The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-04-14

visw ana ssw NO pursuss threatenino
In any direction, was to identify the
country he was In. The only landmark
anywhere in sight that he could recoe-
nize was Music mountain. This now
lay to the northwest, and he knew hs
must be long way from any country
he was familiar with. But there was
no gainsaying. even In his confused
condition, Music mountain. After
looking at II long time ne headed
with some hesitation cautiously toward
1t, with intent to intercept the nrst
trail to the northeast. This would taks
him toward Sleepy Cat.
| As his eyes continued 10 sweep the
horizon he noted that the sun was
down and II was growing dark. lie
was aware at Intervals that he was
| steadying himself like drunken man
His efforts to guide the horse only be-
wlldered the beast. and the two trav-
eled on maudlIn curves and doubled
back on their track until De Spain de-
clded that his sole chance of reaching
any known trail was to let go and give
the horse his head. A period Of uncon-
seriousness, a blank In DE SPANS mind.
soon followed. How long he rode In
this way, or how far, he never knew
He was reused to consciousness by the
unaccustOmed sound OF running water
underneath his horses feet.
1t was pitch dark everywhere. The
horse after the hard experience OF the
evening was drinking a welcome draft
De Spain had no conception of where
he could be, but the stream told him he
had somehow reached the range
though Music mountain itself had been
swallowed up in the night. A sudden
and uncomfortable thirst seized the
wounded man. He could hear the wa
ter falling over the stones and climbed
slowly and painfully out of the saddle
to the ground. With the lines In his
left hand he crawlcd toward the water
and, lying fiat on the ground beside the
horse, put his head down to drink. The
horse, meantime. satisfied. lifted his
head with II gulp, rlnsed his mouth.
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slipped from De SPANS hand. Alarmed
the weakened man scrambled after
them. The horse. startled, SHE'D, and
before his rider could get to his feet
scampered off In trot. While DE
Spain listened in CONSERVATION, the es
galloped away into the night.
Stunned by this new misfortune, and
listening gloOmily to the retreatini
hoof-beats, De Spain pondered the sltu
alton In which the disaster left him
1t was the worst possible blow thai
could have fallen, but fallen 1t had
and he turned with such philosophy a.
he could to complete the drink OF water
that had probably cost him his life.
When he had slaked seemingly I'M
quenchable craving, he dashed the run
ming water, first with one hand and
then the other, over his face. He tried
feebly to wash away some of the alkall
that had crusted over the wound In the
front of his head and was singing and
burning in 1t. There was now moth.
ing to do but to secrete himself until
daylight and walt till help should reach
hint was manifestly impossible FOL
him to seek 1t.
Meanwhile. the little stream beside
him offered first MD. He tried 1t with
his foot and found 1t slight and shall
low, albeit with rocky bed that made
wading In his condition difficult lsu
he felt so much better he was able t.
attempt this, and, keeping near to one
side Of the current. he began to follow
it slowly upstream. The ascent wa.
Mt times precipltous. which pleased
him, though 1t depleted his new
strength. 1t was easy In this way t
hide his trail, and the higher and fast
er the stream took him into the noun
taIns the safer he would be from an!
Calabasas pursuers.,, When he had re
gained little strength and Orientet
himselfShe could quickly get down Int,
the hills.
Animated by these thoughts. he hell
his way upstream, hoping at ever,
step to reach the gorge from which
the flow issued. He would have knowr
this by the sound of the falling water
but weakening soon. he found he mus
abandon hope of getting up to It. How
ever, by resting and scrambling IN
the. rocks, he kept on longer than h,
would have believed possible. Encoun
tering Mt length, as he struggled up
ward, ledge and clump of bushes
he crawled weakly on hands and knee
into 1t, too spent to struggle farther
stretched himself on the fiattene,
brambles and sank into heavy sleep
i, He woke In broad daylight. Con
sciousness returned slowly and h,
raised himself with pain from hi
rough couch. His wounds were stiff
and he lay for long time on his bacl
looking up ut the sky. At length h,
dragged himself to an open space nea
where he had slept and looked about
He appeared to be near the foot of ,
mountain quite strange to him. and II
rather an exposed place. He clamberet
a hundred feet above where he ha,
slept before he found hiding place
It was Mt the foot Of tiny waterfall