The Arvada enterprise., 1921-06-02
CHAPTER x-cen.,ou.s.

Descending was far easier than the
tstlsome climb through the darkness
= the night before. There was moth.
" In sight - far ~ the mouth Of the
FaviDe whefe II opened into the main
valley. Beyond that he coulA per
cslve moving figures. and occaaionally
hear the sound Of distant voice. Il
was clearly evident to his mind that
so0sthin9 unusual must have oc-
eUfo6-sone news Of disaster o. ap-
DeoaeAiAg danger-to arouse such q.
cits0eet amone the citizens Of the
8eeo; a00 b. also felt convinced that
tAis nees Important thing had for the
ti0s beiag. at least. rendered his own
escape . natter q small coosidesa.
~. II any atte0pt had been made
- tsail bin, this eAIost had esetaialy
alrsady besn abandoned. A. hs leaned
SsstA fFo0 his hiding place he ssw.
scarcely . hundred yards away. The
~ walls e that hut, concealed among
~ tssss which h had dimiy noted
H5n lie crae sboSe. 4Ais Vas prob
ably where Olga had been confined.
His heart. heat rapidly a. he studied
tAe outlines. Could she he thsee still1
IVES Maeklin with hef3 o. had abe
been left there under guard of some Of
hle Indian alliesl
= II she was there. and not toe ~
eurely guarded. II might be possible
for him alone to effect hee rescue. Tho
Inspiration to make the attempt ap-
pealed to him strongly. II he only
could get her away unObserved 40 far
- that cave, he believed II possible to
follow the trail to the summit. The
project appeared simple enough, as he
f6fned II thus over In his mind; At
least II sursly could do no harm for
A6n to dst0Njps definitely u the lady
16fi femafasd 1inbfisohed there. He
would veesure far enough 10 assure
himself hat this must be the fact.
Shelby WAS sufaciently conscious OF
danger to use every precaution; the
tfaAAing Of years came to his aid. The
secky banks Of the stream were suf.
Deisatiy high to conceal his advance.
and the creek curved about 30 A. to
approach the hut within . few yards.
Assured that the water would thus
conceal hts trail. he crert across the
narrow open space. and lowered him
self over the hank. crouching knee
deep In the cold stream. safely under
cover. Thus protected he waded slow
u downward. He saw no evidence OF
any guard. and became convinced the
cabin also was deserted; that II this
vas actually the place where Olga
had been confined on arrival. she had
since been removed elsewhere.
AZ he drew nearer the place appeared
I'D, rather dilnpidatcd and long desert
I'd. 4 shack scarcely tit for human hahI-
tstion any longer. The one window wns
boar,ied up. and the patched roof Of
the lcan.to saggcd ismally This was
certainly not the place: no one appar-
entity had lived there for many n year.
Ntili now he had ventured SO much. II
might he well TO take n look inside.
Assuredly no harm could be done by
bis searching the rooms. and this
lie drew himself up Into the weeds.
anJ wiggled his wny forward until he
obtained n full view of the door. II
was tightly closed, but unguardcd
without. Indeed his search revealed
no sign TINT the hut hnd been visited
See wanths. until he came within II
yard or two Of the long step before
the entrnnce; then he suddenly en-
Gsuntcred footprints In the softer
Rouhl. aud was able to distinguish
where hosne oue-m0re than one. he
eAoueht-hsd ppshsd passage
through the surroundlng tsnEle Of
weeds. lie studied these signs intent.
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