The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-02

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iepd then she hurled hurnelf through
Itho wnier and stepped out upon de
shore H6r aweAter Which the 6eaS
s1ad dragged forward All ita adganee,
liiy "a top 81 ne yes 81 Ter ciotii . 8,
cover III blood. Size HE ~ )
atld U III nery obs. frantic ehsfgy. Wei.
cold, though abe was, she ierked On
~ Some fashion enough clothes Is
cover her nAltedness and then with
more leisdrely order and with necss.
;sary care hbe got the rest OF her ap.
parei ID III aeeustomedp place upon her
body and then when III was all over
Hhe sank down prone and PROSTATE
upon the grass by the carcass OF the
now hRrmless monster which had ao
nearly 7eadsed her undoing, and SHY.
cred, cried and sobbed' as Il her heart
would break. 10
y She was chilled TO! the bone by, her
motiqnless sojouEn, albeit It had been
for scarcely, more than d minute III
that icy water, and yet the blood
rushed to her brow. and face, to every
hidden part OF her in waves as she
thought OFT It,was a good thing
that she cried; she was not a weep.
ing woman, her tears came slowly Is
q rule and then came hard. She ra,ii.
er prided herself upon her stclcisrii,
but in this instance the great depths
Of her nature had been undermined
and the, fountains thereof were faIn
I; % break forth. ~
How long she LAY. there, warmth
coming gradually to her under the ld,-
sfectrays 81 the sun, she did not know,
and It was strange thing that
caused her TO arise. It grew suddenly
dark .oyer her head. She. looked up
and rim OF frightful black, dense
clouds had suddenly hlotted out the
sun, The clouds were lined with gold
and Silver and the long rays shot
from behind the somber blind over
the yet uncovered portions Of the
heaven but4the clouds moved with
The irresistible swiftness and steadl-
ness ofsa Great deluge. The wall ot
them lowered above her head while
they extended steadily, and rapidly
ACROSS tho sky toward the other side
Sef the canon and the mountain wall.
IA storEae$as brewing, such as she
had nevefsseen. such as she had no
experience3o enable her to realize It's
malign possibilities. Nay, it was now
= at hand. She had no clew, however,
OF what was toward, how terrible 10
danger overshadowed her. Frightened
but unconscious OF all the menace of
! the hour, her thoughts flew down the
canon to the camp. She must hasten
there. She looked for her watch
which she had lifted from the grass
and which she had not yet put on.
The grizzly had stepped upon It, 1t
was irretrieyably ruined, She judged
from bel. last glimpse OF the sun that
1t must now be early afternoon. She
rose, to- her, feet and staggered with
weakness, she had eaten nothing
Since morning, and the nervous shock
and strain through which she had
gone had reduced her to a pitiable
condition. 80, iii
Her luncheon had fortunately es.
capped unframed. In a big pocket 81
her short skirt there. was q smaii
tiask Of %hske8 which her Undie
Robert had required her to take with
her. She felt sick and faint, but she
knew that she must eat If she was to
make the journey. difficult as It might
proves bacletn the lcamps She forced
herself to take the first mouthful OF
bread and meatfshes had brought with
her, but when she mad tasted she
needed no further incentive, she ate
to the last crumb; she thought this
was the time she needed sumulants,
too, and mingling the cold water from
the brook with little rof the ardent
spirit from the flask, she drank. Some
OF the chill had worn of, some OF the
fatigue had gone.
She rose to her feet and started
down the canon; her bloody sweater
still lay on the ground with other
things OF which she was needless. It
had grown colder. but she realized
that the climb down the canon would
put her stagnant blood In circulation
and all would be well.
Before she began the descent OF the
pass, she, cast one long glance back
ward whittier the rman had gone.
Whence came he. who was he, what
had he seen. where was he now? She
thanked God fer his interference in
one breath and hated him for his
presence. in the other.
The, whole sky was now black with
drifting clouds. lightning flashed above
her head, muttered peals of thunder,
terriacally ominous;. rocked through
the silent hills. The noise was low
and subdued, but almost continuous.
With q singular and uneasy feeling
that she was. being observed. she
started down the canon, plunging des.
perateiy through the trees, ieaping the
brook from, side to side where 1t mar
rowed, seeking ever the easiest way.
She struggled on, painting with sud-
den inexplicable terror almost as bad
as that which had overwhelmed her
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