The evening world., 1919-07-24
Trevors ahruRRed.

Trevora shrugged.
"Yes7" He slipped the handker-
chief into his pocket and stared at her
with a glint Of anger in the blue-gray
OF his eyes. He lifted his broad
shoulders. "Or wise man enough 70
do my own work when needs be, and
when I'd have no bungling2 I'm 60
ing 10 square with you, girl. Square
with you for meddling, for a bullet
hole in each shoulder. II there's a
fool in our little junketing party It's
a girl who thought she could handle
a mans size job"
Then, after an hour, the terrible
woman had come to whom Trevors
had intrusted her. bringing food and
water in her hard. blackened hands,
carrying the hickering fires OF mad
ness in her unfathomable eyes.
The mad woman. for only too
plainly was her reason strangely mis-
shapen, stood in silence. her great
muscular body looming high above
Judith's, a giant OF a woman, bigger
than Trevors even, broad and heavy,
her forearms thick and corded. her
bare throat like the bull neck OF a
prize fighter.
$50" Grunted the woman. for the
first time removing her hard hard
from the girls shoulder. I've got
you again, my pretty. And this time
you don't play any more little tricks
on your old mother"
She was gone swiftly. all but silent
ly, through the gloom, her form
vaguely outlined against the Ian
|, terms Rllmmer, to bring the food and
water which she had set down when
she came in. Judith drank and ate
Mad Ruth was an odd mixture oi
crazed suspicion. shrewd cunning
cruelty, and madness.
Judith spent many long hour ex-
, ploring her prison, hoping TO ma
way out. SO far as she knew she had
but one person TO reckon with, Mad
Ruth. True, rrevors had said that
he'd have a man on the ledge outside
day and night,
Sunday night, hearing Mad, Ruth
moving cautiously, Judith raised her.
self on her elbow, listening. She Wai
confident that the woman was moY-
ing toward the caves mouths ahs
hoped wildly that Mad Ruth wai
trieked into believing her asleep and
was going out Her shoes In heI
hand, her stockinged feet fallina
lightly. Judith moved toward the
mad woman's couch.
When Ruth was with her she at
tempted In a hundred ways to gauge
the womans warped brain, TO seek
some way TO get the better OF her, Il
gain her trust and 80 TO slip away
For more than once had Mad Ruth
cried out;
'Iil kiln you'll Kill you with my
own hands to keep you here. To
keep you mine, mine, mlne!"
sunday passed and sunday night;
Monday and Monday night. judith
, knew that she had accomplished
nothing, except perhaps 10 make Rutt
mi
coward, In Ruth's mad brain thai
was little enough, since this did moi
allay her cunning watchfulnesa. Then
Judith began 10 do something else
something actively.
She no longer knew what day II
was. She scarcely knew II II were
day or night. But. setting herself
something 70 do so that she would
not 70 mad, mad as Mad Ruth, abe
secured for herself another weapon
Another bit OF stone which her crop
ing fingers had found and hidden
with her club; jagged, ugly rock
half the size OF mans head. Some
little scraps OF bread and meat
boarded from her scanty meals. HhC
hid In her blouse.
III | could stun her. Just stun her.
, she got into the way OF whispering
70 herself. mot kill her outright
just stun her
The door was flung open. Out
side II was dark, pitoh-daFk. Bu
. evidently the man entering had n,
fear OF being seen. He threw dow
, bundle OF dry fagots and set mr.
} TO them. The blaze. ieapinE up, cast
ing waVerinE CLEANS TO where Ju
: dith stood, showed her plainly IN
? twisted, ugly face OF Quinnion, hi
I red-rimmed eyes peerlng at her. nlle,
: with evil light.