Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-18

she revived.
He helped her gently to regain her feet, passed
an arm round her.
Thus they struggled on in strange. dumb compan-
ionship Of misery and wonder.
Thus an hour passed; and for all their desperate
struggles neither could sec that the light the
mountainside was yard the nearer.
Behind them other lights appeared, two staring
yellow eyes that peered up over the horizon,
seemed to pause a time in search of the two. then
leaped out directly toward them.
OF this they were altogether Ignorant; and when
deep. droning sound disturbed the desert silence,
like the purring Of gigantic cat, both ascribed
It 70 the drumming OF their laboring pulses
The two lights were not a mile behind them
when. silently. without sign to warn the girl.
Alan released her, took step apart and dropped
II shot
Instantly she was kneeling by his side But In
the act OF bending over him she drew back and
remained for several moments motienless, staring
At those twin glaring eyes. sweeping down upon
them with all the speed attainable By sixcylnder
touring car negotiating a trackless desert
When Judith did move It was not to- comfort
Alan. On the contrary. her FIRST act to draw
from her pocket heavy. bluntnosed revolver.
break II at the breech and blow its barrel clear of
dust Her hand went next to the holster on Alans
hip. From this she extracted his Colts As treat
Ing It she had the other. Then she crouched low
above the man she loved as II thinking perhaps to
escape notice from the occupants of the motorcar
hope Alan had chosen to fall in the middle of
wide space 50 arid that not even sagebrush had
ventured to take root there When the glare of
the headlights fell upon them 1t was inevitable
that discovery should follow The motor stopped
within twenty feet Three men jumped out and
ran toward the pair, leaving two in the car--the
chauffeur and one who occupied q corner OF the
rear seat: an aged with the face OF damned
soul. doomed for a little time to live upon this
earth In the certain knowledge OF his damnation.
A this happened Judith Trine leaped TO her feet
and stood the body Of Alan, q revolver poised
IN either hand
Haiti" she ordered imperativsly Hands upi-
The three who had alghted obeyed without a
moments hesitation: her fathers creatures they
knew the daughters temper far too wen to dream
Of opposing her win.
In the ak hands that were silhouetted against
the headlights radiance. three revolvers glim-
mered: but AZ her command all three dropped
harmlessly to the earth.
Then sharply. stand back two psces," she re-
CURED.
They moved unanimously.
Darling forward. she picked up and pocketed the
three weapons, then with one OF her own singled
out the men she named.
Nov, Marrophat-and you Hieks-pIck Mr. Law
up and carry him into the car And treat him
gently, mind II one OF you lifts a finger to harm
him. that one shall answer 10 me-"
Stin none ventured 70 dispute her. The two men
designated, without sign Of disinclination stepped
forward. One lifted Alan Law by the shoulders;
the other took his legs. Between them they bore
him with every toward the motor car
But now q second win manifested itself The
man In the rear seat lifted up vsirdiy sonOrOus
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