Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-30

They quaztsred rosnl IN this way.
the bear swsrv1nS In well toward
Philip, until al three yer In . line,
about equidistant from the hut Philip
and the bear, WERE. perhaps, . dooeA
PAGES apart. Without tarainG, he call
ed over his shoulder. to hes. Nov
for it-for he hit III keep hin
amused out here.
Az the souDA Of HE voice TIE bsaF
rushed him. The girl hsd never IL
her life found anything % hard - do
a. TO obey orders now. But she did
obey and was running 1t top speed
toward the open door Of the hut when
she heard Cayley nre for the fr6t
time. Just - she reached It, she
heard his second shot. When she
turned about. painting. to observe the
result Of Il, the two seemed 70 her
to be at horribly Close quarters. Tho
bear. reared up on his hind leGs. had
Just lunged forward.
He sprang back clear of the aasAing.
A little to the girls surprise and con-
siderably to her alarm, he turned and
went sprinting up the beach toward
tho talus. 1t full sped. the bear
wounded. but not IN the least disabled.
numbering after him.
1t takes . fast ru1nsr to outrun .
bear. but Cayley did It. When he
reached the foot Of the talus. the bear
was 20 PAGES behind him. She nav
him stop short, whirl round again and
face his purDuer With . shout.
~l- h>>. >1a> ~AA~AAA Al~ 5000
and reared up ones more. towering.
upon his hind legs. Then CAyley
fred twice. the shoGs ceminS @ close
" togsthsr - to b hardly distdnguish-
able. One or both a them took IN
stantaneous effect The great yellow
1sh-white N tottsFed forward, and
collapsed In . heap only . pace o. TIVE
from where Philip VA standing.
He waved his had Il the girl. and
walked back for Ai6 winSs. When
she met him, halt way up The beach.
he vas carefully taking the spent
shells out Of his revolver. one at
time. and depositfng them IN his peck
q. mo telling how they may prove
useful" he commented; then, with .
quick look into her face. Il hoD> you
weren't frightened when you saw ne
ruA.
II suppose I shouldn't have been.
bat I'll have 70 coofess that I Q
You weren't trying 70 get away froO
him. Or you wouldn't have run in that
direction. But Il locked rather 6Fo4d-
full. just the same. Why did yes
do ~"
I'VE were too far down the bsaeA.
too near the waters edge before. 1t
was too late to s11n hin aAA cut hin
up toaisht, aaA / VA a1sa3l II . storm
were to come up before mofninG.tH
really big storm. We might lsss him
Il va . lot easter 70 get hin up the
beach before I fred these last I've
shots than It would have bosa after.
I thought ct Arst q ru1afng toward
the hut It occurred to me, only Just
in time. that thsee was no . IN 10
king an abattodr Of our frost yaS6."
They lad reached tAe hut aaa - 10
finished sDeakinG. they entered It.
Even Philip caught his breath rather
suddenly with that 1rsG gfADse about
its transforned interior. The drift
wood nre. which gfowoA upon tie
hearth, 0lle6 the whole room with
light, and bafhed the walls and fxstsrv
with warm coIorS.
Here was their fortrsas-agsinst the
cold ana the dark: . fortress. too.
against despair. That rude hearth
which he had butt toAay val to 10
their altar q hope.
The girl stood Locking At t. . no.
ment in silence. her lps pressed tiGAA
together, one o~utstrotehoA AaAA QDD.
ing for the doorja0b bohiDA ~. -
II she wanted the s1pDort g so0o-
thing. Even In this WaeD 1Iooe1Ae
she looked . ltttls pelo. D n ovf
dent e4ort u wiz sAo NJ 1ooa1A10G
vssy deep and steadily. 0As ~ ~
tTY to speak
(To Be Continued.)