Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-18


suspense III the moment she fell limpy
upon the traveller beside the bound ON,
her arm thrown across him as though
TO further protect him.
Rainface, old and slow Of gait. came
paniing into the room Taking III what
had happened With Il glance. he drew
the girl awny and seated her upon
stool, then whipping out bis knife freed
Davis and assisted him TO arise Arms
Outstretched the freed one staggered
10 his rescuer. dropped upon his knees
and took her IN Ills arms. Willie from
pocket the ever practical Indian
drew smaIl flask and rendered II.
Placing Il I'd the girls lips Davis forced
her to drink d few spoonfnis, and re-
vlved BY the stimulant the color came
flowing bncS III Tier cheeks. Taking
Johns face between her palms she
looked down 10 II. the tears mounting
to her eyes. while unable to resist the
temptation Of her lips ne drew them to
his own, kissing them. With d gruntof
approval the Indian ayeried Ills head.
You are not hurts she gasped II
was In timer, lie kissed her again.
Yes, dearest. You saved me from
terrible death. and while do not
know how much ny llfegis worth TO
you, Ii Is yours.
u should have died, also. had / been
too late, she sobbcd.
Within the cabin the Hawk and Bel
las sat whispering. heails close to-
gether. Suddenly they snrang 70 their
feet and stood staring like two men
who see d corpse arise. For before
them stood Dayis, his head still bleed
ing from the blow of the billet tilEaWn
hi the spider. Ethel upon his arm and
the old Indian following closely In
their tracks.
'sIiy the Seven Devils, how did you
-ile 4 gaSpeil the Hawk MS With eyes
protruding he gazed upon them.
Bridget Wegan entering the room at
t1lnt moment, seeing the limp form
Of the girl, rushed TO iler and drew
her to her motheriy bosom, pctting
her. crying 'BaDlly. babby." John.
overjoyed hy the knowledge Of Ethel's
love. missed the words that astonish-
ment had forced from iiie arch plot
fcr's lips md held out his hand to him.
Instantly fggnining their pelsc, the
baflletl pair greeted him heartIly.
'.Boys, heamed tile rescued man us
lie shipped them on the backs Cone
graduate me. I nni tile happiest man
90 earth. Miss Ethel loves me yes,
loves me. Twice my life has hung
by d thread since snw son such
short time ago once By damaable
deadfnil which stumbled beneath,
and the second time when was fight.
Ing a buzz saw for my life. got out
from under tie tree unaIded. but this
girl saved me from being cut In two
and then 1t happened. :
what happenedl' asked the Spider.
The sweetest girl on earth gave me
her lips and heart. It was worth q
thousand times what hnd gone
through. It has nude me so happy
that nm more than grateful that
everything has happened just ms X
has, but from now on life means some.
thing to me and nm going To count
upon you two friends To help me In
MY fight against this fur-couted mon.
ster who Is ever seeking my life.
Morgan, again grnsping the Others
hand, wrung Il warmly.
Depend upon Ms. John. We must
keep together hereafter, and he Will
llsd 1t harder to deal with three than
witls one Ounce for ounce Davis re-
turned the clasp.
Together let it be. We Will piece
together what We can make out from
the papers. and after we have given
Ethel chance to rest untii tomorrow
we vii 90 to work 10 find the mine.
sThat VIII give Bellas chance to 70
to the settlement tomorrow and at
tend To some matters for me. II you
will lend him d horse he viii start be-
fore daybreak so as TO be back to-
morrow night.
AS the ITawk and Spider left the
room they met Rninface Oh the porch.
''Golng to get that storm door up tor
night?s the former asked Rainface
shook HIS head.
ssToo dark to work now. Ne Ok him
tomorrow. Leaving the Indtan be-
hind. the Spider addressed Morgan.
what do you want me to do in the
village tomorrow 4 thin grin crossed
Morgan's dark face.
"You don't so 70 any village ton1or-
row. Sabe7" With a nod Of under
standing the Spider said no more.
From within Efhel's room, she and
John watched the pair depart. Slowly
the arm Of the man crept around her
waist and drew her TO him. and with
little sigh OF content she let her head
fan upon his shoulder.
Sweetheart let us be married
nav. lie pleaded AS he bent hts head
ana kissed her. Smiling happily up at
him she slowly shook her head.
,'No. John. dear. not right away.
we must walt until we have carried
out Uncle Johns plans Then Il you
insist
Insist ne cried, kissing her again.
Then / shall not only Insist but de-
mand
You will not need to demand, she
said. as her hand patted bis cheek