Show E TL ahe he 1 I or 0 f f aara abraham A B 3 ham 8 am t C by JAMES JAME OLIVER D b n 39 C by Dou doubleday beday doran cos co inc ww service THE STORY wath till wife catheri cather i j i inland Ino and on n henry bai 1 lalni in french T settle in 1 canada in 1749 cultivates adjacent to the agthe a tory opens the are returning t from a visit to theTon t the iton t tura eurs catherine atherl nex wana wandering ering brother brot heri meets ikast them with presents for family to beema h 9 rives ives al n bidding hani m perfect himself in marksmanship marks ma rl HOpel bah fears cats tor th tho a the bacety of oc bullins in their isolated position CHAPTER ill continued 5 concealing himself behind of a treed seems watched them althey as they passed so benr that a pebble flung by a hoof of oneff one of tile hol ses fell athis a his side elde ills his cou rufie failed lilai then for foi him lils hands clenched it t the sight of ills heart tal a in its beating as his at fillop turned from his enemy to tinette Tot nette she had become all at otice a i young vonne lady whom he could easily bellere believe lie had bad never seen before and ad the change icher in her held a few moments moment sst so forge forgetful taul of tits his own existence that lie would have been discovered discover ed had aine one of the three happened to glance in his direction tollette Tol nette was wearing wear her first suit blue camlet trimmed with silver just ar arrived froni from quebec with this she wore a smartly cocked beaver hat but which bore a rakish feather and from under this hat tier long ong dark hair fell in a cascade of ofa carefully made curls partly restrained in their freedom by two or threes three red ribbons enmei enmeshed lied among them she was superbly aware of the lovely ovely figure she made and every inch dofher body was at a dig hilled tension as site she rode past the place where trems wa was s hidden latter after she had gone jeems felt an overwhelming sense of littleness and unimportance for tobnette Tol nette was no longer tobnette Tol nette but a real princess grown up and paul tache alding close beside tier her with hair powdered and tied LIM and with a red velvet coat that could ba seen a mile away seemed now to be infinitely removed from the plot tings which he had aind conceived against him tie ile stepped efrom behind the llie tree and stooped to pick up tile the ebble which horse had rung pung at him lie ile could hear the auctioneers tio voice and others bidding for sans properties then came a burst burstok bur of laughter which rose with unrestrained abandon above all 0 other her sound bound a blast of which he would haye hae recognized anywhere in the w world orld only tits ills uncle ancl could laugh like that the sights and excitements excite ments menti of tile the scene about him would hh hae V e made for him one of the most thrilling events of his forest had his heart not been bee 11 choked wath the the 6 emotions motions of impending elrama driem yet he did not press his big desires by undue haste baste and it wash was half un an hour before lie he found himself close to the one who occupied his thoughts this happened in such a fortuitous way nay that tobnette Tol nette concealed by the a mple forms of bussana Lus sana w wife ife and daughter was vai within a toot foot of tits lifs shoulder before it he knew it t site 1 did idlis not hat see him and and lie he stood with wildly beating heart breathing the taint perfume from her person his fits senses dazed bv y th alia nen ne nesi of hor her splendor ep lendor and ana his wor world d of vision filled only with a preat brond biond brimmed hat I 1 un an massof mass of lustrous curls I 1 a sunset of crimson ribbons a pair of slim shoulder sand then hla his paradise broken by the he ugliness of reality reali he be discovered paul tactic tache the khe young man was vaa returning bronit from i journey to the barrels and when lie he saw Je teems erns a contemptuous smile twisted his lips it wits was this th Is look which turned toinette Tol pette nette so eo that she found jeems standing stan dipp beside her his cup cap and a package in ibis his hands bandi hla his face tensely betas set aa he fought himself ilnyo obliviousness of his rival rivals s presence iiii he held out tits his gift to her lily my uncle has just come from the english colonies and he brought me tills that I 1 might in turn give it to 16 you will you accept it tobnette Tol nette netter hit forgot paul tache spots of red come into his checks as Tol nettei surprised eyes greeted him she alil almost lost As if something made her forgetful of her magnificence and the dignity it fil imposed she extended i iw hand band to receive the package the mahrer manner in which site she accepted his sift gift sent the blood racing through his body the color deepened in tier her cheeks and ahls for still greater evidence odthe of the pleasurable thrill lie be had riven given lt her r jeems was sur eshe ws abou t to thank him film for his big gifty gift when hen paul them ign ignoring orfan teems cousin i led her awai away politely relieving her berof of thel package as they went it was then ToI aHe tte turned to smile at teems jerns in spite of ahe he ryes she knew berv watching her inthis same moment her escort allowed the package to drop groin from his hand this act aspired by a contempt for the forest boy and urged by a mcann rs rss of i ilay swept jkems thought from tinkie Tol nette whose essof person surprising beauty luid and lor disposition had almost most made chade him forget ills his on one aei reason for being at Lus cussans sans bate this weakness in the armor of tits intentions was seated sealed when he saw ills fits present W ap to the ground Ins in the path odai of a storm of emol enot loii lon which caught and bad film hani fieF fiercely cely lie saw on only lyone one two ina and piat one was paul tache in a brain white with heit beat and in eyes eves blinded to the p reseca presence presen cp of all thing forms el copt that ala of the south who lind bad darkened 1 I ills bitterness ceased t est for him bim and when he be sprang forward to 0 o recover the bundle it was nas not aith tile alie thought that pe I 1 he vas ia jt tt for far tier her but that it as iii to be his reason for foi glorious glor lons war wa r when the moment is iqs was at hind for 11 him im to hurl it in his big arlvin face race detaching themselves from the lie shifting groups ot which they had been a part toinette Tol nette ail and d young joung tache strolled to their horses borses knowing that many glances followed their elegant 1 l 1 departure gling themselves a brief time in which to he admired they sauntered into the gardens back of bussar lessans house ho 1 I 1 se jeems feero was nas only a few steps fio from T paul gaul and Tol tobnette nette when they disappeared behind the house ile he held abick ack with a feeling of satisfaction when 5 9 he had nayer never fought with another another boy i lie saw tie twos two going down a path which took them rout font of sight eight of 0 tiny curious eyes rebii that might bave have watched them until tile the last nutter of sur slik was bone gone did lie pro aeed with them business of following them find then like an indian In dlan lie he slipped noiselessly and found then them standing somewhat per flexed ae at alie the edge of d and Jand ill i smelling ailing apen space where lus lassan s an had built his barn and wherein his c cattle at tie and pigs find so ipp 1 in g atiat one was sure of a and un 1 pleasant footing toinette Tol nette tier her chin tilted a flash of indignation in n tier her eyes as she bield lip tier her skirt with both hands was on the pointon point of f loosing her wrath upon tier her escort for daring n to bring tier her to such aglace of dl de teems stepped out pin a airle irim of bustled bustles and them chis HS face fac ewas was pale ills hla slim body alis wis as taut as a how bowstring strIng ills his eyes were almost black ile he did not pee tobnette Tol nette scarcely knew that slie she was in ills his word even as place to 10 an exclamation of surprise when chesaw she saw in his hand the package w which filch he be had riven given tier her a few tul autes before lie jle approached paul tache and that youth misinterpreting the slowness of ills movement and the bloodless pallor of bis face as signs of and wr sought to cover tits his disgrace in n eyes by aa explosion of haughty protest arte s t at being followed and sped spied upon in tills way jeems made cino no rep reply ly except to hold out the package sight of it choked tile the words in the others throat jems jeems silence and in the way in which he continued to extend the package brought a 11 deep color into pauls face ile he and not jeems wa was conscious of tile amazement to in coln aties countenance and of the intensity of her interest in tile the situation lie he recovered alnis himself swiftly and with a guileful change of manner manner holdout hel held dout out his hand band pardon he be he apologized jred it Is s good of ayou to bring the package which I 1 accidentally dropped jeems came a step nearer tou you let he tried aled rl ed and with a furious hioye knoyer ment nent he hurled the bundie at baches fee ce i the force of the blow sent sect paul reeling backward and jeems deenis was at him w with ith tile the quickness and passion of one suddenly transformed by madness ile he had never fought with ani an i other boy hut but lie he knew how animals clawed and disemboweled disembowel ed in it a hundred ways he hall had viewed strife and death as the wilderness knew these things and all that he be had witnessed all that lie knew of torture and violence arid and the desire to tc malm and kill gave care to his action a character I 1 t 1 ot of such lively ferocity eliat th t it drew ni 1 howl hov lof of pain from paul TauF Til Tache theand jand a shrill little scream from toinette To Tol luette nette i teems jeems heard beard ithe scream but it held no significance tor for haw now hie dreams we were gone and Tol tobnette nette hir her presence close to him tier her c ye s upon I 1 the battle just as an tie lle had I 1 imagined magi la tile the thrill of his mental was forgotten inthe more vital depths of lils his interest in thi tha flesh and blood of paul in the first att attack hta fin gers clutched like sma small I 1 iron claws in the folds og 0 baches cravat and coati coat and the rending renil hig of cloth a splitting asunder of gorgeous material almost to the others waist was evidence of the st strength r bength behind his lils assault ite ile followed this with a fury of scratching and tearing tear frig and both went down in the melee blieu they rose paul leaving himself up with an effort which flung jeems irom from him they were such a eight of f muck and stain that tobnette Tol nette forgot tier her precious dress and covered her eyes in horror nut but she was looking again in an instant for the spectacle fascinated even as it appalled her jeems had landed on his feet with a fist loaded with mud and this lie he projected with an aim so GO accurate that half of pauls face wits was obliterated by it and as he leapt with a roar of rage rage at his hili smaller assailant lie be was wis such a shock ing contrast to his usual immaculate self that tobnette Tol nette nearly early ceased to breathe then she saw and beard what her feminine eyes and instinct could not understand or keep proper count of a mhd mad twist lug and tumbling of bodies panting breaths grunt sand finally a clearly audible curse from paul tache with that sound jeems flew backward and landed on Ms ills back ile he was up almost before he had struck and with ills hi shead head ducked low like a rams in a cliar charge gp he hurled himself at tache this individual having cleared his hi I 1 eye sufficiently to perceive the blindness of the others rush husli stepped aside andl andi swung a well directed direct etl blow which again i sent jeems down into the muck ills hla hand filled itself with this sticky substance a second time and as he returned to battle haiet it ny fly at paul profiting blex by experience peri per lence ence paul dodged skillfully and kiei abe volley passed over his head cpr spreading ending in its flight und and fell in its contaminating virulence she saw her raiment ral meat spotted and defiled slid and such a sudden fury rose in her that she sprang upon jeems as lie he flawed clawed and kicked in n a clinch with paul and assal assailed led him with nil all the strength and bitterness of tier her small fists and biting tongue I 1 teems jeems had bad seen the t tragedy of the misdirected mud and he knew that hands and not pauls paul 11 were wera pulling viciously at his hair Th there theres ereIs Is a hurt which hichi wire bears with it a sting ot of satisfaction and this emotion pressed upon jeems as he fought desperately in front and felt himself attacked treacherously from behind for paul was ft as accountable for the mishap to tobnette Tol nete nette had the other not dodged in a cowardly fashion allowing the stuff to pass on to her the thing would not have happened it did not take more more than a few seconds tor for the inspiration of this his thought with its apparent justice and truth id to fire alre I 1 him ian with a determination beside which its his former resolution sank to insignificance he was n longer fighting tor for approval but against tier her against paul tache against nl at the world tobnette Tol nette pulling pill I 1 ang at ills his hair heating beating at his back bach iliad had raised his struggle le to lepic epic heights the strength of martyrdom filled tits his lean arras arms and body and ile he fought with a renewed i fierceness that made his heavier but softer antagonist glie give way before the P punishment un and both went down to earth again tobnette Tol nette fell with them tier her long skirt impeding the activity of their legs legg fl her big hat hangl hanging fig like a sunshade over her face her beautifully ande curls tangled andl and spotted wiell alth mud her ber hands heating angrily at whichever of the two chanced to camean come in her way TO PC CONTINUED |