The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-03

dow, and CHANGED TO send pm sLGgger-
ing up against the two tOlice horses
which were tied up close 10 the door
They were already sn0rtiTlg with fear
at the fire and they nolv began TO
plunge and kick and reaH until they
had dragged themselves fred and dashed
off into the darkness.
Nor was this all the lucI
Come" 7 cried to VolnaI We ran 70
the shed and found our twn animals
standing ready saddled outside. They
were going to bolt on Out horses, I
said, as I put her in theI saddle and
then mounted.
Which is the way?"
ANY way. We're in lick- Let us
trust to it," i answered; ajd guided by
the light OF the fire. whiih was now
consuming the whole housj we pushed
along at random rs quickly Es we could.
Fortune was with US still We gained
the road and in a few minutes were
rafting back at q brisk pate along the
road we had travelled so ljboriOusly iu
the storm some hours befoIe.
Il had given everything up said
+ NOlna, when we We're bhathing the
horses ana were able to dix II had
the papers in my hand red1y 10 throw
them into the blaze"
4 am glad you didn't. WI Il get them
through yet; but just howl TO do it is
the question. We've escapEd by sheer
/ luck and that old hays tevilment i'm
firing the house; but thejve got the
passports. all my papers an what's al
most as bad, nearly all myt money"
Il have a little money. but do you
/ think we could get acrosI the from
tier?"
We shall have to do it l. night. be-
cause We must manage toI sneak over
/ somewhere unseen. II wI knew the
/ district il would be easiet but even
| then we should have 10 I'd low some
( where all through the DAN We may
/ bet on it that when that lfeuow gets
/ back from the fire he'll slread out "a
pretty wide search party fIr us"
| Does Sylvia ever offer lou sugge~-
/ tions?" she asked.
] / smiled, HAS Peggy Oh 90
/ She nodded. She's "a Httle bit afraid
| TO offer it."
That's rather rough n Bob. isn't
/ it,"
Paul always ridicules anithing I say
never thinks any wOmanl but Katfn-
/ ka. can have a sensible id4a."
why shouldn't Bob think as much
of Peggy's notions as Paul Hoes Of Ka-
/ tinka's?"
ct like that" she said, ri wering my
smile. But it's rather a lid sugges-
/ ton"
Let's have it,"
Couldn't we go back 20 That village.
EKervatje, ana get Father ambrose To
help us? He was mothers friend
"Humph, It is rather a Eyild one as
you say"
7 believe we could trust JIM"
And suppose he said not
I'VE could have shelter tor the day
at least and could try ant other plan
| that offered"
He might give us away
His eyes didn't look likI that when
he spoke Of mother"
Wed have to confess we fooled
him"
Leave me TO do that"
Your instinct is to trust Ihim2"
Yes. I feel as sure of ht r. as 7 did
Of-Of Bob that morning"
That settles it I Cant mistrust
that instinct. Come on" tnd of we
ratified again at a pace vel relished
deal better than the scarEely rested
horse under me.
It wonder what has happIned al the
cottage said VOlna when # eased up
later.
Il have a sort Of sneakin3 hope that
the woman got away despite her viii
famous attempt on U.S.
What a fiend of a wOmant
Her fendishness il was That saved
us from heaven knows whaI trouble. +
was Cudgelling my wits 20 know how
to get out OF the mess. She was a cum
ming devil, too, in her way.l
And the man, too. a md
she was the man I'm that IhOUse. say
what you VIII it was awfulI smart To-
| spring that accusation against US"
It hope she'll be punijhed' said
VoIna.
"Oh, she'll get there some Eay-if not
now. But you are the won Der 10 me.
To go through all you have b. the last
/. few hours and yet be as fiesh as-as
paint Sylvia has pluck AMI all that
but she'd go to bed after rough and
tumble of this sort"
That's the first thing 1 shI d ask the
priest to let me do"
Hell be a bit surprised when We
walk in, I expect" I LAUGHED IT'S Il
pretty cool thing you're letting us
into"
DO you think there's anvil defiance of
our being fOllowed?"
Not yet. I fancy they'll have their
hands full enough with the lther cou-
pie. We shall be miles on oir way be
fore they could start after IT; and it's
too early for any one to be about 10 tell
them which way we've gomez
This proved to be the casI We did
not meet a soul until we dad ridden
many miles and were naaring the
forked road at the top Of the bin which
the priest had mentioned to fne. There
we passed two or three | peasants
dressed in their best.
That explains it," ! said
What explains what
why we have seen no Ote about.
It's Sunday morning and thfse people
are going in to mass. Your Friend the
priest is evidently popular
can we reach the village bIfore mass
time?"
mo We had better finish 1.-THE jour
ney on foot. Ny idea is ii turn off
somewhere at the bottom Il the hill
and just leave the horses i've can't
very we'll quarter them on thd priest as
we'll as ourselves. Besides l. would
cause much more gossip thIn if we
were to arrive on foot And Igossip is
dangerous"
On reaching the bottom oil the hill
we turned of and rode q mile or So
when ] saw a shed in a vefy lonely
spot on q hillside. I slipped the sad
dies off and led the horses through a
couple Of fields and shut theuI into the
barn.
NO one is likely to be theis till to-
morrow, so we may get them Igain this
afternoon if necessary" I slid, as L
returned to VO!na with Ind brides.
There's a bit Of feed on the llace and
that'n keep them quiet Now Ee'H hide
these things il the wood yOII5er; and
leave the rest to chance"