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rc 10 BKND BUIiLKTiy, BKKP, (fflWOON. THUnSDAY, JANITAnV SO, I0U0 1 - ,L. J '. The Xevi ilsO W1V CDryRtoHT O XCJ1aUK6 Ather ofCoMrfliaBcaof -tifti WtcnWlIdtrnM w King, cic CO MMtdMVWnnMtM' I tvlMl IttU l(tliin1l tll 1lMt !! il.tntitj lt sounded ter me like ye hit hlra with . hp., r(llirsil , .,,-- Vi. nm n.in Hi1.",'. 1,1 m'." i1" !,,,,,l,n, k!"'1, i ls to Ret out of this neighborhood bow-hut's mnkln this skunk hold so hlnnio ' ..,. ,,,i, ,, . ., ,....t .. tiu unj linn i nii(fi ntlll oh, yes, 1 will, Jnck Knl Just n achln fer tcr let ye hnt' It.' "And the other follow? He hit Ine." "My ol' frlen.' Gasklns; thet's him, Inll right." The deputy save rent to a. Wiort, mirthless laugh. "Oh, 1 nipped him with the butt ; hntl ter lo It. He'd got hold ot n club somwhnr, an wm goln' ter give yer nnother. It will he a while, I reckon, 'ore lie takes much interest. Whnt'U I do with this ml- fended ctnk?" I ucci?ed"eu' In reaching ray feet, nnd mood there n moment, gaining wlmt rrlcw I could through the dark Incss. The short struggle, desperate ns It hnd heen, was not n noisy one. and 1 could hear nothing nlmut us to Indicate any alarm. Kennedy had one linrd knee pressed Into Kale's alnlomen land' the star-rays reflected back the Ifteel glimmer of the pistol held threat lenlngly before the man's eyes. The Ihorses beyond stood motionless, and the two women In the saddles appeared like silent shadows. I stood up once nore, peering through the darkness nd listening. Whatever was to be one I must decide, and quickly. "Have Kale stand up, but keep'hlm -covered. Don't give him any chance to break away; now wait there Is a lariat rope bunging to this saddle; 111 -q It wns a strong cord nnd of Rood length, and we proceeded to bind the (fellow securely In spite of his objec tions, I taking charge of the pistol, While Tim, who wns more expert, did (the Job In a workmanlike manner. "Xow gag him, Tim," I said quietly, res, use the neckerchief. That will r i in i ls l0 gct Mt of wWnmo yond pursuit. If y. iV "That's two cr swept against us. I think we must hnvo wailed thus to exceed n tulle when we caino to n fork 'In the stream ami plumped Into n tint gle of uprooted trees, which ended our further progress, llotween the two branches, nfler n little search, Vvo dls covered a gravelly beach, on which the liorscH' hoofs would leave few per- iiiiiiivm mump, IX'JUIUI HUM griivel WO I plunged Into nn open wood, through whose Intricacies we worn onintioliott I to grope blindly, Tim nnd I both afoot, nnd constantly culling to each other, so as not to become separated. 1 luul lost nil sense of direction, when this forest Dually ended, nnd we ngnln emerged upon open prairie, with n myriad of stars shining overhead. critters down In the crick bottom. I reckon thet Klrby an' Oasklns must'r tied 'em thar." "Good ; then you will go ; you agree, with me?" "Thar" ain't nuthln' else fer me ter do hnngln' ain't never bu no ,hobby o' mine." "Then let's start," decisively. "Pick up one ot those horses down un the bottom and turn the other one loose. Fit lead on doun the trail and you can -Now Gag Him, Tim," I Said Quietly. do; all we can. hope for Is a few hours' start." "Is Klrby dead r "I'm afraid not, bnt he has got an ugly bump and lost some blood; his bead struck a rock when he fell. It will be a while, I Imagine, before he wakes up. How about your roan?" He crossed over and bent dowli above the fellow, feeling with his bunds In the darkness. "I reckon he's a goner, cap," he ad mitted, as though surprised. "Gosh, I must'r hit the cuss harder tlian I thought fair caved In his bed, the iwre devil. I reckon It's no great loss ter nobbofly." "Hut are you sure he Is dead? That will put a different aspect on all this, Kennedy J" I exclaimed gravely, facing him as he arose to his feet. "That und the belief I now have that Klrby has already consummated his plan of mar riage with Miss Ueaucalre." "You mean he has" "Ves, that he has forced the girl to assent to some form of ceremony, probably legal in this country. I over heard enough between him and Itale to suspect It, at least, und slm is oven now under the Influence of some drug. She hasn't spoken, nor does she seem to know what Is going on ubuut her. They Btrapped her Into the saddle." "The h they did," "It has been n hellish nffnir all the wny through, and the only way In which I can serve her, If this Is so, Is by getting her away as far away as possible, and where this devil can never find her again. What bothers me right now Is your case." "Aline? Lord, what's the matter with me?" "Considerable, I should say. You can't be left here alone to face the re emit of this night's work. If Gaskins (h dead from the blow you struck hlra these two fellows will swear your life nway JuBt for revenge. Even If you told the whole story, what chance would you have? That would only ex pose us. and still fall to clear you. It would merely be your word against theirs you would have no witnesses, unless we were caught." "I rerjeon thet's true; I wasn't thlnkln' 'bout It." "Then there is only the one road to take, Tim." I Insisted. "We've got to strle the trail together." "Wharf "I cannot answer that now ; I haven't -thought Jt out yet. We can talk that natter over as Wu r'-ie, I lifA-e n tnnp meet ui at the ford once ncrrs the creek wv can decide which way to travel; there mut be four hours of darkness yet." 1 picked up the trailing rein of my horse nnd slipped my arm through It. Tim faded away In the gloom like a vanishing shadow. The young woman next me, strapped securely to her sad dle, made no movement, exhibited no sign of Interest; her head nnd body drooped, yet her hands grasped the pommel as though she still retained some dim conception of her situation. The face under her hood was bent for ward and shaded nnd her eyes, al though they seemed open, gave no heed to my presence. I touched her bands thank God, they were inolat and warm, but when I spoke her name It brought no response. 1 started forward on foot, lending my horse, the others trailing after through the darkness. Knowing noth ing of the wny, I wns thus better able to pick the path, yet I found this not difficult, ns It was rather plainly out lined by the forest growth on cflher side. The trail was clay with n few small stones embedded In It, and the horses made little noise In their de scent, except mice when Elile's animal slipped and sent a loosened bit of rock rolling down to splash In some pool be low. We' came to the bank of the creek nt Inst, n narrow strenm, enslly ford able, hut with a rnther steep shore line beyond, nnd waited there a moment un til Tim emerged from out the black woods nt our right nnd Joined us. He was mounted, and. believing the time had arrived for more rapid movement, I also swung up Into saddle and ranged the girl's horse beside mine. They were not stock to be proud of, yet they did fairly well, Tim's mount evidently the best of the fonr. The going was decidedly better once we had topped the bnnk. We mny have ridden for two miles without n w6rd. for, although I had no Intention of pro ceeding far In this direction, I could discover no opportunity for changing our course so as to baffle pursuit. That Klrby and Itale wonld endeavor to follow us at the earliest opportunity was most probable. They were nelthrr of them the sort to accept defeat with out a struggle, and, nfter the treat ment they had received, the desire for revenge would be uppermost. Nor thus far would there be any difficulty In their picking up our trail, at least ns far as the creek crossing, and this would assure them the direction we had chosen. Then suddenly, out of the mysterious darkness which closed us In, another grove loomed up Immediately In our front, and the trail plunged sharply downward Into the depths of a rugged ravine. I was obliged to dismount nnd feel ray way cautiously to the bottom, delighted to discover there wns a smoothly flowing, narrow stream, run ning from the eastward between high banks, overhung by trees. It was a dis mal, gloomy spot, it veritable rave of darkness, yet npparently the very place I had been seeking for our pur pose. "Kennedy." "Hlght yere, sir. Lord, but it's dark found enythlng?" "There Is n creek here. I don't know where it fows from, but It seems to come out of the east. One thing Is certain, we have got t get oft this trail. If we enn lend the ihorses up stream a way and then circle back It would keep those fellows guessing for a while. Come hero and tee whut you think of the chance." "Ye let me go ahead with the nigger gurl, an then follow offer us, leadln' Miss neaucnire's boss. IJy Jemlny crick ets, 'tnln't deep' nough fer fer drown us enywoy, an I ain't much afeered.o the dark. Thar's likely ter he sum placo whar we kin gct out up thar. Whar the h are thera bosses?" We succeeded. In locating the animals by feeling and I waited on the edge of the bank, the two reins wrapped about my arm, until I heard the others go splashing down into the water. Then I also groped my own way cautiously forward, the two horses trailing be hind me, down the sharply shelving bank Into the stream, Tim chose his course near to the opposite shore, and I followed his lead closely, guided largoiy by the splashing of Elsie's nnl mal through the shallow water. Our movement was a very slow and cau tious one, Kennfdy halting frequently to assure himself that the passage ahead was safe. Fortunately the bot tom whs Arm and the current not par tlcularly strong, our greatest obstacle litlDC U!Llny.'b.nEln branches which CHAPTER XIV. ,The Island In the Swamp. The relief of thus being able to per ceive each other and gnln some view of our Immediate surroundings, after that struggle, through darkness clinuot be expressed In words. We were upon a rather narrow tongue of land, the two diverging forks of the stream closing us In. So, after u short conver sation, we continued to ride straight forward, keeping rnther close to the edge of the wood, so as to heller con ceal our pnssnge. Our advance, while not rapid, wns steady, nnd we must have covered several miles before the oast began to show gray, the ghastly light of the new dawn revealing our tired faces. Ahead of us stretched an I oxlonlve swamp, with pools of stag- nnnt water shimmering through lush grass nnd brown fringes of cnMnlls bordering their edges. Some distance out In this desolation, and only half revealed through. the dim light, a some what higher bit of Inn I, rocky on Its exposed side. Its crest crowned with trees, arose like nn Mnnl. Tim stnred across at It, shading his eyes with one hand. "If we. wu goln ter stop enywhnr, cap," he said finally. "I reckon thar ain't no better place then thet, pervldln' we kin git thar." I I followed his gae, and noticed that the mulatto girl nlso lifted her bend to look. "We certainly must rest," I con fessed. "Miss llemicnlre seems to he sleeping, but I am sure Is thoroughly exhausted. Do you see nny wuy of getting nenm the swamp?" He did not nnswer, but Klsle In stantly (Milnleil toward the. left, crying out eagerly: "Sure, Ah do. The Ian' fs higher 'long thar, sab yer kin see shale rock." "So you can ; It almost looks like a dyke. Let's try It, Tim." It wns not exactly n pleasant pas sage, or u safe one, but the continual increase in light aided us In picking our way nbove the black wnler on eith er hand. I let my horse follow those In front as he pleased and held tightly to the hit of the one bearing Klolse. The Island proved a small one, not ex ceeding a hundred yards wide, rnther sparsely covered with forest trees, the spaceibetween theses thick with under growth. Whnt first attracted my gaze after penetrating the tree fringe wns the glimpse of a small shack, built of poles, and thatched with coarse grass, which stood nearly In the center of the island. It was a rudely constructed, primitive affair, and to all appearances deserted. "Hold the horses here, Tim; let me see what we have ahead first." I approached the place from the rear, peering In through the narrow open ings between the upright poles. The light was so poor I was not able to perceive much, but did uucceed In fully convincing myself that the dis mal shack was unoccupied. The door stood unlatched and I pushed It open. A single glnnce served to reveal every thing the plnce contained. Without doubt It had been the late abode of Indians, who, in'nll probability, had fled hastily to Join Illnck Hawk In his foray up Itock river. What Interested me roost was u small bit of Jerked deer meat which still hung ngnlnst nn upright nnd the rude stone fire place In the center of the hut, with an j opening above to carry nway the smoke. I had found during the night a fair supply of hard bread In my saddle-bag, and now, with this additional gift of Providence, felt assured, nt least, of ono sufficient meal. "It Is an right, Tim, there Is no one here. An old Indian camp with noth ing but a hunk of Jerked deer meat left behind. Klsle, gather up some of that old wood yonder and build n fire. Kennfdy nnd I will look nfter Miss llenuculre," It was bright day by this time, tho red of tho rising sun in tho sky, and I could trace the radius of swump land stretcuing about us on every hand, u grim, desolute sceno even In the beauty of that clear dawn. We had been for tunate enough to itpproach tho spot ulong tlu-lonly available pathway which led to this little oasis, und n moro se cure hiding place It would be dlfllcult to find. 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