The Washington times., 1905-12-03

they stood at little distance snarling.
whc~e. as our spears were Sone. they
were safe from MS.
Now the Khan had ridden up and sat
upon his horse glowerine at us. and his
face WIS ike the face OF devil l had
hoped that he might fear 20 attack. but
the moment ! saw his eyes / knew that
this would not be He was quite mad
with hate. jealousy and the long-drawn
excitement of the hunt. and had come
10 kil or be killed Sliding from the
saddle. nc drew his short sword-for
either he had lost his spear or had
brought none-and made kissing noise
10 the two dogs. pointing an me with the
sword. 7 saw them spring. and I saw
him rush at Leo. ana Hstcr that who
can tell exactly what happened.
Ny knife went home TO the-hilt in the
| body of one dog and it camc TO the
ground. and lay therefor its hind
quarters were pJralyzed- bowling. snarI-
| ing and biting az me- But the other.
the fieud called Master, got me by the
right arm beneath the elbow, and 1 felt
my bones crack i'm its mighty Jaws. and
the agony OF il, or so 1 suppose. caused
me to drop the knife so that / was
| weaponless- The brute dragged me from
| tho rock and began 10 shake and worry
! me, although / kicked il in the stomach
with all my strength. I fell to my
! knees. and. as it chauced. my left hand
came upon a stone OF about the size of
a large orange. which / gripped ! gain
cd my feet again and pounded At its
skull with the stone. but still it did not
/ leave go. and this was well for me. for
its next hold would have been on my
throat
( We twisted ana tumbled to and fro.
man and dog together. At one turn !
; thought that saw Leo and the Khan
rolling over and over each other upon
tho ground: AT another. that he. the
Khan. WAS sitting against a stone look
+ irg AT me. and it came into my mind
that ne must have killed Leo and was
watching while tho dog worried me 10
death
Then. just 1s things began to grow
black. sonnet hing sprang forward and ]!
saw the hugo hound lifted from the
earth. It's jaws opened. my arm came
: free and fen against my side Yes. the
brute was whirliug round I'm the air.
leo heid il by it's mind legs. and with all
Hi- great strength wnirlcd il round and
round
rhud. ue had dashed its head against
tac rock and So fen and lay still hud-
died hcap Of black and rcd.
oddly enough. 7 did not faint; j sup
pose that tho pain and tho shock TO my
uer-.s kept me awake for ] heard 10"
say. i1 Il mattcr-cf-fact voice between
ris gasps for breath.
"WcH. that's over. and I think that
have fulfilled Shaman's prophecy. Lri:
look ;n make sure
Then he led me with him 10 ono Of tE'
rocks. and there. resting supinely against
i.. sti the Khan stul living. bu, unable
.fr move hand or food The maducss
had ofite lcft his face and he looked -
us with melancholy eyes like the eyes
of sick rh:ld.
You ar. brave men, hc said. slowly
strong. also. 20 have killed thos'
hounds and broke my back So st ha,
come about as was forctold by the oil,
raf After ail. J should have hunte'
Atcae. not you. though now she lives t'
alruEc me, for her own sake not mine
Yellow beard. she hunts yuu. too. ant
( with Geadiier hounds than these thos
. IF her ,hwsrted passions. Forgive me
, and fly To- the mountain. yellow beard
whittier B go before you. cor there on
dwclI~ who is stronger than Atenc."
. Thcu his jaw dropped, and he wa
p dead