Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-05

over Fine creek were almost cut away. and when he rode on to it. of course it went down with him and his horse''
 "Waal. if it was me, who's goin' to prove it: And if I bungled that job 1 ,in't a-goin' to queer this. don't you forget it. Now no more foolin'. See that rock over wonder on the trail? You go along till you reach it. then climb up and stand right on top of it'
 Lee obeyed perforce, and as she slow ly traversed the four hundred or so feet her mind was busy, but she could devise no way of escape. Above were the precipitous rocks, below the precipice, before the narrow rail, and behind was Pete Long ready to shoot if she attempted to run.
 The rock indicated by Long jutted up from the very edge of the ledge. almost overhanging the abyss. The girl carefully climbed it's rough sides and, reaching the apex, where there was just room for her feet, stood up right A glance backward made her feel faint, and she turned toward the man.
 Don't be skeered.' he yelled q ain't a-goin' to hit yer.''
 He took deliberate aim, and the bull let cut the air within an inch of her l overalls. The next passed between her | ankles. a third whiZZed just above lor sombrero. and fourth almost graZ,1 her right hand. But Lee nerved her self, clinched her small teeth and stood | as firm as the rock beneath her. Stands as stiddy as one of them l statyers in the park down to Frisco" Long muttered. "Waal, I'll try some | thin else.''
 And, hoping thus to break her nerve. he took steady aim at her heart. and when she held her breath. expecting the end, he laid down the rife. then picked it up again and pointed it directly at her face. then at her neck. Finally he fired again. the bullet grazing her jumper but leaving PC mark. a second striking and spintering the rock at her feet
 Still she stood firm, but she knew she 1 could Dot hold out much longer. and dea1h seemed almost welcome. Then, as Long again played with his weapon aiming at enc vital spot and then at another, 6 faint. awful hope crept into her consciousness.
 When, startled by the sound of Longs hanllnering. Lee had run from i 1,n t, a j,lGt ptt in her fast blast and had light i el the fuse, q very long one. for she 1 could uev"r sillite overcome her fear of the blasting Iii her haste. as she nol.. remembered. she had left all the explosives in the tunnel over which Long Was standing and-and the long fuse must be nearly burned ont.
 '.l'll end this thing one Way or an- other pretty quick, nuttered Long as he fired again. I'm gcttln, tired of this.
 As the bullet whizzed past her it seem ed to Lee that the earth heaved beneath the mans feet, and, following d blind
 instinct of self preservation, she slid from the rock and fell face downward on the ledge. Then an aWful reNerDefa' tion echoed through the canyon. Rocks flew above and around her, fragment of one striking her as she lay half stunned, making scalp wound which caused the blood to trickle down her face.
 When few moments later she dared to raise her head she saw something ly ing on the trail which told her that she was alone on the mountain, and, clasp ing her temples with both hands tc guard her eyes from other sights, like hunted deer she sped down the trail