Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-02-26

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house. You were making love 10 my
wife, Q fool And now you come
here 70 taunt me, to say you thought
was dead, 10 tell me that you have
married her!"
"RolfelN he said. You must let me
speak. | know what you must have
suffered. shall forget what you
have Just said to me, ! came here to
help yon to get free. Your Wife Is at
the camp with her brother. II Is true
that we thought You were dead. It Is
true that | meant to marry Marjorie.
But when the news came from Tangier
that you lived we set ont in search OF
you"
Rolte rave q snarl or rag
yes. ! understand he croaked.
glaring at Aymere with hate in his
eyes. You have come here to make
a bargain with me. You know that
| was a captive In this vile hole. and
that ! should be only too glad to get
out on any terms. Is there anything
elsegn
Aymere turned without a word aud
walked away. unheeding Rolfe's cries
still ringing In HIS ears, until the dis
lance made them fainter. and at last
they died away.
Ahu Ynssef was standing at his posi-
and Marjorie stole from her tent and
came noiselessly towards him.
lis he there2' she whispered. lay
ing her hand on Aymere's sleeve. rs
he there?"
"Yes,' he answered. II am going
back to set him free. You will remain
here. Abn yussef and Reggie viii &C
company me-"
Soon the three men were gone, and
the camel drivers had lain down again
to continue their slumbers, for Mar
iorie had volunteered to play the SEN
tlnel. She stood there In the silver
m~oonlight-a tall, slim fgure-and
watched the r~escurers go upon their
way. She glanced around upon the
sleeping camel drivers. hesitated a
moment. then set OFF swiftly In pur-
suit of the rescuers. She halted o
! and then. and hid behind rocks and
~boulders. lest they might turn and Q
her.
The three men reached their goal
at last. She saw them halt and look
upward, then she heard a peculiar
whistle. Aymere was giving his old
signal.
Then came a rasping noise as
though someone was using a file. she
crouched listening, and then, Just be-
low her and coming up the slope she
beheld a white-robed figure, carrying
what appeared to be a long CUR or
spear. Trembling. she gripped her
heavy revolver In her slender fingers
The man came noiselssly up the
slope. she now saw that his weapon
VISA a long rife, and so closely did she
crouch against the wall in the SHADOW
that he never dreamed that n woman
was within six feet OF him.
A bar came falling from the win
dow-then another. Rolfe, the captive
had ben given a file. and was making
i frantic efforts TO get rid OF the chains,
At last those who waited saw his face
again.
Free. i am freei' he croaked
Help me down."
Come said Aymere.
Rolfe, by a desperate effort,
scrambled from his horrible dungeon
halfway through the window.
Suddenly a tall figure in white rose
from the ground. and the long barrel
of a Moorish rifle was pointed straight
at the wretch. who had 50 nearly re-
gained his liberty.
Crack Crack,
The Moor, his rife undischarged,
gave a hoarse cry, spun around and
dropped in a heap. A wonan came
running to the her revolver
smoking in her hand.
"Marjorie," cried Aymere. "You!'
Look out!" exclaimed Reggie.
Rolfe. desperately wild for freedom,
had striven 10 leap down from the
window, Aynere and Abu Yussef leap
ed to break his fall, but 1t was Aymere
who half lifted him again to his feet.
Then he struggled like a madman
from the captains grip, and with one
of his horrible laughs struck him In
the face.
Aymere reeled, and Rolfe at that
instant snatched the revolver from
M~arjorie's hand.
With a frenzied howl. he fired
point-blank at Ay-nere. Marjorie gave
a scream and knocked the barrel up
ward.
"Ah. You too" snarled Rolfe. "Tll
kin you both"
There was a convulsive movement
Of the white figure that lay but a few
feet from the others. a cry Of warn
ing from Marjorie. and the sound OF a
shot rang through the night. The
Moor ever in his death agony. had
gripped his long gun and fired at his
prisoner.
The revolver dropped from Rolfe's
hand he nifchpd forward. and fell