The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-11-07

and thumb, he threw b- -
on his bunk.
Hour after hour pass. JLACE
steady stentorian bres,h,.
panions told him thai n
Presently he raised blr )EH nI'
a sitting posture, ana A. ooH
made the wooden hrs,
listened for some seeor. . News T
men were undisturbed ! aad Bombs
reached the floor, holdI,. the same x
lest the slightest noiss xrurer Has
should awaken one q, nj.
Then he felt his way in ~ ..n.ou,aon.
feet softly to the door. vls ,a4nrv,au
cured by a common woods' "a ~ ~ega,
managed to open the don' 49, II
sound, and. when outsId. L.
latch fall slowly into its N. a~,naa
string attached to II fron 49, !,
He paused and listened sha
slept on.
was nearly at " tia in Sep
broad and dark upon the L~ ,anaa viii
beneath. Beyond the cry ! orp ana N
hawk or owl, the whir OF NJ obiecte
croaking Of frogs in the s,,,,- .,aoatsa ~,
near the creek there wac ~ Ia,r ra,igie
" oe nearu. piscopalial
Luke walked along in II. ha~s pyaa
of Baynes' hut, which lv,.' = areeas,e
shadow of the hill, wonid w.. ,oache
difficult for one not known, n heen }
ity to discover; but Robert I -ybas follo
his way well. 10 writ
In a few minutes he stoo 10 under
the door. There was no sig, nMr San
be seen within. He tried 4. q was No
and found that the door ", raver froy
Then he crept round to III. lrtue who
which was unglazed and n lend to h
calico nailed across in lien !. in phil,
After peering about for som. lat Mr..
he detected a speck Of lieb, ounce it)
dimly through an inner ,erefore /
Probably there was a moth.bs p~iscopal
blanket which had been hung /, q pr
prevent the light from being wv morni
without. The keyhole and ey.-l and pa
seemed stopped securely. audolph.
How easily he might slit ts[r. Duche
across with his knife and s,at IL his
%entrancel But then, suppos. y would.
misses were to prove wrong re appea
cuse could he make for thus .ontiicals
ing the woman in the midd. se establ
night! ollect fol-
Luke's heart beat fast. It ser. whic
him as if he were on the ven GU must
of making some discovery. pext NOR
was to be baked. lie rumol
He stood still and thought , v :
Then it occurred to him that b udience.
knock, pretend he was iii, and ,rdained
brandy. The men on the starulorning.
none, he knew. Yes, there oOaiI There
harm in that. ONE of I
He knocked on the panels d the co
door, but no answer came. Heh ortions
again, and spoke. rhich Cd
Mrs. Baynes, would you kind is own
me a drop of brandy if you hsahe eigh
a thing. | am sorry to trouble Joer pre-
this time of night. but | am naFords:
well. / am Luke-Bob Luke Keep
Still not a word came in rent OF thy
called out again more loudly For
Mrs. Baynes-d'ye hear, Mn quit; an
d up tn
Growing holder. he Determined 20 my
the strength of the door. S the ST
Placing his shoulder agains A tn
turned the handle and leaned name Sc
with his whole weight. $50 pc
Suddenly the door gave way md ma
was precipitated into the room Let
covering himself, it was yet led fore
seconds before he could distil hame
any objects around him-the = While
from The darkness vii hrilled
TO the glare of a lamp had daua TIA. W
ewes. When he recovered fn- plea
first confusing effects Of the lgf hat str
a sight that sent him stssvyhat fg
back against the wall. and for 4 Let
ment deprived him OF the pogslhame
He was bewildered. and hem =
not find breath to say the words sonfusi
we're upon his Inns LET
A sound of horses hoofs apyESFinds
Ing the hut made him suddenly .hase
round, and then he knew no NOR LET
crash upon his skull deNFo con
him of his senses. and he fell hanine
% the floor. Thus
ITO be Coutinued.) n din
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