The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-08

thought he struck the weapon from
the others hand and sent 1t ringin,
upon the stones. Without pausinx t
see what his ertswhile rivals mex
move would be he went dashng III
the canyon in wild pursuit, his eye'
fastened upon those above, the horror
of one who faces the rack freezing hin
| to his very vitals.
In the Clutch.
During the first five minutes Of his
frenzy Alan, little better than an in
sane man, ran frantically along tho
gently rising and fairly level floor OF
the gulch striving with every nerve
and muscle to keep pace with the crea
ture above, calling Doris by name
shouting hoarsely at her captor, who
Still shielding himself behind the 9th.
er, gazed silently back at him from
lover the top of her head as he Tapped
himself further and further into the
| distance in half backwards, halt
sidcwise flight Then with the gradual
return of reason as his wind began
TO desert him he realized the utter f'l-
tility of so cxhausting himself that he
could no longer pursue, and with an
effort fought himself back to self-con-
troll and logical reasoning. He glanced
back. Tolliver, staring tixedly upward,
was Just coming up on q painting r'1'l
and would have passed him without
speaking or slackening his pace had
not March seized him as he was gong
BY The look upon Clay's face caused
another SILVER to v:brate down Alan $
spine "Tolliver" he cried sharply.
Let me 60. Release me, damn yon,"
he yelled as he raised Ills revolver as
II about the strike the other down.
Alan shook him fierceiy.
Listen TO me-" he commanded. III
after | have spoken you still insist
upon senseiessly exi.austing yourself
you may do so. But Earken to what I
Say first" HeSitating, seeming to but
half comprehend what the other w2s
saying Clay lowered his weapon AID
Eidc 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
md coolly if we would hope to save
her We must keep on as rapidly az
We can without exhausting ourselves,
and manage somehow to keep him in
sight. He is pretty heavily burdened
and don't believe he can 20 far with.
out stopping to rest. We must not
run ourselves into the blind staggers
ut 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 80 back for
help, for all the aeroplanes are away.
What is to be done must be done by
It's And may the good Lord give us
strength Tolliver not answering and
making no sign that he had heard was
keeping about yard in advance.
They went scrambling up sharp in
cline and arrived at the top breathing
sharply Despite their efforts theH
had lost sight Of tie creature for few
during the climb, but as they
now mounted the crest they caught
sight Of him once more seated upon
h cleft in the rock wall perhaps q
quarter of mile ahead, the girl close!
~ Clasped in his arms and to al ap,
pearances still unconscious. For thu
first time since her scream had horri;
fed him March was conscious OF a
CLEAN of hope. The girls weight was
u heavy handicap for the flying ono,
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
other in such a position that he could
not shield himself from both at the
same time, and then all might be WE'LL
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 tho
trail ran downward again they broke
into a fast trOt once more. !,
Motionless the one upon the cleft
watched them until they had come
within a couple OF hundred yards. eyel
Ing them with the motionless alert
ness of an eagle upon his eyrie, them
spreading his wings launched himself
into open space. The noise OF his
heavily beating wings came plainly to-
their ears bis di:ht was irregular aud
labored ike that Of 4 hawk bearing
away a chicken. or an eagle a lambt
and 80 long AZ the travelling was good
the struggling pair in pursuit nearlN
kept pace with him Half mile fnr3
ther on, however. the canyon bed
again became steeply rising jnmblf1
Of rocks. and up this they went la1
horinusIy. And once again when they,
cached the summit they saw the obi
ject Of their pursuit just arising FROM
the trail after 4 moments rest aud but
stone throw ahead Of them. yet still
shielded AZ cunninxly az ever by thA
body Of the girl. So on and on they
went with the perspiration streaming
from their bodies and their hearts
thudding heavily. hut with the GRIM
t1ntnru,in u ttny, tn fr,llOv until OK.