The evening world. Newspaper, February 20, 1915, Page 9

ret eM Bre ae RR RY ke tee OT ee N We a World Daily Magazine, Saturcsy, February 20 \ @ : |. BY HOWARD FITZALAN E Ma i i i i i réen the moment. That 4 : bs 4 § one corner as far back as possible. ||] ° ‘ or by \ ef ; 4 laughed, and angered .hi take our chances, ot You beljer go out Arai” ” O' : “ 2 he. ; Shae |Meat t tate Ge epee where course; that: is. part of 1-1 Am not to, wait for yout” be- : "ig Ste 1 was fighting now, with no the trade, Your remain- — “Not in there—ho; outside, for they 4 My s , myself, only of ing with us cannot change might fire’ the building.- Nichole, Fi — i a ‘ Z Sseas HE it ® a the result, Whatever it. Where is the best pe for the two, , 7 s ‘ yor nid ind 4 < “ P | m. I tore loose once more, may prove to be—and with me it te F.7oUto hide sod could find yout! N " , ing him aside bewildered and ’ , * con iY merely @ choice between bullet and a trail half way down the ravine | vee Now, Raymond," I gata, ry Z ; ; "Now, r , ist st 3 € : rope.’ As limbin’'up—an ol’ hog trail.” 5 cea*My choice ta to stay.” Buddenly-1 % My fingers touched fs throat, and . Cis OF a doesn't wor shoreed = ae a salt her hand on mine. “You will not I bent, lower, staring straight into his , ’ {to tt, you cow iJ lark i ; ht, abd you are going to baye one Tefuse me this privilege, Tom?” pe ng fy Det wee T say, wl 5 ‘ ag "un aia fa gussa aot , "No," reluctantly, t the same am going to release you, : 5 ‘ \ rl tinge sirangely delighte at the prompt And give you @ chance to set ’ ¥ reached him, but my hand ~désleion,..“but ¥ thought thé other‘ ypu hone! ‘Btay with ner untih you : x: H eoe “ah F ’ lovee ieathe RAMONE tel saa ihe taeinit seek bh ee dake Ee ream es Seepraern ay “4 ge | ne iy Rag ag Mg Lo u ‘ovington, evér get 0 o1 ere F Q i 5 w bt $4 re ry ‘ _ % You'wished me to clive, and learn you have attempted ‘ sf ’ back fiivre toons, the ae Hel Fou to, waa There?” St ad any trick, I'l run you down, Nichols, 4 ; : \Pedded: in my flesh, and atruck him. ‘T hardly Know, Noree: have év- if it takes ten years. Now I'll cut the i Fi “sh y : |The pearl handle crashed to the gw, . .St7 confidence in Fox—who is making TOPe, and you creep over to where \ 5 of i ‘ {aide of hie head, tearing my hand ;, that noieé? Is it the preacher?” Co sof ada edi N.S th Ld ; oy 4 i , | in jawed wound, but he went over, tna jer, MY as if He was proppeé up against the “Now, Noreen” I'whispered swiftly, : ‘, 4 ' STOpPNE te eed trom my tacerated WAY, Hay ‘wall, not far from-jus, and’ I bent! “this is the best romps’ | Take these 7 ; s 1 R | nand, and I bound up the srognd 3 here: Kelly will oe ‘“zever,: noting how He was bound. In- papers; they are for Jackson; ive | 3 a An ‘neckerchief sttipped from round 19° °discovers the Setevtty I cut the cords: und. began them to the first Confederate officer ; my throat, hardly conscious of the Nichols, fisted. ‘the ‘y ak * you meet, and have .them. forwarded ‘ ’ ‘ a fe f; pain, my breath ateadytag, my muse buckle it’ Tubwing the mish’s wrists to restore at once.. Don't trust Nichols for a Ly ae: y } ’ ;Rrowing tense, Then. 1. bend Gown, font. * eifoulation.’ ’ ‘ / ‘single moment ont of range of your ¥ 7 oF and straightened the man out, wp. “I've been wr *E never noticed you were strung revolvér.” > « 7 . y turning his face to th® moon. le up like that, Nichols,” I gaid earnest: . Seu will not. pome ; f ey J was not doud—there was a beat to ty..."Who did the job?’ . “Not now: you Would’ not wish me x] his pulee; but t o “The sergeant,” he answered, chok- to desert’ my ‘tomrades—would you?” was an umly one; wo ing. “I tried.ter speak ag soon.as { . “Oh, 1 do-not know! [ do not know! ‘ ar there while be lived. eaw an’ the, lady, 8 Tt is,@0 bard to decide.. You really {ie a dead man, his ‘face ghi couldn't it the gag out ‘er my YER Es toto? It will please your” “It's a foolish thing to do, but | don’t know how to refuse him. bla nana seen oe fain! Hi Noreen Bend down 2 bit ‘lower; I dont want .' teeth, ee eee es ern! * —what is am to wait, and—and ho: ” : oe ee tae Wyatt's boy, ain't. “pledge vou my word, Roce eiae” falling bodies, the disfiguring biood- ruck. ‘Then twenty hands gripped every precaution. ‘Twas well I did, for tance, “I reckon I'll let one 0’ them {bron yer?" She clung tomy hands, her face up- Stains, the savage glint of ateel. him, hauling him down, a clubbed suddenly the horseman swerved nd: head. Yer must want thet “Yes.” ; Ufted. in the moonlight. 'P- Those who came first were not sol- meee jeacended, and the sergeant rod through the Pfui bad, Leftenant?” Sliowers, would not ‘An’ she's the darter o' Major Har- “Il am your wifes she said, softly, ‘ters—they were Cowan's men; gaunt, pitched forward like a log of wood. Tode straight toward me through “s grimly, “dead or alive.” Pee a the : at” “and II want, you z i} fouge Piha pel pearaes (eae basen] wi P pet eee td @ rifle moonlight. like . Ne op heoge bey vane bag iS hour at tt would . reen Harwood." S phges eir flerce curses sounding above t! rel, ani went down, the very ‘I sank down into the brush, revolver thoy on foot, but T could see the fa. sttiouant oe tat thas ain't hardly tinct’ withont aedon eotes yproar. And they fought like fiends, breath of life seemingly knocked Out tm hand, and waited: Once he stopped Sune in thelr hands, and the geam Cad every inch ot te ‘that. light ‘nough fer me ter be 1 hoarsely; . riven by Cowan’s voice, and pi of me. ig of buttons in the mooniight. Ray- ™ore 1508! yonder, Fox would En stor crows thet mouht. “Stand to it, ladni” cried Harwood, Tmorselessly forward by the 1 fell on the platform, back of “nd called out something; then cam® mond spoke swiftly, pointing with: Were troopm yentle 4 or {Ronan is Anse Cowan along with from the datk veatibule, “The Yanks ™en behind. I saw him once, @ blood where the pulpit desk had stood, and on along the edge of the wood, waik- one hand, but his voice was lowered Never worry Over ion a tt yoor yYanks out thar?” eS ‘ave coming!" i. @ Yanks spot on his cheek, and I fired over the a body lay across me. If I lost ing hia horse slowly. The rider was #0 the words did not reach me. No ?f Raymotlls © a. 1 est not: was nema ‘es, and all the gang, excepting I swung her light form across the heads of those between us, Hu ugh consciousness it was for no More not » soldier, but beyond that fact, doubt he was briefly explaining the Baws the fallow where he was to re- *! ly pushed ” , 5 1H the ib more oiPld. Nod, who waa shat.last night: pigttorm’to where Niofols, eee ee ean ane HUNT tiinked und cuscieen I could evidenced by lack of uniform, 1 could Ba APS tums “End then the whole cover consciousness, Ang give Any een ae Pitan “Bee pare ished: ao eitlck now. both of yout Careful: menff 1 saw all this, and no more; it scurcely move my fingers to unclasp make no guess as to his identity, al- five tramped past me, the lieuten- alarm, or bo Clecadiney Di nietG A. hw Fea. See here, Nichole: yOu are in dine the trap’ od een: tT} wasBike @ flash on. the scrcen—and them from the gun-barrel, and every though I believed him one of Cowan's ant leading the horne, and Kelly There wore Made intorthe ravine, ollme into’ a is shape as we are. Anse has <close the trap—and God help you if then’everything became an indistinct breath I drew was in pain. Still I tae A ined ‘and ready, coming np close to where I lay 1 do—te rol frst would 1 mount pi 4.4reated you like a dog, ard he. will you don’t remember! bier, Fealised all” that Happened, dis- Sverrilias, A gun, poise d + could Fave touched him with unex, oF bear it with me, The at would Where the never forgive you for that marriage, hppa aes "They were upon us, jammed in the tinguished voices, and the shufMil forked out beside bis horse's neck, tended hand. I waited motionless for Y® Murder; the pooped 5 | ue It wan a ‘of pepe it it- wae pertormed to save Your CHAPTER XXI. narrow doorways, each man fighting Of feet on the puncheon floor. "t and he leaned forward in the saddie, what I believed to be ten ‘minutes, ™y Physical on et. there. wae no |,took ond if f ” int The End of Defense. for life. I used’ gun and revolver, heard Fox shouting orders, as the peering into the shadows. A few feet anxious that the fellows get far not withstan io ery the Tiinent, ‘2aut off glimpse of Po eeraen't/'te chuckled, “T want: . fist and sock; I knew not who stood, mad hubbub ceased. denly-feined in his enough down tu be safely beyond ther way, but to try the expellment ang the plateau, beard yor frould. shat: E ode thie HAD it6 time for thought-- who fell; in the red mist before “That's enough! that's nt earshot. ne ie ae I thought I heard a Anse 1 idn't: care; but I 4 Mp, She # & good I to ver “ ” dwt wit action called me. Yet her were black shapes, ful faces, and. men! It's all over with. ‘That you, Lieutenant?” ‘Then 1 turned toward Raymond, : {he bushe cadling th oy oi Yast “unfinished sentence 1 struck to kill. Twice I lost toot and A single figure’ seemed to emerge who waited alone, on guard, “4 yl atl 1 able to moan pen aapin ' pialing’ | d tashe ‘ a fell, but was up again, fronting them. from among the trees—a mere Nhat’ ther uowtshgnte Cie eee eeidet aie. favine, but we had’ Re- gpk Reon oF Mar wan curt aetna eunttae be gle 2 don dead bodies, slipped in the poor devils left. Guard those Shadow, formless and, silent. ntion would be devoted to inet ne ae eirth and weight, but T them. Our trail could npw 5 0 cal ? f bl 1 used 5 i M - lowed assure himmselt that np soldier, wae "pg aingis moment I stood there mo- to staguer: a slug of lead tore burae carry the wounded over here. What? ,,"Kelly—Dean told me you were fo° approach from, beuind, T. susee te iwaisre' Newt! ne Saptiniry. ae * * ‘tlomtesi, thy feet on the lowered trap, ine through my a sianclng Why, of course, you idiot, we are not 4 Be A Bian got away, and kod ntratahe forward. rh Than ne eiet bie aunten. (ne sgadie. fs what?" 4. @imly:donsétous'‘of the uproar about KDife inde ripped my forearm. | T savages those fellows fought like “ow do you know?” He turned ta find me facing bit, head and heels dangling: The SieBhe -baptiotry undei the pUlait: jie, yet acaresly able to reallae the tim+ loads m' ‘We've looked over every dead my revolver leveled. snorted ant, circled to got. away, A i y my hands gripped the hot cor- No distinction, mind ju. Let the arr file te ing’ bathe oor just bask of, minence 6f the peril. They were pour- Dine barrel, and‘ I wwung the stock dead lie where’ they are tll daylight, DAG the wounded and prisoners, “We meet again,” {aid coldly, “and ftlentoned, a ay Naa! hake Where you'are, Feel a little to the ing volleys'into'the front door, the roar- like, a flail. but don’t overlook a wounded man. amp eerce ve Ser teen. the be my luck to hold the soothed the anit oe and wood sheti<yea, about LN ie dt ing of discharge ending in the sound re eptising—1 could haral Where's Cowan? Does anybody °MAVnery ‘could they have gone! "You! I thought— ‘ atill, an iron rin; What? “ . ‘one Ms ° here; he was anyhow, “I know whi thought, f x of ‘splintered’ wood and sharp cries of todlee scala ith he’s here in this pile TheY were the y what you thought, for i Blked Terwether MUNCNSOASAP: Tamm, “carbines cracked in response, sweat. A eripping hand ripped my somewhere.” ||| fork heard Be balan, EIS Fou etd with seeliy. Bur up your CHAPTER XXII, wwe et * —! ¥ > ahi be . 4 SyptXem: but what ie Yelow—sust ca, Rien wannaes cleinne ah Ire open, olutohing toe the throat, nig lleutonaat von pot Tak UNE RNY Uae tall te She Benda, Raymond! Kee, of cnures, but The Trail. to Covington. a +1, Hig. yoloe ‘ trembled “with ‘ eager poems the bearded face. Yet we could not , 1. am, sir; my name's y.” ayvoery Dad 8.1 aripped the horse's rein, ‘Axcitement, and be gripped’ me “Geb back, men! get back? Beyond ogg; ould not stand againat that “Well, get your crow of scoundrels Freres Bot ek eae ae ag Nonges ry prarlb A and turned him slowly “"ppew une ‘ talk, Enyhow Fox wouldn't give me jared at me savagely, yet his rhtly. 1 tition, you fellows ‘im front torrent—there were not enough of us, OUt of here, what's left of them. Do + at ala'y atoora ter tell you, ‘cause 1' thetel No, don't leave thé windows; Inch by inch they won through, the on heat This ie sclsier work, and Bo Sere for ter Sy SED, hee ps bie eigule beri Guan eras one ok srouat? iirepoen peboia ae ae coon son El yer on gs oe it ver, theyll charge presently, and there is bly we could mil but Bas pe “You used us all right when thar %4 Wyatt an’ the gurl wus both in der into the darkness of the the sound echoing W slowly until the Feyout. Yer won't fedre'me yers: no use firing thoe carbines now: the Siiniung over the dead, clambering "Us fshtin’ ter do”— Tard Re eset oes WHRRIRT TARE.AIOFS |S Oa eneives tance I the socks, ane & pease oe ans. feaaee tne Tee, Ye'll_ range 18 too tong. Lowd again—load! gorogs overturned benches, but un- | “That's enough, Kelly. | didn't use raymond, muttered something, a “but to my best Judgment ti " Sskoaad c ; d stand ready. Wyatt!" able to stem the inereasii you—Moran did;'and you cam go to gmothered oath no doubt, and then hundred foot sheer drop rights bere, “re wes sroudn the darkness, *Ot,course, Nichols,” I aid sooth My meaty © We were all, together now--Hfar- him with your complaints, f Glow snotnered coth no : and it would ‘damage youtssmenty It Was far enough away to give mie Doon v v » whl ey . ve ? Sane Pu enaw use way "Any work for you there?” wood, "Wharton, “O'Hare—the sole RoW, treat prisoners, and 1 would Well, man! ‘They are both flesh take it. Hee,” and I tomed she weapon little concern, yet the report must wh of escape’ we'll go together’ if the’: “No; only a half dozen Yanks in handful left, and we made & fight ‘Now get out, and don't answer 2nd biaod. If neither are there then dge, and we heard the have been heard. by the cavalry mane. - chance comes—what is it? Speak sient trom this end.” ei of It, the best we could. There was me-—those are your orders, Lieutenant {Bey must have found « way te ea # it struck on the rocks be- squad now well out in the open, looked down, poln 4 hi P 7 ae you'll not try that along which 3 i if “Bring all but two, men ang come a Raymond.’ if guard #0 & mouse couldn't get you want me #0 badly wheeled their horses and trail ran. “ Min: (ers xeew ee oe an oy me here! bie OF ™ Hi Son bare Bs Bi ir ne. through in, is moonlight—I aaw to reward, dead or alive? ight toward the ravine. row av’ tor plot, a a han 5 5 ol bg q q 7, A Beberaipen gos case nerer at ac *N ie ve, ctettae faa!” Fire ie halon blood arinnng trom. Seutya wart unde. Link be wes "Shere Sepang coum, woul bring wet OE Saint oat fo: ha a) beens ,damn you, fire!" ” tou s in o1 . enat.’ ter she gave you her, word! _ . * I reckon he’ his © out while T was iyin’ yore trunsed up "*rny Yiedo squad of us leaped down Carbine shattered” || : Y 7 ea ag DEN late TG zoho gave you} yet; "with: suspicions arouse: &. surkey, but they néver giv’ me end Wharton's and ber oy |e MER AA ‘ig ny. The church walle are on ant. How we eetias ie teeeebeenes bee +180 age for tor get jlooee. Now if Crue 8 eer ie over: the edgo of the ravine; Cowan said Jealous’ of you— banks, seoking for some passage be-* “You thiks will cut this yere rope cursing and. yellini \. mee more, and it's there were none needed there.” Noreen knowa you too well by this Vin.) wa» before ts in » dark {2ffn, my lege Til show yor show f6P ready thé smoke of the carb og fil: t them!” burst out £ak2 & couple of men and féol your “Wal” insisted the other, half an- time; you proved yourself a treacher- bal wee Hees Sboeg: dhe Out—an’ n@body'll never KNOW 44° the church, and we Could see Fae ae re eccne way, sions the walls; Jasper, & grily. “I didn't think #0 neither, no ous ‘cur in Lewisburg. Now turn Moods wat all ennaee N a poms I ieqg slittfe except in ‘the flaab of the gun- - «About me,, Tir light of some kind—who wants me? morn Anse did; but { reckon that’s around!” season Lifialte CoNetinl a Toren fret,” I wis. shortly. fire, The swirl of bodies hurled me tucky—here they com to enciroe Tel! him 1am the only ofcer present. whar wo made a mistake. Them ‘There was no other weapon in his fuct thay no a cours ere ae scripted.” ict zt eo far asi aan away from where Har- | They drove us in so aa to enelree and can't leave, The place -l@ & two's skedaddied, an’ thar warn't no belt, and it never occurred to me that tives had bee Wet with slong th © an Semen a. Nithols, Just so far asl can ha brought me in front ws, yet the jumble of benches served shambles! chance fer em enywhar else. Thet's he inight fnoth¢r secreted in way’ convinced ‘ine that they had jiehty And we'll follow ® , What is below? of the opposite door, Through this ®8 some protection te oN rear. B04 The searching party was to the plain ‘nough, ain't it? I don't know his jacket, nor did I redlize the des- f sons ree mA « vk y bed far away is nee Yank sea ed clawivn salt opening, and the narrow window bec hi he fact that there were, a * TIghs of me, againat the black ahi Ruthin’ ‘bout whut's thar, fur } bever perate hatred of me which gave him Sey ane tele ean ewanine wt twenty | salle—ia ( mh 4, 1 got a glimpse outside—at a 4 ° ain't been ‘long et edge, bu reckless courage. What to do with ey beyoo e at. bis only hope of release lay Cee fam of nan raight ; for we met to d the them two ever got out inter thet thar tho relto: a h my arrival, The time had not-been ie dina} a. il eaeription. Hee eranty 4G ate ‘us, their’ guns grapple. tenn eee che 5) atari teree id oul; ravine they're thar yet, fer thar’s uu Beaaa wee to mecncaly blak Rim oy ona ake on wows . eon ledge, and forvem sind T v Yogardi ain D sly, their voices echoing in sav. ba Fe eter ee She ohGrob bls share way Jegpins: Out ‘cept along ther, trail Priths T could not leave him free, nor until tshe had lost syery ae ee my nae ab EE ide Halt down. ‘gainst the glimpse, they came Tn) ST We red inte agen’ Von kseeh nad Litted the trepeosr «Wynne czallt, Wheret~ eo al aig aa ite talght ain ‘wiltingiy“in’ the long notre yea sree Bie euinet ithe : crashing aguinat the spattered door, Struck death blows, nto each my knees, and litted the trapdoor Hack thar, ‘bout He “settled the problem himecit, evi? (night not remain willingly 'in the long hours of ri hy er ter ore 2 g it dawn with their gun- others’ faces, trampled over -wi In@ barely far enough to squeeze through. reckon—an ol’ hog trail Buddenty, by + @uch close proximity to danger, hut rough trail, she. “screwed! ti tay” & wheel, Ol Ned bodies, cursing or yelling deflance as Five minutes later I was safe in the down ter the crick, Thar couldn't no- pt is arms above his head, I could couft on her to keep the fel- her feet, and Cowan e ther contraption, an’ yer the: 5 a fell. : ods. * feng, tis eyes on mine, he kicked viciously, low there until the tuat poasibl Hand oh ther upper step an open theNvstivule,, ‘The door fell in splint: We scarcely knew friend from toe * : Peay cum uv Wt without yer apein’ em. the heavy sh thing my wrist, ment. We went down Info « shut ¢ at . jue from gray. cannot even tel “, jow and then climbe BP cdeer’Sonsée 8477 i ere Bony: peg a ited what occurred to myself in | those CHAPTER XXil. taco Tee Cae CRY Caen Into, the grass 4 doxen feet away. posite batik. having to force entire cover comes 0! reathiess moments, Ow ui age through thick scrub,.I predali ‘gure, It yprunsctow It fer enough.” ace Mehiaa abe Alssbareeef etuny With Nature’e Weapon. —— couiin''a'comenad ne uinee way ing at bie jacket pocket. I the branches, aside, to prevent Hel ow ‘a 4 Of steel, weral Raym 1 EO sone lint KHow, but I've Mt up the restricted space with red the right of me was the -The Lieutenant strode forward a0¢ his fingers just in. ti Geterance ta st eroaa, aed T Utted his Bo crawied through thar fixing atenis a’ A be A Me ot cae St outline of the church, the ‘see him clearly now, the moon- Rand, Bumped by the rid dealt m6, head, supporting it on’ my j / if 1 did it onct, I reckon im again. " je but I kicked free. was, for Instant, useless, yet as we topped thi ise. The horse “iain fnor’n “bout afy feet beyond ther vanclng forms. It was a glimpse Conscious of blows, of wounds; I Windows slight, severe) [IRE of Bis upturnen fn ‘gg “4 e " et it cuits the edge. o” ther, into the pit, a scene of horror never ,oaw when Harwood fell, and. waa biasing torches bobbing , "Then we've ot them, all right,” gicgck him with my elbow full in the shied. and, canent glimpse of s Pireroitt Fe tae Oe ata scl thituiph, that (angle wrarpled under foot: f heard O"Hare about withir, revealing voice. “You know the way down, , 1 had no grip that would hold, yet space. , seas] se r 7. me, ~ ttagk. on thet side of ther How they. , acream) I-saw the hated face of Anse passing figures, although the distance don't you, Kelly?” it tangled the revolver in the folds of ‘“Noreeps" za Mri tt canenr Sa red te tie a SHE Gaevayth haps ege ee} wan tment» emit ony sound OcHaty put aint a fy ae Seine Ay eugene, seats cl i PTeL ate Se Tmostly,” strprised ut the men, caueit within the narrow space, him, but who say med blow struck | ce voloes reaching my care. Straight esks onct. They call it the Devil's 6 suas Of oat ee ee ete ae patel, Sn mene aroge toe my, aor ain't goln’-fer ter Ngh} striking at them with clubbed guns— pressure of bodies, hurled me side- across from me a squad of horsemen either.” throat with both bands. Back and She came forward ‘with “st swift ip, are yor a ‘ote fiers 18 hat ee wore too wahy to be pec, Wise, caught me in a vive; I tripped were moving northward, and a single “All right then; I've got three men fore we swayed on the ver; f spring, Bot satisfied until her vie kore’ soe + Bak Dolowy woere iy Hiring, firing. curing, sirikiogs Jams Se text Senin” tne MASERTOS 10 rider was spurring rapidly between here who'll go with you. That will be [h) Feria. cpt ee Pa nha snes ee, eer reckon on. thet 't male ‘the low. inckats rains, ‘got footing on the puipit plat- them and the church, The grove of soouam. by I ue bare se, if the veoing fringe of pte scvagely con: 9 TANY & ns ‘wall and in two tess form and held it for an instant’ my trees where I was to meet Nichols all of you come here, Come, Kelly, tending for the mastery. That he 8 couple : jves, against gun-barrel crashing into the mass of there's a hundred dollars in this for w: © trained athlete, spauainted with Wher! ned very po eae Rerws ome. 6 re