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Show r 'SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, UTAH the deacon's shoulder and gave him a little shake. "Awake, ye limb o the law, he demanded. Prayer Is better than sleep." The deacon arose and stretched himself and cleared his throat and assumed an air of alertness and said It was a fine morning, which it was not, the sky being 'overcast and the air dark and chilly. Mr. Hacket removed his greatcoat and threw It on the stoop The Light in the Clearing of A TALE of the NORTH COUNTRY in the TIME SILAS WRIGHT By IRVING BACHELLER Author of EBEN HOLDEN, D'RI AND I. DARREL OF THE p BLESftE ISLES. KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE. Et& Etc. CHAPTER X. 11 A Party and My Fourth Peril? It was a rulny Sunday. In the middle of the afternoon Uncle Peabody and I had set out in our spring buggy with the family umbrella a faded but sacred Implement, always carefully dried, after using, and hung In the clothes press. We were drenched to the skin in spite of the umbrella. It was still raining when we arrived nt the familiar door In Ashery lane. Uncle Peabody wouldnt stop. lie hurried away. We pioneers rarely stopped or even turned out for the weather. Come In," said the voice of the schoolmaster at the door. Theres good weather under this roof. He saw my plight as I entered. Im like a shaggy dog thats been in swimming," I said. "Upon my word, boy, were in luck," remarked the schoolmaster. I looked up at him. Michael Henrys clothes ! sure, theyre Just the thing for you! I followed him upstairs, wondering how It had happened that Michael Henry had clothes. He took me Into his room and brought some handsome, soft clothes out of a press with shirt, socks and boots to match. There, my laddie buck," said he, put them on. These will soon dry on me, I said. . Put them on ye laggard ! Michael Henry told me to give them to you. Its the birthday night o little Ruth, my boy. Theres n big cake with candles and chicken pie and jellied cookies and all the like o that. Put them on. A wet boy at the feast would dampen the whole proceedings.. I put them on and with a great sense of relief and comfort. They were an admirable fit too perfect for an accident, although at the time I thought only of their grandeur ns I stood surveying myself in the looking-glasThey were of blue cloth and I 6aw that they went well with my g blond hulr, and light skin. I was on mjy collar and necktie when Mr. Hacket returned. We went below and the table was very grand with its great frosted cake and Its candles, in shiny brass sticks, and Its jellies and preserves with the gleam of polished pewter among them. Mrs, Hacket and all the children, save Iluth, were waiting for us In the dining room. Now sit down here, nil o ye, with Michael Henry, said the schoolmaster. The little lady will be Impatient. I'll go and get her and God help us to make her remember the day." He was gone a moment, only, when he came back with Ruth in lovely white dress and slippers and gay with ribbons, and the silver bends of Mary on her neck. We Clapped our hauds tnd cheered and, in the excitement of the moment, John tipped over his drinking glass and shattered It on , . i , 7 t s. put-vtin- i I , ' the floor. , Never mind, my brave lad no glass ever perished In a better cause. God bless you! We nte and jested and talked, and the sound of our laughter drowned the cry of the wind In the chimney end the drumming of the rain upon the windows. Next morning my clothes, which had been hung by the kitchen stove, were damp and wrinkled. Mr. Hacket came to my room before I had risen. Michael Henry would rather see his clothes hanging on a good boy than on a nail In the closet, said he. Sure they give no comfort to the nail at all." I guess mine are dry now, I answered. Theyre wet anfl heavy, boy. No son o Baldur could keep a light heart In them. Sure yed be as much out o place as a sunbeam In a cave o hats. If ye care not for your own comfort think o the poor lad In the green chair. lies that proud and pleased to see them on ye It would be a shame to reject his offer. Sure, If they were dry yer own; garments would be good enough, God knows, but Michael Henry loves the look o ye In these togs, and then the president Is In town. That evening he discovered a big stnln, black as Ink, on my coat and trousers. Mr. Hacket expressed the opinion that It might have come from the umbrella, but I am quite sure that lie had spotted them to save me from the last homemade suit I ever wore, save In rough work, nnd keep Michael Henry's on my back. In any event I wore them no more save nt chore time. Fal'y enme and went, with the Wills loy, nnd gave no heed to me. In Inr r t .liml no more substance than . . - , 1 a ghost. It seemed to me, although I caught her. often, looking at me. I judged that her father had given her a bud report of us and had some regrets, in spite of my knowledge that we were right, although they related mostly to Amos. Next afternoon I saw Mr. Wright and the president walking back nnd forth on the bridge as they talked together. A number of men stood In front of the blacksmith shop, by the river shore, watching them, as I passed, on my way to the mill on an errand. The two statesmen were In broadcloth and white linen and beaver hats. They stopped as I approached them. Well, partner, we shall be leaving In an hour or so," said Mr. Wright ns You may look he gave me. his hand. for me here soon after the close of the session. Take care of yourself and go often to see Mrs. Wright and obey your captain and remember me to your aunt and uncle. See that you keep coming, my good boy, said the president.as hb gave me his hand, with playful reference, no doubt, to Mr. Wrights remark that I was a coming man. Bart, Ive some wheat to be thrashed in the barn on the back lot, said the senator as I was leaving You can do It Saturdays, If them. you care to, at a shilling an hour. Stack the straw out of doors until youve finished, then put it back in the bay. Winnow the wheat carefully and sack it and bring It down to the granary and Ill settle with you when I -- return. I remember that a number of men who worked in Grlmshaws sawmill were passing as he spoke. Yes, sir, I answered, much elated by the prospect of earning money. The examination of Amos was set down for Monday and the' people of the village were stirred nnd shaken by wildest rumors regarding the evidence to be adduced. Every day men and women stopped me in the street to ask what I knew of the murder,. I followed the advice of Bishop Perking and kept my knowledge to myself. Saturday came, and when the chores were done 1 went alone to the grain barn In the back lot of the senators farm with flail nnd measure and broom and fork and shovel nnd sacks and my luncheon, in a pushcart, with all of Which Mrs, Wright had provided me. It was a lonely place with woods on three sides of the field nnd a road on the other. I kept laying down beds of wheat on the barn flopr nnd heating them out with the flail until the sun was well over the roof, when I sat down to eat my luncheon. Then I swept up the grain nnd winnowed out the chaff nnd filled one of my sacks. That done, I covered the floor again nnd the thump of the flail eased my loneliness until In the middle of the afternoon two of my schoolmates came nnd asked me to go swimming with them. The river was not forty rods away nnd a good trail led to the swimming hole. It was a warm, bright day nnd I was hot nnd thirsty. The thought of cool waters and friendly companionship was too much for me. I went with them and stayed with them ' longer than I intended. I remember saying as I dressed that I should have to work late and go without my supper In order to finish my t stint. It wns almost dark when I was putting the last sack of wheat into my cart, in the gloomy barn and getting ready to go. A rustling In the straw where stood stopped me suddenly. I heard stealthy footsteps In the darkness. I stood my ground and demanded: Whos there?" I saw a form approaching In the gloom with feet as noiseless as n cat's. I took a step backward and, seeing that It was a woman, stopped. Its Kate," came In a hoarse whisper as I recognized her form and staff, Run, boy they have Just come out o the woods. I saw them. They will take you away. Run." She had picked up the flail, nnd now she put It in my hands and gave me a push toward the door. I ran, and none too quickly, for 1 had not gone fifty feet from the barn In the stubble when I heard them coming after me, whoever they were. I saw that they were gaining nnd turned quickly. I hud time, to raise my flail and bring It down upon the head of the leader, who fell as I had seen a beef fall un der the nx. Another man stopped beyond the reach of my flail and, nfter a seconds hesitation, turned and ran away In the dnrkness. 1 could hear or see no other motion In the field. I turned and ran on down the slope toward the village. In a moment I saw someone coming out Deacon, yon lay there. From now Im constable and ready for any act thnt may be necessary to maintain the law. I can be as severe as Napoleon Bonaparte and as cunning as Satan, If j j,ave to be." while I was milking the deacon sat on a bucket In the doorway of the stable and snored until I had finished. jje awoke when I loosed the cow and the constable went back to the pasture with me, yawning with his hand over tls mouth much of the way. The dea--I con leaned his elbow on the top of the pen and snored again, lightly, whIie I mixed the feed for the pigs, Mr. Hacket met us at the kitchen floor, where Deacon Blnks said to him : if youn i00k after the boy today g0 home and get a little rest" ju God bless yer soul, ye had a busy said the schoolmaster with a night, - saying: wh;n r Tw.e iJrnnilTJ. cnmef ,ntofl thfe out of which I I I so sense wickedness of men. I thought of old Kate and her broken silence. Fqr once I had heard her speak. I could feel my flesh tingle vhen I thought of her quick words and her hoarse, passionate whisper. I knew, or thought I knew, why she took such care of me. She was In league with the gallows and could not bear to see It cheated of Its prey. For some reason she hated the Grimshnws. I had seen the hate In her eyes the day she dogged along behind the old money lender through the streets of the village when her pointing finger had seemed to say to me : There, there Is the man who has brought me to this. He has put these rags upon my back, this fire In my heart, this wild look In my eyes. Walt and you will see what I will put upon him I knew that old .Kate was not the irresponsible, witless creature thnt people thought her to be. I had begun to think of her with a kind of awe as one gifted above all others. One by one the things she had said of the future seemed to be coming true. As we were going Into the house the schoolmaster said : Now, Mary, you take this lantern and go across the street to. the house o Deacon Blnks, the constable. Youll find him asleep by the kitchen stove, Arrest h!s slumbers, but not rudely, when he has come to, tell him that I have news o the devil. Deacon Blnks arrived, a fat man a big, round body and a very wise and serious countenance between side whiskers bending from his temple to his neck nnd suggesting parentheses of hair, as If his head and its accessories were In the nature of a side Issue. He nnd the schoolmaster went out of doors nnd must have talked to gether while I was eating a bowl of bread and milk which Mrs. Hacket had brought to me. When I went to bed, by nnd by, 1 heard somebody snorihg on the little porch under my window. The first sound that reached my ear at the break of dawn wns the snoring of some sleeper. I dressed and went below and found the constable In his coonskln overcoat asleep on the porch with a gun at his side. While I stood there the schoolmaster came nround the corner of the house from the garden. He put his band on long-barrele- Pmkhams Vege-tabl- e Compound she told me it. From and about the first It I began day I took to feel better 1 aJn and Wel1 and able to do most any of work. have been recom. . mending the Com. pound ever since and give you my pep, mission to publish this letter.-- !,, kind Flo Kelly, Al J 476 So. 14th St, Newark, The reason this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, was so successful in Miss Kellys case was because it went to the root of her trouble, restored her to t normal healthy condition and as a result her nervousness disappeared. Spirit Stop Losing w edSof rT", phy. yew A girl friend had used Lydia E. . c09 K under a aiciana care for tw4 I of Michael Henry and Others. At the examination of Amos Grlm-shamy knowledge was committed to the records and ceased to be a source of danger to me. Grlmshaw came to the village, that day. On my way to the courtroom I saw him walking slowly, with bent head as I had seen him before, followed by old Kate. She carried her staff In her left hand while the forefinger of her right hand was pointing him out Silent as a ghost and as unheeded one would say she followed his steps, i observed that old Knte sat on a front seat with her hand to her ear and Grlmshaw beside his lawyer at a big tuble and that when she looked at him her lips moved in a strange unuttered whisper of her spirit Her face filled with joy as orte damning detail after another came out in the evidence. The facts hereinbefore alleged, nnd others, were proved, for the tracks te(j tbe shoes of Amos. The young man was held and presently Indicted. The time of his trial was not deter-o- f mined I wrote a good hand those days and thp leadInS merchant of the village engaged me to post his books every Saturday at ten cents an hour. Thence- forwBrd nnti, Christmas I gave my The tC about s,s&&rsj was i CHAPTER XI. I J.-- For down and got weak I could hatdij stand, and had heat aches every day. i He added as he went Into the house j never knew a mnn to rest with more energy and persistence. It was n perfect flood o rest. It kept me awake until long after midnight" , lnntern. j The loaded cart stood In the middle the barn floor, where I had left It, K'd Kfe ,hnd one . 'Ye Newark, N. years I suffered from nervous bSI? smile, Dont be afraid. I brought my gun case' wed meet a painter. But the danger Is past. He drew a long pistol from his coat and held It in the light of the ,7 7, Compound Restored Her Health. on . In BlEUDlH'fl saying: of the maple grove at the fields end, Just ahead, with a lantern. Then I heard the voice of the school- master saying: Is It you, my lad?" Yes," I answered, as I came up to him and Mary, in a condition of breathless excitement. I told them of the curious adventure had had, Come quick," $nid the schoolmns- ter, Lets go back and find the man tn the stubble." I remembered that I had struck the path in my flight just before stopping to swing the flail. The man must have fallen very near It. Soon we found where he had been lying and drops of fresh blood on the stubble. Hush, said the schoolmaster. , We listened and heard a wagon rat-- 1 tllng at a wild pace down the road toward the river. There he goes," said Mr. Hacket. His companions have carried him away. Yed be riding In that wagon now, yerself, my brave lad, if ye hadnt a made a lucky hit with the flail God bless ye! What would they a done with me? I asked. Oh, I reckon theyd a took ye off, lad, and kep ye for a year or so until Amos was out o danger," said Mr. Hacket. Maybe theyd drowned ye In the river down there an 'left yer clothes on the bank to make It look like an honest drowning. The devil knows what theyd a done with ye, laddie buck. Well have to keep an eye on ye now, every day until the trial is over sure we will. Come, well go upto the barn and see if Kate is there. 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