The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-01-12
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CHAPTER xviii

ty no longer, and. clamberinJ
down the northern face OF the rocks
! found the man had shot there
dead. but no trace Of the others. They
had evidently got clean away
The fact that was not disturbed
In this reconnaissance encouraged me
to try another on the southern side.
! crept cautiously down to the spot
where Payton had fallen. found the
depression into which he had rolled and
saw that II was the dry bed of q
brook. BY following which he could
have crawled away to the brush Uni
noticed
Was he preparing a SECOND bomb
or had he some other resource Of which
] knew nothing?
4 climbed painfully up the rock
again, for now my ankle, the injury Il
which l had forgotten In the excite
ment Of the defense. began TO troubl,
me.
As dropped upon stone In the
middle of the Enclosure Miss Graymar
first noticed that had been hurt. She
turned pale and again showed con
Germ on my account that l could moi
attribute solely to the fear that she
might be deprived OF her only defend
err She insisted that I should take of
my shoe and stocking and. calling
Susan. who had recovered from her
shock. aided me with the utmost ten.
derness to bind up q deep cut made by
a fragment of the bomb OF Of rock.
When she had finished she said to
me. with pleading look: please.
Lieutenant Allan. don't expose your
peit as you have been doing was in
agony when | saw you venturing down
the rocks. What should we do-what
should do-ir you were seriously hurt
or KILLED."
saw tears trickling down her hands
] would not have changed places with
the president of the United States. !
felt proud. gratified. heroic. romantic
brave as a Hon. capable as general.
ready to do anything and everything
est In me.
In short. ! knew now that I was IN
love to the tops Or my ears. and felt
that I might hope for q response to
this mighty affection which was over
mastering me. 1 assured Miss Gray.
man that for her sake I would be
more careful. and the gladness In her
eyes made me forget everything else
everything except the necessity of de-
Tending her. This thought sent me
back in haste to our rampant
We watched and watched. but not q
living thing did we see except few
birds and some small animals lodging
about among the rocks. Thus the aft.
ernoon passed. and the sun sank low
IN the northwest
We suffered from lack OF water more
than from that OF food. and ! resolved
that as soon as II grew dark enough
would creep down to the edge OF the
brush. where ! had noticed small
stream. ana Ill my helmet with wa
ter. But l did not tell Miss Grayman
of my design. feeling sure that she
would oppose IL Her suffering. now
ever. was so painfully evident that /
would have yentured anything III or
der to relieve her.
BY this time. although I conid hard
~ credit 40 gratifying suggestion.
BEGIN TO think that fayton had stolen
away IN despair OF being able to cap.
ture or Kill Us and fearful OF the ar.
rival of our friends.
He cannot nope now TO get the
ransom" ! argued. land why. then.
should he further risk his Iite ana lib
ertyY
AZ continued TO rnmtnnte upon
this ! became so convinced that ! mad
hit upon the real explanation OF the
or MS efforts that I spoke
about II to Miss Grayman ana told ner
Of my plan for getting water.
At first she vigorously opposed me.
but presented the matter SO clearly
that finally she gave in to my opinion
The time seemed endless before the
lay became sufficiently dark to render
my attempt safe against possible de
[ecuon i crawled down the rocks
keeping In the darkest places. and then
wound my way over the open ground
until reached the place where payton
'ook his tumble. From this . followed
me dry rivniet aiready spoken OF I'm
II attained the brush. Tins rlvuIet
was tributary of larger stream
which ran over pebbly bottom. the
old water collecting IN little pools.
ook long drink ana filled my helmet
Although more and more convinced
hat had nothing to fear from TURK.
ng enemies. l did not relax my eau.
ION. thinking OF the stake 1 had in
he security OF Miss Grayman. and
nee more ! got down on my knees to
ross the open space.
! mad not progressed more than a
lozen yards from the edge OF the |
'rush when a scream broke the still.