Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-25

ledge TO the angle In which lav ~
mouth Of the cave. My breath ram
quickly. for at n instant n haa,
might be thrust forth from the opep
ing.
Mfr. Shaw and Cuthbert dro,na,
down upon the Ledge. Though unda
whispered orders TO retreat 1 co,I.
not. but hung over the edge os m.
cliff. eager and GREATNESS. hen wiz,
Il bound the men were beside me M
Shaw caught my hand. and we rushed
together into the woods.
A quake. a roar. a shower of yv,ne
rocks 1t was over-the dynamite had
done It's work, whether successfulyv or
not remained TO be seen. After a M.
tie the Scotehman ventured back he
returned to MS where we waited lea ,hs
woods-Cuthbert to mount guard oyer
me-with a cleared face.
Its all right" h said. ..The am.
trance Is completely blocked. set
the charge six feet inside. but the roof
Is down clear to the mouth Poor
wretches-they have all come pour,no
out upon the sand"
All three OF us went back fo the
edge OF the cliff. Seventy feet beiow
on the narrow strip OF sand befora
the sea-mouth OF the cave, we saw IN.
hgures OF four men, who ran wildly
about and sought for a foothosd on tbe
sheer face of the cliff. As we stood
watching them. with. o. my part. nj
least. unexpected qualms OF pity and
a cold Interior sensation very unlike
triumph. they discovered US. Then
FOR the first time. l suppose. they mn.
derstood the nature of their disaster.
We couid not hear their cries. but We
saw arms stretched u Il US f,sis
frantically shaken, hands lifted m
prayer. We saw Mr.. Tubbs fiop uoxn
upon his u~naecustOmed knees-ft WINS
all rather horrible.
| drew back. shlyering. at wont
be for long. Of course" | said uneer-
tainiy. Just till the steamer comes
and well give them lots to eat-but !
suppose they think-they will soon be
Just a lot more Skeletons" And
here l was threatened with a moist
anticlimax TO my late Ammonium
mood.
Why should the frequent n mar. 1
ural phenomena Of tears produce such
panic In the male breast7 ITS been
too much for her." exclaimed the once
Scot In ZONES OF anguish. 'Hur. =,
~. lad-we must find her some wa }
Nonsense / interpoSed. winking F.,
Just think of some way TO
ialm those creatures, so that | shan't
zee them In my dreams, begging and \
'eseeching-" For | had not forgot
on the immensely OF my debt to Tony.
So a note was written on a leaf
orn ron a pocketbOOk and thrown
yer the cliff weighted with a stone =
he captives swoOped upon II. Fol
owed then a vivid pantomime bv
'ony. expressive Of eased IL u%nrepent.
Mt minds, while Mr.. Tubbs. by ges.
ares. indicated that though sadly mis-
Understood, old III. III. was still our u
and benefactor. =,
Ii vas an attentive group to which /,
our return TO camp | related the ~
rcumstances which had made posi- -
0e our late exploit of i%mprlsoning the !.
in the cave. The tale Of my :,
.,hievements, though ~recounted with =,
modesty, seemed to put the finish.
< touch TO the extinction OF Violet. ap
r she wilted finally and forever. and DO
as hencef0rth even bullied by Aunt t'
The diary OF Peter was pro- SCI
iced, and passed about with awe
om hand to hand. Yesterdays dis orr
very In the cave had rounded out In
e history Of Peter to a melancholy Or
mpletion. But though we knew the bal
d we guessed In vain at the begin tar
ne. at Peters NAME. at that OF the his
! grandfather whose thrifty piety the
d brought him to Havana and to the apI
quaintance OF the dying mate OF
Bonny Lass, at the whereabouts of
old New England farm which had &
en- m~ortgaged to buy the Island ant
Ieen. at the identity OF Helen. who ne,
Ilted still. perhaps, for the lover cor
10 never would return. he,
even our regrets for Peter did coo
/ chill the e~xultatlon with which we y
'usn' VI 'ne ueasus ~a'ins trio
re under the sand In the cabin OF
Island Queen. n,
All afternoon we talked OF IL. That. Ont
the present, was all we could do. a.
ere were the two prisoners In camp ,n :
be guarded-and they had present ,no
and made remarks -nt
ongly personal and unpleasant 49,.
on discovering their situation r.,
ere was Crusoe lnvallded. and need
petting. and getting IL from every
" OF the score OF his romantic past
Benny as well as of his present yir- 80
5. The broken leg had been clever ,"u
set by Dugald-somehow In the late ue's
Miss and Mister had dropped 'en'
te out OF our vocabularies-with
.hbert as surgeons assistant and l
holding the chloroform TO the pa W
nose. There was the fatigue man
reaction from excitement which neal
felt, and Peters diary To be VIII
and golden dreams to be In emp
god And fhoro WAS fha datf.o.o hoxt