The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-08-27
CHAPTER xv--con,lnued.

AWWHkF"laFE ulsIch anu WYE ~ff
tough mountain road Did not conn-
Gently expect 10 md Oliver there. !
should not let you undertake thiS ride.
But the Inquiries have just made
lead me TO hope for the beat results
Whats that"
That's the CRY OF loon"
How awful DO they often cry Ike
that"
Not often in the nighttime.
Reuther shuddered.
Mr. Black regarded her anxtousiy.
Had ne done wrong 10 let her join MIN
In this strange ride? ....
Shall We go back and walt Tor
broad daylight" he asked
NO. no. could not bear the sns
pense OF wondering whether all was
going we'll and the opportunity being
given you OF seeing and speaking TO
him We have taken such precautions
chosen 80 late Tor should I say so
early a start--that I'm sure we have
outptted the man who Is 80 watchfal
OF us. But II we go back, We cannot
slip away from him again, and Oliver
VIII have to submit TO humiliation
II !s our duty 10 spare him And tho
good Judge, too. dopt care y the
looms DO cry. the night liz beautiful
And II was. had their hearts been In
tno to enjoy IL gbbous moon had
ben and inefficient as IL was to light
NJ the recesses Of the forest. II u
lumined the treetopa and brought out
the difference between earth and sky
The road, known 10 the horses, II not
TO themselves. extended Ike a black
ribbon under their eyes. but the
patches OF light which fell across II at
intervals took from 1t the pninter'
rupted gloom Il must have otherwise
had. Mr., Sloan, who was at once
their guide and host. promised that
dawn would be upon them before they
reached the huge gully which was the
one dangerous feature Of the road
Their guide had prophesled truly
Heraldcd by that long cry OF the loon.
the dawn began 10 reveal itself and
the everyday world Of the mighty for
est Was upon them with lis night
mystery gone
but not the romance OF their errand.
Lob Al IN
its fulhllmen, Full sight brought full
realization However they might seek
20 cloak tho fact, they could no longer
disguise from themselves that the OBJ
ject Of their Journey might not be ac'
ceptable to the man IN hiding at Tenn.
pest lodge Reuther's faith In him vas
strong, bat even her courage faitered
as she thought OF the disgrace await
ing him whatever the circumstances
or however he might look upon his
tathers imperative command TO re
turn
Hut she did not draw rein, and the
three continued to ride up and on
Suddenly. however, Mr. Sloan was
seen 20 turn his head sharply. and In
another moment his two companions
heard him say
we are followed Ride on and leave
me to take look
ins,iuctIvely they also glanced back
before oheying They were Just round
ing the top Of an abrupt hill, aud eS.
pettad To have an uninterrupted view
of the road behind hut the masses
of foliage we're MS Yer too thick for
them tO see much but the autumnAl
red and yellow spread out below them
4 hear them. do not see them"
Remarked their guide, Two horses
are approaching
How FAT are We now FROM the
lodge"
"A halthours ride We are Just a,
the opcnius OF the gully"
You Nil Join US soon :"
AS quickly as make out who are
on the horses hehni us
Keuthet and the lawyer rode on
Her cheeks had gained slight aush.
but otheeN isc she booked unmogrd He
WAS less a, ease than she, for he had
less ~ sustain him
The sally, when they came 10 Il.
proved TO We a formidable one II VAS
not only deep bat PERCEPTIONS, and for
the two u,ties they rode along It's edSe
the, saN no Ie,up N the steepness ON
one side or Of the almost equally
abrupt rise Of towering rock on the
other Il Mas Reuthers FIRST sxperl
cnCe az So PERCEPTIONS climb. and I'M
der other circumstances she nltsh,
have been timid but In her Present
heroic wood Il was all part OF her
great S5NtutGre and as such accepted
The ,aNyer eyed her with growing
admiration, He had not miscalcuiated
her pluck
As tHes werc making q turn TO gain
the summit they heart Mr. S,oaus
voice behind them, Drawing IN their
horses they greeted him eagerly when
be appeared
We're Nca right Are We followed"
That's as may he | dilnt hsay or
sce aEythuG more ! waited. hut moth,
ine happened SO ! came oa
His words were surlr ana his looks
scur. they. therefore terhore to- qars-
ton him farther, especial, as their
keeaest Interest lay ahead, rather
than behind them. They were nearins
Tempest lodge As IL broke upon
their view, perched Ike an eagles
eyrta On the crest Of rising peak,