The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-04-27


bare twigs dashed against one another
at his passage; then she shot her car
forward. But she had made only a
few hundred yards when he first OF
the two cars met her. 1t turned to
it's right to pass, she turned the same
way; the approaching car twisted to
the left, she swung hers to oppose 1t.
The two cars did not strike; they
stopped, radiator to radiator, with
! rear wheels locked. The second car
drew up behind the first. The glare
of her headlights showed her both
were full of armed men. Their head
lights, revealing her to them, hushed
suddenly their angry calculations.
She recognized Avery in the first car;
he leaped out and ran up to her.
Harriet! In Gods name, what are
you doing here"
She sat unmoved In her seat, gazing
at him. Men leaping fror' the cars
ran past her Gown the o a toward
the ravine and the burning bridge.
Avery, raining no satisfaction from
her, let go her arm his hand dropped
to the back Of the seat and he drew 1t
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 to
the assembled men. They called
In answer to his shout, and she could
see a man pointing out to them the
way Eaton had gone. The men, scat
tering themselves at intervals along
the edge of the wood and, under
Avery's direction, posting others In
each direction to watch the road, be-
gan to beat through the bushes after
Eaton. She sat watching; she put her
cold hands to her face; then, recalling
how Just now Eaton's hand had chung
to hers, she pressed them to her lips.
Avery came running back to her.
"You drove him out here, Harriet !"
he charged.
Him? Who?" she asked coolly.
Eaton. He was hurt" The tri-
umph in the ejaculation made her re-
coil. "He was hurt and could not
uIlNe, anu tOu dlONC III OuI
He left her, running after the men
into the woods. She sat in the car,
listening to the sounds of the hunt.
She had no immediate fear that they
would find Eaton her present anxiety
was over his condition from his hurts
and what might happen if he encoun-
tered those he had been pursuing. In
that neighborhood, with its woods and
bushes and ravines to furnish cover,
the darkness made discovery of him
by Avery and his men impossible If
Eaton wished to hide himself. Avery
appeared TO have realized this; for
now the voices in the woods ceased
and the men began to struggle back
toward the cars. A party was sent on
foot across the %ravine, evidently to
guard the road beyond. The rest be-
gan to Chamber into the cars. She
backed her car away from the n in
front of it and started home.
She had gone only a short distance
when the cars again passed her, trav.
cling at a high speed. She began then
to pass individual men left by those
in the cars to watch the road AT the
first large house she saw n of the
cars again, standing empty. She
passed it without stopping. A mile
further. a little group of men carry.
ing guns stopped her, recognized hei
and let her pass. They had beer
called out, they told her, by Mr.. Avery
over the telephone to watch the
roads for Eaton; they had Eaton's de
scription; members of the local police
were to take charge of them and oil
rect them. She comprehended thai
Avery was surrounding the vacant
!, acreage where Eaton had take- refuge
to be certain that Eaton die not ge'
away until daylight came and a search
for him was possible.
Lights cleaned at her across the
2 broad lawns of the houses near he
fathers great house as she approached
it; at the sound Of her cal, people
came running to the windows ant