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hosrSe whisper, "New Is the tlms q,
and DO Ia naat yaa reaeaahee Toaion'
Don't yae remember the gatleysS Don
yea remember what We both suffered
/ Are you going 10 iet her escape. this time
/ rev that We have set hes in our handsS
/ Helene thoayht her heart was standing
stsn as she listened. A cold Precipitation
| pearlei on her forehead. aud, in spite
Of herself, she felt the color fade from
her cheeks and neck, aud her whole
hosiy growing chilli
"No," WAS Hearts reply Il not do
It. not do H."
We'll then" was Qaayle's nearly
Kissed retort, III you are such a coward
ana sach cur, I viii do ii myself"
Helene had risen on one knee. with her
back to the wall. lnvolantarily her hand
wandered toward her satchel. and her re-
selver was In her grip,
The most unexpected had happened.
She had been prepared to meet dangers
such as surrounded any expedition like
the one she had undertaken, but to be
entrapped by pair of dastardly muir
derers. far away from all possible help,
made her shrink in haggard tremor. But
when the first thrill Of horror was past,
her natural bravery asserted its sway.
She bit her lip, and, revolver in hand,
determined to sell her life dearly.
Thus she waited, with her eyes afire,
and the moments seemed hours. On
sudden she saw a head appear in the
doorway. A sharp-faced. bearded man,
whom she recognized as Quayle, was
crawling toward the hut She could see
the profile stand out black against the
mist Of the outer air, and without know
ing what she did, she raised her revolver
and fred Quayle started up with a
scream, and at the same moment another
dark figure. burlier one, Henri. appear
ed behind Quayle and gripping him by
the neck, swung him round and hurled
him 10 the ground.
Helene rushed to the door, revolver In
hand. The two men were rolling on the
ground, shouting and screaming, seeming
inextricably mixed up one with the 9th.
er. She could see that at last Henri
was on top of his opponent, holding him
down with all his might. when a fash
shot up out of the confused mass Of
limbs and arms, and Henri gave yell
and staggered away. At the same time
Quayle jumped up and fired again, while
Henri leaned against the corner of the
hut. and gripped the wooden walls with
all his might
Helene could see Quayle raise his re-
rolTer, and she was about to fire upon
him In her turn, when a line of flashes
rippled through the haze In the direction
Of the creek. aud perfect hail of mimic
Luilets Kissed round the hut. At the
same moment long arm of fame burst
from the rising ground beyond the creek.
and with roar a shell came whirring
toward them.
Helene, with an involuntary cry, ran
into the hut. and in the next moment an
explosion which, she thought, resembled
that Of an earthquake. shook the air and
ground around her, aud Jagged pieces Of
ron ratified against the sides of the shed
md pierced it In places. She heard one
piercing scream outside, then a long
,roan. and then all seemed silent around
her.
The FIRE of the Federals grew stronger,
until the air seemed TO be alive with
Of death. Helene. hardly
snowing what she did. with her hands /
md face cold as ice. and her limbs quiy. |
ring, lay down on the ground. her eyes
liked toward the line of flashes, which
seemed to creep nearer and nearer every
moment.
Another shell. this time bursting in |
he woods behind the hut. and then
Helene heard words of command and
azy figures approached through the mist, I
md grew darker and more solid Helene |
the line of skirmisllers as they |
Idsanced toward her. firing into the |
woods as they went on. When they had
lassel the little she'd she breathed
title more freely, and slowly and timidly
rept to the door and pecred around her.
(To he continuedD i