F-. jrnrti - :-STiJa ' :: RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 1 ' " !PP""'"""'"""W!B M, -ixfritvi)Hrt. ? '"" . - - f I I - . !! f - V (r COMRADES "I HATE HER." Synopsis. Tom Shelby, a rancher, rides Into tho frontier town of Poiica, looking for a good time nf ter a Ions npoll of lmrd work and Inncllnoss on tho ranch. Instead, ho runs Into a funornl that of Dad Calkins, a retired army man of whom lit t to In known. A jrlrl, still In her toons, survives Calkins. Mc Carthy, a Baloon keeper nnd Ton ca'a leading citizen, decides that, the slrl, now alone In tho world, should, marry. She agrocs to pick out a liTiBband from the score of men lined up In her homo. To his consternation, hIio nolocts Shelby, who had gono along merely as a spectator. Tho wedding takes placo and tho couple sot out for Sholby's ranch. With them Is "Kid" Macklln, whom Shelby has hired as a helper. On tho way tho girl tolls her husband her namn Is Olgn Carlyn, nnd also tells him something of tho peculiar clrcum atancoa of her liro. Upon their ar rival at the ranch Shelby Is struck clown from behind and left for dond. Ho recovers consciousness to find that Macklln and his wlfo have gono. Ho starts In pursuit. Ho learns his wlfo Is an helross, that her abduction has been carefully planned and that she ban been taken to Wolves Hole, a strong . hold of the bandits and bad Indians. Reaching Wolves' Hole, he Is dis covered by "Indian Joe" and forced to accompany him Into the hole. Hero he claims to bo ono of the conspirators and Is locked up pond ing developments. Ho confides In a Mexican girl, Pancha, In love with Macklln, who Intends to marry Olga, CHAPTER IX Continued. "SI Bonor; I know tlio wny thnt oth ers do not. I pot you out, but," pns Blonntcly, "cot Is not to 8nvo you. I belong here boo; with Junn, my brother. I nm born outlaw, yet alio must ko! Tlmt I resolve. If bIic stay hero I keel her. Hut 'tis cnsler wny to hnve her mnrrled to you, cm' snfe." "You love Mnritltn?" "SI. senor." proudly, "why not? no any he love ttic; yet she come. Mnilre do Dion! I hnte her I She tnko my love! She! Hot kIimII not be. You swear, Bonor. Hint she po with you, nn' never come bnck any more?" "Yes. Pnnchn, I swenr thnft Once we nro nwny she shnll never come back." he answered soberly, Impressed by the violence of her passion, "yet how Is thnt to bo done?" She Rlnnced npprclienslvely hchlnd, Btlll clliiRlni; tightly to her perch, low crlnR hor voice ngnln Into Its former cautious whisper. "Listen, Bonor; I tell you. Ect is Into now, for I wait before I come, nn' think eet all out, so I know whnt to Bay. Indian Joe, he bnd man, vprrn bnd man, nn' 1 much afraid. Hut now ho sleep In there; I creep past while he brcnthe, nn' Hot wnke heem. 'TIs becnuso he drank. Juan, my brother, ro up to tho cove to find Senor linn ley, nn' ho not be bnck teel morning. Tonight eet must bo done, an' so they will not know I helped. Is eet so?" "Yes; I understand; yer hnve op portunity tonight ; but I must get away no no one shall suspect yer hnd any hand In It." "That Is cot," eagerly. "Indian -Toe, he keel me If he fntuitl out ; maybe my brother, too. I boo heem keel men, quick. Ilkn tlmt. Then hn lunch. o He Managed to Scrape Painfully Out of the Hole. X think; he look In here, butnot to search, so ho not sure what might be. Perhaps there wnsa knife under the bed, be dropped somewhere whnt you ' found see? Maybe you nnd eet hid fa your boot how he know that?" "Yea, hut I haven't, Pancha." "So I know ;-but I breeng one see," aud she pressed the handle Into his hood. "How he know how you get Mtf V I strong, sharp, so you cut By RANDALL PARRISH these liars, nn' when morning cotno you nro not here. Who knows how cot happen, senor? I nm also asleep, nn' you uro gono; 'tin tho mercy of God." Shelby caught his brcnth to her ex pressive feestures, his fingers gripping the knife. "I doubt If I enn Ret through that hole," he said mournfully, "nfter the bars arc cut. I'm pretty big." "Hut you must, senor; Micro Is no other wny," bIio Insisted Impatiently. "Tho blndo Is strong, sharp; eet will dig out the log, hut do not be long. See there Is n tree yonder; I will wult you there, nn' show where you must go, so there be no trail. You come to me quick, but be still like denth. Mudre do Dlos! 'tis the only wny." She was gono before he could pro test ngnln, vanishing Into the black night so swiftly nnd silently ho could only stnre out helplessly through the bars. Yet film bad left hope nnd deter mination behind. With teeth set he began the work, finding tho steel blade effective against tho tough hickory. It was no light Job, at tlmt, but ho piled the knife desperately, possessing somo skill nnd unusual strength of wrist nnd fingers. The stakes gave way one nfter the other, but he was not satis fled until ho enlarged the opening somewhat by removing nil bark from tho logs, nnd prying loouo tho box frame. This required nil of half nn hour to accomplish, yet left an aper ture through which ho believed he might forco his body. At thnt he found no room to spare; but, by ven turing It head first, screwing his shoul ders through ono at a time, and draw ing In his breath tightly, he managed to scrape painfully out of tho hole, clawing nt the rough outsldo bnrk for purchase, nnd finally coming down fnce first onto the solid earth. At that, he made little noise, but his flesh smarted, nnd for n moment ho rested where ho fell, confused and pnntlng for breath. The night wns so blnck there In the shndow of the grcnt hills, he could senrccly determine direc tions, yet tho girl had pointed toward the right, and, ns soon as he could at tain bin feet, he advanced cautiously Hint wny, with hnnds held out before hm. Tho pnth was rocky nnd uneven, probably lenvlng little trace of his passage. She touched him before ho was even nwnre of her near presenco, nnd then sho wns but tho dimmest outline, her fnco Indistinguishable through the gloom. "Spenk low, senor," she whispered briefly. "Come with me this wny." Ho permitted her to lend him for ward over ground sloping upwnrd, hut before they bnd thus ndvanccd fifty yards, Shelby stopped, determined to question her purpose. "Whore are you taking me? To Olga?" "No, senor; not now. I must leave you In safety first. Later I bring her to you. Why you ask? You not trust me?" "Yes, I trust-you, Pancha; but Isn't It better thnt I understand tho plan? Then we can work together." She drew In n quick breath Impa tiently, her fingers clutching nt his sleeve. "Dlos I this Is not time to fltnnd nnd tnlk, Bcnor," sho burst forth, "yet listen, If not do otherwise. There Is no tlmo left tonight In which to escape. I must bo back In the house before Indian .Too wakes, or my brother re turns. All I can hope to do Is bide you where you not be found. Then we must plan whnt Is best to do." "You know whero she Is?" "SI. senor; I know; yet eet will not ho ensy to got her nwny. Sho Is not left unwntched, and nothing can be done tonight. I must watch nnd wnlt. Ret will only be Bnfe when Senor Macklln nnd my brother are both nwny." "You menn that I am to hide out yonder somewhere until you nro rendy?" he questioned. "Is that tho 8chome?" "There Is no other thing possible. Evon thnt mny fall. Senor, do not h n fool," bIio urged earnestly. "1 know the danger of all this; you not tialb.o even yet what eet menns to bo n pris oner In Wolves' hole. These men keel ; It Is their only Inw. I risk my life to do this, nnd there Is but ono chancy of success. Alone, unaided, you enn never get out of here never. Why? you nsk. neenuse, senor, every pass Is under guard; they nre never left open." "Then how are we to go?" "Along n path known only to my self and one other, senor. A young Indian found cct by accident nnd con fided bis secret to me! He come, nnd went that way for n year, but no one else know. Once ho took me U,nlf wny to top; cot Is rough, yet enn be fol lowed. Now you ico I am right?" "I have no choice; I owe you my life nlrpndy." "Then do ns I sny, senor. I will lenvo you whero you enn never bo found. 1 hnvo food here In this sack. You must wnlt there hidden until I come. Eet may be n day, two dnys, thrco dnys; that multc no difference. You have my pledge that I will bring her. I do not lie. .Then you will do this, as I sny?" "Yes, Pancha." OF PERIL "Graclas! eet will be at night when wo come, and you will hnve to climb those rocks In tho dnrk. You will need stout henrts for thnt trip; but eet Is better to risk thnn stny hero nn' die, Benor. Now I tell you Indian Joe will believe you found that knife, nnd cut your wny out nlone ; he will try to follow, nn' ho Is like wolf on tho trail. He will not believe you enn get nwny ; my brother Is great tracker, an' they think ect ensy to run you down. Me fool them, senor." "But how? they will surely see your footprints." "Mlnel" sho laughed softly. "Not to ever know them, senor see; ect Is man's boot I wear, nnd senrccly hnve stepped off solid rock. Now we go to tho strenm yonder, and then wade up through tho water. There will be no trail. Let us not wait, senor." The mnn followed without a word, touching her with one hnnd In guid ance. They wcro upon n crest of Bolld rock, worn smooth by the ages, and so advanced unchecked for a hundred "You Go on Alone From Here, Senor." feet, until tho ridge suddenly termi nated ut the bank of n nnrrow stream. A single step, nnd both' were standing In the water, nnd she had grasped his hand. "Eet Is swift, but not deep," she said confidently. "I hnve waded eet many a time. We must hurry." He took the bng of provisions nnd swung It ncross ono shoulder nnd to gether they begnn plowing their way through the downward rush of water. It waB tiresome, but they plunged 8tendIIy forwnrd, finding the bottom firm. Shelby did not know how far they advanced, nor could he tell, In the darkness, the exact nature of their surroundings. Ills Impression wns thnt they wero penetrating a nnrrow side rnvlne, between grent overshnd owing masses of outcropping stone, which Intensified the gloom. Every step took them higher above the floor 'of the Hole, and, nt times tho strenm becamo n veritable torrent, ngalnst which they scarcely could make prog ress. The girl kept close to the rocks on the right, and struggled forward bravely, never loosening her grasp on his hand. Meeting ns he must the stronger sweep of tho current, Shelby felt the strain, nnd was glad when she finally came to n halt. "Eet's here," sho snld, "a few steps more, und I lenve you. The greatest danger Is my not getting bnck In time." There wns nn opening In the solid rock of the wall, a mere crevice, so concealed by tangled shrubbery as to bo Invisible even In daylight. How she had recognized the spot In that dark ness wns a mystery; through the sense of feeling probably, for her hnnds I if str.ntly pnrted the Interlaced branches, and she crept through them with Shel by, on his hands nnd knees, close be hind. They emerged Into n gulch, ns though some glnnt nx of the gods hnd cleaved tho very face of the cliff, a guh'h dry, senrcely four feet In width, rock walled on cither side, nnd almost a tunnel becauso of stunted growth, wucre dwarf oaks had found some lodgment In cracks nnd crevices. Pnn chn stopped, breathing heavily from tho exertion of the climb. "You go on nlone from here? senor." she Instructed, the words pnntlng be tween her lips. "There is nothing to do but foltpw the gulch. A hundred yards and there Is an opening nt the right, a small cave. You will fuel eet with your hand. You need have no fenr to enter, and no one can ever find you there. That Is where you will wait until I come." Shelby tried In vain to distinguish her outlines; he could only be sure of her presence by the voice. "Do not use any fire," she went on Iwarningiy, 'or snow yoursuir uy nny light. They will seek you, and watch Copylsht A. a VcClarg A Ce. these cliffs. Eet mny be several dnys before I will dare net; you must be pntlcnt. When we come I will bring nrms, but I didn't dnre touch any to night." "You will not tell me where my wlfo Is being held?", "Whnt good, senor 1 You could nld her not nt nil. There Is no grent harm coming to her yet. Sncrlstn I why you worry nbout her? I bring her with me; did I not promise?" "Ye, I trust you, Pnnchn," he said warmly, "nnd will do Just whnt you sny. Rut but, don't you understand? If I knew where she wus I would feel better." She laughed almost scornfully. "Hah I .what the difference, senor? You not know If I told you. Hut 'tis not fnr nwny; perhnps by daylight you might see ect from up there ; n log house nil nlone under the bluff. Yet you lie hid, senor. nnd trust all to me." "I hnve promised thnt." "Good", senor; I will go." She drew her hnnd nwny, nnd he knew she was gone, nlthough no move ment of her figure could be distin guished. Shelby swung the bng of provisions ngnln to his shoulder, and begnn feeling his wny blindly forwnrd. He hnd retained the knife, with which he hnd effected cscnpe from tho cnbln, nnd, nlthough the point of the blnde had been broken, he did not feel entirely unarmed. There was no pos sibility for him to lose the wny, the unbroken wnlls shutting him tightly In, so thnt even the star-decked sky was Invisible, while the pnth he must follow led nlmost dizzily upwnrd. It wns boulder-strewn, nnd he fell twice, yet tolled stcndlly on, never permit ting his hnnd to lenve the gutdnncc of tho wnll to the right, nnd carefully testing the placing of each foot in fenr of some pitfall. He could neither Judge time nor distance, yet It wns long before light enme Into tho sky, when he finally clnmbcred over a rock bnrrler ncross the pnth, nnd enmc upon n shelf of stone, the left wnll of this strange envern abruptly disap pearing. Fearful of what precipice might yawn there, ns soon ns he ngnln attained his feet Shelby fluttened him self against the one rock front remnln Ing, scarcely daring to venture for wnrd more thnn nn Inch or so nt a time. A few feet brought hhn to the enve's mouth, a mere hole, scarcely wldo or high enough to receive his body. He explored the black Interior to the length of his arms, finding It larger within thnn nt the entrance. She Insisted there wns no (longer, nnd the silence seemed to prove the plnce contained no Inhabitant. Doubtless the open shelf of rock would be ex posed to view from the valley below with the first flush of day. To avoid discovery he must creep In out of sight. This was accomplished without dif ficulty, the floor being fairly level, nnd the roof rising so that he could nlmost stnnd erect. Shelby explored every Inch of fhe spnee, knife In hand, nnd not entirely satisfied until the tnsk wns completed. It wns only n box of n place, less than fifteen feet long, nnd perhnps half ns wide, narrowing ut the top, ns though In some great cataclysm of past nges two mnsses of rock hnd been hurled together, lenvlng this little Jog between. It wns hot In there, nnd Shelby, drugging nfter him the bng of provisions, removed his cont. A few moments Inter ho rolled It Into the form of n pillow, nnd lay down, staring up nt the blnck vault. He could think now. recall all that had occurred so swiftly, and weave this and that together. lie had acted recklessly; there was no doubt of that. No one but n blind fool would hnve ever ventured nlone Into this plnce to freo n prisoner. Ho should hnve ridden to Poncn, nnd called upon his friends for help; perhaps he mlnht even hnve been able to obtain tf.o services of n troop of cavalrymen from the fort down below tho major knew him nnd would believe his story. Why hadn't ho done this? Why hnd he been so rash, and bull-headed? Tho an swer flashed Into his mind, as though some volco had spoken It was love of Olgn Cnrlynl Ho knew It Instant ly; made no further effort to deceive himself. Lying there In thnt black silence, stnrlng blindly upwnrd, ho saw the womnn ngnln as plainly ns though In the flesh saw her, and knew that he loved her. Her eyes smiled nt him, with such wlstfulness In their depths; there was nothing sullen about her ex pression nny longer; she wns all worn tin. und he loved her. He) covered his eyes with nn nrm, nnd rolled over. Godl wnsn't there nnythlng he could do but wait? He felt wild to net; to nccompllsh some thing; to strike some definite blow In her behalf. His wife! She wns his wife Olga Carlyn I It inennt much to him now. How deathly still It wns; how terribly dnrk. Ho felt hot and stifled thcro In tho cave, yet did not move, or chnngo his position, and bo he finally fell asleep. CHAPTER X. The Darkness of the Cabin. It wns brond daylight a dull -gray within tho small cave, hut bright, sun shine without when Shelby, aroused himself, nnd looked about In nn In stant of bewilderment. As the truth of his situation reasserted Itself, he snt up, conscious of ntlffncss In every Joint, yet relnvlgornteJ by several hours of rest. He fnced n dny of In activity, a hnrd demnnd upon a mnn of his temperament, nnd he wns us slow ns possible over n meager break fast, his eyes contlnunlly wondering toward the nnrrow opening, ns his mind ngnln reviewed tho occurrences of the dny before. Finally, unnble to resist tho tempta tion longer, he ventured to thrust his bend through tho entrance to lenrn something more definite ns to his sur roundings. All he could perceive wns the shelf of rock, with n considerable coping nbotit Its outer edge, together with n few feet of tho descending trail. On the other hnnd n new cleft nppenrcd In the front of the cliff over Bhndowlng him, nnd he susplcloned thnt the path ho had followed the night previous continued upward vi, perhnps, that secret passageway which Panchn had said led finally to the .op of the gorge, and nlong vhirh she planned to guide their future es cape. Heyond the outer edge of the shelf thore wns nothing but sky visi ble, nnil, believing the coping would concenl Ids movements from observa tion below, Shelby pushed his wny out through the opening, nnd crept on hnnds nnd knees to where he cautious ly could gaze over. He wns higher up on the cliff thnn he hud previously realized, although Its precipitous front yet towered men nclngly above. The view below was like that of a distant picture, Jts de tails Indistinct. He felt no longer nny speclnl fenr of being observed, how ever, nnd leaned far enough .forwnrd to Fee clearly up nnd down the brond valley. Ills position lny somewhnt re moved, nround tho nnglc of n side rnvlne, so thnt he could not trnco'the entire courso of the Cottonwood, or even discern the waterfall beneath which he had entered the Hole. Yet he hnd n glimpse of the mnln stream, could' pick out what ho believed to be the log house from which he had es caped, while, within n grove so ns to be senrcely distinguishable, appeared the roof of another, smaller building. Ho would not hnve noticed this, but for n thin spiral of smoke arising from the chimney. Pnnchn had snld the plnce where -Olgn wns confined wns visible from this spot. Could this bo It? He stored down a long while, but without reward. Yet there seemed to be much pass ing nnd repnsslng nlong the main val ley; black, Ill-defined figures of men on horseback almost constantly visible. He wns surprised nt the number, never hnvlng supposed thnt this colony of outlaws wns so numerous. An other thing, while he could not clear ly distinguish such small objects nt thnt distance, the mnjorlty of these riders hnd the appearance of being In dlar.fl. Could they bo Sioux wnrrlnrj gathered here In preparation for somo raid on the exposed settlements? or wns It possible thnt the troops had al ready Btruck, nnd driven the rem nants of scattered war parties Into this Hole for refuge? In either case their presenco In such numbers ren dered his own position so much more precarious, and Increased tho danger surrounding Olgn. He felt that, In spite of his pledge" to the Mexican girl, he could not remnln In his hiding place quietly, without endeavoring to learn more of what had actually oc curred during the night. Indeed lie could perceive no reason why ho should remnln entirely lime tlve. At the very best she could nc compllsh nothing before night, nnd hnd held out very little hope for even then. There were no signs thnt he wns being sought nfter down below. It might be that In the excitement of other happenings, his escapo had been considered ns of minor Importance; thnt Indian Joe, convinced that he could never get out of the Hole unob served, took no Immediate Interest In trailing him. What wns the use, when ho must eventually surrender? It would he n simple matter to steal cau tiously down through thnt deep cleft In the rocks, ns fur, nt lenst, ns the strenm below. He would be concealed all the way. nnd once there, hidden securely among those thick bushes, he might then lenrn whnt wns actually occurring. It would bo far better fol him to know. Besides, this would be no disloyalty to Pnnchn; even If she sought him he would still be In the pnth she must follow, nnd, so long as he remained undiscovered, Just where he wns concealed could make no .pos sible difference. The argument satis fied his mind, bccauf.o he felt he must net; must make somo effort of his own. "See; touch rao.You thought I was dead?" (TO P3 CONTINUED.) ' Old Bell Splendidly Preserved. In nn old graveyard In County An trim, Ireland, n fnrmer, while plowing, uneurthed a bronze church bell weigh ing more than 100 lbs., nnd -believed to bo over HOO years old. The bell Is In a splendid stute of preservation, with n clenr, powerful tone. Tho old Itlrkmoyle parish church, where tho find was made, bus been In ruins slnco 1022. Idleness. 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