Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-12-23

49, YIN Nncm Ne could Nod no con-
verse.
But sven - he staod before tina auf
Of this Old rufian Count Frederscks
eye caught sight Of souethinx which
caused hin heart 70 leap.
L was . little ohisct. an unimpor-zur
irem which might have escaped any
ether eye than hfs Yet his gaze vas
drawn 10 IL trresistihly.
Il vas . BIT Of cloth. . torn tribe Of
sctled and seaencrusted checksrsd
cloth. q portion Of q wuman's x.rh.
Count Frederick recognized IL At once
a. a part Of the drsss skirt In which
he had last seen Kitty Gray <arbed.
There was no rifstakinx H. He knew
IL AZ wei a. the pattern Of sf# own
apparel
She had been here The N, stericus
white woman was Kitty Gray,
Now indeed Count Frederick OF
Gretxhofen became the man Of action
Away nov with doubt and despair
and welcome again the aerre resolve
Of q brave man determined TO I've and
conquer. determined once more 70
achieve the dearest purpose Of hiz
life,
He caught from the pest Of the door
which had torn on this fragment Of
cloth. and held II before the gaza az
the chief-hefcre the eyes Of all ais
men They knew what he meant when
he demanded to see the wearer OF this
bit Of cloth They dreaded the ssxhr
OF his anger. fell back before the men
ace OF the little steel tube. unfamiliar
as IL was to them They knew that this
man would kill unless he found that
which he soughr-the captive but now
rescued from the doom oc IRE.
Fredericks own men fell in behind
aim. and right fusry contest directly
aruse between these two factions or
tribes. whichever they may aavz been
As for Frederick himself. he had not
time for matters Of this sort He hur-
RED 70 hut AFTER hut. tore aside roof
aster root. wall after wall. hunting Scr
the woman whom above all things he
most desired to see. Hs did not nnd
her His questions brought 10 re-
spcnse-
Drawn by a horrible suspicion Of the
meaning OF this fire built at the brink
Of the pit he hurried thither to toin
the group Of Hrgersrs there. and nov
By mere chance found confirmation
and found hope as well
He saw the print Of a small hoce
heel In the sand. other rcormarks tust
heycnd-ir was \ trail Yes. yes. she
had been there. But the footprints
ceased The traiI ended as though the
maker Of Il had flown Up into the air.
Beyond the imprint Of large and mis-
shapsn feet Still led
Count Frederick nov turned savage
u upon these CHEERING creatures
about him. and the meaning Of his
demand was perfectly apparent TO
them Threatening 10 throw them
into the IRE which they had prepared
tnr another. he got from them shrieks
Of protest. much shaking Of the head
In denial. and much pointing en-
toward the forest which lay ahead
SoEe cane 70 him and showed him
the two lines St footprints. the one
line continuing On and pointed 20 the
tcrHst. although themselves not ven
turing TO follow
WITH 4 new terror In his heart. vet
feeling n conviction that Kitty Gray
still lived. he did rot pause 70 wreak
= present vengeance upon these crea-
lures. but hurried On along the broken
trail
The dogifke craft Of one or two Of
his own hald cf zavaSes aided him
Not stacking speed. thsy pointed cut
where the trail ran Now aud again
Count Frederick could see On the
earth the imprint Of the woman's feet
where for n time she had rested CT
ceen put down At length. at the brink
ot the abyss before which Kitty Gray
90 recently had stood. he saw the dcc-
Die imprint again-whers both captive
and captor had srood and looked
s>wn-
The trail led On. and down. whittier
1,ne could guess. Frederick OF Greez-
hofen lid not stop to guess. but
plunged forward inpuisively Who
ever CT whatever might be this creA-
-ure which had carried her CT. here
II least was his lair
The dusty floors Of the cavern. it
by the fare CT such torches as they
found ready for such work. still re-
aimed the record Captnr and captive
nat walked here Deeper and deeper
into the caverns under the hill they
followed the trail. until AZ length ths
distracted eyes Of Count Frederick
saw On ahead something % give hin
pause.
He saw Kitty Gray standing. alive.
unhurt. In q vast apart
nert Of these suhtsrranezn vauIrss Be
Fond. the floor seemed 70 break Of
% what depth he could not guess. No
zgress II either extremity Of the sub
.erranean chamber could be seen from
where he stood Tie trail led thleher.
10 where she stood-to where st her
side stood also q strange misshapen
1gure Of \ ran. or what had been
man
-Mademoiselist- cried Count Fred