The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-01
THE IRON TEST"
.Riding With Death"
.,,,,ad from last week.

brutes az a,,o her slightly, she reached
was 9G ?l bolster, drew out his reyol-
in sr and damned it agains' o nes Sl his
We " forced his hanqs ~ tbr ov the
Sne -U then backed him through tne
9 9S"r and out on the ROAD. por+,s
dooF "n1 has shocked to see Berts
sle Wing dead on the ground, but
horse no not relax her vigilance over
she ul nantiye, She saw the posse
her S"P Nv Jenkins, the Sheriff and
heaa sartT galloping up the road and
OpO tod 70 them, at the same time
s srg Gracia to walk toward the
lHnv- . men. She turned the
Spp app trembling Gracia over to the
now Ind and the men Immediately took
pos'g n a nearby tree, knotted a rope
nh nJ his neck and started to hang
5tu The Sheriff, seeing their pur-
hlll, rbinned out his gun and or
dforpd the man freed.
u0 aTbo law will take its course" he
aid Then he ordered two or the
s s"t to take Gracia to town and
iodpa him in jail.
'OI While this was going on, Edith
;otIv explained that she had seen.
~ in q duel with the two Chief
p1 nains 60 Jenkins and O'Doherty
lid the sheriff and the rest OF the
and started with Edith to take
up the traH' - +h.+ par+ bod
Noon wounded during the duel, but
~ matter of fact he had been shot
= tho head and also in the arm and
- g,as picked up unconscious by his
-. and lashed across Gracia's horse
~ Ia Mazeppa, his head being at the
hoen nF the horses neck. Then the
TsInains had started away, deter
minnd TO nut Bert out Of the way in
tbe cruellest manner they could de-
wise.
vopd galloping," Craven remarked
.s he and Peaky lifted Bert's body
IN tbp horse. Well send him and
the Dony shooting off High Point
Then they had started off to mount
the steep trail to the Point, standing
thousand feet above the valley.
Edith was provided with a horse
Nv the sheriff and also given a cart
ridge belt with a revolver and a
sheath knife in it. Then she showed
the direction Peaky and Craven mad
taken and the party took up the
chase. the trail being easy to follow
because, mingled with the footprints
Of the three horses, were drops of
blood from Bert'S wounds.
Craven and Peaky, with their vic
tim we're still far away from High
Point when they heard the rumble
Of pursuit and turning, they. saw that
they we're greatly outnumbered.
Our horses are tired-their's are
fresh. We can't get away from
them in a rum" said Craven, so
we'll have to hide out"
Thereupon he drove his horse into
de brush and Peaky did the same
with his. Craven gave the horse
bearing the unconscious Bert a vi
CiOus blow across the flank and the
animal started away at top speed.
In a few moments, Edith and the
others came to the spot where Crav-
en- and Peaky had driven off the
horses and she was Mortified to see,
in the distance, the horse galloping
!. nadly toward High Point with Bert
bound to his back. She spurred her
own horse and Immediately took up
chase that seemed hopeless.
Bert'S horse was gallOping madly
along the precipitous trail and Edith
urged her mount to it's utmost speed.
After what seemed ages she began to
gain on the runaway animal and in
few minutes she was alongside Of
him. She tried to grab
55no4-- "a it and the horse kept
o.ug madly ahead. Realizing her
inability to stop him, she whipped
out the sheath knife from her belt,
sashed at the ropes and was graft
ned to see them part. She hurled
NE knife away and grabbed Bert.
Gracla's horse, freed of it's burden,
galloped on for about twenty yards,
sWerYed and lunged off the precipice
10 destruction. Bert had fallen to
le ground and Edith was trying des-
'Herately to keep him from rolling
tgyar m. tiff and to the fate that the
unfortre had met, when
Torl,;s midi HORSE lone and
Jenkins rushed into the svu-,
helped her.
p one and Jenkins set to reviving
t pelI' she Wiping the blood from his
t W. with her handkerchief.
s wHTA ne regained his senses, Bert
S f.uIIea londly at the girl and drew
-oA MS bosom silver frame. saw
tL: They hit me in the chest. but
P tls saved my life" He did not let
Duttn see the picture it contained.
- ~ this juncture, O'Doherty and
nor+; snefin came up, the former re-
pV ao to Jenkins:
I'm. raven and Peaky got away son
nv; nv: lhey tricked us into chasing
f fne'[ horses. Now Craven's headed
dead" thinning rorue ~
~ 49, now on his feet, asked why.
t.+o ~ claim your grandfather's es-
hando, replied O'Doherty. He then
Which read:
non Leather King Beresford died six
Son SOILS ago leaving fortune to grand
erara o'ltns MN, estate goes to
for5 uIInepheW, Lewis Craven Beres-
cna u. last heard of with Jenkins Cir
the I'm lne telegram was signed by
Dresa neao OF the detective agency re
'' ep by O'Doherty.
NOM ler than let Craven have the
starr 81 l u dle,' said Bert eve will
rror .or Los Angeles at once"
kinsD ~'eI and Peaky we're living ike
Ango,oa at the Beresford home i'm Los
The hes When Craven showed I'D at
49, house and presented Rort,s nrn-