Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-16
The STRENGTH By EDISON MARSHALL
of the PINES Author .. 9TH. Voice Of Pack"
By EDISON MARSHALL
Author of ..The Voice of tf:e Pack"

There was an instant's sensation ot
terrible cold. But her voice was hard
and lifeless when she spoke.
"You mean you've killed him" she
asked simply. .
"We amt killed him. We've JUST
been teaching him a lesson Dave eN-
nlnined, "Simon warned him not 10
come up-and we've had to talk to nm
llttle-with fists and heels"
Linda cried out then, one agohiZe'l
SYLLABLE. She knew what fists nnd
heels could do in the fights between
the mountain men. They are as much
weapons Of torture as the claws anu
fangs of the Killer. She had an IN
stant's dread picture of this strong
man of hers lying MANNED and broken
battered, whimpering, inefecti'e
thing in the moonlight of some distah'
hillside. The vision brought knowledge
to her. Even more clearly than In the
second of their kiss. before he hnd
gone to see Hudson. she realized whht
nm immutable part Of her he was. Sie
puzed with growing horror at Dawes
leering face. "Where Is he!" she
asked. She remembered, with singular
steadfastness. the pistol she had con-
cealed In her own room.
"I'll show you. II you want to get
him In you'd better bring the OLD nag
with you. It'll take two Of you to car
ry him."
"I'll come" the old woman said from
across the shndOwed room. She spoke
with curious breathlessness. "Ill 60
at once"
The door closed behind the three OF
them, and they went out into the moon
lit forest. Dave walked first. 1t was
wholly characteristic of him that he
should find a degenerate rupture In
showing these two women the terrible
handiwOrk of the Turner's. lie re-
joiced in Just this sort of cruelty. Lin
dn had no suspicion that this eXcur-
sion was only Il preteXt to get the two
women away from the house, and that
his eagerness arose from deeper
causes. 1t was true that Dave eXulted
in the work, and strangely the fact
that II was part Of the plot against
Bruce had been almost forgotten In
the face of greater emotion. He was
alone in the darkness with Linda
except of course for q helpless old
w0man-and the command Of Simon In
regard to his attitude toward her
seemed suddenly dim and far away. He
led them over hill, into the deeper
forest.
So intent was he that he quite failed
to observe n singular little signal be-
tween old Elmira and Linda. The wo-
man half turned about, giving the girl
an instant's glimpse Of something that
she transferred from her breast to her
sleeve. 1t was slender and Of steel,
and 1t caught the moonlight on Its
shining surface.
The girls eyes glittered when she
beheld 1t. She nodded. scarcely per-
ceptibly. and the strange file plunged
deeper into the shadows.
Fifteen minutes later Dave drew up
to halt in little patch Of moonlight,
surrounded by wall of low trees and
brush.
There's more than one-way to make
date for walk with q pretty GIRL"
he said.
The girl stared coldly into his eyes.
"What do you mean" she asked.
The man laughed harshly. II mean
that Bruce amt got back yet-he's still
on the other side Of Little river. for
all I know"
"Then why did you bring US here?"
"Just to be sociable," Dave returned.
I'll tell you, Linda. I wanted to talk
to you. I amt been In favor Of a lot
of things Simon's been dolng-to you
and your people. I thought maybe you
and l would like to be-frIends."
No one could mistake the emotion
behind the strained tone, the peculiar
languor In the furtive eyes. The girl
drew back, shuddering. "Im going