The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-10-12


her handkerchief and n piece of strins
she mnde a miniature parachute. su-h
NJ children use: weighted Il With q
small sz0ae. and tied to de stone the
messaEs. Returning to fhe ciiH. she
first held up the parachute Tor the
boys 10 see. then tossed II out into
space Almost Instantly the handker-
chief hIlIowed ont thus checking IS
descput. and n smiled gently down
wnrd into the boys Outstretchrd hands
She could see them slowly Jr,ipherng
The UI-written message, Hnd then
glance up NJ her again. whereupvn she
gestured frantirnliy that they were 20
take Il 10 the town They quickly
cHught her meaning and. giving her
wtfye Of encouragement started down
the cnnyon on run.
Hope I'D not return from los An
geles until the day following Cieos
disappearance. Tie was met al the
railway station by Hook who. almost
beside himself With anxiety. told him
the news lie wired 10 Los Angeles
for detectives. Stirred by CleOs youth
and beauty and the mystery which en-
veloped her disappearance posses Of
cowboys and citizens secured the sur
rounding region.
II was 90 Monday afternoon that
Cleo disappeared shortly before noon
on Friday tuo painting boys. their
dust-ErimeJ faces Streaked with riyu-
lets Of persrIratI0n. burst into the
hotel TO Santa EUIalia.
"S1y. mister" one Of them demand
ed breathiessiy Of the clerk, 'Is there
a feIler named Jarvis Hope a-stayins
hereT~
There ne Is. over by the door" said
the clerk. pointing to Hope, who. bag
gard with anxiety was discussing
with Hook further plans to be fol-
lowed 10 the search for Cleo.
Say. mister" piped the boy, tug
ging at Hopes sleeve, lis your name
Jarvis HOpeY
That's my name, son." said the Of
hcer. "What do you want Of meT
Il reckon this letters fer you. then"
and the boy displayed the note from
Cleo.
Hope eagerly devoured the few ILL.,
written lines.
Its from Cleo - he exclaimed. turn
ing to Hook. who was peering eagerly
over his shoulder. Thank God, she's
aliYel That hell-hound Morton has
her a prisoner up 10 the mountains
In a cabin on a ledge. she says"
''Do you think you could show the
the place where you saw herr
'Sure. / been hshin' there a lot of
times"
Come along. then" cried Hope, and,
followed by Hook, he fairly dragged
the boy into his motor car.
So excited were Hope and Hook at
the prospect Of finding Cleo that nelth-
er Of them noticed that another CIR
was following them, nor. when the
roughness Of the country compelled
them to leave their machine and pro-
ceed on foot. did they notice that the
two men In the other car did likewise
For two hours the boy led along the
winding course Of the river until at
last they reached the gloomy detle,
with its perpendicular walls OF rock,
known as Dead Mans gulch.
There's where seen the lady-up
there" said the boy, pointing 10 where,
far above them, the sheer face Of the
cliff cut the sky.
"DO you know how to get Up thereY"
demanded Hope.
"Nope." was the answer. Il amt
never been up here 'cept for fishin."
Come on, Hook" called Hope.
There must be a trail to the top some
where IL we can only find It" At last.
streaming with persplration and stag
gering from exhaustion, be reached
the mesa where Morton had land
ed in the aeroplAne. A few score
yards away he could see, above
line OF bushes. weatherbeat-
en- cabin, and. standing In the door
way-GOd be thanked WAS Cleo.
They saw each other at almost the
same Instant Running TO the brink
VI lAAN AAhoAA NAAAAA oNlltAA aANl AAitAAAs
Hope tried TO call across TO her, but
the distance was too great; she could
not catch his words. But he saw her
pointing 20 the cable. Hurrying to
the end Of II, he glanced about for the
basket, but II was not to he seen.
Rendered reckless by his thoughts for
Cleo. ana taking no thonght as to how
he was TO get back, he grasped with
both hands the Pulley-hook from which
had hung the basket and swung him
self OF into space. He was half way
across the appalling abyss when Cleo,
who had been watching him In ter
riied fascination, uttered a piercing
shrek Of horror. Small wonder that
she shrieked. She had seen man
emerge suddenly from the bushes
which lined the opposite cllff-a man
whose evil face she recognized. IL
was Mahllnl Frozen with horror, she
saw him run toward the end OF the
cable from which Hope was dangling.
She saw him swing an ak high above
his head; she saw 1t whistle through
the air and bile deem into tho ruStad