The Washington herald., 1912-05-26

that he lurched toward the edge Of the
pier like ! drunken man.
Hold on, my good Eirgnian,
shouted Col. King, who had realized
the situation, and was now in hot pur-
suit. u will help you hold the varletF
He had no sooner said this than the
two struggling men slipped from the
side of the pier, and, with dull splash,
fell into the muddy water of the riyef
As luck would have It, Col. King had
seized a revolver from the hallway as
he hastened after the flying Virginian,
and, as the sputtering fighters rose to
the surface, shot from the weapon
crumpled up the arm of Lord Dun
more's en1isSary, so that It hung hfe-
less at his side.
Il give up" he said, with an oath.
Curse my pardner for telling me that
no one would know Us If we landed al
this mansion" And, so saying, be al
lowed himself to be led ashore, where,
in order TO make sure that there was
no more slcylarkin'." the trapper soon
bound his arms securely, after band
aging the flesh wound which had been
inflicted by the gallant Col. King
Jack. meanwhile, was still watching
the cabin in which the other fugitive
had taken refuge, and where he neither
showed himself, nor made any attempt
to FIRE at the young Virginian, as he ex-
posed himself to his view from behind
a pile of lumber. about twenty yards
from the door. But he did not notice
that there was a small opening IN the
rear of the building. As he watch
ed the front of the cabin, confident
that no one could escape by any way
which he could not see, the ambassador
to the Indians slipped quietly to the
ground, and ran skilfully to the shell
ter of a grapevine fence, behind which
he quickly dropped, and crept unseen
into the edge of the woods.
Well" cried the owner of the plan
tation, as he returned to the waters
edge, we'll now tell the fellow in the
smokehouse that there IS no need OF
further resistance, and that he had Bet
ter surrender. Has he made any signs
Of coming out yet, boy?
Not sign"
Then III speak with him. Hello,
| there, you in the smokehouse We are
three to your one and can get you out
before long without half trial You
had better give up, and that imnedi-
ately"
No answer came from the cabin.
That's queer" said Col. King. I'll
tell you what to do, boy; we'll walk
around to the rear and call from that
side, as he may be hiding in the other
portion of the building" But when he
went on the other side of the house,
the open window bore full witness to
the quiet which had issued from It;
and it was only too evident. from the
open window, that the fugitive had
made safely of.
Jack saw, by the crestfallen look
upon the plantation owners features, as
he returned. that he had seen nothing
that pleased him
Too bad. too bad" said Col. King.
The fellow has gotten awNy. But, boy,
| have an excellent dog in my barn
who can track a man as well as fox
Wait until l get him and we'll soon
make It hot for our emissary to the
brutal savageS!'
Meanwhile. the trapper. hlving de-
posted the bound prisoner IN an out
{ house, had come up to the place where
he had LETT Jack TO watch the building.
"Confound your eyes" he said, when
. he learned what had taken place.
Why didn't yew watch all sides to
onct. But now that he's gone we've
got tew do some tall hunlpln' tew
catch him afore he gifts clear of
As he spoke the owner of the man
sion came from the barn with a bTin-
died hound upon a leash, whom he
carried over to the window. and, mo-
tionlng 10 the trail of the fugitive,
placed the dogs nose upon the scent.
In a moment a deep bay showed that
the sensitive nose OF the hound had
discovered the trail of the fleeing ennis
sary, and, in a few moments, he was
through the snake fence and crossing
to the woods behind. The three men,
meanwhile, hurried after him with
cries of encouragement
"Hark on" they shouted, as the dog
made into the deep woods and travelled
with more speed than ne had shown
before.
The trail led across the edge Of
swamp, where the footprints OF the
fleeing man could be plainly seen in the
moist soil, and then turned toward
wood road. When this was reached it
continued down the winding highway
for several miles, and. as it was rapidly
growing dark. the pursuerS felt that
they would, before long. come up 10
their quarry. who must realize that his
escape was hardly possible The fellow
had taken to the forest again, and al
though he had waded for some distance
in a stream, he could not throw them
of the trail, and they were soon hot
upon the now fresh scent. Finally, Just
as darkness began to fall. the hound
stopped beneath a tall pine tree, and
a deep drawn howl showed that he
had at last discovered his prey.
Come down peacefully and we'll do
you no HARM" shouted Jack
Well" came back the voice Of the
pursued. IF you promise not to kill
me an give me a fair trial l reckon
that III do so, for I'm plumb tired
and I can't go no further
Now. you'll be treated square, re-
piled Old Flintlock. as the fellow
dropped to the ground. For we know.
now, that your dastardly design IS
nipped in the bud"
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