Show oo a rotY r I Is I s By JAMES OLIVER OLIVERC CUR t I II Doubted Doubleday race Pare Co 8 8 o o cr Bernel t I Part Synopsis Part wolf part dog wh when when n two months old Baree nar e ehas has his Ms first meeting with an enemy y o 0 u n g e gowl gowl owl Fighting hard the antagonists antagonists are suddenly plunged d Into a swollen creek Badly buffeted and halt half drowned Daree Is finally final ly 17 flung on the bank but the water has hall destroyed his sense of direction and he lie is lost lonely and hungry For For many days s his life Is one of fear tear and distress He meets various creatures of the wild and Io goes s through a thunderstorm He lIe is la learning more and more He strays into the trapping grounds of Pierrot and Ne e se wounds Baree with a a. rifle rine but h he es es es- capes Baree Bares recovers and learns earns natures nature's secrets rapidly Chapter IV 7 7 For two or three days Baree's excursions excursions ex ex- ex after food took tool him farther away from the pond But each afternoon afternoon after after- noon he returned to it until it-until until the third day when he discovered a n new creek and The creek creek was ms' ms fully ly two miles back in the forest forest It sang merrily over a gravelly gravell bed an and anil between between be be- tween chasm walls walls' of split rock It It I formed deep pools and foaming eddies and where D Baree first struck struck- ft it theair the the air trembled with the distant thunder of a waterfall It was much pleasanter than the dark and sll silent nt beaver stream It seemed possessed of life and the rush and tumult of it the It-the the song song and thunder of the Ole water water gave gave to Baree entirely new sensations He made his way along It slowly and cautiously cautiously cau cau- au and It t was mis because of this slowness and caution that he came suddenly and unobserved upon Waka yoo the big bIt black b bear ar hard at work fishing stood knee deep In In a pool that had formed behind behinds behind's a staid bar bar and he was ha having tremendously good luck Even as Baree shrunk back his eyes popping at sight of this monster he had seen but once before in the gloom of night one of f oo's oos big paws sent a great splash of water high In the air and a fish landed on the pebbly shore A lIttle while before the tM suckers had run up the creel In t thousands thousands thou thou- ou sands ands to spawn and the rapid lowerIng lowerIng lower lower- Ing of at the water had caught man many of them in these prison pools nt o s fat sleek bod body was evidence e of the prosperity this circumstance had brought him Although It was n a lIttle little past the for prime l season for ben t c coat at was thick and Mack black b For a quarter Of an nn hour ir Bar Bare Baree e watched him while he knocked fish put ut of the pool When at last he stopped there were twenty or thirty fish muong among t the stones some of them dead and others still flopping Prom From where here he helay helay helay lay flattened out between two rocks Baree Daree could hear the crunching of flesh and bone as the bear dc devoured his dinner It sounded good n and the fresh smell of fish filled him Ith a craving that had never nevet been roused by crawfish crawfish or even eve partridge In In spite of his fat and his size was not a a. glutton anil and after he had eaten his fourth fish he he pawed pawed all the others together In a pile pile partly covered them by raking up sand and stones with his long claws and finished l His 1 ls work of oC caching h by breaking n down downa a small balsam sapling so that the f fish sh yere were entirely coIl concealed e led Then Ihen he he lulu lum lumbered bere 1 slowly away in the thc direction of or the he rumbling waterfall Twenty T seconds after the last last of of oC Wal 1 o had in n a urn ot of the creek Baree Daree was os as under the broken balsam He lIe dragged out a fl fisi 11 that that was was still alive Ile He ate the whole of it it- it and arid It It was delicious lel lous Baree e now found that had solved th the food problem for hil him and this day he did not return return 7 To to- the the bea beaver er er pond nor the next The big bigbear bigbear bigbear bear was Incessantly fishing up and down the creek and da day aft after r day daj Baree Daree continued his Isis feasts t For a a. a week life was exceedingly pleasant And then came the break hrcak break the change chante that was destined to mean I as much for Baree as us that other day long ago had me meant mt for or Kazan his fath father r when he jle e d' d t the l il-l rit In the edge of the wilderness erness f This chan change e came on the day I when In trotting around a great rock near the waterfall Baree found himself himself himself him him- self face to face with Pierrot the bunter bunter bun bun- ter a and ld the star star-e star eyed ed girl who had shot him hm in the edge of the learing i It was whom he taw sow first If It had been Pierrot he would have I turned back quickly But again the tho blood of his forebear was rousing strange within him Was It like e this that the first woman had looked d to Kazan Baree st stood d still was was' not more than twenty feet from him She Sh sat on a rock full In the earl early morning sun and was brushing out her wonderful wonder wonder- ful hair Her ner lips parted Her lIer e eyes ees es shone In an instant like stars One hand bald remained poised weighted with ne jet tre tresses es sh She recognized recognised him She due saw the tide white star on his breast nd add d the white tip on his ear an and It under under uner un un- der er her breath she whispered UchI Lehl Tb rb dOg D nub DUp t I If rt 0 the HIP wild dog she had shot shot and and thought had died I l t The evening before ore and Ne Nye had built n a a shelter of or balsams behind the big rack and on a n. small white plot of ot sand Pierrot was was' kneelIng kneeling kneel kneel- el elIng ing over o a n fire preparing breakfast st while the Willow arranged her hair lIe He raised his head hemi to speak to-speak-to speak to her and saw Baree In that instant the spell was broken Baree saw the man man- beast as as' as he rose to his feet Like a ashot ashot ashot shot he was was gone Scarcely swifter was he than Ne Ne- votes ons mon perc pore I she cried It is the dog pup dog pup Quick Quick- Quick to In the floating cloud of her hep she sped after Baree like the l Pierrot Pierrot Pier Pier- Pier rot followed and In going Q 11 he l caught up his rifle It was difficult difficult lt for him to catch up with the Willow She was like a wild spirit her little oc feet scarcely touching the sand as she sheran ran up the long bar It was wonderful to see the lithe swiftness ness o of oer tier t er and that wonderful hair streaming out in iii hithe inthe the sun Even now In this this moments moment's excitement It made Pierrot think of d c tr i r o r Full In His Path Stood the the Huge ug Black Bear rt the Hudson Bay company's factor over o at Lac Bum Bain and what he had said yesterday Half the night Pierrot had lain awake a gritting his t teeth eth at thou thought ht of it it and ond this morning mornIng morn- morn Ing ing- before Baree ran upon them he had luid looked at more closely than ever er before in his life Sl Sloe e was beautiful She was lovelier even than Wyola her princess mother w ho was dead That hair hair which made men stare as if they co could ld not not Relieve believe Those eyes like eyes like pools filled with wonderful wonderful won won- st starlight Her lIer s that was like me a flower flower And nd had said said sald- j f Fl Flouting b back CK t to film there re Came Came an excited excited cry jj j Hurry lIe He ha has turned Into o the bli blind canyon cans He lIe c cannot escape escape es es- cape us uS' n now l t She She was was panting when when he came up to her The Fr French French- bloody blood In her glowed a a vIvId crimson 11 in he cheeks and rind lips Her IIer s lilt l t teeth gleamed jibe JIke 1 milk lIk- lIk In there 1 l A And if lj p pointed They went In 4 i Q Barge of them Batee tr i was his for his life He lie sensed Instinctively ely tl the c fact that wonderful these two- two I legged beings he lie 1111 had 1 looked d upon upon- ere ere till powerful I And th they y were wele after him He lie could hear henr th ni m. l. l Ne Ne- ee s wan waa following almost a m swiftly as he lie could run Suddenly he iii lip turned into a cleft cleft- between two great greit rocks r Twenty venty feet In his way way- wn was was barred and lie he ran back When he darted out straight up the canyon was not a dozen yards behind lum bun and and he lie law fw aw Pierrot her The Wallow lIow Ilow t gave e a a n cr cry l I Mana mann mana is i niana there h he Is She caught her breath and darted durtell Into a u copse topse of at young oung balsams where had disappeared Like a great entangling web lle her lier impeded loose her in fn th the brush and w Hh an n en ur eo aging cry to Pierrot she stopped to gather It over her shoulder as he ran past her She lost anI only a a. moment nt or two ana and was after atter him Fifty yards ahead d of f her Pierrot gave u n warning shout Dar Baree c had turned Almost In Inthe inthe the same breath he was tearing over his back trail directly toward the Willow lie He did not Dot see her ber in timeto time timeto to stop or sw swerve aside and flung herself down in his path For Tor nn an n Instant or two they were together Baree Daree felt the smother of her hair and the clutch of her hands Then rhen he sq squirmed away and darted again toward to- to ward the blinn end of the canyon sprang to her feet Shewa She Shewa wa wa a J panting and punting and laughing Pierrot ot crime lJ back ck wildly and the Willow w wp p pointed beyond himI him I had him him and and he didn't bite bitel l I she said breathing swiftly She still pointed to the end of the canyon and she sn said d again I ha had l him him and and he didn't bite me i t 1 Th That t was th the wonder of It She h had d been r reckless and and and Bar Banjo lad had ri not bitten bitten bit bit- bit ten her I It was then with her e eyes es shining at nt Pierrot and the smile fadI fading fading fad fad- fad fad- I ing g slowly from her lips that she spoke Ok softly the word Barrie Baree which in her t tongue n ue meant the wild dog doga dog a little brother of the wolf Come omet cried or we will lose him 1 f Pierrot was confident The canyon anyon had narrowed Baree Barce could not ret get past vast th them them m un unseen ce later Baree Barea came Caine to to o the blind end of the canyon a canyon a wall 0 of rock lock that rose rOe straight up up like the curve of 91 a dish Feasting on fish and long hours of sleep had fattened him and he was half winded as he hel sought sO vainly Coran for Cor foran foran an exit He was at the far end of the curve of rock without a bush bushor or a clump of grass to hide him when Pierrot and saw him again e ma made le straight toward him Pierrot t foreseeing what Baree would woul do hurried red to the left at right angles to t the le I end of the canyon In In Inand and out among the rocks Baree sought ough swiftly for a way of at escape escape In a moment more he had come to the box or cup of the canyon canon This was wasa a break In the wall fifty or sixty feet wId wide w which ch CP opened ned In into o a na natural urai ural prison about an an acre acre T In extent extent It It was a beautiful beautiful spot On all nIl sides but that leading Into Tito the co coulee lee It was shut in by walls of of rock At the far end a n waterfall broke down In a series of t cascades The grass was thick underfoot and strewn with flow flow- I 1 ers In this trap Pierrot had got more than one tine haunch of venison From it It ft th there re was wrig was no escape except in in- inthe the face lace of his rifle rUle lIe He called to as as' he lie saw Baree entering it ft and together together to to- gether the they climbed the slope Baree had hind almost reached almost reached the Uie edge of the little prison pilson on meadow when suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly he stopped himself lf so quickly that he fell fei back on on his haunches and his heart henrt Jumped up into his throat Full In his path stood the huge black bear I For p perhaps haps a minute half-minute Baree Daree between the two perils Heh lie Ile h heard the voices of and Pierrot Pier Pier- rot lI He caught the le rattle of stones un under er their feet And he was filled with fth a a great dread Then he looked at at- The big bear lm had not notI I ed moved an inch He too was listening But t to him there was a thing more dl disturbing t. than the sounds sound he heard beard It It If was as the scent which he caught in inthe Inthe Inthe the air the air the nian scent Baree watching him saw his h head ad swing slowly low Oven even as ns the footsteps of and became more and more distinct t. t I It was the first first time thine Baree aree had e ever cr stood face to face w with Ith the big bear lIe He had watched him fish lie he had fattened d on prowess J he e had hind h held ld him In splendid awe nwe Now ow there was something about the l bear ear that took away awny his fear and gave him in its place a new new- and thrilling thrilling thrill thrill- ing confidence big and powerful as he was would not run fr from m the two legged creatures who pursued J 1 tad If Baree Daree could only get vast past noo he was as safe I Baree has lots of trouble without the aid of his parents ty n x l tl I BE nn CONTINUED EDi t. t s r. r rr t u- u r. r u |