The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-02-04


But now they added the last toucl
OF cruelty in their torture OF her. tina
OF delay. They did not carry her. re
signed TO the worst, at once to NEE
her fate: but on the contrary led he
away and left her alone for a time,
prey to her own reflections. the vic
tim OF her own imaginations.
Only at times her strong will, hel
strong body, rebelled at the thought
OF death. Then she would cry out
"Roleau. Roleau," she would exclaim
raising her hands; Help, help! Come
to mel" But more often than his
name, she invoked that of another
She heard her own voice, almost with
out her own WILL calling aloud for
| Count Frederick. the man so late her
enemy, yet so ready and so powerful
In any time of stress or dangert
Frederick" she moaned, again and
again. Where are you? Why do you
not Gomez"
But to all this, only the bowling
derision of her captors made answer.
She must, then. die!
In the last moment of their caprice.
or in the full time Of their decision,
they hailed her once more forth from
the hut, up to the brink OF the sacri-
f1cial pit itself, where now she saw
the awakening flames.
Facing this elimination of their
heather rites, whatever were their
purposes, their innocent victim again
made such battle as she could against
her captors. Shrieking she called
again and again upon those names
with which once she could couture
called also upon the last name
spoken by human hearts in despair.
who shall tell whether or not there
De higher powers controlling circum-
stances such as these? At least, at
this crucial moment there came
rescue, II rescue it might be called.
There burst from the corner of the
nearby forest strange, ill-shapen,
halt-clad figure, whether or not human
Kitty scarce could tell. 1t was a man
white man, clad in tattered frag-
ments OF what once had been a white
mans garment. Brawny, hairy, re-
pulsive indeed, of cultural and inco-
herent speech, he seemed like no
white man Kitty Gray ever had seen.
A swift conviction came to- her that
he was uemented, that he was a luna
preserved from death by
the very reason of his lunacy.
Whoever or whatever he was, his
design now seemed not unfriendIy to
the victim of these savage ceremonies
in progress. Sweeping aside
with blows of his great arms the saw
ages who clustered about her. he
caught Kitty up in a gorillalike en-
brace, and with hoarse cries of de- |
lance made his way with her to the |
cover of the woods
The natives did not pursue them
Kitty could not tell why. Indeed she
scarce had time to reason, in this |
new terror at the formidable appari- |
ton which now had her in charge.
Then slowly, finding him not I'M
friendly, she found time to ponder and |
70 plan. Certainly this being was, or |
could or once could have employed in
.elligible speech-right again be able
% do so.
But speech of ineligible sort she
lid not hear. Only he bore her away
% some distance, until at length safe
n the cover of the forest, he set her
Town.
Kitty looked about her. She found
herself in situation which she could
fken to nothing else in all her expe-
fence.
A steep trail led down the declivity
II craterlike opening, evidently the
mouth of great cavern reaching
Jack under the hill. The opening
would not easily have been guessed
" stranger in those parts, even
hough passing close by In the forest.
was, in short, the mouth OF one Of
he vaultlike series of caverns formed
n. the lava rock of what had once
cen a volcanic hill.
Below, within, all seemed dark. cold.
ilent. 1t was refuge-though what
refuge. She was rescued-but by
ghat rescuerl
He beckoned to her now, and she
ollowed him down the steep slope.
anne then long stretches of under
round passages, how many, how long,
litty could not tell
AT least she lived. In spite of all
er terrors, in spite of all these addi-
lonal doubts, she still lived. She
light have been more disposed to
lake some effort in her own behalf.
ad she not felt full upon her that
TRANCE oppression always expert
need by any human being finding
inself deep beneath the surface OF
lat earth upon which, and not under
'hich, he was born to walk.
So far as she could see, her captor
ad nc plan save that Of safety from
ursuit. And she still lived-she could
ny so much as that il no more!