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Show } FLAME FLAMEIN LAMtINTIIE LAMt LAMtp ' P p IN INTIIE THE THEFOREST ' . ' FOREST FORES F RT RTs s s sZ A sA : \ I l Z : FORESTHAROLDTITUS - ' - - - By Byy y HAROLD HAROLD-TITUS HAROLD TITUS TITUS ; - , ; , / ? . r r rl l ' 1 d ' rq rqOllust'ation.r id . . i ' IHu.rfrafion.r IHurfrafion.r IHurfrafionr Ollust'ation.r Ollustation.r Ollustationr { ' / / / t "f f " . ' 3 . ' r rV rW.N IR\V1N IR V1N IRIVIN \ AWER MYERS : V W.N WN . . u . . SEfLvtc SEfLvtcI SEfLvtcfi se vicenj I . . fi rofCf Dy.1/orold Dy.1orold Dy.1 Dy1 orold / T Tt t + f SYNOPSISKerry SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISKerry - Kerry TounG Young , a lad ot of "even even Beven seven " , isprepared Is laprepared prepared to nee flee nc the burninp burning lumber lumbercamp lumbercamp lumbercamp camp of his bl benefactor , Jack J ck Sno Snow , . " , who took the th youngster to llv live with withblm withhim withhim blm him at the tb death ot of Kerry'a Kerrya Kerry's Kerrys ' ' ' mother mother.Tod motherTod , . 'rod rod Tad ' Wett West has ha * Instructed Kerry to toeome tocome tocome eome come with a . nio 1110 ale contalninc contaInIng the camp IS e ISfunda efunds fundB funda funds thould should It bo be endangered endangeredFlames endangeredFlamos ndang'eredFlamo ndangeredFlamo ' Flames Flamos attack nttack the th ofUce offico office , and Kerry Kerry.hug'gtng Kerry.huggtng Kerryhuggtng . , bugging ' ' tho prccloua precious file ale fll , and 'rod rod Tod 'rodrace Todrace ' Todrac race to town ' Tod 'rod rod acts act . oueerly Q.ueerly Queerly . At Attho Atthe Attho tho the bank tho the flia file Is 1 found empty and andKerry andKerry andKerry Kerry Is 1 blamed with taking ? the thewrong thewrong th wronc wrong one . Snow , his headquarters headquartersand headquartersand headquarteraand and money cone gone gono . , Is ruined , and soon soonthereafter soonthereafter oonth thereafter reaffr dies , leaving Kerry to the thePoor thePoor thePoor Poor Commissioner . . Kerry suspects suspects'rod suspectsTod uspoct uspoctTod Tod 'rod rod ' and wears 8wears swears to oven even the tb 8core score cor * . . In a . St Paul offlco office KTry Kerry , , now In Inmanhood inmanhood manhood , , and nnd an expert woodsman woodsmanlearna , learns ot of the whereabouf whereabouts of West WestKerry WestKerry 'We We ' tKTry Kerry rescues a . lovely eirl gIrl from a . ascoundrel a coundrel scoundrel scoundrel , . , who proves to be West WestTod . . Tod threatens to pauperize the th gIrl cirlNan , , Nan Downer . She Sh thanks Kerry and andteUs andtells andfill teUs tells him of tha the robbery , and murder murderof murderof murderof of her father and nnd of ot ' Tod 'rod rod s advances advances.She advancesShe . . She Is operatinc operating a . lumber tract which whichher whichher whichher her father tather had purchased from West WestKerry . . Kerry makes camp At the tb general generalstoro generalstore cen ral storo store toro In West's Wests ' ' Landing- Landing Landingb - , , he b * finds ands finds'rod andsTod flndaTod 'rod rod Tod ' encased engaged In a . poker poher ga.rrr garrr game . Jim JimHInkle JimBinkle JimEinkle HInkle Binkle , , timber mployei employee , , loses heav hea.v- hea.v heav- hea.vJly heavily heavily . - ily Jly . Kerry exposes Tod 'rod rod ' 8 e * cheating cheatingand cheatlnffand And disarms him . ' The 'rhe rhe crowd Is sa un- un uneonvlnced unconvinced un unconvinced - - convinced eonvlnced of ot ' Tod 'rod rod s duplicity . Kerry KerryIdentifies Kerryidentifies KerryIdentities Identifies himself to West . , who de- de denies denies de denies - nies knowinc knowIng him , and advises him himto himto himto to lea leave \ e town . Nan tells Dr . Ezr Ezra EzraAdams EzraAdams . Adams of ot Kerry's Kerrys ' ' rescu rescue * of her h r trom from trom'rod fromTod fromTod 'rod rod Tod ' , and of ot West s threat . . Ezra Ezra . , , whoIs whois who Is ! coroner , vlitts visits Kerry , and appoints appointshIm appointshim appointshim hIm cororrrs coroners coroner a clerk . Suspicion of ofthe ofthe ofttr the murder had rested on Holt Stu- Stu Stuart Stuart Stu Stuart - - art , , employe emploree employee * of Downer , , and upon uponJim uponJim uponJim Jim Hinkle , , who was cleared by 'rod rod Tod 'rodThe TodThe ' TodTh The < doctor has the fatal bullet and andthe andthe andttr the serial aerial numbers of ot the th stolen stolenbills stolenbills stolenbills bills , one of ot which has Just been beenpaid beenpaid beenpaid paid to Adams It came out of the thepoker thepoker thepoker poker came game ' Tod 'rod rod orders Jim to run runKerry runKerry runKerry Kerry out of ot to\ to town ton , \ n . Kerry dIscovers discovershe he Is being bemg spied splC'd splCd ' upon by a 'breed breed 'breedJIm 'breedJim 'breedJim breedJim ' JIm comes to Kerry with a warnIng warningto to clear out . . Kerry answers with a alaugh alaugh alavish laugh Nan hires Kerry . Youne Young res- res rescues rescues res rescues - - cues Jim s daughter from trom drowning drowningWhile drowningWhile drownincWhile While In the water ate ! " , , Frank Bluejay Bluejaytb , , the ' 'breed breed ' who had spied on Kerry Kerryhad , , had tried to drown Kerry , . . Youngsettles Youngsettles Young ettles settles with himCHAPTER him himCHAPTER CHAPTER VI-Continued VI Continued VI - Continued ContinuedT ContinuedThe VIContinued7 -7- 7 - 7The 7The T - The Impict Imp'lct Implct Impact ' of or tils his body on the thestream thestream thestream stream made a mighty splash He Hecame Hecame Hecame came up Imme immediately tately , shaking his hiseyes hiseyes hiseyes eyes clear and treading watervh water . . "Wh Wh " \vh vh \ what you t'ink tink t'mk tmk t'tnk ttnk ' ' you doln doln'eb dolneb ' ' eh1 eh ? ' ' he gasped "Whit Whit "Wb'lt Wblt "What What " ' you- you you"I you - " " " "I I " think thmk I knocked h1'lOched h1lOched ' you yon loose loosefrom loosefrom loosefrom from yourself as u a beginning beginning'Kerry beginningKerry ' ? Kerry said snld hotly . "And And " ' I'm Im ' stand standIng standlag standIng Ing lag here to \ " wait salt alt for you to come up upagain upagain upagain again ' I'll Ill ' knock hnoch you In as fast as asyou asyou asyou you come up . , Injun . . . " . . That Is , It Ityou ityou Ifyou you come up on this side . , If It you youwant youwant youwant want to keep heep out of ot trouble with withme withme withme | me , , you swim yourself across acrossyonder acrossyonder acrossyonder yonder and stay there I ! 1 Get that tbat that'Stay thatStay ' ' Stny Stay there I ! 1 " " "Ho Ho * . " ' 'Ho Ho ' ' ' So you t tink Inh- Inh InhWith ink- ink inkWith - - " With a deuant defiant curse the man manstnrted manstarted manstarted stnrted started swimming swlmmmg for the forbId forbIdden forbidden forbidden den shore , and nnd Young , hitching at athis athis athis his belt belt , . , folio followed , " cd slo\\ slo slowly sloly slosly \ \ ly along the thetrestle thetrestle thetrestle trestle , , ready re'ldy reldy . ' for a second encoun encounter encounter encounter ter . , But Bluejay Btuejay had not gone far farlooking , looh.lng loohlng looking . upward at that dark and andInfuriated andInfuriated nndInfuriated Infuriated face , , when he hesitatedspat hesitated hesitatedspat hesitatedspat spat angrily and turned , , striking strikingout strikingout strikingout out swImminglike for West's Wests ' ' Landing , , swImming swimminglike swimminglike like an otter . CHAPTER VIIA VIIJOB VII VIIat A AJOB JOB and some enemies , and andat andat at least the beginnings of some somefriendships somefriendships somefriendships friendships Young pondered those posses possesslons possesdons possesalons slons dons as he spent a drizzly after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon making mah.lng mahlng . his camp permanent permanentAnd permanentAnd permanentAnd And after dark dark . , , as he sat In Nan NanDowner's NanDowner's NanDowner's NanDowners Downer's Downers ' office and talked to her herand herand herand and Holt Halt Stuart , he wondered just justwhere justwhere justwhere where this quick quick-spoken quick spoken - spoken , high highstrung highstrung highstrung strung youth \ was vvas \ 'lS lS ' going to fit In Inwith inwith Inwith with his scheme of ot thingsHolt thingsHolt things thingsHolt Holt appeared to him as one who whovlll whov'111 whovlll vlll v'111 v111 ' normlly norm \ illy \lly lly come to rapid de de- declslOns decisions decisions - - cisions clslOns ; ; form , , perhaps , , < snap map judg judgments judgments judgroents ments And set yet et Kerry ] hid h\d h d tad ' \ the feel feelIng feeling feeling Ing that in his case the torestpr forester foresterwas forestprwis was " 'lS lS ' holding back bach . , reserving reser\'lng reser 'lng lng \ ' his es estim'lte estlmate estimite tim'lte timlte tlmate ' and opinionWhen opinionWhen opinion opinionWhen I When Holt Holts bolts s e\es e es ees eves e\ e \ es rested on Nan Nana , a hunger of ot long standing st'lnding stlnding ' appe'lred appelred appeared appearedIn appe'lredIn ' In them Not the lust that had been beenon beenon beenon on Tod lS \ \ est ests s face yesterd-iy yesterd iy yesterd'lY yesterdlY yesterday ' - after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon up river rl\'er rl 'er er \ ' , but a clean clenn upri upright uprightrespect uprightrespect ht htrespect respect . . ; : . , . and something deeper deeperthan deeperthan deeperthan than th'ltStuart thatStuart tint th'lt thlt that tintStuart ' Stuart \ withdicw wlthdtew Ithdl ew after ntter a tIme timeIei\lng timeIei lng , , le\\ le leIng leaving ' \ \ Ing N'111 N111 N'ln Nln Nan ' ' and Kerry alone 1 . 'the the 'thedoor ' Thedoor he hedoor door to the greit gre'lt grelt great ' lounging loungln room of ofthe ofthe ofthe the headquarteras headquarters headquarter " \ " was \\as as sas open Logs LogssmoullJered Logssmouldered Logssmouldered smoullJered smouldered on the heirth hC'lrth hClrth hearth ' thereIts there It's Its ' ' damp , " the girl gtrl said ; 'let's lets 'let'sfinish 'let'sfinish letsfinish ' let's lets let'sfinish ' finish our talk tulk near nenr the fire " So she curled ! In n a mash macsl\e macsl e ma"sl\e ma"sl masl " \ \ a arm armchair armchair armchair chair on one side of the beartb hearth beartbwhile hearthwhile hearthwhile while loung sat opposite her antJ and antJcontinued andcontinued andcontinued continued the tall talk . of the job Tip Tipwith , , with a sigh of ot contentment contentmentstretched , , 5tretched stretched ' on his side before the thefire thefire thefire fire , and when a pause came In Inthplr intheir Intbpir thplr their dl&cussion dlcussion di&cusslon dicusslon discussion & of timber estimate estlmntc estimateb estimateband estimateand : ) and mapping the girl's girls ' e ey ees ; es re&ted reted rested re&tedon restedon restedon & on him . . . "What What " a lovely creature I l r " she shemurmured shemurmured shemurmured murmured and the retriever , open- open open1ni open.IELS openIELS . - 1ni tug one eye , rapped rlIPped his tall taU tail as If Ir understanding understanding n erstnndlng and appreciating the thecompllment thecompliment thecompliment thecomplimentNan compllment compliment . complimentNan Nan and Kerry laughed and TIp TIpstretched Tipstretched Tipstretched stretched and sighed luxuriously luxuriouslyand luxuriouslyand luxuriouslyand and flopped his tall tnU tail again . . It was late " when "hen hen he left Nan , . an anagreement anagreement anagreement agreement reached and ready to toreport toreport toreport report In the morning to work at atthe atthe atthe the big drafting b01rdHe boardHe boird b01rd board boirdHe He had not gone far when he helelt hefelt hefelt lelt felt Tip come a bit closer , and then thena a vague figure detached Itself from fromthe fromthe the shadow of a pine tree . . The hall hail , when It came came , , , though thoughcautious thoughcautious thoughcautious cautious and low , was not un- un unfriendly unfriendly nn-friendly nn friendly - - friendly , . . . "Young Young 'Young " ' ? That you , , Young Yoong1 ? ? " " " "Yol Yol " f t What's Whats ' ' ' " * * "Yo Yo up'f upf up'fThe up ? The other approached and then thenKerry thenKerry thenKerry Kerry halted"It's halted . . "It's Its .It's .Its " . ' Jim Hinkle Hlnhle , Young Yonng " "Oh Oh " , hullo hula , , JIm Jiml 1 I How's Hows ' the glr11 girl ? " "Finel Finel "Fine Fine " I All right I f ! " - looking lookingabout lookingabout lookingabout about cautiously . , ' "I I 'I " . . . . . wonder If IfI ifI IfI I could git you to stop here a n min mln- mln min- mlnute1 minute minute - ute1 ute ? I 1 got somethin somethln ' * ' I 1 got to say sayto sayto sayto to you , . . Young I I " He was wholly sincere , , and not notat notat notat at all at ease . . . That bUlIgerence billlgerence bUlIgerencewhich billlgerencewhich bllllgerencewhich which had been on display early In Inthe inthe Inthe the morning was wholly gone . , . . "Well Well 'Well " ' , when a man's mans ' got to talk . . . , why , he's hes ' just got to talk talkhasn't talkhasnt , hasn't hasnt ' he be ? " "I I "J J " . . , . I 1 don't dont ' want certain par par- parties parties - . ties ever to know I 1 hunted honted you up upfriendly , friendly like lIhe . . . "I'd Id " ' ' ' be a skunk If It I 1 didn't didnt ' ' say It it Itafter , , , atter after what you yon done for us . . . I 1 ain't aint ain'teven ain'teven ain'teven ainteven ' ' even thanked thanhed you yet for glvln givin givin'Elsie givinElsie ' ' . . Elsie back to usU us U " His voice shook shook"That's shookThats . "That's Thats " ' all I 1 can say sny about that . , . , .that that . tha that thatI I 1 thank thanl you . , . , . " , ' 1h\t's 1h t's ts That's Thats 1 hit's hits ' \ ' ' all right , Jim You Yoo need needn't needn't needn't neednt n't nt ' e\en e en een even e\ e \ en ha\e ha e have hl1 \ e said that much " "Oh Oh " , yes ycs r ' I 1 had to say that thatBut that.But thatBut . . But that thats 5 s the smallest part of It itI ItI 1 I . . , . . _ I 1 got other things to say sayYoung sayYoung"I'm , , Young Young"I'm " "I'm Im " ' ' ' no good , , you know hnow . . ' I'm Im ' ' a ahell ahell ahell hell of ot a citlyen cltl1eI1 cltl7eil I drink and I 1 gam gamble gamble gamble ble and I 1 don't dont ' pay attention to my mydebts mydebts mydebts debts U1 like e I ought I don't dont ' amount amountto amountto amountto to nothin nothln ' . But It's Its ' only when whensomethln whensomethln whensomethin somethln ' ' happens hnppens like lihe happened to today today today day that I git glt thinkin thlnhln thlnkin ' about It Itmuch itmuch Itmuch Itmuch"And much much"And "And And " I got this to say . . . , be because because because cause of the things ' I've Ive ' ' been thlnh think thlnhIn thinkin thinkIn In ' ' this afternnon i ; ; I was lower'n lowern lower'na lowerna ' ' ' a snake's snakes 'make's makes ' ' ' belly to come tome to you lIhe like likeI lIheI I did 'nd nd 'ad ad ' try to drhe drive drh e you out of ofthis ofthis ofthis this countr country I ! " Pause Pause"You " "You You " see it's its ' different different , , now . I 1 . . That Is , I come to you just justaft justafter justafter aft after r sunup like tike I 1 . . , . , like I 1 belleved beileved be lleved ileved what the rest of ot 'em em ' be be- belIeve believe believe - - lieve : : that you framed up some somethin somethin somethin thin ' ' on Tod " ' "And And 'And " you knew hnew all along that thatIt thatit thatit It was renl1 real ? That he did cheat ? ' ' Another piuse p\use p use pause ' \ Then , "Yesi Yesi "Yes Yes " 1-ln 1 ln i-in i in 1lna iina " - Ina a whisper whisperSomething Something unusual here"And here"And here here"And " "And And " you flguie figure figm e I am In danger dangeri dangernow dangernow i now ; and you figured the same wav way wavthis waythis wavthis this morning Then the change Is Isall isall Isall all In you , , Jim ? ' In your . . . . , . your yourattItude yourattitude yourattitude attItude , , |