The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-26

backed up against the cliff where it fell away int
sheer nothingness for thousand feet below. He so
down his hands and knees by the narrow door
listened AT that instant the moen rose full over tn
ether side and ray fell through the trees into tn
rccn.
deep breathing i2iicc,el sUInber. He, like all tn
others in the village, tired cut from their fora,
against neisa,cri2S C unity, hal gone to sleep
co-endent u@ca tie wat>@2ess CT the faithless sen
t1y at the pass.
Quietly Dy,on thrust his obsidian knife into tn,
and drove it with sharp, quick blow fairly int
the head of the sleeper. The man was killed in
stantly.
Dylen stepred within the hut Bound with leather
thongs in the corner farthest from the door lay
glittered In the moonlight but she made sound
To cut her bends was the work of a moment Sh'
been captured the day before and had lain bount
for hours Her hands and feet numb and
less. BY her side stood small pot with some fer,
liquor in it He tasted and gave it to her With rapt
and skillful hands he chaed her hands and feet
limbs until she could stand upright and walk. Like
him. she clad only in shirt of sAn.
He said no word but held out his hand to her. ant
together they stepped across the threshold. All wal
still The moon had risen higher now and the fac
rapi I.y along the way toward the descending trail
Their bodies cast black shadows across the success
We doorways. Someone awoke within There
a wild cry in the night.
They almost the end of the ledge when q
stepped frcm door and barred the way. Dyor
truck him dowa with the stone The force of the
blow twisted the weapon from his hand, and IL went
twrling into tie darkness beneath The strug.
sled and followed it into the abyss but the ledge
filed with people W.
Shouts and cries rent the air. An whizzed
by his The woman in condition for q
long flight Capture appeared inevitable He thought
quickly.
Go" he said and in language strange to his
ears yet whose significance he knew thoroughly. Il
will keep them back. You will find the remnant of
the tribe over the hills to the right You will be
free"
They had reached the narrowest part OF the ledge
where the sentinel had stood. He crouehed behind
the jutting rock. He would hold il against thou
sand-for her. The woman threw herself upon him.
She dill not kiss him. Kisses for later days and
ether times, he dimly realized She strained him to
her breast and then gone without a word.
Quick thought he unslung his bow. He fitted
into it, and drove it into the throng Of little
swarming along the trail The conguration of the
pass as good for his purpose as 1t had been for
defence against an advancing foe He shot and shot.
Shrieks and groans in the half light told him that his
arrows went home. But the enemy not idle.
Clambering like monkeys the side of the cliff they
reached places whence they could overlook him. Ar
grazed him. Stones fell upon him. Axes and
clubs whizzed by his
The desperate blood lust Of the man at bay pos
sessed him. He gradually to his feet and stood
the way but half protected by the jagged rock The
mountain swan before his vision. The path rocked
and reeled beneath his feet The moonlight APP
peared blood red before him. His spent
now. A jagged stone ranked in his left shoulder
His brain racked from great cash cut by a
club which he had barely lodged. But he stood un-
daunted still Strange war cries burst from his lips
He lifted up a great rock from the trail and sprang
forward determined that If he must die 1t would be
by no mans hand He stopped suddenly ere he made
his leap.
womans cry. wild and shrill. above the
h oa shouts OF the men Then 1t was lost in
above his head seemed to be trembling great bulk
Of rock heaved itself into the half light and came
crushing upon the pass A moment of silence super
vened, broken by the walls of anguished. dying
He understood in a moment. To make defence more
huge bouders lightly balanced had been placed
at convenient places the brink of the canon above
the trail. One of these had fallen just he
about to die, and efectually barred the way. pre-
venting the men Of the village from getting at hirl.
What had caused its fall? He looked up On the
dizzy thrown into relief by the moonlight stood
woman, the woman he had rescued. She had not
fled like craven She had crept up the cliff and by
disodged the rock CT defence Love had saved him.
Dragging the arrow from his shoulder he scrambled
pressed The last few feet sheer and precipitous
He stopped, sprang up and caught the ledge and
A brown hand reached down and caught his wrist
The woman who had moved mountains for her lover
The wall was surmounted He fell prone at her feet
upon the soft grass Of the plateau
voice came family to his ear. The sunlight
swept the mists away. He was standing in his
studio By his side was the picture of the canon.
and she-she was in his arms. She held him tightly
he held her. and he kissed her with the kisses
Of another century and another day.
you win never go away?" he whispered.
Never" she replied clinging to him at was all
There was rap at the door. 1t opened. Entered
the General and his wife "Genevieve!" exclaimed
Mrs Forsyth, scandalized. What does this attitude
Rean?"
The girl made faint effort to disengage herself
from his He relaxed the pressure by which
he held her sufficiently enable her to turn around
but he did not entirely loosen his hold. He had won
her by force of arms. and intended to release
her again.
Il love your daughter" he cried swiftly
''What?" roarel the General aghast.
And it means that she loves me-, he continued i'm
perturbab!y
"Ceaevieve," cried the mother.
1T is quite true" said the girl Il have loved him
fer thousands CT Years" She flashed look up him
that evidenced the truth of her assertion.
nc 1va " rieI he
"It is r-1e. answered the girl. Il looked like that
when loved him f-st'-she turned toward the pic
ture C tie caIon-"tlere," she continued.
VIII you let me marry your daughter, GeneraI?"
quect;c1ei Dy,cn ferccly.
4 suppose shall have to- said the General in be-
wiIder1e-t. "Aatrimony is the only for such
kalIuc:. i ms"
oh Genevieve.' exclaimed her mother sinking
back in a chair. Il feel so faint"
General FORSYTH snrang to the table He saw the