Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-03

take the boss and wagon along, Beauty,
I and pay yer IN kisses" one said with a
J disgusting leer
"And IT'S mesilf will help yez down
from our sate, me swafe craythur, If
yen be afther extinding hand to de
clint mon Och, will yer stop wild yer
screaming and ioiting IKE heathen-ti-
ger cat entirely" the other snarled
with an awfu. curse
| Natalie had screamed az only wo-
maH can scream, while she struggled
with al her strength to prevent the ruff
ian. from getting any nearer
The iosthsome brutal visages were
pcerng gloatingly into her beauti
ful terror.blanched face, four big, red,
hairy hands were clutching for her
throstj the half-fainting girl felt that
only miracle of Heaven could avert
her dreadful DOOM and just then
Then, an arm looking larger than
human in the pale weird light flashed
seemingly out Of space, and one Of her
assailanta rccled backward and dropped
senseless IA the road
Again that mighty arm circlcd through
the air and the other ruffian fell head
long on the opposite side of the cart
The tramp at the pony's head whirled
for fight
With leap Natalic's invincible res !
cuer was upon him and ne was forced to /
share the ignominous downfall Of his ?
accomplices. n
Not word had been spoken
1t had all happened in breath.
But now this son of Ansk turned and q
approached the cart f'
For the first time Natalie noticed that
ne was disguised; a handkerchief of ST
.ome durk color was fastened like
mask over his face CT
"Drive home as fast as you can" he "
aid shortly in hoarse, stern-sounding pa
dice. 81
"But won't you let me thank you7
lay not know the name Of the brave fs
nan to whom owe so much1" Natalie ju
aid wonderingly. pc
"Drive home without delay. There is
gang of those vagabonds in that old w
arm half mile up the creek" he re mi
lied abruptly, in his curiously harsh
DICE. ov
He put the reins in her hands, and co
raped the dissrranged robes about Ike
err But she had no chance TO utter a fes
liable further
For, almost before his own voice had br,
ased he was gone. Ba
As he came he went-v vanished with yo
1t sign or warning fro
Natalie did not hasten home with the
which might be supposed anC
,r fright had subsidized, if not wholly
spelled And besides, she had unac- der
untsble feeling chat her unknown res "
or was somewhere near her, that he Bar
is holding himself ready to defend wo,
r, and that he would watch over her you
til she should be safe under her own not
If. littl
gain and again she turned, half, un- darI
lsciously. looking for the one she plea
aid not see, listening for the voice 81
1 singularly gruff and mufiied voice me,
could not hear. thin
he was still nervous and excited; but how
tead Of fear and dread her predomin- II
feelings were perPlexity, curiosity, II
some little pique. from
Eho was her strange hero3 IN
nd why, oh, why had he disguised ia
sef1 cues
ow tendcrly he had wrapped the how
IS around herl And when he put the ~
is in her hands, how the touch of his Al
had thrilled her w ,rc
he could feel her cheeks flushing Ma
m and red at the memory of it,
nd, oh, how brave he was-how dar
and herocl
hat other living man would under
. cooa;ct sinr,..ha,dsd aoa IN the b
"a ,a.i,., th,ea s,ch desosr,,e MEG
INV rne5,,s &c thos. were, ing o
IN, how could worship such a herol
devotedly how passionately, could man
him. No other man can be to me IL
he might be. oh. | do hone I can ME,
out who he isH' she thought you
r masked hero haunted her dreams Tune
,er frat waxing thouslts were al ~ his W
h, il l could only discover his iden-
my disguised Launcelot-my Lee lea
r IN a maskw she said 70 herself teri
me subtitle feeling of instinct-some at all