Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-09-12

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comprehending its cause, he helped
out her lame and hating sentence.
81 know the canon we'll" he said.
II think l know the place to which
you refer. Is it Just above where the
river makes an enormous bend upon
itself2"
yes, that is 1t. In that clearing
we have been camped for two weeks.
My uncle must be crazy with anxiety
to know what has become of me-,
and
The man interposed.
Il will go there directly" he said.
st is now half after ten. That place
Is about seven miles or more from
here across the range, fifteen or TWEEN
ty by the river. I shall be back by
nightfall. The cabin is your own"
He turned away without another
word.
wait" said the woman. 81 am
afraid to stay here"
She had been fearless enough before
in those mountains, but her recent ex-
perience had somehow unsettled her
nerves.
There is nothing on earth to hurt
you, l think" returned the man.
There isn't a human being, so far as
| know, in these mountains"
Except my uncle's partyf"
He nodded.
But there might be another-bear,"
she added desperately, forcing herself.
Not likely; and they wouldn't come
here If there were any. That's the
first grizzly l have seen in years"
he went on, ~unconcernedly, studiously
looking away from her, not to add to
her confusion at the remembrance OF
that awful episode which would OBJ
trude itself on every occasion. you
can use a rife or gun?"
She nodded. He stepped over to
the wall and took down the Winches'
ter which he handed her.
"This one Is ready for service, and
you will find a revolver on the shelf
There is only one possible way Of &C
cess to this cabin; that's down those
rock stairs. One man, one woman, G
child, even, with these weapons coult
hold it against an army"
Couldn't I go with you?"
"On that foot7"
Enid pressed her wounded foot upoI
the ground. 1t was not SO painful
when resting, but she found she coult
not walk a step on it without grea
suffering. a
Il might carry you part of the way,
said the man. "I carried you las
night, but 1t would be impossible, al
of it."
Promise me that you will be bacl
by nightfall, with Uncle Bob and"
Il shall be back by nightfall, but
can't promise that l will bring any
body with me-"
"You mean?"
"You saw what the cloudburst neal
ly did for you," was the quick ar
swer. eff they did not get out of tina
pocket, there is nothing left Of ther
now"
But they must have escaped" pei
sisted the girl, fighting down he
alarm at this blunt statement Of poss
BILE peril. Besides, Uncle Robert an
most of the rest were climbing n c
the peaks, and"
They will be all right, then; but
am to find the place and tell tber
your story, I must go now"
He turned, and without anothe
word or a backward glance, scramble
down the hill. The girl limped to tn
brink Of the cliff over which he ha
plunged and stared after him. Sh
watched him as long as she oAuld Sc
him, until he was lost among tn
trees. If she had anybody else to d,
pend upon. she would certainly hav
felt differently toward him; whe
Uncle Robert, and her aunt, and th
children, and old Kirkby, and the rel
surrounded her, she could hate thu
man in spite Of all he had done fc
her, but now she stared after him d,
terminedly making his way down tn
mountain and through the trees.
was with difficulty she could restrai
herself from calling him back.
The silence was most Oppressive
the loneliness was frightful. She ha
been alone before in those mountain
but from choice; now the fact tn,
there was no escape from them mad
the sensation a very different one.
She sat down and brooded wei he
situation until she felt that IL she d
not do something and In some way d
vert her thoughts she would brea
down again. He had said that Ii
cabin and its contents we're hers. St
Q resolved to inspect them more clos
ly. She hobbled back into the gre;
d room and looked about her agai
b There was nothing that demande
careful scrutiny. She wasn't Quit
h sure whether she was within the pr
prieties or not, but she Ee1zed the oil
d est and most worn Of the volumes 3
the shelf. It was a text book on mi
ing and metallurgy, she observed, on
d opening It to the fly leaf. across Il
d page size saw written In a firm, vi
Il orons masculine band a name, wv.
Il liam Berkeley Newbold," and b
d meath these words, 'Thayer Hall, Ha
ward" and Q data some seven yea
back.