Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03

all, il was impossible to be eithe,
worried or frightened with he.
there beside him!
"I1l go down and reconnoiter
the WALL ne said. GLOW far is
the pavement below your Win
aow?"
''Ten or u feet"
"lM need more rope"
"My bed clothes!" she cried.
We can make a rope from them"
She ran into the bedroom. drew
the blind at the window, and then
turned on the light.
"No n can see us in here" she
said, and began to strip the covers
from the bed. "Come i'm and shut
the door, and they can't hear us
either
Dan paused an instant at the
threshold; then, ashamed of his
hesitation, he entered and closed
the door.
1--WE can make a perfectly love
ly rope OF these" Went on kasia,
her face shining. II happen to
know how-we teach plating in
our kindergarten on the east side.
First we must tear them into
strips
AT this Dan helped her, and then
the plating began. In 20 minutes
as many feet of rough, but service
able rope was done.
"Suppose L take a look around
the court" Dan suggested, ''while
you finish the plating. We'll
need a lot of rope, if we have to
go over the wall, but.perhaps there
is some other way out"
She went with him to the Will
dow, watched him as he tied the
rope to the shutter hinge, tested it
to make sure that it was safe, and
kissed him before he swung him
self off. Then she leaned far over
the sill and looked down into his
upturned face, all her love i'm her
eyes. "A moment he hung there,
gazing raptly up at her, then
slipped down into the darkness;
and kasia, with trimming heart,
returned to- her task.
A very few minutes sufficed for
Dan to convince himself that the
only way of escape from the court
lay over the wall. He found the
door opening into the basement of
the house, but it was a strong one
and securely bolted, as a pressure
OF the shoulder proved; and there
was no other entrance. The wall
itself was not encouraging, for it
was at least IL feet high, and at
the top was that formidable iron
defense. 1t might be possible to
throw their rope over one of the
barbed points, pull himself up,
and draw kasia up after him. Me
had accomplished far more diff
cult things than that to gain free
dom!
He CROPPED FOR The rope, found
it. and mount I'd hand-over-hand to
the window sill, threw his arm
over it, drew himself up and
hung there. paralyzed, staring at
what lay within.
Through the open door of the
bedroom poured a stream of light.
and beyond, on the bed, sat Kasia.
her head lent, her f.ngers busy
with tn" >I:;ps Of c!n,h. and i'm
the darkness Of the outer room,
peering in at her, was dimly out
lined a huge and threatening fig
ure. Dan could see the profile of
the bearded face, half turned away
from him; could guess at the leer
upon it, the evil light in it's eyes.
Then slowly, slowly, it drew closer
to the bed room door
With teeth set and heart flam-
ing, Dan drew himself quickly up
OH the sill, stepped lightly into the
room, and crouched in the shadow
OF the table. Had the giant heard?
He peeped out cautiously. No, he
was still intent upon the working
girl. But a weapon-he must have
a weapon-and Dams agonized
glance, sweeping the room, fell up
on the debris of the broken chair.
Quickly he crept to it, and his fin
gers closed about one of the heavy