The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-10-10
gripping It's nostrils Al threw it back
upon its launches.


under happier circumstances had once
been his. Fifty rods more and he
would be on American soil and within
a half hours drive of Ned Fletcher's.
fheu Bob Peterson and the eXtTadi-
ton treaty be hanged.
Pop, pop, pop, pop. Al gave one look
upstream at the long white ridge that
was moving swiftly down upon hi2,
then seized the whip and dashed the
horse into a furious run. The freslct
from the melting snow in TIE hills Wa
sweeping down the river, heayhg up
the rotten ice in a jagged ridge as IL
came.
Help. Help
The fleeing OUTLAY lou2cl bach d,
the woman and then as the cOmAoinn
drew nearer stood up in the sici@l ana
drove the horse to the utmost limi5 Of
its speed
al. Oh, All" came over the ice ~
piteous appeal.
Al started and the lard lines al,Ht
his mouth softened rs they lad no,
hoft0ncd for yeas. She had c@.l! hi
just like that when ,bay were cntEE~.r
rlayiur together GnC the boat In "r!t-
she had hidden had gone adrlft G3n'r
the falls.
~. AZ"
He looked hungrily IT his promised
land" not ten rods away now. thea
swung the horse about and ga.lopcl
back toward the woman. TIE ridge Of
heaving, splitting lee drew nearcr.
passed under him a.i lett the horse
fioundering in the swift c'Irrcac AMONG
crunching ice cakes. lie ieape4 from
the sleigh ard dashed ON leaving the
brute to its fate. OUt fAar" where the
ice was pOunGiEG Gr.4lf.- writing
she was crouching upon q rpCk.4. cake,
and he sped straight on over the heav-
ing mass toward her With a nimbleness
and sureness that had saved him
score Of times from pursuing revenue
officers.
Quick. Az And as ho alat.hcd her
from her perilous position she chung to
him as though he We're Al Brock of five
years before instead OF TIE most dan
gerous outlaw in the province
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