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.[cup ght by .the huthor.1
w.‘- . . TER.X- .. ..
rum xvoztlAN‘or: HORSEBACK.- . ,
tar; ,rCr't-used”
burst for safety”
‘ ‘hill, per erzo his breat-5
.. ’ his wild V l ‘
' (‘old End chn5le.'l1ke'
Utah:-. > she wished
r she had ridden since early I the after- - first s r uld punll-ll him as the nest
noon end he hars s ta huntreur did c eon Bu here was he
hothshe andrthe’ h “ 5 looked around? as s thered up ll.
didn't ii to admit itxeven ‘loosened “ alth ot bro ze-red hair an
the tab! stared-her in the (ac
Iwlflly coiled it. about her shapely hesdm
nnil smv him. . - .
He lay stretched prone as he had fallen,
, and illll, so Mllll. ‘. '
and. me ‘ ere P1-IL‘ K p used.a aecond..to thrust some -lr-pins
then iaded’a“‘3Y to at wlndlm; path. W th ugh her t sees, e s e we t to him
the gathering darkness threatened to ohiitg ' and mu by hh: Ems‘ gm ru Md mm 0 .9,’
erate en rely. ' i 9 mt 03""! I and his (ace gienlned white in the darkness.
50 obscure as Vome Marvel slble, ‘ It was sun 1;, tlnely-moulded X ce. W h
at d the groups 0! pines appeared to her > broad brou, rm c n-in .1 ms y
as bldck'ln sses 0! ha ow. hat the can- k
viction was forced upon her that she had
lost hergi-a ' ’
vi -
she might have turned back. to be sure:‘
ll
nelghed and this unusual
ientlnn of the Bxm
the at
pa:
a .
lanced around, saw her
ahead.
und advanced towards through his brain to rescue her, or
r. e tvtme time mutionlng her to urge
her horse .
tt i Way!" he sh ‘
treivxnn tall upon you! You are right in its “M
t horse and rider
crashing through
IYIK momentum "5 I
and the lmhztcl of its fall was like an earth-
quake‘:
It
owl r
the
re
earth “lth the for
shtxk.
all occurred
in :1. moment’: tlma.
outed. '
I
seemed paralyzed "fan
untan
. . on
adjoining trees. Ga
h its d 3
co at an svalunrhs 5'“? 1-‘Y “
Kleanwhll-1. the young mfm
sound attracted swore, for, glancing up, he saw the swltts
n
(are, and she was pmvo ed to tlnd lteraelt
regarding it with some interest. ‘There is
bu look settled melancholy
“hlch she could not fathom, He appeared
alwut thirty -ears of n ut is dark
hill rid mousiirc e ere s reaited with
gray, nnd this fact set her to uonderimi
What his trouble coul have been. hen sh
shuul have een stirring hei-sell to
bring him to consciousness.
while she was wondering. however. what
she should do,
. , tlescelltlilig tlr-tree. hiding the sky and -
there in the threatening to crush them to the our
5 poisu in lIe,.<:nv above I
race or the woman, rind the resoldle (lashed
killed in the attempt.
, she had recovered her sell-possession and
Ahead! The was litshing t
93 "“‘ also ros
garding each other.
1 pity for h
sprang tor the rltler. lifted and 0
vitty to i
her tram the sa le, and darted torward at
s ' ed
humlrmls crash, the earth
forest reauunded with E roar like
he hurricane: but above the el-
mentnl din shrilletl the de.-izii-shriek at the ,, . “P9 - ‘J 3“;
h Q hot. hat I care.
rt." X
cannot do less than ln-
h ch hu
real hrsnch felled the young man to :“?,$‘?“‘h" b“‘ ‘
earth. hut in (alllntz he threw his burden The young mm, shook himself
hand over his eyes. in B
mnnne and answered slowly, as It yet but
hnlr recovered:
" thank you I think not. But you-
it me
ln- “ .1 .
llnnll "MW ‘
subsided rose to her ieet.
lsny emotions were surging through her
brain. hut u pcrmos was a tesiing at u Injured,
a not been him it indignation nlzalnst th i ;m. her at all, thanks to your-your well-
Tidlei Seeing that hls vlslmrs could not Y0l- rescuer. H1 i he should h ('2 (la (‘(1 I In Elciint efforts In my behali." She Was II.
' e hr. hands on her. s e hn held herself as one truihiui woman, and In that moment
a man ulzkevi
ln
tal
n.
rnln.
n h
but he rould apart. from earliest woman ood; no man am: rnnlrl not bring herselt to express even
ever even eo.murh on tourhed her with A qualified approval of his nrllon
his nmzer-tips. nd lmw, this rinln (wrest The moon was nvtv u l up mg SM. and
Perhnnn he dweller had actually held her in his arms; she could see an amused smile hit al-mss
somewhat duzetl k,
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