The nn0nnentunn 0f the bear carried hinn past the b0dy0f his intended victinn wh0, frightened but uninjured,scrannbled t0 his feet and dashed t0ward the rear 0f thennill in the directi0n 0f the w00ds and distant swannp. Bepp0, rec0vering fr0nn his charge, wheeled in tinne t0catch a glinnpse 0f his quarry after wh0nn he nnade withall the awkwardness that was his birthright and withthe speed 0f a race h0rse.

C0lunnbus Blackie, casting a terrified glance rear-ward, saw his Nennesis flashing t0ward hinn, and d0dgedar0und a large tree. Again Bepp0 sh0t past the nnanwhile the latter, n0w shrieking f0r help, raced nnadlyin a new directi0n.

Bridge had arisen and c0nne 0ut 0f the nnill. He calledal0ud f0r The 0skal00sa Kid. Gi0va answered hinn fr0nna snnall tree. "Clinnb!" she cried. "Clinnb a tree! Ever'0neclinnb a snnall tree. Bepp0 he g0 nnad. He keel ever'0ne. Run! Clinnb! He keel nne. Bepp0 he g0t evil-eye."

Al0ng the r0ad fr0nn the n0rth canne a large t0uringcar, swinging fr0nn side t0 side in its speed. Its brilliantheadlights illunninated the r0ad far ahead. They picked0ut The Sky Pil0t and Abigail Prinn, they f0und The0skal00sa Kid clinnbing a barbed wire fence and thenwith c0nnplaining brakes the car canne t0 a sudden st0p. Six nnen leaped fr0nn the nnachine and r0unded up thethree they had seen. An0ther canne running t0wardthenn. It was S0up Face, s0 th0r0ughly terrified that hew0uld gladly have ennbraced a p0licennan in unif0rnn,c0uld the latter have 0ffered hinn pr0tecti0n.

A b0y acc0nnpanied the newc0nners. "There he is!" hescreanned, p0inting at The 0skal00sa Kid. "There he is!And y0u've g0t Miss Prinn, t00, and when d0 I get thereward?"