The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-10-13

Flip Was Accustomed to Do.
edge, he crawled cautiously forward.
When he felt the earth begin to yield
beneath his weight, Lund drew back t.
secure ground.
Several times he made the same at
tempt, but could not approach close to
the edge without endangering his own
life. He had seen the two men run
away, but had not arrived In time to
see their victim go over the cliff. But
he intended to make sure, although
hoping against hope tho' his suspi-
cions would not be confirmed.
Lund walked along the cliff short
distance until he reached spot where
solid rock jutted out from the edge,
and onto this he crawled with hands
and knees until he could look straight
down along the face of the precipice.
His searching gaze was soon fixed
upon sight that made his heart stand
| still.
About twenty feet down, where the
rocks jutted from the face of the cliff,
| he saw Peg lying motionless, her body
| lodged in a crevice formed by the
| spreading rocks. Probably two hun
| dred feet below the waters of the
| ocean dashed against the cliff, casting
| clouds of spray upward as they spent
their relentless fury upon the rocks.
Lund drew back from the edge and
looked helplessly about him. Back
Of him was the dense woods. To the
right and left of him there was q
clearing, where the forest, save for
few scattered trees, did not reach the
edge of the cliff. Before him, far be-
low, the ocean spread itself until lost
to sight.
Lund ran along the top of the cliff
in search of some possible means of
securing help. Not soul was in
sight. but some little distance ahead
he discovered what seemed to be
new building under construction. Hur-
rying on, he found that the building
was new and being painted, but there
were no worklngmen around-not a
soul to give him aid.
During a quick search of the prem
ises he found several coils of stout
rope, the painters had evidently
brought for the purpose of rigging
swings to stand upon while painting
the house. One of these coils he eager
ly seized, and hurriedly retracing his
steps, dragged it back with him to the
spot on the cliff above where he had
seen Peg lying, jammed among the
rocks.
There was a lone tree near enough
to the edge to be OF good service, and
around its trunk Lund wound and Sc
curely fastened one end of the rope.
Throwing the loose end over the edge,
Lund unhesitatingly disappeared over
the precipice, going down the face of
the cliff hand-over-hand.
At safe distance Chockro and his
pal, their curiosity overcoming them,
had stopped to watch young Lund as
he Unanswered. They witnessed his
run after the rope, watched him as he
returned, and when he let himself
down by the rope the Hlndu's evil
mind awoke to a new inspiration of
tiendlshness.
Here's our chance to make q clean
job of it," cried Chockro as he started
on the run. "Come on, and Wen fix
the young man while he is at our
mercy"
The Hindu's pal followed along.
Reaching the tree where Lund had
made fast the rope, the two men lay
prone upon the ground and, graspine
the strands for safety, crawled to the
edge and looked over.
They saw Lund in the act Of letting
himself down. And when Chockrc
J pulled his revolver from his pocket
and aimed it at Lund, his companion
J shouted:
Don't shoot know better way.
} Wen cut the rope"
The two men drew back from the
edge. Chockro replaced the revolver
In his pocket and, drawing heavy
bladed knife. began cutting the strands
of rope.
! (END OF TWELFTH EPIsoDE.l