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Show VOL III Heber Wasatcii County, Utah, Monday,' Mar. THE HEBER HERALD. . th 1893 No. 20. gave one kick, for life or death, at the same instant throwing my head away Editor and Manager. Entered at Heber .Postoffice, as second class mail matter A. 27 Hatch Jr, from him. With a savage yell the knife came I found it afterward, buried to down. the hilt in my sk epingmat, just below 1 is aim was excellent. my pillow. only that I did not chance to be there when it fell. At that moment, how-eveI was much more interested in the result of my experiment; for before the yell had died away a face. bright" light flashed in my Foe an instant it dazzled me. The next I saw the blue-blacsky, the flashing stars and the clear, white moon, ami realized that with the strength of a last extremity! had throwmthe hngeJxafTi r off with such violence that he had taken the tent and all with hirn. I sprang to my feet to take advantage of what . bad gained, The tent lay in a pile a few feet away. Several sleepy Arabs were thrusting their heads out of their blankets; a camel opened his drows) eyes and looked over his shoulder, wondering what had occured to disturb his sleep,, but the Kaffir was nowhere to be seen. , He could not possibly have gone far, but there was no sign of him 4 1 SUBSCRIPTION PRICES . One Year. ... .$1.00 Six Months Three ...$0.50 Months....... $0.25 - - hiiena ffin s beq ues t. Inch by inch I saw the blue sheen nsing, and in imagination saw, too, the sullen set of that savage jaw with its lobeless ear and the tightened muscles of the arm tlTat held the khifer He was moving slowly, for he proposed to be accurate and let .that one blow do it all; another instant and it would be too late. I saw the blade give a little shiver in the air as though he was changing his grip. I knew that every faculty he posessed was centered in that arm and upon my thought drew up caught him in the abdomen and throat, and quick as fest, r, life-savin- g k J r 5. |