The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-02-13


The door fell with a crash Both men
were precipitated into the gloom and
! darkness Of the cellar A low cry OF
malignant triumph escaped Despard s
| lips
"Bafled." he cried. "Quick. Danton,
the lamp"
the trap DeSpard pecred eagerly into
the dark void Fully fifteen feet below,
upon a rocky, uneven floor, lay two
forms. Apparently the fall had robbed
| their enemies of sensibility.
| A ladder led from the trap downward.
This Despard pulled up into the room.
! Then he closed and locked the trap-doOf
! just as the landlord entered the room.
/ The latter seemed somewhat excited
! Il guess you were right about being
| pursued" lie said
why SOP" asked Despard.
Two men came into the bar-roOm Il
few minutes since who acted very sils-
piciously."
where are they now"
Il don't know. They disappeared
very mysteriously.
They came here
WHAT" calculated Marvin, incred-
ulOusly.
''ies, tEey came here"
You knew Them"
LAS our deadliest foes. -
And they are gomez
Into yonder trap.
In graphic language He>pard detailed
. what had occurred.
Can they escape readily?" lie asked
as he concluded his recital.
Not unless they know the way to a
secret door to the stables.
Then let Us act. Marvin 90 you
wish to make a few thou and dollars. "
"of course | do
Very well. In this house now there
are two girls.
Marvin started. How did you know
that.," he asked supposedly.
Il do know it One Of them-tho
white one-I love The other, an IN
!: dian girl, has her fortune in diamonds
in her possession.
The landlords eyes CLEANED avari.
ciously as Dcspard unfoldcd his plan.
Marvin was t. act in Immediate coll
lusion with them
"The men III the cellar will be insens-
ible till we are away" said Dcspa d.
you get your wife to pretend to befriend
the girls"
as being in your plot. 1t would hurt me
among my customers"
We'll manage all that"
Thus it was when, half an hour later
Inez and White Fawn stole from the
tavern. The laGdlady had pretended To
aid them, but was only acting under
orders from her husband She told them
to go to an old hut a few rods from the
house, where She would bring them
horses little latter.
She had left a lantern with them. and
the two girls stood silent and alone,
watching its Pickering rays and ANXIOUS
ly awaiting the woman's return.
A wild cry Of dismav arose from Inez
Tracey's lips, as the doorway suddenly
framed two forms in Il moment Des-
pard and Danton came into view. The
latter seized tho Indian girl Despite
her struggles, her arms We're quickly
bound behind her.
you have not escaped us yet" Kissed
Despard, as he grasped lnez' arm. make
no cutlery If you value your safety
ParalyZed with terror, poor Inez stood
pale and mute, shrinking in horror from
the triumphant face of her enemy
"Danton," spoke the outlaw chief,
you know your part. Search the In
uldi SlIi ibI the uldilltbu>
White Fawn did not speak, but her
/ dark eyes flashed iiercely on the man
who had SO wronged her. Danton ut
tered cry of delight as he drew from
the dress Of the Indian girl small bon,
which he examined hastily.
The iewe's?" asked Despard, eagerly
YES
"Very well. Secure them safely and
! watch Cnlr 1IfiSp
/ There was a mocking smile on the face
OF White Fawn. despite her perilous
situation
snow, then" spoke DeSpard quickly
to the shrinking lnez, have only few
words to speak TO YOU
"Mscreant! VIII your evil plot and
prosecutions never CeaSe?"
Not until yoa are my wife"
THAT will be never
I'VE shall see. ! have your fortune,
in the jewels and the deeds to the lands
your father left Won"
Il care not
But / covet your love. II you we'd me
and go with M. yonder girl shall live
Your lover Darrell Grey and your friend
Ranger Ralph are lying insensble in the
rear OF the tavern"
Inez uttered frantic cry Of grief.
"All shall die, unless you we'd me-
Outside the hut is magistrate Agree?"
Poor IneZ sobbed bitterly.
"Danton. kill the Indian"
Danton raised a cleaning knife.
No, no." shrieked IneZ, frantically
Il agree"
Almost al the same moment Marvin
entered the hut.
/ 1t was strange scene-a dread mock
ery--a delirium Of emotOn-in which
Inez only knew that she heard the words
that made her Dyke Despard's wife TO
save her friends.
Almost in swoOn. she was led from
the hut and placed On a horse. Des-
/ pard held the bride and mounted an
other steed.
+ You shall hear from US soon, Mar
win, " he said. Come, Danton."
They had left the Indian girl bouu1 in
the hut. Ten minutes later utter S.
/ lence reigned over the scene. And in
the near distance, Dyke Despard was
bearing away the beautiful Inez-his
/ wife-successful, apparently, at last in
securing the fortune for which he had
! so long and deity plotted.
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