•oeT* M demanded, into the kitchen. In the 'Rm maid»-
offered a etear target. And at
i it out without me. light the truth went borne to him.
that Instant Bruce had drawn the
He turned, eyes glittering. "Tbe/ve
rm wounded and bleeding, and can't
leather wallet from the tree.
Curloaity alone stayed Simon's finger tell how long I can keep up. We've gone—on Dave's horse,” be -all
as Bruce had opened it. He saw the only got one horse, and without me "Thank God, they've only got one
gleam of the white paper in the dim to weigh him down you can get down | horse between ’em and can't go fast.
You ride like b—1 up the trail toward
to the court«—”
light; and then he understood.
Simon was u mun of rigid, unwaver­ r “And leave yon here to be tnur- I the store—they might have gone that
ing self-control; and his usual way dert-d? Oh, don’t waste the precious way. Keep close watch and shoot
wus to look a long time tietween the seconds aft- more. I won’t go with­ when you can make 'em out.”
“You mean—" Bill's eyes widened.
sights before he tired. Yet the sight out you. I mean It If you stay here.
“Mean I I mean do as I say. Shoot
of that document—the missing Folger- I do, too. Believe toe if you ever be­
by sound, If you can’t see 'em, afi'i
Ross agreement on which had bung lieved anything,”
Once more the lightning revealed don't lose another second or I'll shoot
victory or defeat—sent a violent im­
pulse through all his nervous system. her face, and on it the determination you, too. Alm for the man If a
1'or the first time in his memory his of a zealot. H b knew that she spoke chance offer»—but shoot, anyway.
the truth. He climbed with some dlffi- , Don't stop bunting till you find then»
reflexes got away from him.
It had meant too much; and his fin­ culty into the saddle. A moment they’ll duck off In the brush, sure.
If they get through, everything Is lost.
ger pressed back involuntarily against more and she swung up behind him.
the trigger. He hud not taken his us- | The entire operation had taken an I’ll take the trull around the moun­
uni deliberate aim, although ho hud astonishingly short period of tltne. tain.”
They raced to their horses, untied
seen Bruce’s figure clearly between Bruce had worked like mad, wholly
the sights the Instant before he tired. ■ disregarding bls injured arm. Just them, and mounted swiftly. The dark­
Simon was a rlflemun, bred In the beyond, Slinon with ready ritle was ness swallowed them at t ee.
bone, and he had no reason to think creeping toward the house.
CHAPTER XXIX
“Which way?" Bruce asked.
thnt the hasty alm meant a complete
"The out-trail—around the moun­
miss He did reallz« hhwever, the
of g!
In
difficulties of iitglit shooting—u real- tain, she whisper •d. "Simon will
lly ket
si all men who have lingered ' overtake us on the other—he's got a wild folk­
watch
In the duck blind experl- magnificent horse, O' the mountain
tn
or later—and he looked trail we'll have a bfc.ter chance to the
Linda
Iglits to see the result of I keep out of his sip
She spoke hurriedly, yet conveyed
Tin arknes
Is selDcontrol had coin-
c
turned to him; and he «us her message with entire clearn- s. of d< nance,
lliey
knew
what
they
had
to
e
them
had
!
yield
iDy.cold about the whole matter.
From the first second he knew he these two. Simon mid whoever of the snow. TJ
had not completely missed. He raised clan wus with him would lose no time What in- iovetnt nt
tn springing in pursuit. They each them was mostly towurd the foothills;
his rifle to shoot again.
But Bruce’s body was no longer re­ had a strong horse, they knew the for the message hud gone forth over
vealed. Eluda stood In tile way. It I trails, they carried long-range rilles the wilderness that the cold liad come
looked as if she hud delibel utely and would open fire at the first glimpse to stay. The little gnawing folk,
thrown her own body ss a shield be- of the fugitives. Bruce was wounded; emerging for another night’s work nt
slight as the Injury was. It would seri­ filling their larders with food, crept
tween.
Sltnon spoke then—a single, terrible ously handicap them In such a test as down into the scarcely less Impene­
outh of hatred und Jeulousy. But In this. Their one chance was to keep trable darkness of their underground
u second more he saw his triumph. to the remote trulls, to lurk unseen In burrows. Even the bears, «hose furry
Bruce swayed, reeled and fell In Lin­ the thlckqts, and try to break through coats were impervious to any ordinary
da’s arms, und he saw her half-drag to safety, .tnd they knew that only by I cold, felt the beginnings of the cold­
the doubtful mercy of the forest gods trance creeping over them. They
him Into the house.
ne stood shivering, but not from could they ever succeed.
1 were remembering the security and
the cold that the storm had brought.
Linda took the reins and pulled out warmth of their last winter's dens, and
“Come on,” he ordered Young Bill. of the trail, then encircled a heavy they began to long for them again.
“I think we’ve downed him for good, wall of brush. She did not wish to
The horse walked slowly, head near
but wv’ve got to get that paper."
take the risk of Simon seeing their the ground. The girl mude no effort
•
•••••
• forms In the dimming lightning and to guide him. The lightning had all
But Simon did not see all things opening fire so soon Theo she turned but ceased; and In an Instant it had
clearly. He had little real knowledge back Into the trull and headed Into become apparent that only by trust­
of the little drama that had followed the storm.
ing to the animal's Instinct could the
Ills shot from ambush.
•
•
•
•
•
•
• trail he kept ut all; almost at once
Human nature Is full of odd quirks
Simon had clear enough memory of ull sense of direction was lost to them.
and twists, and qmong other things, the rifle fire that Linda had opened The snow and the darkness obscured
symptoms are misleading There Is upon the elan to wish to approach the outline of the ridges against the
an nee.q.ted wav for men to net when the house with cure. It would he sky; the trull was wholly invisible
they
Ith n rille bullet, wholly typical of the girl to lay her beneath them.
They
to reel, to throw lover on ills bed, then go back to the
After the first hundred yari - the;,
1 heir
nd usually to cry window to wult for a sight of his had no way of knowing that the horse
out.
ible with these ac- assassin. She could look stmlght was actually on the trail. While uni-
lions.
havi- h..»n In bat- along a rille barrel' A few moments inals In the light of day cannot see
tlellehls know very well. Is that they were lost as Young Bill and himself nearly so far or Interpret nearly >
do not usually happen In real life.
encircled the thickets keeping out of clearly us human beings, they usually
Bruce, with Linda's eyes upon him, tlx glenru of The smoldering tree Its seem to make their way much better
took one rather long, troubled breath, light was almost gone; It hissed and at night. Many a frontiersman has
And he ■lid look somewhat puzzled, glowed in the wet snow.
been saved from deuth by realization
Then he looked down at his shoulder.
They crept up from the shadow, of this fact; und, bewildered by the ,
I'm lilt. Linda.” lie said In a quiet and holding their rilles ready, opened ridges, has permitted his dog to lead
way "1 tldtik fust a scratch.''
the door. They were somewhat sur- him into camp. But nature has never
tremendous shock of any kind
devised a creature that can see In the j
« of The
wound fr- in n thirty forty caliber
utter darkness, and the gloom that
bullet b id not seemingly affected him
enfolded them now seemed simply un-
outwardly at all. Some hours were
fathomable. Bruce found it lncreas
to pus« before tie completely under­
ingly hard to believe that the horse’s
stood. The truth was that the shock
eyes could make out any kind of dim
of that ritle bullet, ordinarily striking
pathway In the pine needles. The feel
u blow of a half-ton, had cost him for
Ing grew on him and on Linda as well, !
the moment in ublllty to make nny
that they were lost and aimlessly wan­
logical Interpretation of events. The
dering In the storm.
gtrl mol d swiftly yet without giving
Of all the sensations that the wilder­
un impression of leaping, and stood
ness con afford, there are few more
very dose mid it front of him. In
dreadful to the spirit than tills. It Is
one lightning movement she hud made
never pleasant to lose one's hearings—
of her own body n shield for his. I11
and In the night and the cold and
case the assassin tn the covert should
miles from any friendly habitation It
shoot lignin.
Is particularly hurd to bear. Bruce
Iler arm* went about mid
felt the age-old menace of the wilder '
his shoulder«. "Stagger,” slit
ness us never before. It always seemed I
pereil quickly. "Pretend to fu
to b<- crouching, waiting to take a j
the one chance to save you.”
man ut a disadvantage; and like the ;
He dispelled the mists in h
gods that first make mad those «horn
hrnln mid obeyed her He sway
they would destroy. It doesn't quite
her itrtiis went about him T
play fair. He understood no«
fell forward
wilderness tragedies <>f wl
He. strong urma eucircled his «Hist
heard ; he« tenderfeet—1
and with nil her magnificent young
the ridges—had broken 1
strength she drugged hliu to the door,
run that hud ended nowhere except
it was noticeable,
aotlceal le, however— to all
tn exhaustion and deuth.
«•yea except Bruce's
Brice's —thnt
that she k.^t
Bruce himself felt a wild desir to
her own body ns much a* she could
lash his horse Into a gallop, but he
between him and the ambush In an
forced it back with all his power« of
Instnut they «ere In the darkened
room. ,Bru< stiaxl up, once more ft Wa# Old Elmira, Cold and Minister «'111. His calmer, saner self explained
as a Rattler in It* Lair.
thnt felly with entire clearness. It
wholly niHsh of himself,
“Yell r«A in
hurt bud?" site asked prised to find It unlocked. The truth would mean panic for the horse, and
I quickly
was it hud beeu left thus by design ; then a quick mid ct
“No. Just
Linda -lid not utstvtbem to encircle ut the foot,of a pi
blow fyw«it> n iow-h
.-irtn muscle near the shoulder
the house to the rem door and dls-
horse seemed to hi
Jti«t must have grtued ma.
in
sever Bruce and herself tn the net of rather than seeing
i blt-edln« pretty bud."
departure The room wits in dark­
' "Then there's no time tn t>
They wert
ness. uud tile two intruders rather
tn
lie darl
Her tin nd« In tier engerm-«
exiustod to tlnd Brace's body on the
th
ugulli to his shoulder "D -i
rode
t tn
threshold.
Bruce felt
see lu-'ll tn- here In u minute
Iris
These
were
mountain
men
;
and
they
steal out the hack door mill
whlsiiered.
had
been
In
rifle
duels
before.
They
■ ride down to the courts twfoi
"Bruce," she said, “Let's be br
had the sure Instinct« of the beustB of
can uvrrtakc us—"
and look this matter In the face.
prey
in
the
hills
without,
and
among
In one Instant h« had grasped the
you tbluk we've lot a ehunee?"
Idea, and lie laughed softly In the other things they knew It wasn't wfs
He rode a Lsig time before he
tv
stand
long
in
an
open
doorway
with
gloom. "I know
I'll snatch two
sweri-iL He grop d desperately for a
die
firelight
of
the
ruined
pine
behind
blankets and tlx- food You gat the them.
«ord that .might hr k g her cheer, but
horse ”
it was lien! to find, The cold seemed
They
«llpis'd
quickly
Into
the
dark-
She sprang
t
out the kitchen door
to deepen about the,
and he • hurried Into the bedrooms, MM. Then they stop¡>ed and Ils- snow beat into his f tn. the retnorsele»
He «Hutched two of the warmest tened. The room «as deeply- silent
” he replied,
blankets from the bed* and hurl«-d They couldn't hear the sound that the "Linda,
mercies
them over bls shoulder, lie hooked both of them hud *o confidently ex­ ways to tii
the camp a< on his belt, then hasteuod pected—the faint breuthli.g uf a dying chance. .Ma
Into the little kitchen He took up mutt Sliuon «truck a mutch. The our case.''
~ ’lie little sack containing u few pound, room was quite deocned.
"I ‘hlnk 1
"W^aj’s qpy iju .lemaiMk-d.
' Jerked venison, spilled out « fe«
thing eu*i
Sltnon turned toward him with a of knowing I Juiveul Ue
M p:eivs for Elmlru. und carried It—
«ith u fvw potuids of flour—out to s»-wl and the rxMgh filckereil and rigid trait *
“Kwp yoUr
ai cet Unda
The horse still stood burned <>u|
"1 knew thnt I—<• <>^,j VVhethi
'»-.ul. 11.- ,
«nddloit. sud wtth deft hands they
be hiding soiuo we are op .uiy
trai. at ail”
'heir still
»M. • ' • -h- "
situ a'-r
ii«Hl on their supplies and fastened -mere
i-g. «
Q>e blaqjivt« In » li ng roll In front of
They Stole to the d srf ,if Linda's kxx)''
4 ■* it kna.
ros-tu a ml llstuu«! Ttuxi they threw micht
! tbé «addle.
bure ili ready f «
a wrong
‘’Gel on,*' si» whisper«!. TH gK it wide
one. Pcrtaps the
* 1» turned
up behltid yen.*
'?ne of th«*» fi»* «n» tn tin» root:-
and is he-ujit, -g buck homo—to-
Sh» spoke la «be utt< dnrkn.w; —an Implncabia foe nhooe eyes were werd
Simon's stubh i-*."
bc toit lu* hrea-h ugaluxt hta chwk. glittering and stn.ngt- in the ruatch-
She sp«'ke dully, ¡
Thrti the llghtiitug catiw dltnlyr und lighL But tt wo neither Bruce nor •rm buck to her and
•howud hlm ber fnen
l-Uela. It was
FJndra, add and brave," he urged. - Unda • ry to be
We i an wjy tai
“Nq, Llmt<' b» repliai quiet!) *11 it*ter a* » rani er tr> It* Ut» SRnoc « cham-w*
‘ Tfcui *ro gvlng alotio*"
csi-ss-d her uiu* hnrrted nx
The horw ploijHj #
Sh» cul Mm off «Ith u darpairtng
Holding Mu raw It*» » duh, be
¡□ore
•***
“»«»•; To fink that
cry. "Gh. plewM Brui»—4 root! swung through tn to Brrco« Mata,
I*U *IA» b«r< th«n— J>
lights«! another inatufl, Uiei, fertvd ÍK th«l gi* »«j eujvuragg m
<< my tryit-u ti ke.- -,tf
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