The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-17

Ot JuuHR, ner Twin sister, ana unWtl-
lingiy gains her lore also.
1.-THE HUNTED MAN.
Copyright. 1914. by Louis Jaseph
Fance.)
Somehow the impossible feat was
achieyed; somehow the woman con
tTived TO Chamber; and then he inturn
pulled, himself up, 70 safety. and sick
with reactions sprawled prone above
tue screaming abyss.
Later he became aware that the wo-
man had crawled TO safety on the far
ther shore. and pulling himself togctf-
er, initiated her example.
In ghastly twilight in which the
flaming forests on the other shore
burned with unea'thly glare, he dis
covered the wan. writhing face of
Judith Urine close to his and he heard
her screams.
You fool. why did you save me?
tell you, 1 have sworn your death
The utter grotesqnenese of 1t all
broke upon his intelligence like the
revelation OF some enormous absurdity
N Nature. He laughed a little hys-
terically.
Darkneas followed. A flash of light
ming seemed TO flame between them
like fiery sword. To its crashing
thunder he lapsed into Unconscious
ness.
When he reused, 1t was with a shivet
and Ebudder.. Rain was falling i'm
torrents from a sky that was the hue
or slate. Across the lake dense vol
umeS .of steam enveloped tthe fires
that tainted beneath the deluge. A
great kissing noise filled the world,
aiaat:iS even The s'car of sh, spi,iway.
But in hand, tatereG and bruised by
the downpour. he found-a rose.
"But,w aiy? Whatw as thatq"
Judith is returning. left my guide
up the trail 20 signal us. Don't you
know what 1t means IL we don't man
age to escape before she gets here?"
'But how?"
According to the guide the rivers
the only way other than the trail"
The current is too 'Gtrong. They
ccuid followr-pot us at leisure from
the banks.,' r,7sE. IN
But dowrstream--the current with
Those rapidsg,
We must shoot ,theln!" ea A
sinCani it be Fdone?"fe tts.s -
1t lnnpt be!'s ss
Two strokes lock, IL to the nidt?,es
OF the pool where iinmediatelyt ae cur
rent caught the little craft In its ure-
ent grasp and sped IL smoothly
through more narrow and higher
banks. moment more and the mouth
of the gorge was yawning for them.
with the clean balance OF an cxpe-
rlenced caniemau. Alan rose to his
teet Tor an instantaneous reconnois.l
sance both forward and astern. He
looked back fret, and sroaned in hisl
heart to nee the sharp prov of the.
aeeond canoe glide ont from the. banks
He looked ahead aud groaned Naloud.
Ihe rapids were wilderness of
shouting waters. white and gree,.,
worse than anything. he had antici.
pated or ever greamed or.
But there was now no escaping tliutf
pFdeat. The caroe was already spin
ning between wallis where the water
ran deep and fast with classy sur.
face. 4. - 81
The. next instant It waa "a tie saws: j
and the man settled down to work
win grim aefe sminatiofi. piiting cosr-l
sege and strength and exnarience
against The ravenihg waters that tore
at tie uanoe on every hand. whose
mad clamor sbeat back and forth be-
tween the walls of the gorge ike vast
5beiiowings OF Internal Inirfh.g
He fought like one possessed. There
was never an instantss grace for judg-
mort or execution: the one must be
synchronpus with the other. both I'm
RstantaneoaiB. ..or else destruction.
The Canoe wove this lsaysanfi that
like an ittue no nl1tttif A. IN, .s,.,,3t,,