Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-07-31

| glowed sullenly In n stone raced hole
before II small group OF tents.
The girl tossed n Pile knot on the
fire and fastened back the flaps OF one
of the tents. She lighted lantern and
hung 1t from the tent pole.
"Come in, please" she said hurriedly
| to Linn.
He bent his tall head and entered
1t was sparsely furnished with a mar.
row cot, some empty boxes, covered
with rugs; n folding camp table and
some leather travelling cases piled In
one corner.
old man. His white hair framed del
icate, wrlnkled face, whose black eyes
stared piercingly at tho stranger.
"Joyce, who is that mann" he do.
manded feebly.
Tho girl laid her hand on his fore
head.
"He is friend found In the forest
father" she soothed him. He has a
medicine case, and I'm sure he has
something that will do you good"
Linn came forward, tossed his cap
aside and sat down by the bed.
"My name is Linn Ellison" he said
frankly. I'm here FOR the shooting,
MY gu'de ana companion is down at
my camp across the valley Your
daughter tells mo you are III and In
need of medicine. | will do whnt can
Tor you sir and Baker VIII ride to
Red Fork for ANYTHING else Won NAV
need"
you are very Kind said the old
man TREMENDOUSLY. 1t Is all my fault,
TINS predicament. NOT WORD, joyce,
my dear Let me tell MI, Ellison how
l decided TO prolong my stay here ana
now persuaded you to spend the win
ter here ana how | have been Ill with
rever ana how all my men have desert
ed me ana taken money ana supplies
with them, and
rake some stimulant first and tell
mo the story atterward'' urged Linn,
opening the medicine case ana taking
out qulhlne ana some compressed beer
tablets.
joyce brought cup or hot water
from small spirit stove, ana presently
the SICK man was gratefully slipping
the strong beer tea.
When he had finished he said with
rant SMILE
Mr' Hllison' IL told you that was
Alexander McOlln would you DO any
the wiser for that informationT
DE sandy McOlinP cried Linn In
credulously. why, sir, your wonder
ful book Is my closest companion, and
only this evening | was wondering
over your disappearance. what good
luckF lie clasped the thin mana In
Doth MS own strong brown ones.
Dr. Mcolin struggled to SIT up, ana
Linn placed IN arm under the bowed
shoulders.
The bookF repeated the doctor ex-
citedly. rs the book really out2 l
haven't seen IL YET.
III you VIII compose yourself 10
sleep, Sir, | VIII nave my copy or your
book here by daylight"
when the regular breathing assured
them thnt Dr McOlin was Indeed re-
celvlng the rest thnt he needed the
girl ana the man who had met only
bner hour ago passed out OF the tent
ana $1,000 petore the campfire In
moment the glrl spoke:
iou hre the nrst one VINO mas mp
pened TINS way Tor Six months. nave
ma 10 depend upon my gun Tor much
or our iood' My meeting you tonight
was the most wonderful blessing That
could nave happened Many OF the
people hereabout are AFRAID To come To
the mountain There IL tradition
thht IL IL strongly maghetlzed' ana OF
course fathers Investigations have IN
a measure confirmed the story, only
there II nothing alarming about the
fact; IL Is merely Interesting But
atter rather mad sent the last pages or
MS DOCK manuscript to New YORK he
conceived the iden or remaining here
Tor the winter ana pursuing his inves'
tightions' inc result IL that we nave
been here alone ever since the FIRST
month"; when the SIX men who com
posed the party robbed my father OF
money ana provisions ana deserted M.
leaving us with Few stores and not
even one pack horse You can imngine
our plight
sho smiled braVely into Inns eyes
am most happy thnt it Is now
over snid Linn, dizzy with the glance
OF ner wonderful eyes
The pink dawn was breaking above
inc distant ranges when Baker pale
una ANXIOUS saw Linn Ellison come
crnshlng through tho thicket into their
camp.