyeiwtr black .and luster-
There is more catarrh ' in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, aud until the last few years
was1 supposed to be incurable. For a
great mauy years doctors pronounced it
a local disease, and prescribed local rem
edies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it in
curable. Science has proven catarrh to
be a constitutional disease, and, there
fore, requires constitutional treatment
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Cv is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoon ful, It acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dol
lars for any case it fsils to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials. Address
F. J. Cheney Sb Co., Toledo, O.
tgSold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall' family Pills are the best ,
less ahi) seemed not to see TiTiS. YThen
he had given 10. Bonaparte paused in
his work to wipe a little drop of blood
from his whip.
"Cold, eh? What makes you shiver
so? Perhaps you would like to pull up
your shirt? But I've not quite done
yet."
When he had finished, he wiped the
whip again and put It back in his
pocket. He cut the rope through with
bis penknife and then took up the
light. .
"You don't seem to have found your
tongue yet. Forgotten how to cry?"
said Bonaparte; patting him on the
cheek. ( '
The boy looked up at him. not sul
lenly, not angrily. There was a wild,
fitful terror in, the eyes. Bonaparte
tnaiffiiasTe'Td gd mil wwd thiiMhdoor
aicl leave him alone In the darkium
He tmself was afraid of that look.
lt vns almost morning. Waldo lay
wit!), bis face upon the ground at the
foo-jof the fuel heap. There was a
round hole near the top of the door
wbiiv a knot oh wood had rallen out,
aJntUa stream of gray light came In
thrligb It. ,
i . It was going to end at last! Noth-
g jlasts forever, not even the night
llcfv was It he had never thought of
iht before? For In all that long dark
uijht he had been very strong, bad
fte' Cr been "tired, never felt pain, had
run on and on, up and down, up and
do'vn. He bad not dared to stand still,
and; he had not known it would end.
He, had been so strong that when be I
-A-....,. 1. 1 I. ,1 M.t4.W Mil 1. 1
airuvit ui9 uruu wuu uii uia iunir uuu
ii jfitone wall It did not stun him uor
paiq him, only made htm laugh. That
was a dreadful night. When he clasp
ed bis bands frantically and prayed,
'0 pod. my beautiful God. my sweet
Goi. once, only once, let me feel you
dear me tonight!" he could pot. feel
Uiml He prayed aloud, very loud, and
lie got no answer. When be listened,
lit was all quite quiet like when the
priests or Baal cried aloud to their god,
'0 Baa,' hear us: O Baal, hear us!"
tyitjBaal was gone a-hnnting.
t That was a long, wild night and wild
noughts came and went In It; but tbey
left' their marks behind tbem forever;
for,? as years cannot pass without
leaving tbeir traces behind them,, net
thf-i can nights into which are forced
the,; thoughts and sufferings of years
And now tbe dawn waa coming, and a
Ust; be was very tired He shlverei
and tried to draw the shirt up over hli
shoulders. Tbey were getting stiff. Hi
bad never known they were cut In tli
light. He looked up at tbe white llg
thf. came In through tbe bole at t
tor r the door and shuddered Th
be turned his race back to the grou
andjslept again.
f Some hours later Bonaparte came
Waiid the Tuel house with 'a lump pf
bread In bia band. He opened the dipr
and peered in, then entered and tou
d tlie fellow with bis boot Seeing tl
he breathed' heavily, though be did,
roife, Bonaparte threw the bn
do'tn on the ground. He wasalie.
Tbft was one tiling. He bent over
tjlri! and carefully scratched open tne
of the cuts with the nail of bis fire
finger, examining with mncb Interest
blsUast night's work. He would nive
to fount his sheep himself that ay.
Tb? boy was literally cut up. Ue I ck
ed the door and went away again.
"0h. Lyndalf." said Em. enterim the
dining room and bathed In tears that
nftrnoon. "I have tieen begging lona
panic to let hlit) out. and be won'ti'
1 "The more yon beg the more ha will
iiot said Lyndall. j
(Ste was cutting out aprons c the
table. . . !
Qb. but It's late, and I think! they
ant to kill him. said Em. weeping
bittrlv: and..findinc that no more con
solation was to be gained from ber
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cousin, she went off blubbering, "I
wonder you can cut out aprons when
Waldo is shut op like that."
For ten tainutes after she was gone
Lyndall worked on quietly. Then she
folded up her stuff, rolled it tightly to.
gether and stood before the closed dooff
of tbe sitting room with her hands
closely clasped. A flush rose to her
face. She opened the door quickly,
walked in and went to the nail 011
which the key of the fuel room hung.
Bonaparte and Taut' Sannie sat there
and saw her. .
"What do you want?" they asked to
gether. "This key," she said, holding it np
and looking at them.
"Do you mean her to have It?" said
Tant' Sannle in Dutch.
"Why don't you stop her?" asked
Bonaparte in English.
"Why don't you take It from her?
said Tant' Sannie.
So they looked at each other, talking,
while Lyndall walked to the fuel house
with the key, her uuderlip bitten In.
"Waldo." she said as she helped hlra
to stand up and twisted bis arm about
ber waist to support him, "we will not
be children always. We shall have the
power, too. some, day." She kissrd hla
naked shoulder with her soft little
mouVi. It was all the conlfort her
young soul could give him.
(Continued next weeek.)
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