Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-08-25

- ~S~ ese A1sSAs. AnEAf E14<4t1# lad
been torn away to the beif. and their
magnificent wet bodies glowed II the
morning sunlight. Dale had seriously
damaged his soft hands: fher felt as
though they were filed with slsvera az
steel But still be fought o. doxre<sly,
determinedly. desperately. minute AFT
er minute.
Those on the two banks watched II
al with suppressed Excitement. Babe
Lttleford stood In the edge az the
water. with her hands cIaSped below
her throat. her face was pale. John
M"reiand- who had Witnessed many
other great lights. himself y nghtlng
man. had never before hehe1d such
contest Of strength and endurance as
this; BIN Dale had won John More
land's heart for all time to come.
But the blows Of the aehfers were
growing weaker now. The sound OF
their iabored breathing rose distinctly
over the gentle roar q ths sparkling
waters above.
Then the watchers saw Adam Bail
iunge az his man, saw Dale stumble
out OF sheer weakness, saw Balls
mighty blocd-streaked arms close
about the beautiful white body and
hug it close to his great and hairy
chest. A moment, and Hall was bend
Ing Dale slowly backward and down
ward more By reason Of weight than
OF strength; another moment, and Ball
vas .Dout 90 s'nk the orewn head un-
~ 49,
oer me salaasei
Daos Lst.ieI0fu ave . smotnered
eys JOIN Aioreiand STEPPED toward
tne water ana shouted hoarseiy:
ont ye drowned him Adami II
ye 90. yen answer 20 met
Daie nae eaknereo 1nseir TOR last
move. ne Shipped aoFEpNar suddenly,
80. 80 l.'a eompieIeiy' ana
49,, -. - pans thign'
cha .,srs go ne .ose WIN
s..~ss nim' ana
-
a.. ~ ny came 70 the surface
a. 49,, Dack tne pain OF
=. 80 go -, " l,s iuns ana tne pain
=. -. aAe yakkeu siisers OF steel
s,,-s,. -. anu suek maoIy. max
- 800 us uate.ai Iace. ne kept
w. " "ouiunt 80 unoer the
" onp,e.sy.
..n, " .'a' OssAh 20 urirt as though
.Ss "own tne stream. BIN Dale
lono"ea' sun nghting weakly. choking
40 he Dreamed. buf soon ne ceased
70 strike. He saw. instead OF the beast.
like face, flashes as OF distant summer
lightning, and red blotches against a
thick blackness. The blotches faded.
and all became dark 20 him. he
pitched forward. gaspinr and beean
to drift down the stream with the
vanauished BAH.
Babe Littleford was standing I'm the
water 10 her knees whor ns,a So
cumbed TO utter exhaustion she start.
ed toward him. To save him from
drowning She feIt strar.a,v ,.-.,,,,
toward the bie whita ciaan nan .ha
had whIpped the Goliath she h.a Al.
ways dreaded. But she had gona onIv
a few yards toward ,ha can.e. !, 49,
river when John MoreIand and Sam
Heck reached the unconscIou. asnros
Heck dragged Ran "a the IIttiarord
bank and LEFT him. living there. face
downward, ON the sand. NoreIana half
carried. half dragged Bin Dale 20 the
other bank. Babe Littleford waded
out. She nafA ahso,ut.,v NJ, o..a,,,c,,
to the worsted bully. She stood In
tently watching the limp form of Dale.
is he dead. John MorelandF' she
called TREMENDOUSLY.
No. Babe.p Morsland answered, his
voice not unkind; che amt anyways
nigh dead"
He and Sam Heck took up Dale's
dripping figure and bore Il away. Babe
Litteford ran to higher ground, hid
herself behind n clump of sassafras
ana watched them.
Granny Heck followed with DaIe's
coat and hat. She Chartered oil the
way across the meadow
Now what did tell ye, John and
'Sam1 What did ! tell ye? La, In
Wasn't 1t master aght, like I said
now wasn't lit"
Sometimes ye make me a little
tired. granny-woman." Moreiand re-
monstrated gently. "The' amt nothin'
In forchune-tellin,. You've jest been
here TO- 10 long mt you know how to
ledge the future by the past. And
you're q tol'able good guesser, too. n
reckon"
Granny Heck Jared up quickly:
"Ain't nothin' In forchune-tellin'
Now don't 20 and fool yeself. John
Moreland. You listen to me about \
half minute. John. I seed more in the
cup 'an / told Mr.. Bill. I seed blood
and death. seed \ big f,ght atwIxt
the Morelands and the LIttlefordsi"
that's easy to guess at" John
Moreland replied. sYou know a.
course, 'at Black Adam win do nj, ha
can to bring trouble 70 ms on Account
a. Am nsIe ..ss..s.s Ter, =.
you know Il sinsf never o,,noss,n,a -
hatch ND war atween ma and ths RI.
tisfords Jest run on ahead Granny
Heck ana ta,, ~ .,,sa y
brulseA Tell her sha needn.t n was,s
time a-lookin, IN anv hanasgss Th,s