The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-11-03

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edge, he crawled cautiously forward.
When he felt the earth begin to yield
beneath his weight, Lund drew back tn
secure ground.
Several times he made the rame at
tempt, but could not approach close to
the edge without e~ndangering his own
life. lie 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 that his suspi-
cions would not be confirmed.
Lund walked along the cliff a short
distance until he reached q 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 a 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 m~otionless, her body
lodged in a creyice 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
| yiUhf on1 loft Of hin, fHoro wy.
clearing, where the forest, save for q
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 Il soul was in
sight. but some little distance ahead
he discovered what seemed to be q
new building under construction. Hur-
rying on, he found that the building
was new and being painted, but there
were no workingmen around-not
soul to give him aid.
During a quick search of the prem
Uses he found several coils Of stout
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brought for the purpose Of rigging
swings to stand upon while painting
the house. One Of these coils he eager
~ seized, and hurriedly retracing his
steps, dragged 1t back with him to the
spot on the cliff above where he had
seen Peg lying, damned among the
rocks.
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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 unhesftatingly disappeared over
the precipiee, going down the face Of
the eli. hand-oyer-hand.
At a 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 Hindu's evil
mind aWoke to . new inspiration Of
fiendlshness.
Here's u chance to make a clean
job of It," cried Chockro as he started
on the run. "Come on, and we'll 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, grasping
the strands Tor safety, crawled to the
edge and looked '
They saw Lund In the act Of letting
himself down. And when ChockrO
pulled his revolver from his pocket
and aimed It at Lund, his companies
shouted:
Don't shoot I know q cetter -.
Wen cut the rope"
The two men drew back from -
edge. ChOcEro replaced the revoevep
in his pocket and, drawing . heavy
bladed knife. began cuttng IL etran0
Of rope.
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