The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-15

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CHAPTER XIX.
Tn Darssncss Of s1he CABIN
II was broad dayiight-a dun gray
within the small cave, but bright sun
shine without--when Shelby arouse.
himself. and looked about IN an In
slant Of bcwiidermcnt AZ tho truth
Of his situation r-asscrted itself. h
ant up. conscious Of stiffness In ever,
Joint yet Refrigerated by sevcra
hours Of rest Ho faced a day Of In
activity. . hard demand upon q mar
or his temperament and hs was =,
slow as po-sibi. over q mear-r break
fast. his eyes continually wandering
toward the narrow openinx. a. his
mind again reviewed tho Occurrences
Of the day before
Finally. unable 10 resist. the temp
tation iousrr. he venturcd TO thrust
head thru tho entrance TO learn some
thing more definite M 90 his sur
roundings- All ho could pcrueive WA
tho sheR OF rock. with . considerably
coping about It's outer sdSe. together
with a few feet OF the descending
trail ON ths other hand . uSw cisfl
appeared I'm thu front Of the cliff
ov~rrhadowinx him. and he sus
picioned that the path he had fol
lowed the night previous CONTINUES,
up~ard-waA. perhaps. that s~cr-,
passar~vny which Pincha had said
led finally TO tho top OF the gory.
and along which sho planned TO guide
their future cecapc. Beyond III,
outer edse Of tho shelf there was
nothing but sky visible. and. bcisev
Ing tho coping would conceal hi,
movements from ob-erva ton below
Shelby pushed his way out thru the
opening. and crypt on hands and
knees TO where no cautiously could
gaze ov~r.
lie was higher up on the emf thar
he had previously realized. altho tss
procipltous front yet lowered men
aeingiy abovo Tho Wow bclow was
like that of q distant picture. TIA de
taiis indiatinct fio felt no longer
any special fear OF being observed
however. and leaned far enough for,
ward TO 80. clearly up and down the
broad valley Ills position lay some
what removed. around tho angle OF a
side ravtne. 10 tina; he could not trscs
the entire courrr OF tho Cottonwood
or even discern shc waterfall beneath
which no had entered tho Hole. fe,
he had q glimpse Of the main stream
could pick out what tS believed 20 b.
tho log house from which he had
escaped. whilo. within n grove. 20 a.
to b scarcely dlstiHSuinhasie. ap
pear~d tho roof Of another. smaller
building. He would not have noticed
this. but for n thin spiral OF smoke
arising from tn. chimney. Panchs
had said the place whcrr Olga wa,
confined was visible from this spot
Could this be III Ho stared down a
long while. but without reward
Yet there seemed TO bc much pass
ing and rcpassing along chc MAR
valley: black. ili-definod figures Of
men on horseback almost constantly
visible. He was surprised At tbs
number. newer having supposed thai
this colony Of outlaws were 70 nu
mcrous. Another thing. while h
could not clearly distinguish such
small objects at that distance. this
majority Of these riders had the ap
pearnncs OF being Indians. Could
they be Sioux warriors gathered
here in preparation for some raid or
the exposed sctticmcnts7 or was 1,
possible that the troops had already
struck. and driven tho remnants oi
scattered war parties into this Hole
for refuge In either case. their
presence in such numbers rendered
his own position 30 much moro pre-
cariour. and Increased the danger
surrounding Olga He felt that. ir
spite OF his pledge 10 the Mexican
girl. he could not remain there quiet
iy, without cnd1voring TO learr
moro OF what had actually occurred
during the night
Indeed he could perceive no reason
why he should remain entirely In
active. At the very best she could
accomplish nothing before night. and
had held out very little hope for ever
then. There were no signs that hs
was being sought after down below
II might be that In the excitement o'
other happenings. his escape had
been considered as OF yninor import
ance; that Indian Joe. convinced that
he could never got out OF the Hole
unobscrvcd. took no immediate in
tercat in trailing him What was the
use, when he must eventually sur
render? At least there was no visi
bio evidence of any pursuit: not a
moving figure appeared within tbs
ravtne. and he could perceive nc
signs OF life, even about the los
cabin. II would be a simple matter
to steal cautiously down thru thai
deep cleft In tho rocks. as far. al
least. us the stream below. He would
be concealed all the way. and once
there. hidden securely among thos'
thick bushes. he might then learr
what was actually occurring. i
would be far better for him to know
Besides this would be no disloyalt,
TO Pancha, even IL she sought hin
he would still be In the path SHE
must follow, and, so long MS he re
manned undiscovered. Just whore h
was concealed could make no possible
difference. The argument satisfied
his mind. because he felt he mus
act. must make some effort of hi
own.
Descending was far easier than thu
toilsome climb thru the darkness Of
the night before. To be sure, thu
way was 80 Swallowed by overhang
Ing rocks. and those dwarfcd trees
Mat chung to every crcvicc. as to par
nit only q duh gray light to pens
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