Show k I Ie The e t. t Tee de deIy Dy Iy Vor 1 b v I. I IM JOYCE t. L e no nor al el Canadian Mounted d lolle LolIc ier ear geant I. I lent gent to Slon flange Hane to arrest a man loan named rained Jelly for murder lie Jr Ii I. also elo tn to look after diu Jim reputed head had of the Fr Fre Trader Illicit liquor runner At Little Fall all be a. lInda nd IcIly Telly I III I. credited with having having- found a mold gold old mine and I I. I At the tho hotel appear a girl Irl obviously out of ut place In Inthe Inthe the Ih rough A halfbreed half halt breed 1 lIerre and a a. companion Shorty annoy the tho girl An- An denon dron Interfere e. e In her behalf The Th girl let Ia et out for BIton Bliton Lake which I I. I alto also tive Ha lie overtake her and the tho two men mn with whom lie Je had trou trou- ble Ie I the tho night before etor She ITh 1 I. I ua au u p cloua of ot him And the two men are PIerre and Shorty ride rid on and the girl following In the hill lull the tho road I la I. blown up before and behind the two Anderon with hi his hi horse hone I II hurled burled down the mountain moun moun- tam tain aide Ide find the tile girl ha has ha dl appeared but he h. conclude she he he I la I. alive and probably probably probe ably In the tho power of Pierre lirra and Shorty On toot foot he h. make hi his hi way to Bliton Staton Lake Iak There he h. find and hi til hI companion of ot the tho day before and with a girl a former of at who had abud hi JI hi confidence and almost almot wrecked hi hi life lite and after atter a fight Anderson with Eit lle help with th th girl Irl Anderton t Companion mind I Is i. clouded and ehe he I Is I. out cut fering with a knee Anderson Anderaon iet sets the th knee and make th the girl a as ae comfortable a as a. possible He lie ha hat hai a broken rib The he two plan to make their way to a Moravian mission millIon of ot which Father has haa charge Their rhel acquaintance ripen Into love lov I CHAPTER tX Continued tX-Continued Continued 7 y Lee did not push his Ills Inquiries On the whole he ha taft felt It would be lIe prefer able that her ber memory should return to her white she site was WUI at the tho mission The Thu next morning oko Iw-oko cloudy the snow now was US frozen hard und batiks of ot heavy mow clouds were piling up In Inthe inthe the north The Tue girls girl's knee had Hill UIl not troubled her and they III mode II de even ln faster progress ea 1 In the till afternoOn afternoon after after- noon the prospects prospect of ot a storm torm became no so threatening that Lee Ill 1 they thleY should hould encamp en n fl a n ridge of pt f land hind some halt half a It wile lulle In front of ot them We Wi l cnn can find a nook In there he be U suggested Oh 01 no answered the tho girl theres II it largo large log hous about half a tulle mile bond beyond that and well we'll be much more comfortable titers there As AI Lee looked l at her he lie realized that hot the lotiO Puo hud hail been ben speaking without realizing what site he had bad been saying Suddenly nl she realized d It too Now ow what made mo me say 1111 that she naked hut But Im I'm sure somehow that there Is ie a cabin there I know this place quite well only its it's as It If Id I'd Idlee lee tt n It 11 In n II dream Oh Lee Lle what if It ItI I J should remember I j dont don't want t to to- to never r r neu-r I I J want our new life lite und our love lo I I l' He lie put his hits arm aria about her and tried io to comfort her but the tile loi k of ot sadness sad ness lingered on her fact fact- end and tr t every ery now flow and then covertly ro wat watching her tier 1 would see 1111 that hut same perplexed knitting of ot her tier brows 8 They passed th the ridge the trail trait ran around the bend of ot the lake luke antI and suddenly ruth sud denly th they saw the log In front of or t them 4 Lee looked at the house bouse tt In III surprise for It II u was us liS built hullt In lh the most way 11 and nUll contained apparently five Ihl or lr six rooms mont The Tue settler who t ti hud hail constructed It m must t haH lm meant to tomake tomake make It his Ills permanent 11 home lionie for tor or the ground around It hail had been cleared fur for foran furan an acre or more mort but It seemed to hI have bave been for tor or for eral e 1 years lears for tor the land hand was o U n with brambles is i's a nil spindly birch In Into to I tilt the lit thick of ot serried cohorts of ot spruce trees were ero advancing In like UkI the tile of ot im m II urmy rill The door was unbolted and antI when they went In they were ert startled nt lit the aspect of ot the Interior The Fhe rooms were werl filled filed with furniture nearly all of ot It ht toads made b by hy till hue settler but extraordinarily thy ily well don llon There were lr mildewed and faded but substantial carpets on the floors There were tUII fungous OUS growths on en the walls ulis but In spite of lIt all ull the evidences e 0 u decay th the Interior looked the lilt habitation vt of f a it prosperous settler They went from room Town to 10 room The Till contents of lIt t tile the lie kitchen had been III scrupulously respected In accordant accordant- with trappers trappers' law jaw There were por iain c.-iain plat 18 PIa cups and saucers cook cook- lag Ing a large sheet Iron to e half tull ot of charred logs los lee went t ent all o over or er the place calling to 10 tl girt girl with the of ot IIo u II o KT It Ir ju t th the place for tor us I he ht heau J au Well find out Olt wan no owns own It I sad and fife buy uy It from him hlIn nn and 1 pen spend 1 our honeymoon honey honey- moon noon hero lucre In his exuberance he Ill failed 1 to per per- cehe the depression that had 1 settled upon her tier Th They y hod had only Just arrived 1 In time timeto timeo to to o escape the storm for tor already the thu flakes os were tere down outside I Well Vell you were right said raid Lee Jee Its lucky were we're going to have hare n a roof root 0 o er er us tonight Look Jook here's heres tire Ore wood plied I 1 Now I wonder who's been living here hier I IThe I IThe IThe The girl did not answer nn him She Slie i iwaR vas waR staring about her with the mine game look ook of at bewilderment an and 1 Lee Iee saw raw hat fhe he was Wal trembling lie He drew her tier hernto tall Into nto lui his arms I Dearest you let things trouble rouble you jou OU he be said All will conic come right Ight And what can anything matter so o as nit we have lia each other It makes me inc afraid 1 Lee Lle she an an- in if If how v tone tonI Oh Ott Lee Ic I I-I I I seem eem to be nearer to remembering than eer er before There Ihre ought to be be there there used to be a n table lucre here a and a woman slit sat lucre here sewing mowing a n woman with fair hair lair and her face tare bent tient over her hir work on and 1 looking u up sometime o lo smile ata ata at ata a man n man n toll tall man several eral years older than linn herself with Iron Iron gray gray hair who never stalled smiled but was always ahva's kind to tier An And 1 then she would look down downto to o smile mlle at n It child playing beside her Was I that child 1 1 Lee Ice If jou IJ were It this thui Wa has as your home dearest you should be happy here I I dont don't know Lee I wish now that wed we'd camped on the hue ridge I J wish Id I'd never come conic lucre here 1 Ite Io t the feeling that lint that It means the end Od She he began begano an anto to o cry softly Its not not nol not Just the tho fear ear of ot remembering this place but hut Its It's what Is associated with It some It-some- some something thing terrible terrible- I She Site co ceased and looked out athe atthe at atthe the he t fuel fast falling snow know It Jt was still sUII o only the hue middle lle of ot the afternoon but buthe the he t wind was Willi rising whistling about t the he cabin un und and 1 e everything was a n desolate deso deso- h 10 late ate te gray Inside the house It ii was wal half d lurk v Suddenly the girl uttered a cry and c clutched at ot Lees Lee's arm anti LeeI Jle I Did you jou ou see that That s tha hn hadow do doht do w She ht was half hysterical ant and her tier n nervousness nN com communicated mini Itself to toLee Lee LN for tor he lie hind had hind had till confused 1 Impression Im hm that a R shadow hind hall glided I u the room through the o pen open door Instantly he be darted after It but i 1 1 They Passed Patted the Rid Ridge e the Trail Ran Around the tho Bend of the Lake Lake and and Suddenly They Saw the Log Build Build- tn ing In Front of Them there was nothing to tu 1 be e seen He lit back lck It wo wasn't nt anything Were ere petting getling nervous us Im sure ure thieve there was was was-was something 1 Lee 1 SIte She clung dun to hi him Stay here and Ill I'll search Farch till the place No o dont don't e leave me toe J. J t Ix-t t me lilt po go with nithi Ith jou ou I ITh I Th They went tnt together looking Into Inlo all the rooms retinue and about the hu house e but hul hult t there was nas RS no no sign In of ot anyone Lee went to the buck hack door to look fur for footprints foot CIt prints hut butt If It any hind had been made th they would have hale been obliterated In a moment mo too- fluent ment b by the wind u Ind that was Willi driving the tie dry 1 now about the tie In Unit little whirling clouds l It U WIH Imagination sold saM Lee LN SIte She hl assented going Into the kitchen began to 10 make the tilt lions for their meal rural while Ll Lee took look the lilt kettle down to the stream and tilled filled it with water wlter Hut ul when e reamed ned she Wi bad bat to work and md was sitting tUn on OD a 0 chair tier her bead bent down tier her hand binds duped clasped on OD her bee knees at staring desolately deso deso- latH lately In tn tr front Dt of her ber Le Lee stood beside beAld her ber Dearest If It ItI I could rould do anything to help yon you you- You Ton cant can't help me 1 I-I I I dont don't know what to do Her voice rolce Will was strained hard al almost ii al most unrecognizable Lee knelt at her ber feet conscious ons of ot a sense lenAe of ot utter helplessness help help- lie took her hands handa in his hI and ond found that the they were as BI cold ISIle as IS Ice Ile Her body was strained Into un un- natural l rigidity It was almost almott as If It the she were a prisoner on some torture table lable so 10 set ret were all her muscles as 88 though she Bhe were wre bracing herself herselt against some unendurable pain Yf Yet Yes II you can con help me met mel I IThe The The- words word came quickly from her hu lip hips and raising her bead hlad she ahe grue Tt him a strange penetrating look You Jou jou ou haven't been frank trank with me Lee Ice You Yoa know all that there is to know about me Hut nut what do I know about you You soy say you love hove m me you won wonny ny my lore my love my Jove love that of ot the tile name name- he ens woman anti and you have my ml poor little Ittle two weeks weeks' life lite story In your pO You know everything that there here Is in of ot me me eli oh you know it so 10 Inti Can you not see how It hu humiliates hu- hu me to think that I hue have no personality of ot my roy own at all nothing to o myself no life lite b hardly a thought even that Is not yours Den rest sh eh she went nt on Implacably What do I know of ot you Who are you Lee Iee Anderson That's only a name You have hn your our our life lite your past How many maxy women has It contained 1 women you think of ot pf regretfully some rome times Imes even tn with a tenderness tenderness- Id tl have told you ou that when the time Ime came I loved one w woman woman woman-h man man-I 1 thought bought I 1 dl did 1 She was well wait well I 1 gave e tier her ler my love foolishly that's all And Andt It t wa wasn't nt love There Is only you jou OU tins has ins only been you you you- How now do I know you are Bre telling me meth th thus be truth I Loo o An Anderson You dont don't mean that lust dear Weve We've given our love lovo to each och other with trust t tend end and faith Its It's Just the loneliness an and 1 he the the dread and the fear of at rememberIng remember remember- Ing ng the past that makes you doubt e everything thing Look Into tny my eyes Tn on and 1 see If It you cnn can doubt them The hardness of ot her laugh surprised l' 1 nij I dont don't trust men Lee Ander Antler son loh L Lee e felt stupefied nut Hut deeper than the hurt was his pity for tor her a R soul cut off from the past with only himself himself him him- self to guide her tier lie He could understand under stand that the desire for tor a personality of ot tier her own might well Inspire her bitterness I J 1 think the best way I can cnn prove my love for tor you ho bo answered Is III Just to soy say nothing till your mood has parsed No Lee Lle there Is III a better way than that a n much better way Be De frank trank with me Let me mo share your life lite Who are you Lee Leo Anderson That's only n a name nume to flue me Tell me sue why you jou came rame Into the range and how bow you found me mt lie He began to tell her but hut because It IL was ns Impossible to speak of ot their experiences at nt Siston lake he lie made It appear that lint he tie bad hud sa e saved 1 her her us as asbe be hue hud raid suld before before after after the fall tall and carried her Into the woods lie He omitted much but he distorted 1 nothing What were tre ere you ou doing In the time range What are ure you here for torf Her lIer voice olce was breathless tier her eyes eyl'S seemed to burn Lurn Into his face tace I I think think I know You must tell m me rue the truth You came come here to find someone You are n a member of ot the pollee police Whom 1111 have ha you come to find nl And as Lee remained silent she continued It wasn't a I man named Telly Pelly was It 7 An old man an un old friendless man moan who hud hind been betrayed sold by someone someone some some- one he be trusted A man who had done no wrong to anyone but who a whole generation before lund bad killed the scoundrel drel who vho tried to ruin his lila wife Hadn't he ho atoned ned for tor that by a lifetime of at exile What hut do you know of ot him Mm cried Leelie Lee LeeHe lie He Is m my fattier father I 1 This Is our borne I 1 Yes ts Im I'm Joyce Telly his daughter as you jou OU e have always alwo's suspected ted And I J suspected you jou ou from the beginning And you you you-you OIl jou forced your our presence upon upun me under the guise of ot protecting me toe from my toy friends That Thai Is not so sol I ITo To To gain your jour our wretched ends fOnds by wInning winning win wIn- ning a woman's womans confidence and then her And you jou ou dared yes es yes jou 1111 dared dured- dured I never nt dreamed who you yon were Wont Won't jou Oll e belle my word ord ord of ot honor that I 1 am nm Incapable Iut sue he went scent on still Implacable i You dared to pretend you jou O I hived lo me IIII jou OU traitor In ord order r to 10 er discover my fathers father's hiding bItIng plue ine when I I-I I I was waa i ning up 1 to 0 him but why why why-why why I 1 tuInI remember till all I 1 only know that I remember Im I'm his s daughter And I 1 Itell tell It'll jou Ou I lotte hiltI jou OU Ohl with a u hate ten len times as greit Areat as the Ihl lo e I thought lIt lItI I felt t for r you jou IU Lee Ite sll stood 1 up ui before her I 1 only isk ilsk you jou 11 to bellee t t me toe he ht begun began when I 1 say I that I J didn't know guess ruts dream who yil 1111 were lre lion How should 1 I have han In known n he tie hud had a II daughter this daughter tuna Id I'd never ne seen I J knew nothing noth multi ing Ing- Ing Hut Rut suddenly her Icy coldness stud seemed to dl l sol e In misery Oh lea e me I Leave e me ate for tor a Ii little while hile or I J shall go to mud she he cried And Anil rh sIte he put lat tier her hands over o her tier fat fan nd end began |