New Ulm review., 1914-12-16

Il command here-1r It's necessary to
tell you"
n There wasta pause Of astonishment.
Then the old man broke out in exas-
peration that threatened to wax into
fury: Judith! What do you mean by
this? Has it indeed come to this that
my own daughter defies me to my
face?"
Apparently" she shot back, with
short laugh. Judge for yourself!"
Have you forgotten your vow to
me?"
mo. But take it back and cancel
it: that is my privilege, believe. /. :.
Silence!" she stormed as he strove
to gainsay her. "Silence-do you
hear?-or it will be the worse for
you:"
AS well command the sea to still
its voice: her father ragged like mad
man that he was, for the time being
divested of his habitual mask OF frigid
heartlessness.
And seeing that there was NO other
way Of quieting him, the girl turned
to the third man.
"Now Jimmy!" she said crisply.
Into that car-and be quick about it
and gag him!"
IF you do," her father foamed, "1'll
have your life"
A flourish Of her weapons gained
instant obedience.
She stepped up on the running board
and shot quick, Searching glance
at the face of the chauffeur.
!: Straight ahead, my mani" she said
MAKE for the nearest pass through
those hills yonder, and don't delay
unless you are anxious for trouble. OF
you go!"
The car began to move. She swept
the three men in the desert a mocking
bow, jumped into the body of the car
and slammed the door.
They made no effort to plead their
cause and secure passage even as far
as the edge of the desert; doubtless
they knew too we'll the futility of that,
she thought, as she settled back in
seat, chuckling with the memory of
those three masks of 1dismay unmiti-
gated. y,y.z.sz
It was not until five minutes later.
when she Strengthened up from making
Alan comfortable that she realized
what had made them so content to
abide by her will. ,>
Then she heard their voices lifted
together in long, shrill howl that was
quickly answered by fainter yells from
a distant quarter of the desert, then
by pistols popping and flashing some
two miles away, then by a growing
rumble of galloping hoofs.
The night glasses in the car afforded
her flashes of a body of several horse.
men-some six or seven, she Judged
making at top speed toward the spot
where Marrophat, Hicks and Jimmy
waited beside a beacon which they
had built and lighted
Half dozen sentences exchanged
with the chauffeur advised her that
these were horsemen from the town
of Mesa who had charged themselves
with the duty of avenging the death
Of Hopi Jim Slade.
A sardonic chuckle from within
Trine's gag goaded the girl into sui.
len fury.
Exacting his utmost speed from the
chauffeur, under penalty of her dis.
pleasure, she set herself to revive
Alan.
With the aid of such stores of food
and drink as the car carried, this was
quickly enough accomplished.
Strangling with an overdose OF
brandy too little diluted with water,
Alan sat up, grasped the conditions
in flash, and gained further infofma,
tion as he devoured sandwiches and
emptied q canteen.
The mountain pass was now, he
judged, mile distant. The light on
the hillside, according to the chauf
feur, was that Of prospector who
had camped there temporarily. There
was nothing, then, to be feared from
that quarter, but solely from the rear
where the horsemen, having picked
up Marrophat and his companions
had instituted hot pursuit, and were
now strung out In long, struggling
line. three horses carrying double the
farthermost-perhaps a mile and q
half away-one with single rider
the nearest, we'll within three-quar
ters of mile.
Nobly mounted, this last came on
like the wind, gaining on the motor
car with every stride; for his horse
was trained to such going, whereas
the car at best could only labor heav
lily in dust and sand.
None the less, it had won to point
within quarter Of a mile from the
pass before the horseman got within
what he esteemed the proper range
AMI opened fire.
He fired thrice. His first shot winged
wide, his second by ill-chance- ripped
through rear tire Of the Car, thu.
placing upon it an additional handi.
cap, while his third sought the zenith
Eg'gys 9ss his banda few up and he sdraapad
from the saddle, drilled through tho
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