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Show . JOIGEAHCE AND m THE WOMAN H v EPISODE 11 Hl' '.'' Hoary Blake, railway builder and t ; eepftalUt) ad hie' young wife. Bee- K J Mad Black JacVHalaei, MUaw Hl ' leader -Jto prlsea. Ha eseapea and H , V- -aarrlea Bessie awag to We-eabia, bat K ! K Oho g ea away aad is feuad,b?;iKake. H ' $, . Aftetumaay ,Ute aad .death eacoua- f :' C tan with; the-entlews. he' la left to K ': ' W .vdtrmrad ky woJtm a4 w ka U B' v' airrtad af f .a, prlaaaer; A atom aavaa Hl K' 1 ' k nMUH Bla4wUa and both K f tlf ra acaitcoraarad on a mountain H ; t' i top., Attar a flarce battle tbey hare K V a'Jt ' eaa cartridge left ad he l;.a,bout to !4''' s, kill ker to aave herrfron falling Into 1'"" Black Jack'a banda.) .t- H ' ' ,i. Daterataation twar In .ovary lne of Hv, Blake'a face as ke-itoqd with rifle B?;v'V " ' atoaaet toacblag -Baaala'a heart,- his Vr j sf flBgora Braaaad against tha trigger.' K She did net flinch. , There was only! 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I Bessie was In despair, but Blake saw one small hole near the upper I corner and be fell to work to clear this bis wife plticklly helping hlra. By desperate efforts, Dlake enlarged enlarg-ed the opening sufficiently to push Bessie through, but In seeking to follow, was struck. The outlaws could, be hoard approaching In the tunnel, along the aides of which were' strung wires connected' with heavy dynamite charges. Blake struggled strug-gled against great odds, then weakening weak-ening aa the timbers cruahod his Ides, cried tut: "Oe ahead, Bessie, I'm stuck. Save yourself." Bessie knelt by the entrance and thrust her hands to his, pulling with all. her strength. Gradually he came out through tbe opening, and ahe clasped him in ber arms aad kissed him. Another brief 'struggle and be fell free. In an Instant they bad Jammed theshorings back across tha opening, tilled, the holes with rocks I aad hurried dawn the mauatala, ' .. . . Bessie half supporting her husband whose leg had been badly wrenched. Standing above the opened tunnel the engineer through glasses observed ob-served the effects of the blow1 out. He swung tho glasses off In the direction di-rection whence tho"outlaws had como to tho shelving rock and away ia tho distance saw a great body of horsemen riding along the lower ( trail. They were the posses of the I two sheriffs, "They're after the outlaws," aald I tho engineer, ordering two cissistaats II Ibb&bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb&BI bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbY kfBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBnBH bBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB bbbbIbIbIbH io laspect the-wirea In -the tunaalto aee it everything waa lq readlnetsjfor tjie blgblast. I JTae outlawa by this time had .Cleared tha obstructions from tlw tunnei 'mouth and emerged'1 aa tba engln'eera' approached. The flatter recognised 'Black Jack 'from reward plaaarda and attempted to hold them up.) The bandits opened' fire arid" retreated to the tunnel mouth where a lively battle was' starCed." The tiring was beard 'by Besslo and Blake who had turned 'away from the direction of the camp and were' seen by the posses: Sheriff Hawkins recognised them and realising; realis-ing; they 'were; being pursued, spurred, spur-red, with all speed to their aid. ' In ihe inequal'battle ai the tunnel tun-nel bne of the enginee'ra'had been jiltled 'and'the other badly wounded' and black Jack, believing all' danger passed", sprang Into' the open i only to be fired poh by Hhe 'chief engineer I aad a number of hia men. The out-UwIaadW'had out-UwIaadW'had aarUskfor frther tlghtlag wltkf Wake aad Beaale fiat eaeaptac aad all hand retreaiod down ibe moaatalaf. '' - . Blako and his wife had halted to discover, -it possible .some way down the perilous decline. He decided the descent waa too hasardoua for her, aad telllat her to rotala Vaatt waa continued on alone,'' picking hie way from rock io rock nearer and aearer to hia oncoming friends. Black Jack, aad Johasoa, safe from further molestation by tho engineers, en-gineers, stopped to gat their bear-' lags. The former climbed a rack aad discovered Bessie ataadlng where her hustand had left her, aad Blake, now one hundred yards beyond. Tho outlaw leader at' once determined deter-mined to stalk aad capture the girl and waylay and shoot Blake wheaj he returned io her. He ordered, Johnson and men' to stand fast and fight off any pursuers, while he and Curly started after Beaale. Swearing vengeance oa the outlawa out-lawa for killing bis assistant, tho chief engineer returned to his post near the new tunnel and prepared to let off the blast that was to raise tho very foundatlona of Big Nose Rock and open up the 'entire mountain top by the discharge of mines with which the tunnels had been sown. Black Jack had Bessie almost in his grasp and Brows had leveled his rifle at Blake when the electrician for tbe second time that day Jammed Jam-med down his switch. I The mountain moun-tain crest rose in' a gcafjifflhilsloa and fell back; a mass JHEmm' and i HlaftkilfltBBBBBBBBftiI BBBJBBEa d'BBBJPI -w Hsjgsi BBBBflr 'ft VP Jfi TjaBBBBBjHMjrcABJsBBjBa aad Besss views II sight of her and her pursuers. pur-suers. He was knocked down and partly burled by flying debris a Haines caught the girl and threw her to tbe ground. He then looked for Blake, but beyond and' below, thru clouds of dust, he could see only the wreckage caused by the giant blast. "He must bo dead,'! he said and ( picking up the struggling Bessto -they beaded away around tbe side of the mountain. I' Johnson and his men being directly direct-ly above, where Bessie -had been cap-tared, cap-tared, bad escaped the down pouring reck, but fearful of tbe fate of Black Jack had started after, him Just as the electrician let loose a second avalanche av-alanche directly behind them. Caught in a hall of rock and earth, the put-laws put-laws realized they could not escape. Johnson turned to face'' his doom, then fell to bis knees and began to crawl to apparent safety. He had made his way almost to the edgo of tho death zone and it seemed ho' might yet escape whea a huge boulder boul-der became dislodged and came burling burl-ing toward him. Ho never saw1 the mass of rock which struck him down and. left his lifeless form asU crashed-on Its way through the dense woods, Blake, unharmed 'further by tbe second upheaval staggered to his feet and In the'dlrectlon where he bad laat seenTiis wife fleeing from Black Jack. ' For the third time earth and air were shivered by the shock of dynamite dyna-mite and again the mountain crests above crumbled and fell away. There was no escape for Blake, even had' be been his own powerful, active self. Crippled and weakened aa be was, he sank down and waa caught ia the rush of rock and awep away. "Now for the laat big blast They can't' escape." WltlTthese words, the chief engineer, engi-neer, having in mind the outlaws who had killed, hia aide aad who, he knew, were somewhere ia the storm he had unloosened, lammed down the Bwitchv- y v - -v.' -;. " Halrekdyhad'Wn avenged. His avalaache kad.exaoted a deadly toll d,thls last aad jroailoH.found only the bodies of Johnson' and a dosen of , his. companions aa It roared dowa Into In-to tho canyon into which Blake had ilf carried a'fjBw'lautW before. i 'Black" Jack and Curly escaped" uiT-scathd uiT-scathd wlthBeolo'ltbeir prlsoaVr and from arsafe'rvantage turned" and hurled defiance at r'the 'group of n-gineerabythe' n-gineerabythe' tunnel mouth. 'Thoy had no thought for their own dead: they had the1 woman and Blake had found a grave there. r ' t Xs tiie' last ruin' of rock ceased. Sheriff, .Hawkins, far ahead of .hls, posse, galloped, up tbe bolder strewn trail, the only living' Being visible In that scene of.jdesolaUoa. n (To Be Continued) |