The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-10-04

| founder, but he probably was not Sc.
+ Yerely injured; but the broken. Jagged
| branches doubtless hurt him. One small
broken branch cut my head-you can see
the mark"
He held up his hand.
THAT explains where the blood came
! FROM" said ChuD.
what blood3"
"Your horse came galloping up to our
| fence long after the time you should
| have been there. I saw blood on the
| saddle-ahd marks on your horse"
"You must have been frighteneT
greatly"
at was terrible, Dan-terrble.
at has been terrible for both OF u.s."
"Yes, but you, you have suffered
thousand fold more than l have. But
you have not told US all"
"No. Well, I lay there, held to the
ground by the big broken limb, until l
thought l would die ! tried to free my
self. l tried to move away from under
ito slip out from under it-but every
time moved, it seemed to settle heavier
upon me-"
THAT was enough to drive you crazy"
II thought of you-or it might have.
Then tried to get hand in my pocket
for my knife. I thought if could get
it out, it would be possible to dig hole
in the ground large enough to let me
work out from under the limb that way"
That was awful"
81 did not know then-nor until they
found me-that the limb was not broken
clean of the tree. A great big silver
a tremendous splinter-and the bark
held it to the main trunk, and it settled
down just as the wind shook it, or !
moved under it,"
"Could anything be more horrible than
that" said Club.
u can't imagine It," said Hank Daw-
son. at beats all ever heard Of"
II got my knife out at last. worked
ut the ground near my side. But it was
SO slow, oh, such slow work"
Poor Dan-it was enough to turn your
mind"
"I believe ! might have freed myself
in time, but just as it began to look as il
/ would be able to free myself, loud
hello attracted my attention. / an
swered. Think how long had been ~
ing there"
allow long were you under the branch,
DAMP" Club asked, fearfully
"Until some time last night, or early
this morning."
Club uttered cry OF terror.
what! All that time!"
"All that time-it seemed ages-ages
to mel"
Hank Dawson turned to look at him.
"Out all that time! Under big limb
pinned under a limb to the ground!
wouldn't believe any one could stand it!
And with broken arm!"
ave will nurse you into good spirits
again." said Club, in low tone.
~ am in as good spirits now as ever
will be, Belle" said Dan Bash.
Then Club had to tell him her dream.
As he listened, Dan Bash looked very
grave.
"It's strange story, Belle, The
dream is very near the truth. See how
l was held under the big limb. was
covered with the branches. I could not
move-could only turn and look up
through the leaves Then, when they
took me from the branch, they put me
in that hole you found me in. And that
too, was like your dream. A crevice in
the earth-just rooted in little with
earth and stoncs-and no way to work
out-rocks on each side. 1t was very
much like your dream"
"Well, we're back to plain facts now,"
said Hank Dawson; "and the plain facts
is, we've got the hull Monk gang by the
neck and heels and if we don't pitch
them into the penitentiary, why-it
won't be my fault"
"They deserve to be put there for
what they've done to you," said Club.
"Yes," said her father, in low tone;
sand with the witnesses we've got agin
them we'll make 'em wish they'd never
seed Dan Bash. Well make 'em swear
they'd run ten mile just to get around
his shadow"
And Hank Dawson shook his head
he meant it. He was in dead earnest.
TO BE CONTINUED