Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-05-06
WON BY PLUCK.

" have the whole panorama spread
l,fore YOU like map. There's only
~ ;or one. Be careful or you'll pop
'D something like 500 feet or So
. Ia tbe bottom, which isn't very
Fine view, isn't it, Medlicote?"
., ,n,, snperb!" he calculated. GA view
a;s is worth double the climb you
40 given mel"
1 .,Tb77nobt you'd like it, Medlicote. Now
,,,Ind and look at me-be careful
" rS " Was something CURIOUS in the
1,Eor's tone, but Medlicote did not
3 &as that anything was amiss until
gum aroed and saw Jeffrey Yost gazing
!, At him with a strange glitter in his
W: and holding a pair of revolVers
,rIed at his head.
TolIicote set his lips tightly. The
-, was mad and he was in about as
D4v . dilemma as could very Well
u imaoined. No one but a mailman
and laugh like that.
Tie two men had met at a tourists
nm in Worcestershire, and had joined
hires in some expeditions amongst the
,rIr portions of the Cotswold hills.
rrI now Yost had appeared the very
mi of genaIity, and on this particular
by had been in especially good spirits.
a had, too, been quite sympathetically
-rostcd when Medlicote had confded
him that he had won the affections
very charming girl, who feared OPP.
,ti0n from her father upon the lat
Iris return from prolonged Antipodean
Can YOU guess why I've got you fixed
I'D there. Nedlicote 2" Jeffery Yost asked.
Mr.. Yost's manner underwent sud
5a change Advancing a pace he re-
srted the younger man menacingly, at
he same time seeming to tighten his
rD upon his reVolvers.
i'll explain without further delay.
Yarre been good enough to honor me
With your condolences in regard to the
attachment you allPge to exist between
wmsen and a certain young lady
Mss Grace Levett. AS it happens that
have fully determined that she shall
bear my name, is it likely that [ should
stand Quitely aside and allow you
uvcomer, as it were, to take her from
ne? | have loved her for years-since
her childhood, in fact have only to
ask her to forget you and she will do
0"
"YOu You know Miss LEVITT" Cyril
asppd
Certainly I suppose you think I'm
s tao old for her to think about-that she
wouldn't look at a middle-aged man, Ell
We'll, if so. you're mistaken"
Cyr's' thoughts were curiously mixed.
That Jeffery Yost was mad he enter
hined not the slightest doubt; the idea
that he was merely playing practical
pAe had swiftly become dispelled.
The mans manner was too grimly
earnest for that. The question was, how
could he escape from the danger that
obviously threatened him? He was no
NWard-far from it; he could have faced
Death as well as, perhaps better than,
most men. And as these thoughts raced
through his brain he heard again the
'oce of Jefery Yost, harsh, triumphant,
Mlentless.
Il give you the choice of three
things" he said. Promise to relinquish
bface Leyett forever, refraining from
giving any explanation for your con-
oact; Jump over the cliff behind you; or
De shot dead as you stand"
You have sketched out quite an in
gfe'tng programme of alternatives, Mr..
lost, | certainly have no intention of
e2eIlng to your demand to relinquish
@7 grI ] love, and neither have [ the
G,notest thought of jumping over the
~a 80, under the circumstances, the
sooner You blaze away and bring this
@1e"hat unpleasant interview to a
"aeIasion, the better!''
.1gec of the five minutes were gone,
Wen suddenly Medlicote made beck
Jung gesture as though to someone q
aoFt distance down the hillside to 4ost's
Iar instlnctively the latter turned,
''l at the same instant Medlicote took
d great leap, springing for a spot slight
10 one side of the man who held the
Es'oL'ers. Yost turned sharply; one OF
'' rovoyers clattered to the rocky
s,"H4, the other exploded harmlessly;
,:.> simultaneously Medlicote, with
--,eaLty keeping his balance, swung his
.S,N arm round and caught the former
M. on the neck.
X. with a sharp cry, Yost fell like log;
> .l2d struck a rock, and he lay in
snsblo.
NeClICg+n l-Dn1t boc;da tho injured
.A and examined him closely. Hav-
y satisfied himself that the wound,
.'gSh serious, would not prove fatal,
4 dressed it a swell as he was able with
q, SIMPLE aid of a handkerchief. linen.
.,yf picking up the two revolvers and
S'"iS them in his pocket, he lifted up
AZ unconscious man and began the de-
vent OF the hill.
me local doctor, who had cycled over
Iva, " the neighborfng village, pronounced
~ patient to be in no immediate dan
", But there had been severe concus-
1., causing a pressure on the braln'
a would necessitate an operation ne
y y, 1ot care to undertake.
49," earlier the operation was per-
,,Ied the better. Medlicote, who IN
,S@$gre felt responsible for the conduct
al a5yalrs offered to journey at once TO
, ,. and bring down Wilot Bland, the
~''S surgeon who had recently leaped
Nv anne through his skill in matters OF
~ sort. Bland was friend of his.
40. lie was anxious also to see Grace