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"They're liable to bang away occasionally, and I suppose it is up to us to make some response just to tell them we're awake and ready. But they ain't fir- 1 "Have to Guess the Distance," He Muttered in Explanation. ing expecting to do damage--only to attract attention wkile they haul off their dead. There's a red snake yon- der now creeping along in the grass-- . see!" ' "No," hysterically, "it is just black to me." "You haven't got the plainsman's eyes yet. Watch, 'now; I'm going to stir the fellow up." He leaned forward, the stock of the Henry held to his shoulder, and she clutched the window-caging. An in- stant the muzzle of the rifle wavered slightly, then steadied into position. "Have to guess the distance," he muttered in explanation, and pulled the trigger. ringing report, a yell in the distance, followed by the sound of scrambling. Hamlin laughed, as he lowered his gun. "Made him hump, anyway," he com- mented cheerfully, "Now what comes next?" ] "]--I do not know," she answered, as though the question had been asked her, "do you?" Somehow she was not as fright: ened as she had been. The calm steady coolness of the man was hav ing its natural effect, was helping to control her own nerves. She felt his strength, his confidence, and was be- ginning to lean upon him---he seemed to know exactly what he was about. "Well, no, honestly I don't; not yet," hé returned, hesitating slightly. "There is no use denying we are in a mighty bad hole. If Moylan hadn't got shot we might have held out till help arrived; I've got about twénty cartridges left; but you and I alone never could do it. I've got to think it out, I reckon; this has been a blind fight so far; nothing to it but blaz ing away as fast as I could pull trig a bit" She could not see_him, but some in. stinet led her to put out her hand and touch the rough sleeve of his shirt. It made her sure of his presence, his protection. The man felt the move: ment, and understood its meaning, his heart throbbing strangely. "You are going to trust me?" "Ot--ot course; how ' could doubt that?" "Well," still half questioning, "you see I'm only an enlisted man, and sometimes officers' ladies think we are mostly pretty poor stuff, just food for powder." * . Bhe tightened her grip on his sleeve, drawing a quick breath of sur you prise. "Oh, but I am nqt like that; truly 1 am not. I--saw face this after. noon, and---and I liked you then. 1} will do whatever you say." "Thank you," he said simply. "To know that makes everything so much easier for me. We shall have to worl together from now on. You keep sharp watch at the window there, while I think a bit--there's ordinarily a chance somewhere, you know, if one is only bright enough to uncover it™ . How still the night was, and dark; athough the sky was cloudless, the stars shone clearly away up in the black valiit. Not even the howl of a distant co¥qte broke the silence. To the left, seemingly a full half-mile dis- tant, was the red flicker of a fire, barely visible behind a projection of bank. But in front not even the keen eyes of the Sergeant could distinguish any sign of movement. Apparently the Indians had abandoned their at- tempt to recover the bodies of their CHAPTER VIL A Plans tor Escape. Desperate as he certainly felt their There was a light flash, a sharp, ger. Now, maybe, I can use my brains gtuation to be, for a moment or two , Wi her. NALD OF, THE FRONTIER. By COPYRIGHT 1912 BY A.C.MCLURG & COM Hamlin was unable to cast aside, the influence of the girl, or concentrate his thoughts on some plan for escape. It may have been the genile pressure ot her hand upon his sleeve, but her volce continued to ring in his ears. He had never been a woman's man, nor was he specially interested in this woman beside him. . He had seen her fairly, with his first appreciative glance, when he had climbed into the stage on the preceding day. He had, realized there fully 'the charm of her face, the dark roguish eyes, the clear skin, the wealth of dark hair. Yet all this was impersonal; however pretty she might be, the fact was nothing to him and never could be. Knowing who she was, he compre- hended instantly the social gulf stretching unbridged between them. An educated man himself, with family connections he had long ago ceased to discuss, he realized his present position more keenly than he other- wise might. He had enlisted in the army with no misunderstanding as to what a private's uniform meant. He had never heretofore supposed he re- gretted any loss in this respect, his nature apparently satisfied with the excitement of active frontier service, yet he vaguely knew there had been times when he longed for companion- ship with women of the class to which he had once belonged. For- tunately his border stations offered little temptation in this respect, and he had grown to believe that he had actually forgotten. That afternoon even--sweetly fair as Miss McDonald undoubtedly appeared--he had looked upon her without the throb of a pulse, as he might upon a picture. She was not for him even to admire--she was Major McDonald's daughter, whom he had been sent to guard. That was all then. Yet he knew that somehow it was different now--the personal element had entered unwelcomed, into the 'equation. Sitting there in the dark, | Gonzales' body crumpled on the floor at his feet, and Moylan lying stiff and cold along the back seat, with this 'girl grasping his sleeve in trust, she 'remained no longer merely the Ma- jor's daughter--she had become her- self. And she did not seem to care and did not seem to realize that there 'were barriers of rank, which under lother circumstances must so utterly {separate them. She liked him, and frankly told him so, not as she would {dismiss an inferior with kindness, but as though he was an equal, as though he was a gentleman. Some- how the very tone of her voice, the clinging touch of her hand, sent the blood pumping through his veins. {Something besides duty indpiréd im; he was no 'longer merely a sol idier, but had suddenly become trans {formed into a man. Years of repres- sion, of iron discipline, were blotted out, and he became gven as his birth- right made him. "Molly McDonald," "Molly McDonald," he whispered the 'name unconsciously to himself. Then 'his eyes caught the distant flicker of Indian fire, and his teeth locked sav: jagely. There was something else to do be- sides dream. Because the girl had spoken pleasantly was no reason why jhe should act the fool. Angry at him: |self, he gripped his faculties, and faced the situation, aroused, intent. He must save himself--and her! But (how? What plan promised -any pos sibility of success? He had their sur iroundings in a map before his eyes. EHis training had taught him-to note 'and remeniber what others would as 'naturally neglect. He was a soldier {of experience, a plainsman by. long training, and even in the flerceness of ithe Indians' attack on the stage his |quick glance had completely visual ized their surroundings. He had not appreciated this at the time, but now ithe topography of the immediate re {gion was unrolled before him in de tall; yard by yard it reappeared as 'though photographed. He saw the iwidely.rutted trail, rounding the bluft 'at the right a hundred yards away, lourving sharply down the slope and then disappearing over the low hill to the left, a slight stream trickling along its base. Below, the short buf: falo-grass, sunburned and brittle, ran to the sandy edge of the river, which flowed silently in a broad, shallow, yellow flood beneath the star gleam. Under the protection of that bank, but somewhat to the left, where a handful of stunted cottonwood trees had found iprecarious. foothold in the sand, gleamed the . solitary Indian fire. {About its embars, no doubt, squatted [the chiefs and older warriors, feast ing and taking council, while the !youngér bucks lay, rifles in hand, along the mnight-enshrouded slope, itheir cruel, vengeful eyes seeking to distinguish the outlines of the coach against the black curtain of the bluff. ! This had proven thus far their sal 'vation--that steep uplift of earth lagainst which the stage had crashed in its mad dash--for its precipitant 'front had compelled the savages to at- tack from one direction only, a slight 'overhang, not unlike a roof, making it impossible even to shoot down from above. But this same sharp incline was not likewise a preventive of es- cape. Hamlin shook his head as he recalled to mind its steep sscent, without root or shrub to cling to. No, ft would nevar do to attempt that; not Perhaps alone he might THE DAILY BRITISH > WHIG MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1913. péramble up romehow, but with Ber teat would be impossible." He dis- this as hopeless, his memory of their surroundings drifting from int to point aimlessly. He saw the whole barren vista as it last stood re- ed under the glow of the sun--the desolate plateau above, stretching away into the dim worth, the brown jevel of the plains, Yroken only by pharp fissures in the surface, treeless, tending for unnumbered leagues, To t and west the valley, now scarcely pore green than those upper plains, bounded by its verdureless bluffs, ran erookedly, following the river course, its only sign of white dominion the rutted trail. Beyond the stream there extended miles of white sand-dunes, fantastically shapen by the wind, gradually changing into barren plains of alkall. Bétween crouched the vig- flant Indian sentinels, alert and re vengeful. ; Certain facts were clear--to remain meant death, torture for him if they were taken alive, and worse than death for her. Perspiration burst out upon his face at the thought. No! Great Ged! not that; he would kill her himself first. Y#t this was the truth, the truth to be faced. The nearest available troops were at Dodge, a company of infantry. If they 'started at once they could never wr- rive in time to prevent an attack at daybreak. The Indians undoubtedly knew this, realized the utter helpless ness of their victims, and were actin®' accordingly. Otherwise thdy would never have lighted that fire nor re mained on guard. Moreover if the twc of them should succeed in stealin: forth 'from the shelter of the coach should skulk unseen amid the dens blackness of the overhanging blu eluding the watchers, what would i profit in the end? Their trail woul be clear; with the first-gray of dawr those savage trackers would be at work, and they would be trapped in the. open, on foot, utterly helpless even to fight. The man's hands clenched and un- clenched about his rifle-barrel in an agony of indecision, his eyes perceiv- ing the silhouite of the girl against the lighter arc of sky. - No, not that-- not that! They must hide their trail, leave behind no faintest trace of pass- age for these hounds to follow. Yet how could the miracle be accom- plished? Out from the mists of tor- tured memory" came, as a faint hope, a dim recollection of that narrow gul- ly cutting straight down across the trail, over which the runaway had crashed in full gallop. That surely could not be far back, and was of suf- ficient depth to hide them in the dark- ness. He was uncertain how far it extended, -but at some time it had been a watercourse and must have reached the river. And the river would hide their trail! A new hope sprang into his eyes. He felt the sud- den straightening up of his body. "What--what is it?" she questioned, startled. "Do you see anything? Are they coming? "No, no," almost impatiently. "It is still as death out there, but I almost believe 1 have discovered a means of escape. Do you remember a gully we ran over while I was on top of the stage?" "I am not sure; was it when that awful jolt came?" "Yes, it flung me to the foot-board just when I had untangled the lines. We could not have traveled a dozen yards farther before we struck this bluff--could we?" "l hardly think so," yet evidently bewildered by his rapid questioning. "Only 1 was so confused and fright ened I can scarcely remember. Why are you so anxious to know?" "Because," he returned earnestly, bending toward her, "I believe that gash in the earth is going to get us out of here. Anyhow it is the omly chance I can figure. If we can creep through to the river, undiscovered, I'll agree to leave Mister Indian guessing as to where we've gone." The new note of animation in the man's voice aroused her, but she grasped his arm tighter. ~ "But--but, oh, can we? Won't they be hiding there too?" (To be continued.) «+ Large Royal Families. Pr. «ce Louis of Bavaria, who sno peeded his father, the Prince Regent Luitpold, has three sons and seven aughters. Nevertheless he does not old the record among the sovereign ouses for the largest family. Prince obert of Parma, who died five years ago, left by two marriages 12 children. His eldest daughter was the first wife of Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Abdul Hamid is the father of seven princes and six princesses. Nicholas of Monte- negro, have seven daughters and four sons. Kaiser Wilhelm has six sons and one daughter. George V. of Eng- land, has five sons and one daughter The Czar of Russia, four daughters and a son. The Count of Caserte, son of Kiag Ferdinand of the two Bicilies, gave his name to 11 children, every one of whom, sons and daughters, were called Marie. 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