Gunnison news-champion., 1923-02-23

pause: but nothing could completely
bar them from one another now. I'm.
III they catch and destroy me. or
until / come to you as-as you have
never known N. yet
An instan, mOre she clung to him
The double headlights rared Into
sight again upon the road. much
nearer now and coming fast She re
leased hlIu: he plunged into the
bushes beside the road, and the damp
bare twigs IAshed against one another
at bis passage then she shot her car
forFHrd But she had made only a
few hundred yards when the first OF
the two cars met der. II turned TO
II. right To pass. she turned the same
way: the approaching ear twisted TO
the lefi, she swung hers TO oppose H.
The two ears did not strike: they
stopped, radiator to radiator. with
rear wheels locked The second ear
drew up behind the first. The glare
Of her headlights showed her both
were fRIl of armed men. Their head
lights, revealing her Ia them. hushed
suddenly their angry CALCULATIONS
She recognized Avery In the first car
he lcapcd out and ran up to her.
Harriet, In Gods name, what are
you doing heref-
She sat unmoved In her seat. gazing
at him. Men leaping from the cars
ran past her down the road toward
the rayine and the burning bridge
Avery. gaining no satisfaction from
her, let 20 her arm; his hand dropped
To the hack OF the seat and he drew II
up quickly.
Harriet, there's blood here,"
She did not reply. He stared at her
and seemed TO comprehend.
He jumped from the car and ran 10
the assembled men. They called
in answer TO his shout. and she conlH
see man pointing out to them the
way Eaton had gone. The men. scat
tering themselves Mt intervals along
the edge Of the wood and. under
Ayerr's direction. posting "thers In
each direction TO watch the road. he
gan to beat through the bushes afier
Eaton. She sat watching; she put her
cold hands to her face: then. recalling
how just now Eaton's hand had ,guns
70 hers. she pressed them TO her I!ps
Avery came running back 10 her.
"You drove him out here. Harriet g"
he charged.
Him? Who?" she asked cooliy.
Eaton. He was hurt" The tri
umph in the ejaculation made her re-
coil. He was hurt and could not
drive. and you drove him out
He left her, running after the men
into the woods She sat I'm the cnr
listening to the sounds Of the hunt
She had no immediate fear that they
would find Eaton: her present anxlet
WIS over his condition from his hurt.
and what might happen II he encouu
tered those he had been pursuing II
that neishborhood with it, woods anr
bushes and ravines TO furnish cover
the darkness made discovery ~ him
by Avery and HIS men impossible II
Eaton wished to hide himself. Avery
appeared to have realized this. fpr
now the voices In the woods c,-, se.,
and the men tegan TO struggle bac,
toward the cars. 4 party was sent or
4bbt ~ ANtIlttN u
guard the road beyond The rest BE-
gan to Chamber into the cars. She
backed her ear away from the one in
front Of 1t and started home
She had gone only short distance
when the cars again passed her. trav.
cling at high speed She began then
to pass individual men left by those
In the cars to watch the road. At the
drsi large house she saw one Of the
carr again, standing empty. She
passed II without stopping. A mile
further. little group or men carry
ing guns stopped her. recognized her
and let her pass- They had been
cailed out. they told her. by Mr.. Avery
ever the telephone e watch The