The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-02-08

out changing his slow pace he rode on
No bullet challenged him and no sound
came from the silent house. He can
| tered away from the peril, thinking
with kind of awe of Nan, asleep, SO
| close, under that rOof-cOnfident, too,
he had not been seen-though, in mat
ter Of fact, he had been.
Other cabins back toward the north
wall could be seen dimly to his right.
but all were we'll removed from his
way. In due time, as Scott had ad-
vised,, he saw confronting him, not far
ahead, small, demonstrating cabin
shack. DismOunting before this, he
threw his lines, shook himself little,
and walked up to the cabin door. 1t
was open.
| De Spain called gruffly to the cabin
! inmate. There was no answer. He
hitched his trouser band near to the
butt of his revolver with his right
hand, and laid his left on the jamb of
the door, his eyes meantime boring the
darkness to the left, where Sassoon's
bed should be. The utmost scrutiny
| failed to disclose any sign of it or any
sound of breathing from that corner.
He took q few steps toward where the
| man should be asleep, and perceived
! beyond q doubt that there was no bed
in the corner at all. He turned toward
| the other corner, his hand covering
| the butt of his gun. "HellO, Shike -
| he called out in slightly strained tone
| Of camaraderie, addressing SassOon by
common nickname. Then he lis
| fonnI fr11m
No sound was ever sweeter to De
SPANS ear. The rude noise cleared
the air and steadied the intruder as if
| Music mountain itself had been lifted
| Off his nerves.
He tried again: "Where are you,
| Shike?" he growled. "'What's this stuff
on the foor?" he continued, shutting
his way OstentatiOusly to the other
| side of the room. He felt his way to-
ward the inner door. This was where
| he expected to find it, and it was
closed. He laid a hand gingerly on the
latch. "W'here are you, Shike?". he
demanded again, this time with an i'm
patient expletive summoned for the
! occasion. A second fearful SnOre an
swered him. De Spain, relieved, al
most laughed as he pushed the door
open, though not sure whether curse
or shot would greet him. He got
neither. And a welcome surprise in
the dim light came through stuffy
| pane of glass at one end of the room.
| 1t revealed at the other end man
| stretched asleep on wall bunk-a
man that would, in all likelihood, have
heard the stealthiest sound had any eff
fort been made to conceal it, but to
whose ears the rough voices of a
mountain cabin are mere sleeping po-
tons.
The sleeper woke to feel hand laid
lightly on his shoulder. The instinct
of self-preservation acted like flash.
His eyes opened and his hands struck
| out like cats paws to the right and
left: no knife and no revolver met
them. Instead, in the semidarkness
strange face bent over him. His fists
shot out together, only to be caught
in a wise that broke his arms in two at
the elbows, and forced them back
against his throat. A knee, like an
anvil, pushed inexorably into his ston-
ach and heart and lungs. Another lay
across his Ii1O his oCA U5
Cling left arm he could not though his
eyes burst with the strain from their
sockets, release from where, eaglel1ke
claws gripped at his throat and shut
off his breath. He lay still.
care you awake, Shike?' SassoOn
heard from the gloom above him. But
he could not place the voice. You
seem to move around good deal in
vOur sleep. If you're awake, keep still.
I've come from Sleepy Cat to get you.
Don't mind looking for your gun and
knife. Two men are with me. You
can have your choice. We've got
horse for you. You can ride away from
us here inside the gap, and take what
hits you in the back, or you can go to
Sleepy Cat with us and stand your
trial. I'll read your warrant when the
sun. gets "A little higher. Get up and
choose quick"
Sossoon could not see who had SUD-
d,,oA him. nor did he take long to de-
oido what to do. With less trouble
thon no expected, the captor got his
man sullenIy on horseback ana gave
him severely plain directions a 10
hot IN do. SassoOn, neither una
nor gagged, was told to ride his Fse