Catoctin clarion., 1901-01-03

lois, returning as Ae WAS iiom wi ih
the jungle, the two men were quite un'
matched.
Logan said no word, but growled
like beast, turned ashen pale, let fall
his gun and cllnched his powerful hands
He did not appear to hesitate; the time
seemed taken up in gathering his rage
and concentrating it.
Slowly recognition came into Bor-
den's eyes. The fellow actually smiled
with pleasure and exclaimed:
why, Tom Loganl You here? How
do you do, old man?'
Then the growl Issued again with
bubbles of saliva and sprays Of grizzly
foam from the bearded lips of Logan.
There was flicker of change in Bor
den's face; the faintest flare of pallor
leaped into the dark cheeks; but he had
nerve and his round eyes did not quail;
thev appeared to take shorter locus
and point themselves into the gray,
duly burning eyes of Logan, as both
men set themselves to a lightning leap
of memory oyer the events of The past.
We were forming a small quadrangle,
Storrs, Logan, Borden and |; and now
as we looked at each other, Storrs and
had a common understanding of the
impending trouble, though We could
not guess its cause.
Logan reached forth one long arm
and lifted the ether. The cords and
muscles strained his flannel shirt almost
to bursting, The biceps, the deltoid-
you saw them squirm and strut with a
fine surface shiyering, then set them
selves like solid iron. All around was
dead silence which sometimes would
fall upon the wilderness.
Here, you. Tom! what does this
meanT yelled Storrs, casting himself
headlong upon Logan.
At the same time l found my liberty
and went into the scufiie,
We soon had Logan mastered though,
strong as we were, he was near over
taking us at first. He surged and ragged
like strangling lion.
Borden stood there unmoved, his dark
eyes growing darker to blackness, and
narrowing themselves to knife like
keenness OF point,It was admirable cour'
age of some strange sort.
We were two against one, with Bor-
den Indifferent, and yet it was a hard
thing to settle. We used force until
Logaa's paroxysm of murderous passion
went off, and and then we applied NOR
al suasion, till we wore him out with il
At the last on the ground that Bor-
den was guest in distress, We affected
a truce that was to last so long as We
were his hosts.
Sullenly enough Logan accepted the
terms. AS for Borden, he appeared tt
care little about the matter 1t wal
all the same to him, let things turn al
they might. He was full of talk, hi
humor brimming it with a most charm
ing jollity; but in his lightness burned
a something like deadly fire (Which il
a very Indefinite description lam sure,
and | cannot explain how his hand,
some face influenced me. That he wa
a bad man, | could not have doubted
even had Logan never told me the stor.
of his past life; still, he drew me to hin
and made me feel deep and a.mos
tender interest in him. Perhaps thl
was because he was a very bad man; for
moralize as we may, there is fine ant
indescribable fascination in certain
sort of villaiuy. Not that any one o
us admires it, or would wish to live it
but the reckless bravery, the diabollca
courage and the incompatible pathos o
it-how subtle and moving
Logan story Of Borden perfdy anc
heartlessness could not haye been mad
more powerful with the art Of BalzAc
Its simple outline inclosed the whole o
human wickedness. 1t affected Storrs
that hale and bluff sportsman, as deepl,
as it did me. We loved Logan, althougl
we had known him but month. II
was our guide companion whom W
had fallen in with at Jacksonville, an'
something in the reserve and gloom.
dignity of his character had tied us t
him long before we knew the secret 0
his past life.
Day after day it was a strange stud,
to note the play of silent passages be-
tween the deadly enemies. They neve
spoke to each other, their eyes rarely
met; but you could see and feel that
warfare was going on between them
Borden was decorous, vivacious, Away
smiling-a dark and evasive sort o
smile. / have said that he had Jew
lsh face, nor can I find further ettectiv
description of his countenance, which
in soma Way indicated great force Ant