Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-22

"Rarch Ahead Of Me-" He Ordered.
youth. the service she had done him
these would not count q straw. He
was lost 10 all the instincts Of honor
that govern even hard desperate men
Of his class.
They struck into the mountains. fol-
lowing n cattle trail that wound up
ward with devious twists. The man
! rode. and the girl walked In front with
'he elastic ightness. the unconscious
neXuous grace of polse given her body
hy an outdoor life. BY dusk they were
up IN The headwaters Of the creeks
Tie resilient muscles Of the girl had
'o>t their spring. She moved wearlly.
her feet dragging heavily so that some
times she staggered when the ground
was rough. Not once had the man Of
yprch her the horse. Fle meant to he
fresh ready for any emergency. that
might come. Moreover. it'pleased his
small soul to see the daughter Of Luck
,'rllsnn tagged and exhausted but still
answering the spur Of his urge.
The tlopn was up before they came
nnnn tent shining in the cold sllvery
Iglt. Reside it was sheetiron stove.
box. the ashes Of camp fire. and a
side Of bacon hanging from the limb
If stunted pine. Cautiously they
stole forward. -. 49,.
The camp was for the time deserted.
|, No doubt It's owner. a Mexican sheep
hprrlpr In the employ of Fendrick and
T>nmingucZ. was out somewhere with
his flock.
Kate cooked meal and the convict
ate. The girl was too tired and any
inl,s TO care for food. hut She made
herself take little. They packed the
<adrlIrlags with bacon. beans. coffee
and fnar. Blackwell tightened again
The cinches. and once more the two.
took the trail.
They made camp in pocket open
ing from a gulch far up in the hills.
With her own reata he fastened her
hantIs behind her and tied the Girl Sc
rurely TO the twisted trunk Of Joshua
tree To make sure Of her he lay on
the rone, both hands clinched to the
rifle In five minutes he was asleep.
hut It was long before Kate could es-
rnpe from wakefulness. At last she
fcl, into troubled catnaps.
From one of these size awoke to see
that the morning light was sitting
through the darkness. She was shiver-
Ing with the chill of IN Arizona noun
tain night. Turning her body, the girls
eyes fell upon her captor. He was
looking ut her In the way that no de-
cent man looked, at woman. Her i'm
pulse was to scream, to struggle to her
feet and run. What did he. mean?
What was he going to do?
But something warned her this
would preclpItate the danger. She
called upon her courage and tried to
still the fearful tumult in her heart.
Somehow she succeeded. A scornful,
confident pride flashed from her eyes
into his. It told him that for his life
he dared not lay finger upon her In
the way Of harm. And he knew 1T was
true, knew that If he gave way to his
desire no hole under heaven would be
deep enough to hide him from the ven-
geance of her friends.
He got sullenly to his feet. "Co;ne.
Well be going"
Within the hour they saw some of
his hunters A wlsp Of smoke rose
from the basin below. Grouped about
1t were three men eating breakfast.
Don't make q sound" warned
Blackwell.
His rife covered her. With all her
soul she longed to cry for help. But
she dared not take the risk. Even as
the two on the edge of the bowl with
drew from sight one Of the campers
rose and sauntered to little grove
where the ponies were tethered. The
distance was too far to make sure, but
something In the gait made the girl
sure that the man was Curly. Her
hands went out to him in plteous lit
tie gesture Of appeal.
She WIS right. 1t was Curly. He
was thinking of her at that moment
despairlnsly, but no bell of warning
rang Within TO tell h,m she was SO near
and In such fearful need Of him.
Twice during tlle morning did the
refugee attempt to slip down into the
parched desert that stretched toward
Sonora and safety. But the Gordon set
about him was drawn too close Each
time a Ioose.scatcd rider lounging in
T. saddle with q rifle in his hands
drove them back The second attempt
was almost disastrous, for the convict
was seen. Tic hum of bullet whistled
past his ears as he and his prisoner
drew back into the chaparral and from
thence won back to cover.
Kate. dropping with fatigue. snw
that fear rode Blackwell heavily. He |
was trapped and he knew that by the
Arizona cole his life was forfeit and /
would he eyactch Of him should he be |
taken. He hail not the llardhood to |