| Show as i 1 It e Copyright by w G Chapman Service IM JOYCE PELLY SYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS-Lpt SYNOPSIS Lee Anderson Roy Roy- Roal Roya Koy-al Koy al a Canadian Mounted 1 1 c ser ser- sergeant cr geant e le 15 I sent to Stony Slony Ran Range ManKo o to arrest a n man named Pell for murder r He lie li le also Im r to look alter after Jim Ratha reputed bead hoad of ot the tho Free Traders illicit liQuor runners At Little Falls he finds lell Is credited with laving having found ft a gold K mine and andIs andle le Is At the hotel appears a girl Kirl obviously out of or place In Inthe Inthe Inthe the rough surroundings A half haIr halfbreed half breed breed Pierre and a companion Short Shorty anno annoy the girl Kirl An- An Anderson Anderson derson An-derson derson interferes Interfere In iii her behalf Tho girl sets set out for tor SIston Lake which is 15 I also al o Andersons Anderson's objective objective tive thc lie overtakes her and ana the two men with whom ho had trou trou- trouble trou- trou trouble ble blo the tho night before She Is sus- sus suspicious suspicious us of him and the two men are hostile Pierre Pierro and Short Shorty ride on Anderson and tho girl following In the hills the road Is fa blown n up before beCore and behind the two Anderson Anderaon with his horse Is fa hurled down the mountain moun moun- mountain mountain tain side senseless Recovering consciousness Anderson find finds the girl has disappeared but he concludes oho sho Is alIve live and probably probably probably ably In the power of ot Pierre Plene l erre and Short Shorty On foot toot he makes make his wa way y to SIston Liston Lake There he finds his hi companion of ot the da day before beCore and with a girl Estelle Eselle a former sweetheart ot of Andersons Anderson's who had abused his confidence and und almost wrecked his life lite strikes stelle l-stelle and after alter a n fight Anderson with stelle's Is help escapes with the th girl Andersons Anderson's companions companion's mind Is clouded and she Is sur- sur suffering suf fering with a x dislocated knee Anderson sets Beta limo Iho knee and makes the girl as ns comfortable as possible He lIe has lias a broken rib The Tho two plan to make their wa ivay to a a Moravian mission of ot which Father McGrath has charge Their TheIl acquaintance ripens Into love CHAPTER Continued IX-Continued IX Continued 7 Lee Ice did not IJu push puh h his lIis Inquiries On the whole he lae felt It would be lie prefer able able that her 1 memory cm Or should return to hf her r mobile hill she was at ill time Ilic he mission The next morning broke cloudy time tile snow was frozen lard hard and in l bunks banks of heavy snow clouds cloudy were piling up In Inthe inthe Inthe the north The lle girls girl's knee had still not troubled her und and tile they made even faster progress res l Early aaI In tin tile after afternoon noon the prospects of a Sturm storm became so threatening that Lee proposed the they should encamp en cn a It ridge ride of or land some half a mile in front of them We Ce can find a safe nook In there he suggested Oh Oil no answered the girl Irl theres It a large lurge 10 log house about half a mile beyond lerond that thul and clI Hell He'll well we'll lie he much more morl comfortable there As Lee looked at nt her he lie realized that hint she he hind lind been speaking without realizing what she IJar had been SJ saying ole he e It too loo I NOW oW lial mr monde ini-du Ine SI say siy that he asked lint Hut Im I'm sure that there is a cabin Co 1 I know this place llac quite well ell only nl its it's as If It Id I'd seen een It In a n dream dream Oh Lee Ice what lIat If I should remember I dont don't wan want to- to to never never I want our new life 1111 1 our om 10 lose e el 1 II He lie put Ills his arum about her lier and to lu comfort her lier but time lo k of oC sad sad- sadness sadness ness lingered on her lier fa fic fac end ond every now and ond then theil ertl cO hin her herIt e Lie I-e would ice s-ee e that sume perplexed knitting of oC her lIer brows brown They passed rill Ilie-rill I lie ridge the Ille trail troll ran around tile the bend of or the Ilia III lake hake lake suo sud suddenly denly the they aa a aIlle the Ille 10 log building III him front frunt of theta belli Lee looked at al tile the hone boue e In III surprise for tur It II was built In tile the most sil smi lan iii way and contained apparently five t fives or r s six Ix lx rooms room roo III The fhe fl t set sell settler her who 1111 hall Im d constructed It must have t meant III him tomake snake it Ills hits I permanent home for fur the III ground around It had been In cleared fur for foran foran an acre or ur mule more hint but It seemed to 10 toha c lun e hc been en una r d for III for Cur F ela several I years UIS for nr fir the land hid was HIS n Ir overgrown and spindly II birch I I h Into till the thick of which hitch sei ll ried totems cohorts of young pruce t-pruce t trees trel'S were advancing l n in ranks like ilkI the lie lIn vanguard u III of mm m mammy army The fie door midair was seas unbolted mid when went event In they wen sere startled at ut Ilm aspect Ct of fit the Ille ul The rooms were wen with lIh furniture nearly narl all 1111 of it II made I by cite llie settler huh hilt extraordinarily ily 11 well tell dune done There were anal a 1 faded but IoUI lIh carpets na nathe the floors doors There were I fungous fungous growths on tile the walls willis but In spite lill of I f nil all the evidences of uC if decay the Interior looked the of oC H II prosperous settler stUhr They The went invent from front room to In fhe contents of ot this llie kitchen bud Imd been n respected In with whim trappers re law In There were par PilI elain plate Cul cups and amid saucers 1 I ers cooki cook 1 i In lag Ing utensils a II lor large e sheet iron stove Io f half full tull of ot charred harrell logs togs Ie Lee went ent all 1111 on over r time till lie place pines plu coiling to the ha girl within with the t enthusiasm of u aboy boy ICa Ite Ju just t the the place for COI us he h cried IK-cried cried W Well 11 find out wino own It r t rind buy It from front him and spend our honey honey- honeymoon honeymoon moon here lere In his e exuberance he lie failed to per perceive the d depression that Ut liat hind settled I upon tier her They 1111 had lind only Ju Just t arrived In Iliac timeto to escape the lie storm for already the flakes were whirling down fown outside ht ell Well ell you OU were rl rig right it said 1 its lucky were we're going t here have n mi roof er oer o us tonight Look Lonk heres here's fire fire- firewood woi wood d piled plied I 1 Now ow I wonder who's been bec ln h here re The girl did not nol n answer r him hint Slit vas stat staring Ing about her lier with the lie some look 1001 of bewilderment and ami Lee Lle saw aw that she was trembling lie drew die her hll Into his arms Dearest you OU let It things you OU he lie said All Alt will whit cOllie JI right ht And can cnn nn anything matter so long as we have lIu each IlIch other It makes me afraid Lee she an- an answered an answered h in a t low tone tonI Oh Oil Lee Jee I-I I I seem lem to 10 be he nearer to remembering than ever er before fole There ought to te be be used to lie he a H table here liere a and a woman sat at here sewing n a woman It with II fair hair and her het face bent over her lier work worl mind looking i up lip sometimes to Sill smile eat eata ata H a n man man a tall man tan several years older tan herself with Iron Iron- iron gray mr hall hair who never ne smiled but was alwa always s 's kind to hem hel slid And then she slie would look hook down downto downto downto to smile at al a child playing ln beside her Was sas I that child child Lee If It you ou were wen If tills this was your our home dearest you should be happy here I dont don't know Lee I wish now that well wed camped on the lie ridge I wish Ill Id never nC come here I c Ithe the feeling hint that it means the end She Slie began to CI cry softly Its Ils nut not not not ju just t time fear of ot remembering tills this place hint Its It's wheat what is associated with wilh some it-some- It some something thing terrible terrible- terrible She ceased easell and looked out at atIle Ih Ile fast falling failing snow sno it was still lIol only I the llie he middle of the afternoon but butI the I he wind Jill was In II-In whistling about the mime cabin and everything w wn w wa s 's n a deso- deso laic deso-laic t o- o hale lale II gray grai Inside e the lo log house it was half dank nl Suddenly the girl gill uttered a cr cry and clutched at DI Lees Lee's arm ann Lee I Did Dill you JOu see sec that That sha dow She he was halt h hysterical and her nervOusness communicated it itself elf to toLle toLee toLee Lee Lle for he lie lad had hind the conCu confused etl Int 1111 Im slon that a shadow ow had hall gilded across cros time the root room he beyond ond through time the open door Instantly he be darted after atler it but bat lit I I I I I It Il t I II l They Thy Passed the Ridge the Trail Ran Around the Bend of the Lake and Lake Suddenly They Saw the Log Lop Build Building Building Building ing In Front of Them IlK here hIl W was nothing to 10 be seen s cn en Ile lit liei-aine liei dame back hack It a wasn't Were We're nervous Im 1111 sure uJ there was was-was was Lee Ile She III thong clung llIn to 0 o him Stay tay lien here and Ill I'll M 1111 Ili place No Nu 0 dint dont leave e me mime Let Lct me lie 1 I I It h you ou U I They rhey trey went together looking Into all 11 the room and about the Ihl lie hou lir i but loul f was no sign of tit anyone nn em Lei 11 went Let II to tn o the hack linck door to III look 1001 fur for r footprints foot Coot footprints prints hilt but It If any uny had mad been Ien made th they would hale hu ben lIIn obliterated l In a mo mn h by the llie wind that t was 38 ln dt driving Ih dry snow scow f lIO about time the In ha little whirling cloud It lt was wu Imagination said Lee Lc She Slie ass assented and lind going Into Inlo lime kitchen began to make the prepare lions lions tar for their t meal while iee took the rhe kettle down Anon to the lie stream and filled It with water uter Cut lien IlIn H e she hail had ceased cc d to work and was vas sitting silting on II a haIr chair her head bent down her bands clasped on her knees staring dc deso desolately n lately Iy In front of oC her Lee stood beside her Dearest If I could do cn anything to help you you- you You cant can't help 1 m me I-I I I I deinI know what to do Her voice was strained lard liard nl most nl-most most unrecognizable Lee Iel knelt t at lit her 1111 feet conscious Js of ot n a sense of ot utter help 11 helplessness lie He took look her lier hands In hits his and found that the they were as cold colli ns as Ic Ice Her lieI body was strained Into un- un unnatural un unnatural natural rigidity It was almost t as us If H she lie hc were wre a u prisoner on un some smite torture table so 80 set fet were till nil her lier muscles liS as slit she were bracing herself lI some fome unendurable pain Yf Yes you Oll can help me mile he words came quickly from tier her lips and raising her head she slie gave him n a strange penetrating look You you you haven't nt been frank trank wilt will me meLee Lee Ill You know kno all 1111 that there thre Is to know about me IlIe lint what do du I know about you Y You ou soy f-ay lIr you ou love lore mo mite you yon OIl won lIn lily Illy love my love my love hove that of time the name less II'S woman and anil you have hn m my poor little two w weeks life story In your POo You Tin know linow r e everything that there is of me- me m me oh ohm oh you yon know It so Inti Intimately moldy Can Con you ou not see how It hu humiliates initiates S me nw to think that I have ha no o of m my own awn n at nt nil mill to myself no life lite lordly hardly a n thought II that Is not yours Dearest Cut sue she went on fin Implacably Whal da I know Inow of you ou Who l are arc you rou Lee Thul's That's only a name You hun have your lour our life Ilfe your ur past How Ilow man ninny women has lias it contained women you ou perhaps think of oC regretfully r some some- some lines I times lines l e even n willi tenderness tenderness- I Id have told lold old you OIl that when time time came I loved one woman J woman I did dIe dIeSh Sh Slip She well was was well I 1 gave her lIer m my love lo foolishly that's alt all nIl And It wasn't n nt love lo lh There Ie Is only you flU has only t Ien you you- you OU How do I know you mire lire telling me methe methe the truth troth Lee Iee Anderson You Tau dont don't mean that liat dear Weve We've ere our love lo to each other oilier with trust and faith Its It's just the loneliness s and the drea dread and time the fear ear of remember remembering III ing the Ille int that makes you rou doubt everything h In Look 1001 into m my y e eyes es and see ee if you cnn con doubt douht them file fhe hardness of her tier laugh surprised I dont don't trust men Lee Ander Anler Anderson Anderson son Lee felt stupefied ed limit But deeper than Ihan the hurt was his Ills pity for her hel a soul Mill cut off from rom ram tile the lie past with will only him him- himself self to su guile guide tle tier lieI He lie could coult under understand stanl stand that lint the desire for or a personality of her lier own omen might well inspire her lieI bitt es I think the best way nr I can prove plo limy m love for you JOu he lie answered Is just 1 to o say 81 nothing till your mood has passel passed No Xo Lee Ice there is n a better way wor than that n a much better a way lie Be frank with whim me Let me share your our life Who Pho are you ou Lee Ice Anderson flints only n a name to 10 me Tell me mc wh why you ou came cume Into Inlo time the lie ran range nn and how you ou found rime me lIe He began to 10 tell lell her but because It was impossible to speak k of their experiences at ut Siston lake he lie made It appear that tie lie hind lind saved her us lier aslie lie he had said sale lIfter before before after the fall full and carried caniell tier her Into the lie woods lIe d much but he lie distorted dl nothing What 1 were ere you ou doing In tile the range Chat are you OU here for Tier Her voice olce was breathless her e eyes es see seemed ned to burn Into his face tace know I I I know You must tell lell mime mc tIle the truth You came here to tl tin someone You are lre a t member of Ihie police Whom shoni have ha you come to 10 find And as ns Lee Iee remained silent she It f wasn't nt a n man named icily was w It An old man inn an old friendless titan ii ho had hall been teen bella betrayed ell sold h by some someone on one he I trusted A man who had done lIone no 1 wron wrong ii lo III nn anyone but who WIIO a whole hole generation enel llon before had lind killed time the scoundrel drel who tried to ruin Ills hits wife rife he atoned for fOl that Hint liy hy a 0 lifetime of hat 1 hal do you ou know of him cried Iee IE-e U He Is my limy father tather Tills This Is our home Yes Im I'm Tf Joyce loyce ce Pelly Telly his Ills I as you have III always wa s 's suspected And I suspected pill you yon omit from tile the lie beginning And you you yon IIII till forced your OUI presence upon me mime under Die Ilme guise uise o of protect lag mime front from my friends That Thal 1111 I I Is not nol sox so o To Tn gain your wretched ends h by win Will winning ning a n womans woman's confidence and then betraying In her lier And nd you I CI yes dared dared s 's yeti 1111 dared- dared dared I 1 nl never rr 11 who you yin you ou believe e my IllY word of or honor I am nm Incapable Hut Cut she slie went on un still r You ou Oil tin dared I to II pretend 1111 you lured loved me run traitor In III order I to III discover roe hiding lime I when I-I I I I was in up to ii huh him-huh but mu wh why why h hy 1 I 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