Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-08
EPISODE I.
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ct the nsiyls Morgan, seeking the gold
sEd the Bsri for himself. and unsuepectez
~ Davis. snakes several attempts on the
isfe Of the latter. assisted BY an accom-
piice named Spider Beiiaa Suspicion 81
aiyefted TO mysterious hermit. MiracI~
i1uaiy escaping tlse latest attempt on his
llfa Davis. IN company With the Others.
accidentally dlscoverB Carrss noard Of
gold. They ren1oye The gold 20 the cabin,
but ln the night Il Is taken away by tiio
hermit Morgan, feeling that EiapIeson Ii
beginnihg 10 fall ufon him. fakes an at~
tempt on his own life. Thsy md Carr'n
mine.
The Hawk and the Spider had guf
aoped on. leaving LAWS lii d fiendlsls
tr6p oS their own Invention. While
he waH lying drugEed m the shack
they had bent d snDllng down and
secured II hi this position BY Eneaiss
af rope. Then taking another lasso
kssey had fastened 1t to thu tip Of the
sspllng, running the other end through
an unbOarded piece III the roof of the
shack and fastening the moose about
sstA neck. Having completed this pc.
tartous work. they huilt fire close 20
tbs rope which bound Tho saTlIng 20
gts bert position, knowing that as
som as the flames reached the rome
they would eat II IN two. whereup0n
.sile tree would spring erect with ter
zinc force, tearing the man apart after
the maniper III one of the fiendish con-
srsyances of the TnqnisItion. This done
they beaf d hhAty retreat, leaving their
victim III, hIs fate.
Ethel Davis, awakened from her
sleep In the home cabin at midnight
81 "a avil dream, picked up coy
of Aes0p's Fables from the table and
read until she becane convinced that
John WIS threatened by some great
danger. Immediately she aroused
Bridget, and accompanied by Rainfnce
went dashing to the rescue.
Within the shack John, aroused BY
the smoke from the stupor into which
the arugged coffee had put him, awose
To find himself bound md with rope
around his neck. Though he could
feel and dinly see the laFfat that led
from HIS neck through the roof, he
could not See where II terminated ind
beyond knowing that lie was Iii dss-
peratc danger had little iien of What
rad taken place since lie drink the
druRged cup. Vigorously BIZ began
wFlshIng aud tugging bit his bonds.
The smell Of the smoke and rho
cracking OF the fire Gtill further
alarmed him. Already the Gre was
burning into the rope which held the
tree which was bent like bow, and
led on BY the loose powder which the
pair had scattered about, the flames
had begun TO attack the building II
self. pungenf wreaths were forcing
themselves through the cracks md In.
terstices of the building ind the ear
tive could feel the hot breath Of the
rising DANES upon his cheeks. Plainly
he was Iii Imminent danger of being
burned alive II nothing else, md he
reloubled his struggles 10 loose him.
SELF from the thongs which fastened.
MIN II the bunk
Warned by the finding OF Davis
dead horse 81 the side or the trail
that their assistance was soreIy need
ed, Etlael ana the Indian galIoped wild.
II aiong the path ReachIng the
shnek she pulled her horse violently
back uron its launches
Clne glance around told her the
whole damnahte story. Through the
clrcling smoke she saw the tree bent
over the shack, its restraining rei1e
already half eaten through ly the fire.
a. well as the iartaf that hung from
she sarlIng through the hole hi the
roof. The door II the little building
was tightly latched. but rushing
through the iire and smoke she struck
il with the impctuosity of ilyinE
bomb II gave way before her and.
she burst into the rom.
Through the smoke she saw TINT
tho lower end of the lasso was fas-
tened about the neck Of the man she
lawed and knew that lii Sc Sond or
two more unless she saved him his
head must be torn from his body.
his face was toward her. cOntorsed
from the violence OF his struggles 70
escape his fetters. AT sight of her
his lips parted
sIaurry, he cried, mako haste
nut he had no need to urge the girl
is speed. rausing bur long enough
il take III the scene With d lightning
glance. slle leapei forward, knife 70
hand. one sweep az the blade and
the ripe was severed close above her.
lovers meek. and the loose END spring.
! ing up twisted Itself around d raffer
IL the shack. Nor was she d second
too soon. Scarcely had the released
lasso coiled serpent-like about the
beam than the aregnawed rope with
ont parted.
Leaplng to the upright ike Gnl-
liver bursting the bonds Of Lsslipss-
slans, II tore the roof from the styuo-
ture as though il had been roof o.
paper. fiGngin9 II ID fragments high IL
the air and scattering the remnants
over the rocks Gar and vide. The
Wild burst 81 name which followed
arose ia the height az tlae taliest Trees
while myrfadr Of sparks went f0aefnS
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