Show A MATING 14 THE WILDS a aI I I W y weiL n SINNS y L Io rf A-rf n V t to LI 1 A KIlO IM NS A UIt BEGIN flEEt BERD TODAY Hubert StAne serve n a a term term In being re- re released released re released on for forgery Upon leased ho bo 11 a northern post ot of the Hudson Hudlon D Bay y Company There lie be meet an time old-time friend Oar Oer- Ger Gerald I Bid aId Amid Ainley who ho promIses to call at Stane's camp at midnight AIn AIn- AInley Amby Ain Am- Ainley ley by falls fails alia to appear Stano StAne M an Indian liw camp and nd while conversing with an In Indian lan I girl named sees Beel Ainley approAChing with th one of ot the gov- gov goern governors gov governors ern aMI ot of the and a n beau beau- beautiful beautiful English girl Again Ainley to call on Stano At mid midnight night Stane is attacked and w when hen hen hen-he he regains consciousness he Is In Ina Ina Ina a canoe with Ith three Indians lo NOW GO ON WITH Whit THE TInS STORY STOUT What Is 1 the meaning of at this The Indian stared at nt him like a 0 graven raven Image but vouchsafed ed no reply What Wh are you going to do with me he inquired after an inter inter- interval interval val Nothing replied replier the Indian At the end of five days as a's thou wilt be set Bet free freo and the canoe follows behind But But why why- why It li Ii an order the Indian ely gra and beyond that Stane could learn nothing though he tried repeatedly In the rive five da das I that followed At the end of ot the day they pitched cam camp as usual at the eve eve- evening evening nine eve ning meal and lay down to sleep Stane tied hand and foot Coot With thongs In the morninG when he ho awoke he h was alone and his were Mere ere free treo Scarce Scares be- be lle bc Ing the facts ho he sat up and looked around him Unquestionably Unquestionably Unquestionably ably his hll captors had gone one taking the Peterboro with them but It leaving his own canoe hauled up upon upon upon on the bank Still SUII overcome wIth astonIshment he rose to his hl feet teet and Inspect Inspected d the contents of at the canoe All the stores he had pur pur- purchased chased at the Post were Intact with his hia rifle his hl little tent and camp utensils so far as aa he ha could tell not a R single article was wal miss miss- missIng missing ing log CHAPTER III A lost Girl Mr Gerald Ainley standing In Inthe Inthe Inthe the m meadow ado V outside the Post look look- looked looked ed to towards toward rd I the ri er bank with smiling eyes eyel Whore Where Hubert Stane's little tent had hal bt been en the willows now sho showed shoed ed an un unbroken line arid and he found that tat tart a source or of satisfactiOn bet between een the willo willows s ho he caught sight eight of n a movIng moy- moy moving ing fl figure figuro ro and after one glance at atIt atIt atIt It began besan to hurry forward A moment later latr the figure emerged front from the a willows Illowa and stood on the edGe of ot the meadow revealing Its Identity as that of the English girl with whom he had walked on the prevIous day Good morning Miss You are astir earlys early's early earl Helen laughed lightly It Is Impossible to do anything dee ele In this country where hero It Ills Is day day- daylight daylight daylight light all the time timo and the bIrds are aro crying half halt the night Besides we are to make mako a start after atter break break- breakfast breakfast fast Yes res Ye I know rm Im going with you You Tou are going with Ith us Mr Mn- Mn AlnIe Ain le Ie Ic There was WIS a little note noto of sur- sur surprise sur surprise prise In the girls girl's tones tons My ry uncle has not mentioned It Nol No It was wag only finally decided last night night- though from the begin begIn- beginning ring ning of ot the excursion It has hils been contemplated Sir James Jamel Is ma- ma maIng mak- mak mak making ing iris notes of his journey which I Iam Iam Iam am to supplement I bellevo believe he be behas has an Idea of bringing out a book bool describing the journey journe Which you are to write I sup sup- sup suppose pose pOM lauGh laughed d the girl She Sho paused as If it waiting for Cor an answer then as her companion continued silent abruptly chang chang- clan changed changed ed Id the topic By the by I see that your of other da 8 removed himself I Tea Tes answered Ainley I 1 no- no nOticed no noticed that They had now arrived at the tepees and as na they halted the tho flap p of one was waa thrown aside and His MIs emerged She did not see eee them aa M the moment she stepped the open air alt her eyes turned towards toward the willows where here Stane Stano s a anin been A look ot of sadness clouded the wild lid beauty of ot her there was al a poignant light In her e ees eie es Ahu Ah hl whispered Helen She knows that lie he his gone The notes o ot of a s bugle cleat cl ar and acro across the meado wat n-at that mo- mo moment mo moment ment merit and Gerald Ainley laughed The The breakfast bell We t must hurry Miss ey It ts ill scarcely do to keep your uncle waiting I At the end Ind of that da day her uncle ordered the camp to be pitched on ona ona ona a little meadow backed by a II corn corn- Bomber som-ber som ber forest of ot spruce And after th the e meal mellI in company with Gerald Ainley she walked towards the timber w h here re an owl ov was waa hoot hoot- hootIng hoot Ing dismally I I like the Wild Helen raid Mid breaking the silence that had been between them Ainley laulhe You see It In Inthe inthe Inthe the clamor of romance he slid stid replied the girl quickly What would life lite be III without to- to romance ro romance mance A dull thing answered Ainley promptly with a sudden flash of at atthe othe the ees e 0 es I am with Ith ou there Miss lIsa but romance does not lie In mere more barbarism for tor most men It Is Incarnated In a woman oman I suppose the tho mating Instinct Is II the tho one elemental thing left In the modern world worldS It rt Is Ii the tho one dominant thing answered Ainley y with such em- em em emphasis phallI of conviction that the girl looked at him In quick surprise Why Mr fro Ainley one ene would auld think that you that you that you you- you eho ahe stumbled In her speech and did not riot finish the tho sentence Her companion had risen suddenly to his hll feet teet TIre The monocle had fallen from Its place and he was wa looking dawn at her with eyes eTea that had a strange glitter Yes Yea he ha cried answering her unfinished utterance Yes I do know That Is la what ou would say Bay ayla Is It not not I hate haie known since the day bit James Jamel sent me to the sta- sta station station sta station tion at Ottawa to meet you knowledge WAS ws born bom In mo me as al a I raw aw aw you stepping from tram the tho ca car carThe carThe The one ono woman woman-my woman my heart whis whispered I pored It In that moment and hal ha shouted It ever evor VOt since Helen Helon I did not mean to speak yet yot well but but you see how It Is fa faIth I with Ith mel me Tell me Youl It la Is i not altogether hopeless You l know what my position Is ou kno know that In two scars cars cars- ar lelen rose rooe swiftly s1 to her tier 0 Ii 5 c In c with she She i all allied 1 ton aid the timber feet teet Her beautiful face had paled a little Well Veil she sho flushed a little and her tongue stumbled among the words word you are not quite the man that that that I-that I that I have thought of at for tor or tor She broke off ott again laughed a little at heNel herself and then blurted confused confusedly I You see all my life liCe from being a 0 very little girl I have III worshiped he- he he heroes roes And I am not a hero said Am- Am Amby Ain Ainley ley y nith lIh a harsh laugh No Nol lol I X am just the ordinary man doing the ordinary things and ad my one claim to notice Is that I love you youl I But suppose the occasion came Sup Sup- Suppose Sup Suppose pos pose I- I IlIe I lIe Ho broke ort oft and tood looking at her for tor a 0 moment Then he asked Would that make no difference It It might replied the girl the shrinking from tram the Infliction of too I se ere a blow Then I live for that occasion cried Ainley And nd who knows In this wild land It ma may come corne any hour I IA A As a 0 matter of ot fact tact the tho occasion offered Itself six ix days later later-a later a Sun Sun- Sundy Sun diy y d when hen Sir James had hadIn In Insisted silted on II a a days day's rest The ta- ta va various a- a rious members of the party were their leisure according I to their Inclinations and ond Ainley had gone after birds tor for the tho pot whilst Helen taking a small Ca- Ca ca canoe noe noo had paddled down stream to explore a cree creek where accordIng to one of at the Indian a colony ot of beavers had established Itself When Ainley returned with a 0 couple of ot brace of wood partridges It noa sae to find that the girl was aB absent from the tho camp The day wore on towards evening and still the girl had not returned and her uncle became anxious as did oth oth- oth others others ers era of the party Gerald Ainley Anley called caned one of the Indians to him bin and ordered him to put three days daI supply of ot food tood Into the canoe blankets and a email folding tent and was as just preparing to depart when Sir Jam James drew near and stared with evident surprise at the load In the canoe Why h Gerald he said you seem to have made mode preparation for tor tora fora tora a long search That Is only wise Sir James The river run runs for tor sixty miles be- be before before be before fore It falls Into the main river and sixty miles will take tako a good deal of searching It the search Is i a short one and the food tood Is not needed the tho burden of It wiil mat mat- matter matter ter little on the other hand hand- hand In Gods God's name go bo-an bo and boi 1 bring Helen back The Tho Indian In the bow of ot the canoe after a little time sot cot the course slantingly across the tho cur cur- current current cur current rent making for tor the other side I and Ainley asked ased a sharp question I IThe The Indian replied over hlf hili shoulder shoulder der dot The white no go to see the beaver Beaver Deaver there thero lIe He jerked his hie head to towards a creek now opening out on the fur fur- furI further fur further I ther shore and a 0 look ot of once enco came on face lie Ho said nothing howe cr though to anyone any one observing him closely it must have hn been abundantly clear that he had no expectation of ot find- find In in the thA lt I I ot t I 1 ft which the Indian Indicated As a matter of ot fact tact they did not Turning Into the creek reek the they presently caught sounds that were new Dew to Ainley and he a asked ked a question It Is the beavers They smite the water with their tails talis Two vo minutes later they came cams In InsIght Insight sIght of the dam and In the same moment the Indian turned the ca- ca canoe ca canoe noe floe to towards a soft bar of sand A Afew Afew few tew seconds later Inter having landed he pointed to the sand A canoe had been beached there and plain I ne as the footprints which startled Crusoe III were ere the tho marks of ot mocca- mocca ined feet going from and return return- returnIng In Ing to the sand bar White been beel here ayNo said the Indian She he go a away ay No good going to the beater bearer He turned to the canoe again and Gerald turned with him ti a nord t ord In reply CHAPTER IV IVA IVA IVA A Piece of ot ge The canoe drew near the tho first ot of the Islands and the Indian n di- di directed directed di directed It Inshore and In a quiet bay as the canoe floated quietly out of tIle the current they lifted up their and shouted d again and again Continued In jn Our Nest Issue Is mc 00 |