The enterprise-recorder., 1911-11-03


message, to Longstreet upon the delivery
or which depend sfeat issues. Accom-
rdnlcd by Sergeant Craig, an old army
mission,
CHAPTER 1.-THE two messengers
make a Wild ride, lodging squads of sol.
dltrs, almost lose their bearings and final.
" are within the lines Of tie enemy, hay
tg, p.n4hated the Gordon Of piokets uln-
sc"lt s,2S,
CHAPTER III. -Encouiterlng a small
party Of soldiers IN the darkness, Wayne
Is taken fgr a federal officer who came
20 Resp IN appointment, Is accepted a9
bis representative, and young lady on
horseback i given In his charge.
CHAPTER Iv-The female componlon
~ lhe tao southern scouts is a northern
NFh Who when she becomes nwaA Of
Iheir army affiliations, slashcs Wayne with
ntt rlglng whip and attempts to escape
CHAPTER v.-one of the horses Civ.
ing out, Wayne orders Craig to get
street He and My Lady OF the North
are lea alone near rocky gorge.
CHAPTER vI-The Confederate officer
and the Union girl thread the mazes Of
me woods, He discovers a lonely hut,
and entering It In the dark a huge mas
w attacks him. The girl shoots the brute
Just in time.
ON" she cried sharply in terror,
what was that"
It was something eertainly-a dead.
encd, mumed, shutting sound directly
in our front, followed by a strange
noise of scraping, as If with a dull
knife on wood.
wait here" said sternly. Prob
ably it is nothing more dangerous
than a rat"
felt my way carefully around the
table, a revolver ready In my hand,
There was nothing to be found there
nothing indeed, in the room; for
from my new position | could look
backward and distinguish in the moon
light the details of that simple,
squald interior. ran my hands
along the rough logs Of the further
wall. Ay! here was break, doubt
less a door; and groping along the
crack found the latch.
There was no longer any noise
audible, and | drew the door inward,
never dreaming of danger. Suddenly
with a fierce, wild spring out OF the
dark, a huge body hurled itself di'
rectly at my throat, striking with such
headlong impetus that | went back
ward as II shot, crashing against the
table, then to the floor, dropping my
weapon as | fell There was no noise
no sound, while for an instant, will
strength Of sheer desperation, | held
back the swapping jaws that breathed
hot fire into my very face. With
bound backward Of its great body the
beast jerked free from my grip, anc
the next instant had sunk its dripping
fangs deep and hard, into the hesf
Of my shoulder, As the intense pair
shot through me, my right hand
driven with all the force | could mus
ter, caught the monster once, twice
full In the throat, but tighter anC
tighter those clILnched Jaws locked
Until Il seemed as II every bone be
tween them must be ground to pow
der Even as grasped the lowe
Jaw, seeking vainly to wrench i
loose, heard the girl scream In sud
den alright.
Quick" gasped desperately
Get my revolver there on the floor
and use it-but for Gods sake keel
.cwn; don't let the brute see you.'
She must have heard, but there wa
no response, although her crying
ceased. Yet my own struggle to rit
myself Of that crushing weight an'
those iron Jaws drowned all othe
sounds, drove all other thoughts from
me. Every muscle of my body begaI
to weaken from the strain, my eye
blurred. faintness swept over me,
felt my brain reeling, when Their
burst a vivid flash of flame within
a foot Of my face, singeing my fore
head; then followed a deafenlng re
port, and the huge brute sprang back
ward with a snarl Of pain, his teetl
clicking together like cogs OF steel
Then he stiffened and fell prom
across me, a dead inert weight, pir
ming me breathless to the floor.
For the moment I could do no NOR
than lie there helpless, gasping TO
breath, scarce conscious even OF m,
deliverance. Then, as sufficien
strength returned for action, | rolle'
the body OF the dead brute off me
and lifting myself by aid Of the wal
again.t which nv head rested. locke,