The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-14
Comrades of P riL
--BY--
RANDALL PARRISH
{ Copyright, A. c. McClurg 4 Co., 1870
copyrighted In Great BritAin)

do In hide you whore you not be
found Then we must plan what In
best 10 do"
"You know where she is7'
"Si -aonor. I know. yet Get will not
he easy 10 20 get her away She II
not left unmatched. and nothing can
bs done tonight l must watch and
wait r-t will be- only safe when
Senior Maeklin and my brother are
both away"
you mean thcn. that I am 10 hide
out yonder somewhere until you ar~
readyT" he Questioned lis that the
.hemer"
There In no other thing possible.
Even that may fail. Senior. do not
DO "a fool" abe urged earnestly. Il
know the danger OF all this. you not
realize even yet what Get means 20
be a prisoner In Wolves Hole. These
men keel. II n their only law.
risk my lifo 10 do this. and there IN
but one chance Of success. Alone.
una,lded. you can never &c, out OF
here never. Why. you ask Bc
cause. s.nor. every pass Is undor
guard. they are never left open"
Then how are No TO go7"
Along a path known only 10 my.
self and one other, senior. A young
Indian found Get by accident and
eonfidod his secret To me, lie CONS.
and went that way for year. but no
ono else know Once he took me
half way to top. oct IL rough. yet can
be followed Now you 200 am
rtghty'
4 have no choice: I owe you my
life already"
Then DO as say. senior. I win
lsave you where you can never b.
found. have food here In this sack.
You must walt here hidden until
come. Eet may b. a day. two days.
three days. that make no difference
You have my pledge that I viii bring
her. do not Ito. Then you win DO
| this. as ! nayf~
Yea Pancha-
| -CraeiAs' e~t win h.s at night whcn
we como. and you viii have 10 climb
thoss rocks tn the dark
-yo1 viii need stout h.arts for that
trip. but cot Ia brttar 10 rfsk than
stay here an dic. SENIOR. Nov ! tell
yoo--indian Jo~ win beiisve you
found tina; knife and cat your way
out alone. hs win try TO follow. -
he is like wolf on tho trail Hs Win
not bcliev. you can get away. my
brother Ia great uAeker. an they
think Get Easy to run you down Me
fool them. scnor"
hut howl They win surely So
your soosprfnia--
| 'Min~r' she laughed softly. Not
TO ever know them. senor--@~ ees
10 mans boot ! wear, and scarcely
have stepped off solid rock Nov
we 80 To tho stream yonder. and then
wade up thru the water. There viii
be no trail Let us not walt. srnor."
Tho man followed Without a word.
touching her with one hand In guild
snceA lie was plainsnAn enough 90
fndcvstAnd. and she moved on thru
the darkness an tho alaa knew every
inch Of the way. They wcrv upon a
er~~, OF solid rock. worn nnooth By
the ages. and SO advanced unchecked
for n hundred feet. until the rtdgc
suddenly terminated at the hank Of
narrow stream A single stsp. ard
1
she had RraEp~d HIS hand
-Eet IN swift. but not ds-p." she
said confidently. Il hav. wndcd cci
many a time We mus, hurry"
lilo took the bar Of provisions and
swung IL acron. on. shoulder and to-
wethsr they began plowing their way
thru the DOWNWARD rush Of water.
IL was tIrcaohnc. but they plunged
steadily forward. finding tho bottom
firm Shelby did not know how far
they advanced nor could he tell. In
Tho darkness. the exact nature Of
their surroundings. lie impression
wua that they were pen~trating n
narrow side rayine. between great
overrhadowffig masses of outcrop-
ping stone. which intensified the
gloom. Every step took them higher
aboyc the floor Of the Hole. and. at
times the stream became a vcrftable
torrent. against which they scarcely
could make progress. The girl kept
eiosc'to the rocks on tho RICH, and
struggled forward brave,y. never
loosening her grasp on his hand
Meeting as he must the strong sweep
Of the current. Shelby felt tho strain.
and was glad when she finally came
Ia halt
-Ect's hero" she said. "A few atrps
more. and leave you The greatest
danger IN my not getting back In
time"
| UCoptinu~sl Tonorroxv4