The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-19
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CHAPTER Xl.

Copyright, lgl2 By Harry Irving Greensl
In the Clutch.

During the first five minutes OF nls
frenzy Alan, little better than an in
sane man, ran franticaIly along the
gently rising and fairly level floor Of
the gulch, striving with every nerve
and muscle to keep pace with the cTea-
ture above, calling Doris by name,
shouting hoarsely at her captoT, who
still shielding himself behind the 9th
er. gazed silently back at him from
over the top of her head as he tapped
himself further and further into the
distance in a half backwards, half
sidegise flight Then with the gradual
return of reason as his wind began
to desert him he realized the utter fu-
tiIity of so eXhausting himself that ne
could no longer pursue, and with an
effort fought himself back to self-con-
troll and logical reasoning. He glanced
back. ToIliyer, staring fiXedly upward,
was just coming up on painting run
and would have passed him without
speaking or slackening his pace had
not March seized him as he was going
by. The look upon Clay's face caused
another SILVER to Yibrate down Alan's
spine. "T0lliver!" he cried sharply.
Let me go. Release me, damn you"
he yelled as he raised his revolver as /
if about the strike the other down. /
Alan shook him fiercely.
Listen to me-" he commanded. IF .
after | have spoken YOU still insist /
upon senselesBly eXhausting yourself
YOU may do so. But harken to what =!
say first" Hesitating, seeming to but |
half comprehend what the other was
saving Clay lowered his weapon and |
side by side they logged along. March
spoke as best he could between
breaths.
1T is unspeakably horrible, but we
must keep our senses if we would do
our best. And we must work together
and coolIy if we would hope 10 save
her. We must keep on as rapidly as
we can without exhausting ourselves,
! and manage somehow to keep him in
sight. He is pretty heavily burdened
and I don't believe he can go far with
out stopping to rest. We must not
run ourselves into the blind staggers
| at the outset for once out of our sight
we would stand little chance Of find
| ing him again. Neither would it do
any good for one Of us to go back TOR
help, for all the aeroplanes are away.
| What is to be done must be done by
us. And may the good Lord give US
| strength" Tolliver not answering and
| making no sign that he had heard was
| keeping about a yard in advance.
| They went scrambIing up a sharp in
/ cline and arrived at the top breathing
L sharply. Despite their efforts they
/ had lost sight of the creature for few
| moments during the climb but as Uney
now mounted the crest they caught
sight of him once more seated upon
/ a cleft in the rock wall perhaps
Il quarter Of a mile ahead, the girl close
" clasped in his arms and to all APP
pearances still unconscious. For the
i first time since her scream had horri-
II fed him March was conscious OF a
/ CLEAN of hope. The girls weight was
a heavy handicap for the flying one,
and he would of necessity have to
make more and more frequent stops as
he proceeded. With Clay to help him
it might be that they could get the
1 other in such a position that he could
not shield himself from both at the
same time, and then all might be well
after all. Both himself and his COM
panion were good pistol shots, and
given half a chance could probably
disable the brute. And now as The
trail ran downward again they broke
. into fast tror once more.
Motionless the one upon the cleft
: watched them until they had come
within a couple Of hundred yards, eye
: ing them with the motiOnless alert
. ness of an eagle upon his eyre, then
: spreading his wings launched himself
into open space. The noise Of his
! heavily beating wings came plainly TO
. their ears. his fight was irregular and
: Iabored like that of a hawk bearing
. away a chicken, or an eagle lamb,
! and so long as the travelling was good
. the struggling pair in pursuit nearly
: kept pace with him. Half mile fur
= Their on. however, the canyon bed
< again became a steeply rising tumble
OF rocks, and up this they went la
boriously. And once again when they
reached the summit they saw the OBJ
ject Of their pursuit just arising from
the trail after moments rest and but
a stone throw ahead Of them, Jet still
shielded as cunningly as ever by the
BODY Of the girl. So on and on they
went with the perspiratiOn streaming
from their bodies and their hearts
thudding heavily, bat With the grim
determination TO follow u4-il sX-
aausted nature bereft them OF the
power OF movement and left them
prone and gasping upon the rocks.
Tolliver, still few PAGES in advance,
threw aside his coat with Z curse Of
;mpatiencp at its weight, and March.
after a minutes consideration, did
likewise It bid fair 10 be a chase that
would draw their strength 70 the last
ounce and wear their endurance 70 the
bone, therefore one could not Welt
travel too light. His collar and vest
ouickly followed the first garment, and
feeling far more free of action and
breath by thus having rid himself Of
those numbering things, he quickened
his pace with a step which once more
fell lightly.
An hour had passed with no perman'
ent change in their see-saw positions
As the Flying Man had led the air
craft by a distance unvarying TO the
ave. so now did he lead the toiling two
1,rr CO cyrir7ly IN his course