The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-04

THE MUSCULAk ARMS ROSE AND FEhL.
ferent direction that he stopped the
automobile and sprang to the ground.
Helga uncovered her face from the
furs.
''What is the matter, Ivan2" she
asked. els the machine broken or the
snow too deep?"
Ivan did not answer for a moment.
When he spoke his voice sounded
hoarse and unnatural.
mo, Miss Helga," he mumbIed. 81
am only giving the machine its full
power. It has been going several
hours, you know, and the running Is
hard"
Eyes, know that" looking at him
curiously. "But why have you stop
ped at this bleak spot to power up?
There must be at least fifty more
miles in the machine"
1--WE may need q hundred, with
power for a terrific squirt of speed If
necessary"
But whyT
"Listen!'
through the silence of the solitude
and night, nearer. yet from still an
other direction. Ivan's voice, even in
its mufied indistinctness, had seemed
strangely tense, and she had wonder
ed. The howl, sharply REINFORCED
from the came direction as the first
and second, explained.
"WolvesY'
There is no sound so calculated to
strike terror into stout heart as the
howl of a wild animal crying from
hunger. Men who have escaped from
prison, flying for their freedom and
for their lives, subject to every danger,
have said that this cry, especially in
the nighttime when all is still, has
gone further to take away their cour-
age than any other cause. The cry
Of the wolf has in it d dismal wall tina
renders it more dreadful even than the
deep roar of the lion.
Timber wolves, starving and so
fierce and gaunt that the fastest race
horse in the country would be only
tortoise in their path. YOU
He was interrupted by startled ex-
clamation, stified. For a moment the
voice had forgotten its disguise.
"Alexiffp
The man bent little lower over his
work; then he rose suddenly, erect.
Concealment was no longer Of use.
Eyes, Helga.'' he said.
"Why are you hereT
fc n f1TsnV yfa q n
but he has his own interests. My
only interest is you"
But
II have not the courage and hardi-
hood for q desperate undertaking, you
would say" simply. "You int1mated
that when you refused me. I have
been a society man, true, with no ap
parent object but to spend my income,
but you are more to me than society,
Helga-more than estate, everything.
when l suspected this fearful jour-
ney your father is sending you on, in
which he dared not trust your own
man with the secret, l determined to
substitute myself in Ivan's place and
be near.
"You are brave girl, Helga, for
that is in the blood of your race, but
you may thank God that we have the
best automobile in the country and
that the summit of this ridge is only
ten miles away On the other side it
will be down grade, and the roads
will be less DISTRACTED by snow. Bet
ter the risk from terrific speed than
from hungry timber wolves. be-
lieve we shall escape the animals, but
it will be against hundred possible
accidents There, now, we are ready"
He sprang into the automobile and
threw it forward with bound, as a
race horse touched by the spur. And
as he did so there came a wild series
of bowls circling them from all sides.
Helga raised fur robe to shield her
face. Alexiff bent forward to the cut
ting wind and flying particles as be-
fore, but With ears open and eyes
keen.
A mile through the kissing wind--two
miles-fve-and then shadowy forms
were seen sweeping toward them on
either side and even gaining on them
from behind.
The snow was deeper here, and In
some places the crust gave a little,
causing them to sway from side to
side, losing speed.
A dark form rushed down upon them
in front, bounded into the air, and the
speed at which both were going car
ried the car entirely under him before