The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12

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replied the man. Now
march, you two
It was an ugly situation; but I did
not take the police agent as seriously
as did Mary Smith" They are bull
lies to the core. so long as It is safe
to bully; and this fellow was a par
ticuIarly brutal brute Of his brutal
class.
There is one thing they are all afraid
Of however, the censure Of their SUI
periOrs; and their superiors hate the
investigation which follows when any
thing happens to foreigners in general,
and Englishmen and Americans in par
ticular
1 felt quite confident, therefore, that
he would not fire, and that the chief
danger we ran was that his weapon
might go of by accident. Moreover, he
was probably as bad a shot as they
nearly all are. So I put up a blur.
/ drew my companion to one side and
looking the man square in the face I
walked a couple of PAGES toward him,
Instead Of shooting he backed mis-
horse and warned me again. This sat
isfied me.
You can FIRE if you like. You know
1 am an Englishman and if you shoot
me there'H be a row"
DO as I say" he shouted with an
oath.
I paused and then said very deIiber-
ately. IN see you I'm hell first Fire
at me if you dare"
/ A little gasp of alarm from the girl
was lost in a voliey of oaths from the
/ police agent.
/ Then the luck veeTed once more to our
/ side. inadvertently his spur touched
! his horses flank and the animal, taking
/ his loud tones as addressed to fl, began
/ to fdget and prance so that he could
/ not have taken aim had he wished. The
/ figure he cut was quite laughable.
/ But 1t was my chance and I took II.
/ I picked up a stone and flung it at the
/ horse. This set it kicking and plung-
/ ing desperately so that the none too
! skillfUl rider was nearly endorsed.
/ Choosing my moment I ran up, seized
the hand which held the revolver and
wrenched the weapon away without
any trouble at all.
That was the end Of the fighting 50
far as he was concerned; for he drove
his spurs home and clattered away up
| the hill.
I judged that he was afraid I might
now do the shooting which he had
threatened so gIibly; and mingled with
this fear was the belief that, as he had
shot our horse and had thus destroyed
| the means Of our flight he could safely
ride OF to fetch assistance.
That's a good radiance anyhow"
said 1, with a laugh, when he had dis
appeared. Il think you're the pluckiest
girl I ever knew"
Il was so frightened" she declared.
yes, so frightened that you actually
put yourself right in front OF his re-
volver. That's the kind Of fright 7
mean; only I call it pluck"
1T was nothing. But you should not
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affair. You have compromised yourself
with the police and may get into all
kinds of trouble"
Don't you think we had better start
for CraCOw? That fellow won't be
away longer than he can help, and I
have to get a little scheme ready for
him before he returns, The sooner we
start the safer"
But what can we do about" and
she glanced to where the counts body
lay.
IF we are to think of the living. we
can do nothing. He has been recognized
and when the police return they will
care for the body and something can be
done from Warsaw"
1T seems heartless to leave him." she
murmured in distressful perpIexity.
There is no other way: so II you
please we will start I'll tell you my
+ plan as we walk. Your mothers safety
is in the balance, remember" She
yielded then and we set out.
I think we shall get through without
, any great trouble. There is a train
= from Bratinsk somewhere about 8
o'clock, which will put US I'm Cracow in
, few hours"
But have no passport now. to pass
the frontier"
= Fortunately, I can arrange that. Ny
first plan is to send the police off on a
? false scent. There is a peasant family,
not q mile from the top of the hill
! where my horse is, by the way-and
they will do anything for me. I helped
them out Of some trouble when was
here last year, and they think a lot Of
it. With this police agent away from
I Bratinsk for a few hours, we can get
[ off secretly and safely"
At the top Of the hill 7 found my
3 horse, put Miss Smith" on his back
and handed her the coat which had been
: the first cause Of trouble.
Il shall need the coat for my plan;
so find the papers which are sewn into
it and be ready 10 rip them out the
moment we reach the cottage"
But you " she protested.
mo protest, please. I am good for
more than a mile at fair speed"
You do all this for a stranger" she
- said, her eyes lighting as she looked
, down at me.
"Oh, we shan't always be strangers.
q / Keep him going. 1 can't talk and run
> at the same time Be meTciful," and
7 with that we set off at a good round
n trot. I held to the stirTup and so had
4 no difficulty in keeping up.
!, / I'm about five minutes we turned OF
~ the road and the cottage was soon i'm
sight. BY good fortune the man
n sought, Michel, was I'm the patch of gar
7 den and greeted me with a smile.
y came to the point at once.
Michel, you have often asked for a
4 chance Of repsying that little debt. You
p can do it now. I want you and your
sister, Tesla, TO help me. You are To
10 ride my horse and your sister yours
n and start at once. Ride down the Devils
J. Staircase, strike out any way you like
at the bottom. ride for four or five
g hours: you in the name Of Ivan Grubel
n your sister as Mary Smith, an English
girl. At the end of the ride, which
T must be as near a railway station as
Y you can manage, turn my horse adrift
Y to go where he will and then make
: your way home secretly. No one mus
n know Of your absence. You'll do this
why, yes, excellency. Tesla, Tesla;
and he ran in calling his sister.
Now for the coat? 1t will be tn,
best possible thing to create the falls
/ trail yr-ifn