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Show ' i. ied r i V- - i m Mjalrce , Ucfn&lfce Story cfvCcrtalrjTlT50Tis Vho Uranic RiSi A .'Sjj and Conquered , L 71 1 Lf L'i r1 TVi 'V7?' 1 agaMla lakelet tlindid IYN0P8II. m rimmed whh an th Title emiisnllhg Hill body of water woe fed by the now from the creel end eeke, a hleh In tli cleer, pur eumdilne mid rsrl-flulr of the iiKiutitnlne t rlee and confront her wlitiln a etnne'a throw of the lure where ehe etaid. On one tide of the relty hike In the valley, nr lotket, Imenth. there woe n little granny tlmrlng. and there the dweller In the aildurnera hud built a rude rorrul for the burroe. On rough bench by the elde of the door he uuw the rlmii!vo eonvenicncea to hlch he had alluded. The water -- . T7d y . tJ of "Tfcg!tatiJ of IT . JCoT or y'd o1 IomnnccYof By ( Cyril s ToubsePd-TlrbSAuthor ATft Kt'nf tfo I lint out gend k ration, -- UctUr Mflw.niiifli m3 - 4 ffyJUpoiiJ, Cllawor 4J?Voun Ijr 'rKjlIurtrAllon Wrrf4 hh ty W I.Ciiwm . -- ale would to put H out of her mind lha. in aldne and durilr In Itlu fme. a l.r Well, ehe waa a fairly aenallde girl; In ronfualon, perbupa and uu-a UnlnMt. l!.o liiailer waa paaa.il, It rould not he ; n.oi fmnk, fr It a cauee, he helped I liillstt.-lplifrl.iniilng takas girl. ..iii 4 ; helped now, ehe would fotget It tuuuiitalne by lur ami, iut her lame and baiting aetitence. , t,.li Hi c. Jam rl Jl.iiilnml, nturli aa waa poeelble, Hhe would know the muon well," he auld. . i rKlr. fall In lova with wicn 4iut. .l.'iil remr tu It with mortification later on, thrills lha alt I, hut it, ml, know the plare to whhh t hut the preaeiit waa au full of grave ...i refer, la It Juat abuve where the kmiiiHlK. ami Armalriina wlihuut a ilKitnll anaarr, prohleiua that ihere waa imt any room ' riw-- r makea an enernioua tend tipoo f a mining hra tin1 alry Hom wife fall off a cliff for the fuel. 'limit? hurl that hr ana ao In that denting tw. Yea, that la It. ,1 til aiimii nl hrr in hrr tirrti ,ii, t. hi aulvra alillr hr a mi fur wi- - have tuen CHAPTER XII. 'i,KjikI'V. eaiuprd fur two week. I hr I hr uhl aimlr aim M Mule must be trazy with anxiety of hl'rra an a i'.nlil a parkas A Tour of Iripaction. i T aiva arra found tm I hr iral I. tuiw t what baa become of ins, Hltr ami Irltrrn rrala Ihr ,na hmly. i The Aral thlna y. ahe de- end " Whllr rkht a rrUral kr ia Hit hi. cided. when ahe hud aullt.fl.il her hen-geTI e n an lntcrMisrd. g in nmuhiain nirrnnt KnM la at-- ,j ahh'li la ttivrirrlminltr .r a I and r.nlahed her uieul, wua to gel will go there d!i icily," be said. A ahirm aihln hi Ihr yirl'a Irrrnr l.rm-Inin waa delightfully auft and ae It hud word if her pllchl and her reeling ' It i now half after ten. That plura 44 ti ilrhitfr iranaform . i Knld Into eiood exiKiaed to the auna dlreit ray whlrli g hitn-nlplm-to It r mule and the men of the Is arti-inlin or tuore from , i.rr alia la rra'ir by a nmun- -' for uome time, although the air waa j tarty. un. tlm nrxt thing waa to gel . about hrimii afirr a thrilling uitoaa the range, fifteen or twendiarnr. and cold. It waa i away, where ahe would never nee thia ty by the river. iwi in anal ronfuahm I shall be back by r ahrn Ihr ninrm exceedingly rrlap gnl-to he merely man again, and erhnpa he aide lo foriiifllclehtly M iHInml and uhl Klrkby go In tempered la your own." Hie enbln nghfu!, h,a Kind diarnvrra Dial cool and agreeable. Hhe luxuriated get what had tratoplred yet there b n( ihr girt. lie tinned away without another rnliird and lhal aim I uni.klr la Ilrr tti)lrmmn rrarurr In It for a few momenta, and white waa a Mrange pang of pain In her Wild , to aalk. ra Is r In Ida ramp. KnM gro in ahe had her fare hurled In the towel, t heart at that thouglii! Wait." said tie woman. "I am Mmm hunk. nnin'a n in ihr airnnar heard a No nan on riirih had i r ao atlm iraid to stay here." Ktihl. Sftif a hh li rough, roarae, hut clean I hi. nkfaal Hi e Imd beiii i go mi tour of Itinpaudlon. atep. Hhe Icom-- d " m tlmo to ace ulated her curloliy na ihia one. Who less enough before tbu maw lay down upon the bench a waa he? Why waa he there? Who In these itiounialns, Imt her retent ex-CHAPTER XI. (Continued), ainall mirror and a clean comb, lie .waa the won. an whoae plituie he had lienee hud Bonn how unsettled her a ill go n rid cook you gome break-alill- r aald nothing aa he did ao, and ahe had I ao quickly taken ftuui her g.ue? Why t , a man burled himself Is nothing on earth to hurt )uu get yourself reiidy. If no opportunity lo thank him before had so 'lien Imir not washed, youll And a he waa gone. The thought fulneag of ahitio In that w lld.-- i mss? These you. I th. nk." returned the nmn. tiotis went presently Interrupted by her atrangely, and ahe Here Imt n human being, so far aa ;nl B lo t of water and a haaln and towel the act alTecu-ide the door." the of chance to unbruld a very glad Jwaa reapii arniue of the man him-- ! I know. In tliene iinmiUalim." 0 fa Except my urndes parly?" pent through the Inner door aa J her hair, romb It out and plait It self. nity. of He nodded. "Have ymi AtiUhed?" he asked, cr.ly aa be had come through the again. Hhe had not a hair pin ' I iif there rone. He waa a man of few worda, course, and all ahe could do with it sinndlng In the doormight be another hear. she mlded desperately, fcn'iig herm-lf- . whatever aoclal grace he might waa to replalt It and let It hang upon way aa he spi ke. ' Net her shoulders. Her coiffure would have e Yes, thank you, and It was very likely; and they wouldn't come have poBBcaaed, and In more lure If ihere were any. That's the circumstances exhibited, waa looked very strange to civilisation, but good Indeed."' Dismissing this i.olitcnesa with a first grizzly I have seen In years, noticeable tiow. The tendernesa out there In the mountains, It waa emwave of hla hand, but taking no other he went on. uneoneertiedly, studiously which he had caressed her the inently appropriate. Without noticing detalla, the man notice, he spoke again. looking away from her, not to add to before had also vanished. w ill tell me your name" w If her rtinfuslon at tha remembrance m' Rvneral effort ,he aa ahe you limped t bearing had been cool, almost room toward the table, that awful episode which would obMaitland, Knld Maitland." h and forbidding, and his manner J"ck ,n' "Miss Maitland?" You trude itsedf on every occasion. The i 'er breakfast was ready for her. It as grim as his appearance. w can use a rlflo or gun?" The girl nodded. "'"rse fare, bacon, a baked creation had been a brief one. and tatShe nodded. He stepped over to "And wheie you came from, I will ac1 r.aped before the Are, for Inspection of blui . r Yet ahe had coffee, black and strong, with sugnr, endeavor to And your arty and see the wall and took down the Wlnebes-te(juently limited. which he handed her. but no cream. The dishes matched what can be done to restore you to u him In. He waa a tall, splendid This one le ready for service, and No longer young, perhaps, but In the fare, too, yet ahe noticed that the them. was were will find a revolver on the shelf. canon fork fra! of down 'Ve that and you her n silver, ramped com-!oby plate life and vigor. Ills prime of waa a napkin, rough dried, but at a place where another brook, a There Is only one possible way of ao there waa dark and burned browner of Ane linen. The man bad just set large one, flows Into It, several miles, eesa to this cabin; that's down those .ng exposure to sun and wind, win-.m- l 1 should think, below the place rock stairs. One man. one woman, a auimfter. In spite of the brown, the table when ahe appeared. am I "I no have child, even, with these weapons could sorry cream," he where " e wag a certain color, a hue of hold it agalnBl an army. and before waa she Hhe said, could to make where then, say going you His eyes were th In bis cheeks. Couldn't I go with you?" comment or reply, he turned and found me," but the thought of the way I, sometimes brown, sometimes walked out "On of that foot?" hla In the he had which found room, rushed her d purpose after-blue, ahe , and sometimes Knld pressed her wounded foot upon being not to embarrass her over her again; and thia time, with evidently A thick short learned. closely ill hla presence while ahe ate. his glance directly upon her. although the ground. It was not so painful beard and mustache covered the by Enid Maitland had to It waa aa cold and dispassionate and when resting, but she found she could relish grown r part of hla face disguised but the camp fare, bringing to It the appe- - Indifferent as a man's look could well not walk a step on It without great hla of Jaw biding the squareness suffering. the Armnesa of hla lips, "I might carry you part of the way, IK, e had worn his cap when he enter-an- d the tnnn. said carried you last when he took It off she no--but It would he Impossible, all night, that hla dark hair waa tinged of It." white. He waa dressed In a "Promise me thnt you will be back r Job suit, somewhat the worse by nightfall, with Twin Hob and I shall he back by nightfall, but I eit sear, but Attlng him in a way to free play to all his muscles. His can't promise that I will bring anynrori emenis were swift, energetic and body with me. lit eful. She did not wonder that he You mean? so easily hurled the bear to one You saw what the cloudburst nearand had managed to carry her no ly did for you, was the quick ant weight. Indeed! over what she If they did not get out of that swer. a !y recognized must have been pocket, there is nothing left of them rlble trail, which, burdened as be now. , would have been Impossible to a Hut they must have escaped, peri of less splendid vigor than be. sisted the girl, fighting down her :k he cabin was low celled, and aa alarm at this blunt statement of possitat looking up at him, he had tow-ipul1 ble peril. Itesldes, Uncle Robert and above her until he seemed to most of the rest were climbing one of Tori it. the peaks, and Naturally, she had scrutinized every action, aa she had hung on They will be all right, then; but If I am to find the plare anil tell them Ilia swift and soiue-.- t every word. startled movement, his frowning your story, I must go now. te had seized the j- -l He turned, and without another picture on which had gazed with such Interest, word or a backward glance, scrambled teed the liveliest surprise and down the hill. The girl limped to the in her heart. brink of the cliff over which he had 'ho was this woman? Why was he plunged and stared after him. She quick to remove the picture from watched hint as long as bhe could see tare? Thoughts rushed tumultu-I- f him, nntll he was lost among- - the trees. If she had anybody else to dethrough her brain, but she real-at once that she lacked time to pend upon, she would certainly have D ittlge them. She could hear him felt differently toward him; when wing about in the other room. She Uncle Robert, and her aunt, and the rw aside the blanket with which children, and old Kirkby, and the rest had draped herself, changed the surrounded her, she could hate that dage on her foot, drew man In spite of all he had done for on the 'vy woolen stocking which, of her, but now she stared after him defse, was miles too big for her, but terminedly making his way down the eh mountain and through the trees. It easily took In her foot and was with difficulty she could restrain encumbered aa they were by herself from calling him back. !tude, heavy but effective wrapping. Rafter she hobbled to the door The silence wus most oppressive, d stood the loneliness was frightful. She had for a moment almost aghast toe been alone before in those mountains, splendor and magnificence be-- s her. but from choice; now the fact that 'e had built his cabin on a level there was no escape from them made If of rook perhaps fifty by a hundred the sensation a very different one. tin area, She sat down and brooded over her it was backed up against an situation until she felt that if she did lowering cliff, otherwise the rock not do something and in some way diaay in every direction. She her thoughts she would break that the descent from the shelf vert She Watched Him as Long as She Could See Him. the down again, lie had said that the or valley spread before pocket r as sheer, except 15 be of the meeting cabin and its contents were hers. Sl.e off to the tite of good health and exertion. be, the recollection t, where a somewhat gentler ac-'t- f had never eaten anything that tasted to which she had been about to allude resolved to Inspect them more closehobbled back Into the great of huge and broken boulders so good to her as that rude meal that rushed over her with an accompany- ly. She a practicable ascent a sort of morning, yet she would have enjoyed ing wave of color which heightened room and looked about her again. ntalrs to the place perched the brimming, smoking coffee pot on her beauty aa It covered her with There was nothing that demanded careful scrutiny. She' wasnt quite ;toe mountain side. The shelf was it better, she thought, If he had only ahame. Mutely bare She could not realize that beneath sure whether she was within the prosave for the cabin shared It with her, lf ehe had not been PW 1,UKe so deliber- prieties or not, but she seized the old)ouers. There were compelled to eat it alone. She has- hla mask of Indifference w nmn SliaiM0' Blunted trees further was as deterthe worn, on that account, ately agitated est and most worn of the volumes on up tened her meal i It was a text book on min,ae fountain side above; a few mined as soon as she had finished her as she, not so much at the remem- the shelf. rd feet beyond them, however, breakfast to seek the nmn and have brance of anything that had trans- ing und metallurgy, she observed, and across the e ttmber line, after which some definite understanding with pired, but at the sight, the splendid opening It to the fly leaf, e in a firm, vigsaw written as she woman as stood of she page the but picture, the naked him. nothing masculine hand a name, WilAnd, after all, she reflected that there In the little cabin then. It seem- orous elow and beNewbold, several hundred feet lay a Bhe was better alone than In his ed to him as If she gathered up In liam Berkeley Harthese words, Hall, neath "Thayer the and all own radiance person whoRe edges were presence, for there would come steal- her T.raW a date some seven years and vard," and all the and the Into her beauty, f),ncs. purity where It was light not ing distressing thoughts ,y I fed by high cliffs. Already the episode of the morning before, try freshness and. snlendor of the more. back. 4 sld. aa mt-ini- l Arm-ln-m- d anal-,ai-.- , la-a- J r aara Pi-i- l iin iha-nc- fr 1 1 1 Vl-- re-R- fa-b'- 31 ! . ", i 1 leath-Suntin- g , 1 mm i cu-'It- y d di-C- (f 1 to spend the night slono In that cabin, she ft It that she could not endure It. Hhe was never gladder of anything in her life than when slit saw him suddenly break out of the woods and start up th steep trail and for a moment her gladness wrsl nut lemperrd by the fact whleh she waa presently to realize with great eablu. Hhe turned to other bonka on the dismay, that aa he had gone, so bs shelf. Many of them were teihnlral now icturned, alone, books, whlih she bad sufficient genCHAPTER XIII. eral culture to realize could le only available to n nmn highly educated, The Castaways of the Mountain. and a special student of mtnea and mnn wae evidently seeking her, The deshe a mining mining engineer, soon aa he raught sight of hef so for Instruthose rided, with a glance at ments and appliances of a scientific he broke Into a run and eame bound character plainly, but of whose actual Ing up the steep aarent with the speed and agility of a chamois or a mountain use ehe waa Ignorant. the gtrl A rapid inspection of the oiher sheep. As he approached books confirmed her In the concluxlon rose to her feet and supported herself that the muti of the mountains waa Indeed the owner of the collet tlon. There were a few well worn volumes of iioctry and essays, Shakespeare, a The owner of that book, whether lb or not, had been a rollige man, Hny that lie bud gradual ed at twenty tm or twenty two, bo would bo twenty eight or twenty nine years old now, but If so, why that white hair? IVrliapa, though, tha bonk did not belong to the man of the pri m nt Bible, Baron. Marcus Aurelius, Epicte- tus. Keats, a small dictionary, a encyclopedia. Just the books, she thought, smiting at her rnneelt, that a man of idtieatlon and culture would want to lave upon a desert Island where his supply of literature s would be limited. The old ones were autographed aa the first book she hud looked In; oth- ers. newer additions to the little If she could Judge their condition. were unsigned. Into the corner cupboard end the drawers, of course, she did not look. There was nothing else In the room to attract her attention, save some piles of mniiuiicrlpt neatly arranged on one of the shelves, each one cover ed with a square of board and kept In place by pieces of glistening quarts. There were four of tliese piles and another half the size of the first four on the table. These, of course, she did mt examine, further than to note that the writing was In the same bold, free hand as the signature In the books. If she had been an expert she might have deduced much from the writing; as It was. she fancied It was strong, direct, manly. Having completed her Inspection of this room, she opened the door and went Into the other. It was smaller It had only one and less Inviting. window, and a door opened outside. There was a cook stove here, and shelves with cooking utensils and granlteware, and more rude box receptacles on the walla which were filled with a bountiful and well selected store of canned goods and provisions This was evidentof various kinds. room, china ly the kitchen, supply closet. Hhe saw no sign of a bed In it. and wondered where and how the man had soent the night. have By rights, her mind should been filled with her uncle and his party, and In their alarm she should have shared, but she was so extremely comfortable, except for her foot, which did not greatly trouble her so long as she kept It quiet, that she felt a certain degree of contentnunt, not to say The adventure was so rohappiness. mantic and thrilling save for those awful moments In the pool es eeially to the soul of a conventional woman who had been brought up In the most humdrum and stereotyped fashion of the earth's ways, and with never an opportunity for tho development of the spirit of romance whleh all of us exhibited some time in our life, and which, thank God, some of us never lose, that she found herself revelling In it. She lost herself In pleasing imaglna tions of tales of her adventures that she could tell when she got back to her unde, and when she got further bark to staid old Philadelphia. How shocked everybody would be with It Of course, she resolved all there! that she would never mention one ep Isode of that terrible day, and she had somehow absolute confidence that this man, in spite of his grim, gruff taciturnity, who had shown himself so exceedingly considerate of her feelings, would never mention It either. She had so much food for thought that not even In the late afternoon of the long day could she force her mind to the printed pages of the book she had taken at random from the shelf which lay open before her, where she sat In the sun, her head covered by an old "Stetson that she had ventured to appropriate. She had dragged a bear skin out on the rocks In the sun and sat curled up on it half reclining against a boulder watching the trail, the Winchester by her side. She had eaten 60 late a breakfast that she had made a rather frugal lunch out of whatever had taken her fancy In the store room, and she was waiting most anxiously now for the return of the man. The season was late and the sun sank behind the peaks quite early In the afternoon, and it grew dark and chill long before the shadows fell upon the dwellers of the lowlands. Enid drew the bear skin around her ap- and waited with an If ohm nKniild ha nmkanatnn. ever-growin- g In 8plte of Hlo Hand 8ho Swayed, upon the boulder against which shn had been leaning, at the same time ex tending her hand to greet him. "Oh." she cried, her voice rising nervously as he drew near, "I am so glad you are back, another hour of loneliness and I believe I should bare gone crazy." Now whether that Joy In his return was for him personally or for him ab tractly, be could not tell; whether ahe waa glad that he bad come back simply berause he was a human being who would relieve her loneliness or whether she rejoiced to see him individually, was a matter not yet to be determined. He hoped the latter, he believed the fotmer. At any rate, he caught and held her outstretched hand In the warm clasp of both his own. Burning words of greeting rushed to his lips torrentially; what he said, however, was quite commonWord place, as Is often the case. thought and outward speech did not correspond. "Its too cold for you out here, you must go Into the house at once, he declared masterfully, and she obeyed with unwonted meekness. The sun had set and the night air had grown suddenly chill. Still holding her hand, they started toward the cabin a few rods away. Her wounded foot waa of little support to her and the excitement had unnerved her, to spite of his hand she swayed; without a thought ho raught her about th waist and half lifted, half led her to the door. It seemed as natural as it was inevitable for him to assist her In this way. and In her weakness and bewilderment she suffered It without comment or resistance. Indeed, there was such strength and power In his arm, she was so secure there, that she liked it. As for him, his pulses were bounding at the contact; but for thnt matter even to look at her quickened his heart beat. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Drainage of the Zuyder Zee. Is again before th people of Holland the draining of the Zuyder Zee. The sea, which, as every one knows. Is at the north of Holland and covers an area of 60,000 hectares, a hectare being practically two acres and a half. Just half a century ago a scheme to drain the southern portion of the sea was first mooted and although It received considerable support, the opposition was greater, but now an association has been formed and a bill will be introduced Into the chamber. The promoters see that with an increased population means must be taken to e enlarge the country and this reclame-tlof the sea Is suggested as capable If the sea Is conof accomplishment. lakes which several are there quered can be dealt with later. A great project Overheard. Helgho!" said Bildad, as Jlmpson-berr- y I flashed by In his motor car. wish I had a motor car. Oh, nonsense, Bill, 6aid Slathers. "What's the use? You couldnt afford to keep It. "No," said Bildad, "but I could to Boll it. Maroera U'mUl af-fm-M |