Show ODE CODE of the NORTH I SYNOPSIS I with his Lla fo four y r-y year year- ar- ar i. i w rescued from a billiard b by bya V d d eon Oil I. I e timber operator whom big a 11 Flynn FIDD forgive th I robbed im- im If h bat until hi death duth l Dr Dr k ks rS ft rt Sod oJ bo Sin th Ihl debt thy ion on Twenty y ea r Itu Jim jm tl Old pid hi his hi Yount Jim Jim- Flynn FInn i t re meets lI ton non Sent Bent b by Old Jim In In- rf through an n accident In tempos tempos- elf daughter ang hi bl I. I tempo Kate Fate Uk char charlt of f lh the d to b fOpe Ope B ril city b'S S 'S th th op- op In Jul ln In a I. I floes th tb toy twee Sloping to do lome- lome sp pre to topa Old Jim Steve Sin hastens KII for tor pa la finding nr he d plotting Int the h Flynn In In rill het wonting Fr Franz Fran ni in to a n flat t rul nitz crew trew anum ium that Dr Drake k e I BD-I w ton Ion and and be h. h t takes taku keS charge as al aloon an i Jim A photograph of ot Kale Kat oon se Ste Steve find Ande him afro bleb friendship of the gains gain Stev uI mull t. t adds add to toi woods g scout cout and sae b driving him awa away from i ig UI Wolf If Indian girl whom h be e ha has baa hasea Frans Franl Drakes Drake's r. r ea r Uon dat ri St St. v a Fran Frani of atto at at- loar to murder him exhibiting nails dace L and nd tb the man ell darn dar not Dot act CHAPTER IV Continued IV-Continued Continued 8 i with I a great bound he be was gone after the children as fast as al he head ltd ii ad rushed rallied on another day Out But this me roe he be did not pursue to maim malm or orI ll I i. When hen he overtook the children e no ras among Imong them bunting them at hands tilde licking ecstatically tide Ide lad nd ad feces face frolicking like a spaniel i LaFane gave his hie deep chuckle raIn gel nut But how In the name of rate rake le Insisted i had bad It to do And when a man mans manill ill II s s I thing to do It must be done Isn't rot Dt that so ao When you yon first saw In I r Thad had had him here only three L a L I 1 had bad been watching him try try- to fad Hod out ont what he be was like 1 I tie new him hum pretty well but I made one stet ate I was careless about the theof i of the chain that held him I 1 ild have bue made sure lUre of that know- know I nl DI him as II well a as I did and with withe e i children here He St was as aI- aI still a m moment ment i lie Be was mil as II dangerous as a Fd rd guessed I It h had bad not been for you yon we would bearing Dearing a great veat sorrow now I 1 took oak him Urn that afternoon Into the bush cast Jurt the two of us Ul He fie came back mine Ton You knocked the poison polson all out of mr ar lAFane shook his head No I IdId Idid Idid did not strike him hum often When I did lot or of worse course It counted That was one thing After Aller that was over I put hIm Urn In to harness I 1 made him drag things through the brush I 1 let him get hung up and then forced him to try his best test to pull loose Ills ms best made him pull his heart out oat And then when hed he'd used all his hish h and could not get free 1 I b d him When he found out that thatto to be had lid a Job ob to do and could not do dot t JI my help and that he must put pot into trying all the strength of muscle mus mus- cle vie end and heart that he had before belore I 1 Isaid would said help or else suffer Butter why then b he be blas was las all mine I Steve Stere sat tat down with a surprised escalation ejaculation and the other smiled trimly It works with dogs and with men m n. n There Here m an few sew outlaw dogs Just as there ar r few outlaw men Give a ai amID mss mID i or a dog an Idea of his duty of its hi Job ob and see that he knows he must mat do it knows It-knows knows clear d down wn to the roots not of his heart that he must must and and there here you yon on are It If I had shot him hum that day after te he rushed my babies It would have havea been a I cowards coward's way out and they maid rould have hare known It You Ton gave me mene the ne chance to finish what I 1 had planned liaised to do without without H I I coming to my home That Is thy J I have been waiting walting to do something some- some thing an anything thing for you you Steve here oddly touched growled that tiPtoe laFane ane owed him nothing But men mea and dogs LaFane Fane one Loire not DOt always lived here then 1 I nave bave tried 11 living In m many many ny places And nd handled bandied men men Handled I rye Ive herded lleo I Ilas was las a n deputy warden In a big once like Uke man mao herding like seeing I them herded a i chance to find and unearth thIng Ong that would make them fit sad Safe late to walk and work alone free lone e of ot course must always be be herd- herd th 1 the toe weak leak ones But nut so many of ot the e aJ others never neer have a chance be- be aase of ot bad BJ handling Duke ke thought rapidly as he re- re cUed thi this confidence fie J Toe a think then that that-If If you had a aion Tau ion could break men as you IOU Jogs Joge m no DO breaker brenker l 1 say Bay I 1 can handle te ten D lU Jea That at Is ls an to answer your yourth to lino I have hae done th It I did In Prison h a doctor and L Between lent many any on parole that been wn might dolf D there here em yet yet being broken was 88 left eft of them you Slide locked lies hIs hu hands aroun around 1 OD one N and 04 stared out across the lake oa 00 like Yon n to try handling men men ment menn men bit t Who are strong enough ehe haven't a ent CD t dIscovered themo them them- yell tJ o o Im I'm h happy lappy here with the do dogs f doh nut But ut I an In youve you've a m mind t e Cars can I 1 trust you rou ou to keep In IA A Special s ars personal secret 0 I b es other others have are kept if It bet can y You Re 00 mean sc e youve you've By ay HAROLD TITUS Copyright by Harold TUu 8 Service r lt I have baTe not even told myself that you are not Young Jim Flynn Well how In- In When did did- Who told you iou that LaFane Yol Yo ToV I II n I haven't breathed It I INo No Tou You have hove said D nothing Ton tou have he been smart and wise But nut the first day I took the mall mail up to your cabin I walked In quietly 1 I thought you were out but yon you were sitting silting there at a table and you thought even eTen though I 1 surprised you yon that you put It away In time Cut But you rou did not I 1 saw It In your face tace as you looked at It No Xo man you know would 1 look at his hll sisters sister photograph a as I you were looking at Kate Flynns Flynne Steve felt himself flushing He recalled recalled recalled re re- called how he had bee reading her letters that first day In his new cabin and of how his heart had speeded up when he looked at her likeness Well theres there's nothing much for me to say Bayl I he laughed abashed And no need of It Tour Your business I Is not mine Why you came as you rou did I dont don't know Im I'm not curious even eTen I know what you yon have done which Is to save Old Jims Jim's hide for lor a time anyhow That is le all that matters matter He fie too Is my friend Thanks said Bald Steve feeling that any words were Inadequate Im glad you found out about me for yourself I 1 was wondering how to tell it It Now heres here's my present problem pro loin lem and swiftly he told of ot how he had blundered on Young Jim of ot othow how he had come to masquerade and of the worry which Franze Franz's news today to- to day dey had given him And If It I leave the job and tr try to persuade Young Jim to stay star away or orto orto orto to brace him UP things may all go co to the devil before I can return The other agree agreed Do you suppose you yon could do two jobs In one one Keep the boy away until we have a chance to see what tan Can be he bedone bedone done toward putting this thing really reany on Its feet teet and while youre you're doing it It handle him as I as as you handled Duke I cant can't keep this game up very long But nut until Old Jim gets squared away somebody must be In charge who has a a clear head and the the respect respect of the men Youre asking that I am am Where Is he he Steve pondered now How much red clay Is there In this country Within a days day's travel I mean mean Only In one place On a portage between the Good Bye and the Mad MadWoman Woman I came that way And the bottom of Franz Franzl canoe was smeared with It today It was fresh He ne bad had just come across the carry carry tort If Young Jim is still on the Mad MadWoman MadWoman MadWoman Woman and bound to come here It will be across that trail If It the rest are with wilh him It may be not too easy La Fane shrugged and rose I will 1 do what I Y can do Then without speaking further he walked toward his house bouse Steve stood on the beach watching him and thinking thinkIng think think- ing fag that for such a situation no better bet ter man mon could have been found to accomplish ac ac- ac- ac all that might be done But nut after otter LaFane had departed on his mission another problem arose In Steves Steve's mind Mary Wolf had been headed for the Mad Woman If rt Franz had been that way ay might It not be that he had gone to look for her and cause trouble But nut If It so he reasoned as this suspicion arose she had either rebuffed or eluded the man Franz had been alone today and he had It from Tim Todd that he had gone one on down the lower river telling some one that he was headed for the Lairds CHAPTER VAnd VAnd V VAnd And that night up the waters that Ste Steve e had bad descended on his way to Good Bye went another lone man In a canoe LaFane's pack was light and he paddled steadily until he was well past the wood camp Steve Stee had described described de de- scribed the camping spot where he had met Flynn but none with a good eye would have needed the directions he be gave because smoke was rising from froma a camp lire against the afterglow LaFane Idled along waiting for night to come comp then he let his canoe drift Into the rushes and sat listening to the sounds that came come from the camp Sounds of or revelry they mostly were the snatch of a song loud laughter a careless oath occasionally For a long time LaFane sat listening listening listen listen- ing and watching then he backed noiselessly away paddled half a mile landed concealed his canoe In the bushes and slept In a single blanket blankett He lIe did not sleep long He lIe was up while many stars stare were still brilliant folded his blanket ate a cold snack and waited for tor the coming dawn When light was strong he began to walk slowly and silently through the timber limber lIe He did not stop until nm he could observe the activity about the camp Smoky the guide was up Two of the three thrle young oung men who comprised the party were washing In the lake Heady for cakes now Smoky asked Dick mck and Ill I'll be Jim though bes be's dead to the world The guide grunted and drew the coffee coffee coffee cof cof- fee pot from the fire lire LaFane heard the others try to their rouse Flynn saw them finish breakfast and then begin rigging their rods t Last La It r laid anid O one D n. what a They embarked shortly Portly the three In one ran LaFane went directly to IK the the use flap liap aside Ide and looked down at l the lh sleeping lw D figure ore there The face fare was upturned It would have he been a handsome one under nori normal nor nor- mal conditions but now It 11 was 1188 lined lIn d deeply with the ravages of dissipation LaFane stooped You Toni I he said Mid gruffly Kniffly The sleeper made no re re- Jim I lIe He shook the lads lad's shoulder but but except for a long breath Flynn made no response The man went over oYer the packs care fully and finally selected one that contained con con- tamed apparel which would fit lit the sleeper discarding that which by any chance might belong to the others and Ind packing those belongings which were obviously Jims This done he carried the pack to the canoe on the shore and set the craft In the water The other canoe had disappeared red among the Islands no sound of human origin rewarded the straining of his ears LaFane returned quickly to the tent slung stung the recumbent figure to his shoulder and bore Young Jim with little apparent effort down to the shore and laid him gently in the bottom bot bot- bottom tom head on the duffle dume In the bow The boy mumbled In protest and brushed at his face tace Once he tried to sit up but abandoned the effort and sank back to his stupor Observing this LaFane left lett him broke a stick and scratched In the sand on the landing the following message message mes mes- sage In bold characters On my way Good luck J J. J F P. With a grim smile he shoved off and paddled down the lake He kept on for an hour watching the sleeping man with him until he commenced to show signs of restless restless- ness Then at a point of exposed rock ledge he halted and stepped out ont of the canoe He made the craft fast fait and leaned down to shake the sleeper deeper roughly You Yon Toni I he said Come Com out of it It now Get up I Lemme lone feller fellers Gotta res res' res Get up before you get hurt hurt hurt- 1 sharply Young Jim came to life Ilfe with a bewildered bewildered be be- start His perplexed eyes finally came to rest on LaFane's face Who the devil re you he de de- Ely My y names name's LaFane Come along Were We're going to make camp This was spoken casually as though they were old companions Camp Say where the devil are we we And what The boy frowned and made a wry face Were on our way WRY to Good Bye LaFane said Get out and have a drink water this time It'll help yon you clea clear your head This suggestion coincided with a aneed aneed aneed need evidently for Young Jim got stiffly out of the canoe lay down on the ledge and burled buried his face In the clear waters of the stream He lIe drank I at length with frequent Interruptions Interruptions' for breathing As AI he did this LaFane bore the canoe up Into a protecting screen of bush bushes s careful to disturb them as little as possible There wasa wasa was a chance that those three back yonder would suspect something and come searching He lIe wanted no compile lions Returning to the stream he stood looking somberly down at his charge Thirst slack slacked d mind somewhat cleared by the bathing Young Jim hitched himself up on one hip Now Now he said maid pleasantly enough what the h h ls Vs this all about How does It come that youre you're giving me orders I 1 came after you you From Good Bye Yes Who sent you your Never mind that The boy frowned Are we-on we on out our way there now Might say so BO A roundabout way What mean by that thaU Ha He fierose rose belligerent now We are going to Good Good Dye Bye when youre you're fit lit to go That will be when you can be of at some use there The lads lad's lower lip dropped and he be wiped his hands on his hips Say LaFane or whoever you are howd how'd I get here with you yon Whore Who're you to tell me what Im I'm going to do And when Where do you get your Our authority for tor all this Here lIere said his companion spreadIng spread spread- Ing fog his hands Just In these It tt ItI I need to exercise It It His Uis voice was almost gentle and the theU U light ht In his eyes was far from hostile Still his answer beneath the quiet delivery delivery de de- de- de livery had bran t hf en n had hard as metal It was this last which the boy understood understood un un- probably he heard only that and his own face with Its marks markl of debauchery went dark He lIe clenched his fists menacingly a threat In in his bis voice not enough I he said maid huskily and stepping past LaFane strode up the ledge to where the canoe had been cached Where are you goings going LaFane LaFane's a Q q sll was stout challenging To o o g get gt t my outfit Im I'm going back to my fc burg Jg Ig and d n d-n n to you yon If it- it The grip of at those hands on OD his arms checked both words and movement He lie was spun about to o confront a |