Show I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 f I 1 the ill I 1 crt tippled 1 I 1 11 11 lady I 1 1 I I 1 of 1 I 1 am ra 11 arijanka ario aka anka 1 I 1 0 q 6 I 1 I 1 i 11 dy jams fam 4 s oliver 0 1 curwood 0 in wyc I 1 1020 doubled service ajo I 1 il I 1 I 1 I 1 am donia h ia I 1 cu inc I 1 11 I 1 FROM THE START it introducing some borne ot of ahe peo pis pie of the pretty little french q canadian village oi of Perl bonka 11 particularly tha crippled lady idol of the simple inhabitants caul ell cirice ln descend descendant tint of 6 0 i sleter sister of sitter sister ot 0 joseph brunt great indian chief lie he hns has inherited many indian ills hta father lc im a Z powerful new york financier paul married claire durand durandi 1 daughter of han ill fathers partner 1 tie he 11 1 in I 1 n chargo of 9 work n ear Perl bonka pauls 0 O wita to it in europe she dis iCkes the woods paul pau bec heroines otties inter osted ostad in curati Carl 4 village 1 Ua cher raul paul walten walte his wife to join him carlas mother long an invalid dies claire announces her in I 1 nalon of joining paul 0 on 11 t the he Ista liOni slie site writes li a litter letter ot of sympathy to corla carla paul be 1 comes aware of a gulf between I 1 him end and his wife 1 1 i i L 0 n Q 11 ai CHAPTER 54 APTER all it 11 A I 1 11 0 0 I 1 cattle canie to the on the th first of june it wits the fifteenth ahk antt when lian they went to what called calle the big gorge ton ten tulles back ir IP th tile rocky rp forests rests this ti fa the afie inta which will remain a long time itne on the culen I 1 dars dara I 1 of the simple folk tl of lac st jean beable af pf 0 the which happened on it it is andanto almost to lie bs call an 1 I ed sp enk of it and aeple boint lt tyint dwir as a r lay of proof of the be otence of god I 1 lucy nelle id IA not I 1 thou ii it ft was she who pla planned tined the th expedition ex p to tile ilie gorge in tt it bol her husband ail avirl I 1 danl al claire and barla for fortio 1 two onys fina pre ceding we tle journey flati daiil l hall the roush bough annl nn ni r row trail clearing enrina cl it I 1 of obstructions and overhang 1 ng limbs limb and brush so lint amsil travel trave over t oil horseback horse bac 4 a 0 paul pant had seen evil claere I 1 alre turn white rand I 1 trem tremble lq at ntine lie unrest vt f the i C 0 beating ein oti raully against its ita roe rocks s I 1 just as hp tind brid felt her in one ime evening elling in IB 0 X gloomy place in the the forest where jie ie F P wind was whistling stiling throb throb 1 h tile tie pine tops topa oyer over their heads bends U cen 1 I 1 gad her lingers fingers and hn d 6 i 1 tightly to hasas as if hese things thing A I 1 which 1 I 1 I 1 lie loyad in 71 ed ant ent a honor horl or through hen bell on in tile the morning of this eventful of nf i of june with sunshine sun shirle nd ind birds babo about u them he mid had derwent ade r de a liitle behind their wives v ives and carbal anilu 1 1 and never neve read aul claire loft lof tel teed so lovely to him I 1 tier her body seemed vibrant with tile the thrill thrift of tile the 2 3 da her volee was swee to hear her I 1 eyes were filled wl 01 I 1 aught or er until unit 1 he could rante himself believe ehe locq lovd the things which alch she was ans facing oud abi which haftl haf so completely conquered her until now her olden head and carlna arias C dark one one rde side by atie one n radiance radl enLe 01 t the sun the he other richly lustrous with pools and seas of darker shadow in it for fd r 0 rolle mile they followed ill trail so close to the river that its roaring tumult drowned their and nn d cobwebby drifts of spray cacno to wet their y D faces through this panl rode close C taj the side of his bla and law her I 1 0 smile fight to hide iti its effect upon apon her aben they struck indian file loto into U the narrow hetey hc tey deeply root rooted e d trail I 1 to the gorge goree with pont til ot th the e head bead ofa little procession and derwent fo the troll trail widened so that paul could sirop back ride beside claire nod ench each tine time p noted a little more in her face and eyes the th thing she was against 1 0 her dislike odthe blach forests erd ard the earthly earth y swelling swamps wad the rock roch fr fragments of hills 11 1 1 a J travel ling ing through toward mid they carne to it the big gorge those who have seen I 1 it coo can never forget the spede of water tearing itself ant on of a tho cavernous cavernous Lat labren irea Q 11 tins bashing crashing ugh the open for 11 a space in whirling ninel stroms then narrowing info fl sullen gullen olly oily lookia g eva lanch 0 af irresistible force forca aalt aa as lt it descends into loo a chasm whose wnnie rock walls acorne come hughar r und and closer until atlant at last ilg ta f M tery ry and andy olce disappear li s arain into the the lauren La iiren making the earth tremble idith its aub ierra nean rumble and roar ita effect on laire was abot not what paul bad bpd to b his amaze mient it wilp we bhe who suggested c they spread their luncheon on the ed edge ga of a great slab of rob projected into the stream and from where they rould look upon th the a won wonderful d e i taul play of water below them this several bcd in extent was soil eoll f ipha aaa absorbing mols tun from 3 izirer tri I 1 eirl so a that it had 1 la carpet of aad eress gm sa caul it was an oasis of baady be lu in the heart of a eissed ai otien othen nse v have i ZI 3 poo d 1 to offset iti ita cuore I 1 fy j C it dl y 11 I 1 I 1 J 3 a ov lt s 1 9 r 0 L d cp 0 a ata J Q aan 0 1 9 I 1 a 0 e y V bidding awaa n cible arho I alb alao selected the it for table 1 canth arid arho arranged their placed I 1 afterward sa BO that nir might sit look ins ing award tile the mouth of the hilsin hi tsin several hundred yards downstream frorup tile the rol which held its tenure alk i an guardian before it between jr position rand and I 1 tile elbs ot the gorge corge wai TU is a blaik b and of water which had bad tile appear auVo ot 0 a flood of boll ing ina ou ell on citsay to the ille mouth of a huge funnel halfway cato the orifice a roch roa slowly ayat wi tbt be reared its grim and battered head out of the stream cutten cutting q it like ime a knife in j two equal laven about nhoun tills this j jagged tooth of stone alone was do glint of sunlit whiteness of froth or faa pann bild no sound came from this 07 part of this channel except a su sullen I 1 murmur and hiss lending s still erecter reality to 04 caprice calrice of though t that water must ine I 1 toi to oil be before the throat of the gorge gore would r receive helve it it wai was froan tile the other side aide I 1 of them the table rods roch that tile lie chief tumult C time came where for halt half a abille aille or br tnora more thy the huge churns of ilia rifer bed were w ere at work aril an twi twisting stInt the down rushing floods until uell lynul thought I 1 hey were were an r ing nud and beautiful thing to took look upon I 1 yet it was aa the darker and more sinister jold lle that claffe chose with mill a I 1 scene alider theat that ana colossally awe awesome soine but bill equally equall V aill aillie au thul 6 I 1 an they ate their luncheon she let him h im L know now for the first aline so bome b ne ef cf tile the sir tinga 1 f ur which po pili hessed hor her banever i pie lk atas 10 nea rAhe fury of water lie was sur should I 1 speak of 0 it now I 1 I 1 I 1 0 4 i 11 it 1 1 I 1 I 1 C I 1 I 1 1 1 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 it I 1 I 1 11 I 1 arl I 1 A wa f 1 I 1 1 1 1 ms I 1 rg Z j I 1 I 1 W Q 0 to his amazement it was she who suggested tiley they spread proad 11 their luncheon on the C edge of a great slab of rock a n and not at some time alroe who nothey had bad been alone cerwen derwen dei wen roused the confusion co in her by saying saving tn lb answer TO a question estion aaen an awl hy fly cariad that no fuestion 11 living pu a creature whose habitat was land could exist for wore than f r few see seconds lu in the oily below them C clalra shrugged her slim sho shoulders and looyd i eyes apo n what fiat derwent had ha d acea 1 wll I the I 1 omnipotence of were you ever haunted byj 9 a dream deabi de aci I 1 she asked 1 I have L wen pen since thIld childhood hood MosLi moa children dream of failing aiom lad flera deraa and housetop hoose topa sf 8 of 11 1 seeing ghosts Kli of running awn away y from ftc in dangers apt alt mine was waa always of w water a ter it hns has remained with me cie I 1 am terribly afraid ottlo ter but anly bhea it Is tin finery kry ThAn cean tel tefie flies me when it lashes itself whlter ni 1 found a lovely place to tn paint in corn com mut but the surf was always bent beat ingv against the be cliffs and drove me away this below us dots does not disturb me at all it lle I 1 so sD smooth nud and unbroken elke the cri lillIes iii 10 carias hair when it in B down so sort soft and velvety looking us ils it tufia luftis over and over vint that I 1 c an vaa ic scarcely arcely believe what you have hibye said doctor t derwent rt into it fear while w hale back there where it Is break I 1 ing ng itself toto into spray and foam I 1 would woula a nev never er have the burage to start artl t there you might live here there could he be no ao p possibility of it said 1 derwent ri el I 1 I 1 TO BS |