The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-08

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came the steep ascent to the very
crest 1t the mountaine and assfalling
hack. scarlbv gear, until they tlinhed
slowly sII the lowest.
NfEAy 1nfolded hisssleHgfh quietly.
The gears were grinding. the driver
bent low over his wheel. Very de-
nberateIy. now that he knew what he
was going to do, Milky unbuttoned his
.tunic and slipped It Of. 1t was q rash
thing, this plan he had in mind, rash
under any circumstances, In q moving
car-particnlariy rash here, where be-
tween the elf and a precipice that
fell far away below. was only q wind
ing ribbon of uneyen road.
Milky, he waited his monient; and
then, with one singularlx efficient ges-
'ture. he flung his tunic over. the
ehauffeur's head. He drove Gear
himself, did sNikky-n6t his own; OF
course; he was Ear too. p0or---ands he
counted on one thing--an automobile
driver acts from the spinal cord, and
rot from the brain. Therefore his
brain may be seething with a thousand
frenzies, but he Will shove out clutch
and brake feet In an emergency. and
hold them out.
So it happened. The mans hands
left the wheel. but he stopped HE, car.
Not too soon. Not before It had struck
the cliff, and then taken q sickenfnG
curve out toward @the edge Of the
precipice. But stopdt did, On the very
edge OF eternity, and the chauffeur
held 1t there.
HSSet the hand brake r., Milky said.
The lamps were near enough the edge
to make him dizzy.
The chauffeur ceased struggling and
set the hand brake. His Head was stin
covered. But having done that, he
commenced a struggle more furious
than forceful, for both Of them were
Handicapped. >
And nov May wasss forced to an
unsoldieffike thing that h~@&afterwaf6
tried to forget. For the driver de-
jveloped unexpected strength. refused
TO snbmits got the 4untc of his head,
and, seeing himself attacked ~ q
maj only, took courage and fell. to.
sHes picked up a wrench nom the seat
beside him, and made a furious pass
at Nikky's head. Milky ducked and,
after a struggle secured the weapon.
All this In .fhetcar, over the seat back.
1t was then that Milky raised the
wrench and stunned his man with 1t.
1t WAS hateful. The very dull tbud
OF it was s%ickeEing. And there was a
bad minute or two when he thought
he had killed his ,Opponent. The man
had sunk down in his seat. q soddeh
lump of inanilnate human flesh. And
Milky, whose business, in q way, was
killing, was Mortified. t4,
= The chauffeur wakened. ten minutes
later, ,tosind hiMeelf. securely tied With
his own towing rope, and lying sex-
tremefy close to the. edge Of deeth.
Beside him on the ground sat a ste{dy-
eyed young man with q cut lip hae
young man had lighted a cigarette, And
was placing IT carefully In the uRtD-
jured side Of his mouth.
"Just as soon as you are up to it."
said Milky, eve shall have q fxtfle
talk"
The. chauffeur muttered something In
the peasant patois Of Karnia.
"Come, Gomez" Milky observed.
Speak up No hiding behind strange
tongues. But first. Ighave the letter.
That saves your worrying about II.
You can clear your mind for action"
Suddenly Milky dropped his nn0ckirg
tone. He was in earnest, grim aid
deadly earnest. : 81
II have.a fancy. my friend" he sale,
ito take that letter Of yours on to It's
destination. But what that destination
is, you are to- tell me-"
: The man on the ground grinneti
~sardonically. "You know better than
to ask that" he said. II will neveY'
tell you" . 1 Ut.sst-.
Milky had thought things out fairly
well, for him. in hat ten minutes. In
a businesslike fashion he turned the
PROSTATE prisoner on his side, SO that
he faced toward the chaSm. A late
moon showed Its depth. and the valley
In which the air flowed swiftly. And
having thus faced him toward the next
world. Milky. throwing away his
cigarette because it hurt his lip, put q
stone or two from the roadway behind
his prisoner, and anchored him there
Then he sat down and waited.
ANY news?" he asked. at the end
Of ten minutes unbrOken silence.
His prisoner said nothing. He was
thinking, doubtless. Weighing things,
tool erhaps life against betrayal, q
family against separation. ,.f,14.
Milky examined the letter again. 1t
was addressed to q border town in
Hvonia. But the town lay far behind
them. The address. then, was a false
one. He whistled softly.
Half an hour. fGUt. --tt. t> 5
"Come. come,' said Milky hercely.
I'VE are losing time" He looked
fierce, too. His swollen lip did that.
And he was nervous. 1t occurred to
him that his prisoner, in desperation.
might roll over the edge himself, which