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u . Now-how shall we dispose
lselves?"
After some further discussion, it was
our-
in readiness for what might come.
hind the large bowlder at the wcstern
side of the house was Skip, nstride his
horse. And over at the edge of the
woods, in the black shadows of the trees.
waited obi)
Their Dian was simple. From what-
ever direction the old woman might an-
prosch, they were ready for her, and by
signals which had been agreed upon
the)‘ were prepared to close in upon
her and make her prisoner. That, at
least, was the theory.
lt had become bitterly cold in it very
few hours. Sharp and keen the wind
swept around the bald head of Shadrach,
slamming the shutters and rattling the
windows 0 ouse; crackling and
rt-nding the imploring arms of the trees.
Night covered the landscape like a. blan-
ket of blackness. and the moon was in
retreat behind a bank of clouds.
reary vigil those hours proved to he,
ed and maimed by
iheegloom of the groaning,
woodland, where he lurked, Bobby swore
ag showed herself. she
would find him ready.
During those hours of cold and fatigue,
he tried to think over all that occurred,
step by step. and to find some sensible
explanation that would fit all the facts.
nut none came. The last time he looked
at the luminous dial of his watch the
hands were at half past 11. They could
hardly be kept waiting much longs
rcliiected. And then. almost before the
‘watch was back in his pocket, the sound
came clear above the raving and roaring
of the wind. g
Galloping, thundering hoofs!
Galloping across the frozen sod, thun-
dering and thudd ng and resou
whipped and spurred to maniacal
peed. Galloping, galloping, galloping.
nearer and nearer and near ouder an
louder and louder. rushing u on them
thunderingly--but
e
. louder, more deafening-yet
nothing visible! s
And then, suddenly. there flashed into
view the last thing in the world Bobby
had expected to see.
black horse. plunging and rearing,
p land. its
upon it, whipping it to a faster gait,
was Louise Lorne.
Bareheadcd, her golden hair stream-
ing‘ behind her., wild-eyed and fright-
she clung‘ there, like a strange
thin .
g .
"Louise!" calledz Bobbi’; giving‘ his
horse a. Vicious yank that sent it rushing
toward her. ‘
A horrid yell from behind him caused
hag was upon them,
in full, vengeful pursuit.
Like an embodied fury, she ahncsred
at the brow of the hill-s. wild, gro-
tesque dgure-a crazy hag upon a flying
them. Squat-
a banner. her black coat trembling and
iluttering.
Across the treacherous landscape she
was stretched out,
front of the house of mystery a dark
figure shurlrlered a little and then lay
Galland, also rushing to the res-
o by his position was
the onrushing fiend:
rious devoted friend
of Louise, had been downed by a. bullet.
HA1‘ followed came with the blind-
ing suddenness of o. bit of lightning.
Another yell came from the old woman,
and her right hand moved like the dart
For nrst time she
realized that she was trapped. Shot
after shot cracked and roared and echoed
like the barking of hungry wolves agrees
the mountainside. . ead
whizzed the bullets, but be pressed on,
with Skip hurrying to his assistance.
the old woman's
Then. with an unearthly shriek, the bag
did a ghssti mad, devilish thing. A
hare two feet lay between her horse and
thru the air. and landed with the sure-
ncss of a flying‘ bat, safe on the other
-
racing horse. Her Inns closed round
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Louise. and she turned mockingl at
her pursuers, as her own horse gailoped
U g d on by is. dull, despairing horror.
Bobby and Skit? Worried their horses in
tlesncrate snoris to overtake her. But
they knew there was no hope-that pre-
sently the oltl woman Would disappear,
as she had done before. and that no trace
would he left.
it was a moment for quick decisive
dttion.
Until now, Bobby had not dared to
tire. Always Louise had been withinthe
range of his fire. In the army, he had
been a good murksman. But. this was
different. And now he saw Louise slip-
ping from him, clasped in the arms of
this monster. In another moment she
might be lost to him forever, It was
now or never.
He took the dare fate had thrown him.
Bringing his rifle to his shoulder. he
him his shot had hit home. Then, as
the clouds scudded from on: the moon,
ho saw the animal stumbling and reel-
ing, pitching drunkenly forward beneath
his double burden. And he saw the bug-
e
gard fury of t a old woman as all
looked back him, cursing him. Cool
as death itself, Bobby fired again. The
horse stopped, swayed heavily and;fcll.
The hag and her captive were un-
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Mouthing. spitting. fuming, howling,
the old woman scrambled to her feet and
grabbed Louise. The girl, now uncon-
e laid across the side of ms
"The cowardly devil!” roared Bobby.
"I! I fire I might kill Louise!"
Sharply he reinedvin. and turned to
skip. But in that sudden instant, Skip '
had dlsaplleared.
The old Woman had not med.
was waiting for Bobby
She
to approach
nearer, that her shots might be more
It gave Bobby
certain. A moment to
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Before Skip knew what was happem 0! guests-
rifle was wrenched from his Pronned in a. rocking-chair. Dlled a
‘way, . Skjnny bit, but smiling grimly, was Galland.
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T obby reached ),]m..nom,y wnh From the station telephone at the base
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ong gray hair that streamed from‘her
withered head tell also. but not with her.
It rolled drunkenly to one side. It was
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vapor rising from her old-fashioned china
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In another rocker at the end of the
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Bobby and skip bent low to gaze upon room, flushed and smiling, was Louise.
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