Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13
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CHAPTER Hih ...,,,,
~ so had never been my particu-
DvNN.,nt .,ntstIc forte and now, when my
II p ,..onaed upon ileetness of foot
pnno' =, when my not overbrilliant
q o'' nod called down upon my
l.n Funnlne ,ars, raucous and reproach-
ts,d tne = O,S,itcewagon" and call a cab
" ~ .,,hs we're gaining on me rap
NJ sasVI IN particular fleeter than MS
" w.. wv was perilously close. -.
t.s,, avon had become but a ROCKY slis .1
Ias os@ o,onehly at a steep angie toWGna s,i
fsas s.s seemed a pass between '"O "'''
~ - bevond could not even guess
f NhM @ sheer drop of hundreds OF
sposslOV ,Se corresponding valley upon
~ nv nv, side. Had 1 plunged into
rlP'sL ..,.r that I could not hope to out
ReaHs'is sasoths to the top OF the
dftnee .ne Setermined to risk all In an
nnYph n' oheck them temporarily, and
tiahP ~ nod unslung my rudely MADE
h DIS snJ sn,,,ol,ed an arrow from the SKIN
lgs ana olJob y hung behind my shoulder. :.
rl1sr Ns,S s,,od the shaft with my right hand
- nv md wheeled toward the gorilla
ifoeped anu ""e'
pah .ror,d of my birth 1 never had
II wy raft. but since our escape from
tzVn Sad kent the party supplied with
1uus ..,ne by means of my arrow ana
t1ala l..t.ngb snb necessity, had developed a
wSv a.srse OF accuracy. The previous
~ ,ssd restrung my bow with piece
~ s s V,it taken from a huge Tiger
,ns nsa nSai and had worried and hnaliy
yll,.t1d ylu, t with arrow, spear and sword.
eep ~ MA wood of the bow was eNtremely
~ s.s n% md this, with the strength and
psh s.,,S of my new string, gave me un'
s...,ss confidence in my weapon:
f~.v.r had greater need OF STEADY
~, tban then; never were my nerves
" "a r,uscles under better control. L
s,h.sd as carefully and deliberately us
faurh at O straw target
~ saRoth had never before seen
~ and arrow, but of sudden IL must
~, swept over his dull inteilect that
4, ming held toward him was some
m Of engine Of destruction, 1or ne, 700.
~. a halt. simultaneously swinging
2. 81, h.,shst for a throw. 1t Is one Of
y. ,rsnv methods in which they employ
~. wsapon and the accuracy of aim
ss.h tbey achieve even under the most
,ss,vorable circumstances Is little short
I, Miraculous ,,
NJ shaft was drawn back its full
burih. my eye had centred its sharp
~, mon the left breast of my adver-
nv, and then he launched his hatchet
al released my arrow. At the instant
tht our missiles flew / leaped to one
IA but the Sagoth sprang forward to
(, Allow up his attack with n spear thrust.
felt the swish OF the hatchet as 1t
e,,rsd my head, and at the same instant
M shaft pierced the Sagoth's savage
hssr. and with a single groan he lunged
stncst at my feet-stone dead.
Close behind him were two more-hfty
ufds perhaps-but the distance gave me
In, 10 snatch up the dead guardsman's
shed. for the close call his hatchet had
,uyt given me had borne in upon me the
uysnt need / had for one.
Those which l had purloined at Phutra
Ne had not been able to bring along,
trause their size precluded our conceal
hg them within the skins of the Mahars
which had brought us safely from the
Ly.
with the shield slipped well up on my
III arm l let fly another arrow. which
brought down second Sagoth, and then
IS his fellows hatchet sped toward me, l
aught 1t upon the shield, and fitted an