Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-18
EPISODE y.
GOAT WITHOUT HORNS"
The Rumble OF n Distant Dru,u


Ea3483ts silence was unhrokcu by any sounds
E8 other than the s;ealthy dip and sitther
ttEot paddles urging ever deeper into its
maseS canoes that slipped
S&like spectral shapes through that
EE Ehostly charoscuro OF brilliant moon
E&lfSht and lanpblaC> shadows.
|3k or these canoes there were four.
ISEtravelinE in pairs. or which one led The
|SFother by upwards Of an hours hard
.f3 paddling.
In the foremost pair, the iesdns
E}Hcanoc was occupied nv two versions.
octoroon woman in the bow acting aS
Ekgutde, with Juan Lopez welding the
.Etspaddle.
y boats length 10 thu rear Lost
Et Prince Philip. OF Alanja piled the pad
EEdle which furnished motive power for
Es3 IN canoe previously hUrdcued With the
&f person OF Princess Juls this last
$t resting "a the stern. senses dulled by
Elm daze of fa,igu. that VAS little less
III than coma.
M In the pursuing canoes travelled VIC
kdtorine SavatH and Count Ramon d.
ENtZoba. LED BY the Nova ScotisN first
Inmate, MIR. Nicholas, and CUBAN out
&tlaw the sole survivor o. the swamp
SE Adder's crew. impressed guide AZ
&tSthe muzzle OF n rihs and stimulated 10
saa faithful service by the promise that
sshs life would be spared did he sue
ISNceed in overtaksnE thu ,n6iuves.
[ssstortuous channels OF IN. swamp per-
limited For hours they held on with
9e-out material loss "r gain 10 either ana
stwithout the turitivos suspecting they
/Tswere pursued or tho pursuers gain
@ins any assurance thai they were on
1.-THE right track.
r. Yet there WAS but one Way out OF
the swamp. and now that the Swamp
Il Adder and all his company but one
| were dead. that WAY was known 10 but
Two in all tn. world-ths octoroon and
the Cuban outlaw.
II The pursuit could not 60 astray'
Ieavc through treaChery.
Some time after midnight Prince
jPhilip hogan TO notice change IN
l,hc character Of the swamp. the man
4 groves wcrc yielding to caNes. lit
t1tle later the waterway they followed
Hiram between low banks and dense
klwalls Of II cane-brcak. Still later the
channel grew almost too shallow Tor
naviEation. And presently. rouniing a
ssbend. he discov Ared the leading canoe
E2at rest half drawn Ur out OF the water,
Sgthc octoroon woman and Juan Lopez
H standing beside it or a scm'soiid path
Stof ground from which path snaked
RI off through the break.
Making landing beside the other
canoe. he reused the princess and sup
b porting her with an arm. round her
Eswaist--thouGh his own powers were so
snapped that nc could III spare the
LSEtrcn = h--drcW hHr WIN MN down Inc
IA path ut tho hcclS or their guide.
S. For another thirty mlnutes-an in
terninable struggle against such
wcarincss that tho mere cXertion need
cd TO maintain ones footing seemed
intolorahle tormcnt-they plodded OH.
Then abruptly there was TO more cane
brake; substantial terra-fI rma replaced
81 1T. tho path began 10 thread wooded
%savamahs that rolled up to high
rampant OF hills.
h \ oar Of flN tot hn M
showed symptoms of fatigue In
sullcn silence preceding them. she held
on without hint OF Willingness -
&rcst suspicion that the others wcrc
Is less untirinr than herself.
Eventually. at sign from Phillip.
Juan Lopcz ranged ALONGSIDE the WON
an. halted her with hand on hor arm,
and made it plain that they mus, soon
pause Tor sleep ia the open II she
could not find them = shelter.
She listened sulkily. ana without
other response turned sharply aside
from tho main-travcled path into on.
more narrow aud family traced. sad
ing off through a Jungle
u Thus the party quickly gained :,
sclcarnS. where they found a rudeIy
matched shed lacking three sides And
mere the woman paused designating i,
simply as their lodging for tile uirh,
SSby throwing herself At icneth anon IN.
ground and pillow ing her head upon a
Bonded arm.
a.. -, 10 '"'.- "S.eep without
.rho a.,
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49,. vac princess, t"'
49, g., 49,, t"'.e' "'cf' Sh" Sioot
$sLopez ranged III" clearing once, &c
make sure nothing was am!ss with III,
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