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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSRA, OREGON. 1! [ COM RADES OF P E R IL ~ j 4 By R A N D A L L P A R R IS H mm ui*rntâm.'IÈsmMÊËÊatmÊilÉMÊ&maKàiaÊÈaËËÊtÊ < • CHAPTER B r U \ V f. I: hi ••I hl |H pr tn ml I»M Mi it 1 ro i itiH n h Hr* flirt m I e ' well eoi anc '* F or th ree y e ars I any each m onth w ith I pains in m y sides. I I found only tem po- C o p y rig h t, A. C. B c C lu rg a n d Co. | . ary relief in d o c to r's medicine o r a n y th in g else I took until m v "D on’t lose your nerve.” he w his husband saw an ad pered, sta rtle d by h e r action, “nothing v e rtis e m e n t o f can h u rt us here.” L ydia E. Pinkham ’s V e g e ta b le C om “Oh, I k now ; It is not th a t," Hie pound. I m entioned w ords alm ost a sob. “I do not think I it to a neighbor and am really frig h te n e d ; only I —1 w ant she told m e she had to feel you n e ar me.” tak e n i t w ith good “ M e!" he questioned su rp rise d ; — • re su lts and advised “why, I haven’t been m uch good so me to t r y it. I w as then in bed p a rt of fa r." th e tim e and m y doctor said I would "Oh. h u t you h a v e ; you have been have to be operated on, b u t w e decided splendid. No wom an could ev er ask to tr y th e V egetable Compound and I m ore. I w ant you to know how g ra te also used Lydia E. Pinkham ’s S an ativ e W ash. I am a dressm aker and am now ful I am .” able to go about my w ork and do m y "W ell, I don’t Ju st like th a t,” he housew ork besides. You a re welcome p ro tested . “T h ere a in ’t no cause for to use this le tte r a s a testim onial as I am you to be gratefu l, so f a r a s I can see. alw ays glad to speak a word lo r y our A m an who w ouldn’t stick w ith his m edicine.’’- M r s .W . M .S t e ph e n s , 1103 N . Com m erce S t., Vernon, T exas. w ife w ouldn’t be m uch." D ressm ak ers w hen overw orked a re "A re you here Just because of th a t? ” prone to such ailm ents and should p rofit “ W ell, m aybe not a lto g e th e r. O f Dy Mrs. S tep h en ’s experience. course. I'd he here anyhow . I w ouldn’t W rite to L ydia E. P inkham Medicine go back on no wom an who belonged Co. (confidential), Lynn, M ass., a b o u t to me. B ut you a in ’t Just th n t e x a c t your h e alth . Y our le tte r will be opened, ly. I’ve som ehow got to th in k ln ’ a lot read and answ ered by a wom an and held in s tr ic t confidence.______________ ab o u t you lately.” “T ru ly ?" A bee and Its honey u re soon “ S u re ; th ere 's a heap o’ thin g s hap p a rte d ; a n d the bee is no fool. pened since we w as lined up ag ain st th e wall of th a t shack down a t Ponca. I’ve found out m ore w h at you a re th a n I knew th e n ; a n ’, I reckon, you got n b e tte r line on m e.” “ I—I chose you even then.” Thousands upon thousands of women H e laughed aw kw ardly. have kidney or bladder trouble and never “O ut o' th a t b u n c h ! I don’t tak e suspect It. th a t as no g re at com plim ent. Say. W omen's complaints often prove to be th a t w as the o rn a rle st lot o' c a ttle I nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. e v er rode herd over." If the kidneys are not in a healthy con "Oh, I don 't know,” h e r mood chang ing into new Interest. "T here were dition, they may cause the other organ« to become diseased. som e am ong them not so had. Any Y'ou may suffer pain in the back, head how. I chose you.” ache and loss of ambition. "M aybe you’re sorry since?” Poor health makes you nervous, irrita “I am not.” firmly. “I never have been. ble and may be despondent; it makes any See here. Tom Shelby, I p re tty n e ar one so. hundreds of women claim that Or. knew w hat sort of m an you wus when I Swamp-Root, by restoring selected y o u ; your face told me th at. Kilmer’s health to the kidneys, proved to he jn«t Y’ou thought I ju st took you so the remedy needed to overcome such ns to get aw ay. Well, m aybe I did conditions. In a sense, fo r I would have done a l Many send for a samnle bottle to see m ost anything to escape from th a t c h at Swamn-Ttoot, the great kldnev, liver and bladder medicine, will do for life. But I never would hnve gone them. Rv enclosing ten cents to TYr. w ith you. If I had n 't honestly liked Kilmer ft Co.. Binghamton. N. Y. yon you Just the sam e. Y’ou suld in tbe mav receive sample size bottle bv Parcel cabin there th a t you d id n 't m arry me Post. Yon can purchase medium end Ix'i*» mre you knew I had money—th a t large size I-MHeasat all drug stores.—Adv you had no such knowledge. YVas L ive cheerfully, w atch a g a in s t a n th a t tru e? " ger, say little*, und reform iihk ti. "C ertainly." “T hen why did you m arry me?” Shave W ith C uticura Soap H is face, burning from the heat of And double y our razo r efteiency a s the n earb y flames, grew redder, if pos well a s prom ote skin purity, skin com sible, w ith em barrassm ent. H e r eyes fort and skin health . No m ug. no w ere gazing stra ig h t at him, in sisten t slimy soap, no germ s, no w aste, no of a n answ er. irrita tio n even when shaved tw ice “ W ell, I a in ’t exactly su re th a t I daily. One soap for all uses—shaving, know ,” he adm itted reluctantly. "M ay bathing and sham pooing.—Adv. be I so rte r sym pathized w ith you a Sw ift men seldom m ake fa st frie n d s. hit, a n ' th en I got alm ighty m ad a t the w ay them fellow s acted. I—I k in d er got to w antin’ you m yself.” “ I knew you did.” “You knew ? B ut how? I nev er said a n y th in g like th a t." “ N o; yet I felt the change. I would nev er h ave said ‘yes' otherw ise. I am w illing to tell you now. P erhaps we shall nev er get out of this place Ve suif e a little outlaw , no doubt, know ing no "Y 'es; I th in k one o r tw o a re c raw l still dangling, j u s t a s it h a d fallen. law b u t h e r own passion. She m ust ing c lo ser th ro u g h th o se w eeds." O beying the first im pulse, a w a re of a The Attack on the Cabin. have been th e re w hen he boasted to sudden o u tb u rs t of red flam es som e “L ikely enough, young b ucks who T h ere w as no sound from w ithout, L aud th a t he w ould leave h e r and m a r c a n ’t hold b a c k ; keep yo u r eye on w here above him . be forced th e block except occasionally the echo of a d is ry you. It drove h e r crazy a n d she them , a n ’ let them have It. a s sodn as upw ard, back Into its place. Jam m ing ta n t voice shouting. Shelby, s ta rtle d sh o t.” ft th e re w ith a ll h is stre n g th , u n til a you a re su re . C all o u t If you need by th ese w ords a n d a la rm e d by h e r “ I enn u n d e rsta n d th a t—yes,” Olga m e.” sh a rp click convinced him th e p u n ch a g ita tio n , sw iftly cro ssed th e room. h u rst fo rth , “and la te r she w as sorry. H e groped his w ay a s f a r a s th e In eon a g ain w a s secu rely held. T hey T h e body wus gone, a ctu ally g one! As I believe It w as she who cam e back n e r door, helped by th e a lm o st c ontin w ere alone, Isolated, In th e black he bent over, incredulous, d istru stin g and took the body aw ay.” d epths, u n d e rn e a th th e b u rn in g cabin, uous flash o f th e rifles o u ts id e ; he had th e evidence o f his ow n eyes, h e could "I h a rd ly see how th a t theory helps even crossed th e th resh o ld , his h eart b u rled deep in th e p ro te c tin g e a rth . perceive th e sta in of blood In w hich m u ch .' How could she tak e him ?” H e reached blin d ly out th ro u g h the choking him ns he perceived a g lare of th e m an hud fallen, hut th a t w as alL “P e rh a p s she m ay know som e se red flume, a lre a d y v isible h e re and d a rk n e ss u n til he touched h er, h is An T h e re w as n o sem blance o f a body c re t passage. T h ere m ight he one u n th e re th ro u g h n a rro w c h in k s betw een g e rs closing convulsively on a fold of d e rn ea th . I do not know, yet In w h at th e logs. P e rh a p s he w as a lre a d y too h e r d re ss. In th e sud d en re ac tio n h e there. o th e r way could th e body h ave been “J u d a s P r ie s t! ” he said soberly. fe lt a s w eak a s a child, u n a b le even late— those dev ils h a d tired th e cabin, rem oved?” “T h is b e a ts a n y th in g ev er I saw . H e to control h is speech. th e licking flam es even th en beginning Shelby shook his bend gloomily, h is to e a t Into th e d ry b a rk . H e had no c o u ld n 't h ave been killed, b u t I never “ I t w as God w ho helped u s," he said saw him tw itch a m uscle n fte r he eyes se a rc h in g the floor for any e v i tim e In w hich to a ct, o r even think. hum bly, “n o o n e else could. You a re dence and finding none. T o a ll a p B efore he m ight v e n tu re a n o th e r step dropped. H o n e ! I>arn If I know w hat sure. Olga, you a r e u n h u rt? " p e ara n ce s It uppenred sm ooth and fo rw ard . Olga tired tw ice rapidly, the to m ak e o f It. W hy, w here could he "I m ust be bru ised , I su p p o s e ; It solid. h a v e gone to? T h ere a in 't b u t one way flare of h e r re v o lv e r lig h tin g up the wns a n ugly fall, and— a n d I re ally out from th is shack a n ' he s u re d id n ’t “ I don’t know ,” he said. “T h a t Idea e n tire In terio r. W h at follow ed lie th in k I lo st consciousness St first. m ay he a s good as any. You m ight scarcely k n e w ; th e re w ns a s h a rp cry, go o u t th ere ." T h en I seem ed to h e a r you call m e a “ No. he couldn’t," h e r voice q u a v e r ta k e th is broken k n ife of m ine a n ’ long w ays off. Is th e cabin afire?” see If you can s ta r t anything. W hat ing. “ W e would h ave seen him If he ’’Y'es; th o se dev ils s ta rte d it a t the w as goln’ on out th e re ? ” had .” re a r. You can h e a r th e w ood c rac k le “ N othing m uch Unit I could see. “Seen h im ! O f course, w e would, even dow n here, a n d w e m u st get f a r T h ere n re m en hiding behind th e bank l i e m ust h ave revived and craw led th e r hack o u t o f th e w ay. W hen th e o f the c r e e k : I th in k they a re In d ian s, aw ay. You bet, th e re a in ’t no m ystery ro o f fn lls th is p a rt of th e floor m ay ab o u t It. D ead m en a in ’t m ovin’ and th e re mny be o th e rs off to th e cave In also.” right In th e w eeds." aro u n d a n ' th e re a in 't no nngels.com ln' In sp ite of th e In creasin g volum e of ;ist a g u a rd left th ere to see th a t down to c a rry th a t cuss off. W a n t’s flam es nbove, sc a rc e ly a g lim m er of we don’t get aw ay. T hey'll w ait until h a p p en e d Is, he got back stre n g th red lig h t succeeded in p e n e tra tin g to (l.iik a n d then try to b urn us out, enough to crnw’l. L ikely h e got into w h ere they w ere hidden. A very th a t back room out o’ sight. Any I re c k o n ; th e bucks don’t lik e my slight glow found e n tra n c e th ro u g h u how I ’m goln’ to find o u t w h n t’s h a p shooting. T h a t w as a rifle.” n a rro w crack above them , y e t Shelby pened. You k e ep a n eye a t Hint hole "Y 'es; th e bullet stru c k the log.” w as com pelled to le a rn th e ir im m edi In th e wull yonder, w hile I sco u t aro u n d H e crossed over and looked out a n x a te su rro u n d in g s m ore by se n se of iously. a m inute. If you see a n y th in g m ovin' touch th a u s i g h t In sh o u tin ’ distune», ju s t b la s e aw ay. “I th o u g h t It m ight be a signnl, but T hey w ere in a m ere hole scooped D on't h e sita te a m om ent.” I g uess not. D on't seem to be a n y o u t from th e so ft e a rth , h a rd ly w id e r th in g m oving.” She w ent fo rw a rd ns he told her th an th e tra p d o o r w hich led to It. th e w ithout a w ord and sta re d out. yet H e stra ig h te n e d up again, his eyes o th e r p u ncheons o f th e cnhln floor nervously tu rn in g h e r head a b o u t a t su rv ey in g the room. “ If we only had re stin g solidly upon the ground. Shel th e slig h te st sound. Shelby w aited a tw o m ore In th is outfit we m ight give by leading tb e w ay, feeling h is p a s m om ent, listening, and Mien stepped those devils a run fo r th e ir money. sa g e along inch by inch, w a s suddenly confidently fo rw a rd a cro ss th e th re s h T h e tro u b le Is we can defend only h a lte d by an e a rth b a rrie r w hich old of th e Inner door. H e h a d no Iwo slip's, a n ’ they know It—anyhow , seem ingly blocked all fu rth e r progress. doubt th a t he w ould d iscover M ncklln I.aud does. I ’m goln’ to haul th is H e could feel th a t It dl<J not w holly —dead o r alive, o u tstre tc h e d on the bench over on th a t s id e ; then you enn re ac h th e top, lea v in g a sp a c e th e re floor. T h e fellow m u st he th e r e ; he s ta n d ,u p th ere, and shoot through tlm t th ro u g h w hich it m ight he p o ssib le to could hnve gone now here else. T he hole In th e window w hile I p e p p er craw l. Y'et w h a t w ould th e re be be p lace w as ns black a s n ig h t; a step them from h e re In fro n t. W e’ll m ak e yond? W hy sh o u ld th ey v e n tu re fu r beyond th e e n tra n c e a n d h e h a d to it hot w hile It lasts.” th e r a t p re se n t? L au d w as o u tsid e grope Ids way blindly, u nable to d is She w atch ed him sh ift th e bench, w ith Ills In d ian s, th e w hole scene lit tin g u ish n »Ingle object. T h e re was a n d then stood upon It to look out. up w ith th e g lare of flam es. T hey so m e th in g grim and glinstly In feeling T h e sun hud gone down, am i th e v a l d a re not v e n tu re to expose th em a bout w ith his feet for an unseeij body. ley sw am In a pu rp le haze. If she selves. H ere th ey w ere beyond reach, “W as She Dead, o r A live?” T hen th e fellow m ight still be alive, w ould u tiliz e w h a t little light still re p ro te c te d from b oth flam es a n d sav even dangerous. H e stopped a t the m ained, sh e m ust se a rc h a t once. th e c rash o f th e o v e rtu rn e d be»,-u, ages. U nless som e am ong those a s d isq u ietin g thought und spoke shnrply “ N othing out th e re ? ” and the sound of a body fa llin g heavi s a ila n ts know th e e x iste n ce of this Into the gloom. “I can see n o thing m oving. It Is ly on the floor. A rev o lv er w ent sp in tu n n el, or a cc id e n tally stum bled upon “Are you th ere , M ncklln? Come, grow ing d a rk . I.et m e ta k e th e knife." Its o u te r e n tra n ce , th ey could scarcely ning noisily a cro ss th e room , and then sp eak tip ; nobody Is going to h u rt h e exposed. E ven If one o r tw o found H e gnve It to her, and sh e got down all w as still, nnd black once more. you.” th e ir w ay In. th is b a rrie r of e arth upon h e r knees on the floor, anxiously Shelby could see n o th in g ; only the T h ere w as no response, no m ove w ould block them , nnd, If n ecessary, te stin g th e openings b etw een the b lu rred m em ory of th a t single In stan t m ent. no sound of a groan, no pulsing blocks w ith the broken blade. Shelby had geared Itse lf on tils b ra in . She form thp best possible defense. Con o f b re a th . T h e stilln e ss w ns Intense, tu rn e d Ills bead occasionally, barely bad been sh o t— his w ife ; th is girl he fident th n t th ey h a d p erished, a n d th a t h o rrible. Shelby g ripped h im self and th e ir c h a rre d bodies w ere lying in the ab le to d istin g u ish her m ovem ents, yet had learned to love! Some s tra y shot began to ad v an ce slow ly, guiding his felt little confidence In th e su ccess of from an Indinn rifle, tired blindly in m idst of tb e still sm oking em bers of p a ssa g e n lsn g th e w all, e x p ec tin g e v th e cabin, th e re w ould be no guard th e effort. Any a tte m p t a t escape th e d a rk , had found fa ta l passage ery Instunt to e n co u n te r som e o b sta w a tc h in g fo r a n a tte m p t a t escape. He th ro u g h th e door w ould be su ic id a l; In through tlm t broken sh u tte r, und cle. H is groping feet touched nothing. re a c h e d o u t a n d g ra sp e d h e r hand, all pro b ab ility , In sp ite of th e silence, stru c k h e r down. H is first helpless In c h by Inch h e e x p lo re d th e floor of d ra w in g h e r dow n b eside him . and seem ing loneliness of th e scene daze changed Into a ra g e o f revenge, th e room, th e p e rsp ira tio n beginning " W h a t Is it? ” she ask e d In a w his w ith o u t, n dozen rifles w ere even tiren m ingled w ith a wild y e arn in g tlm t he to sta n d In dro p s on his forehead. p er. tra in e d on th e e n tra n c e , read y to m ight y e t find h e r alive. T h ere w as no body lying th ere, no “A fa ll o f e a rth n e a rly blocking the shoot them down th e In sta n t e ith e r “O lg a !” he cried out, "O lg a !” form of a m an, e ith e r living or d e a d ; p a ssa g e .” ha e x p lain ed . “I h av e no a p p e a re d . Ami th e re w ns no o th e r T h ere w as no a n sw er, no m ovem ent. th e p lace w ns ab so lu te ly unoccupied. Idea w h ere th e tu n n e l lends to. nnd. w ay out, u n less It m ight he through All w as hlnck, so u n d le ss; even the H e could h a rd ly believe th is tr u e ; his If I did. we w ould nev er d a re creep som e se c re t p a ssag e e x istin g u n d e r rifle Are w ith o u t had ceased. m in d re fu sed to g ra s p th e f a c t ; he out in to th e open a t p re sen t." ground. M ncklln had c ertn in ly d isa p He dropped to his knees, nnd crept cam e back to th e do o r d a re d nnd u n p eared so m e w h e re ; th e v a n ish in g of “You—you th in k w e had b e tte r re forw ard, feelin g along th e floor w ith nerved. All n a tu re , all re aso n in g told his body w ns no m ím ele, and th is him th e m an m ust be som ew here w ith o u tstre tc h e d hands, d re ad in g each In m ain h e re ? ” doubtfully. th eo ry of how It m ight h a v e been a c sta n t to touch h e r body. S uddenly his “U ntil th e fire dies d o w n ; p erh ap s in the c n b ln ; any o th e r th o u g h t w as com plished alone ap p ea red reasonable. sim ply Im possible: vet w h e re? H e had se a rc h in g fingers en co u n tered an open even longer. L et them believe we died In sp ite o f bis doubts, th e m an held in th e c a b in ; th e n th e re m ny he som e a lren tly explored .--pry Inch o f su rfa c e ing In the puncheon floor. to a m ea su re of h o p e ; n o th in g else c h an c e fo r u s to g et aw ay. to no re su lt. So bew ildered and dam - Shelby d a re d not move, except to th an th is rem ained w hich he could “ B u t they will se a rc h th e ru in s? ” founded w as be b e fo re th is m ystery feel dow nw ard in to th is m y sterio u s d in g to ; th e ir only ch an c e lay In “ N ot fo r som e tim e : those logs will th a t he w n s even s ta rtle d a t th e girl's ojH'ning. Y'et be realized Instan tly som e such discovery. Y'et th e woman, be glow ing em b ers fo r hours. T h a t voice a sk in g a n e a g e r question. w hat m ust h ave o c cu rre d —th e m iracle groping on h e r knees in th e deepen sounded lik e th e ro o f fa llin g In then. “ Is he th e re ? D id yon find him ?” w hich had so sw iftly disclosed th is se ing d a rk n e ss g ave no sign of e n co u r I, ,vns_ Be 0 : It h a s c rushed Its way “ N o ; h e 's gone ns though h e had c ret passage. T h e girl, In falling, had agem ent. Shelby could b e a r th e s tra in dow n th ro u g h th e floor. T h e re is a • p a ir o f w ings.” dislodged the very block in th e floor no longer In silence. c aldron of Are In th a t hole we Just “flu t how could he get o u t? ” she had been en d eav o rin g so vainly to left, b u t It c a n ’t re a c h u s here—only “T h e re Is n o th in g to be found?" be “ T h a t’s w h a t I say. E v e ry th in g Is discover. It had suddenly sw ung ask e d anxiously, "no a p p e a ra n c e of n dow nw ard to th e heavy blow of h e r th e sm oke." ■ olid; no hum an could v a n ish through tra p ? " “ YY’ill It not show them w here we th e s e w a lls ; th e re Isn’t a w indow not body, and sh e had fallen w ith It Into She lifte d h e r head, w ith face h o a rd ed u p and only th a t one door. th e unknow n d a rk n e ss below . But h a v e gone?" tu rn e d to w a rd him. ”1 ho|>e n o t : p ro b ab ly th e sm oking. W e w a sn 't o u tsid e ten m inutes, nor w as sh e dead, o r alive? H ad the fall “ N othing th a t 1 seem a b le to m ove," stu n n e d h e r? H e drew h im self to the M azing tim b e rs w ill choke u p the ten feet aw ay fro m th e step. A ra t c o u ld n 't hnve p a sse d w ith o u t bein ’ sh e a n sw e re d . "I h ave found a block very edge listening. W hat w as down opening, leaving It so filled w ith p a rt w hich does not a p p e a r to flt ns tig h tly th e re ? M ncklln p e r h a p s ; th e tw o ly b u rn e d wood a s to conceal it e n tire seen. B lam ed If It don’t m nke me ns th e o th e r s ; I can get th e knife bodies m ight be lying th e re to g eth er ly. Anyhow, th is is o u r one chance. shiver, for. by th u n d e r, how ever It happened, he a in ’t h e r e ; he aln t no b lad e betw een, nnd It d o e sn ’t seem in a common g ra v e. B ut w ait, som e \V# w ould be sh o t down m ercilessly to to u ch any e a rth below , j e t th e th in g moved s u r e l y ! o u tsid e.” w here In th is cabin. A n’.” he added, p e erin g a t th e floor, “ th e re a in 't no sla b Is Im m ovable." T h e g lare from th e bu rn in g ruhhlsh “Olga ! speak to m e!" “L et m e try my stre n g th .” tra il o’ blood to show th a t he craw led rev ealed th e ir faces, and th e sm oke H e couldn’t re s tra in th e agony w ith a w a y ; lust th a t little pool w hat he H e s ta rte d hack to Join her. b u t a t w hich tie u tte re d th e w ords. F rig h t beg an to sw irl p a st them In cloud«, th a t In s ta n t th e re cam e a sudden ened a s sh e w as, dazed by th e fall, yet did not choke th e tunnel, show ing la id In.” b u rst of rifle Are w ith o u t, b u lle ts sc arcely conscious even yet. o r able to th e re m u st he a n opening som ew here “C ould h e h av e got th ro u g h th e roof, th u d d in g Into th e cabin wnlls. the a ctu ally com prehend w hat had oc beyond to th e outside. Shelby fa s t • r th e floor?” sound p u n c tu a te d by sa v a g e yells. c u rre d .’ h is cry p e n e tra te d h e r mind, ened his n eck e rch ie f over th e girl's Shelby laughed despondently. Slielby w h irled a bout In sta n tly , nnd brought h e r back to life. nose and m outh, and pro tected her. as “I.ord, 1 don’t easily see how h e c o u ld ; It's fifteen fe e t to them ra fte rs dropped to h is knees w ith eyes p e er "Y'es. I—I am here. T om ," she m an well a s him self, by m ea n s of his -oat. ing out th ro u g h th e o pening betw een S c a rce ly conscious o f th e action they a n ' no opening, w hile. Judging from “ I Love Y ou!” He Whispered Pas aged to say w eakly. th e logs. Olga also d e se rte d her sa t th u s, th e ir h a n d s clasped, gazing o u tsid e, the floor m u st re st plum on sionately. "A nd you a re not h u rt? ’ his voice search, and clim bed to h e r p«yt of de a t th e leaping figures o f flame.Bnnd th e ground. W ho sh o t him , anyhow ? th rillin g now w ith a sudden re tu rn to ten se on th e bench. Tl“' .sellers did liste n in g . to th e v a rie ty of noises alive, and I w ant to be hones' with D id you see?” hope. no dam age, gener#-**,, nnCtng billet In re ac h in g th e ir ears. T h e position, you fo r once. W hatever happens, I “ Yes. I did.” sh e e x p la in ed excitedly. "O h. I—1 d o n ’t know . I cannot •1 w as looking th a t w ay. to w a rd w here the solid logs, 'J-tnough a few c rash ed even tell w h a t h a s happened I w hile one of brooding h o rro r, did not x nnld ra th e r you knew.” th ro u g h th e y a n k in g of th e door. To a p p a re n tly Involve Im m ediate peril. “B u t you cannot m ean—” th e hoard w as rip p ed off th e window. Shelby th e m eaning w as sufficiently stepped hack quickly, th* banch o v e r T h e (lam es could n o t reach them , and I Just had a glim pse of a face behind “It Is exactly w hat I mean, Tom. I tu rn ed and I fell. It Is all e a rth It w as alread y e v id e n t th a t those love y o n ! Do you care?" th e m o rale o f th e gun. It w as a w om p la in ; th e re a l d a n g e r lay. a s he e x aro u n d me— w h ere am IT ’ pected. a t th e r e a r ; a ll th is noise wa< d e n se volum es o f sm oke, w hile dis a n ; I am s u re it w a s a w om an, w ith " F a re ! W hy. Olga, girl, I have done "In th e p a ssa g e b en eath th e cabin " being c a rrie d on m erely to a ttra c t a g ree ab le and suffocating, could still n o thing but care. I hardly knew what \ black eyes. T h en th e sm oke obscured th e ir a tte n tio n . H e called across, u n he explained quickly. "It h a s been a ha endured. But being cooped up e v ery th in g a n d sho w as gone.” It a ll m eant a t first, the way I thought m ira c le ; y o u r fall opened th e trap . m th a t hole u n d e rground, un “S h e m ust h a v e b e e n P a n c h a ." be a b le to se e h is com paulon. hut well I’e rh a p s we m ay »scape from these a b le to v e n tu re fo rth choked by the o f you. Love cam e to me t - e n aw are w h ere she was. a d m itte d , stru g g lin g w ith th e Idea. stra n g e thing. I have led a m an's life, ' “I*on‘t w a ste any shot u n til you see devils yet. M nke room fee me to com e fum es, th e tr fa ce s sm a rtin g from the “ W hy. o f course, t h a t 's all p lain a n d l have known few good women down ; th e cabin Is a lre a d y on fire. Is som ething w ithin range. T hose fel h eat, th e e a rth w alls holding them in a ao u g h . S he o v e rh ea rd w h a t h e said E ven now I cannot wholly realize the hole deep?” low s out th e re a re Just plugging aw ay priso n , death w a ttin g fo r them whlch- w h at h a s come to me." a n d fired In m ad p assio n .' "N ot very, I th is * and th e re la # ver way they tu rn ed , o ronght a blindly. T h ev ’ll nev er ru sh th is side. “ W h at do yon m ean? W hat a re you H e »inhered h e r sudden! v into his K eep y our eyes' w ide open, though. room ." s tra in to O lga «he eonld no longer ta lk in g a b o u t? T h is g ir l? ' He low ered him self, but It w as not com bat. Im pulsively «he clutched th e arm s, th e neckerchief slipping down I'm going back, and try to knock off a “ S u re ; I to ld yon a bout h e r ; she sh o u t h e r th r o a t board from th a t re a r w indow . If I necessary to d ro p ; h is fe et stru c k the be!p 0 me e scap e last nig h t. She w as m an beside her. h e r h e ad touching his “1 love you!" he w hispered passion th ere we'll e a rth floor, and. a s he tu rn ed his shoulder, her sle n d e r form trem bling rrnr.Py Jealoit* over M ncklln. She la can get a few sh o ts ately. "love you. wife of m ine." Mock th e ir little m m You h e ar ; ' b an d s cam e la c o n ta c t w ith the slab I I ., , • . h e re w ith h e r S ro th e r; to a sudden o u tb u rst. — 12 — « XII. • • I TV BE C A N T N U iD ) Important to all Women Readers of this Paper ToCure aCold in One Day Take G ro v e ’s ** Laxative Brom_ Quinine tablets sec. 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