The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-27

knew that Leyob flying fire of jealousy and ss-~pe would leap after them and overtake them, matter how far nor how fast they travelled.
 She found the in little gully in the midst of the forest He sitting upon pine needles with the M Tfd 1i the m naan % pant t brush all aooht him pulling the young from robins nest, while the parent birds flew near, screaming in agony.
 When he the girl he and took her in his arms with gentle laugh. She drew away from him, gazing his face with look of horror. Not for freed her to perform but the thought of could not be dispelled and the knife lay in her bosom.
 She told her lover of the fate prepared for them by her husband and with frantic haste she tried pull 5 hd 1 fsg the e9 % & bidding @ hm ose S ,ds 5as in .r g and held her trembling hands until she was calmer ten course, foolish child Leyob would not overtsEe them they would travel to the land of the big waters the 1aHd where the snow not plenty. She must man- Ry S When the gf had handed I them to he had hidden them under the floor of the cabin not and he without those gold pieces had no money all and in these days one could not fly far even on the best tell a e eosd not ad m 1 back form her deed that day, that the man was too wary and d. she " was afraid that he suspected something elinging steps, descended the mountain Ali about her the land gleamed yellow, for the golden rod had blos somed. She seemed piece of moonlight, with her ashy face and dark eyes, astray in glowing gorld
 When Leyob saw her coming he tremb1ed until his
 
 meet her, and waited the doorway his eyes looking eagerly over her hands and dress for signs of that
 When she saw him standing there, her courage failed her. She turned and started to Leyob caught he dragged her home by the hair and beat her
 For three days these same occurrences repeated them s to n for the and s would not without them sending her back again and again
 One night Leyob entirely exhausted, slept, and the girl her chance Quietly but with feverish haste she raised by the boards of the floor and hunted for the money Over the earth underneath she went again and again; then she sank back with gaspnS breath. th , ,, agony of fright for fear Leyob had found it. In fact her terror great that she longer had progressed s she afraid that she might use the knife her lover, that the terrible eyes of Leyob would The next morning she dragged herself iron. the cabin door before the day had fairly come As she wandered aimessy through the trees, toward the her. trained woodland ear there was something un- canny in the sound: Cautiously she, encircled tree upon the pet magpie. The bird holding something in his beak which he was evidently trying to or then knocking it against the trunk of tree Covered with dirt from recent buryng it was nevertheless it's rightful Owner was the buckskin bag that con taned Pete klvss M gold nuggets She gave faint cry I M an f oa s e oi e a after him. It too heavy for him to fly with. The girl soon bounced upon him and d. fought him until she with relief Here, at las was escape, with love and freedom.
 She started climb up the mountain when she heard Leyob out of the cabin It was useless to try to go now for he was evidently hunting her.. Where sat the magpie watching with his wicked eyes and call ing .,Muck7a-rnuck, ,cha-co, tillcum Cfood, come she should hide it. She could not conceal it in her clohes-Leyob always dragging her about and the evoh and fhe mao xvafc f0oP he hollow the trunk of tree and taking stick she dug much deeper that she thought the bird could not the earth. At the last she placed stone top.
 Leyob came toward her through the trees The day night bird was flying homeward Leyob took the girl by the hand and dragged her through the waking world mad mac wit with jealousy Pulling the girl to the window he looked again for signs of blood The fire within Leyobs breast had reached white heat; he spoke quietly and even gently.
 q shall kill you to-day!" he said Tomorrow it is his turn!"
 tried her tears but she only succeeded in putting oil the time
 With sunset the wind commenced to blow. It came from the mountains raging; it shook the calm hared in the flame of the lamp Leyob tied her hands and feet and propped her against the wall He could not miss his aim in any even-but did suit him that she should screaming about the room at the last and over, thickly and slowly:
 but not with the knifep
 
 tapping at the window insistent sound occur ring loudly between the gusts of the storm then the voice of the magpie shrieked traucously, "Muck-a- muck!
 Leyob supersttously lowered his weapon The bird had not visited the cabin since his evicted The man opened the door and the bird huered across the floor to the girl. He ran forward and backwaIf m strange excited manner. Leyob looked questio1hg1y at her. then he united her feet, and grasping her inn prsoned hands, he followed the magpie into the outer world.
 The night possessed the earth. Through the swaying pine boughs the red rising and the needles, catching the weird glitter, shone like golden frnges- The wnd-tossed mountains mourned with mighty voices they rose, purple and splendid beneath the coming light
 Once or twice the bird broke into manacaI calling that caught by the wind and carried onward Across their way lay fallen tree and the msgpie jumped upon it, rending the air with its screams Under the prone trunk his hands thrust into the hole wherein the girl had buried the gold lay the magpies master. Leyob, with his great strength, rolled the tree from him. He turned the mans face tip to the moonght-he dead
 The girl stood with her hands tied and held her head. graspng. the limb of tree behind her. She inc