Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1903-11-07

[ OrIuE ncr- Out the StOrm came up g
sudden that we had no time to SEN
for her."
"Can you not do It now7"
He shook his head and said tn
avalanche had fallen in the pass be
hind them and they were completed.
shut In where there were.
"Wlll there be no escape?" sh,
asked.
Not until spring unless We car
cut our way through"
Laura went to her tent and wept
She realized how helpless she wa!
and began to distrust the man who
professed to be her friend.
"oh, Cod" she groaned, Ito Thee
alone can now appeal for help!
need expect none from these men"
Mr.. Lakeland seemed very much
distressed that she was cut of from
her female companion, and selected
four men to go back, as he said, and
| bring her over the fallen avalanche
IL possible. The four selected we're
Ben Allen, Morris. Ned Padgett and
Tom Ambrose. When Lakeland took
them apart, to give his final instruc-
| tons. he said:
Take the woman and wounded man
back to Skaguay."
what! An have him hang Us for
holdin' him prisoner In the noun
tains?" asked Allen.
But he is insane. You are four
witnesses to one"
Ned shrugged his shoulders and
muttered something about never want
ing to see Sltaguay. especially while
their late prisoner lived.
Every well, then, start with them
toward Skaguay, but don't reach the
place. Become lost. You understand
how to do that. At least he must
not know anything Of the young wo-
man here, and she must have no
knowledge that Paul Miller Ia alive"
His final instructions were so clear
and imperative there could be no pos
sible mistaking them, and when he
had finished they took their departure.
The story about the avalanche fall
ing in their rear and blocking up the
way was all clever invention on the
part of Mr.. Lakeland.
Lakeland went to Laura's tent, his
white face wearing careworn and
troubled look. The lines of his fea-
lures seemed more deeply drawn and
his face was expressive of the great
est concern.
"Laura-Miss Kean," he began, In
his cautious, considerable manner, Il
hope you will believe me when / say
that this lamentable accident causes
me unaccountable annoyance on your
account. When awakened In the
night with tho intelligence that
storm was coming and the pass would
be impossible. decided that for you
/ must act at once. II we were aboard
sinking ship and should rescue you
and take you ashore. would you deem
It an act Of hostility because I did
not wait for some companion Of
yours?"
She bowed her head and was silent |
In argument, the subtle villain al
ways beat her, but when left to her
self to con over what he had said and |
commune with her own heart, she IN |
stinctively felt the man was a villain. |
Intuition, or whatever you may choose |
to call it, told Laura her lover lived. |
She was conscious of his presence |
somewhere in this vast world, and
felt as instinctively drawn to him
as the needle to the magnet.
Days passed and the small party
was still in the valley, hemmed In
by the mountains and eternal SHOWS.
Lakeland made frequent visits to
Laura after despatching the four men
to give an account of their progress
in cutting their way through the pass.
Laura" be said, IN a low gentle
tone, which would have thrilled any
other woman, Il have tried to hope
against hope for your sake. have
tried to believe your lover lived, but
must yield to facts. All this jour
ney, hardship and suffering. this
passing the winter in an Alaskan
is to no purpose"
'Ts II not?"
Laura, are you very strong7"
She gave him swift, wild look-an
mploring glance and gasped:
What do you mean?"
Can you bear a great shockf"
what shock-what Is it-speak out,
beseech you'll"
Paul is dead"
at is false!"
at is true"
what evidence have your"
"The evidence Of men who saw him
lie. He died three weeks ago!"
His face was so white. he expressed
UGH concern, that she was strongly
with his manner. yet she
ried:
what you say can't be true: My
cart tells me he lives"
Nevertheless, her eyes grew dim !
Nth tears, which trickled adown her
amask cheeks. Lakeland, for sew
raj moments overcome with his own |
motions, at last said:
Il aura its your noble sanc1linn ma Z