Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1903-11-21

1 me TWO prisoners were lifted from
| the ground and carried to the cavern
where they were left tied hard and
fast, their fates to be determined
| later.
Paul Miller was not unconscious at
any time. and when he found himself
tied, lying on the hard floor of the cav
ern, he began to calculate on his
chances.
Suddenly he heard C. groan In the
darkness.
"Kate-Kate-was that your he
whispered.
mo-" was the answer.
Who was it?"
And another hollow groan camc on
| their ears.
Great goodness graciousI What Is
lit" shrieked Kate Willis. What is
it,"
Hush. Katei" whispered PAM
Some other unfortunate is here as
well as ourselyes,"
Then came another deep groan,
which seemed to be only few PAGES
| away.
who are you?" asked Paul.
I'm Zen Holton," came a feeble
answer Il amt done nuthin' L be
tied up here an left t. die in this
way!"
II know him!" gasped Kate. HE
was Laura's faithful servant"
In the anguish of his soul Paul
groaned:
''oh, Laura, Laura, why can l not
reach your side and save you from
those fends?"
Paul had deep thoughts, but kept
those to himself. He still had faith
that heaven would never permit such
an evil as these INSCRIPTIONS men
contemplated to succeed How
divine interposition would come he
had no idea, but he believed 1t would
come.
At that very moment Paul had a
faithful friend of whom he had never
thought coming to him. The dog
courier that had borne the tidings
that he and his companion were per-
ishing in the forest had always shown
a strange fondness for him.
On the night Paul left, his canine
friend was tied with the other dogs.
lest he should follow and betray their
flight The dumb brute determined
to follow, and when Paul was gone
set TO work to deliberately gnaw the
seal RATA in twain. His sharp incis-
ors did the work and his keen sense
of smell soon told him the course they
had gone, and he finally brought up
at the cavern.
Paul was lost IN painful thought
when he suddenly felt the touch Of
cold nose tip on his cheek and be-
came aware that friend was near.
The dog shifted about him for mo-
ment, and. reaching his wrists, at
last, realizing that something was
wrong, seized the thongs with his
teeth and began pulling at them.
what Is that noise?" asked Kate
Willis
BE quiet!" Paul answered In an
undertone-
The sharp teeth of the dog were
silently cutting the thongs, which
tied his master. In q few minutes
Paul's hands were free. Then untying
his ankles, he crept to where Kate
sat against the big rock, her arms tied
aroundit
who's that7'' she asked.
Keep Quiet!" he whispered. Kate
was a bit nervous and very anxious
to know II there was any chance for
escape, but she restrained her nat.
ural inclination and said nothing.
Paul released her and went next
to old Ben Holton. who was groaning
as II he was breathing his last
The old fellow, dumb with aston
ishment for a moment, blurted out:
BE ye agoin' t unite me?"
mo, no, ye won't!" roared the sen.
try, who began to suspect what was
sp. Lighting torch, he started to
the interior OF the cavern. where
they had left the captives. when sud-
denly there came q sharp growl, an
oath, a cry and a man was on his
back, q furious dog at his throat