Show A MATING M THE S Y yo NeLL OlT BINNS IL I tt U IT RAI tb BYok 1 It A KHOp IC tiE A BEGIN IiER TOD TOI Y Y Hubert Stone Stane discharged con con- convict con convict vict while SlUng a a northern post ot or the Hudson flay Bay company comp on an old od fried tried Gerald Ainley l ho promise to call at Stane's Stones camp campat campat campat at midnight Stane becomes an- an acQuainted ac with Ith beautiful Indian girl At midnight Slane Stane Is and carried oft b by In- In Indians Indiana In Indians diana lie flo awakens to find him himself himself self In strange surroundings B Ainley traveling traveling- with a go ot of the tho company falls alia In 10 o lo 0 with Helen Helem the tho governors governor's niece Helen disappears from rom hen I uncles uncle's camp and Gerald goes In search of ot her alane Stane rescues Helen from tho the river when her canoe travels toward a 1 dangerous water water- tall fall waterfall I NOW ow GO ov OX WITh n TIlE THE STORY Yes Tesi That Is the name flame I 1 re- re reI remember re remember I I member my uncle mentioning it e I Then you came down the tho main mainstream mainstream mainstream oldfort stream for tor a 1 certainty for tor the old tort fort stands on a lake that finds an I outlet Into this river though It Is IsI rather rother a longay long way say from hen bert Wo We I will keep straight on No doubt we shall strike ike either lour our uncles uncle's camp or some Borne search party pres pres- pres I As It happened the conclusion ho he reached miscalculation nas l as based on a 1 1 lation The only waterway ate to old Fort oldFort that he knew was wa from the main river and ond up the stream forthe that formed the outlet for tor the tho lake Inke But there was M as another that BBS reached by a a short portage through the woods from the sub subsidiary stream from which he ho turn turn- turned turned turned ed aside a 11 waterway water a which fed the lake and which cut ore oft at least a hundred and t twenty enty miles Know Know- ing Knowing nothing of ot this shorter route he naturally concluded that Helen I canoe had come down don tho main stream and took the wron wrong course courso In the perfect that It was waa the right one I So hugging bugging the left bank they the junction of ot the tho rh era I and a litlo further on crossed to the other side to seek shelter from froma troma a rising wind under the high bank I And less leas than an hour later the thel 1 canoe carrying Gerald Ainley and his Indian swept out of ot the tribu tribu- tributary tributary andI I tary taR stream Into the broader cur I cur cur- current cur current rent and they droo droH dro e down stream down unconscIous that every stroke ot of the paddle was l taking them further from the girl 1 whom chom hom the sought CHAPTER VII It wa was WI high noon when hen Hubert Stifle Stane directed the nose noe no e of ot the canoe to ards a landing place In the leo lee of n a sand bar on the upper-side upper ot of waa as a pile ot of dr dry suitable for firing tiring He Ha lit a tire fire Ire prepared a wilder wilderness Ilder- Ilder I ness fleas meal of bacon and beans the tho latter already half cooked and bis- bis cult and 1 coffee cottee and as they con con- consumed con umed Sult It he watched the rh riser er con I a along along aang long stretch ot of which was as visible The long day drew to Its Ita close and tho camp they thoy sought had not appeared nor had any search par I ty materialized As A they pitched camp for tho the night the doubt I h all day had bad been ben In mind became a 0 certainty I I 1 am om afraid we e hao 1180 ha o 0 made a 1 mistake Mia Miss You must ha hae ha other o e come down the tho river I am sorry to gi glio gie e you all nil thIs trouble said the girl contritely Please Plea Please plen e-plen el he ho answered In quick protest Belle e e me It Is Isa Isa a 0 pleasure to sene ou and with me at a few da s a do not matter I Ishall Ishall shall haic hase enough of o my own com com- company company i pany before long 1 You YOu live lve alone asked Helen I I have an old Indian tor for com corn companion companion panion And what do you OU do It if you TOU will 1111 permit me to be so 0 curious Oh he ho laughed I I hunt I 1 pur- pur pur pursue i sue mie tho the elusive nugget and ond I exper exper- experIment experiment experiment with vegetables And this winter I am going to start a trap trap- trapping trapping ping lint line But iou ou are Uch Ilch she abe cried I You have no need ned to Il e 11 e In exile Yes Yea he answered ered wIth Udden BUdden I 1 am rich I suppose I Ainley told you that But exile Is the tho on only I thing for tor me inc You ee e-e a 0 ru ln In Dartmoor spoils one ono tOI foi fo county society Oh Ol she phe cried I 1 cannot believe that you that you you you- Thank you he lIe said as the girl broke off oft In contusion I 1 cannot connot It But tw twelve he good goodmen goodmen men and true belle ed It an expert expert n tji n handwriting Wa was 8 most moot lie He was nI a 11 breed halt of e II Ing and It ou had heard the judge judge-j But flut iou ou did not do It Mr Ir Smile I am sure of that No Xo No he answered ered I J I did not do dothe dothe dothe the thing for tor which I suffered But Butto Butto Butto to prove prose m my Innocence Is another matter You hate o ha e not ghen gh en up the on- on en endeavor deavor or I hope No I o hate a 0 man at work ork In InI and I mi self male make small email endea ors or Only tho other day I 1 thought that I- I I Apparently he remembered something for tor he oft off sharply But why hy cuss dl-cuss cuss the affair It Is only one ono of ot the tho 1 orld's small Injustices which a tha that tho the law low usually right may go 1 wrong rong I i 1 suppose that the other nIght I when hen you were vero waiting for tor Mr Air Aln- Aln AlnIe Am- Am AmIc lei Ain Ie Ic It wa was on this particular mat mat- matter matter I ter that sou ou wished to see Aee him Stane made no iio reply but sat i looking In the fire tire and thA th girl l bun bim drew her own on con con- conclusion con conclusion from r m hi his silence a conch conch- conchI conclusion sion Islon I sion that was as far tor from to Gerald Ainley She wondered II what were nero the questions Stane had hadi wished to sic ask her uncles uncle's secretary and which as sho aho was convinced le ho bad hod been at such pains to avoid Was It po that her rescuer believed that his time one-time ft lend had It In his power to pro prove proa 0 his In- In Innocence In Innocence of the tho crime he ho had suf- suf sufI euf But I All the tho Indications seemed to point thata that a fl and as 4 she sho look look- 1001 looked II ed at the tho grave thoughtful face and the graying hair of tho the man land who had saved so her from death she resolved that on the morrow I when she sho reached her uncles uncle's camp she would herself question Gerald Ainley upon the matter But as events befell tho the opportunity opportunity opportunity that the tho morro morrow was to toI I bring W was 4 not gl glen given en For Tor that i night hll hilt t she sime slept In the tho little tent and Stane Stone wrapped In a 11 blan blan- ket blan-ket hot slumbered on a 0 bed bd of spruce boughs perhaps halt doyen ards I away a 0 man mon crept cautiously be- be beI between bc I tween the trees In the tile rear of the encampment and stood looking at atI It with covetous eyes Ho was as a 0 vI I breed halt v of ot evil e countenance and I ho carried an old trade gun which ho held ready for lor action whilst ho he lCd ur the silent camp His flit dork dark fell tell on Stane sleeping In the tho open and then looked towards the tent tont with Ith a IL question In them I E Evi Ei Evidently dently he wag as wondering how many travelers there were ere and an an found the tho thought a deterrent ono one one one- for though one he lifted 1 his gun and pointed It to the time sleeping man alan ho he 10 It again his eves ees turning to the tent anew After a period of ot Indecision the Intruder left heft the shadow of ot the tree and crept quietly down do-an n to the camp his gun still at the thc rend ready aid with Ith III his eyes fixed on the un- un un flu unconscious conscious Stane IIO Moving Ing very sery ery cau- cau cautiously cau cautiously ho reached the place where the canoe anoe wa waa Il beached and looked down into It A gleam of o satisfaction tion came camo Into his dark eyes as he ea saw w a IL small sack of ot beans reposing In tho the stern storn then again a 0 a covetous look 1001 came Into them theft as their gaze shifted to the stores store about the tho camp But these were very ery ery near the sleeping man and at the latter stirred In hi his sleep the halt breed half relinquished any thought of ot an- an acquiring ac acquiring quiring them Stealthily he lie con con- con conveyed eyed eyed the canoe down n to thea the isa- isa wa water ater ter s a edge e launched It and then sIth Ith a grin on QU his evil e 11 face tace 05 ns h gave gae a last look at the tho man In the blanket he ho paddled ot away A full quarters of ot an hour later Stane a awoke oke and ond kicking aside the blankets replenished the Ule tire and then went a little way up- up upstream upstream up upstream stream to bithe At the en end 1 ot of halt half an hour he returned His first glance o was a towards to the tho tent the I fl fly of ot which was still closed then I he looked around the tho camp and II a puzzled look came caine on his taco face Thereas There was as as something II a a little I lai al something not present which which- which I Great Scott The rhe canoe I i At a run he covered CO ered the tho space Letwen him nad nod the camp and as ashe ashe ashe he looked round and saw that most of ot the tho stores reposed where he ho had I placed them the previous pre night I I relief relict surged In his heart Thank heo en 1 1 Mr Jr Stane what Is la the lie matter I You look as If it something had stal- stal tied stai-tied tied ou OUt He swung round found Instantly Helen va was as standing at tho the tent dorr with Ith a smile on her hor taco face I I The The matter is serious enough lie he o quickly Some Bome ono one has hall stolen the tho canoe In the nights night's night Then we sic e are aro stranded asked the girl girt quickly In yes aa-yes a II yes he ho agreed But 1 Ito e are arc not in a desperate case We ho have haio 0 food tood I ha havo hae 0 my rifle and ond It will III be bo possible to make mako a raft and float down the river rl until wo we meet your uncles uncle's people And If it tho current took control Mr Jr Stane Please believe me when I 1 say I am om not but afraid afraid but I cannot 11 lp thinking of those falls tails ou mentioned Stane looked thoughtful There are risks of ot course he said The Tho alternative e to the tho rh riveris er erIs Is to tramp through the wood Then I vote ote for tor th e replied Helen with Ith a little laugh I ve so 0 had my full tun of ot drifting like a 0 fly caught In an edd eddy She said no more but taking the kettle walked down to the river humming to herself 0 a gay little Ho Ito 1 watched lien her go with a soft light gleaming In his hard hord blue es then ho he turned and began to busy himself w with Ith preparations for breakfast When hen the meal was finished he ho went ent through the stores and ond his p personal posse possessions lons We cant can't take tako them all he e- e o ex explained I I know my limit and pound pounds Is la na as much a as I 1 can carry along It if I am to el stead stead- stead ill II ill without too many rests rest We han ho ha hoe have e to cache a goodIsh bit You are arc forgetting me mo arent aren't ou ou asked the girl quietly rn Im fairly strong sou ou know But I think I must in Insist she he In- In Interrupted In Interrupted a 1 with Ith a smile You are doing all this tor for me and Quite apart from that I shall bo be glad to know what the trail I Is it like liko under real conditions Stane Stano argued further hut In vain aln and in tho the end cud the tho girl Irl had h her way and took the trail nith lIh nitha a pack of ot perhaps tl the five e and t twenty enty pounds pound partly made mado up ot of the clothes the she had chan changed ed Into after ho he rescue Continued In Our N Net Neit t Issue |