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Ki:;oNT city i:NTi:iiinsi: I'lnn.w. novkmiikiu. vmu rh'Mrfs mis By Louis Joseph Vance O A.C. OUTPLAY! 000ik IN fVINY DlCARTtJ,ST CMAPTt) XLVIII. CHAPTER XLVII. Th Llil Warning. In the clilll, vlolat-ahadowed duak of that dear evening, a chip fallen motor car rrcjii ilugglahly Into tbe Hula mountain town of Metqult at lb bfi of two muttnnut mule, drtv on by chauffeur who (tarred with on band while th other flourished crackling whtplash over th backs of It aoln motive power 11 one passenger, cripple help les tha car Itarlf. huddled In a corner of the rear eat. saluted Mnv quit with marl. ThouKh he ai In ore need of urh rude comfort a the town tood prepared to afford him. bit demeanor toward It waa that of one who suffer an Indignity rather than bog accommodation. And now, aa the car crawled to ft pause before tha Mountain bouse Meaqulte one caravanaeral and Meatjulte Itself, to the laat flea bitten hound, gathered round to view thl wonder, Mr. Trine Indignation and chagrin distilled word of polaonou Import Far from rvcntlng thl. Mesquite, pipe In mouth, hand In pocket, ad mired and ftpplauded. and rather re aented the change that befell when two other tranger (whose earlier an pearaace In town had helped make that one day memorable beyond all other In Mesquite' history) charged out of the Mountain bouse and Inter rupted the elder devil with crle of greeting and Jubilation. The leader of these answered to the name of Marrophat: hi companion wa a person named Jimmy. Me quite acquired thl Information through paying close attention to the ubstance of their communication with the cripple. More than this. how. ver. It learned little. Something seemed to Lave been accomplished by the two, something that was highly gratifying to Seneca Trine: for he wa chuckling almost mirthfully when lifted from the car and carried luto the hotel. What passed between the trio aftcc they disappeared behind that bed chamber door Mesquite could by no mean guess. But that a celebration of some sort wa In progress wa evi denced by the frequency with which Marrophat and Jimmy called on the bar for more liquid refreshment. And toward midnight one belated Mesqulto paused in the street outside the Mountain house for one last curi ous stare at the lighted windows of Mr. Trine' quarters. He saw, ol early silhouetted against the glowing oblong of the window, the MephistophiV n profile of Seneca Trine, dbror; I with a grimace of the cruelest Joy that ever heart of man conceived. He saw Marrophat ap proach his master with a drunken swagger and a speech which, though Indistinguishable to the unseen au ditor, unquestionably afforded both of the other men ample excuse for ec static glee. Toward its conclusion Mr. Marrophat apparently capped the peak of Jubilation by fumbling in his coat pocket and bringing forth some thing which strongly resembled a sin gle playing card. Now when he had contrived to master his mirth, the cripple made a gesture which eloquently abolished this card, a gesture which said quite plainly: "All that is finished. The thing has served its purpose! To bell with it!" Whereupon, with a smart Jerk of his wrist, Mr. Marrophat sent the card spinning and sailing out through the open window to lose Itself in the night. The watcher didn't see it fall, and thoi gh he spent an unconscionable time searching for it in the deep dust full riignL "Oh, what ran It mean" !!. whis pered brokenly, rlltlii( to hrr Inter arm. "jiureljr you d.-n'l think , , Surely. It must I cidrMl iiuri ly It can't niran " Ttii afraid It dura." Alan I. r apon.Ir.J gravely, eyeing the front i f the M. Miti t.i ii n,u. "Our Ink hoi. I roniltt. r,tl - that' ll It w.ti.Un't ba u If we didn't pl k i t lie "no place where .Marrophal d Jimrrr rhnta to at.ip over tilghl. Kortw ate- lv. It' early; I doubt thrt're up With half a show we ought to be bie to f.r.d aome wy of f : : ! 1 1 ft good distance bctwren us and t' la (own before they wak-n . . . To-u' Hilt Mr. I'arcua was already at h'a elbow. In thorough ympalhy with Alan' Interpretation of the slfnlfi ranee to be attache.) to the carl that trembled In Ria' hand. "Sharp' the word!" he if-rrd "And there' motor car over there In front of the blacksmith'. Prvb- ablr we can hire her " Trine' car!" Alan emulated wincing round nd recegtililng the automobile at a glance. "Then he's here. a well!" "Look Ilka It." Tarru ftdmltted "Put o much the better We'll )ut naturally take the darn' thin hla handa, and til bet ft dollar there Isn't another car within ft radiu cf fifty mile! Well be well rut of theae giddy mountain long before be flndl anything to chase u with " f mountainside the itr )le et ': huitti-J and iituf lb l-( warrti.g rams ui-. ii Inn u mui Ju.l i b il;n i ut.ircl, I'jfrm trnltng iOrr his Di'a ftad liikrrli.( wlltt Hi motor Vr ( horrli!!atit ( liitiatit rvtll all. a .mr.l uaatoidaMo. IUu aJ JuOltb and It huitorv e'-a ox-uiicl, itii'M of lit wl.itb if th rid, it.fro waa litilo room tx-tkeeo ihem aiJ tbe ilfsllvltr, ra brtwrrn Ihnu and liia formal. To trr to ia them vn tb.' Utter aid wi!d t' !!. tu )! b.s braltt out ai;liiil lh tirra; while to n.ake tha ftltrtupt on tha uutaiJ woulj , da to ruk lenity tha road a'ariLcr and t!ahlnc 3 into ! ... 1 And It waa. Iir':t:i to stop tha cycle o ttif waa all bl wamlrc la c!r.'fat!un AUn t t tie oui:Ja of the rvaJ. and for tha t' tif a alngla heart teat th."'thl that ha tt.'.cbt po:t!y make It. tut with the brat rcaMird that he would tiot aerlt.g tb front wheel twlng c3 oirr tha lip of the slo. I iir'r Tha r lug rar wa l atel) out it audi when ba )iaig from tlx ; :i.iii,a tirra n.l. Jw.lnh at bl t l- HeJ headlong . in lha a!oMj to lha ai-ot wnria the otliet bad van- l.lir-l. To fnd thrtti nut on!r tlta but I il-ally uitu-atbrd rtr,ti. that loial -oi almost to liar I'ut when coiigraliii.n.'na had been tnutiially richangrd, llieta fell an akard aiu. The ci of flia four toiift.l ona another a rui'ullt. raih ('all huU k w(b tha ui.ulli ud but lu- rorat.! Inquiry: What net In lha outruma. It waa Mr llarru who aliie the aitlnn wbUb waa aioi'ted -though thia n It ra re(Kn tllTo IhruuKh !ai ' of a better than for suy actual ai prl lutrlualc 111 lha roHtltUin. "When we brvke d.'n. I saw." be VrnturrJ. with a U.katd Jerk of hla thumb to ludlrata tha road, " ran )on I ram hliig off fJL n this ona about quatter of nill.afi r jon.lrr If It' II the satua to )oT i -.ii-le, wa might Put hi confidence wn demon- ama fraeiion of ft on I. strated to b prematura be th dla- , Headlong they plunge.l a ona down covery. which rewarded the flrat cur 'the h!.'lWe, strui k Its aheMng aur- j Lji rfr.rT Varra.' ' ' '''' f--v' ' '.. : It Was a Trey of Hearts. of the roadway, he went his way in the end with curicsity unsated: Fate had reserved that card for a higher pur pose. Undisturbed, It lay where it had fallen, face upward, not a dozen feet from the front dejor of the Mountain house, until anothc-r day dawned on Mesquite. Then, in the clear light of that dawn, four more BtranRers straggled into town two weary and haggard men, two footsore and bedraggled women. One of these last was dressed in a suit of man's clothing, much the worEe for wear. At sight of the Mountain house the party betrayed slight symptoms of a more cheerful spirit: rejoicing in its promise of food and drinks and beds withal wherein to sleep, the four quickened their steps. But of a sudden one of the women she who wore the garments of her sex paused, uttered a low cry, a-thrlll with terror, and clutching the arm of the man nearest her, pointed down to the card that stared up from tbe dust at her feet U w as a trey of hearts. ory examination, that the ear wa very thoroughly out of ccninillon. Two mlnuten later, however, their earnest Inquiries elicited the f.irt that, although llarcti wa Jut!fl.'d In bl surmlce that the nelrhbinng country wa poverty stricken In r" pect of motor car. Meaqnlte Itne'f boasted two motorcycles whoe own ers were not Indifferent to a chance to ell them econd hand at a con siderable advance on tha retail list price of the machine, w hen .new. And thus it wa that, within ten minute from Hoe' dlncovery of that chance-flung warning In tha d',it, the party'wa tfRaln In rapid motion. His beauty sleep disturbed bv the departure of the machine bearing flarcus and Judith. Seneca Trine roused on aa elbow and looked out of the window Jut In time to see the second motorcycle gathering momen tum. Alan steering, Rose In the seat behind. Sixty seconds later a finuntlng ban ner of dust was all that remained to remind Mesquite that romance had passed that way that, and a series of passionate screams erranaflrr from the bedchamber of Sereea Trine, where the cripple by po?ej. sed by seven devils of lnpennte race. His screams brourht attendance: but It was a matter of many precious minutes before his demands ruM he met and Marrophat and .Tlrrny roused from their crapulous slumber' In ad joining chambers; and hilf in hfir elapsed before the rhaufevr. ro'ised from his own well-earned rest, suc ceeded In convincing the puir that pursuit with the motor car wa3 out of the question. Hut the devil takes earn of his own: within another half hour whit seemed fc be sheer, bull-headed, dumb luck brought a casual automobl'e to Mes quite a two-seated. high-power racing machine cf the latest and speediest pattern, driven by two Irre sponsible wayfarers who p-oved only too susceptible to Marrophat's nffer of double the cost of the car f. o. h. Detroit for Its Immediate surrender The two plied out promp'ly enourh: Marrophat and Jimmy Jumped In: Trine from his bedroom window sped them on their murderous mission with a blast of blasphemy. It must have been an hour later when Alan, checking his mntorrvcle as it surmounted thu summit of a long upgrade, looked back and dis covered, several miles distant rn the far-flung windings of the mountain road, a small crimson Bliape that ran like a mad thing tirelessly pursued by a cloud of tawny dtint like a gold en ghost. A motor car, beyond all question, and one of uncommon road devouring quality; It might or might nrit con tain Marrophat nnd Jimmy, once more In pursuit. Whether or not. hitter experience had long since educated Alan In the gentle art of taking no chances. Though It was hla life that they eought so pertinaciously, no later than yesterday (and then by no means for the first time), they had proved that If Rose were with Alan they would Include her ruthlessly In whatsoever scheme they might contemplate for his personal extermination. Nor would Tom flarcus he exempt, If they were cnught in company though Judith might be, In view of Marrophat's Infatuation for the girl. These two were far ahead, out of sight, Indeed; and must somehov.- be overtaken and warned no easy mat ter, since the machine which bore them was, If anything, faster than Alan's, Just as the racing automobile was faster than either. Alan kept his gaze steadfast to the road before them, daring not once to look up and round or back. So sinuous and meandering was Its course, indeed, that Alan seldom couii see a hundred yards of It ahead, but must pelt on In panic flight, hoping for the best that Judith and Eareus would soon show up In front, that something might happen to hinder tho pursuit never knowing whether the latter lost or galDed. And thus catastrophe befell . . . Bound the swelling bosom of a w cod- atr.,11 I t V. -, ... I ... k t. . t, At thl ba acted l-.arply and upon ' ' " V . ' " . ' ........ natural r.raitlon nay be-If ny. I'ut It' sura a tuUhiy poor aort of a canton that doean't bad anywhere fttid noJhtr.f could t-o:Mv ba mora fatiguing to our mercurial and ret leaa temper than to j"al down here and fold our band la our tap and wait for aomethlug lo turn up and anyway wa can't ba aona off than wa are and " 'Sufficient:" Mr. Law Interrupted with bleak smile. Crooking a deferential arm. lUtcu offered It to Judith. Ererythlnc I lovely In the formal sheer Inatlnol A tba ccle left lh road altogether ba rlik.-d broken i kneo by rrleaalt.g bl graap of the i handletir and straightening out hi 1 leg and driving It down forcibly galnat tha roajl ed The 1 ffcvt of tbl wa lo lift him bo-llly from tb aal d!e: tbe marhlna shot from beneath blm Ilk soma strange, projectile hurled from the bora of a great gun; 1 and Roae rraahed agalnat blm In tbe face a good twenty f.-rt fmm the brink, .1,, -A V, i t' ' ln'. .. . - f . r--t.- I ,;v 'j .... .. , -JZXPi-' V. !.--. Ste" - - 1 Trine Was Lifted From the Car and Carried Into th Hotel. of the road, and flying apart tumbled tbelr separate ways don tho re mainder of the drop and Into tho friendly shelter of the underbrush. Something nearly miraculous saved them whole, lleyond a few scratcbt-a nnd bruises anil a severe slinking up, they escaped unhcrmed. And they were picking themselves up and re gaining their breath and re-collecting their scattered wits when, with Im petus no leas terrilllc than their omi had been, the pursuing motor rar swung round the bend and hurled it self directly at the two who remained upon the road above. CHAPTER XLIX. Karden," he Insisted "o sweetly ro mantic. Are you gatno for an Idle saunter, Just to while tho Idle hours away?' Tho woman found spirit enough for a wan smile as she tucked her hand Kratefully beneath his arm. "You're the cheerfulest soul I ever met," she said demurely. "What I'm Kolng to do without you when if ever we get out of this awful business, fc-oodnesa only knows." U'ts talk of something else," ho 1 ba srrorded her, n1 quickly, anil lhal lha aaciinra It ahould demand would ba complete . , , Now prayer r toiiietlme tn Barred when lb boon crated I good for lha oul. , . , Hloaly and painfully these four tolled along n uti-ur trail thai fol lowed tba wlndluga of lha little river, until brft.irti trutk Into lh main (ream nd o discovered lo them yet another trail biding Into Hm weal ward canyon. Then again lowy and painfully Ihey plodded on following blindly an other trail blaied by Kate a bllud a Ihey. Above them, on lha road they bad abandoned, tha crlnnon racer donbled bark lo lha point whera It bad paid Judith and I'atem; It inrui aiita de scended, riplored. and ram preaenl ly upon lha trail of lha fugitive. Illoodhound could not have art lied down upon aceni with more good will and ragertieaa iban Mr. Mar rophat and hla faithful aide. Tba aim waa high and bliwlng above lha canyon when lha pursuit cam within rifle shot of the chain A aplfrful shot rouaed lh quar tet from a paure of lethargic dlamay dua lo tardy appreciation of tha fact that they had penetrated wltl.-aaly i- moit to tba and of a blind lley. A baaly council of war armed Alan with Judith revolver and poated blm behind a bowlder commanding the ap proaches to the chaam. Tha weapon, powerful had ft range ufflrlent to numb the Impetuosity of the -(aalna and keep them under cover nd out of lght of the desperate y the fugitivr were making to compass an escape For In lha abed behind as abandoned log cabin souvenir, no doubt, of some I forgotten prospector-Harcu bad un j earthed length of stout hempen ropn. With tha aid of a ruaty shovel he had harked thl Into two equal length. One of then length ho proceeded to make fust around bl own waist, then around Itose'a. The other ho left to be similarly employed by Alan and Judith. For It waa agreed that they must climb, and while lha cliff offered no problem lo d.iunt mountain climb er of any pretensions. It waa ronald rred beat that the fugitive ahould be hitched up In pair against any pos sibility of clip. The pairing bad I been determined by the fact that I ltarcu boasted some slight eiperlence I In mountaineering, while lloae wis plainly the most exhausted of the two women, the least able lo help herself In an emergency. He bad worked hli cautious way, with the girl In tow, to a point mid way up the face of the cliff, following a long diagonal that provided the ea lest climbing, -when Alan stole back to Judith anil reported that, on the , evidence of observation and belief, ho waa convinced that the pursuit had J turned back- perhaps for want of am I munition, perhaps to execute some ! less harardous attempt upon tho live of the fugitive. 1 Without delay, then, ho made the j free end of the rope fast around hi I own wulst, and. following the way Hur I cus bad chuhcn, beini the nnretil. ! Twothlrd of the climb hail bee if accomplished, and Hose and Harms had arrived In safely at tho top, bo- I fore the temptation to look down 1 proved Irresistible. Immediately beneath his heels the fnco of the cliff was deeply hollowed out, leaving a drop of U fret to a shelving lcdgo of shale as steep as a roof, whoso eaves perhaps nnother fifty feet below Jutted out ovjr an other fall of a hundred feet. Alan shuddered mid swallowed hard before resuming the ascent. Another 20 feet brought blm to Judith bad loinehow escaped being prodpilaled liter the, eatea of h shale riNif roused blm md gat him nerve en. nigh to hssuuio lha lilmb. It waa true, whan ha found coinage to look and see fur himself, aha lay Within three )atda of lha brink u I' I lie. tier fuen uplifted to Ilia lull, UII- stirring, ah dared not allr, a single AI.IIAN V. Oro, ),, .. dih a lb gboat of IB n,, fallible aimlessly iiPr '. ""K'.l ll. II 1 aiupiis noon in a i' a of mud ,,,,1 I llil tirek., AKiile In h , I liHer.lty of Wiabln 0 lit 0 01a. 1 i.'i 1 aV.!l! '- HI Scrtam Brought Atttndinc. movement wa calculated lo set th haln bed again In motion. I'alnfuily be renlUed thnl If. a llar ru asserted, sho had deliberately cut tho rope herself, Judith had oHered up her Ufa to spam bl own. One long year l i ru n, 1 In wipe out lha llgmi 4 n (iirferrd la. I fall. ti,4 1 , w ) he. ring lurtl..,.. '" !'' nun h taunted ImMu 1. tu. .''V"' till. -'. Ill lha Initial iiuarler V..... li.o balloted its war lu 11.. ' of Ibo Aggli goal Hita - j. l. r. as usual, held ih f , ? lug ram, but lha .r..ti (. , ,4, Hiewart. with all Ibo furr f land wll.ba'a uiili-ashi d In a 1, 77 Iota the m in,,,, ,l(, .i,.," kicked far out of danger After the first qtiart.r lh Au; had nun h tho 1,1 at of 11... .7 . Kllwi't fur Iwoor Ibrea coallt 1,1..: 1 un punla nd p... . n, AlttU.t hata cored. In Iho am olid h.ilf Wuk lliglon liudn yardnga only t.l.r ,k Ibo Aggie torn olf lh.. u,.iJ.i Xrd 1111 liiitnberles oc, sslona. Tha diir produced h m.m I - Iho fixtthall rlithualaata In ...m. I'oiit. Ilia nam.. , Art l.uu. hct bark on Ibo Oregon AkkUi eU... 01M1 u.a.-d rteii the ledoiihtaMe 'mi': ... lecariiiii ill t.r in,, U I kic king waa a irnin,n,i,,,,. 1 Tlnio afler tlmo ho .Med Uh. hearv leather over thn Ih.blo guarri-rl.i.k. several of III ,pr,, Mltlut , . u yar.ia. I.tit-off lackla plung. Ing andbl. bnin.,,, Hrlt, ..,,, , , ruiiiou ii.-stou u, bl palmli .t da. w Yt 10 Day-. iU bate .g jj ,, , Tl. f I'-rgiil,, HI,opplllK. Hivpaga Mn, (Adr.l CHAPTER L. marry Sacrifice. But Tom Rarcus hadn't failed to profit by the warning Implicit In Alau's accident. Alan, he told himself shrewdly, would never have run his cycle at so foolhardy a pace without good rea son; and under the clreumntnncea good reason was Bynonjmous solely with pursuit. He was therefore on the alert, quick to see the racing automobile, wlw-n It came hurtling round the bend, ami In the very nick of time gra.ip"d Judith's arm and swung her bodily with him Lack out of harm's way, amid Hie trees that horde-red tho Inside cf tho road. Of necessity his motorcycle suffered. Abandoned In tha middle of tho road, It was struck by the buffers of Iho motor car and flung aside as if It had been nothing- more ponderable than a truss of straw landing half-way down tho embankment, a hopeless tangle of shattered tubing and twisted wlro. At first blush the circumstance seemed surprising, that the car dlu not stop. But then Barcus reminded himself that Marrophat and Jimmy could not possibly have witnessed the. accident Involving Alan and Rose, who, together with the wreck of their ma chine, remained well-cloaked by the underbrush at the bottom of the can yon. In all probability, then, the as sassins bad assumed that Alan had hurried on; and since their own first business was concerned exclusively with them, they had done likewise, reasoning that they could return and deal with his unfortunate friend at their convenience after overhauling their quarry, whose life they most coveted. As for Rose and Alan heaven alone knew what bad happened to them. So Barcus set himself to find out "hat ever Providence knew without more suggested hastily. "Unless, of course," sho pursued witn unbroken gravity, "I you. . . ." "Heaven," the young man prayed fervently, "forfend!" "That is hardly gallant" "I mean heaven forfend that you should throw yourself away!" "Humph!" she mused, "i'erhaps I you ro right. Tbelr banter was not without a subtle object, namely, to reassure tho Kirl who followed,, supported by her lover's arm. In tho course of the last 21 hourB Hose's Jealousy of her sister's new found friendliness with Alan had ln'como acutely evident. Tho least courtesy which circumstances now and again demanded that he show Judith or seem a boor, was enough to cloud tli countenance of Alan's betrothed. Nor, Indeed, was Rose altogether destitute of plausible excuse for this feeling. U was undeniable that be tween Alan and Judith a bond of sym pathy had grown out of tbe trials and hardships they had of late suffered in common. It. was undeniable but even in his most private thoughts ; a ledgo qulto six feet wldu, offering a broad and easy path to tho summit Ho gained this with a prayer of heart felt relief and was on tho point of rising to his feet when a cry of horror from Iinrcus and a scream of terror from Rose, wutchlng over tho upper edge, warned blm barely In tlmo to rnablo him to snatch at and grasp a knob of rock before Judith's weight tautened tho rope between them and Jerked Alan's legs from under hltn. Ills feet and legs kicked tho empty air beyond tho Hp of tho ledge," ho lay fuco downward, clutching desper ately the knob of rock, praying that It might not come away In his grnHp, that hlx grasp might hold, that Harms might arrive in time to Have them both. The rope was cutting Into his walHt like n dull knife. Tim drag of Judith's body was frightful. Ho could feel her swinging like a pendulum at the end of Its ,10 feet., and could Imagine but too vividly what would happen If tho rnpo idiould provo fuulty The fall of 20 feet to the shale roof wns nothing. What would fol low would, however, spell death. The Impact of her body would set the shalo In motion, like an avalanche- Alan denied It fiercely. Judith, on and beyond the eaves was only emptl- the other hand, not only acknowledged 11 freely to herself, but secretly de rived a strangely sweet and poignant pleasure from the knowledge that she loved so madly and hopelessly. That her love was hopeless she knew but too well. Kven though Alan might not be altogether Indifferent to her, after all that had passed between them, his loyalty to Rose was un shakable. And not for worlds would Hose's rival have had It otherwise. She could not have loved him as she did had he not been so unmovably true. As It was, since she could not hope her love might be returned, she was content to love and to promise herself that, If opportunity ever of fered, she would not prove unready to sacrifice herself for her love. x And at times she caught herself praying that such opportunity would Hess and tbe bowlder-slrewn bed of tho chasm, a hundred feet below! Tho sweat poured from his faco like rain. Ills eyes started In their sock ets, the blood drummed In bis ears with a roar resembling distant thun der. His fingers grew numb, bis throat dry. . . . Ho felt that ho could not hold on another Instant when, abruptly, that torture was no mow. The rope had been relieved of Its burdun. He heard a scream from below echoed by one from ubove, then the thump of Judith's body falling on tho shale, then the slithering rumble of the landslldo gathering momentum. . . . Barcus, at length arrived, assisted him to a place of security. Spent and faint and sick with horror, be lay prone and shuddering. Only the assurance of Barcus that Retribution. And yet the very consciousness of the girl danger wa all thn atlmu In tit that Alan needed to recall him to himself. One arrived with Harcu at tba top of tbe cliff, bo loat no time lu aettlng about preparations to effect her res cue. In thl buslnrsa Fortune nulled upon him, ft It were, by prodlapoaltlon. A broad roadway ran along tho top or tha precipice, turning oil at a little distance to tho right, to descend the muutitalnald". And Just beyond thl turning Providence bad chosen lo locate Ibe camp of a hydraulic min ing outfit. Alan appearnnre at tha top, In fact, w coincident with tho arrival at (but point of h.ilf a doien excited miner; and he had no more than voiced bl demands than three of their number were hunteiilug bark to the enmp to procure rope and morn hand. Within five minute Alan, 'gainst thn proteit of Rose and Harm, win being lowered over the edge and down to the shalti roof en which bit land ed ut a ipot far 10 one side of Judith, lo escape nil danger of sending a sco- ond la ti it i 1 1 lt) down upon her. Picking bis way carefully down to the very brink, Alan edged along this, more than once saved a full lo death only by tbe rope, until he stood Im mediately below Judith. Then pausing, bo lnstrucled her cnrefully, tossed the end of thu ropo Into her bunds, and when sho had wound It twice roupd her arm, crept up to her side nnd helped her muko It fast about her body. Ills signal to tho miners that all was well educed prompt response. There wns a giddy Interval In which tho two swung perilously between heaven and earth. Then they stood once morn lu sufcty. Supported by sympathetic hands, tho quartet staggered Into camp, their story, ns condensed by llarcus nnd tirentblesslv confirmed by Alan. already winning thorn cnthuslustlo champions. And this was very well for them: For they hnd no more thun seated themselves and begun to npprccluto what perils tfcoy hud escaped, when the rumble of o. motor car sounded bo- yond the shoulder of thn hill. Startled by this alarm once more Into full command of his (lagging fac ulties, Alun rose and stumbled out Into thn roaduny, taking cognizance of such facilities for defense, ns tho camp afforded and Issuing Instructions with a voice vibrant with fear, not for hln own snfety, but for the safety of thoso whom bn loved. Not fur from thn point where Iho road Bwung from the cliff lo bread the camp the hydraulic, nozzle was In action, Its terrific force of water melt ing tho mountainside away ton by Ion. Toward this Barcus ran at top speed, gaining the iiian In rimr of tho noz zle Just as thn car swung round tho bend. Pausing only lot:;: ei ce; !; to make certain that tliero ci.i.ld bo no mis take and having t"i- certainty made dnuhlv Burn l,v .llmmv's action 'n r'H' Ing from bis S':ut and firl.ig over tho windshield nobitblif '1 A'-'" " ""B last stood waning In t'.io roadway Itarcus and the miner si-ting tbe noz r.lo round until It bore directly on tbe car. The power of Its stream was such that tho car wns checked Instantly In Its tracks; and before the water could have been shut off or.tVi stream di verted, thn machine vas driven back to tho very lip of the cliff and over It completely. Inking with It those twain upon whose cTorU all the hopes t : ueca Tr.ue of late had been ct-n- teifd. , c ;!h that was merciful. In that v -i . ntaneous, awaited them at dir. ... (To be oonttnued ) I HEADS-LIST BEAVER HURLER CLOSES SlAton WITH PERCENTAGE 0 AH Flllier Mnrtlllonl, the elm, Rated Iwlrler of tho Portland li,.u,,.r. top. pd the Iwlrler In th.. pm-lfic I'oaU baseball league during the HU ,.-,imiii Willi Ibe percentage of Mil. .Marty wou 11 games and lost two, while his i..bui. mate. Kriink Kaslley. who joined th (leaver during Iho ,t ,.,,),, (lf Iho staaon. Won five game m n two. Hiirbain, tha Hullua, dr.. t, who wa with the Koala, won ihreo gam.- am) lost none. The vcternn twlrler. Ji.ck 'van of l.o Angel. f, Is the real leader, w'.lh thn murk of .CSii. bynu twirled lu games during the y.-nr. winning ri nnd losing It. Hj-i k llurkues Pu- IMied tho year with ! victories and three defeats, nd rioi'thpaw ,uh of tho Mile l.lilell won tvon an I 1'ixt foir. Uiurley Puuin of 1I1.1 Heals wi n ;'t and lost 1:', li ve lllgKlniioiluim of tha rluimplot'N was Iho league s Iron limn, winning .11 riniis and bisiti'i V0. "Iioc" Wbll.i found the goum pretty rough III the league durln tho season, win ning 17 and Inning III games. 'Long Tom" Hughes won Jl and lost li game. Khmke nnd tiiiudrlilgn, who en to thn major leagues iioxt seimon, fin ished with percent ige of ,,r,n(). VANCOUVER PILES UP 8CORE OF 27 TO 0 AGAINST LOCALS Vancouver high school had a walk away with Oregon City high yestinlay when It met thn local eleven 011 lha home grounds 11 1 Vancouver. The Un til scorn was 27 lo 0: While the locnl boys put up It fair game, Ihey could make 110 headway against the WiislilnK totilaus whatever. Forward puses, trick and fukn plays worn used effec tively against Coneii West's eleven and I A Wonderful ltttiirnv-.it.in.it It. thn ttlltV- Ing of thn Vancouver team was noted. Tim result was 11 big surprlso lo high school fans, who hail hoped for u vic tory following thu 13-13 gamo played bill ween tho two elevens' at Oregon City. Thn local boys didn't seem to got their inachlnn lo working nnd never once was thn Vancouver goal In danger. Tho Oregon City team arrived homo lust night. A large delegation of foolers nccompanled thn local eleven. At homo thn high school seconds banded nut a crushing defeat lo the filadHloiio eleven, by piling up n score of 411 to fr. Tho aindstonluna wore light nnd Inexperienced. OREGON CITY AND LENTS PLAY IN SLOPPY FIELD Kor almost two hours through d"C) mud nnd water tho Oregon City and fnts foothill tennis struggled Sun day afternoon on Ciineiiiuli fluid with out a seoro. Although tho field was slow nnd fust playing was prevented by tho mud and water, both teams tried frantically to win thn game, and ut times one sldo would seem to have victory bocuw only lo lose out In a critical moment Tho contest was without fnntures bo cause of Ibo condition of thn field. Thn elevens were evenly matched. Tho nttomlatico was small. November the lOlh Is your day In Oregon City. Boo pages 4 and 5. (Adv.) A news Item Bays tho Nizman of Hy derabad has several hundred wives. Poor devil, he needs a counting ma chine to help him keep track of his family.