Show LU all by EMILIE LORING 0 service SYNOPSIS q i TUB tim STORY SO r FAR alti janace trent runs away ay from wedding ned paxton idab but gay blade as ai a tubercular r youth the she becomes become camp sec 1 toaty in alaska where lbruce Itar harcourt coutt t kd been made neade chief replacing joe itale halo n fl who had bad been going down bill janice i keep tops out 0 it sight ot of bruce s who n knows know I 1 lier tint hut one day while visiting via the f aban of the samp listen els who run the wallis shop he tees sees her asleep lu in a chair jimmy delavau Ue De levan levau the secretary the very ry janice whom he had on an il last visit v isit to new york impulsively advised not to matry marry paiton na lie ile do aldei del camp Is no for ft woman tat but tubby grant his assistant insists 11 its i hard to set get a good secretary in the wilderness lid erness janica tells druce bruce her story t emr jofs lisle hale t a attracted a acted to bruce hale i tits 9 her adl badly hale suffer fers a stroke tand d they can cant t leave as scheduled hale gails ah janice to take some lome dictation r 1 ow continue with the tory story m CHAPTER VI janice wondered what taby tubby an and d ruce would soy say about her going she had a sense of breathlessness ti she pushed open the door of 0 tho the clale cabin joe hale was seated in it wheelchair wheel chair near a window ile he oula have been good looking had aie elined lived decently janice told her e elf if jn in that first glance good of you to come miss trent as I 1 now have no claim on your time feel like a 1 cob not to bring up a chair for or djou jou but the doctors wont let mo me anke ake a step tyrants Tyrant sl mrs halo over to see the sump samp girls fifteen minutes ago seized this fe ianco to got an outline made for or P codicil to my will not that I 1 jh ave the least intention of 0 passing talut tf lut t but ive had a tap on the houlder curious that his explanation left r with the same sense of uneasy ss which had bad seized her as she the cabin janice thought tas smoke coming from that pipe ld id on the mantel had mrs halo hale een en gone fifteen minutes would bacco keep hot that long it if she ere re away and hale himself move who had put it there lie ho selected a paper here Is the lemo no of what I 1 want to diete you look as aa though you could ep a secret miss trent beautt beaucl 1 women as a rule are dumb ill it my gold nuggets youre an I 1 kiss your hands in arit ashe he had heard that caressing in action before too she told herself th a bitter little twist of her lips he be wanted to impress her with a nse se ot of friendliness not in the man r of ned paxton should he ap ach her she responded in her seest voice A secretary Is supposed to be a chine pot not a person when taking tation station mr hale ready he tried to remain indifferent to i meaning of the codicil she was inscribing but it was startling pi the sounds came from d the screen small revelatory ches that meant but one thing broken string of beads so mrs ie e was at home listening what s the idea what was that vas as it imagination or did hale ax X buttons that nitwit dog of mil lits has upset her workbasket work basket baske tin b brilliant blue bead rolled ly across across the rug and stopped ind his chair janice brought teeth sharply into her up lip to P back an exclamation fatima I 1 ma was behind the screen ales suave voice broke into her chions so you ran away from biage kiss and run type yes nices blood sang in her ears n fury she managed to keep voice steady bo 0 on with your dictation mr s I 1 have left important work he e office 11 chere ere were we I 1 remember ta all he pulled a thick roll i his coat pocket peeled oft of a ollar dollar bill take this ive no t to your time nice rose thank you no I 1 type the material at once and I 1 it tor for you to look over efficient arent you id thought ettling the des deserted arted bridegroom where you were but we need here 0 looked steadily back at him as napped mapped the rubber band on her book lay ay I 1 suggest that you mind own business ll 11 force with which she closed door behind her relieved her charged barged spirit in her the cabin she collided with ny Y chester told me that you were what do you mean by corn com when millicent Is at the ps SIV f an instant janice janace stared in bously then she twisted her ree she vented the remainder r fury on him hat at business Is it of yours why t there make it my business he ered savagely and pulled open bin door 0 0 0 cent liale hale stood in the door under inq on arm was her toy icse ese know that im breaking rules rules coming to the office P but im desperate 1 I 1 I 11 it t lier her ups lips clenched her ber frail fiall V 1 t i iq 4 A N hale so you ran r an away from marriage was and run type yes hands as though with all her being she were holding bick back a flood of emotion tubby grant told me that you and lie ho were to air trot tomorrow were to scout out a place on the river from which to start the road toward the new bridge that after that you would fly to the city take me im fed up on myself on everything in this terrible wilderness I 1 let left our cabin for mol more e than an hour since joes breakdown break down my nerves are on edge if I 1 go I 1 can get some things he needs mary samp promised to look after him why not take mis i T trent rent that is it argus of the hundred eyes will let her go her voice her wistful lips her misty eyes set off of fiery pin wheels of anger in janicia Jani coa mind harcourt smiled indulgently men alen were pulp mere pulp in the hands of a soft purry little woman like that tho the girl told herself furiously it if miss trent will come care to go air trotting miss trent clyl janice throttled her Imag lna tion attested fervently id love it then its a date be sure youre ready on time the plane starts the minute the sun pokes its rim above the horizon passengers or no passengers with eager assurance of a prompt appearance millicent hale departed and by the way said bruce ill suggest that you go slow with jimmy chester A little demon of contrariness took possession of janice she thoughtfully nibbled the end of her fountain pen as she looked up with ingenuous eyes im surprised that you dont include tubby grant in the taboo Tub bys immune hes hels working to prove to a girl back home that he can make good jimmys different janice indulged in a delicately regretful sigh he Is fa fascinating scina ting even if his eyes are tragically old harcourt left his desk loomed over her Attract attractive ivel jimmys a engineer but hes where girls are concerned the war left his eyes old and his tempera ment slightly twisted you might as safely play with high explosives lies hes the type who would do something desperate it if he got the wrong slant squatted cobbler fashion on the cot bed in her cabin janice regarded herself in the roughly framed mirror above a dressing table fashioned from a packing box she barely breathed as ane she met te hi e mirrored eyes who was that girl really what was she did she herself know what lay deep in her mind what profundities of passion and sorrow love and hato hate smoldered within her visible body she had come north in quest of a different self a fearless self had she found it dishes were rattling in the waffle shop that meant that supper preparations were going forward shed better slip into her gown miss martha would be sending a tray into the living room shortly the samp sisters would not permit her to step toot foot in the shop when the men were eating there kadoyama was filling the wood box in the living room she could hear him shuffling back and forth regular as clockwork clock work one could tell the time by his coming and going A curious character sar sart dc taciturn she avoided him when she could what was that sound coat halt half off she listened something running round and round like mad blot having a fit she thrust her arm back into the satin sleeve dashed through the passage stopped on the threshold of 0 the living room overturned chairs waved legs in air as though in ex of their dally dozen spools rolled on the floor from the overturned workbasket work basket A slammed door cut a ter terrified rifled meorl in half bletl blot had been kidnap edl by kadoyama Kad yama bruce said that the natives leared feared the cat ns as they did the evil spirit it would break the sump samp girls heart it if anything happened to their pet could she rescue itt it she jerked open the door ran in pursuit of a bent scurrying egure hooded in a brilliant yakutat blan kat the UP tip of a lashing blade black tail hung below it whore where was the indian taking the cat Ja janicee nices breath came unevenly the wide full trousers swished about her feet the strop of one parch ment kid sandal snapped ila ho had passed tho the shop without being noticed to the kennels they were back of 0 the office surely someone there would see him what was the kidnapers idea ile ho intend ho he did dudl lie he dudl her shout of protest cracked in her dry throat for oil all the world as though she were shrieking for help in a nightmare as a struggling kicking spitting black bull ball was flung with ter terrific rifle force into the yard where a dozen or more slant eyed ruby tongued huskies were yipping and yelping and rollicking they stiffened to rigidity as they regarded the motionless black heap A trimly built siberian broke the spell with a joyous yelp ile he nosed the tha stunned cat tossed it A husky with baleful yellow eyes caught it it sent it whirling back like a shuttlecock it flew from rom dog to dog to an accompaniment of barks and growls for a split second janice hesitated as imagination projected a picture of herself being torn to ribbons the kidnaper had vanished then she fumbled frantically at the gate they would kill blot where was the trick latch she had it she dashed into the midst of the excited tor mentors caught the black cat in the air held it high as the dogs sprang for her gleeful yelps deepened to menacing growls she sha backed toward the gate two or three huskies she tell how many sneaked behind her her heart pounded in her throat she know much about dog psychology ch but she knew enough not to run claws ripped at her dahlia jacket at her satin trousers she lost a parchment sandal the slim gray siberian carried it off worrying it as he went she backed cautiously saying over and over soothingly boesl down downall her lips were too stilt stiff to voice co command the husky with the baleful glare stalked toward her in a sullen wolf walk ups lips lifting in spasmodic snarls suddenly he reared his gold flecked eyes were on a level with hers his wrinkled nose bared yellowed fangs sneering at her er was he would she ever get outside that fence miss martha would say theres a gate in every wall my dear there was in this one it she could only make it the wolf wait dog was leaping drop the catl good godl goal drop the catl call at hm him janice janace was conscious of a tawny shape hashing flashing by her of 0 the impact of bodies of a yelp of pain before an arm was flung about her shoulders she looked up into eyes blazing in a face livid lined brucel of course he appeared at the exact psychical moment to pick up her black slipper she still clutched the cat as ho he drew her outside the gate 4 she looked over her shoulder tong his brush hanging straight tangs fangs bared beautiful head bead lowered glared at the dogs cringing away from him she controlled a shiver come on she looked up at bruce harcourt whose fingers bit into her arm im going as fast as I 1 can with one sandal this ground a trot ting park 13 she glanced down at her silk foot regarded incredulously her shredded pajamas she laughed sobbed laughed again stop iti have hysterics in a moment her voice caught treacherously in the midst of indignant denial with out warning harcourt picked her up in his arms she tried to free herself stop wriggling youre heavy enough as it is 1 I can walk its absurd to carry me breytung Brea tUng hard he set her on her feet in the living room of the samp cabin ile he closed tie the door and backed up against it his face was darkly red as he demanded dont you know better than to run round this camp dressed in those things I 1 saw you from the office falce window believe nw my ayrs look at as yourself TO BE CONTINUED |