Show BAREE Son of Kazan By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD to O. Doubleday r d r. r r. r rc Pate A to c Ce C. ions o NU B alee ertee Chapter VI VI Continued 11 11 It n was wai a splendid night Bight that fol low lowed P Perhaps Bare Baree would hue have slept alt through It In till hll nest neat on the top of ot the dam darn If It the bacon Irn smell hall had hodnot rot not stirred the new hunger In him his adventure ad In the canyon the deeper fore forest t hod had held a dread tot for him Mm specially at night But nut this night was wan like a pale golden day It was wa moonless but the stars shone hone like a billion distant lamps lampa flooding the world In a soft lOft and billowy sea sla of or light A gentle whisper of ot wind made pleasant sounds Hounds In the treetops He He- pond jond that It was waa very quiet for tor It was J u tho Moon Moon Moon- and the wolves were not hunting the owls had lo lost t their voice VOICA the foxes eltink Blunk with the silence of ot shadows and ven even the beavers had bf begun n to cen cease e their labors The horns of ot the moose the deer and the caribou were In tender ten der velvet ans and th they moved but little and nd fought not at all It was late Inte July luly Moon of or the Cree Noon Moon of ot Silence for tor the In ID this silence Karee Harfe began to hunt He lIe stirred up a family of ot half grown partridges but they escaped him lie He pursued a n rabbit that was swifter than he hf For an hour he had no luck Then he heard a n sound Bound that made every drop of or blood In him thrill thrill- He lie was close clone to camp and what he had heard was a rabbit In one of ot snares lie He came out Into u little little starlit open and there he saw IlAW AW Hi th Ih rabbit fl a most marvelous pantomime It amazed him for tor a n moment and ond he be stopped In his tracks the rabbit had run his hla furry turry head Into the snare and hl his first frightened Jump had shot the sapling to which the copper wire was was as attached so that he was was now hung half halfin In tn midair with only his hind feet touching the ground And there he was dancing madly while the noose about his bis neck slowly choked him to death gave fave u a sort of ot gasp rasp lie He could understand nothing of ot the part that the wire and the sapling were playing In this curious game All he could see W was l that was hopping and dancing about on his hind legs In a most puzzling and like Ilke fash- fash Ion It may be that he thought It some come sort of ot play In this Instance however ho did not regard as ashe aslie lie he had looked on the bl braver ver He lie knew that II made malle mighty fine cut Ing and anti after another moment or two of or hesitation he be darted upon his lila prey Wap l half gone Ione already arendy made almost almost al al- most nn no struggle und and In the glow of ot the stars Ilaree Baree finished him and for tor half hair tin nn hour afterward he feasted had bad heard no sound for tor forthe forthe the snare Into which had ball run his Ms head was the one set farthest from Ms Ills camp Beside the smoldering routs coals of or his tIre Ore he sat with his buck to n II I tree smoking his black Muck pipe and dreaming covetously co of ot when continued o lila Ills night no longer had the d desire to hunt lie was too full frill nut Hut h lie he nosed In and out of ot the starlit spaces enJoying en- en Im Immensely the stillness and the golden glow of ot the night lie He was wu fol- fol ln 10 in n II run rabbit when n he came cume to toa toa toa a place where two fallen logs left teft a trull troll no wider than his lila body lIe lie Ile through something tightened tight tight- ened shout about his neck Deek there was a sudden snap 1 snap snap-n a swish as the sapling ns M released from Its trigger trigger and and was as jerked off his feet teet so suddenly suddenly sud sull denly that he had no time to conjecture conjecture ture turl us 1111 to what was ht happening The yelp jelp In his lila throat died In a gurgle gurgle gur gur- Ur- Ur gle 11 and nil the next moment he was was going through the pantomimic actions action of ot who was having hating his hisen yen en i Inside him For the life lite of or him Baree could not keep from dancing about while the wire lre grew tighter and ani tighter about his neck Furiously he struggled It was u miracle that the fine wire tire Irl held heM him In a few tew moments more murt It must have hue broken but broken but Me Mc- Mc Taggart had hd heard hind The rho Factor caught illig II t up tip his blanket and a heavy henvy tick MUk us II he hurried toward the snare It 11 was tins liS not a 1 rabbit ilia making king those he nI he knew that Perhaps an a n n fut a a a lynx a II fox rOI a young oung tt wolf wolf- fIt f- f It was vas the tilt wolf olf he thought of ot first firs when lu hI sur Buree at nt the end of ot the wi wire I lie dropped the blanket am and raised the club duh It If there had hall been blen clouts clout's overhead or the stars hud had been It- It less leas s brilliant Haree Baree would have 1111 died dle UK U surely as II hind had died With Will the club raised o over his Ms head Me Mc- Ic Taggart saw sat In time the white whitt star the white tipped ear und and the jet Je lark black of ot purees puree's emit coat With ith u a swift movement O be lie ex the till club for the till blanket In Ui that hour could have look cil II ahead to the days Ihl'S that were to eons lillI Ill he would Old have hae used the club ne lie have l p m foreseen the great lIo In II h laroe was to 10 play n a port lurt tw his hits hOI hopes anti and cleat de- de at tr I ru Ui hi Ills his world wurl l. l he would have him to tn u n pulp there under r the till gh 1 lOr f the till Mars And payee could 1 ne IH t 1 Inc its rot jm i n what luit was vas liS to In happen bert bei n i-i-n en ibis brute with 1111 n R white whit skin unil he 11 1 c MOM mist 1 beautiful tiling In the tho thoi i f foists II odd b Lave bate Ie eve v u II more bitterly before he h. surI surrendered himself to o the smothering embrace of ot the Factors Fac Fac- artor ori tors blanket On this night Fate ate had played a strange hand for tor them both and nd only that Fate and perhaps the tars stars above held knowledge of ot what its t outcome was as to be Half an hour later Hush garts gart's arts art's tire fire was wall b burning brightly Benin again I In n the glow of or It lay trussed up like Ike an Indian papoose tied Into a but bid shaped loon ball with thong his ila head alone showing where his captor had cut a hole for tor It In the blanket He lIe was hopelessly caught caught- so o closely Imprisoned In the blanket that hat he could scarcely move a muscle of ot his body A few tew feet a way away from him was bathing a bleed bleed- Ing ng band In a basin hallin of ot water There was also a red streak down the side of ot bullish neck You little devil I he lie snarled at Bares Burce You little de detill 11 Ill Ill- I IIII He lie reached over suddenly and gave I taree's Ilaree's head a vicious blow with his heavy handI hand I ought to blat bent your brains braiDs out and and I I believe I willi will I Ilaree Baree watched him as he picked up upa a stick close doso at his side u side-u a bit hit of or fire fire- wood had flad chased him but buthis his this was the first time he had been near enough to the monster man to see the red glow In his eyes They were not like the eyes of ot the wonder wonder- ul tul creature who had bad almost caught him ilm In the web of her hair and who had craned after him under the rock They were ere beast eyes They i You Devil 1 I Imade made him shrink and try to draw his head liend hack back Into the blanket as the stick was raised At the same time he be snarled Ills His tt white hitI ite fangs s gleamed In Inthe Inthe inthe the firelight His Ills ears were lint flat lIe He wanted to sink his teeth In the red throat where he be had already drawn blood The stick fell tell It fell MI again and when was done Ilaree lay stunned half his eyes ern partly closed by bythe bythe the blows and Ills his mouth bleeding the way we take the devil out of ot a wild lId dog snarled I guess you wont won't try the biting game again eh youngster 01 A thousand devils but devils but you went almost to the thebon hone bone of ot this hand I l IIII lIle He Ile bl began an washing the wound again Baree's teeth had sunk deep and there was a troubled look In the F Factors Factor's face It was July a July a bad month for tor bites bitts From his bis kit he got gota a 11 small flask Of whisky and turned a abit abit abit bit of ot the raw liquor on the wound cursing Baree as It burned Into his flesh h. h purees puree's shut half eyes were flied on him steadily He Ile Knew that at last he hind bad met the deadliest of ot all alt his enemies And yet he was not afraid The rile club In to Hush h hand hud had not killed lib his spirit It lied bad killed his hili fear It bad had roul roused In him a aha hatred hatred ha ha- tred trell such as 1111 be hl hind had never nl known not known not even f when then be lie was Willi fighting sew the outlaw owl The vengeful animosity of ot the wolf olt was 1181 burning In him now along with the savage courage conage con cour age are of ot the dog Baree did not take his eyes from as he smoked lIe He watched the man when hen the latter stretched himself out on the bare hare ground and went to sleep He Ile listened still later to the monsters monster's heinous snoring Again and again during the long night he hI struggled to free tree himself lie He would never forget that night It was terrible In the thick hot folds of ot the blanket his lila limbs and nd body were suffocated ant suf tOll until the blood almost stood still In his veins Yet he did not whine They began l to Journey before the sun was up for tor If It Baree's blood was almost dead within him Hush flush garts gart's was 1181 scorching his lila body with the heat hlat of ot Its anticipation He lie made his bis ins last plans n a as he walked swiftly through the forest with Ilaree under his arm lie He would send lend Pierrot at once for Father at his Mission seventy miles to the west lie He would marry yes yes marry her herl I That would tickle Pierrot And he would be alone with while Pierrot was wal gone Jone for tor the missioner This thought flamed blood like strong whisky There was no thought In his hot and unreasoning brain of ot what that might say say say-or of what she might think lie He was not after the soul of ot her Ills His hand clenched and he be laughed harshly as there flashed nashed on him for tor an Instant the thought that perhaps Pierrot I would not want ant to give her up Pierrot Pier Pier- rot I 1 nah Bali I It li would not be the first time he be had killed a man or mon or the sec sec- ond laughed again and he walked still faster taster There was no not chance of ot his losing losing no no chance for for tor to get away from tram him He II He- Bush waa u was lord of ot this wilderness master of or Its lis people arbiter arbiter arbi arbi- ter of ot their destinies He lIe was power and and the law The sun wl was s well up when Pierrot standing In front of ot his cabin with pointed to a rise In the trail three or four tour hundred yards away over which art had bad just ap ap- ap- ap lIe He Is coming With a face tuce which had aged since last night he looked at Again he saw tl the e dark glow In her eyes and the deepening red of or her parted lips Ups and his heart was sick lick again with dread Was It possible possible- She turned turnell on him her eyes shining her voice trembling you you must send him to me for tor his answer she cried quickly and she darted Into the cabin With a n cold gray ray face tace Iler Ilu rot faced Bush ush Chapter VII From the window her face tace screened by the folds of or the curtain which she had made for tor It the Willow saw what happened outside She was not emilIng smiling emil smil ing now She was breathing quickly and her body was tense She heard blard coarse voice his boisterous bolster bolster- ous greeting and then she saw hIm showing l Pierrot what he carried under his arm There came to her distinctly his iris explanation of ot how he had caught his captive In a rabbit snare He lie un unwrapped unwrapped un wrapped the blanket gava gave a cry of ot amazement In an on Instant she beside them She did not look at red face tace blazing In Its joy and exultation It Is Barle Baree I she cried She took the bundle from gart and turned to Pierrot Tell him that Ilaree Barte belongs to tome tome me mt she said fluid She hurried Into the cabin gart gait look looked Id I'd after her stunned and aud amazed Then he be looked at Pierrot A man lUon half hult blind could have seen that Pierrot was as os amazed as he hI N Ne- Ne had not spoken to him the him the Factor of ot Bain I 1 She had not Dot looked at him l And she had taken the dog dOl from him with as little concern concern con con- cern ern as though he had been a wooden man man- manThe The red In his face tace deepened as ashe ashe he stared from Pierrot to the door through which she hud bud gone and which she had 1111 closed behind her TO HE nin CONTINUED |