Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-05-02

No.. oa,' nave Hnlshed strong, only
you came IN front of me, and-whv T
never began to live until after Won
TOOK me home that night
used to stand on Rush etroo+
Orloge In Chicago and, if I was far
! enough gone, l could think was IooIy
Ine at the Thames and the lights Of the
brush shipping, or I'd think was an
Araplah caliph, nosing about nv own
Guy at night. Only it needed . hio
tlllfst TO shift the globe around that
way ana make a Greek waiter look
me the King of Ashamede in disguise
I've looked over toward BROOKLYN and
Ioid myself 7 was on the Bund at
shanghai. But it couldn't be done thar
way. was close to the rocks. You
seemed to know what I wanted. You
/ opened the world Do YOU think
/ No''d back up, even if could? YOU
,iio not bait me. 1t was understood
that | should probably die along the
way IN the Cobb. It's been a grand
] passage"
1hanks, boy" returned the elder
man. And in the twilight their hands
/ met and gripped an instant.
| Whatever turmoil was imaginable
within the city, the Americans were
TOO far away to hear it, and the Sc
crecy or the dark gave them a kind of
leisure, with also stimulation. They
continued rapidly beside the gray
bitches, not particularly heedful of di-
rection. They jumped over the inter
Sectlng arms of irrigation, and at mo-
ments caught the low gurgle of spring
water. 1t occurred to Con that his
borrowed eastern garments were very
practical. The firm, broad sash and
twisted breeches gave support as he
cleared the bitches, the sandals were
snug and curiously satisfactory. He
! was not so sure that he was wholly q
western person. He no longer mar
veled at his blouse with its inner peck
cts and folds.
| once he thought that an advance
guard of the pursuers had overtaken
them. They stopped short to listen,
but heard nothing. March was uneasy.
Con, who felt that there was nothing
further to be lost, was almost indiffer-
ent. He could not think his way clear.
It was grimly unpleasant to remember
what they had done to Marchs guard,
but one crime more or less in the eyes
of Tau Kuan did not matter now.
/ There came the sense of some one be-
hind them, but there was no sound in
the pale breath Of the bitches. Con
noted a low shape like a dog, across
the nearest ditch. Quickly second
joined it. Two figures hurled out Of
the gloom and landed at the white
mans feet. They were the hunched
| and deformed little men of the sand
hills, Il dozen or more, and they broke
into talking. Their arms were like
metal bands upon Lexington. The
| gong had reached them and brought
them up out Of their warrens. 1t
seemed they were animated by curios-
ity and a natural malice more than by
the idea of reward.
Struggle was unavailing. These
miners had terrible arms, despite
bodies that were shrunken and gro
| tesnue. March was speaking in native
dialect. Lexington was borne off his
feet. lifted over the last ditch, ana
| then deftly stretched face downward
upon the sand March was pleading.
The hills were near.
Con did not understand the appeal
March was making, but was surprised
at the force Of it. They were listening,
roluctant. like some blind evil turned
NTarah an
| fervently.
Points of light were low toward the
F.! civ. the torches coming out. Ii
seemed that the gray-haired mans ar
o7ment had an effect, for Lexington
was picked up as before, and carried.
Tn the confusion he saw that they
were not going in the direction OF the
citv The bones of their shoulders hurt
his back. He was unable TO turn.
Forty PAGES of this and they paused.
| March repeated his phrases. LeVlng-
+on was allowed to stand upon his
foot hut his hands were held. Then
the group ran with him up the hill.
"What did you say?" inquired Con.
.T reminded them that they have no
more love for the city than we, ana
that our enemy is their enemy"
"What made you think of that"
"They are slaves, worse
This was cut short as the workers
LOT 90 Cons wrists, and he pitched feet
first into perfect blackness. Inc fall
was giddy; then scramble down an
incline of loose earth. Choking with
+ba dust. he could not guess to What
donth he was sliding. Something
came down upon his head, and this
was Andrew March.
"You asked them to take us 1nT,
eyes. 1t occurred to me that they
do NOT love their masters. | re1erreu
70 that. and promised everything l
could think of, if they would not turn
nc over to the horsemen.
The center of the world gave fortn
snocl of light that was torch. Inc
nartv that had come up at the sum
mons of the distant gong was llose
ahont the white men again at the base
I T