The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-07-25

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alone. and O'brien is with DOeaA- n
you care 10 save his life you must i<t
ne through"
hut I cannot. I do not know how
the door opens
'I'uii straight upward on the and
iron farth.St 10 The norih
khe ohey-d wnh"ur the slightest
HESITATION. ana IE- iIiahiri swun: ~
suddenly barely ~.'aIs-d Icing
struck. The next instant. ianierD sitil
In hand I wns beside her. nOtiaS bow
she shrank hack. malt frightened. st
my quick appearance fro0 out ths
black recess.
Don't he alarmed" I exclaimed
hastily. feeling nothing must longer
delay my pIans. No. you are mot to
60 into that hole alone. There II some
thing mysterious about the passaGe: Ne
found Donald with bis throat slashed
exactly as those others were. only hs
still lives. and l believe will recover.
! mean to take you to him In Q mo-
lnent. but you must wait here until
come back. You viii. viii you noti
can trust your
Her face was white. her eyes full Of
appeal.
"Yes. yes. but-but are you certain
be will hvef'
Even then these words. the dsep feel.
ing In the voice. hurt. almost angefsd
me.
There II no apparent reason Why
be should not" ! answered. not alto.
gether pleasantly. There y nothing
particularly serious about bis injuries
so far as could discover. A surgeon
and a nurse could bring him around
In short order. Tho important matter
IL to get back to him Just ~ soon -
possible. No. Miss Denslow," and
caught her BY the arm in rsstfalnt
you are not to venture into that pas
sage alone. l shall BE- back hsrs IN .
moment to accompany you"
"But why cannot GOT You say b
IL hurt and suffering. and yet order
me not to 60 to him"
Il merely request you TO remain here
for a moment until We can guard you
through the tunnel"
"Guard msr' her eyes searching the
dark opening. "Trom what7 10 there
any peril thersr'
Honestly. DO not know. but It d
no place for you to attempt to trav.
erss alone. I will not permit It See.
l am going to trust you fully to wait
my return. Take this revolver and
watch that opening until coms
back"
She accepted 1t, our hands touching
for an instant, before a vague sus-
picion of my real purpose dawnsd
upon her.
"what-what are you planning to
do? Take your men through hereT
YES" I acknowledged. already at
the head Of the stairs. 'This Il our
opportunity for escape"
And you believe will be an ac-
compiicef You intend to use me for
the defeat of my own peopieT
mo. Miss Densiow." and came
back, looking directly into her indiG'
nant eyes. "Ihere is no manner In
which you can possibly prevent our
escape In this way unless you DELHI
erately choose to kill me. You can do
that, for you have my weapon In your
hand, and l stand here unarmed. Are
you willing to do that for the Confed.
eracyy'
saw tie nush sweep int" her
cheeks. the gray .olus eyes falling be-
fore mine.
"No-no." she faltercd. mot that"
'Then you are helpless to interfere.
1 desire to take you with ux to the as.
sistance OF Colonel Donald. but II It
| is your Intention to make trouble. then
we shall have TO lock you up nGain
and leave you behind Which Is your
choice!"
She could not doubt my sincerity. for
the earnestness with which 1 spoke
was convincing. Her eyes upiifted to
niue tor one single questioning IN.
slant.
Il Will watt" she said slowly. "but
but ! believe l hate you."
Il would far rather You felt thus.
Miss Densiow." | returned quietly.
than to be utterly Indifferent toward
me-
caught her sudden look of surprise.
the quick upift of ner face. but be-
fore she could lind expression In words
/ had slipped down the stairs to the
| hail.
They came stragglin. forth from the
various doOrways. blackened with pow.
der smoke and sleepy eyed from the
long night vigil. yet fairly tough
looking bunch OF lighting men. and
ranged themselves before me. They
had scarcely had opportunity to Oh
serve me before in the rush OF that
first attack. but the cavalry officers
uniform | wore had an immediate ef-
feet. and they remained respectfully
silent. ltanin. on their cnrbines. whit.
Ing for me 10 speak.
We'll. men, | said soberly. we're
going out OF this. but we are liable TO
have u bit OF stiff lighting before We
get away. III explain the situation.