Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-25

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II he had had ten thousand dollars
! wagered on the outcome he could no'
have been more excited.
Swiftwater Pete. drawn BY the
cries Of Sheba. came running from
the stable. AS he passed the window
Holt caught him by the arm.
What are you goin't to do. Pete :
Let EN- alone. Let 'em go TO 1t. They
got 10 have II out. Stop 'em now
and they'll get at 1t with guns"
Shcba ran up. wringing her hands
stop them. please. They are killing
each other
Nothing Of the kind. girl. You
Let 'em alone. Pete. The kids there
every minute. amt he? Gee. that's
good one. boy. Seven-eleren-nine-
Is two. 'Attaboy."
Macdonald had slipped on the
snow and gone down to his hands and
knees. Swift Us a wildcat the young
er man was on top of him. Hamper
ed though he was by his parka. the
feet again. He was much the heavier
man. and in spite Of his years the
stronger The muscles stood out IN
knots OH his shoulders and across his
back. whereas on the body OF MS
more slender opponent they flowed
and ripplCd In rounded symmetry.
Active rs a heather cat, Elliot was far
the quicker Of the two.
Half blinded by the hammering ne
had received. Gordon changed his
method of fighting. He broke away
from the clinch and sidestepped the
bul,-like rush Of his foe. covering up
as well as he could from the onset.
Macdonald pressed the attack and
was beaten back by hard. straight
lefts and rights to the unprotected
face.
The mine -owner shook the matted
hair from his swollen eyes and rush
cd again. He caught an uppercut
flush on the end Of his chin. 1t did
not even stop him. The weight OF
his body was in the blow he lashed
up from his side.
The knees Of Elliot doubled up un-
der him like the blade of a jackknife.
He sank down slowly. turned. got TO
his hands and knees, and tried to
shake of the tons OF weight that
seemed TO -h.a,dtngs &! s.s hGsrc99. him. dow%. -
Macdonald seized him about the
waist and flung him to the ground
Upon the inert body the victor
dropped. his knees clinching the torso
Of the unconscious man.
Now, Pete. Go to him." urged
Holt wildly.
hut before saltwater could move
before the great fist Of Macdonald
could smash down upon the bleeding
face upturncd to his, sharp bio"
struck the flesh Of the raised fore
arm and for the moment stunned the
muscles. The Scotch-Canadian lifted
n countenance drunk with rage. pas
sion tossed.
Slowly the light Of reason came
back into his eyes. Sheba was stand
ing before him. his rifle in her hand
She had struck him with the butt OF
II.
Don't touch him! Don't you dare
touch HIM" she challenged.
He looked at her long and then lei
his eyes fall to the battered face OF
| his enemy. Drunkenly he got on his
feet and leaned against a willow. Hi:
forces were spent, his muscles weight
! cd as with lead. But 1t was not this
| alone that made his breath come
short and raggedly.
Sheba had flung herself down be-
side her lover. She had caught hin
tightly in her arms so that his dis
figured face lay against her warn
bosom. In the eyes lifted to those oi
the mine owner was an unconquera
BILE defiance.
He's mine-mine. you murderer,
she painted fiercely. If you Kill him
YOU must kill me first
The man she had once promised tc
marry was looking at a different wo'
| man from the girl he had known. The
soft. shy youth Of her was gone. She
was u forest mother OF the wild:
ready to go to the stake for the hus'
band Of her choice. An emotion
band Of her choice. An emotion
primitive and poignant had trans
formed her.
His eyes burned at her the ques'
ton his parched lips and throat coult
scarcely utter. so you-love him
But though 1t was in form Of
question he knew already the answer
For the first time in his life he be-
gan to taste the bitterness Of defeat
Always he had won what he coveted
BY brutal force on his stark will. Blu
1t was beyond him to compel the love
Of a girl who had given her heart te
another.
| Yes" she answered.
| Her hair in two thick braids wal
flung across her shoulders. her darl
head thrown back proudly from th'
rounded throat
Macdonald smiled. but there wa
no mirth in his savage eyes. DO yol
know what I want with him-why
have come to get him."
No"
| I've come to take him back 4
Kusiak to be hanged because he muir
dered Milton. the bank cashier"
The eyes Of the woman blazed a
him. Are you mad?"
Its the truth" Macdonald's voice
was curt and harsh. He and Hol
were robbing the bank when MiltoI
came back from the dance at TIT
club. The towards shot down tn
old man like a dog. They'll ham
for It II It costs me my last penny. 81
help me God"
You say It's the truth" she re
torted scornfully. do you think
don't know you now-how you twts
and distort facts to suit your ends