Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1923, Page 21

By E. MANCHESTER BODDY { ——————r————— ] (Mlt.&bm-m Newspaper Prigted b Amasevment Witk Moteopeliten Rl gl S S T T ST S (Continueq from Yesterday's Star.) But his courss was ne longer in- terrupted, and even before the dark- Lias gave signu of breaking he found himself once more on ground he knew, with savage triumph ra- m his very steps, he Tied ‘along the guloh, toward Dead Horse Mine, whose lights Teady seemed to be high up 4t Very head of the gulch. 86 close were the lights, he could even hear the sound of workmen about them, shouting orders and call- ing to others as though they were in 8TOuUDs apparently at some distance om each other. Yet he knew the mine muat be at least five miles awi As he -nminm the lights closely he observed that what seemed to be o cluster at first now appeared se) rated into little groups, ranged bekind the other. Their general Dearance puzaled nim, and he tried to think what they could me: as he watched them thay move, to come toward h The shoutinig of men, too, came down upen him with the lights. Twice heard sharp eracks, like the & P of whips above the sound of vol Seeking a vantage point by the of the trail, which ih spite of the r cent storm 'showed plainly ita course through the blanket of snow, he waited. He had not long to remain there, for soen emerging suddenly before him the lights assumed definite pro- portions, and he msde out five heavily laden sleds, hitched together one be- hind the other. Two horses, also in single file, pulled them. As they came nearer Pete made out the men; two of them carrying rifles slung loosely in the hollow of thair arm along in front of the hor: beside each sled other me along. Behind them all came 8roup—probably four In all, with #ide arms dangling from thelr bel The grim significanca of the thf came to Pete at once. It was th pected shipment of high-grad. are rich in all probability beyond an: thing that had ever come from the gulel The moment fhat " shoutd belong to was here passed in of night by vicious thieves, who, under covér of darkness, hur- ried their ill-gotten wealth out of the mountains! Pete clenched his fist. and cursed bitterly in the darke ness. The loud voice of Demons sounded above all the others as he urged men and horses on, and Pete found it necepsary to hurry back to the trail &nd make a hasty retreat in order that he could collect his thoughts and make a plan of action before the ore train left the defiles of the gorge, He ran fast, outdistancing the horses and men by fully a hundred yards, before he slackened his pa to & brisk walk. Suddenly a veice even louder and more commanding than that of Demons sounded from the rear. “Halt—whoa, Demons—come here— ®ome one ahead!” it shouted. Pete heard the drivers order thelr « animals to a halt, and saw the lights Gduster above his'tracks in the snow. “One coming in, and one going out same tracks. He's seen us.’ It was! Demens shouting now. Then two lights left the ethers, and came at a rapid pace toward the spot where Pete stood—waiting. Putting all the enersy he could into the effort. he rushed wildly | sbout—making tracks here, there and everywhere, running tralis first to one side and then. 10 the other, hop- ing thus to give his trackers the im- pression that he was not alene. Then, whipping his guns from his belt, he fired twelve times up the traii, well over the heads of his pur- suers, vacing in oircles as he did. causing the jagged flare from h knese (som "Almost in- stantly an " yotiey came crashing down tha gulch from the sleighs. Pete instantly sprang to |« one side of the trall, crouching low from the screaming lead above him. But even as he did.s0 he observed the light that led the rest flicker and fall to the snow. and he thought he heard a grosn! as though from a man badly hurt. The men continued firing in the darkness, first one and then the other shouting commands and challenging each other in utter confusion. Hear- ing the turmoil Pete made the most of his lone chance, and raced just off the trail directly toward the sled: where the horses reared and plun in the semi-darkness. Drawing n he observed two men tugging at the bits, and cursing the horses between shouts to the men ahead Gasping for breath, Pete joined the struggling men and shouted, “Hurry, back to the mine!” In the wild confusion the ruse worked, and the men came near up- setting their preclous loads as they wheeled the prancing, snnrunr herate about. Pete, crowding _elos though to_ help, watched for his chance, and brought down the butt of his gun with a sickening thud on the head of the nearest teamster. Quickly taking the gun from his limp vietim's belt, he crouched between the horses and sprang upon the re- maining man. Taken completely un- awares, the struggle lasted but a moment, and the man crumpled be- eide his fallen mate. Pete was none too quick; already the men down the trail had ceased their firing, and once more the loud voice of Demons seemed to prévail upon them. With gwéeping lashes of the team- %’ela started the ho: Horse Mine. under way, however, than Demons and his gang discovered the stunned teamsters and started in angry pur- suit, firing from rifles and guns at the "tast-disappearing sled. The are had been strapped on well, and spite of the swerving, rolling cour of the sled, the heavily loaded sac held their pla and Pete soon swept beyond the danger of flyini bullets. He knew by 1 the trall that he was from the mine. His wild exultation as he thought of the récipitous gor fuu Tahead skirted, passed beyond dang Bontie “he “ealmed the runaway horses as best he could and made ady for it. TR Geovered from their esrly fright. the horses strained evenly at their harness as the first incline was _ Time and again n Pote found issary to whip as e raad atbiled In thets tracke: made the grade, sticking clo.o lo the wall as they picked thelr way ‘gingerly along. $3.50 Philadelphia $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington And Return Sunday, Sept. 30 Similar Excursion October 14 Onee above ths yawning along which the vfi akip ' ; f,:'.m::,' nv hl- kn e, c:'(' t bag r bag o the i Al SRR ot ‘would ‘r" nl. until far into the next rness panting i h shevs. fn.":':‘ on _the of one ) lnl lel‘lll’ the of )' g:d on toward tle m knew he was ful y an hour advance of Demony and the men hind, yet he knew not what to oot at the bunk houses sbeve, so m‘u increased his spefd to the ut- Dawn was not yet breaking whea the lons light on the madle of lln loomad Dbefore ounting. he tied Il steaming horaew to convenient byshes, a them from the trail as best e could. For a moment he hesi- ted, pat the faithful heads Precious as time was, L ntinué his Aght unm h firat sneaked to the geveral new I na Naings found clustered about the entrance of the tunnel, wi for nearly a quartef of an R searched before finally epm on two bits of old canvas, with 'h n he covered the fast chilling bedies of the horses. First he listened. Inngtly for sounds of his pursuers. ing no evidence of life about, he made tor the small window of the bunk hoy he remembered. In the dim ERt that emanated from the uulc lan- xunt tl emembar One 4 been vuml.nu .l and he made out a sign en & in the center of tl n ml’h\ b- 4 not Pete remembered the words of Hawkins, words that Buller had first oken to Tam: “The officials will be there to_re- ceive the d * he had said. Why at the m o wonder The more he considered the words, the less he believed them, yet he hoped against hops that Buller had' this time spoken the truth, ried around the gide o and made for the far end of the building. A light_ there stre ml‘ out of a window. He hurrie investigate it, byt the (»nn«tlon af the ull(lnY rested almost on the edse of the cllr. and we found prog ress to a spot below only slow, but ha: lla ox- treme. Once there, M consldered long before determining what his next step would be. He knew He dared not show his face to the light, for once his nsence became known. his plan would be spolled. Ha heard voices within, but could not mske out the meaning of the low spoken words. With Ris naked fingér he traced the cracks between the baards that formed the end of the bullding. Selecting the widest one, he drew his heavy C“E knife and we point of the blade slowly the boards. _Gradually he splinter after splinter, until the pent- up light from within eame out in & stream fully a qudrter of ineh wide. Then, 1ying prone on he piaced his ear to the o listened. Browning was the at the sound of his veice Py rush of blood to Bbia e threatened to drawn out his the distinet note of triumph voice angered him to the point of desperation. “And 8h 's there to recelve it.” Browning saying. ain, Ern, how much do tuff is worth?’ Houston grunte n't you be cheer- Browning urg .'.":.':’Jme v up. haw -m 2 .;,,:'.:5-;5'.-3-:., i “But, ife s etk feis 4 words, Imn lll 3- hl‘ “ml po M'l- ' '-"a.‘:'::E S ST .....:.:m ht, huh? You o M nlr"l% and Jown thankin ndno hvyflb-"lm mifleantly. wnlnxl voios mny bubd. "Bam In . early two "Oi. ',lll—c tl a wonger! | ol ra gm ymu .n‘ .l-m together are -ths 3 m‘u mllo. Ef“fi ‘I‘M.‘I“ to hositate n. it oertalnly flw I&l\ lE. ln!r to s ‘sake. Ern, n, St 1‘1"; -I\—o‘\,noa the — I ‘:n 3'\!\““! . e yéd the un. r vlln within ling awm to shreds, it (COuUAUM In Tomerrow's Star.) 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