The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-05-27

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did he explain 20 her. at the end OF
his quiet yet hurried labors. that the
looped line hanging AT the tunnel
mouth was I'm any way connected with
the illuminate caps which he had
placed SO pregnantly close 20 his bur.
led mine But il was well, he remem-
bered tc be prepared for such men
as Legar and his followers
Now" said the masked figure, turn.
ing TO the girl. Il want you 10 stay
here until / get back"
Waiting for her deliverers return.
however. proved neither a pleasant
nor a tranquilizing pastimc The girl
became restless. Then she became
worried. Then she even yentured TO
creep out along the rough-shored pas
sageway, TO where the tunnel opened
on a shelf Of rock and gravel half way
up the hillside Screened as il was
with shrubbery she could see little OF
the valley before her The only point
OF life that met her gaze was black
touring car crawling along the valley
road When that car turned on the
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tween tho bushes below her she
thought. at first. that Il was her un.
known guardian returning TO her. But
when she saw Ave men cautiously
emerge from that halfhldden car and
creep still closer through the under
brush, she felt sure that they were
not approaching as friends. For n mo.
Hat
mouth. Then she breathed again, for
she saw that they were not approach
ing her hiding place. but apparently
seeking one OF their own. And as they
foregathcred behind screen OF scrub
oak not more than thirty feet below
her she knew both by their guarded
tones and their general couspiratorial
aspect that they stood intent ON their
own ends, quito obliyious OF her aud
her hiding place.
Her face paled, however, as she
! heard the clearer and more authorize.
tive tones Of ono or those speakers
For that voice she knew, belonged 20
Legar, and only 10 Legar
The girl, pushing her cautious way
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over the ledge Then she held her
breath. for she saw that her move
ments had loosencd tho gravel nj her
feet and sent a coyey OF powders
careeuing down the hillside The
voices below al the same time came
to a sudden stop. I'm another moment
she could hear the crash Of hurrylng
asia
Before she could turn and hy lie
gar and his four cylfaccd followers
were charging up the slope They
were upon her, cutting off her retreat
before she could dodge back into the
passageway. Yet she aid not surrcn-
der without struggle She fought
them back as best she could. standing
at bay with her back against the rocky
hillside. II was not until Legar's hand
clamped like wise on her arm that
she screamed. and screamed again
masked figure picking his cau-
tious way along tho crest OF the hill
above them heard that cry and seemed
to understand its meaning For on
hearing that repeated scream. he no
longer picked his way. but ran fran.
tically, and with all his speed So pre-.
I cipitatcly dill he scurry down that
rocky hillside, in fact. that he de.
scended in a flying leap IN the very
mid@ OF Legar's followers clustered
about tho girl Ile landed like
/ fallen plumb bob. heels down. knock
! ing one az the cnnspirators sprawl
other he sent with well-aimcd blow
/ In the same direction The third was
not disposed OF so easily But an
adept iiu-jifsu twist OF the body soon
sent this opponent diving headforc
most into tho loose gravel II was
then that Legar. seeing his men going
down about him like ninepins, re-
leased his clutch on the girls arm to
draw his revolver.
AZ the Same moment that ne did
SO the man In the mask swinging the
girl sharply about darted for the tun-
nelmouth tlc was through It before
Legar could level his gun and Gre He
was halfleading. half-dragging the
painting girl down the narrow passage
neloie any VI AHt udHu AOWlu lulloWs
But before he lodged for the hidden
| powder house he threw up his free
+, hand and caught at the loop which
hung there at the end OF his line And
he pulled IL vigorously as he ran.
The result OF that simple movement
was both prompt and appalling. The
! thunder OF great defamation shook
| the earth. The rocky hillside erupt-
ed into a sudden volcano OF Aging
earth and gravel, finging its tons OF
debris into the echoing valley, And
under the debris could be seen tho
4 still struggling limbs OF I,egar and his
/ men
But the man in the mask did not
! lInger to witness those struggles lie