Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-11-10


Ter and began to move and TO grow.
Halt" King Numbered; and his
voice was sharp and unexpected as a
pistol crack This was something tan
Eible. that man could tackle-a Der-
| feet antidote for nerves.
The blue light continued on a zig
gag course, as if man were running
| among powders With an unusual sort
~ torch; and as there ~ as no answer
hlng drew his pistol took about thirty
seconds aim and fred. He fred
straight at the blue light.
1t vanished instantly, into measure
less black silence.
! Now you've jolly well done II.
| maven you the Rangan laughed in
his ear. That was her blue light
YaSmnisw
II was a minute before King an
sWered, for both animals were all but
frantic with their sense Of their rid
ers' state of mind; it needed horse
manShip to get them back under CON
troll.
How do you know whose light II
wasT King demanded. when the
horse and mare were head to head
again.
1t was prearranged. She promised
me signal at the point where l am
| to leave the trackW
King drove both spurs home, and
set his unwilling horse to scrambling
| downward at an angle he could not
| guess. into blacknesS he could feel.
trusting the animal to find a footing
where his own eyes could make out
nothing.
To his disgust he heard the Ran
| gar Immediately. TO his even greater
| disgust the black mare overlook him.
| And even then, with his own mount
stumbling and nearly pitching him
| headforemOst at each lurch, he was
forced TO admire the mares goatlike
agility, for she descended into the
gorge in running leaps. never setting
Il wrong foot. When me and his horse
reached the bottom at last he found
| the Hangar waiting for him.
This way, sahib"
The next he knew sparks from the
| black mares heels were kicking IN
in front OF him. and q wild ride had
begun such as he had never vet
| dreamed Of There was no catching
up, for the black mare could gallop
two to his horses one; but he set
his teeth and followed into solid
night, trusting ear. eye. guesswork
and the god of the secret service
men, who loves the reckless.
Once in every two minutes he
caught sight for a second &C the same
blue siren light that had started the
race. He suspected that there were
many torches placed ut intervals.
His own horse developed speed
and stamina he had not suspected, and
probably the Hangar did not dare ex-
tend the mare to her limit in the
dark; at all events, for ten. perhaps
fifteen, minutes of GREATNESS gallop-
ing he almost made a race Of It, keep
ing the Hangar either within sight or
sound.
But then the mare swerved sud
denly behind a bowlder and was gone.
lie spurred round the same great rock
a minute later, and was faced by n
blank wall Of shale that brought his
horse up all standing. 1t led steep up
for thousand feet to the skyline.
There was not so much as a goat
track to show in which direction the
mare had gone, nor a sound of any
kind TO guide him.
He dismounted and stumbled about
on foot for about ten minutes with
his eyes two feet from the earth, try
ing to find some trace Of hoof. Then
he listened, with his ear to the
ground. There was no result
He knew better than to shout.
After some thought he mounted ana
began 10 hunt rho way back. rcmem-
bering turns and twists with a pift
for direction that natives might well
have envied him. He found his way
back 10 the foot Of the road at
trot whore niuety-nlnc men out oC al-
most any hundred would hive been
lost hopeIcsely. and close 10 tho road
he overlook Darya Khan. huceing hs
rife and staring about like scorpion
0t bay
did YOU expect that blue light, and
this gallopne awayg" he asked.
"Nay ~glb; ! knew nothing IF itl
I was told to lead the way to kim
jan"
"Comc ON then I"