The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-05-14

Jim but the c1pty tiegs Of DunNs.
'urn;ng. he crossed to the other side
nd burst through. Another lamp was
he'd beside the couch here S,ruve
breathing heavily. lis lids half
rl over his starin: eyes. Ray
ed the pool of blood ut his feet and
broken window; then, setting down
lamp. he leaned over the man and
oke to him.
When he received no answer he
spoke again loudly. Then, in 4 frenzy,
G!enister shook the wounded man
>-4aisi. so that he cried out in terror:
%ng-oh. I'm dying" Roy
'eirk mHn Up and thrust his
before his eyes.
- l. Gl MISTER I've come for
where is shc:' \ spark OF
r...ioa hickprcd iuto the dull stare.
IRE too laIa-E.l jyin%-and I'm
l."
is questioner shook Struye again.
here is shc:" he repeated. time
time, till by very force Of his
inSistence he compelled realiZa-
IN in the sufferer.
The Kid took her away. The Md
shot me-" and then his voice rose till
it flooded the room with terror. The
Kid shot me, and I'm dying He
coughcd blood TO his lips. at which
Roy laid him back and stood up. So
th,re was no mistake. after all, and he
had arrived too late. This was the
Kids revenge. This was how he
struck. Lacking courage to face a
mans level eyes. ne possessed the foul
ness to prey upon woman. Roy felt
weakening physical sickness sweep
over him till his eye fell upon a sodden
garment which Helen had removed
from her brothers shoulders and re-
placed with a dry one. He snatched
II from tie floor and in q sudden fury
felt il come apart in his hands like
wet tissue paper.
He found himself out In the rain,
scanning the trampled soil by light of
his lamp, and discerned tracks which
the drizzle had not yet erased. He
reasoned mechanically that the two
riders could haee no great start Of him,
so strobe out beyond the house to see
they had gone farther into the bills.
-e were 10 tracks here. therefore
must have doubled back toward
1t did not occur to him that
'ght have left the beaten path
ed down the little creek to
oh, ut, replacing the light
whe 'oupd II, be remouhS~
and h horse into a stir
up iowa. ne divide thst ~ n.e
him and the city, y s.o.n "y .as ue.meu .,ros
ing @ p'an nne y I'm, though as yet h
o eoua,,,.. W. piece it all together. 1t
Rs' .,ties stabbed him with sue
Jrror that he cried out aloud and bea
his steed into faster time with bot
hands and feet. 10 think OF r.
ruffians Sighting ov"~
she were . -. tuls girl as thG4is z
mr.. .ns rpolls of plllage! q
sa,.;,';,,s.E -; 4rerta ke the Kid7he would! Th
:. raat be might not thre,
MIN into such lngovernSble ments
chaos that he was forced to calm hin
self. Men went mad that way. H
could not think Of it. That gasHn
creature in the roadhouse spoke all to
we'll Of the Bronco's determination
And yet, who of those who had know
the Kid in the past would dream tina
his vileness was SO utter as this?
Away to the right, hidden among tb
shadowed hills, his friends restet
themselves for the coming battle, wait
Ing impat!entiy bis return and timinl
It to the rising sun. Down In the val
ley to his left were the two he follow
ed, while he, obsessed and unreason
Ing, now cursing like madman, noV
grim and silent, spurred southwark to
ward town and into the ranks Of hi
enemies
CONTINUED next week.
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