Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-05-28

be cared for at once. Your cabin Is on
the hillside. isn't it2"
Ills cabin" he corrected. "a rough
place. but 1t has sheltered ms both. !
am but guide. philosopher and friend :"
She bit her lips. Lift him on my
horse" she said She stopped and put
her hands under the twitching shoul-
ders. 81 will help you. ! am quite
strong"
With her aid he lifted the swaying
form on to the saddle and supported
1t. while Jessica led the way.
Here is the cutoff" he said pres
emily. "Ah, you know itr' for she had
turned into the side path that led
along the hill. under the gray. snake
like fiume-the shortest route to the
grassy shelf on which the cabin stood.
The byway was steep and rugged,
and rhododendron clumps caught at
her ankles, and once she heard snake
slip over the dry rustic OF leaves. but
she went on rapidly. dragging at the
bride, turning back now and then
anxiously to urge the horse TO greater
speed She scarcely heard the often
sively honeyed compliments which
Prendergast offered to her courage
1t seemed an eternity they climbed
In reality 1t was scarcely twenty min
utes before they reached the grassy
knoll and the cabin, whose crazy
swinging door stood wide to the night
air. She tied the horse. went In and
at Prendergasts direction found
matches and lit candle. The bare.
two room interior It revealed was I'M.
kempt and disordered. Rough hunks.
table and couple of hewn chairs
were almost its only furniture The
window was broken and the roof nd.
mitted sun and rain. Prendergast laid
the man they had brought on one of
the hunks and threw over him q shah.
by blanket
"My dear young lady he said. you
are good Samaritan. How shall we
thank you. my poor friend here and
IT
Jessica had taken money from her
pocket, and now she held 1t out to
him. HE must have DOCTOR she
said. "You must fetch one"
The yellow eyes fastened on the bill,
even while his gesture protested "You
shame me- he exclaimed. And yet
you are right It is for him" He
folded 1t and put 1t into his pocket
CAS- soon as have built fire | will
go for our local medlco. He Will not
always come at the call Of the luck
less miner All are not so charitable
as you"
He united her horse and extended
hand. but she mounted without his
help. "He will thank you one day,
this friend Of NINE" he said. "far bet
ter hasi t.ln do
at Is not at all necessary to tell
him." she replied frigidly. THE sick
are always to be helped In every cir
cumstance"
She gave her horse the rein as she
spoke and turned him up the steep
path that climbed back OF the cabin.
past the Knob, and so by narrow
trail to the mountain road
August Prendergast stood listening
then re-entered the cabin. The man on
the bunk had lifted to sitting posi-
ton. His eyes were open, dazed and
staring.
That's right the older man said.
you're coming round. How does II
feel to be back In the old shebangi
Can't guess how you got here. can
you? You were towed on horseback by
beauty. Hughey. my boy--a rip stay
Ing beauty. I'll tell you about 1t In the
morning II you're good"
The man he addressed made no an
swer. His eyes were on the other, In
dnstrious and bewildered
Il heard about the row." went on
Prendergast. 'They didn't think il
was In you. and neither did II He
looked at him cunningIy. Neither did
Moreau. ell, Ell? You're clever one,
Hugh, but the lost memory racket
won't stand you In anything. You
hadn't any call to get scared in the
first place | don't tell all |. know"
He showed the candle nearer on the
table. There's a queer look Ia your
face, Hughr' he said, with a clumsy
attempt at Kindness. THAT rock they
threw must have hurt you. Feel sort
of dizzy, Ell? Never mind. I'll show
you sight for sore eyes. You went of
without your share OF the last swag, !
but I've saved 1t for you. Prendergast
wouldn't cheat a pair
From Granny I'm the clay chinked
wall he took chamois skin bag. II
quantity OF gold dust and
small nuggets, which he poured into
a miners scales on the table and pro-
eeeded to divide in two portions. This
accomplished, he emptied one Of the
portions on to a paper and pushed 1t
out
That's yours" he said
Harry's eyes were on his with
piercing intensity now, as though they
looked through him to a vast distance
beyond. He was staring through a
gray midst at something far of. but