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CHAPTER XIV?Continued. 1 "Kennedy stood up and stared about us at the dlsolate scene, the cxpreslon, of his face proving his dissatisfaction with the prospect. 1 "0' course, I'm a goin' 'long with yer, cap," he acknowledged, dryly. "1 ^ never wus no quitter, but this, yere f Trip uon i jook so u?u *u?.v in me, fer all thet. I'll wake up tliel Clark gurl on' then saddle the bosses." I watched him round the corner ol the cabin, not wholly at ease in my own mind, then gathered up the map and replaced it in my pocket, aware that Eloise had not moved from hei position on the grass. "Is he right?" she questioned, lookv Ing up at me. 'Is there any real danger of Indians?" "Some, perhaps; It Is all Indian country, north and east of here?or has been. I am not denying that, bul this danger does not compare, in raj mind, with the peril which confronts us in every direction. I am trying to choose the least. Our greatest difficulty will be the lack of food?w? possess no guns with which to kill game, only pistols, and an exceedingly email cfn/ilr a# nmirinnltlAn Tlinf what troubles Tim; that, and his eagerness to get? back down the river, He falls to realize what It would mean to you to fall again info Kirby's hands." "Do you realize?" "Do I? It Is the one memory which controls me. Tell me, am I not right! You despise the fellow; you are willing to face any hardship so as to escape hiin?"f * "I would rather die than have him touch me. Surely you cannot deem it possible that I could ever forgive?" "No; that would be hard to con-j ceive; and yet I wished to hear the words from your own lips. Will you answer me one thing more?why did you first assume the character of Rene, and why did you repos? such , instant trust in me?" "I think I myself hardly knew," she admitted timidly. "It all happened, wus born of Impulse, ruther than through uny plun. Perhaps it u^rs Just the woman In me, After my father died, Delia thought It best to tell us the story of Rene's birth. This?this woo eiiiVh o fnrrlhla tnlo nnrl 1nfv?r \VP rmiffHfr jjirnilgh tlig a ftftporw. . hoping he had taken some action to F set those two free. There was no p?)of that he had, no mention, indeed, except a memorandum of intentios to refer the matter to Lawyer Haines at the Landing. This merely served to " confirm what Delia had told us, and, as Haines had gone to St. Louis, we were unable to see him. We were all of us nearly crazed. So I suggested that we run away, and drew money out of my private account ior mat purpose. R?y only thought was to take u steamer up the Ohio, to some place where wo were not known, and begin life over again. Oh, you cannot understand?I had no mind left; only a blind impulse to gave them." I caught her hand in mine and held it firmly. ' "Perhaps I do understand. It was my knowledge of this very condition which first brought me to you." "You heard about us on the boat? I the Warrior? Did father tell you?" > "No; it was Kirby. He was actually proud of what he had done?boasted to me of his success. I have never known a rr.an so heartlessly conceited. Eloise, listen. You may have thought thfsowaj largely an accident. It wni not; it was a deliberately planned cold-blooded plot. I tell you that Joi Klrby is of the devil's own breed; he Is not human. Rene's father told him first of the peculiar conditions at Beaucaire." "Kene's father! Does?docs he still live?" "No; but he did live for years nfrcr j 4 he disappeared, supporting himself by gambling, on the lower river. At one [ time he and Kirby were together. After he died Kirby investigated his | story in St. Louis and found that it ' was true. Then he laid this plot to j gain control of everything, including both of you girls. The man dreamed I of owning Beaucnire, of possessing all it contained. He was willing to risk everything to carry out his hall-born scheme, and to ruin everyone who in. terfered with him. I am telling you all this, Eloise, because it is now time you should know. Will you not tell me just how it all came to you?" Her hands clung to me, as though she dare not let go, her eyes were * tilled with a mingling of wonderment aud pain. "Why, of course. We thought it best not to go until after we could see the lawver. I could not believe tny father had neglected to set those two free?he?he loved them both. Delia and Rene had gone down to the Landing that night to see if he had re* turned. We were both of us afraid to leave Rene alone?she was so despondent, so unstrung. It was dark and I was all alone in the house. Then these men came.. They did not know me and I did not know them, but I was sure what they caine for. I was terribly frightened, without an idea what to do?only I refused to talk. All I could do was to pray that the others might be warned and not return. They searched the house and then left this man Tim to guard me. He told me he was a deputy sheriff from St. Louis, * Wils Owa I nance of lite Slock B<n4fKi? QaudcH a fatriaU ^ ofCctrlrvhaad, Shoti offltf\ritk2rifU?, Vbcn"\VHdcmw waj Kin^ rte?; ffiaWndcd bylnxitiMyatJf and?and I encouraged hira to explain j all he knew about the case. Then I | made up my mind what to do?I would j prctenu to De itene, ana let uiem rair; me off instead of her." "But did you not realize the danger to yourself?" "No, I suppose I didn't, or, rather, I did not care. All I thought about was I how to save her. These were law ofii- | eeris; they would take me to St. Louis before a court. Then I could make myself known and would be set free. They couldn't do anything else, could j they? There was no law by which I could be held, but?but, don't you see? The delay might give Rene time to escape. That was not wrong, was it?" "Wrong! It was one of the bravest things I ever heard of. And I know the rest?your ^ncotmter with Jvirhy In the library. I overheard all of that through the open window, and how I you learned from him that certain legal papers would have to be served I on Eloise Reauenire before anv of the ! slnves could be touched, or removed j from the estate. That knowledge only j brought you new courage to play out | your part. Rut why did you trust me j enough to go with me? And, after; trusting me so fully, why did you re- j fuse to tell me who you really were?" ' Her eyes fell before mine, and her i cheeks were flushed. "You think that strange? I did trust you, Lieutenant Knox, and I trusted | you more completely the longer we j were together. But?but I did not j wholly understand. You were endeav-1 oring to rescue Rene from slavery. I couhl not conceive what Interest you might feel If I should confess myself i Eloise. You were strange to me; we were there alone with the negro, and; ?and somehow it seemed a protection I to me to claim a drop of black blood.! Twice I thought to tell you?the words ' were on my lips?but something j stopped them. Possibly, just a little, I was afraid of you." "Then?but not now?" ?-* "No, not now?not even a little; you i have proven yourself all I ever hoped j you would be. I am glad?so glad?to ! suy to you now, 1 am Eloise Beau?" j She stopped suddenly, the word I half uttered, the smile fading from her "My God!" She Burst Forth. lips. "IVIy God!" she burst forth, j "But I ain not! I am not! Why, 1 never felt the horror of it all before?1 am not Eloise Beaucaire!" A moment I stood motionless, seeming to hold my breath, my eyes open struck silent by the intense bitterness of that cry. Then the reaction came ! the knowledge that I must turn hei tboughts elsewhere. -Do not say that, or even think it,* j T urged, scarcely able to restrain myself from grasping her in my arms \ "Even if it shall prove true?legally ' true?some way of escape will b< ; found. The others arc safe, and y6i are going to need sill your courage Pledge me to forget, to ignore this | thing. I need you." Her hands fell nerveless and hei | q'testlorhig eyes sought my face. "You are right, Lieutenant Kuox,' I she said frankly. "I owe my loyalt; i now !c yeti. ' shuil not richl again U depaD; you tiny tiust 1:10?in; j friend." The day v.::*: n (u?1?m1 when we finally retraced our way across the i narrow d\ ice to the mainland. pre- j pared to resume our journey. The j passage was slow and dangerous, and ! we made it on foot, leading the horn s. The woods were already beginning to darken as we forded the north branch of the creek and came forth through a fringe of forest trees into a country of rolling hills and narrow valleys. The (wo girls were already mounted, and Tim and I were busily tightening the straps for a night's ride, when, from behind us, back in li e direction of the peninsula we had just quitted, there sounded the sharp report of a i rifle. We straightened tip. s artled, and : our eyes mot. There could be Put one conclusion?our pursuers had found lite trail. * (To lie Continued.) NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS A L!< perso ns led i'rg cle tn.t against the est ? .' <\ .\'.u;i.v. deiv sod. wilt p: 1 *'?? h. dulv attested. my a'.loreov. .ion. li. Hart, ' h York. S. ?n : i ail persons inIe'.itcd to s:? 1 ? ' < v. i i :u.?ke immeliate sottlem at with the above named attorney. ANNE IT ALLEIN. Adminisp-atiix <>f tpe Estate of llobcrt ('. Alicia. I.)recused. Nov. IS, 1'JiO. I)-' t at GARNERED WITH SCISSORS. (Continued from Page Ttvo.) noon after three days of taklr.fr testimony and hearing arguments by attorneys. The jury returned a verdict in favor of R. C. Snrratt for and required R. C. Sarratt to pay M. A. Sarratt $1,406, as rent due upon some of the latter's land. The eov.rt yesterday took up the case of Phillips against Ballengcr, E. Graham Mncomson, a wellknown and highly respected citizen died Thursday morn :; * about 11 o'clock at hir. home in this city after a fatal illness of enly an hour's duration. Mr. Macornaon had been in his usual health except for rvery bad cold for the past two or three Clays. c^n 1 nurauuy iiiuiiiui;, ml- v.?irup and about until 10 o'clock when lie was taken violently ill. A physician was hurriedly summoned, and he arrived only a few minutes before the stricken mar. passed away, '-."be day before bo died, was the aixty-eirrhih anniversary of the birth of Mr. ?Macomson. He had been livinp in Caffney four years The Rev. 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