The Washington times., 1910-07-16
CHAPTER XIV.
The Rescue
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II 90 exhausted even 10 be su~-
pTised by Curly's presence. I
tottered 70 the log and sank
down upon Il, the cutlass cIat-
terlng 70 the earth. As in q dream. I
say the DIainsuan approach and bend
over me.
Did he get you, Iootenant2T he asked
IN voice Of real concern
No I'm only tired Was that small.
Jnlh. far-avay voice really my ov-n2
1o-y. 1 wondered at it.
Curly.s fingers closed on my wrist and
1elJ for my pulse for a moment. before
his voice sounded again
Good. TOu'U be all right in min
ute, I guess. Now. lets see about the
other fellow
Things were getting clearer IN ma
now, and with rising interest I watched
Ourly's examination Of the baron. Ihad
not given him more than a scratch /
knew. but his collapse argued some se-f-
1OUs lesion and what 10 do with an III
man was a problem beyond me 7 could
not murder him. / could not abandon
nl-ni i could not carry him with me.
What under heaven could ] do v-f+E
him2
Curly solved the question Hes all
In l0oteuant.' ne observed risIrs--
= deaG- cried in auaZerre--
1l&L what they cali it No. YOU
didn't DO IT. leastWays, not with that
DoWle-hllle OF yours The duru fool
Jest naturally killed himself A man who
nEnts like he did, IN vapor-bath like
tnlS mere. amt got nobody 10 blame
except himself II ae wakes UD dead
drew long breath and Strengthened
I'm not sorry remarked brutaIIv-
he tried 20 murder me- and 4 he had
Ayea, guess he would have tried
aEal1- be Impressed me as that sort
Besides, he would have given US very
serious trouble + he had blueu merely
III or wounded, Was anybody follow
was there2 Wen. I guess yes. But
Ine-e ain now persuaded them 10
turn back As the piaiusmau talked.
ne was SJralgh teC-DE the baTCu-s limbs
and heaping leaves upon his b55--
There was i've OF en- he went on
That there Captain Martin. or what
ever his name was, and four OF his men
were plEl0g after us hOL-fUOL- 7 argued
wiz them for q while and tLey went
bacK-
You didn't KIN any Of them
Couldn't spare the cartridges re-
Joined Curly reE-6tfullv- Haven't got
but five, all told, and cant afford 10
Western style, and told Martin to take
the back track. and not TO let me see
him in these parts again soon He
KnOWeu enough 10 obey orders and. Is
soon as he was gone 7 Ioped after YOU
and got here Just in time 70 see the
finish
thought much Of them piC-sticLers be-
fore but when a man amt got a z-u
they come in right handy Say" as q
sudden thought seemed 70 strike him.
'whatd you do with that gun I left
81 have it,
What. Then Why in blazes didn't
/ smiled That wouldn't have been
quite fair. would It, Curly asked
t'Of course. Il Baron HOfsLein had sim
ri -aH H-r.a
would have defended myself with any
thing that came handy But when ne
TOOK the trouble 10 bring q cutiass along
and give II 70 me 10 uEEt with I
couldn't pull gun on him, could -
Besides he said some pretty hard
things TO me. and I thought Il would
mOT-sfy him more If I met him on his
own ground"
curly shifted contemptuousIv- Hun!
] guess that's some Of that there After
you, my dear Allhonse business
read about Cncet- It don't so tn Texas
The man who draws quickest wins there
every time-tiH the sheriff gets after
Sow, Iootenant. II your feelin- all
right again, I guess we'd better mOSey
along Eu- so kinder cautious, for
they'll be waiting not Tar away for the
Without a vcrd-I followed the plans
mal, but not al any such rate as We
totfery. and did not reEaln my poise Tor
some tiua-not- in fact, until we came
nm with the Germans
Thanks 10 TurIE-S caution. we Cre1t
rruC7 them so silently that they did not
discover our presence at all despite the
fact that they he'd posted sentinel q
hundred wards down the path toward US
Seeing him IN time we left the track
made ra- ner wide Getour through the
brush. and came up beyond under
she er Of some bushes
MIST Of the men We're sitting or "
snE on the ground beneath a huge
tree that stood at the edge Of a small
omen GLADE They had lighted a fire.
anparenJv 10 boil kettle Of tea. and
were CUa1inE its contents from tin
cups
At frst did not see Marian, and my
heart sank but g moment later
nudge from Curly drew nv attention
20 another tree beneath which part
~ screened bv bushes there showed
q --oman's skirt Just beyond Ger
man. obviously sentry. walked I'D
and down with B naked culass IN his
As I watched. the woman moved n
Na ian and her pose showed botIr
WEAKNESS and despondeucy-
lust hevODd her was Fred with
Count TrumanoG 1t his side. At the
sight Of the latter under guard. a
feeling of relief came over me As
iong as he was prisoner he would
have no chance 10 inCite his v0Odeo
friends against u.s. and I was suf-
hclent-T lDfeCted with the BiShon-S
fears TO dread this more than any
thing else
The continued absence Of Baron Hof-