| Show BARRIES GUEST by JACK LAWTON 1 r aei 11 w dalja vows for days klarfe larce bad had ridden the lovely trull obsessed by a hunger for or companionship which be he bad had neer heretofore known kuon een eten the gruff 11 literate aulde whom be he had left far below would now nom be welcome elcome and ai all barrie traveled hie his lonely paths he won wondered dred if the clue which led him to this desolate pot spot might cot not be false after all in a spirit if entha elastic confidence he had offered hie his service in seeking out the supposed defaulter of 0 the bank la in which hie his own on father was president Detec thes it was aa proven hart had been it sea in their suspicions ard barrie la a moment nf f inspiration had put hilfinger hiI finger mentally upon the culprit and then bad offend to take an ad venturous trip to the far mountains where glen gordon was as supposed to be hiding olen glen gordon had served faithfully for many year years in the bank where here barrie under hia his father was employed and when glen gordon gordons nime was mas furnishing the sensation of city dallies gordon bt himself completely disappeared As barries a father fattier in a last hope of proving bis his old employees a honesty had provided nece necessary sary ball the flight as was more distressing but now barrie feared that the clue ghen glen by on an old servant of the gordons gordon s had been misleading and Ms his own offered bervice useless then far above la in a clearing the young man beheld a email small cabin smoke came from its chimney and barrie eagerly pressed hie his horse forward the light eight of human habitation w was 10 at ae least a t comforting and as be he approached a young woman women turned at sight eight ot of her barrie a eye eyes rejected the astonishment of her own barrie broke the silence beg par don be he said 1 I have beld far without finding a resting place may I 1 rest here and perhaps trespass further upon your hospitality in ask ing for food A glass of milk or a piece of triad bread would bf br gratefully recel recessed sed when alien the she reappeared at the door of the cabin bearing hearing a light table bar rte hastened to relieve her carrying it at the girle girls direction to the shelter of 0 a tree sharpness was still in the air and he be would oula have preferred in doors but when hie his enforced hostess came pr bently she carried a basket of cakes and cracker sandwiches and and a pot of steaming te tea and as she served him perrie noted the soft whiteness of her hands bands it Is unusually good fortune to en jov the he of one of my own on country bonin in such a desolate place I 1 ie e sal I 1 the girl with ith an enigmatical smile ignored the suggested questin ahen hen you feel refreshed ou will III kindly ride on our way may she re turned im ilm afraid barrie wild decidedly that before I 1 do so I 1 must gain that information for which I 1 came come I 1 am trang ta ing to locate a sir mr glen gordon being the bearer of news to his ad vantage though the girl girls a face calel her blue ees regarded steadily the self imposed detec detective the I 1 sir mr gordon Is not here she replied 1 ou may search the cabin if U you wish ash I 1 occupy it alone barrie stared then laughed bously alone in thie this wilderness lid erness he be ex claimed now why by you do that the girl gathered up the tea cups I 1 hae answered you she said you are the first living person whom hom A I 1 heard speak in two tao month over her shoulder she nod lei le I 1 to him good night she aid said menn mean angly arrie 1 lid not search the cabin but when hen he be was as again upon a lower loner imel he be looked up nt at the house houe hou e in thi th clearing and he saw the girl wave white cloth giving itla with it three signal than dirrie nw a man mans a tall figure so go the pirl girl ha hal I 1 lied ns he sti I 1 he ile rode on to t the ann ani ni an tte imn inin came dirrie a lecog alred ohp one for whom ho he glen gordon trapped arid frightened fright ned the older man s pi gl a antly atly face turned amson the oung one claimed cla ped hl hands as the hands bands of a friend I 1 it its a all right gor G goran ion really I 1 the he oung man i r berds at fit last I 1 came to tell aou ou that we ne are aware of your innocence I 1 was lucky enough to hit bit upon the guilty devil an ani I 1 he con fe faed o ed bain your but lapir hore man why by dl dh I 1 you run noayl you must have known that it would come out right inarticulate tears down hi his cheeks glen gordon stood then he drew a paper from his pocket end and wrote it wae nerve shock lost my power of speech wanted to run rua away from the pap erthe the suspicion everything and julle julie came with ith me juliet jullet my daughter she wm wo q bound they t find me to take me back so sa campel campe I 1 on the ground in the he thick of the brush but she he aid said the truth would mould come out and it ha has haj j barrie my boy 1 come with me up ur to the cabin to julie ve will 11 ll 11 go back together and as barrie led the old roan man en on to toward aard where a irlich figure waited in the sunlight he te was thinking not of the success of he lis quest but of the light that it was nai hl his to irn to a |
