Evening star., 1936-12-27
NhA: II:1>4 The Story of PeriIons Might
MOUNTAIN I1lu0OuC- By W. Boyce Morgan

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that at the mel men are outlaws who have shot
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gestion. They 60 to bed. and Ken hears
the outlaws, 60 to their rooms. =, simon simon
ana shes Steal down snat the front
1 the the
mands him to. stop, Ken dashes toI tne
door. reaches 1t. and finds 1t Is locked.
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T us heart in his throat. Ken
swung around, expecting at
any moment to hear the roar
u u of q gun. But he had for
gotten Simon.
AS the outlaw had started across
the room after Ken. tugging at the
pistol in his shoulder holster, Simon
leaped from the stairs and bore him
to the floor. Just as Ken turned,
Simon was crashing his huge fist
downward. But somehow the man
avoided the blow. He wriggled to one
side, and with powerful lunge. threw
Simon of.
As he scrambled to his feet, Simon
rushed him again, and they grappled
desperately. Simon locked his power
full arms around the mans shoulders.
keeping him from getting his gun.
Then he turned his head toward Ken.
"Out the back door!" he yelled.
"I'll take care of this crook"
Ken started across the room. realiz-
ing that he must get away, but hat
ing to leave Simon in the midst OF
fight. And Simon had plenty on
his hands. His antagonist was as
slippery as an eel, and as Ken reached
the kitchen door, the man got foot
behind Simon's legs and tripped him.
They both went crashing down, and
Simon's head struck the noor with
cruel force. His big limbs relaxed,
and he lay still.
| But Ken couldn't stop to help ST.
mon. He rushed through the kitchen
and ySnked open the back door. know
ing that the man would be on his
heels, and probably shooting. Out
side, he lodged quickly around the
side of the hotel building, and made
a break for the road in front.
But the man who had been on guard
outguessed him. Instead Of following
Ken through the kitchen, he opened
the front door, ran outside. and waited
for him at the corner of the build-
ing. As Ken rounded the wing of the
hotel, the man leaped forward, caught
the boy with one arm, and swung his
clubbed pistol in quick, sharp blow.
Ken's legs buckled under him, and
he slumped to the ground.
MARJORY had gone to bed, but she
A'A had been completely unable to
sleep. She was wide awake when the
outlaws came up to their rooms and
she listened anxiously for Simon to
come up and arouse Ken.
She heard them 60 along the hall
and start down the front stairs. This
surprised and alarmed her, for she
had taken it for granted that they
would go the back way. She jumped
out of bed, hastily pulling on her slip
pers as her feet touched the icy floor.
Then, wrapping heavy robe around
her, she quietly stole out into the hall
She could hear raucous snores COM
ing from one Of the rooms occupied
by the men who had taken over the
inn. Silently she slipped along the
corridor to the top of the stairs. She
would make sure that Ken was safely
away before she went back to bed.
A smothered gasp broke from her
lips as the man leaped from the chair
by the fireside. Immediately she real
lied that one Of the men had not
gone to bed: only three of them must
have come upstairs! And Simon and
Ken, believing that the lower floor was
deserted, had been taken by surprise
by the man on guard there.
Marjory lived year in those brie1
moments during the struggle down.
stairs. In the dim light from the
fireplace she saw Ken escape through
the kitchen, saw the outlaw unlock
the front door and run out to way
lay him. Hoping franticaliy to warn
Ken, she ran into one of the bed
rooms which faced the front Of the
house. But she was too late. Peer.
ing through the window she saw Ker
knocked unconscious almost beneath
her.