The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-01

y dashed out Of the hut into which LIE
J. boeuf, McGrath and he had herdet
them, searching for Joyce. He raj
n Into the hut adjacent, then racet
across the promontory to the huts neal
. the neck. But Joyce was not In either
Of these
There remained the central store
house, and. running toward It., Lee
dealt a succession of furious blows
against the door with his rifle stock.
1t cracked, splintered and fell off its
hinges.
McGrath was at his side. The
priest struck match, and by the light
Of the tiny flare 1t could be seen that
the interior of the place was empty.
Lee swung his rifle butt furiously.
knocking over barrels and boxes in the
vain hope that Railway, at least, was
hiding behind them. But he was not
there. Shaking off the priest, who
sought to detain him, Lee ran back to
the hut In which the men were herded.
Where Is she?" he shouted, levelling
his rifle at Pierre's face.
In the hut across the neck" Pierre
babbled, gray with the terror of death. |
Lee ran back across the promontory |
once more, needless Of his compan-
ions shouts behind him. He dashed
along little trail that ran into the
heart OF the reeds, fiinging the dry
stalks right and left, as one parts a
hanging screen Of beads.
For a few moments he felt the
ground hard beneath his feet. Then
the little path ended. He trod on
quaking muskeg. He pushed on.
Again path seemed to open before |
MIN. Again 1t closed. The head-high
reeds were all about him now, the {
held him, and he went f1oun- t
dering in the mud like mired caribou
He struggled on, sometimes sinking b
knee deep in the swamp. He dashed n
his rifle against the rafting reeds, s.
swinging 1t around and around his
read, In the effort to beat them down S
md discover what lay before him. E
But they rose resilient from the ground
Ike armed enemies, and In the dark o,
lie could see nothing.
He shouted Joyce's name, and now. &c
ewildered, he began to circle blindly st
his tracks among the reeds, dash ia
1g them down as If they were human W,
nemies. Yet all the while, though
e was ignorant of 1t, chance was d. SO,
'cting him, circuitously, toward the ar,
ut In which Joyce sat-
Railway, the moment that he re- sot
'vered from the shock of hearing
ee's voice at the head Of the attack. Es1
lrried to the cabin. EsteIle met the
m. A.
~. oul tnat Hgnt J! Railway her
arled. \
Its himl he half whispered. "And and
thought he was deadI" out
Listen to me, nowi" He bepan moi
king swiftly under his breath. Es- ear,
lie crept closer to him. She listened out
If he hypnotlzed her. effo
You mean that, Jim? You swear had
ieaSe 'hat girl oehlndg tigh
1 swear 1t, Stella. I've got the gold the
he'd near the motor boat. Every n,
ng's ready, and I've had a fresh stoo
I'M of gasoline put in" en,n
hey heard Lee calling again. mon
.o,. a n.ena natnway whispered. appe
tella slipped from the hut and hur- the
little distance along the path. Do
Iv 49, 'ne swamp sud goin,
land out of the darkness, in voice '
anguish: nau
eel Loo, Coma e. at JC
rovcer Tovoo, 1.s -, 49,, me the
nd sudden,y no stor, the G
It of treachery came to him he saiu
ne realized that this was moi , "as
e who called i. EstelIe the ,'. 10
&c, Estelle with Joyces voice
g him to destruction. ne
If Of tho darlr L. m the
10 bead sona,r ueseenueu himse
He strpcoIea H. s ior- Nothi
'i"ays bent
rely they fought In the cabin It'
way. Soon
en- Lee was seized from behind "iiiih'
rk behind the kneeoon s,. you"
Wing on the floor 10 CO.. M JoyC
peing pinioned. A moose was 1o'
ID about his neck stronr,,,, my de
he was no longer capable of re- Try 10
ce. Ropes were fastened around iree.
)dy and legs. goo NO., .. Joyc
mouth. He was helpless as the g
d chicken. though
n the room leaped into light. and oulpur
" Shorty fastening the ends of "ouiu
ope to beam. and Railway uiu no
ne over him A'"'n"ay Rath
oan CANA e. every r
'dy strained against Its bonds - :,
ay looked at her and uttered ,a,.a .,
ena laugh. 'aAe III
no tho ,,., view.
"a cot !, d. nie from the long ci
!. A thin coil Of smoke QUICKLY nv
to spread upward. Within .
the tinder-dry thin boards NJ IN a.
smoto hosa win running "Joyc
~ III the In and not
wav wo,tod am promise
s well alight, then he slasbed d..
I'd that tied Joyce to the he'd pet
un the etrIlUO1fpx oil >"e' " q.