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CHAPTER XIV.
Man to Man and an Even Draw.
The candle lingered long that night
in the cabin of the three gables. The
old man was more than usually rest
less. The girl hovered about his chair
constantly. She succeeded at last In
coaxing him down In his elmlr. where
he sat groaning: mumbling In his
heard: and whetting the knife on the
palm of his hand. She had smoothed
the cushions behind his head and
stood stroking his face wlty her hand,
when, without the least warning, the
door flew open. and. sharply outlined
against the dark background of the
night, a man with a red mask over his
face stalked acr>iss the threshold.
He was. of course quite unaware
that the girl already knew his identity.
That probably explained why he had
put on the mask. It would be impos
sible to describe the startling trans
formation It wrought on his sinister
face. From out of all Its many ter
rors the night could not have selected
a more appalling on# to fling into the
cabin.
The girl screamed and clung about
the old man in the chair. Her scream
seemed to rouse him. He glanced up.
rubbed his wide, pitiful eyes, and.
with a wild cry—more that of beast
than man—sprang from the chair with
a strength that sent the girl reeling.
His sleeping senses seemed to wake,
to recognize the object for which his
ghostly eyes had searched the woods
for weary years—a bit of red cloth
with a certain face behind It. Ills
giant frame seemed to swell with a
strength tremendous. He raised the
knife and leaped toward the intruder.
A giant's strength, but with the dis
ordered unwleldiness of a stricken
mind. The knife barely grazed where
It was meant to kill, lie fore the gray
The Merciless Arm S'.ruck Again and
Aga.n.
slant could recover his ponderous
strength to strike again. the I!ed Mask
had him by the wrist, and, seemingly
unwilling to ri. k the sound of a shot,
was raining Mows upon his head with
the butt of his heavy revolver. It was
a horrible thing to see. The girl stoml
with laeed fingers, helpless with hor
ror. The tirsi blow brought the blond
breaming out over the white hair and
disabled the obi man so frightfully
that he ceased the struggle and stood
quivering. But the merciless arm
struck again nnd again until the vast
frame drooped, shrank together, the
knife fell from his fingers, his kne<»s
gave way and he sank groaning to the
tier—writhed, straightened and lay
still.
The revolver was foul with wood
and gray hair. The murderer noticed
It, hastlty wi;>ed it away on a comer
of the fallen man's coat, thrust it hack
into his pocket and rac«l the girl.
The spell was broken. She started
as if frpm a nightmare and sprang
back of the chair. Like a man pressed
for time, he dashed after her! With
the chair between them, she managed
for a bare moment to keep beyond his
hands. lie kicked the chair out of
the way. She darted toward the
kitchen door, probably with the hope
of escaping to the woods., but he was
too close to her. She whirled toward
the door of the bedroom. The turn
was fatal. His hands reached her and
drove her back Into the comer of the
room at the head of the couch.
She fought as only a woman fights
—for a stake Infinitely higher than
life Itself. Since time began the earth
has staged that struggle. Her dress
was torn, her body bruised, her hands
trra.luuMv driven li^i '.Uor behind her
l>nck; a liot wild face near her own.
A step creaked the plank at the door.
Her assailant whirled at the sound and
she sank panting against ihe wall.
Just inside the door, his body
crouched forward, his lips tight drawn,
stood the tall form of the Pearlhunt
er.
Tilings happened so fust In the next
iustunt that words are too slow to
keep up with them. It was man to
man, and an even draw. The two
shots came so close together that the
hills out through the open door caught
hut one echo. Hut the shot from the door
struck lirst—a scant little mite of an
Ins!;.nt lirst—and Jarred the aim of
the other a tri'le high. The shot from
the corner merely clipped a bandage
at the top of the IVnrlhunter*s shoul
der. drew a little welt on the skin,
and whistled harmlessly away into the
night. The bullet from the door evi
dently foutnl the core of the target.
The I'eii Mask bent backward. The
revolver dropped to his side. He tried
to raise if again: seemed surprised
thnt lie couldn't. He laughed oddly,
and swore: stared round toward the
girl; gasped and choked. The revolver
slipped from bis lingers. He groped
with his hands. as if searching the
air for it: staggered, caught himself,
tottered, pitched heavily to Ihe tloor.
The girl edged out of the corner
past his body ;iud threw herself upon
the form of the old man. The Pearl
hunter eased down lite hammer of his
revolver, thrust It back Into his pock
et. and stooped beside her. At the
touch of his bund. >lie raised her head
and knelt stroking the still face and
crying softly. The I'earlhunter opened
the old mini's coat and felt over his
heart.
"He's alive!"
Shi* laid Iht face down elose and
spoke his name—the only name slit*
| know. There was no response.
"ll»*!|i.jne lift to the couch,™
I tlic man said.
! Tiny liai! ill*- old man on the couch,
and llie tirl had run for water, when
llie sheriff. wlio had been far out
strippi-d hy the younuer man. dashed
lino the cahin. All three worked over
him. The lYurlhunter chafed one
wrist, the sheriff the other, while the
tirl bathed his face, washed the Idood
out of his hair, and strove t<> staunch
Its llow hy binding tip his head in cold
cloths.
Suddenly, without any warning signs
of returning consciousness, the old
man plucked his hand awuv from the
I'enrlhumer and rubbed "It over his
face. His eyes came open, hut they
were not the -Mine eyes. And his face
I wus free from twitching. The girl
stared down u;»>11 him in wonder. The
IVarlhuuter stuuped low and marveled
at tin- startling transformation. Nei
ther knew, ner even suspected, until
the doctor ex- i: d i; i':iys later, that
the blows i.f ;lie ">\olver butt had
looseiiii! the ' 'iv liit "'l sktill that had
so long MliaeKietl li s brain—loosened
j It at llie expense of a far worse hurt,
hut iiudniii ' ily loosened It. They
only knew that the eyes were fre.- from
the vacti'i, rt*: that hlx face was
j calm with the light of reason.
lie felt a.-ain over his face. seeme:l
j astonished at the heaad. Ills eyes
i calmly gazed up at the girl aud stud
ied her a long lime.
"Vim couldn't lie Potty.?"
His vnj.v w as queer, hollow, quaver
ing. tike some Sound from another
world. >■> long had it gone unused.
"Oil. I 'ailily
She threw l;er nnns around liim and
drop|-ed lier head im his breast. He
sat stroking tier lialr, iinally rai.-vd
her,* looked hard at her. rubbed his
eyes and looked again.
"Vou must l>e Dotty. Jiut you've
changed so since morning."
The girl sevtued unable to toll him.
She strove for words, but none came.
The l'earlhunler drew nearer.
"Yon'vt" been—sick a lung time, sir,"
lie said. "Seven years. And you're
just getting well again."
The puzzled eyes, suddenly wnkened
into a world new and strange, turned
toward him.
"1 haven't the pleasure of your ac
quaintance," be said with the stately
politeness of a day long gone. "May
I ask—?"
"I'm—T'm—" ,
He hesitated, flushed. The girl,
calm again, came to the rescue.
"lie's the I'eirrllnmter. Daddy. He's
been—good to me—since you've been
sick."
The old man reached out Ills hand.
It sccnuyl heavy fur him. The I'earl
liunter graspid :t. lie was startled to
find it cribi. lie glani-ed hastily into
the old man's face. A pallor was
"pr:>ndinc ovr If tf:nt wn« unmlstnk
ihl<>—the nica'critrtry retain fn con
sciousness was i-ttr the glen in that, nt
the end i»f a gray day. sometimes llares
out between sundown and dark. He
said uuthiu^ ol' It to the girl, who was
happily busy again with the water ana
oandages.
The sheriff had left the couch anil
was squatted over the body of the
fallen bandit. The Pearlhunter hap
pened to glance that way. The sheriff
beckoned to him.
"This feller uln't dead yet," he said,
when the I'enrlhunter had Joined him.
The young man stooped over the
.sprawled robber. He was still breath
ing.
"He don't deserve it," the sheriff
went on, "but it's only common de
cency to get him up."
He put his arm under the man and
raised him, while the Pearlhnnter
brought a damp cloth from the basin
by the couch, and wiped his face. The
touch of the cold cloth rallied him.
"Water!" he mumbled, husky and
strained.
The girl had turned and was looking
on. She ran to the kitchen and brought
a cupful. The I'enrlhunter held It to
the man's lips. He couldn't swallow,
but the touch of tli« water seemed to
revive him. He opened his eyes and
stared, like a man trying to make out
objects In a very dim light. His eyes
caught the glitter of the sheriff's star,
frowned, raised, found the Pearlhunter
and strained hard at him.
"And it was— a cussed Warbritton
—tiiat got me at last!"
"Who speaks the name of Warbrit
ton?" catne a hoarse voice from the
couch.
The (lying bandit started, ronea ins
eyes toward the Round.
"What was that! That voice I"
The I'earlhunter caught the foot of
the couch find moved It around bo the
two fast sinking men could see each
other. No sooner had the gray giant
on the couch caught a glimpse of the
man on the floor than, with a great
cry, he tried to rise. His utmost
strength only served to bring him part
ly up on an elbow,—and that only with
the IVarlhunter's aid.
"Martin Redmond!" he cried—and
almoilst instantly: "Where Is she?
I The woman you dlstalned? And the
boy? Tell me! I've still the strength
to tear It out of your cursed throat!"
The dying robber fixed his falling
eyes on the couch. Only God knows—
who givetli hl.s grace to the Just and
to the unjust—how he found strength
for further words,
"Warbritton—!" He mattered the
name huskily, the bloody froth upon
his lips. "She was not dlstalned. It
I was all a mistake. I let you think It
I because I hated you—because I loved
her—because she loved you and not
me. Twenty years she's roved these
i rivers, pure as the dew at dawn. She
| sleeps tonight in a grave four days old
j at Fallen Rock."
He picked up his hand from where
It sagged down upon the floor, carried
] It at great labor to his bosom, fumbled
j under the fancy vest, drew forth a
picture and laid It against his lips.
The I'earlhunter snatched It away. The
action brought the picture near the old
I limn. He seized It, held It an Instant
I before his eyes, and with a deep groan
• laid It against his bosom.
"And the boy?" he cried to the man
on the floor. "The boy?"
The Red Mask was going fast, but he
, raised hfs face and muttered hoarsely:
"The bov—stands before von."
Since the old man snat'enefi uie pie
I ture the I'earlhunter and the girl had
"The Boy—Stands Before You."
been staring at each other. Events
were happening, developments unfold
in?. too fast for comprehension. The
old man was staring at them both,
from one to the other, as If unable to
grasp a revelation that had been twen
ty years coining. He stretched up his
bauds at last to the young man, pulled
his face down to him, gazed on It as
at something of which he had long
dreamed but never hoped to- see;
turned back to the man on the floor.
"Martin Redmond, I'll requite the
deed you've done, the one good deed
of yonr evil life. -The little girl I've
raised as my own. the child of the
good woman yon cruelly killed, the
child you deserted, your daughter
stands before you."
.1 .utinued on Thursday)
i A DAINTY PURE DESSERT,
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: plan on Ice Cream for your flessert.
I Strawberr/ Chocalate and Vanilla
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liverer packed In Ice- Phone Keller
' Bros, .'orr ord»r, . j4 ,
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Catarrhal Deafness t.n.nor •' o Lured
' by local application.-.. t i . m tvich
the dlseas^l porth-n of •:
i only one way to curt* cntanl ! •»
and that la by u c
Catarrhal D un«K :3 • * *
flamed condition tlx- 'ucou •>'.
the Eustachian Tube. V.,. n t!
Inflamed you have u
perfect hearing. ami wh
! Closed, Draftings Is the : . I • * th«
inflammation can b* r<-du-- I r i l this tub"
restored to lta norm.l condition hearing
1 will be destroyed forever. Many « \f a of
| deafness are caused by catarrh, which is
an Inflamed condition of the mucous «ur
| faces Hall's Catarrh Medicin acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of thu
system.
I We will give Ono Hundred P -llara tor
any caso of Catarrhal Defl • i:... t
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Moiliclnc. Cir
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r. J. CHENEY /- '-O.. Tolmln.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR ON FINAL
HEARING
In ihe Court o£ the Commissioner
for th« Territory of Alaska,.
Dlv'«ion No. 1- befor® tin Eon. J.
J. S\ Ward. Ex—Offlco Prooata
Juiite "i'fas 'a Probata, at Skag
way, Predict.
Ia th« matter of the Estate of
GoorKe Howl, deceased.
Notice ,1a noreby Given by the
rt.rsianed, administrator o£ tu>
tate of Georee Jlowl, deceased, that
a final r©Port ,and petition for distri
but ion ha» b°ea filed /with the above
nau td Court ty the Administrator?
of the ffbovo aamed estate; that the
Court Is asked to settle such rePort
di'trlb^te tlio ProPepty to the h i
,ivraon9 ©nttt:ed to the fame f.uj
dl«chai*e the administrator,-and th
Thursday the 23 [day of i)ecerobe
1»29, at 2 ]p. m. in the C0urt Ru
of the above entlltled Court. has bee
ftx<-j es the tl®e and Placo for th
hearing of "^ch final report and Pe
til ion.
Dated at Scacway this 27th day r
Oct)tier, 1920.
(Signed) A. C. Blanchard,
Administrator
First PublllcaUon, Oct. 80th. 192
Final publllcatlon Nov. 2?tli. 13 2"
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