The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 6, 1920, Page 8

Comrades of Peril RANDALL (Copyright, (Copyrigh in the} tht Tt was nearly sundown when trail he followed swerved to the Wp A stecp bank, where the por Hooks slipped in their strugs tain the top. Shelby gave the Shin his head, and tho game @evil went scrambling up, U fame forth on a flat plain The trail led straight across to the Mouth of a ravine running %© @ wider valley, with @ narrow stream in its center. It was already dusk down there, yet sufficiont day Nght remained to reveal green grass and soattered groves of trees; Shelby dropped his rein, and climbed to & Righer point of rock, lying concealed behind its summit, while he swept the scene below thru the field Slasses. He never had been there before, yet he knew about where he Was; this must be Dragoon Creek and not far below would be Wolves’ Hole, of which he often had heard ® famous hiding place for cattle thieves and border outlawa These fellows evidently were heading for) there, but would they try to com Plete the journey? His hope cen fered on their camping somewhere buck litt 1 they above. town in C. McClurg & Co., 1 p to at be PARRISH 1919) Great Britain) he tures, had mapped out the salient fea and © impressed them upon bis memory, as to go forward now onfidently, The campfire was lo cated in the third grove of trees, and there were no signs of human pres ence between, However, he took no chance, but advanced quietly on foot loading d using preeau discovery was his horse every He pre on against alking a dang pared to murder if ne was pitting himactt them. The only probability of suc lay in the possibility of surprise: ir retainmg confidence in safety ir belief that they were not being followed, Whatever had caused this fo abduction of Olga, the ob ject nuly of sufficient im portance the commital of any crime possible; and Shelby did not underestimate his own danger or fail to move with the utmost cau on. In this manner he circled the two groves, keeping close in their shadow and searching their depths anxiously for any sign of life. They were deso late and dewerted, but, from the outer un 5 mary alone against in cible conn | fringe of the second he could per ceive plainly the dull glow of the fire a dred yards ahead. It was no longer a flame, but a mere giim mer of red ashes, casting no reflec tion abo tho clearly visible. He fastened »ronce to & limb, within the circle of trees, and crouched for ward alone, Winbhester im hand, choosing his passage beneath the| bank of the stream, and advancing with every precaution, pausing every | ltew steps, to peer over the protect ing bank, and th assure himseectf | that all remained quiet When most exactly opposite the red glow of the coals, he lay still, endeavoring to learn the situation. ng more and more puztied { camp appeared deserted tho the party w h had halted there had already passed on. He could hear no eound see no movement. | The fire had died down into a mere! slimmer of fo ashes, barely per ptible amid the surrounding gloom helby drew himself forward ing like @ sake, convinced that he was alone, yet no less alert and wetchful. His progress was up a shallow depression, and he had at tained the deeper shade of the trees, whee, suddenly, a voles, apparently speaking not two yards distant, gave Until morning; if sufficiently as sured of safety, this would probably and creep in’ where in on be their choice. Thru the field Blasses he studied the course of the stream, and the little patches of wood intently, At last he was rewarded & faint spiral of biue smoke arose above some distant trees, the evi ence of a camp fire. He lay there Motionless, silent, his eyes glued to the glass, planning his action, and Waiting for the night. CHAPTER XIIt i A Plan of Conspirac As the gloom deepened, Shelby was to distinguish the flicker of far-off fire, but the distance was too great to permit any knowledge Of its surroundings. It was a mere Pimprick of light peeping thru the @hveloping darkness, which now Shrouded the valley beneath. The trail leading down was narrow, and Tecketrewn, and he determined .to try the passage while a faint glim Mer of twilight yet lingered. Lead ing the buckskin, and moving wit! tke utmost caution, he began the! descent. Concealed as the path was high rocks, and fallen trees, the of discovery was amall, yet fought to guard against the test nolse, and attained the val- My without even a dislodged stone utterance to an oath of disgust. @reating alarm. Down there the Hell the voice sald roughly Was already intense, and “there is no use w for that he silence like that of a grave. any longer; no t he 2 the stars glowed in a narrow by now Of sky, but shed little light Shelby dropped fiat his face ‘The gloom did not greatly retard | almost ceasing to bre: The ur movements, for, thru f, thru the glasses, | seen party addressed # hed hir self lazily, as evidenced by the rustic las leaves “I reckon ye're right, Hank,” he ; admitted slowly, his speech heavy and coarse, “No tenderfoot ain't goin’ ter make that trail at night./ 9 | Mor'n likely he's aimin’ ter com’ thru | | the other way.” SAYS AXELSON 2255 «e-em oo } “After a bit; earty yet, an’ ad —_ |maybe it'll do no harm to lie auiet| Man Was in Pain **"*. Bot we kin light up, an’ be comfortable.” All the Time From Rheuma- |“"?;, struck a match, hollowing the Until He Got Tanlac (fame in his hands, revealing the |bearded face of a man of fifty six months ago that Tan. | shadowed beneath a soft hat brim straight and added fifteen | Beyond him appeared the obscure to my weight and ever since | Outline of the other, a mere smudge. I have been enjoying as good The latter thrust out a hand for the ‘as I ewer did in my life,” was blazing match, but the smoke from statement made recently by ©. his pipe concealed his features A Axelson of 244 Cook avenue,| moment the two puffed away con Oregon, a valued employe |tentedly, Shelby not venturing to Of the Albina Boiler Works. move a mu “Beven years ago I had an awful| “Say, Hanley, I've ailers played| Bttack of rheumatisin and it kept|my hand the best I knew how, but Polling me down until during the |I do like ter know what the game is jI'm playin’ at. What do yer know,| janyhow?” The other chuckled in his beard rustling bis feet in the leaves | “Easier ter ask about, than ex Hank,” he answered slowly. . Twas in pain and| “specially as there is things I sont Suffering all the time, could never just cotton to myself. Mostly _ Sleep to do any goad and was often | pulled the facts out of that kid Macks | | Uhable to lie down and had to sit |lin when he was drunk ‘causs be & chair all night long. My appe-| wanted me to help him. Rut it seems! went down to nearly nothing and| he's only hired fer the job; it’s that T commenced to fall off in weight. | guy we're, waitin’ for who has ent “I had no idea Tanlac could do the r and likewise the lc mé much good after all the many /green.” ffeatments and medicines I had tried| “Churchill's his narne, aln’t it? had failed, but I want to say right! “That's the duffer fe here it proved to be a winner, In a down East. Virginia, ax I un i tou Short time the pains commenced to|—Judge Cornelius Churchill; the Wet up and I could straighten out my | whole story goes a hell of a long leg without it hurting me. And in| ways back.” Tittle more than a month's time I| He leaned his head against the tree could not feel a trace of the rheu-|trunk behind him, puffing away at matism and actually gained | the cigaret between hig bearded lips fifteen pounds in weight. This was|the dull glow barely touching his six months ago and I have not been face. The younger man leaned for troubled in any way whatever since. | ward waiting. | Tam in the very ptnk of condition,| “Well,” he sald impatiently, fine, sleeping fine and work. | ain't all of it; what » hard every day. Tanlac has | pus? What's the idea of stealin meant health to me and I give it my girl? 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