Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-09-21


have consoled him greatly scoNld. he
have seen it.. The next mom1 that
look changed swiftly, to one horri-
fed surprise. Over the topsof The ivy
mantled brick wall f1anking the garage
slowly appeared mans head and
shoulders Then followed 9 lean7fin-
gered hand clutching glittering heavy
calibered revolver
She saw Legar raise the nickeled
revolver and squint with deliberate
and careful aim over the sights. Be
fore she could utter the cry of warm
ing which was trembling ron her lips
the revolver in Legar's hand was sud-
denly lowered and that malignant
faced outlaw slipped out Of sight.
l.. The white-lipped girl saw that Le-
CARS hurried retreat was due to the
fact that at the moment he was about
to press the trigger of that menacing
revolver q liveried chauffeur had
emerged from the garage, pushing q
clumsy-looking motorcycle. She saw
Davy, still in ignorance of his near
approach to death, jump into the sad
die of the cumbersome affair, which
developed a surprising burst of speed
as it flashed down the drive and
veered sharply onto the macadam
highway. a.V q r. it y f3et'sti
Certain that the unrelenting master
criminal would not so readily relin-
quish his savage purpose of extermi-
mating the young secretary, and more
anxious for Davy's safety than she
would admit even to herself, Margery
ran lightly to the broad veranda of the
manor house and caught up the field
glasses which were kept hanging
against the wall. Sweeping the long
stretch of highway with the powerful
lenses, she quickly picked up the
straight young figure guiding the rae
ing motorcycle With a sigh of relief
she saw him nearing the crest of that
ridgelike elevation called Seven Oaks
hill. ~
But as she was about to lower the
glasses she gave q sudden exclamation
of. dismay, for the motorcycle, slowed
down and came to stop just on the
brow of the hill. The khah-clad rider
dismounted, and after a searching
glance about him, proceeded with some
difficulty to drag the heavy machine
over the stone wall, where it was ef'
fectually concealed from the view OF
any chance passerby. Then he struck
off along the top Of the ridge in the di-
rection of the row of stately trees
standing like sentinels guarding the
valley.
Even as Margery stood puzzling over
the meaning of these strange maneu-
vers, a look of startled apprehension
came into her eyes as she saw a group
of sinister figures sinking along the
side of the road short distance below
the house.
She knew she must run as she had
never run before, If by taking advan-
tage Of a shortcut she hoped to reach /!
Davy before that evil band of gunner,
bent on his destruction.
But even as she was about to burst |
through the bushes fringing the high |
way she heard the low murmur of ap- |
preaching voices and realized her reso-
lutte efforts had been In vain. -Legar |
and his fulsome crew of jailbirds had
outstripped her in that arduous race.
HE must be in back of those rocks"
she heard Legar say in positive tones,
"and if we go out along the ridge he Is
going to plug couple Of us before we
get him. The best way is to go down
the hill and circle around back of him" II
It flashed into the mind of the hid
den eavesdropperi that one chance yet
remained to save her fathers secre-
tary from a shower of bullets fred
from cowardly ambush. BY running
directly along the crest Of the ridge
she might still reach Davy before the
band of savage marauders, who were
seeking to creep up on him by more
circuitous route.
But at that moment the straggly
bush at which she had clutched to
steady her precarious footing sud-
denly uprooted in her hand, and,
flnging up her arms in vain effort
to regain her topping balance, she
went jolting down the sharp declivity
into the midst of the astonished gum
meE.
Get that she mountain-goat and get
her quick p Legar stormed at his
vicious followers.
One Of the younger gangsters made
4 flying leap after. the agile girl, who
now had a start of several yards. AS
she frantically scrambled up the
broken slope, she could hear the heavy,
steps of her pursuer coming
closer and closer. She could hear the
profane encouragement shouted by Lee
yar's men to their straining compan-
ION. Then, with the goal almost within
reach, her overtaxed strength COM
menced to fail. Her struggles became
weaker, and the world seemed clouded
with strange darkness. She heard
the sound of heavy breathing and felt
q rude hand clutching at her arm,