Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-06

yQu. You're not Mrs. Honebody os
other. are you r
.ghe, embarrassed smile ffoze on
hIs lnA lie lesped 10 his teei and
sieod llstening. Faint and cl7aF. sound
ing cheerful rather than omin0us,
there rose 20 them from the valleys
below a baying Of dogs
lie climbed swiftly 70 ths top OF thu
Hub, and stood LISTENING. his Geld
glasses giued TO his eyes.
A glimpse OF two bloodhounds and
fopf msn. oge OF whom wss suililer
and Smother fpiLblaoded Indian.
erosAiag an open space. recently
crossed BY Calestls ara hsmsel dur
Ing their 'unhurfied escape 10 tbs
same direction. brought Tommy down
from tina Tigb "a a great hprry.
We've gos TO beat Il. ceissliA," he
aAld- Ia sorry. because you ara
tired. but that mAD ---hsFs by eneir.
cling his eyes ~ith bis hands. be IN
dlcatea Professor stilliters eye
slasssa~-"is after Us"
,Aho Fuao obedlsntly TO her feet =
dont kso1 Why he Wanis 10 catch
tos said Tommy. and. either you
cont know. or yog won't tell But you
dialiko him. and you're afraid OF him.
and that's enough"
They wefe soon under say. follow.
iug Tho higheT ground. ~hers the gran
lie ouicroprlngs neithar received any
iHiprrm from theif feet, nor loEg held
tho scent " tho leather solea But
he .oIfbts " tho ridges we're not all
granite and Tommy knew very well
that Ia places they were making vhat
Noodnen cali broad trail A trail
Of footprinls sud bent and broken
hfapebss rhlss an Indian VII read
AZ canaally ~ a oammntor reads ha
newspaper. and which. aided by blood.
houada, he win follow a. easily an
small boys follow a procession through
a city street
Tia; broad Tesches VI uHhrohen
granite would occasionally basis their
purnuers was all that Tommy could
hopa Dor
lie bad at first olly : vague Idea
az to lust What part Of the wilderness
he w9uld take hor. but gradually his
mlpd became oocnpled wilh the prob
lem OF getting to that place By
rogte which fhalr pufsueru would ind
the most difhculi possible In follow
ing liz had hopes Indeed OF throw
ms .hrm completely "a tho trail
They tuUled lltila more 10 the
westward. aud began 10 descend from
the high grouLd The baying OF the
hounds al this Time seemed n any
thing little closer
Mhers are wO golng7' she asked
suddenly.
We're going 70 hide on . itlle To-
land ia deep lake. Celestial. Even
u they nnd 0at that ~s are on n.
they u have trouble getting To VA Vsry
few aallors and fewer W0odsmen know
how 20 swim. | used 10 aRh Ia that
Lake a lot, aud I've An old dugout hid.
dea ON the hhore, aud heres tho 70
mama OF q hui on tho Island. Aud l
leu an Old moun-eatun banalo rubo
and a blanket there only last fall
II theres anything lrss OF them iAoy'll
come IN mishty handy. 4 can tell you
They came 10 broad. shallow
stream that noWed brightly under an
arch ~ darA foliage rllenes ~hsfs
We begin 70 make trouble f0f tham.
said Tommy holdlng her elbow Nth
hs freq hand, he kept her from =iam-
bling and falling. Tommy led Cclaslia
- tho middlo OF tho brook. and thea
hey Naeed down Il for upward ol
slile as u Il bad bean Winding road,
ead only loft Il vhaa the roeky na,
ture OF lhs country through which lt
WAS passing offered them Rn opportu-
aigy 81 40 doing and leaving a mini.
mum trail
All a. once Tommy realized that a
ereal allsnoo had fallen IA The ioreae
And hs knew thAi 81 lass the blood.
hounds were In diiiiculuoa. for they
had ceased 10 bag. n.