The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-29
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Il don't know what TO think.
IT'S knocked me pretty hard"
What are you going TO do7"
'carry-on." said Pennington with
a touch % bitterness.
Dawson. flattened down against
tho rock. barely a hundred PAGES
from the main objective, saw tho
seventh round send n wall topping
drunkenly inward
Good man. he murmured exult,
anily, then CROPPED for his rife,
Four moro rounds followed in
quicker succession-and tho u. O.
rubbed his Tat hands together.
ChalHung's lair was erumpling
from It's very foundations. one
main wall OF enormous boulders
stood alone behind a heap OF ruins
and he guessed that this remaining
rampant sheltered all that was left
Of the bandits followers. To all
intents and purposes the day was
won.
And then. as he brought his gaze
back 60 the wall, he saw figure
standing Very erect on It's summit.
a man OF enormous proportions IN
n white drill tunie and hagEy silk
trousers, lie did not need the as
sisiance OF binoculars 10 recognize
ChaiHung.
Within matter Of seconds. q
second form had Joined him. pushed
from below by unseen hands. In
flash there dawned upon him
the meaning Of that maneuver OF
the early hours. tho band that had
broken thru carrying something
slung from a pikul.
His senses reeled.
For Gods sake stop that
damned gum no caught himself
screaming aloud. writing In tho
agony OF his impotence. lie
damned his fingers in his ears and
tried In vain TO draw his eyes from
tho girl who. bound hand and foot.
Just balancing on tho Jagged sur.
face Of rock. looked death in the
face unfinehinglz.
He had always admired Monica.
had oven cherished hopes OF her
himself. until Pennington had
stepped in. The sight OF her stand.
ing there by the side OF Chai.Hung
naesiened him. He tried 10 collect
his thoughts and. as no did 50. the
real Significance Of that solitary
rampant was borne upon him. Clay
had told him after their first at
tack that behind the rude fortress
was sheer drop OF 500 feet. Her
presence there was a warning 20
Pennington to cease fire,
Ho wriggied into the shelter OF
tho next boulder ahead. conscious
only Of a deairu 20 do something.
Twenty yards from the wall. no re.
allsed that the firing had stopped.
As he watched his opportunity 30
scromble under tho wall itself. his
eye caught a second figure far 10
his night. short. swarthy scare
crow with a long knife between his
teeth.
''Rabat.Pilail The creature passed
out of sight and Dawson lay very
stu while all around rclgncd q ri.
ieneo that tuggcd az his nerve
strings. Tho sun beat morcilsssiy
down on him and no shifted his
battered topes back over tho nape
Of his neck. wondering all the time
what Chat lungs next move would
be.
Suddenly. from their own lines.
a single rlfie-shot rang out. The
man on the wall clapped hand
TO his side. then swung his arm
forward IA II TO send his victim
tottering backward.
Dawson cursed the bandit under
his breath. II was sheer madness
TO pick off the bandit. for he stood
so close 20 tho girl that the faint.
est touch must assuredly carry her
with him.
A rock. CssIodged from some
where. slid into space. and two
hands appeared on tho wall. inches
only from where the girl stood.
Impelled from behind. she aid for.
ward with little scream into the
ruins. and Chai.Hung turned with
a snari upon--Chiness Pennington.
Hs had discarded his sling. but
DawHon could see that his wound
cd arm panied him greatly.
He hit ChalHung with all the
force he could muster. over.bal.
anced with the sheer force OF i'm.
pact-and the wo men disappeared
together into the abyss.
AS II at given signal. the NJ.
lacking force rose and advanced
at the double: but Dawson. anxious