The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-17

fore Oh Man Death really gets
him.
The swimming minutes passed:
his mind ceased to live for space.
Then, as through the swirling
waters of the last dark whirlpool,
driled roar o. returning con.
scipusRess filled his being.
somebody was shaking him,
shouting al him. Suddenly instinct
resumed It's function and he strug-
gied madIy 70 get away from the
eye 81 the siplrhp ie-fought his
wey, bilndty, Through tangled pr-
dersFnWth toward the hard ridge
No human power could have block
ed tho frantic creature thrashing
toward sold ground,
But thefe QpIptala held him IN
his why grip.
aFool. Ma,es sraEee fellow!
What ypl do .ehf For Why you
make t,inps like rabbits! En-! you
expec Quintana? Yes? AleEs!"
ieveftt! in q state Of collapse,
sagged back against an oak tree.
anintanass nerypps grasp fell from
mis- arms and they swung dangling.
what yop Do by that po9d'aoIe?
f1hg come and touch You. and my
cod one would think ] have stab
you. Sucll an ass"
The sielily greenish hue changed
III I,eyeretfs face as the warmer
tide stirred from Its staguation. He
Afted his head and tried to look at
e,ufntana
sWhsTe Jake Iloou?" demanded
the latter.
1t that the weasel wits OF the
trapFobber awoke to the instant
.crists. Blood and pulse began to
imp. He passed one dirty hand
over his mouth 70 mask any witch
where my packet, eh7" inquired
fanintana.
9Jake's got IT, Leverett's yoIcn
was growing stronger. His small
eyes switehed for an instant toward
HE riffs, where 1t stood against a
tree behind Qu.ntana.
Where Is he, then, this Jake"
repeated eHiptala impatieptly.
THO got begged"
sflogsed9 VIVA Is that then?'
HE got int a sinkholer"
syyhatr,
mate an Il know said Lever,
EFT eulieflys Him and me wah
trayeiini hell:hent TO meet up with
you=Jake. be was for a short cut
10 RfoWnd yalley-but mo- seq 1,
gimme q good bard ridge an a long
detoer when there's sink,holes int
the woods-'n
"EYhat - II the talk you talk to
htssn asked Qpintans, whose per-
plexed teatrfes began TO dArken
where isjit3 my packet?n
I'm teilln you, amt II" re-
torted the other, raising voice
now shFill with the strain OF this
new crisis rushing SO Unexpectedly
upon him: q i heard Jake give \
hoiIer. What the hell's the
tfoubiefa, isgells, Then heilets out
= heller, Save mel! he sereeches,
Pm into a sink-hole! The quick
sand s get me- SEE he. So ] drop
my rifle, i did-there she stands
agRinst that birch saplin!-and {
run down into them there pitcher
plants,
Whar be YETI 1 yells. Then I
iistens. and. don't hear nothin'
only aItfna wallerin' noise an a
siebber like he was gulpIn' mud.
Then ] toller them there
sounds and I come out by that
stnk+ho ole. The water was a-shakIn'
an over n but Jake he had went
down plum out o. sight. T'wapt
no iise. wa Sick and sacred like,
so when YOU come up over the
MOSS mt makin' no polse,/ an
gFahbeds God ri guess you'd
Jump. 1901
epintana,s dark, tense face was
express ionless when Leverett ven-
tured 10 look at him. Like most
liars hafrealiEed the ACCESSIBILITY of
looking bis victim straight in the
eyes. This he managed to ac-
coInpiish, Sustaining the cold I'M
tensity Of euintana's gaze as long
as he deemed II necessary, Then
ne started toward his rifle. Quin-
tana biork ed his way.
Where my ppcket?"
Col raMsit! Amt | told you?
lake had ~ in his pocket"
MY packet ?"
'Yaas. ,yolrn."
Ms packet, It is down in thee
sink toie9
xou think I'm lyin'?" brustsr-
ed Leyerstt, trying to move
around Quintana's extended arm:
The arm sweryed and clutched
him blythe collar Of his flannel
wat, my trien'," said Quin.
tana ina soft voice, you shall
sSplaip. 70 me some things before
'Espiaiai whatl-you gol ding
Qpintaua shook him into speech
iesslesss
Listen, my trien'," he continu-
I'd with Ia terrifying smileI ~
mus ask you what 1t was, that
gin-shpt, which hear while I
await al browns vallee. Eh?
Who Are q gun2'
u amt heard no gun" replied
Leyetett ina strangled voice,
You did not shoot? No?"
NoIdamn 1t ALI
And Jake? He did not fre?"
No; i tell yeh-"
"Al! Someone lies. It il not
me. my ffien', No. Let us ex-
anime your Vile"
Leyefett made n rush for. the