Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-08-15

from under the couch n sinewy brown
hand crept. ciutched his ankle az In
wise Before the victim realized
what was happening his legs were
jcrked from under him and he fell like
log, his head crashing against au
iron radiator and fracturing his skull.
In the covered truck below Shallum
was waiting the coming Of Joost-Singh
with ever increasing impotence. A
Hindu whom he had left on guard.
came running up to him.
"Oficers are coming" was his report.
Shallum seized the wheel OF the ma
chine
1--WE can walt no longer for Joost-
Singh. silva will protect him" Start
ing the engine, they drove swiftly into
the night.
Rainface crawled out from beneath
the couch, and with single glance at
his fallen foe ran swiftly from room to
room. All were vacant His senses
half bewildered by the fumes OF the
balls. and lying as he had been beneath
the low couch, he had not seen what
had passed and as all had been done
silently and without words the dlsap-
pearance OF his companions was
profound mystery to him. Now as his
head cleared I'm the fresh air of the
open window he bent over the pros
trate form of Joost-Slngh and shook
him. No signs OF life appearing, he
secured glass of cold water and
dashed II In the others face Slowly
the eyes OF the Hindu opened
Drawing his knife the Indian put
It's point against the throat Of the
fallen one.
"What have you done with themf
Where are they2 Speak or you die"
he snid fiercely. Joost-Singh gasped.
"When the first sun rays mlngle
with the fire In the woodland altar OF
Holy silva, the god will demand his
sacrifice. die. My curse will lay
heavy upon you and them"
His eyes rolled wildly and n low rat
tie came to his throat He half raised
himself to sitting posture and stared
horribly mt the man who had given
him the fall which had fractured his
skull, then with gasping shudder fell
back to arise no more.
Sorcly puzzled and greatly alarmed
ut the mysterious words Of the now
dead man. Rainface arose and began IA
close inspection of the room. A mo-
ment later he found the rope dangling
from the window and peered down Into
the alley. Wondering whether he had
not best 20 TO the office and report the
mysterious affair to the hotel authori-
ties, he stood for a moment debating.
then his Indian instinct OF secrecy and
personal action prevailed. Having first
made hurried exploration of the hall
and all the rooms TO which he could
secure access and finding no one there,
he returned to the apartment. and once
more peered from the window. Below
him he saw two officers In uniform
, passing, and waiting until they had
gone short distance past the rope
, and their backs were turned to 1t, he
grasped 1t and slid swiftly to the
ground. A few steps brought him up
-. to the sauntering policemen.
/, "You see some white men and white
, woman go out Of here pretty quick
, ngo?" he demanded as the blue-coated
guardians scanned him up and down
In curiosity. The pair laughed at the
queerly pronounced words of the an
Client one.
= "Hello, Injun What are you doing
, here? Are you losti" A heavy scowl
settled over the questioned ones face.
mo, me no lost. Me here. White
y folks lost. You see 'um, mebbysoi'
, One Of the officers pointed up the alley.
2 "No, Injun, we didn't see anybody
o but we did see yellow covered auto
O mobile truck go up the alley and drive
= down the street. Some kind Of for
r eign dago was at the wheel. They
@ turned TO the right when they hit the
n street" With the dart OF wolf the
q red man was upon the trail, leaving the
@ uniformed pair staring after him In
O wonderment.
AS he ran swiftly down the middle
Q OF the deserted street, in the dim light
1. OF curb lamp he saw an object lying
n on the pavement and stopped to pick
II up. II was n handkerchief which he
l. recognized as having belonged to Davis
n and thrusting II into his pocket he re.
n duced his pace to dog trot, carefully
II scanning the road as he passed. Some.
l. what further on he saw where ma
@ chine had passed through small bed
l. of mud but few moments before, and
o quick inspection of the wheel tracks
fixed their peculiarities In his mind
z For one who could track n sOft-fOoted
d beast through the forest mile after
q mile, the following Of the wet-tired
n automobile from now on was az simple
h as though 1t had run upon rails.
N Far ahead OF the pursuing Indian
y the van drew up before a shack In d
e wooded valley. Its walls were low and
10 large tree stood close beside II. one
d strong bough overhanging the pyra
l. midal roof. Before this rude woodland
temple of silva the Hindus Frustrated
D. themselves, then carried the uncon
n scious quartet within the house. AZ
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