Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-02-22
cAAprER vllI.
A Telegram and a Caller.

A Telegram and a Caller.
you say" asked Maitland. as they
surveyed the canon, that she went
down the stream?"
"She said she was goin' down. I
showed her how to cut across the
mountains an avoid the big bend. I've
got no reason to suspicion that she
didn't go Y ere she safdSS
"Neyer,neless," said Maitland, "
is barely possible that she may have
changed(her mind and gopH Pup the
canon
yep, the female mind does often
change unexpected like" returned the
other, but w'ether she went up or
down. the only place for us to- look,
take It, is down, for II she's alive, II
she got out of the canon and is above
us, nacherly she'd follow It down yere
an we'd a seed her by this time. II
she didn't git out Of the canon, why.
all that's left OF her is bound to be
down stream"
Maitland nodded. He understood.
WED better go down, then" con-
tinued Kirkby, whose reasoning was
fawless except that he made no al
lowance for the human-divine interpo-
sition that had been Enid Maitland's
salvation, IAN II we don't find no
trace Of her down stream, we kin
come back here an go up"
It was a hard, desperate Journey
the two men took. One OF them fol-
lowed the stream at its level, the
other tramped along in the mountains
high above the high water mark Of
the day before. II they had needed
any evidence OF the power OF that
cloudburst and storm, they found It In
the canon. In some places where It
was narrow and rocky the pass had
been fairly secured; at other places
the whole aspect Of II was changed,
the place was q weller Of uprooted
trees, logs jammed together in fan
tastic shapes; It was as II some wan
ton bosom of destruction had swept
the narrow rift.
Ever as they went they called and
called. The broken distinctions OF
the way made their progress slow,
What they would have passed over
ordinarily in half day, they had not
trayersed by nightfull and they had
seen nothing. They camped that night
far down the canon and in the morn
Ing, with hearts growing heavier ev
cry hour, they resumed their search
About noon of the second day they
came to an immense log jam where
the stream now broadened and made
a sudden turn before It plunged oyel
a fall Of perhaps two hundred feel
into the lake. II was the end OF theli
quest, II they did not find her there
they would never do so. With still
hearts and bated breath they climbed
out over the log jam and scrutlnizet
It, A brownlsh gray patch concealed
beneath the great pines caught theil
eyes. They made their way to t.
TITS bar, big Grizzly" exclaim
ed Kirkby.
The huge brute was battered out o
all semblance Of life, but THAI It wal
Grizzly Bear was clearly evident
Further on the two men caught sigh
suddenly Of dash Of blue, Kirkb,
stepped over to II, lifted II in his han'
I and silently extended It to Maitland
II was a sweater, woman's sweater
They recognized It at once. The oil,
man shook his head. Maitlatd groan
ed aloud.
"see yere," said Kirkby, pointing I
the ragged and torn garmeht wher
evidences OF discoloratlon tstlll T,
malned, "looks like there'd Nm bloc
on It." '-.
Great Godl" cried Maitland, nc
that bear; I'd rather anything tina
that"
"w'atever It is. she's sos sal