Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-07-04

ecutors OF the estate OF John Carr. miner,
and Joint guardians OF his adopted daugh-
ter. Ethel. quarrel over the disposition OF
the profits OF the mine. Morgan unsus-
pected by Davis. makes several unsuc-
cessful attempts on the life of the latter,
divertlng suspicion to q mysterious her
init Morgan summons villainous ac-
complete named Spider Bellas Several of
their attempts TO kill Davis. so that
Morgan can get the gold and the girl are
miraculously frustrated by mysterious
hermit Davis Is bound to the traveller
OF a saw used for cutting logs
Bound to the traveller OF the saw
mill and being slowly but surely con-
veyed against the whining buzz saw.
knowing that few seconds more must
find his body being severed by the
Jagged teeth, John Davis fought
against terrible death with all the des-
peration Of powerful and courageous
man. Had the fate which stared him
In the face been clean death at the
muzzle of a gun, or through fall over
n cliff, he might have resigned himself
TO 1t and died then and there. But the
thought of being torn In two by the
steel teeth OF this whirling monster
aroused him as nothing In his life
had ever done before. Beneath his
4 clothes his muscles swelled like whip
cords MS he summoned every inch of
|, his splendid strength into the battle
u fprlife
I, The, saw was but foot from his
Y h0hy. IL would strike him ut the
ybreast, pass through him as through n
I piece Of deadwood; leave him severed
ainN halves Through his mind flashed
tthe vision OF Ethel finding him thus
4 Ethel. the M0man he loved God! He
could not lendure~ the thought. He shut
shis, eyes aud released his concentrated
'strengih Us u steel spring unbends.
z Before that terrific effort the cord
that had bound his right arm snapped
alike rubber band and the arm was
frees CQplclS as thought hsS Threw out
..his hahd Una Ibraced 1t against the
beam running across the mill above
u he whirlins Jblhde. Then stiffeaing his
arm until 1t became rss NJ bar, Of iron
he pltted his strength against that of
the traveller.
Habit ybeeosa large einlll5 designed
for the. handling OF heavy timber no
mans strengthc could have resisted Ii.
But, fortuuatelyifor thexictimc0f Nor.
fgan's ,treachery,, when lold John Carr 4,
lthe pioneer. had constructed II he had
sbuilded only with the thought Of saw
ing the Lighter, stun that grew upopa
The mountains. Furthermore the belt
(which Drove the traveller had gone
slack with age and no longer gripped
the pulley with It's former tenacity. r,
BY titanic effort of which few men
would have been capable, the desper-y
ate one epoh the copveyor $50 braced
himself between his lashings and the
beam thnt had his arm been a crowbar
II would have been scarcely less bend
able. For an Instant the issue Of bat
tie between mnn and machine hung In
doubt. then thanks to the. loosened
gripping power OF the ancient belt II
began slipping around the driving pul!
lsy and the movement of the traveller
ceased. Yet the Instant the strength
ofEthe man should give way the.spin-
nipg bet wohld aghin assert atself
antl thebu}tfe woufd liave been useless.
The dHhing teeth would bury( Them
seEes mi1ie hefpless body ahdsthe epd
WOULD quickly come. Nor for lohg
conid my man, rnutteriess how powell
full, hope to hold his own against the
tirelessness of the machine. And even
now John could feel his strength be-
ginning To run from him as sands
stream from an hourglass. ..uy~s
Within the cabin Ethel glanced at
her watch, then turned to RaiHface
Mr.. Davis promised to be back withiui
half an hour. More than that length
of time has already passed. and stili
no signs of him. With so many strangeI
things happening l am becoming iArs
vous. Suppose we go and find him."
Silently the old Indian arose and
followed her Into the open air.
short distance up the trail the
girl whirled upon her follower.
Listen. hear the hum OF the
sawmill What business has Il to be
running?' avs VIA Yy9 k6CI
bad medicine" murmured the old
man. "We better hurry heap fast"
Without, stopping for further words
they broke fnto'a rah In The direction
of the sound, the girl IN the leadS Isul
A minute later, she burst open the
uooT III tfle Hhit anu StOOu as one I
trnnsfi4ed. Before; her lay john Davis,
bound upon the traveller, his neck mus.
Giles swollen from the ffightfulness Of
his exertiop ), his arm stu holding the 4
saw at bay but beginning TO tremble
as wind thrummed reed. Unable tot
speak, he turned his eyes toward her
in a wild appeal for help.
The wordless call aroused her as
though il had been an electric shock. |
In the wink ofIan eye she was herself
again With every m,iscle liant his d
harpstrlng. Her glance flew over the |
mechanism of the MACHINE and bend |
ing she picked up wooden billet from
the floor. Leaplng forward she thrust
II between the lop of the belt, then
giving her lever sudden twist she
threw the belt from the pulley. Re.
lieved of the pull the traveller became [
an inert thing, and with a long. gasp
Ing breath of exhaustion John let his
arm fa'. The danger was past, but so
narrow had been his escape that the