The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-04-04

driver acts from the spinal cord, and
not from the brain. Therefore his
brain may be seethlng with 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 his car.
Not too soon. Not before 1t had struck
the cliff. and then taken n sickening
curve out toward the edge Of the
precipice. But stop 1t did, on the very
edge Of eternity. and the chauffeur
held It there.
"Set the hand brakei" 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 stilf
covered. But having dore that. he
commenced q struggle more furious
than forceful. for both of them were
handicapped.
And now Milky was forced to an
unsoldierlike thing that he afterward
tried to forget. For the driver de-
veloped unexpected strength, refused
to submit got the tunic of his head,
and, seeing himself attacked by one
man only, took courage and fell to.
He picked up wrench from the seat
beside him, and made furious pass
at Nikky's head. Milky ducked and,
after a struggle secured the weapon.
All this In the car. over the seat back.
II was then that Milky raised the
wrench and stunned his man with II.
II was hateful. The very dull thud
Of It was sickening. And there was
bad minute or two when he thought
he had killed his opponent. The man
had sunk down In his seat, a sodden
lump Of inanimate human flesh. And
Milky, whose business. In q way, was
killing, was Mortified.
The chauffeur wakened. ten minutes
later, to nnd himself securely tied with
his own towing rope, and lying ex.
tremely close to the edge Of death
Beside him on the ground sat steady
: eyed young man with q cut lip. The
: young man had lighted cigarette, and
was placing It carefully In the unin.
jured side Of his mouth.
"Just as soon ~ you are MP to It."
said Milky. I'VE shall have littls
talk"
The chauffeur muttered something In
the peasant patois Of Karnia.
"Come, comet" Milky observed.
Speak up. No hiding behind strange
tongues. But first. I have the letter.
That saves your worrying about It.
You can clear your mind for action"
h Suddenly Milky dropped his mockina
n tone. He was In earnest, grim and
% deadly earnest.
It II have fancy. my friend.~ he said.
o ITO take that letter Of yours on to its
r. destination. But what that destination
r IL, you are to tell me-"
'g The man on the ground grlnned
T. sardonically. "You know better than
le to ask that" he said. VI viii never
tell you"
10 Milky had thought things out fairly
70 well. for him. in that ten minutes. In
& businesslike fashion he turned the
.. PROSTATE prisoner ON his side. % that
ID he faced toward the chasm. A late
G. moon showed its depth, and the valley
In which the air flowed swiftly. And
y. having thus faced him toward the next
10 world, Milky. throwing away his
Id cigarette because Il hurt his lip, put Q
ts stone or two from the roadway behind
n his prisoner. and anchored him there
sr Then he sat down and waited.
E. "Any newsT he asked, at the end
10 Of ten minutes unbroken silence.
His prisoner said nothing. Hs was
9. thinking. doubtless. Weighing things.
e. too-perhaps life against betrayal. .
D. family against separation.
70 Milky examined the letter again. n
n was addressed to q border town In
d. Livonia. But the town lay far behind
ID them. The address, then, was false
one. He whistled softly.
re Half an hour.
Il. "Come. come" said Milky fercely.
ID I'VE are losing time" He looked
At fierce. too. His swollen lip did that.
to And he was nervous. Il occurred to
g. him that his prisoner. in desperation.
,e might roll over the edge himself. which
would be most uncomfortable.
a. But the precipice, and Nikky's fierce
re lip, and other things, had got in their
III work. The man on the ground stopped
ey muttering In his patois. and turned On
he Milky eyes full of hate.
II will tell you" he said. "And you
r. will free me. And after that"
In Certainly" Milky replied equally.
ly you will follow me to the ends Of
a the earth-although that will not BE-
~ necessary, because don't intend to 20
,e there-and finish me on" Then. stern
ly: "Now, where does the letter got
in I have q fancy for delivering It my.
"A SELF"
a. III tell you, what thenr
m 'AThis: II you tell me properly, and
a all goes well, will return and RELEASE
Az you. II i do not return. naturally you
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