Show BAR kREEr B- B SON OF KA KAZAN AN ANY by Y Ai JAMES OLIVER OLIVERC v C I E Co I I K Henl r 0 n Chapter VII Continued VII Continued 12 12 I On the floor door of ot the Ihl cabin dropped on In her hr finish finished Ill I'll unwrapping un un- wrapping the blanket She wa was not of Haree She had Imd forgotten lIrt And then n as rolled rol In III n limp I limp heap on Oil the floor she 1 saw law hU his half closed eyes and the dry blood on his Jaws nod and the light left lefther lefther her face as swiftly sI n as the sun nun IB Is shadowed shadowed sha sha- dowed by a I cloud louII Harce Baree Haree she Rhe cried softly I l The voice of the Willow thrilled Haree It II seemed to stir the sluggish blood In hI his veins and he opened h his hew eyes wider und and sow saw again the wonderful wonder wonder- ful stars that hut had II glowed at him so 80 softly the day of ot dentin death One of ot th the Willows Willow's long braid braids fell over her hr shoulder s-houlder and he smelled gain again the sweet scent of ot her hair as BB asher asher her hand caressed r him and her voice talked to him Then slip she got up ula suddenly suddenly sud Iud denly end and left him and he did not move mote while he waited for her In a R moment Bh she was hack with a basin of water and und n R cloth Gently she washed the blood from his eyes and mouth And still nude made no DO move lie scarcely breathed nut Hut NII Ise sow the little quivers that shot through his hilt body hody when her hand touched him like electric shocks lIe He bent brat you with wILh a n club she was Raying saying her lurk dark eyes ees within a n fogt of ot lie He beat blat you soul OU I That man man- beast I I There came come fin nn Interruption The Thedoor Thedoor Thedoor door opened and the man mon stood looking down on them a grin on his red rell face f Instantly showed that he bl was alive He lie sprang back bock from front under the Willows Willow's hand with a sudden snarl and fu faced ld urt The fhe huir of ot his spine stood up like a abrush brush his hIli fangs gleamed menacingly There Is n ft devil In him said Mc- Mc Tag Taggart lie He Is la Lord bord wild of the wolf olt You must be careful or he will take off a hand ka I 1 It was the first time lime he had called her that lovers lover's name In Cree sweetheart Cree-sweetheart sweetheart 1 I Tier Her heart pounded d. d She bent her ht head d for a moment over her ber clenched hands and looking looking down on what he thought was wall her contusion confusion laid laid his hili hand caressingly on her hr hair From the door had hud heard the word and now q he lie saw the and he raised Id I'd a h hind hand us liS It If to shut out the sight of a sacrilege Mon Alon f I ho he breathed In the next Instant he hud given a sharp rr cry of ot t bonder onder that Hint mingled tl with a sudden yell of ot pain from Me- Me Taggart Like a flush flash BarlE had darted across arross the floor noor and fastened Ills his teeth lu in the Factors Factor's leg Ilg They had hod bitten deep before l freed treed himself hl with a powerful kick kirk With an oath he snatched his revo revolver ver er from fro Its lis holster The Willow was ahead of him With a n little cry she darted to 10 and caught him him In to her arias As All she looked up at nt Mc- Mc Taggart her soft bare throat was within a few Inches of naked tangs flings lice Her eyes ejes blazed Y You ou beat Lent him I she cried lie He hates lanes r jou hates you jou you you-to Iet Let him go 10 gol I called r In an on agony of ot fear Mon on Dieu I 1 I say let IN him hint go 0 or he ho will tear the life lite from you I lie He hates you you-hates you hates you you hates hates jou you you- the Willow illow vas t repeating over and o over again Into startled startled star star- face furl Then suddenly she turned to 10 her father No o o. o he will not t tear the life Ufe from 11 me she cried See Seel Ie I It Is Buret Ua- Ua ret Fee Did Uld I 1 not tell you that 1 It Is Unreel I Is 18 It not proof that he defended defended de de- fended me me- me rom Fran me met mel I gasped his face darkening advanced l and laid a hand handon on arm lie He was t smiling Let It us leave them to light fight It out between Irn themselves he sold said They are two little firebrands and aad we 1 are re not safe If she Is bitten bitten- He lie shrugged his shoulders A great load 11 had been lifted from them sud sud- denly Ills His voice olce was soft loft and per per- And now the anger had gone out of the Willows Willow's face A coquettish coquettish coquet coquet- tish uplift of or her lIr eyes caught gart and she looked straight nt lit him halt half 8 smiling nl as she spoke to her father fa atimer a- a timer ther I 1 w will 1 Join you yott soon mon loon per per- you und end the Factor from Lac t There were wre undeniable little devils In her eyes ejes thought thought little little devils laughing full nt at him as she spoke poke setting his brain nil afire re and his blood Mood to running wildly Those l' l I eyes es full full of ot dancing witches I low How he hI would tame them and play with them Hr cry very smon on now lie He followed tollo Pierrot Tier Pier rot outside In his exultation he no longer felt I the smart of or te teeth th I 1 will show you OU my IU new cariole that 1 i have made madl for tor winter said as the door closed behind them item Iem Unit Bait nil 1111 hour hit came out t t the till cabin la s in were wert set lIet but his hie eyes ees flared ared up with pi pleas plea pleasure ens ensure ure when he saw her She knew kne what It was about The Factor from Lac 1111 had been hern demanding his an nn answer ewer s of ot and had hall been telling Urn him what she fihe had Insisted upon that that be he must come to her And he heIRS was RS coming I She Site turn turned l with a n quick berating beating of the heart and ond hurried down dowlIn n a little path She heard behind her and threw time the flush flash of a n smile over her shoulder nut Hut her Iler t tenth teeth th were were set liet tight ht The Tho nulls nails of ot her fingers were cutting Into the palms of her han hands s. s stood without moving He lie watched them as us they disappeared Into Ino the ed edge e of the forest still ahead of Out of ot his Irma bren breast t rose rOM a sharp breath Par lea les mille cornea comes du I l he swore softly Is It possible that possible that I sho she smiles from her heart henrt at that beast Non I It Is Impossible And yet yet yet-It If It is noOne soOne so so- so One of or his brown hands bands tightened convulsively about the handle of the knife In his hla belt and slowly he began to 10 follow them did not hurry to overtake overtake over over- take NI She wa was following the narrow I path deeper Into the forest and he was Willi glad of ot that They would be annl from He lie was W satisfied to let her go 10 on When she r. r r a aw w r S t y Bete Bete Beto turned from the narrow trail trull Into Inlo a aside side stile path that scarcely bore the mark I of travel his heart gave e an exultant Jump If It she kept on OU he would wr very s soon soon on have her hll a alone a good distance from front the cabin m The blood ran hot hol In his fare face 11 Ho lie I did not 8 spi-mik spi to her through that she site would stop Ahead of them he heard the rumble of ot water It was the creek lek running through the chasm was I making straight for that sound With th a little laugh she started to run and when she be stood atthe atthe at nt the edge of ot till the chasm was rull fully fifty yards behind her Twenty feet fret sheer down there was a deep pool between the rock walls a R pool so deep that It was like ilkI blue Ink She turned to face the Factor from Lac halo lie He had never looked more like liken i ia a n red beast to her lar Un Until II tills this moment she she- had hud been blen unafraid Hut But now now now-In In Inan an Instant he instant he terrified her I she slie could speak what she had planned to say soy he lie was at her side and had taken her tore face between his two great reut hands his coarse fingers twining In Inthe Inthe inthe the silken strands of ot her thick braids where they fell over her shoulders at atthe atthe atthe the neck neele Ka a s he Ire cried passionately said you Oll d would ha have e an au- au ewer for me But Hut I need now no You are mine I Mine Mina I l She gave a cry ery It was a gasping broken cry Ills arms were about u her like ilkI bands blinds of Iron crushing her slender slender slen slen- der lIer body shutting oft off her breath turn- turn In Ins Ini the won word on almost black for leer Mr She Sh could neither struggle tru l nor cry err rat out She felt the hot passion of ot his lips on her face tace beard heard hit his voice voice and and then came a II moments moment's freedom and air Ir Into her strangled lungs Pierrot was at callIng call call- high Ing I He had come to the fork In the trail sad and he was 11 ln calling the Willows Willow's Dame Darnel Damel 1 hot hand band came over oyer her mouth month Dont answer she heard hIm Strength Strength hatred anger hatred flared up In her and fiercely she struck the hand down Something In her ber wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- de eyes held They blazed Into his very soul Hete lIete noir I she nhe panted at him freeing herself from the last touch of ot othis his hands black Beast black I Her lIer voice trembled ld and her face flamed darned See See StE I came carne to show you my may pool pool and tell you what you wanted want want- wanted ed ell to hear and hear and you yoU have you have crushed me like a beast like beast like a great grent rock rock rock- Stel I down there there there-It It I Is my pool I 1 I She had not planned It ft like this this She had Intended Ed to be tie smiling even laughing In this moment Rut But ut Me- Me Ic- Ic had hind spoiled them her them her carefully carefully care carl fully mil made mad de plans I And yet as ns she pointed the Factor I from Lac halo looked for tor an nn Instant over the edge of ot the chasm And then t she he laughed as ns she hl gave him a sudden shove from be be- hind And that Is 18 my ray answer le Ie I from Lac linin Hain I she cried tauntingly Y as he plunged h headlong Into time tile deep dEtI pool between the rock willis walls From rom the rd edge l' l of ot the open Pierrot saw save what had bad happened and he gave ga a great gasp He lie drew hack back among the time balsams This was not a moment for him to show himself While his heart drummed like ke a Hammer his face fare was filled with Joy On her hr hands and knees the Willow was peering over time edge Hush Bush Mc- Mc Ta Taggart gart had hud disappeared 11 He lie hind had gone down like ke the great t clod he was the water of ot her pool hind had clo closed over him with a n dull splash that was like a chuckle of ot triumph He lie appeared now berating beating out with h his Is arms anus and legs to keep himself afloat while the Willows Willow's voice carne came to him In taunting cries Beta Heto noir I 1 Hete noir nolI I 1 Beast I Beast Beast- She flung small sticks and tufts of ot earth down at hIm fiercely and Me- Me Taggart looking up as he gained his equilibrium saw ow saw her leaning so far over that she seemed about to fall Her Ion long braids hun hung down Into Inlo the chasm gleaming In the sun her eyes eyl'S were laughing while wh her lips taunted him he lie could rould see the flash of her white teeth Beast 1 I Beast I 1 He began swimming still looking up at her It was a hundred yards down the slow-going slow current t to td the time be beach ch of shale where he inc could climb out and a half of ot that distance she followed hIm laughing him and Ing log down sticks sticks and pebbles Iii He noted that none of f the sticks or stones atones was large enough to hurt him When at nt lust his feet felt touched bottom she WR was gone Swiftly ran hark back over o the trail and almost t Into Inlo Pierrot's arms She he was wl panting and laughing when for a moment she he stopped t I 1 have given rn I him the anSWEr Noot Noot- awe aeo I He lie Is In time the pool I Into the hal she disappeared like a n bird made malle no effort to stop her or to 10 follow Tonnerre de dt Dieu t he ht chuckled chuckled- and cut straight across arross for the other trail was out of ot breath when hn she reached the cabin farce Haree fastened to toa toa ton a n leg table-leg by hy a It habiche thong heard her pause for fur a moment at the door Then she hI entered and came straight ht to him During the hour half of her absence Baree had Imd scarcely moved That hour half and the tho few minutes that hail hod preceded It had made tremendous tremendous tre tre- I Impressions upon him Nature Nature Na Nil tu ture heredity and Instinct were were nt at work clashing and readjusting ng Impinging Ira Ira- pinging on him a new Intelligence intelligence- time the beginning of a new understanding A swift and savage Impulse had made him leap at Hush when the Factor put his hand on the Willows Willow's head It was not reason It was the dog dog and and woman And here again It was the woman She had called to the great greut hidden passion Unit that was In n Haree Baree and that had rome conic to him bun from Kazan Of Ot all the living things In the world II he tae knew that he lie must not hurt this creature creature crea crell ture that appeared to him through the door He lie trembled as she knelt before before before be be- fore him again and up through the years came the wild lid and glorious surge of Kazan's Kazoos blood overwhelming o I the e wolf volt submerging the savagery of ot othIs his Lila birth bIrth and and with his head flat tint on the floor he whined softly and wagged his tall gave cave a cr cry of jo Joy TO DB DID DI CONTINUED |