Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-07
CHAPTER XVI.
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Just where no had parted from
Ware. Darlington sat his horse. his
brows knit and bis eyes turned in tho
direction Of the path he was on hia
way % a plantation below Birard. the
owner OF which bad recently import
cd pack 81 bloodncunda. but this
unexpected encounter with Ware bad
affected him strangely lie stin heard
Toms stammering speech, be was
SIN seeing his CHASTITY face, and no
had come upon him with startling
suddenness He had Glanced 10 look
back over bis shoulder and when be
faced about there had been the plant
or within hundred yards OF him
Presently Carriagtona glance ceae-
ed 10 follow the windlngs OF the path.
he stared down ut the gray dust aud
saw the trail ieft by Hues and his
party For moment he hesitated.
II the dogs we're 10 be used with any
hope OF success he had no time to
spare. aud this war the merest aus.
picion, illogical conjecture, based on
nothing beyond his distrust OF Ware.
In the end he sprang from tho saddle. /
and leading bis horse into the woods. /
tied II 20 a sapling
A hurried Investigation told him I
that i've men had ridden IN and ont OF
that path. or the i've. all coming
from the south. Tour had turned
south again. but the NTH Ware.
IN other Words bad gone north he
weighed the possible significance OF
these facts
Il am only wasting time," be con
fessed reluctantly. and was on the
point OF turning away. whom. on the
very edge o. the road aud just where
the dust yielded 20 the hard clay OF
the patti. bis glance lighted on the
print Of a small and dainlly shod
foot. The throhblng OF his heart
auickened cufiousiy
"Beiiyi TIE word lcaped from his
lips
That small foot had left but the
pne impress. There Were other sirns.
hoeeyer. that claimed bis attention.
namely. the bootp lints OF siosson
sDd bis men. and he made the IN. I
'vitatlc discovery that these trscks (
Tere al confined 10 the one spat /
They began suddenly and as sudden /
y ceased. yes there Was no mystery 1
bout these; he had the marks OF the 1
wheels 10 help fssm 10 a sure eonclu-
ion. A carriage had turned Just /
Iere. several acn had 2llghted; they L
'ad with them a child. or woman {
either they had Teentersd the car T
isge and driven back as they had
one. or they had gone toward tho
iycr. lie felt the soul within him
ara SIGH
He stole along the path, the. terror
I the river was ever In his thoughts.
I'd tho spscter Of his fear seemed 20
4 before him and lure him on. Pres (
ntly he caaght bis FIRST glimpse Of
as cSyoa and bis legs SHOOK under
liza; but the path wound deeper still n,
10 what appeared 10 be an UNI
,ucbcG solitude. wound ON between
is erowdins tree forms. liftle back 70
ON the shore. with an Intervening IN
lngie OF vines and bushes. lie
canned this closely az be hurried
'rwafd. scarcely conscious that be 70
- searching for some trampied
>sce ~ the waters edge; but the
ardant wall preserved It's unbroken 70
'ntinuiiy. ano twenty minutes later 10
, came within sight OF Hicks clesr-
y and the keel boat, where It rested 70
sainst the bank. o.
A little farther on he found the se
'ot where slosson had launched the
IN the night before. The keel OF his n'
'st had cut deep into the slippery