Show DARK HOLLOW B By ANNA KATHARINE NE GREEN Author of The Hie L Cue Case If Tho of ot the Whispering Pines Initials Only Masterpieces of ot Mystery etc etc Serial Sertal rights of this thU atol story controlled by the he Ne Newspaper paper Syndicate Ho no bad Lad wheeled about His faro face confronted con fronted hers bers It a look also sho did not understand and which made mailo him seem a er to her Involuntarily sho tho took A n stop step back I cr I must be bc going now s1 said avid she an and hot her f toll her physical J triumphing phin at t t last over her will trill power Escape cape Oliver HOliver Where is Oliver OliverJ Oli The Theo o were fir first t words as com coming Dg to she ehe perceived Mr Black bending helplessly over her Tho answer was brief briel almost ferent Alanson Black flack was cursing himself for lor allowing her ber to como to thus thi thia house alone He Re was hero bero a moment ago When he saw your you yo be begin n to give ghQ si signs s of life ho bo slid slit out How few do leol col you mv my- my m my dears dear What will your m mother sa say But Oliver She was on Thor her feet foot now non she had been l lying on somo sort of couch He Ile must must must- Oh I remember now Mr rr Black we wo must go I have ha given him his fathers father's letter I Wo We are not going till you OU have C something to eat Not a word I Ill JI I Why did his oye eye wander to the I nearest window windo and his words words' wor s' s trail I away into silence I turned about to see Oliver was in front conversing con earnestly with Mr Sloan As they looked he dashed back into the roar of ot the house and ad they heard beard his voice oice rise once or twice in some ineffectual commands to his deaf servant then thon thero came camo a clat clatter clatter ter and a rush rush from the direction of I clat-I the stable and they saw him flash by on ona ona ona a gaunt aunt but fiery horse and take with long bounds the road rond up which they had had just labored He had stopped to toe e equip himself in some measure for this ride but not the horse which was without saddle sadelle or any sort Hort of bridle but a halter strung about his bis neck This was as flight or so 50 it appeared to Mr Sloan as he watched the a young man disappear over the tho brow of the hill What Mr Black thought was not so apparent Ho had bad no wish to discourage dis the courage Reuther whose feeling was one o ol 01 relief as ho her nor r first war word d showed Oliver Oli is gone We 0 shall hall not have to hurry burry now and perhaps if I ht hta had hada a few minutes in an which to rest rest rest- She was on the tho verge vergo of fainting again And then Black showed of what stuff he was made In ten minutes min mm utes ho had bustled about the half balf deserted de do sorted building and with the aid of the dazed an and uncomprehending deaf mute rout managed to prepare a n cup of hot tea and md a n plate of or steaming eggs for forthe forthe the weary girl After such an effort Reuther felt Jolt obliged to eat lat and nd she sho did dirl seeing which tho the lawyer loft her for a moment moment mo mo- ment and went out to interview their guide Wheres 8 the young oung oun lady This from Mr Sloan Eating something Como in and have a bite and let ho horses hordes cat eat too Sho She must havo have a rest The Tho young fellow wont off pretty quick ch ehi 7 Yf n The Tho drawl was waB one of doubt But quickness dont don't count Fast or slow lies he's on his way to ca capture cap ture if tare if that's what jou you want scant to o know v What W Wo We 0 are followed then II There Thero There are lre men mon on tho the road two as I told you before beCore He cant can't get et b by if thorn them if that's what ho be wants auts to do o I But I thought they felt fell back We Wo didn't hear henr them after you join joined cd us No they didn't come on They didn't li n It have 0 to This is is the tho only rOM down the mountain and its it's one ono youve you've got to follow follo- or go o tumbling over oyer the precipice All they've got ot to do o is is' to wait for him hint and aud that that's s what I r tried triad to tell him but he be just shook his arm armat armat at nt me and aud rode rodo on He Ire might have waited for waited for company Mr Ir Black cast a lance behind him saw that the tho door 0 or th the house bouso was al nl almost aleI I IDo most t closed and ventured to put another an nu other question What did ho ask you you ou when he came out hero Why Vb we had chosen such an an early hour to bring him bim his bis fathers father's IDessa IDes IDes- mes ines- sa sago sage o And what did you ou say Waal nal I said that thal- there was w another another an an- other fellow down my a way awful eager to see too an and that you wore were wore mortal anxious to get et to l him im first That was about it wasn't it it sir sid Yes And Aud how did he take taco that thaU He Hc turned white and asked mo nto just what I meant Then I r said that some someone someone one one wanted him hint pretty prett bad for early as it was this stranger cr was up as as soon as you OU an and had followed us into the mountains and might show up nn any time on the road At which be he gave gac mo mt a astare astare astare stare then plunged lunged ed back into the house to get his hat at and trot out his horse r I never no saw quicker work But its it's no use uso he be cant can't escape those men They Ther know it or they wouldn't have hae stopped whore they did ill waiting for h him Mr Black recalled the aspect of tho the tholly gully lly and decided that Mr Ir Sloan was right Thera Thero could bo be but one ono end to tl this adventure Oliver would be bo caught in a n manifest cst effort to escape and the judges judge's s cup of sorrow orrow and hu hu- initiation would bo be full Ho felt the shame shamo of it himself also the folly foUy of his hia own methods and of tho ho part ho he had allowed allowe Reuther to play Beckoning Beckon iD sag ing to his host bost to follow him h ho he turned towards tho the house Dont mention your our fears to the youn young lad lady said hc he At At least not Dot till ill we wo are arc well past the tho gully lly I cI shant shan't mention anything Dont Don't you your be bo of that And with a a simultaneous effort difficult difficult difficult dif dif- for both thoy they assumed n a a more moro cheerful air and briskly entered tho house It was not until they thov wore were well wen upon the road back that Ro ventured to 5 speak cak of Oliver She was riding as asfar asfar asfar far from irom the edge edgo of tho the precipice ns as possible In descent it looked very formidable tp her unaccustomed eye ee This is a dangerous road for a man manto manto manto to ri ride rido o bareback she alie remarked Im rm terrified whoa when I think of 01 it air Mr r. r Black Wh Why eli did he go of off quite so sud suddenly J Is thoro there a train he be is anxious to reach f Mr Sloan is there therea a train Yes miss there is a train traiD c Which ho bo can get et by bv riding fast neU II I r have known it done Then he is excusable Yet her anxious glance lanc stole over ever and again to tho the dizzy dizz dizzer er ergo c toward which she now unconsciously ur urged ed her own horse horge till Mr r Black drew her aside There Thero is nothing to fear in that direction di ruction said ho Olivers Oliver's horse is isto isto isto to be trusted if not hims himself l Cheer up little one well we'll soon be he on more level ground and then for a quick rid ride and a speedy speed end to this suspense Ho llo was rewarded by a confiding look after which they all fell silent A half hours half hour s further descent then a and Mr r. r Sloan who had ridden rid rill den on before them came camo galloping hastily hastily has has- tily back Wait H Wait a minute he admonished th thorn them m putting up this his hand to emphasize the appeal II Oh Oh what now cried Reuther but I with a rising head bead instead of a sinking one Wo We We will see sai said Mr Black has Black has I toning to meet meat their guide Juide What now f he asked CI Have Hn they come together to to- together gether Have the tho detectives got Jot him bim 1 II No No not him only his bis horse The animal has just trotted up up 1 Good Cn God Gedl the chil childs child's s 's instinct instinct was true Ho He has been thrown thrown- I No o Mr Ir Sloans Sloan's mouth was close dose to the lawyers lawyer's ear fC There Thore is another explanation If tho the fellow is gamer game and aDd anxious enough to reach the train to rj risk rk his nc neck l for tor it it theres there's a n path he could have hao taken which would get et him there without his comin coming round this turn J I never thought ht it a possible J thin thine till I saw w his horsa trotting on ahead abla of us without a rider Then as us Reuther came me ambling up Young Youns lady dont don't let Jet me mo scare you but bat it looks now as if the young oun man had bad taken a short cut to the station which BO so far as I know has never been taken but by ono one man before If you 1 0 will win I draw up closer here closer here J. J give oe mo me hold of your bridle Sow Now look back along tho the thoc c edge e of tho the precipice o for about half a amile amile amile mile and you will see ee shooting up from the gully l a a solitary tree whose topmost branch reaches within a a few feet of tho the road rond a above boo She Sho looked They were at the lower end of the tho gully Jully which curved cur up and away from this point an enormous horseshoe The They could coul see seo the tho face faco of th the precipice for 1 miles 1 Yes Yes she suddenly replied replie as her glance lance fell on tho UtO ono one red splash show show- in ine InQ against the dull gray of the cliffA cliffA cliff cHiT A A leap from tho the road old if well timed would land a man among some Bomo very stalwart branches Its It's a risk and it takes nerve nervo but it succeeded once and andI I I dare sa say has succeeded ede again But if But but if ho bo didn't reach reach reach- reach reach-I t catch catch catch- Young ladys lady's hes he's a 1 man in iu in a 3 thou I sand If Ii YOU want the tho proof look over oyer x there there Ho tV was S pointing n again ain but in I a very Tery different direction now As her anxious anxious eye eyo sought the place ho indicated her face faco flushed crimson crimson with evanescent joy Just lust tho the open ground of tho the gully m molted again into tho the forest th the figure uro of oi a man i ivery could he hc seen very cry quickly lu Iu another moment it had bad disappeared re amid ami tho foliage Straight for the tho station announced an n Mr air Sloan lOa and taking out his bis watch added addad quick quickly the tho train rain is is not due duo for fifteen mi minutest minutes ufe Hell He'll catch it The train rain south south t tYes Yes Yes and tho train north They pass here hare r I Mr r. r Black k turned a startled eyo eye upon i r tho the guide i o. o But Heathers Heather's face was still aJi alight bt She felt very cry happy Their journey had not been becu for nau naught ht Ho nO I would have six hours' hours start of his hia pursuers pur pur- ho would be that mu much h sooner in ho he would bear hear the accusation i n against him hint and refute it before she saw him again I I To be continued tomorrow |