The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-06-05

III Tor services rendered. but y must
end -hers- he Mz.cr EouiG see that
. I'd would resent bi-rErly any pre-
suzp-ul No. -Es-s vas nothing else
possible = -1sT -s--ss meet they
must n -12- contracted post-it would
5s -Cst 11r-lL 3 mere exchange o.
-a-t1lsca--s- E-z---ts expressed by
a smile ant pleasant word Re could
=xpect 10 more; might esteem himself
torrlzs-a indeed. 10 receive even that
-scc g-i-o1 Nez1Eh1le be would En-
tsavCr 70 strike lie Fsvrss trail
Lhers we're other interests II the
Eorl1 10 consider besides Molly Nc
Donald. and his memory dritred away
20 a home he had not visited in years.
E-t thought EoIld lot concentrate
-hers. and there arose before him. as
BE- lag there. the face of Lieutenant
EzsEt1s. =szr-1z the sane expression
q i1sol=nt superiority as when they
had parted 0uc yCuter on The Santa
Fz trail
The oowzr1Iy Er-Ie 5ool.' be nut
tered bitterly under his breath. grip
ping the window frame IL Eil r.
1Iirs more than his money 70 bring
her happiness, and III never stand for
hat Lor1i She's -oC sensible ever
TO love him Good God-Eha-s -hat-"
u l=aDet cut Of the black night
three flashes, followed Instantly D.
the sharp reporrs Then z fourth
this tine 11nlstzk4bIY Z u-skst-
5arzsd from behind officers row. In
the fare, Hanlin thought he saw two
black shadows running. A voice yelled
sLci-edly Post Six! Post SIX"
WIKI a single leap the Sergeant was
across the sill. and dropped silently 10
the ground. suu blinded by the light
be ran forward, Jerking his revolver
from the belt As be passed the cor
nsr Of the barracks the sentry fired
again, the red fash cleavtag the night
. il an instznts ghastly vividness Il
revealed q woman shrinking against
the yellow stone wall, lighted Up her
face, then plunged her again into OBJ
security.
The Sergeant caught the glimpse.
half believing the vision 2 phaatasy
of the brain; be had seen her face.
white. frightened, agolizsd, yet II
could lot have been real He tripped
over the stone wall and half fell, bat
ran on, his mind IL z turmoil, but Ger
tain some one was racing before him
down the dark ravine. There had been
= woman therei He could not quite
blot that oUt-but not she; not Molly
Mcdonald. f-if Il were she; II he
had really seen her face IN the fare,
II Il Was 10 dream, then what? Why,
be must screen her from discovery
give her opportunity to slip away.
This was the one vague. dim thought
which took possession OF the man II
Obscured all else; It sent him bIindly
crashing over the edge OF the ravine.
He heard the sentry at his right cry
hoarsely, he heard excited shouts from
the open windows Of the barracks;
then lis feet struck q mans body, and
he went down hsadIoug
Almost At the instant the sentry was
upon him, guE-nuZzle pressing him
back as be attempted 20 rise.
DC 5-4Alr = 2 --lL --~----r N - ---1
gruf order, @or III blow yer 70 king
dom comei Sergeant ot the guard.
quick here! Post Number Six"
Hamlin lay still. half stunned b. the
shock OF his fall. yet conscious that
the delay. this mistake OF the sentry.
would afford her ample chance for es-
cape He could hear men running To-
ward them, and his eyes caught the
yellow, booblng light OK lantern. His
hand reached out and touched the
body over which he had fallen, feeling
a military button, and the clasp Of
5eIt-it was q soldier then who had
been shot Could she have done II?
Or did she know who did? Whatever
the truth might be. he would hold his