The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-10-17

But there was now no escaping that
ordeal. The canoe was already spin
ming between walls where the water
ran deep and fast with CLASSY sur
face.
The next instant Il was In the Jaws;
and the man settled down to work
with grim determination. pitting cour
age and strength and experience
against the ravening waters that tore
at the canoe on every hand, whose
mad clamor beat back and forth be-
tween the walls of the gorge like vast
bellowings OF Internal mirth.
He fought like one possessed.
There was never an instant's grace
for Judgment or execution; the one
must be synchronous with the other,
both instantaneous, or else-destruc-
| ton.
| The canoe wove this way and that
satanic loom. Now II hesitated. nuz-
cling a gigantic boulder over which
the water wovo pale green and
glistenlng hood, now In the space OF
n heartbeat II shot forward twice its
length through sea OF Dreaming
waves, now plunged wildly toward
what promised instant humiliation
and cheated that only by the timely
plunge of n paddle. guided by luck or
instinct or both.
The one ray of hope In Alan's mind.
when he surveyed before committing
himself and the woman he loved to
that hideous gauntlet. sprang from
the fact that. however rough, tho
rapids were short. Now, when he had
been In their grasp minute, he
seemed to have been there hours.
His laborings were tremendous, UNI
believable, inspired. In the end they
were all bat successful. The goal OF
safety was within thirty seconds
more OF quick, hard work. when Alan's
paddle broke and tho canoe swung
broadside TO a boulder. turned turtle
and precipitated both headlong into
that savage weller.
AS the next few minutes passed he
was lighting like n mad thing against
overwhelming odds. Then. of n sud
den, he found himself rejected. spewed
forth from the cataract and swimming
mechanically In the smooth water OF
IA wide pool beyond the lowermost
eddy, the canoe floating bottom up
near by. and Rose supporting herself
with one hand on II.
Her eyes met his, clear with the
sanity Of her adorable courage.
He floundered to her side. painted In
II | atr 90 H.. Ia.
/ shoulder. and struck out for the
! nearer shore.
| Both found footing at the same
| time and waded out, to collapse, ex
4 hausted. against the bank.
4 Then, with a sickening qualm, Altar
II remembered the pursuit. He rose an,
Il looked up the rapid just In time 4
j view the last swift quarter of tn
canoes descent: Judith In the bow
"a motionless, a rife across her knees, 4
the stern an Indian guide kneelin
and fighting the waters with scarcel
W perceptible effort In contrast wit
ID Alan's supreme struggles.
8, Like living thing the cano
lie seemed to gather itself together I
Of poise, to leap with all It's strength
70 II hurdled the eddy In a bound. too
h the still water with mighty splash
ID and shot downstream at diminishe
W speed. the Indian furiously backin
r. water.
AS though that had been the on
%. moment she had lived for. Judit
y. lifted her rifle and brought 1t to bea
ie upon her sister.
With cry of horror. Alan fun
1T himself before Rose. a living shield
GO anticipating nothing but immediat
10 death. This was not accorded hin
n For breathless instant the woman 1
IN