Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-15

battle IN the clouds she IN turn gave
me vivid description OF her expert
epces on the Chameleon. where she
and Susan nad been Kept locked IN
the cabin most Of the time. Once or
twice only they hah witnessed the
chase
"nm dIl NOT Know who my res
cuer was 10 be S.h- said. smiling
archly
| When wc had attained point b'
twcen Gfty and sixty miles mort heasi
OF tic roreN we began the search IN
earnest Mc had long been running
/ low. hut NOW ! dropped within twenty
yards OF the ground and began to de
scribe n series OF endless interlocking
/ spiralS about fifteen miles IN length.
! like 50 many fiat. INTERVIEWED figure
eiGhts lying on their sides. one over
| another.
| This enabled us to inspect the ground
| so minuttly that swoodchuck could
| hardly have ESCAPED teing seen Even
where !, MS Covered with brush we
| could usually see fairly well. and
when we came upon lhickets or ciumps
of stunted trees | ordered Ethan to
drop shells into them. an employment
that afforded him great satisfaction
This beats coon buntin' In Con
necticut all hoIier." he said. When
was younsster We ulster shoot up
inter the trees whar the varmints was
hid. but If We c'u'd "A got at EN- this
way there wouldn't "a been n ringtaiI
left in the hull state"
But as the time wore on aud We got
nearer where ! expected Payton to be
l stopped the firing lest the explosion
Of the shells should give the alarm.
now determined to resort to the device
which had twice already proved 80 Of.
fective-that Of looking out for q light
after night came on. The nights were
cold. and II Payton believed that we
had gone OF southwark he would build
fires. both for warmth and for cook.
ing.
1t was after midnight before our
vigilance was rewarded Ethan touch.
ed me on the arm as we stood together
beside the gun in the bow and whis.
pered. ''Thars the glim. lootenant"
Sure enough. not 200 rods away. a
faint CLEAN showed on the trunk of
an unusually tall pine. surrounded with
bushes. Instantly brought the Crow
to a hover.
"Shall l send him a shellY' asked
Ethan eagerly, swinging the gun to an
aim.
mot yet" whispered. We'll
creep a little nearer. want to be
sure. shouldn't care to kill innocent
men, although suppose there Is not
one chance In a thousand Of any trap
pers or hunters being hereabouts"
Moving with extreme caution just
above the tops Of the brushwQod, we
silently drew nearer. Presently the
! hre began to show In CLEANS through
the mass Of twigs and foliage. and
quite suddenly we came in line with
an opening through which the whole
camp was visible a. through a window.
A birch log was burning brightly.
and over 1t bent man busy with cook.
ing a piece Of meat held on the point
Of stick. The flames lent q ruddier
tint to the dark countenance Of Indian
John.
A couple Of yards back Of the Ore
and so seated that his face was fully
Illuminated sat Alfonso Payton. The
glare Of the IRE in his eyes would have
prevented him from seeing US II be
had looked up. but from our side we
could make out his every feature.
Never In my life have ! been 20
| struck by q human countenance. II
was face in which beauty. manliness,
dignity. intellectually. impressiveness,
self mastery. courage, strength. SEEM
ed equally blended. There was moth.
Ing repulsive or wicked about II.
my God. what liars mems faces can
bew I thought
Ethan. who was less impressionable.
begged me In . whisper to let him
blow him to pieces With q shell.
"No!" I returned forcefuily. II for.
bid 1t absolutely"
In the energy Of my refusal my
voice rose too high. and Payton heard
the sound. Instantly be stood erect
and Ills eyes peered straight at the
Crow. But the DIRE blinded him. and
be did not SEQ us.
"Crouchr' I whispered In Ethan's
ear. and lie still"
Payton stepped quickly round on our
side Of the Ore. The Indian dropped
bis meat and also turned to look. Then
both vanished.
"Skeedaddled. By jingor exclaimed
Ethan.
Which way had they gonel Prob
ably directly ahead. because only IN
that direction would they have the con-
tinued shelter Of the brush. This ex.
tended away in q comparatively mar.
row belt a. far ~ we could see. and II
was unusually thick and tnll. or.
dered the steersman to skim close
| above It at a speed q little exceeding
that of good runner. Hut when we
had advanced nearly IA far a. thought
that the fugitives could have gone We
stopped and lowered. carefully watch
Ing and listening. But there was no
movement and no sound.
The brush. intermingled with q few
| stunted trees, extended. as have said,
In belt which was not more than
ten rods broad. but apparently inter.
minable toward the southwest. made
up my mind that 1t followed the course
OF sluggish stream or . chain Of
swamps. On either side Of It lay q
stretch Of bare country. and the moon,
now rising. began to illumine this
sufficiently to have embed us to see
any object - large ~ . man moving
across It.
determined to beat" this belt thor.
oughly. keeping % close to the top Of
the bushes that the fugiHves would
not dare attempt to dodge back be-
meath US.
1t was slow. tedious, nerve hacking
work as we swept from side to side.
but dOggedly l kept at II, confident