Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
CHAPTER V~nI-Continued.

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I'VE lost yer way thin fer shure!"
said the woman slightly recovering
her equilibrium. THE loikes Nv yous
nivver lived in dis place: fer eff yous
amt angel you's gintul1mun; an no
gintulmun liver cum from the loikes
And then as if the opportunity
came with the prayer there reeled in
to view a little group of people, three
OF o u men and a won.ln.
The woman was talking in a high
frightened voice and protesting. The
me- caught hold Of her roughly,
laughing and finging u oar jests.
Then another man came stealing from
the darkness of the alley and joined
the group, selling the woman by the
shoulders and speaking words to her
too vile for repetition. In terrible fear
the girl turned, for Michael could see.
now that she was nearer, that she was
but a young girl, Ind that she was
pretty. Instantly he thought of Starr
and his whole soul rose in mighty
wrath that any man should dare treat
any girl as he had e these do.
Then the girl screamed and struggled
to get away, crying: 1T amt true. it
amt true! Lem'use go! won't go
with you-"
Instantly Michael was upon them,
his powerful arms and supple body
dashing the men right and left. And
because Of the ~suddenness of the at
tack coming from this most unexpect-
ed auarter-for Michael had stood
somewhat in the shadow-and be-
cause of the cowardliness Of all
DULLES. for the momen he was able
to prevail against all four, just long
onnNprh f4r tL4 cS~1 - IT, a. =
wrath from their grasp and disap-
pear into the shadows.
Then when the men. dazcd from
surprise, though not seriously hurt.
discovered that their prey a gone
and that a stranger from the higher
walks of life had frustrated their
plans they fell upon him in their
wrath.
Michael brave always. n we'll
trained in athletics. parted their
blows for an instant, but the man. the
one who had come from the shadows
of the alley, whose face was evil, stole
up behind and stabbed him in. the
shoulder. The sudden faintness that
followed made him less capable of lie.
tending himself. He felt he was los
ing his senses, and the next blow
from one of the men sent him reel
ing into the street where he fell
heavily, striking his head against the
curbtng. There was a loud cry Of
murder from a woman's shrfll voice,
the padded rush of the villains into
their holes. the distant ring Of a po-
liceman's whistle. and then all was
quiet as a city night could be. Mi
chael lay white and still with his face
looking up to the faint plying moon
go far away and his beautiful hair
wet with the blood thatw as flowing
out on the pavement. There he lay
on the edge Of the world that was his
own and would not own him. He had
come to his " and his own received
him not.
CHAPTER TX.
Michael awoke in the hospital with
. bandaEe around his head and q
singing pain in his shoulder when
ever he tried to move
Back in his inner consciousness
there sounded the last words he
heard before he fell, but he could not
connect them with anything at first:
Hit him again, Sam!"
Those were the words. What did
they mean? Had he heard them or
merely dreamed them? And where.
he?
A glance about the long room with
it's rows Of white beds each with an
occupant answered his question. He
closed his eyes again to be away from
all those other evAa ana think