| Show A WILD RIDE WE had been living in ireland for about two years and every day 1 I re mated tho the time more and more when my braband had bad decided to lets leavo a england and como come over to Us big property which was aitu atod in ono 0 abe moot find coun ties won WM arfe aud and I 1 wished wo vre were anay anti and asor tho the writer water again at lonjin until these troubled days daya bed given give n place to bolter better and moro more peaceful time throes and now that the tang dark winter after noone and evet siDge had got fiot in again I 1 used to sit and watch anxiously for my husbands return when lionel would como come in looking moody and neomy and kept bjel revolver oly ai alhaj aa a loaded though he bo nev never told mo me ho be suspected danger and tried to mako make light of it for fee my sake ak oh I 1 I 1 it t won ag a wretched miserable time luno nud and I 1 cars can never dever forgot 11 I 1 remember so RO well bow tho the crash camo carno ot at lust hot and how bow tho the volcano burst barat forth that haa bad been shouldering ing so BO long we worn sitting kitting at breakfast ono one rooming morning when the letters were brought in 10 and ariot i bonding thorn them tho the bearer stood fidgeting about lionel looked up 41 that will do delaney and toll tell john to bring tho the do dog cart around in half an hour 14 lionel f dont like that dmn 1 I 1 bail after bo be had bud left tho the room I 1 am we tiro lio be I 1 ia a try ely I 1 you would got cot ria of him i oh tho the fellow to la right enough it is his hia brother you know that I 1 am going over to tho the court about today what is it ill I 1 exclaimed as lionel got up suddenly looked vexed and annoyed and d threw a letter into tho the fire lionel is it another of those dreadful lette letter a yes warning me against giving cli evidence against delaney today to day what ial tho country coming to t but bat there I 1 ought net act to havo have told you lt it will frighten on into via ta 4 L ancl you yon moat mast not go to day dal indeed dindot ind L I 1 IOU ou must atsy at home they rosy may mear meal hi they the say ay oh mo you woal on 14 aboard ity winifred dont domit bo be so tooliah fo oliah why doar dear theme aro are all empty eita bet once show tho the hito feather and thoy they will be ba ten tea times wow you yon foolish little wife he decd tenderly 11 rind find to BO you worry and fret yourself when iam I 1 am away expecting mo me homo home on a abutter I 1 suppose well dont sit it up for mo me to highl tor after tho the trial is ia over I 1 am going to dino at col arbuthnott and abs is it bo be homo home late at now I 1 be off am 11 afew A few dinoro loing words and then I 1 stood blood watching him driving down tho the m nc adue nu turning now and then to wave a fuewell firewell I 1 w m aa only half fiod anil and was waa willing ho he lad had not gone alter i went out to take somo some wine to the lodge keepers child who WM was ill it WAS waa rather into when I 1 started anil and the fun sim na setting behind the mountain sh a flood of 0 crimson light over too the golden aldon glories of the abo fadling year I 1 stayed there till it was wab quito quite dark vi ben I 1 I 1 started homo home suddenly hearing footsteps foot topa I 1 paused nearer aud and nearer they came and then through gli the darkness I 1 could see ECO ano men glo slowly ly approaching talking in low earnest tones sick mth ith terror I 1 drew back behind a largo a ago tree for one of tho the in roon art was waa delaney Do lancy at next they spoke in low lou I 1 Q cautious tones mt but by degrees their vat voiced eta were raised fact and nt at last raising hia bit hand band cx with aith A that mado made mo me shudder 11 I 1 tell you it if IV iti done at all it must bo be d dono one tonight tou ight AN hate hata tho uso use of tAlk nir t man its aclo not cot war words lb we want lie ho pawa the cross crosa ronda roads tonight to bight coming home from roni the Co louela a milo mile beyond by the he common mid end tho the chalk pit IV its n lonely pot theros our place bo be there ailse ashon the moon ix IN up and mind makis no DO van talio take thin time 1 and ho he laughed actually taught laughed a as he bo planned and plotted tho the cruel and doliber te murder of my hudband hun bua band ft he bo had bad beca a J kind ind and end good roaster master to so hurl bun at just they parted delaney leming hurrying back in the direction of the iha bongo with a lout joel injunction to hio bin accomplice not to fail fad said and after waiting along a long timo time to make mako lure miro that lie was van gone I 1 went blow almly ly homo home and reached my room unobserved there I 1 matured and wil laid my plans plana dolt dolab b brately and carefully for it was life if lane I 1 succeeded ceedee and oh ob I 1 far worse than death if i I 1 failed fulcd so I 1 dr deasea Asea for dumer dinner no as usual and though every wrap 0 of color had bad left ray my faco face and I 1 knew that I 1 could not subdue all of cf the horror that I 1 felt I 1 preserved d nn an outward calmness and went on down tl o timing room as an though the man that cooil awo behind my iny chair had bad sot not only two to ail ah t hours ago plumed to tato tako my ao 10 u as life sow ow I 1 got through I 1 know not but bat tho the mn t was nu over at lost last fotiu alb I 1 could do nothing till delaney loft left the homo bongo and started on oa his hia deadly or cr rond my aly plan was abin when ho he had bad gono gone I 1 intended to go down to the stable get a homo and ride to col Arbuth Arbut aulA hauts tr ing to reach it before lionel tied bad started on but bi way homo home a daring step but chance lonely anil isolated wo we miles from any town and d no s help was possible 1 should lo 10 mm a to ride hard and to avoid we being discon discovered ored and stopped I 1 must manc make 20 a long round d which would tako take ino ina many out 0 of f my way at last the time to act lad arrived dolan delancy e y inget havo baso started long ero are this find dud tho would bo be at supper the clook clock was just sinking nine as I 1 left tho the room going op ti quickly input I 1 put on oa my habit and stopped out it was a clear bright night with tho the pule pale moon rising over oer tho the dark and puuing coldly oaths on tho closey green ever greena 1 ghostly gho ally weird adov Ld ov mccrow to tho the pat path I 1 reached tho the yard mid and SAW aw to my alarms a hobt birg t in tho this baheza ba rezA room without taking time to hesitate or think I 1 advanced softly and in fo BAW mato to my great robot that it is ans u only tb tho stable boy busily engaged rubbing robbing up nn th tho darriess har riess tho the door I 1 stood before tile tho lad wh who e gazed with wide wila open eyes I 1 h bad ad boon DMD an appael lion 1 claim Cur Lt t 1 staid said 11 saddle rod dl oj q quickly ally a okis me I 1 want him bila sure youre never going on out to 13 T y yea I 1 tm M quirk dont litaud gr there but du do oa I 1 toll you Is 1 burning with impatience I 1 watched him blia gottlog out and then a as I 1 wax was about to mount caching tight light 01 of tho the won wall der and on 1 a fco face on mi idoa idea seized me jno md and liim him look luto into tho the table on om as as fr sixt at I 1 looked the door and took tho the knis ilij 0 o orio k know new where I 1 vai it make hLo himself solf heard board n matter how bow loudly ho he called for the bho jl u as a long way wa from tho the house in ciuuto I 1 we wan out of tho the gate gat aud and swiftly down the ove nusis and out on tho the open road I 1 I 1 laid st his ma closay cloay neck it rent with you 0 save J our manter you ou must ile do your beat for the time is i abort away ho he went ent keeping well in the tb shadow of tho the grace whish skirted the rood road tho a 50 koft vast amod tho a too a of abo a horses hoots hoofs and faster factor yet faster I 1 arg urpal I Rl louir to 1 topi n ft foe what if I 1 warts x saba tb laco ro poj boj tbt lot DU wail i I 1 is Is D itkis ana no I 1 R lod hour WM wax rapidly approaching appraisals g I 1 it tew a a a w ride for lifo life mind on no 0 now no with fearful mp rabidity illy ft hat it i lionel were on ida bh way already oil oh for strength to keep up is A little longer tho the at col Arbut hoota hoots stood food wide arati open and with hope hopa in my j I 1 gallond ga llowd i up 6 to tho h bouic e use tile the it opened fr M b by yla tho col colonel a h assif hima us sIf olf bo be hurried humo d out lu in great alora tt tily my hush hatband a tid is in ha be here I 1 gasped camped I 1 I 1 no he bo ban amt loft left not nob more than ten n minutes ago I 1 think but what hu has happened I 1 too toolate late 1 too late into I 1 11 I 1 cried they havo have killed him I 1 oh ob lionel lionel 1 they tried to 0 o stop roo me but I 1 books away away there hero might bo be thoo yet at it I 1 rodo hard bard and tang isab ny loro might dio in tho the attempt A what Is t mattered it 7 it WM was life or donth death now and away again th andring down tho the avenue I 1 v m ent ant heedless of cries and en an treaties to mine come back stopping Stop pinc moment to liston listen I 1 heard far aboa t tho berum bliD 5 bound fund of wheels wh cl it seemed to lo endow me die w with ith DOIT dear lifo life and strength to keep up tip tho the efto a little longer lut but poor won WM almost done for ur breathing hard ho he till still labored oo on ano answering whip and rein to tho the last just gathering rip op all my im orgies for a last effort I 1 urged rifleman once more mor to a op and sweeping round ft corner career law wilb h a wild gleam of oy and I 1 hope 1 my hus bands dog cart slowly ascending ft long litrop hill right in 10 front the foot of which on the other side was the ibo spot where choro tho the murderers were in wailed every yard vf ground WM wag of i alue now I 1 tried to call out but only a feeble cry my lips lipi nod arid a fitall t ill running with a kind of strength ond and horn born of despair I 1 pushed oo on till atu all mcw alow diro and I 1 WM was console louscious cou only of if a great and terrible darkness riming niad hiir my hubbing from toy roy sight ling tin on blindly with outstretched hands I 1 staggered a few stops and then with a inot wild wall wail of lienol I 1 fell tons low ION upon tho earth carth my last thought my not lust desire being to sivo save him WM all in ID taus tain 0 acu I 1 opened my eyes I 1 found myself ta III ft a i cotigo lu in the iho bright galaro of a turf firt gr with a crowd of 0 eager arid and frightened sympathizers around bromn and add lionel bonding ishito and anxious over mo me it aa wu enough to know that he ha was safe to cling tightly to lim him and feel his strong protect ing arms annb around nio me and cuili luk aired and exhausted I 1 fainted again it had bid teen been a very narrow escape after all lionel bm bad jost reached the top of the hill bill when ho he hoard board roy my cry and driving burily book back had bad found mo me to his big treat great aa a ment lying Ingen insensible sible md Iti fleman taddig standing beside me col ar air who had followed in hot baito onto bad come up nil and they had carried ma in into the cottage wondering greatly what it meant anil and I 1 told my story etory lima had I 1 been a minata later in till all human probability rob ability I 1 should never in this world have f heard 0 4 rd bis big voice ngaio agal delaney waited in vain tain that thai night aud and n bellor begu ho eased or thethis that h plot bad been discovered vaa never known for cre morning dawned he had bad fled flea and one anc in makin ghis escape from the country Lor L otal caud and C CU arbuthnot did all they could to hio haio lim brought to justice butin vaul lid WM was netar heard of wo we left ireland before for 1 1 could dot DOL bear to stay atay thoro there after all I 1 bad gono gone through nud mid I 1 never wish to aeo it aguin As for riflemen rifleman I 1 will never part with liim him the good horse hono that carried mo me sou ell that night have bavo is happy home borne and end his bia days daya la in pence peace lag for him I 1 should never hato won that ter biblis race macombs Skin standard Lint |
