The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-14

W aacp k@h ~ ~ yoh hha ~
let a second husband Of y,un live in the
same world with mef And that, most es-
peciaIly. after you having declared thatyou
love himP No. You must think that l am
a fool indeed"
But he does live"
al know it. Both he and myself can't
live long"
You surely would not. a second time. try
to take his life 2"
al tell you that he and can't both live.
OF course you would decide for hipr"
at shall mover. knowingly. be sspe willing
wife Of one who has murder ~ his heart"
al thought SO. Now. Philip Dark. how
do you propose to die slh
what do you mean ?" asked Dark.
al mean that we must fight. oh. l
won't stab you in the dark. But We must
fight in such n manner that it will DO cef.
tain death to one Of us. and most ikely %
both. Win you fight me as I ~pf6poss. ptp.
vided tho chances are equal p 49,
"No. I won't fight you at all"
"Are you q cowardr p
mol"
"Then why viii you not fghtf" -
Because Nancy needs ths protection d
some better man than q murdef9r.J Adukl
Is a game Of chance. and I might 50 tRd
loser. In that event she would sti1 DO l6tt
to you" sATsAfT
She win have nothing to do With ne any
way. Is that not the case. Nancy f,sS
@Itis,y
~And YOU will be HE wife 2"
"If he claims me as such"
"And you. Philip Dark. will not fight
mer" -
Mot so long as another claims my Pc
lection" .Sn<
In an instant after. a rife shot ee68ed
through the room. and throwing u BID
hands with a shrek. Nancy fell bAck 1904
the floor. bleeding and struggling ~ "a
last grasp Of death. Dark was y f4k34f,
stricken by this dreadful act that, f3 4
instant. he stood speechless. Then D
over the dying woman. never fot a. D4l
thinking o his own safety. He closed 49t6y9s
and pressed his lips to her brow-holia tehed
to the last faintly-drawn breath. and theb
for tho first timo. thought Of himself. TUT;
ing. he saw Mark standing noar. gloatihe
like a hend upon him. Observing that ths
villain did not wen retain his rife II his
grasp. he asked. Why did you not kill me,
Marx Webb" q
care you anxio IS to die ?" was the sneef.
ing response.
al care not to live after having witnessed
nah q daad."
aThcn I will give you n chance for deatb
It will be a double death for YOU"
"what do you mean ?"
"fon died, In effect, Ave years ago. Yo
shhll die again to-day
How do you propose to kill mo p,
1T propose TO fcht. now that abe nj
LONGER lives 10 claim your protection. vii
you ight me p"
"Yea."
Enough. You have q knife in your bel
that Is all yea want. have the same
Come, follow me to DEATH"
"where do you gop"
"Tothe head Of the falls. Do YOU fen,
to follow
IL do not. Lend on"
Marx took n coil Of rope. probably n hun
dred feet in length, of a peg, and bore Il
with him. Reaching the ledge iankine In,
falls. he affixed one ond of the cord firml,
around the root of a tree. This done. h,
started down the cliffs.
Where are You going p asked Philip
who had been watching him in silence.
ITO the opposite ledge, across the falls
You see. in order to reach it. that l mus
60 to the b.se of the cataract. cross tn
stream, and h aDcend the other side"
what is your purpose ?"
MY purpose will soon develop ITSELF
1t was not long before the villain wa
standing upon the opposite ledge. Tn,
yawning gull OF two thousand feet was be
tween himself and his foe, and the water'
iashed the ragged rocks as It Numbered owe
them.
THAT rope is already coiled." said Marx.
speaking across. Throw me the other end.
This was done. and the line made far
upon the opposite side. Asingie cord no.
bridged that dreadful chnsm.
Meet me in the centre of the rope
bridge said Mark. 1--WE will fight only
with u knives
As he said this, he began his advance
Philip Dark did the same. and both men
cre2t carefully towards each other. the
rope bending fearful, beneath thei'
when the courage of Mark began to fai
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