Show r on of Kazan c Chapter VII VII Continued Continued 13 13 Barrel Dalte I she he he whispered taking Inking his bend In her hands handa Han el arre I Her touch thrilled him It sent little throbs through his body a 9 tremulous quivering which he the could feel and which deepened the glow In her fIR eyes Gently her h hand nd stroked his head and ond hi h back ck It seemed to that he did not breathe Under Under Un der the carl caress of ot her hand his eyes I closed In another moment sh she was WOR talking to him nod and at the sound of ot her voice tolee lili ilia eyes shot open lie HI will come here that here that beast henat- henat end and he will kill ns us she hr- hr win was II saying lie He will kill you because ue you bit him Bartt Ugh I wish you were wre hI bigger and stronger so O that you could coult take ort oft life his hend for me met I She untying the from about the tAhle-I tAhle table leg nod under inder n her breath she he laughed She Sh W was R not trl frightened It 11 a n tremendous nd- nd venture venture n 1 she he with exultation ex X at lit the thought of ot having beaten the Ihl man beast In n her own wn way fihe could 11 hIm In the pool III struggling rUl end and beating about like n great He lit was Just about crawling rn out of ot the chasm rhom now now note she slie laughed again ns as she he caught up under r her arm Oh hut Oh but you y nr are heavy I she gasped 1 And yet I must carry you you because because I nm am going to run I She hurried outside hadnot had not come and she ahe darted swiftly Into Inlo the balsams back of ot the c cabin with Baree hun hung In the crook rook of Jt her o arm rID like a II sack fill filled ell at nt both ends end and tied In the middle He lie felt Ilk like that too Hut Bat he still had no Inclination to ItI himself free ran with him until her arm ached Then she stopped and put him down on n his hilt feet tt holding to the end of ot the carl cari bou akin bou-akin skin thong that was tied about his neck And then the Willow spoke poke to him softly You are not going to nm run away awny Non you O are ore going to stay with me rne end and wo WI will wit kill that man man- beast If It he dares do to me n again what he lie did die hack back there Ih She flun flung back the loose hair from about her flushed face and for a u moment she forgot ot ns as she he thought of ot that half halt minute nt at the edge d e of ot the chasm chum He lie was looking straight ht up 11 nt at her when her glance fell 1111 on him again Non yon you are not going to 10 run r away away you ou nr are going to follow mo rite she whis Come Th The string tightened about neck as ns she he urged him to fol tol low It was like another rabbit end and 11 lie he br braced 1 his hili fore feet mid and bared liU fangs runs Just a n little lh The Willow did not pull Fearlessly sly she put her hir hand on his head bend again From Irom the direction of ot the tho cabin camp n shout ar and d nt ot the sound of ot It she he took c Harle 3 up p under un her arm once onre wore more lIete Bete bete bete noirl she Rho culled called back buck tauntingly I but only loud enough to be hemmed n few yards away tie fo 00 hack to Lac you OU you wild w beast beust I began to her way swiftly through the fort forest It grew rw deeper and darker and there the wOre were no trails They came Caine nt ut lust last Into nn an open It It w Willi as n tin tiny meadow In the heart of ot the tho forest not more than thun three or four tour times ns us hl big as ns the cabins cabin underfoot the grass was soft and green and thick with lowers dowers Straight ht through the tho heart of this little ousts oasis trickled a n streamlet III across w which ideh the Willow jumped with under her arm area und and on In the Id I'd edge e of ot the therill therill therill rill was ns n small w made of ot freshly hl cut spruce nail boughs Into her diminutive l Ie the UK- Willow Willow Wil Wil- low thrust her head hend to see that things wore were ns as she he had hud left them yesterday r. Then with with n a long breath of ot relief tine she he put down clown her four logged burden and fastened the end of the to one of ot the cut spruce limbs burrowed himself t back Into the till wall willi of ot the wl wigwam wnm and with v head hend rt and alert eyes IS wide open open open- winched attentively what happened after this Not ot n movement of It the Willow escaped him She hl w was as radiant and nd happy Tier Her laugh sweet and wild willi as ns n birds bird's trill set heart throbbing with n a desire to Jump about with her among the lowers flowers Fur For n a time seemed to forIt forget for get Haree Her lr wild Ill blood raced with the jO Joy of ot her hOr triumph over r the Factor factor Fac fac- tor from Lne Lae linin She hp saw Oil him again floundering about In the 1 pool pool- pictured him nt at the cabin now and angry demanding of ot mon pere pre w where re she had hl Jo gone I And Ind III mon on pere with n a shrug or of hIs sh shoulders hi II was telling him that h he didn't know know that probably she sill had run Into the tI forest It did dill not enter Into ht her r head that In tricking Hush In ha that way she sho had hud played with dynamite She Shedid Shedid did not foresee the tho peril that In nn on Instant would have ha stamped slumped th the wild flush flu from ruin her face and curdled led the blood In her hr did veins veins did not guess hueS that urt had become for her n II deadlier menace than thun ever tr After n II little returned to She hl brought him Liam water and gave 1 him a n piece deer 1 of raw fish For hours hour th they were alone md with each hour there grew stronger st In Haree the desire to foil follow 0 the girl Irl In tn lr e every movement nw she made l to crawl clo close e eto to her when hn she sat down to feel the Ihl touch of her Inver dress of her hand and hell hear r her ok voice Hut he ht did not show this desire He lie wins was still n a little sat sn age of the Ihl forests forests ss four footed barbarian bar bar- barian horn born half of n a wolf anti and half of ot a n do dog and he lay hay still With he ha would ha have played With ew he would have 1 t fought At Jt lIu Hush b h he would hn have t bared his fangs tung and hurled them deep I 1 when toe chance e came Caine lint Hut the girl By Dy JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD tJ m. Doubleday a P. P Tut Co Co 8 was ivas different Like the Kazan of ot old ohl he e had begun began to worship If It th the tow lo had freed treed Haree naree he would not hove have ave run a away awny y Ills His eyes were re never away from her r. lie He watched her build n a i small fire and cook a n piece of ot the fish Ish He lie watched her I eat t her dinner It t was quite late In the afternoon when she came ont and eat ant down close cloe to him Im with Ith her lap IRP full of ot flowers which she twined In the long shining raids braids of ot her h hair lr Then ploy playfully tully she began heating beating farce Haree with the ent end ot of f one of ot these braids lie He shrank under under un der the soft lIott blows blow and with that low birdlike lIIke laughter In her throat Ne Ne- geese drew his head hend Into Inlo her lap where the scatter of ot flowers lay She talked to him Her lIer hand stroked hi his head fiend He lie breathed In the flower flower- scented perfume of ot It and It-and and lay Iny as If It lead dead It was n II glorious moment Ne- Ne pets pet's looking down on him could not see lIe that he was breathing t. There carne nn In Interruption It was the he snapping of ot a dry stick Through he thO forest Pierrot had come with thE stealth of ot a cat and ond when they looked up U Uhe he stood nt at the edge fdge of ot the open taree Ilaree knew kne that It was not Hush Bush Mc- Mc Taggart nut Hut It was a man beast I 1 In In- Y l r SS 1 t M Mt t a aHer 4 Her Half Wild Soul Thrilled to the Crash and ad Fire of It I his body stiffened under the Willows Willow's hand han He lie drew rew Lack Jock I slowly and cautiously from her lap IIII an and anns as ns i advanced 1111 ree snarled The next Instant r had risen und and hind run to The look 1001 In her fathers father's face alarmed d tier fier What has bas happened mon pere per she cried shrugged his shoulders rs Nothing ma tau except r except that you 1 0 have roused a II thousand devils In Inthe Inthe the heart of ot the Factor front from Lac I lulu lalu mind and that that that- He Ile stopped as he saw BarN Baree and pointed nt at him Lost night when the Factor cau caught ht him In u snare ho he bit hand s hand Is swollen twice Its size und and I 1 cnn can see 1111 hl his blood Mood turnIng turning turn- turn In Ing black It Is I gasped r She looked Into Pierrot's eyes Oes They were dark durk anti DI tilled 1 with n II sinister minister gleam u gleam-a a lash flush of ot exultation alto sho thought Yes It Is the time I poison blood said sold Pierrot A gleam leniu of ur cunning 1 shot Into his eyes eji's lS ns os he lie looked over over his shoulder der and nodded I 1 1 11 1 hidden the medicine and lInd and told there Is no notime notime time thUl to lose In getting geWn buck back to Lac Lain Ant And he Is U that afraid that devil devil I l llie lie He Is waiting With that blackening hand he hl Is afraid to start bask l alone and und so Ro I go with l him And An listen matt inn We c will be hI away II by sundown sundown sun down 1111 n. n und mad there Is something you must Know before I go I j saw a w theme them there then close cloe together together to to- gether In the time shadows shado vs thrown n Ii by the tall spruce trees tres lie heard lIr the low murmur l of ot their voices voices chiefly chiefly y of ot Pierrot's and nt ot lust last he saw sa S II put her two arms s up around the manS man beasts beast's neck mck and then Pierrot went away again Into the forest He lie thou thought ht that the Will Willow 0 I would DC never r turn her h face toward him after that For Forlong a 8 ahone I long hone time she stood looking In the di direction direction di di- which Pierrot had taken And when after atter a 8 time she turned and end came back to Haree Baree she did not look like hike the who had been twInIng twinIng twin twin- Ing flowers In her hair The laughter wee wai gone one from her Iter face tace and eyes She knelt It down beside him and with sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den fierceness she cried It U Is Haree Daree I It was Will you ou who yon you who put the poison In his hll blood And I hope he be dies died I For I am afraid afraid afraid-afraid afraid I t 4 t She shivered Perhaps It was In this moment that the Great Grent Spirit of ot things meant Baree Batee Ba Ba- ree tee to understand understand that that at last It was given him that his day had dawned that the rising and the setting of his sun no longer existed In inthe the sky eky but In n this girl whose hand hont rested on his head He lie whined softly and Inch by Inch he dragged himself nearer to her until again his head blOOd rested In the hollow of ot her ber lap lop For Jor a long time after Pierrot left lett them the Willow did not move from where the she had seated herself herselt beside Haree laree It was at nt last the deepening shadows shadow and a near rumble In the Ilk sky tint that roused her from the fear of ot the things Pierrot had told her When she looked up black clouds were massing slowly over the open space above the spruce Darkness was falling In the whisper of ot the wind and the dead stillness of ot the thickening gloom there thre was the sullen brewing of ot storm shivered and rose to her feet teet For the first time Haree noree got up and he stood close at her side Above them a lightning flash cut the clouds like a knife of ot tire Ire followed In an nn Instant Instant instant In In- stant by a terrific crash cruh of ot thunder Baree shrank back as If Jt struck by ablow a t blow He lie would have bave slunk Into the shelter helter of ot the brush wall of ot the wigwam wig warn wnm but there was something about the time Willow as he looked at her which gave him confidence The thunder crashed crushed again nut Hut he retreated no farther tarther Ills HIli eyes were fixed flied on Ne Ne- e. e She stood straight and slim sUm In that gathering gl gloom riven rivet by the lightning lightning light light- ning her beautiful head thrown back her lips lip parted and her eyes eIS glowing with an nn almost enger eager anticipation o n sculptured ture goddess welcoming with bated bate breath the onrushing forces of th the h heavens ns Perhaps It was because she he was born on a night of ot storm store Many times Pierrot and the dead ad princess mother had told tolt her that that- how on the night she had hod carne Into the world the crash crosh of ot thunder and ond the time flare fiare of ot lightning hid had made the hours an nn Inferno how the streams had bod burst over O their banks bank and the stems of ot ten thousand forest trees had snapped In Its fury fury and and the beat brnt of the deluge on their cabin roof root had drowned drowne the sou sound nIl of her mothers mother's pain imin and of ot her own first babyish cries On that night It may be the tho Spirit of ot Storm Storma was a born In She loved 10 to face It as she was facing It now It mn e her hr forget all things but hut the splendid might ml of ot nature her half wild half wild s soul ul thrilled to the crash crush and lire fire of ot It often she had rt reached l chet up her bare arms and laughed with Joy Joyn joya n a m the deluge deJure burst about her Even now she might have ha stood there In the th little open until the rain fell tell If It u II whine from nuree Ilaree had not turned turm her As the first big drops struck with the dull thud thu of ot leaden len bullets about them the she tt went eat with him Into the time shelter It seemed an nn Interminable In terminable time before the thunder rolled far fur to the east st mind the lightning lightning light light- ning died away Into distant on and Intermittent In In- lashings bushings J Even n after that the rain rilin fell for another hour Then It stopped as ns suddenly as It t had be be- gun With a 11 laughing l gasp 1 ros rose roseto roseto to her feet flet The water gurgled In her as nS she walked out Into the open She paid pl no attention to Baree and and he followed her hr Across the In the treetops the last open of ot the storm-clouds storm were drifting away r e look looked Ill I'll down own and saw BaIte Barte Ba Ha rte ree He lie was standing clear clar anti and un leashed shed with freedom on all nil sides of ot him Yet Vet he hI did not run He lIe lIeas was as waiting welting wet rt ns as a n water rot with his eyes fIS on her expectantly made a n movement mo toward him and h hesitated No Xo you ou will not run away awny Haree Baree I will leave Ilu you free tree And now no we I must have n a fire tire I Let us hunt for tor the tho Haree TO BE DB CONTINUED |