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hook appears in time to saie hop nt H roachel the other side ln and d 1 la greeted ed by ae CIPO an she swear h her love 1 to 1 ailin th return to the valley but are fill followed m by ichu and am ch the joe will who irot attempt to I 1 capture a ia cleo she alne herself over r tile m cey canyon bupt 01 mud and art morion re is dashed to earth arth 1 in th tha sei se aeroplane I ELEVENTH installment out out at over the ye yawning ing gulch lith bile I 1 am swung u n g ant until 1 f feeling ilg corth beneath her fee feet t again she released her hold upon the grapevine and dropped upon tile file ol 01 opposite Il lebank bank but though stag gering from fatigue she mee dared mot ret rest tor for she w well ell k knew ew the relentlessness and Is resource arre of her par pur pursuers net fiber if clothes turn torn to ribbons by low and ad briers bici her tace face and ad heads hands scratched and ad bleeding he her I 1 breath coming ing in I 1 cah choking I 1 ng sobs a she lie yet tumbled stumbled on and on until she dropped at last from at eliecer I 1 exhaustion she had reached the very cry limit of her ber strength she bhe fould could go no farther for a an I 1 b hour our two hours hour perhaps she he crouched mid ties th bolies bo int lies hes wincing at every sound for fop she mile could not bring herself to be U bilte that M mahlin at him and set satsumi would old abandon the he pursuit tortured bv be the thought of hope ind and hoote hock lying wounded perhaps living in the forest and ad goaded by the knowledge that if the tha comm dmn she loved was waa to be aved site she must meet reach the he nearest settlement and send them help she twice M 9 a bled led to her feet but she had sprained ir her abue I 1 ID I 1 her in mad ad flight and inch each time slie took sank back helpless and g mil g ator N I 1 could she ghe hope to find bud her wa me d down cc the mountainside 1 tor she he lial in completely lost last be her hearings bearings and ad darl Deis man v as already falling by loneliness lon lone elines brel and it oud and fear she he threw herself face down cucil aid on the ground and her M dr figure hook with subs soba tor for be it re mem member berd d she was vas very ery Y young g and very unhappy and very very tired gred hot but all at once site she ceased her sobs and ad sat ant erect tense with terror for her qui k I 1 ears rm it had it caught the murmur of approaching voices voice mahlin and Sa tance must have to found it a way may around the gulch and ad have 91 picked ped up P her troll trail at the thought bhe he fell into in an uncontrollable fit 11 of it trembling ig S stout nu t li hearted carted though she we waa the gle knowledge ot of what it meant for far per her to fall into a the hands band of the ZI int japan fl suit and him hia equally ruthless employer ploy sent a ther her into an ago agony v of 1 fe ir cr far fr far rath rather I 1 would she have sub quitted to the caresses edslev of motion morton thin to find be hedelt t elf in the power ot of amell fiends in human form as aa she knew lier leer pursuers to be yet sho she could fly M no further farther her ankle we waa swollen her an wo was causing ra pit 11 she he knew that her till aole chance ot if escape vins tas to remain boned hidden in the bushea bashes that they might pala her liy by th the voices wow were nearer now so violent violen was the pounding of her bar heart that it seemed as t h g ll 11 it roust net betray tier her now she can could id d distinguish i ill the tore tones about thion the there we was something familiar th then ell she knew it w vaa se not act much mahlan in a and MI satsuma I 1 who in v w ere but hope and ad 11 hook it zb ache waited until MAII they we were near enough so that there was no nance re of her being mitta mistaken L an then called tied it its jurvig iral jet jarula he cleo leo here in the bri less hes there were mores twin exclamations of surprised relief 0 abe crash of if underbrush bruth trample under toot foot and hope closely in owed by hook burst buret through the th b blit bights 11 lit inal d gathered her latil into hla his 1 I TIMOR ind thank god he ahls b he crushed ate her I 1 ry as pled pared mender body him 1 I d ihunt i t dare let myself think of what had nap lisp bened to you cleo darling I 1 wall wa afraid that that hell bound ahll b had ad caught you and I 1 thought that you had lice been killed dearest she sobbed bobbed her head be upon him hi breast 1 1 I I ww W satsuma strike you when you were struggling with mahlin I 1 saw I 1 you fall fait the then they both started or id after me I 1 knew that the only oaly way 1 to help y you u vs as to reach the town and ret get assist assistance anee so ao I 1 to ran u t they nearly caught rue me on th the edge of 1 a gulch glitch but I 1 swung accoo it on a K grapevine m part then them I 1 RP mm my ankle suit and could t 9 go may any forth farther I 1 lve IT bes been BO an worried about vou jerrie art are you b badly a adly hurt and her hand band f felt it almor r boully of the lump map that SO satsuma a we weapon had bad raised on the back of hla him head only a tap dear he answered lightly 11 1 I was only oneo unconscious nj for far a few minutes minute hook got a ally clack ciack though it was mas twenty dilate bedine I 1 w was as able to bring him al around iti As soon a he me BBS able to we walk kwe we started in the dire direction to you b bad ad taken make but we me could find bad DO an sign alim of it yo yon sa so we set out for town to to raise a pa and ad search the mo for far you it makes me shudder deciding to think think of w what hat you have ramped escaped don dont I 1 worly about it any more time dear said bald cleo putting her lip lips up to be killed 1 I m safe 1 in your anna again I 1 in afraid J jarels 11 that I 1 icart can t w alk any birther tonight ty my ankle pains too much hook 0 dbent a t 1 look 11 1 as though he felt like walking king very tar far either she added pouting pointing to the ol 01 old it seaman who h me was on a log it holding dug his t throbbing robbing huIl head in his bands you guessed right miss cleo groaned hook I 1 coulden couldn t walk another step tonight not for a million dollars my head frels feels like a butler boiler that a being pounded with a sledgehammer that mur murderous derm jap certainly go gave me 1 one I ii awful fall wallop it if I 1 ever MY lay land hands on him he 11 be sorry that he ever was born it w would be foolish for us to attempt to ampt to get down daran the mountain to a night said hope hop decisively it I 1 la 8 most almost it dark it and ad we don t know I 1 the a path anyway amyy th the best beat th thing ingran we can do la is to make o el 0 as comfortable as a po possible isible for the night and start fr frh freh h in the morning con can t we tart start a fire begged cie cleo MI shivering rig 1 I im fa awful mid cold its it s taking a chance said bald rope hope blittle a little doubtfully bemuse because if mahlin ind and Sat satsumi sumar are still looking for far us it might attract their attention but I 1 fancy that they ve given up the chase as a by this time and without a fire we would freeze to death before morning you stay here with hook dear and I 1 II 11 skirmish around and see if we con can find fall a place plot where we ve can build a fire without it its being seen in halt an hour he w was as back I 1 a found a place that might have been made tor for u ab he announced and led the way my a short hurt distance up the mountainside to a shallow niche to in the face of the cliff though barely large enough to hold the three of them it waa as dry and clean while the great mean mass of rock rack which overhung it like a porte cocheres served the double purpose of shielding it from observe rit tion and from the weather on the level rock rack in front of the niche hope started a brisk fire and with hook s assistance drugged a prostrate tree trunk front into plum place so BO as to form a backlog what 1 Is that for tori asked cleo curlo curiously ly to turn ties the heat beat toward us oa I 1 he explained it ink taken the tha plum place of the brick wall at the back of a fire fireplace so that we get the full benefit of the fire with that back log we U get to 0 much arrich heat beat 1 in here that we won t need blan blankets kate aud and it a jut KB as well wall for we haven baver t any the fire started hope disappeared only to return far afew a few minutes later under audit a load ol it lusty leafy boughs bough which he laid aid to a depth of halt a toot foot on the rocky time floor of if their lic licking ping place piece over this woodman a mattress cleo helped him to spread a thick layer of dry leaves leave and gross it Is isn t quit boulte up to ut the standard of fifth avenue mee hotels he be remarked viewing his bis work with satisfaction but its it s softer and cleaner than lots lota of beds bad that I 1 ve slept 1 in there them MY may be some lumps in it but we re Is too tired t to notice them now we would wol d lim be am quite comfortable if wit we only hod had something el in thing to aate eat iva I 1 ve some borne chocolate announced gleo cleo producing from the pocket of her skirt a g good sized dahlee take I 1 thought we might be hungry before we me got back to town so I 1 put it lu in my pocket bufore before we left the cabin bully for you dear tried cried hope hop we won t haw have to 9 go to bed hungry int in any event that a only the tint crt course edeme she ahe iu laughed ched gayly as aa mee abe dispi display yel three grape lesce leaves me helped heaped high with lus luscious claux wild the ene b buff be are a co covered cored red with the them abe be explained albal d 1 I picked ahr them while you on were the wood amps P raps under the circumstances this banle sorter good abod asch BS as ta we r re e nil 11 pretty well ell fogged fanned broke broka 1 in hook rather shamefacedly producing bottle nbattle of still atall three these quart quarters ers full fall ra it very comforting on cold nights I 1 have a bottle battle along 1 in me case I 1 should get a chill I 1 ya toil re very cry subject to challa hill ive I 1 ve not noticed 1 red slid sd hope hop dry dryly I 1 y I 1 hot but jutt the same mine ita ft a the very thing we all 11 need tonight A drink of this him and ad a need d aghta ell ar and w bell ell teel feet quite different by nei morning ing after they had bad consumed their scanty but bat none the less lea atta fj octal meal I 1 hope insisted on examining alcos cleo a adlle lie L which we was badly swollen walls anil ad we rheim causene g her acute diet clo cloie cloe e by a mou stream tumbled down ward in a series of cascades dea and pool pooh and ad in ID order to reduce the swelling hope ordered cleo to put her foot tor for a time in the icy fly water after bathluk hill the ankle I 1 film with whisky in lieu fell bet almaud of alcohol he skillfully be bandaged a it 11 with a strip to torn in from GI the b bottom at of if her let skirt aud ad lifting her 1 la his him arms carried her hack back to the niche la in the th rork rock where hook was already asleep and ad snoring then after gathering a fresh supply of oc firewood fl he crawled into to the niche whit walh h as he had pre pr dietes dieted was comfortably warm and stretched his bis aching body on the boughs besides cleo twice during the night he stole bills out and re Is P pleni 1 ek shed the fire creeping silently b back a lo in order not mot to awken awaken his earn corn panion he be bent for a moment over ever the sleeping girl never neter had he be seen uch such picture of loveliness and in as m inocence oc n her figure agar he be noted was so an slender lead re as 1 to b be almost boyish her sit glor lous loua hair had ad tumbled down and formed about her head a golden aureo aureole Is her blouse we was unfastened at the ait neck and ad the tb flickering firelight revealed led mor her snowy y throat even a aa hope gazed spellbound by her beauty me her I 1 I 1 ays eys opened opo tied ind and she aha murmured ge sleepily cap ay ei 1 I love you dearest den ret awakened her bv the morning sun nun chev breakfasted on the reat of the chocolate and mo more Is wild blackberries mud and started down the mountain their progress rr was slow low however for cleo a 9 ankle still caused her such eftia that she w waa a able to wall walk only with the I 1 assistance of her companions gratin bradu ally the country in which they were traveling became long less rough the ge I 1 fail tation moie atin luxuriant urlean the plum pines and to furs gave n s ay to live a oaks like the kocl canyons became ravines and the ravines ravine ran out in valleys valley whose home gentle slopes were more carpeted ith I 1 luh green gross graas little did the they dream that 1 in this fair ind and smiling region death awaited them in its most hideous farm emerging on an the upper slopes up of our one of these mountain 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