Show efto ason OF F KA KAZAN V by bv JAMES CURWOOD aro 8 10 chapter alf continued 12 on the lie floor of tile the cabin dropped drop pil on in tier knees and finished unwrapping tile the blanket she won was not afraid or linroe site she had forgotten Me Taggart and then as an bores rolled lit in a limp jieny leap on the floor she saw aw his half closed eyes and the dry blood on tits lilg jaws and the light I 1 left eft tier her face ila as swiftly us as the ua sun Is she dowed by a cloud baaree baree she ghe cried softly daree barbel the voice of the willow thrilled baaree baree it seemed to stir gilr the blood in tits ills veins anil and he opened tile lila eyes wider and saw again the wonderful stars atara that alint had glowed lowed ott at him so BO softly the day of Wakayo oos death one of the willows long braids tell rell over her shoulder and he smelled again the sweet scent of her hair as her hand caressed him and her voice talked to him then she got cot vp up suddenly and left him and he did not move while he waited for her in a moment she was back with a basin of water and a cloth gently she washed the blood from his eyes and mouth and still daree mado made no move more lie scarcely breathed hut but saw the little quivers that shot through tits body when her hand touched him like electric shocks he bent beat you with a club she bhe wits was saying tier lier dark eyes within a foot of barbes Ba rees lie ile bent beat youl you I 1 that man beast I 1 there come came on interruption tile the door opened and the man beast stood looking down on them a grin on his red face instantly ilarue ilaree showed allowed that lie wits alive ile he sprung sprang back from under the willows hand with a sudden snarl and faced hI cTaggart the hair of tits his spine stood up like a brush tits his fangs fanes glea nied there is IB a devil in him said me bic taggart Tag Brt ile he to Is wild born of tile the wolf you must be careful or lie he will take off a hand ka sak I 1 it was vias the first thio lie he had called her that lovers name in cree sweet sweetheart beart I 1 iler her heart pounded site she bent tier her head bead for a ent over her clenched lounds ind Afe Taggart looking down on what lie he thought was her confusion laid ills his hand caressingly on oil tier her hair front from the door pierrot had heard tile the word nord and now he saw the caress and he raised a liand land as if to shut out the sight bight of a sacrilege alon dieul 1 lie breathed in tile the next instant he had given a sharp cry of wonder that mingled with a sudden yell of pain from like a hash flash barea barop had darted across file die floor and fastened his teeth in tile the factors Bac tora leg they had bitten deep before Me Taggart tried arted himself with a powerful kick with on an auth lie he snatched his revolver from its holster bolster the willow was attend ahead of ailin with a little cry cr she darted to barap barep and caught him film in her arms As slie rile looked up tip at sic BIC taggart tier soft bare throat wit ans 8 within a few fe inches of burbes lla naked fangs her avs c s blazed you bell in lit littia tit sho she cried ho he hates noll hates boll ou let ailta go called ailed Iler rot in tin agony of fear mon dieu I 1 say let film go ti or lie ht avi yi loir lear lie life from YOM yon lie ile hated boll ou hubs hales boll lintus you ou the il lt ia rel waiting over opi unit anil oer again into Me Taggart s star tied fare linn ilien suddenly slit site wined 0 to o her fillner no lie will not leni leat the life from froin nie rile cried tl seel see I 1 it Is ila ree did I 1 not tell you that lint it Is ila ilarcec ree I 1 Is it I 1 u i proof that lint lie defended me I ironi iciel me gasped ills his face nee darkening daiken lne pierrot Iler rot advanced and laid lot a hand on arin lie was smiling let us leave olem licin to it fight it out between themselves roslea ros ins leu lie bald uld abey are arc ino no little fire firebrands brands and we are not safe it if site she Is bitten ric fie shrugged his shoulders A great load had been lifted from them hero sud bud denly ills IHs voice olce was soft and per and now the anger had game one out of the willows face ace A coquet tish uplift of tier her eyes caught tart cart and she looked straight at him half smiling as she bile spoke to her fater t er 1 I will join you soon boon mon perc you and maleu the factor from lac be balna in I 1 there were undeniable little devils devil a in her eyes Me Taggart thought little devils laughing full at him as she ithe spoke poke setting his brain affire and lit his blood to running wildly those eyes full of dancing wit witches chest 1 how he would mine anine them and play with them very von kon now ile he followed pierrot outside in his exultation he no longer felt the smart of barbes teeth 1 I will show you my new cariole that I 1 have made tor for winter maleu said pierrot as a the th door closed behind valt salt att ah ho hoar gelater liter came out t the cabin jaws aws were islet bot but tits his eyes flared up with plen uro ure when lie he saw RAW tier her she knew what it was about the factor from lite baan had bad been his answer au er of pierrot rot and pierrot had been telling him what she had find insisted upon that tie lie roust must come to her and lie he ans corning coming I 1 bile turned with a quick beathia of the heart and hurried down a little path she heard beard footsteps behind tier lier and threw the flash of a smile over her shoulder but tier her teeth were set gel tight the nallis nalla of tier lingers fingers were cutting into the palms of tier her landa pierrot stood without moving lie he wat clied them as they disappeared into the edge ede of the forest still belll ahead of Me Taggart out of his breast roue rose a sharp breath por par les len mille cornet I 1 u dla diab blet lel he were softly Is it possible that sho lie smiles from her heart at that beast noni it la Is impossible and yet if it Is in so one of his brown hands tightened convulsively about the handle of the knife in tits his belt arid and slowly he began to follow them ble Taggart did not hurry burry to overtake Ne she was following the narrow path deeper into the forest and he was glad of that they would be alone away from pierrot rot he fie was to lot let tier her go on oa when she I 1 bete noirl sets noirl turned from the narrow trull trail into a side path pat it that scarcely bore the mark of travel tile his heart gal 0 an exultant jump it site she kept on he would very soon goon have tier her alone a good distance from the cabin the blood ran liot hot in ills face lie ile lid did not speak to tier through fear that she ahe would stop ahead abend of 0 cheni lu lie heard the hit of wit water ter it was the creek running through the ho anam chasm was aas making leaking for that lint sound bound with alth a little hiligh site she started it lo 10 run rull tin and when oil lir stood lit at the edge of tin the chasm mi ni as fulls full fifty yards behind liu her twenty fret feet sliver slier town down there vas MIS a deep dtp dap pool liet veen tin lie roa ax k walls alls it pool so deep that it wits ns like alk bitle beltle ink sit mip turned tinned to face tile lie factor fiola lac bain lie HP had neer looked wore nion like it rl red beast to tier IK r und tills ills Illon lent slie bile lind had been umi fraid hut but biow ln in tin nn histand lu he terril led tier ber before Iti forB slie site speak ahat hat site had biad enned to sa hir lip lie vias nt at tier hir side all and lind bad taker tier lier fave fac Itol boti wern veen his two to handas tn iii ills hla coarse fingers il in lie strands of tier her phlek lir ulila where they fell over mer tier her shoulders at tile the neck ka sak aliet I 1 lie cried passion passionately 11 tely Iler rot said you would mould liae have un all all answer for uie tile but I 1 need no answer now you are mine I 1 mine she gave gaie a cry it was a gasping broken cry ills his arms arins were about tier her like blind banda of aron crushing crus liln tier her slender body shutting off tier breath turu eama aaa ing ID the boni almost black for her ale sla could neither bt ruggle nor cry out slip i felt elt the hot passion of his tips lips on oil her face beard tits its voke voice sud and then coule conle a mon tnt freedom and air into her strangled lungs Iler rot was calling I 1 it he had come to tile the fork in th the trail and he was calling tile the name I 1 tB hot hand came over oter her mouth month dont answer she heard beard him say bay S strength anger hatred hared flared up in ner her and derecly she struck the hand down something in tier her MOD darful eyes held Me Taggart they blazed into his bis very soul bete noirl she panted at him film freeing herself lier from tile the lost touch of it his hands handa beast east black least bastl I 1 ar 11 her voice trembled and her face lamed flamed see ree I 1 came to show allow you tny my pool and tell you what you wanted to hear and you you have crushed me like a beast like a great rock seel down there it Is my pool p site she had not planned it like this she tied had intended to ile be smiling even laughing in this moment but hod had spoiled them lier her carefully made plans planet and yet as the site pointed the factor from lac bain looked for an instant over the edge of the elit chaam elitism ism and then she laughed as an she mile gave him film a sudden shove above from behind and that Is my answer maleu Is ie from lac balna she coteil tauntingly as he be plunged headlong into the deep pool between the rock walls from the edge of the open pierrot saw whitt what had happened and lie he gave a great gasp lie he drew back among the balsams this was not a moment for him film to show himself while his heart drummed like a hammer his face was filled with joy i on tier her hands handa and knees the willow was peering over tile bush had disappeared ile he tied had gone down like the great clod he be was the water of her pool had closed over him with a dull splash that was title like a chuckle of triumph he appeared app eurcil now beating out with his arms anus and legs to keep himself afloat while the willows voice cattle to him in taunting cries bete noir I 1 bete noirl beast I 1 beast she flung small sticks and tufts of earth down at him fiercely fler cely and ilc bic taggart Tar art looking up as lie gained ills equilibrium saw tier her leaning so far over that she seemed about to fall her long lone braids hung down into the ane cha chasn gle timing in the sun h hr r eyes were laughl laughling ng while tier her lips taunted him lie could see tile the flush flash of her white teeth feth beast I 1 beast ile he began still looking up at tier her it wits it fl hundred yards ards do down n tile slow going tur curant tont to the beach of where lip lie coald climb out atit and a n half of that di slie she followed lalni laughing und and taunting him and dice ing down und and pebbles ile he noted that none of the sticks or stones s wits was large enough to hurt film lin when min at lust his feet touched bottom site she was nas rone gone ran hock back over orar the trail and almost into pierrott Pier Iler rots arms she was panting and laughing when for a moment slie site stopped 1 I have given elven film the answer noot swe wel I 1 ile he la Is in the pool I 1 into the balsams she disappeared like a bird pierrot made no effort to stop tier her or to follow tonnerre Ton nerre de dieul he chuckled and cut straight across for the other trail was out of breath when she reached the cabin baaree baree fastened to a table leg by a thong bieard lit pause for a moment at the door then slie she entered and tame came straight to ill hlin him during the lie half hour of her aha noe ilaree lind ely moved moed that linof li nr and the lie few inin minute tite that had preceded it lind had made tre I 1 it I 1 it loog impressions lair solons upon him nn ture heredity and instinct were nt at work cl ahing and readjusting ira pinging tin rn lihn a new the beginning of it 11 new understanding A sift and impulse e lind had film leap tit nt bush 31 mi I 1 glnn hen ih alln voctor put lili lil its i liand in tile willow billow s head it was v is nt reason tt it was ns tit tin ig anil IN I 1 and liere IT agalia it was the etonian site she iti calle callei I to the great hidden passion that vas in herec baree and vint had come to hill from froin kazun of all the living ll it wi ni in tile the corid orid knew volt it lie imst emst not hurt vils this tei ture lure that tipp eared to him through the door lie he trembled as slie site knelt before maii n mid and up through the years ears come came tile the wild ald ond and elor luus surge of kazan s tile liloon tile the wolf submerging the savagery of ills his birth and with tits his head hat fiat on the floor he whined softly and wagged 11 his Is tall tail 1 zave cave a i 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