Show cold if irwin arr JIM I 1 Illig tes 1 yuil A co ov erles 1 PTER X XII II continued 14 desertion wit with h I 1 dill of 11 cousee made tie dallat thAon who klet I 1 foist U drink or tit girl alls wu fort tao days A 11 at sith alth W and nd titta til tit tatt tt 1414 or of tri tae ales of etere re no colen ud at aber e 0 at asil drinkers mem mern 11 weber if 1 you want thirty diye diya my way r ell do put but if you bunted d by if you that wool woul in I 1 drop a jet or there if you left at fit 4 fillad gaye ow your reck reek I 1 of something ali t was sure IT blek in e acely twenty that art ionic th DX n that every kat leht auld hall with as ind and bod kod rice erles then ibe be perfectly tire that 1114 kiy stay auy just ling MS M kimol 1 fild myldria in go ile B vile of mr r replied sirinol us its if it the she ld i for fr a ban kerchief 1 I 1 a dd or I 1 bring him live isire a of course aej dont let av you frettim I 1 lem it sir the t ant melted ball len i KB tom minutes before be he re I 1 before him an e ex V mo lured and very naked S re on you too black cow en i kimol YOU tile I 1 hand haul artil nty dot not don dont t fright i lik isk bin him when they left 1 ind and be ure sure you ret get the amr niter i liny any 1 nodded kimol an all agn of questions and an R aried J iliadi aw laid said the sergeant ea Is ift may this man thie this worn wom em cantata thoss time the a come bee fore nim tiet a clock sw sun he be stop on oil vin a tome some tobacco and let i tell him not apt this tai tm til all right proffered the W ton oa returning 1 I I 1 MI mad belong bim him cleanes J time sondern alone along hem him b d up along my C dub bouse oppose him hill too hak Sin abadal abada 11 I 1 I 1 mth bied into the face aeilous atthe ft mild of the lark dark kiwal t the a dressed in 1 a niao man kimol JI without understanding it 10 r hieb ahe found her offering oi blindfolded his talk se ter gant geant she a tr to was wits lefi left t to 0 fait it after ny MY husband e gol tj d fullway from it for on one and ii tro two daas another man nl it i then there Is no galil MI no 00 gold for fo me set do kalow the he wiy I 1 to t the I 1 abeid M know it it well i liny him too much sina sira ne carrier be tie plenty aws bedoll I 1 film ela slop stop tao a day 1 1 nv foitl ill youre got a Tata tata tord yes S Sin ln abada bd bee alila alint ullen one white ETi dim Tt titita tAts road him go KO to man jail all this man he good man plenty bill here pla ordered aud naked S creature wa ftp I 1 F be laid said in alas answer to llie the sl L sa M advy load road Tata tata to TO walk e walk strong r by we walk we walk pi we sleep morn mom a oa he come up bar hl wv V son he go we ome mon gole fler rit aati tbt eight d lociy count tn nine tomorrow day aftel thirty one to ho hios sergeant I 1 ask h him at another 11 WHY a 8 short 14 ATM 1 slid if tia ie C brier f ma 11 1 I to t her him lip it mind a little tg er double v ply the she ord ri 1 wg was the f touch ouch of temper resul I 1 her irtel her tent back buck and agn bilked tier ere man his f or in the ila c 1 greali lice I 1 lip that aldes all the lur face call in defense 1 I her le him houlder as the nang over Y e went word lill be me bia laky ell make set pd for geant 11 reply A strip of Is laager cane only 1 I the ex or two lie I 1 making ter appeared mol ng arlien ting on h er bench camp bed 0 I 1 justice as and the arp questioned quest ione d atre tit aher 01 re Piled 1 bad road ill m gay yet fu up along 1131 this Is 1034 shorter I 1 I 1 this to big r 00 44 alil we 1 1 plenty short at lun when could lul ga to orning ume IM as it it rain together we dac tieni I lenty stop along thi this road m makem a k e m h a 1 r ra rain m come br ivalew up y you 0 u roe m e get ready ti to start rt pt daylight aid gold ila ilia tell rell him if it he the wrong road ani if it we dont arrive pa its soon its tie he main hell ile chov hot it was va pure bluff but ilie she trint trust fd ed to 0 o it carrying carry loi with be the alil aid of sergeant papuans do not wink kimol however gave the Sin abada i a look that amounted to vi winking lukIng us as he lie dc do bribed cri bed in vivid the ble that awl that hot murder cr should his hiding be ile poor the carrier carriers settled down to rest kimol rolled up in hie his blanket and lity in down across the tile open end of llie the carriers fly lilian tight light of ilas tent the old ser tent gent had acquired the ort art of drap ing 05 with oae oje eje eye more or less open on march Sud suddenly wenly he was wits broad taake was some one out lido side Sina badas test tet kimol reachel irm softly down the barni of hie ills title as li it lay aloag his ICK ler he lie to build ild cef CP tho the standing in a shafta it was not a catle lie rither thought it was the hate man M ils ron pon mot ant did lie lint there ut of night still watching the ser set geant bli bit lees legs oer the end of ohp tick stick platform pla tforia ani and raised the tile rifle 1 to his shoulder U lint hat I 1 it was the other sit ahad i after hil who could tell Suh from sina bada boda hen lien they ix both th wore trousers erti he ile had bad beon cry scry near firing crouching inside the fly sergeant kimol kept watch he ile du dij not approve of these late Usi of wha teu tr MX tie he as here to protect his charge and he would do it IL what was the other bini thada going into the tent for aorl 11 hat but were they talking about the ten ila illa in soldierly khaki busy packing up tier few tv t longing longings tor for the morrows s st rt had been suddenly confronted by a v vivid figure silk pajamas wild mid wd suld tair flang in curit curls about its face jinny sobered colier sober cd many in a new strange mood was there 1 I come to hear she said hoarsely youre going to do but hat I 1 wanted to ask you eald gold ilia looking sadly at tit the i unwed beauty tie the wasting youth of her aiho ho was ailed gin sling 1 I 1 coat think rui knew what yoo YOU fen doing 1 I knew blasted well I 1 got him away and kept him away it was spicer made me you dont know that men hes he i silly on top but underneath he can buy and sel beell 11 all the wise ige men I 1 always sort of liked him you under stand I 1 him when he eked me I 1 hee hes another wife or two Laoc knocking kIng about soine some w where here bit I 1 reckoned fd id get what I 1 could out 01 ol him blin A firl jiri his has sot got to live arnt know I 1 on dont knor much the like of you the tight light woman oman a conte uirt for bread and butter innocence flashed out gut 1 I bat are you going to dot do what are 1 I dont don t cow now as that matters much to anyone but cut and run he lie nt a left me alone in the bush not if it been nobody there but when the drink was out of him film I 1 e got rot scored at what he done and lie ie says sh shi 8 he be tm im off tonight I 1 III if take the outfit and go and ou tan can go to blazes or to mrs its philip amory says he be for you pot got me into this trouble says lie ind lind there a miner in tupua III eer take a drink front from me again so go I 1 d better go south muth and swing swing a pick at newcastle gays says he and arid he lie went and I 1 got no carrier carriers and no tent and if rou ille like to me to go to blaze rime same as be he done you can call do it youve youre every right no caf carriers flers I 1 hn ilia had leimel her new guinea by now she under stood as rell as any miner or ex x clorer v eliat lot no carriers in the far interior meant it meant derth death certain and little delayed if it ene one had hod beep inclined to ko cast this creature out if she had hated her as she he well veil might hive done for the ruin jinny was bringing on the roan man they both loved lo esen so it v bould ol 01 ld net not flare been poR FIble to dehert I 1 lr or rut but pla ilia hit hail no hate to for r aldzy pity dratver beld her of course joa you ast come ft ith at n she said were trying to get through by a it short cut in time to save the cla clalia liti av 1 av carriers think it cen con be done im afraid we well if have to hurry you iou youre going to but you can cant L the times up day after to tomorrow worrow midday and spicer h hes ailen there with his eyes go ji n ready to put in hia his pegs a if some one else dment beat him hint smith son I 1 is gnp o 0 1 to go TO luck alth ft ath the boys and me and see the fun spicer promised mini hint halt us as much a again g aln as fis her fier voice shook aa as phil was al lowin him film to work it along with alth hini and ant he promised me halt half of the whole thin thins lie ile thought bought me so soul ul and body for that thal but I 1 knew the minute I 1 saw joa you come in that the game was up so far as I 1 was in it I 1 was shick eed and when I 1 in im linof mid but all the same I 1 knew when I 1 id d sobered don do a bit id ld bo be off the tile whole thins im 1 11 e thit im on and I 1 rn off and when im on heres theres nobody can put me ine off and ft hen im rm off the devil himself cant put me on im through with and with smithson and with the whole d da A crew and I 1 wish to god IV io nei abier er dohe doie it only its too late now ite its not too late it we start just at dawn ind and keep going hird we can get there before midday the lie day after tomorrow and were going to 0 diu it III loure oure going to stop him I 1 I 1 cried jinny springing to her feet feel id give lie tie heart rill tout of my body to sec see him turned down proper iles hee hes nade rinde me hate Ille belf ive live done things that all the cumy call ca meow at at but I 1 never done a diny turn to anyone before slid its it to spicer that I 1 ive ve done it now if it you di do banow another way we lye can it bick hick by for god a sake take if 14 and ill ru know what it la is to lccy sleep onig night lits again I 1 heard it ae a when ben from fot 0 that hed ried ciar ajar you 1 wean lt it then I 1 was went off lit je took roe e nut and spicer advantage of it 11 I 1 am alth you t clerc befell aly hand on it bhe struck bet thin finers almost biln fully into aills have llave anything ing jou got it brinkl obe finished fill 1 Pa lailios lat lios illos the I 1 medicine haie one wide of brandy in cliett cheat 11 1 iia 1 III nuke make tt it 4 10 lo nid jinny jinny briefly well ell get there ther lie die co or veil ell CHAPTER XIII IN IN THE bottom of the file river gorge it was extraordinarily still the thin tinkle of the hier omans ag bui boulder boulders parched par clied ath drOu glit abet fined ailed out to the tile aisene of all oilier olber boulad far fur agaj will the castelli castellated ted liol tit that the tie etire stars et ire rock itlay hate bate moved with loping thump winds stirred in wild gras draws the lie stately cassowary bounded sounded his big loud drum hut but here at the tile bottom of all in the great crak that seemed to e tile CT bowels of earth there apo w no life live thit made for one night by the ali carriers the camp cump fires the tile movin moving forms as gd I 1 shout ing ID olal of ila ilia is 40 A certain obscure instinct of ghys phys ical repulsion kept he from the joint sleeping place when these died down when suppers viere ere over and the hacking tom tomahawks athaMs silent when the native natives were sleeping under their flies dies and the two white women had come out to git sit for a few fe minutes under cool sky before they got beneath their close mosquito neta nets and went ent to rest then lie the stillness of lie the deep valley came forth once more in a slow flood dripped all seemed to climb higher and higher op up the bap stone walls aloe the low exhausted cd river that was breathing feebly in the tile heart of it as life leaving the bod of a man breather br pathe een eien more and mere more faintly through the tides of death it had been a hard day for both women forced to arhe strength to the almost behind tile greater and more enduring strength of he tie men but strangely stran gily it had not beta as h ird as am either had anticipated cited ills uns almost d to find end the whole party so near lr hy all ac fie counts to ti Tata tata th v had traveled up the canyon without much trouble and readied a good caan a ell before bubl it wai too easy as roada roads went in that nil MI denies der neRs and in consequence it 11 gae ila ilia to think there ras vas v as no going back ehe she had wanted that road and taken it ighut but why was like he carrier po so strongly siron sly averse to us ing ng 14 it and why would sergeant kimol when ithen questioned pay noth ing ng about the matter ily by all show ing ng thia way saved a whole day of amiel and yet so far it bid aten xan by the makers of the track 1 I wash said sald ila ilia suddenly 1 I 1 knew more about this country jinny was las sitting on a rok near by A ions long way off among tile lie peaks of hie file aln a laurlie range die dis not tant thunder broke grumbled and was still in the tile silence that thit followed on oil the he thunder peal jinny spoke I 1 know something nebout it she said le lle iwen once on field I 1 reckon its flood goods Is the matter al itter hoods said ill pining 1 round to look up and don down u the enor incus inous pore gorie lou iou told nie the carrier said the place uns ing full of devils a and n d lien it rained the ddll came along and broke lou jou up thai menns means filid die 1 I 1 suppose it might be very in convenient said ilia Ser gearil kimol did mention something alou about it but dle alel I 1 I 1 really don i fee ree why one could not ret get cut of the tile way will if flood good came conie one 1119 only to a climb up the sides before it bat ba risen too to high there theres places you I 1 climb 11 then une one could hurry along ion ant find ther place if 1 cud tinie t h b t you have time 1 she said pres 3 lie e heard 1 4 pre antly they true I 1 im ra golu going to bed sat a little longer out there alone in tile of the can con 11 tie e river of stars looming up III 3 ion on hat that run ran to so far for t iove ove A certain obscure instinct of cepul blon kept her from the joint sleep made her feel I 1 as is she ine inq flare lat la t bad bod st crelly felt last night that tent was too by founces tale genevieve small for her and for tre er lur but I 1 ut hr h r innate her hide the fee feel I 1 n ni g mad e courtesy cOul lesy called the she 1 ill I II 11 come P presently re ile its ro 90 cool 1 here her 1 I jinny laade made no answer tit tie ale wa wits 91 n aing her clothes recklessly about in 10 the tile tent and ila ilia wold could bear her ma 1 to 0 o herreld her relf 1 has lax the he been making 1 wondered on dered the girl on the ruck rock 11 II it a pity she could be ila flue nc the mie might yel yet hut but if it tini ha haa s pt cot her her ber time will be e too short how flow loni long alie she darm with fill i a certain fearful curios ity would it take i a woman ilk lier ber to reform change entirely make blake up lip for it all 11 life I 1 vo had no answer real refill to cf of IT T r ila ilia laurier lut out nal ill ily BY and by when jinny a mutter 1 ings and filan 11 Ings had find glien way to lit nee the other filtered the tent oat at down on the edge nf of tier lied bed nd und awn o 0 to puttees an abot I 1 unlue boots she felt that sharp tr ft ere wit thing her from rora behind the mor mosquito quito net of the ower bed but alie h tried to rein remain aln or look of tho tile fact VII eliout warning jinny burst out 1 I 1 hate bate you I 1 think I 1 in ili mad I 1 she has not been drinking 1 thought ill ill 1 I adno what iro I 1 in doing it for or ent ept on jinny peaking speaking more and 10 burc ire rapidly my hy should it 11 should I 1 hand baud you oer tu to mra him and nil fill the tile pockets of 1 c th of when I 1 could kloct yon you ocr one of them or I 1 could set the carriers on to take jour headon hea bead doh oh you dont dout know heres theres bothin dothio any man 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