Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-05

anSecB with their STEADY drOne. but
above that there was something else.
Family now there floated down what
sounded like a far-o1 cry for help.
ment. Gould 1t be that we had STUN
.bled on what we sought. Was it
Clare? If not, why the shot at MS?
Another whizzed down. striking the
hood over the engine and glanciEg
of at the rock. We must have been
q fine target and I quickly shut of
all the lights.
Kennedy and Jack by this time were
peering about us in the darkness.
From the side of the road there led
a torturous rocky path ,up the clih
side.
'shall. we chance it?" cried Speed.
by this time thoroughly alive to the
possibilities of our quest.
A Ticldish Business.
Kennedy did not wait to answer.
Already he had seized the peculiar
case which he had carried so care
fully from the tool box and began
opening 1t as. we all started scram-
bling up the narrow trail in the
rocks. s'.
It was a ticklish business. but we
forged ahead, b~reathless. Once I
fancied I saw light moving far
above us along the cliffs, but only for
moment and then 1t was gone.
Slipping and drdwltng as best We
could we climbed, Kennedy still
working at the cover Of the thing
which he carried.
Far above US, some hundreds of
feet, q revolver flashed in the black
ness and a bullet clipped q branch OF
q tree over our heads. In the mo-
mentary flash, I could just make out
a figure disappearing behind q rocky
ledge for shelter. -,
Fire hack" directed Kennedy.
There's no use for US to take all the
risk. Someone seems to have located
US. Use every bit Of shelter you can"
"Splt! Split! Split!
The fusilade grew hot as Speed
and I answered. There was no way
OF telling whether our assailant was
alone Of in force. Neither of US could
SEQ what we were aiming at other
than the location Of the various
flashes Of light az the guns were dis
charged, punctuating the blackness
with dashes Of light land making the
solemn echoes Of the hills r%everberat-
ing like a battle.
IA WOO O0AA4VS4AAA6 -WSNU AOOul
1t all. And there was something ex-
tremely dangerous, too, Besides
what would happen when we closed
In? 4 :
Suddenly we heard q cry above. us
shrill and piercing.
Was it Clare? Speed muttered
under his breath that he recognized
her voice, and I believe that his acute
q was right. VT it was, would we
be able to save her? How were we
ever to get to ner. How were we to
surmount5 that rocky eyrie?
Kennedy Pauses.
In the shelter of the ledge now
Kennedy paused, as we crowded with
him. protecting ourselves as much as
possible. From the case which he
had now opened he had by this time
pulled what looked like a peculiar
gun. AS he worked i it, he jammed
into the breech q huge Cartridge.
not like anything l had ever seen be-
fore.
We watched b~reathlessly a streak Of
light that described a parahoIma:
tar overhead. It mounted and al It
reached the top of its arc. like that
Of a%rocket, it seemed to burst.
faf above US there seemed to come
. binding light out Of the very dark
ness Of the sky itself. It was as
though e had been a. shooting
star Den released from the 9TH
] gazed in admiration. The >thinp
floate.d in the air, waited alone hS
q light current In It's penetrst;ng
glare everything in this grand scene
stood Out in sharp relief A T ,o.I.us