Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16

her dear feet traversed.
1.-TWO servants were in the house, Fora and Violet.
The quail within fifty yards of her. when
came running the path behind her. She turned
with remoHstrant GESTURE but Fora clutched her
They've done ketched Msr Marrlmon, she panied
the 'Gyptians
"'Oh mol low frightened protest.
"'They has, Miss CHAIRMAN an they've drug
him off into the woods toher side the crck Jasp, he
done hid hissef under that bunch chinkapns whar
de cart road runs into de woods, an he sure SEEN
with swift hand her shoulder Chairman
marched her forward and opened the stable door.
Bring Barry OUT she commanded and ran herself
for whip and bride. Don't be afraid, her firm hands
assisting the girls shaking ones; nobody wants to hurt
you me- She led the horse to the fence. Get on!
Cross the pasture the nearest way,ford the
branch, and, when you come out the road, plunge
ahead to Major Howard's Make Barry go! Make him
go She put the whip into the girls hands, turned and
sped toward the house, her forgotten skirt gathering
dew and drabble as she
"Violet met her the porch. Her young mistress
looked desperate and the instinct of the old
to meiorate the news.
@'Honey she said I don't guess they aim to do him
to DEATH there amt airy of EN- got gun but jes
Logue Hammer They's got ropes an some big hick'-
mes, an reckon they'll jes lay right smart ticks
him.
"'Theres eight, Honey. They been drinkin',
every last one of EN- an Logue he act like he's plumb
drunk"
"'Logue Hammer with gun and drunk and hating
Mr.. Marrnon desperately she flew through the hall
into its arthest end, and out again with
her rifle and cartridge belt With definite idea of the
she would make of the weapon but trusting to the
inspiration of peril, she loaded it with rapid hands,
crushed close to her waist her snowy frlings, and
buced the belt into place. then sprang away into the
darkness
eyes come, she answered violets entreaty; but
can't wait for you'll
THE high road looked gray and smooth between its
darby oliaged borderings, and old Violet, tong
far behind her and grooming ncessant reonstrance the
girl seemed to skim it like fleeing ghost.
"The woodland road, only ribbon of clearing tapping
through hillside forest, opened at the left. 1t was
rarely used excepting for the transfer of timber,
matted with weeds and wregrass and canopied with in
terlacing branches. She turned into it, by instinct
than by sight and pushed forward into the double dark
of the night and woods Dauntessy still she went;
but rapidly for and tussocks lay in wait for her
impatient feet, and wet weeds insnared them. Wild,
startled animals rstled the foliage each side of her
unnotced, and once when leaPing, furry creature
brushed her swinging hand she only drew up the hand
and braced it at her side. pair OF laundering owls at
tackled her. Owls often attack pedestrian whether
with malicious purpose from mere bewiderment,
do not know Their wings tapped her face: She beat
them away with her rihe but made no halt. dew
berry tange brought her her knees. Instnctively
she held her rifle high found purchase among the thorns
for her free hand helped herself feet forged for
ward, and knew that she had left shoe in the
that ankles and hand were torn and bleeding
Her sight and hearing alert but only for torch
freight or the sound of human voices.
A LII came to her at once The road crossed shall
= low ravine whose sides, few rods to her left re-
coded suddenly, forming sheltered level Here
the Egyptians, grotesque, fendlke among the torches
aarng lights and the shifting shadows OF the trees their
bowls of fury alternating with bursts of hooking laugh
ter She stole softly into the woods; but every leaf
cried out and the spongy soil under her feet
treacherously So she waited for the intet
bursts Of pressed forward while they lasted
and stood breathless in the ulls.
"She had recognized the locality, the partly cleared
circle about the big poplar, huge tulip tree that had
long been landmark to the woodsman and now, gain
ing the viewpoint of knoll she could partly overlook
the rioters Two three of them building fire.
and famed she could that the others bois
terously busy about the great boe of the which