The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-05-03
The Danger Trail Continued.

He felt q ~convulsive shudder pass
through her As she answered.
II also said that l would not lie to
you again. II l can not tell you the
truth ! will tell you nothing. II is
impossible for me t. say why your life
10 In danger"
"But you knowr'
Eyes"
He seated her again in the chair BE-
side the table and sat down opposite
her.
Twin you tell me who you arer'
She hesitated. twisting her fingers
%nervously in q silken strand OF her
hair.
Twill your he persisted.
IF l tell you who l am" she said at
last. you will know who is threaten
ing your Mfe."
He stared at her in establishment.
1.-THE devil. you say" The words
slipped from his lips before he could
stop them. For a second time the girl
rose from her chair.
"You will go?' she entreated. "You
will go tomorrow"
Her hand was on the latch Of the
door.
You will GOT"
He had risen and was lighting a
cigar owe the chimney of the lamp.
Laughing. he came toward her.
Eyes. surely l am %going-to see you
safely home" Suddenly he turned
back to the lounge and belted on his
revolver and holster. When he re-
turned she barred his way defiantly.
her back against the door.
you cannot CO."
why"
"Because"-he caught the frightened
flutter of her voice again-"because
they will kill you"
The low laugh that he breathed In
her hair was more of JOY than fear.
II am glad that you care" he whis-
pered to her softly.
"You must CO." she still persisted.
with you. yes" he answered.
mo. no: tomorrow. You must go
back to La Pas-back into the south.
Will you promise m that?
Perhaps" he said. II will tell you
soon." She surrendered to the deter
mination in his voice and allowed him
to pass out into the night with her.
Swiftly she led him along a path that
ran into the deep gloom Of the balsam
and spruce. He could hear the throb-
bling Of her heart and her quick. ex-
cited breathing as she stopped. one Of
her hands clasping him %nervously by
the arm.
ut is not very far from here she
whispered. "You must not go with
me. II they saw me with you at this
hour He felt her shuddering
against him.
"Only a little farther" he begged.
She surrendered again hesitatingly,
and they went on more slowly than
before Until they came to where a few
faint lights in the camp were visible
ahead Of them.
"Now-now you must 60"
Rowland turned as II to obey. In
an instant the girl was at his side.
"You have not promised" she en-
treated. "Wil you Ro-tomorrow?
In the luster of the eyes that were
turned up to him in the gloom How
land saw again the strange sweet pow
er that had taken possession Of his
soul. 1t did not occur to him in these
moments that he had known this girl
for only q few hours: that until tonight
he had heard no word pass from hel
lips. He was conscious only that IL
the space of those few hours some
thing had come into his life which
he had never known before. and
deep longing to tell her this. to take
her sweet face between his hands al
they stood in the gloom of the forest
and to confess to her that she had be
come more to him than a passing VI
sion In a strange wilderness. filled him
He crushed her hands once more tt
his breast as he had done on the Grea'
North trail. holding her so close tina
he could feel the throbbing Of hel
bosom against him. He spoke NJ
, ord. and still her eyes pleaded witt
him to go. Suddenly he freed n o.
his hands and brushed back the thicl
hair from her brow and turned he
face gently until what dim light cam'
down from the stars above glowed II
the beauty Of her eyes. In his owl
face she saw that which he had no
dared to speak. and from her lip
there came a soft little sObbinR cry.
mo. I have not promised. and l will
not promise" be said. holding her fac
so that she could not look away from
him. "Forgive me fOr-for-dOini
this And before she could move b