The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-01-06


You not knaw Z : told You Bur us
not far away. perhaps Nv daylight
you might zee Get from up there los
house an alone under the biud Yes
sou lie bid spnor snd Trust al 20 me.
= have promised that"
Good senior J win 70"
she drew her hand away. and he
knew she was gone although no move
ment ~ her Squire could he iistin
gulshed Shelby swung the bag Of
provisions again 70 his shoulder and
began feeling his way biindiy forward
Tie had retained the knife with
which be had effected escape from the
cabin. snd although the point u the
hlade had been broken. he did not feel
entirely unartped There vas no pos
sibnty for him 10 lose the way. the
unhroken walls shutting him tightly
IN 80 that even the staF-decked SKY
was invisible. while the path he must
follow led almost dizzily upward. u
was houlder-strewn ana he fell twice
vet toiled steadily on never permit
INK Nlr UdNU W ttaNf lNtf AMAANAlAF -
the wall TO the right aud carefully
testing the placing Of each foot In
fear of some pitfan He could neither
fudge tine nor distance vet IL was
long before light came into the sky
when he finally clambered over a rock
barrier across the path and came
upon a shelf OF stone the leff wall n
this strange cavern abruptly disap
pearing Fearful OF Wha precipice
might yawn there. a. soon as he again
attained his feet Shell, haiiened him.
self against the one rock front remain.
ing. scarcely daring - venture for
ward MORE than an inch at SO AZ
time few feet brought him 20 the
caves mouth. mer hole scarcely
wide Or high enough 90 receive his
body. He explored The hiaes interior
~ the length OF his arms finding II |
larger within than ~ The entrance. |
She insisted there was no danger and |
the silence seemed 10 prove The place |
contained no inhahlfant Doubtless |
the open shelf Of rock would be ex
posed 10 view from the valley below
with the first hush OF day. To avoid |
discovery he must creep in out Of |
sight q
This was accomplished without dif /
ticuIty the ioor being fairly level and
the roof rising so thar he could slnOsi
stand erect Shelby explored every
inch of the space knife In hand and |
not entirely satisfied until The task /
was completed II was only a box nj
place. less than fifteen feet long /
al the top. a. though IN some great
Of past ages two MASSES of
rock had heen hurled together leaving
this little Jog between u was hnl 10
there. and Shelby dragging after him
the bag Of provisions removed his
coat few moments later ne rolled
II into the form Of pillow and lay
down staring up al The black vault.
He could think now. recall all that
had occurred SO swiftly and weave
recklessly there was no doubt %
hat. No one hut blind fool would
have ever ventured alone into this
place to free prisoner. He should
nave ridden 10 Ponca. and called upon
his friends for help: perhaps he might
wen have been able 10 obtain the
services OF troop Of cavalrymen from
he fort down below-the major knew
i'm and would believe his story. Why
hadn't he done thisi Why had he been
% rash, and bull-headedi The an
wer flashed into his mind, as though
ONE voice had spoken--it was love
4 Olga Carlynl He knew II instant
Y: made no further effort to deceive
imself. Lying there In that black
Hence. staring blindly upward. he saw
he woman again as plainly as though
D the 6esh--saw her. and knew that
e loved ner. Her eyes smiled al him,
nth such usefulness In their depths
here was nothing sullen about her ex-
ression any longer; she was all wom-
n, and-he loved her.
He covered his eyes with an arm,
nd rolled over. God wasn't there
nything he could do but waiii he
III wild TO act; TO accomplish some
ling: 10 strike some definite blow In
er behalf. His wife, She was his
ife-Olga Carlyn II meant much to
IN now. How denthly still II was;
DIV terribly dark He felt hot and
ifed there In the cave. yet did not
owe. or change his position. and 20
, finally fell aslepp