Show A MATING THE THC WILlS WILl'S ty W y NeIL rT BINH iM at-iM 1 J ot JS KS i B RM u f A K NE A BEGIN TODAY Hubert Stane discharged con con- con convict vict eaves the life lICe of Helen Hlen as 08 her bar canoe travel towards a dun don gerom waterfall Gerald time time one friend of ot StAne St ne Is ta In lovo love with Helen who Is la the piece niece ot of a governor of ot the tho Hudson Hudson Bay Boy com corn compan company pan panT pany The governor And nd Helen are ar ls ti- ti la- la of ot the com corn company at t 11 northern pout post Helen start to pany Stane and salk alk the trail trall to the BO I II neachea for while Ainley camp I Helen Gerald meets II a half breed balt forI I i who tells tell him that he has bs seen lid Hel Hol- Hol Holen liden Helen en and Slane Stano He accuses Ainley ot of shooting at Helen J her canoe conoe passes along the river OW GO ON WITH THE STORY Seating himself upon a a tall fallen 11 tree he scribbled a hasty huty note noto to Sit Sir James telling him that tha he had h d news of Helen and that he hoped very shortly to return to cam camp with her and having address address- addressed addressed addressed ed It g gave ve it to the breed halt There Thero Is no need for tor haste he heBald said I will reward you ou now and the tho great Ireat man n whose niece nieca the tho girl t i will reward 1 0 ou On further Curtner hen hen you take ake the news of her that Is In tho the letter Du But you oU II her ber not to talk tam I 1 1 say Dom acm DomIng ung Ing about what you YO saw up the tho river a 8 few tew da das dais back Sir James Is a 8 suspicious man and he might think that lou OU ou tired fired those shots un In In which case case- case He shrugged hi his shoulders then taking ta out a ten-dollar ten note handed it to the halt breed ees gleamed as aJI he lie took It Now he continued your canoe and come along to the rh er I 1 should e to see OU ou start Ill I'll carry our gun and that sack of ot yours He look the breed halt s a gun picked up the benne beana and In single Ingle tile file they marched through the wood back to where the Indian sat patiently waiting On their ap- ap appearAnce ap appearance he look round and as 00 n his eyes fell teU on the half breeds halt I face a momentary flash came Into them and then as It passed ho continued to look looh at the new com newcomer er cc curiously Ainley Aunley rapidly explained the sit sit- sit situation and the tho Indian listened 1 comment Ho He waited un- un until Until un until til the breed halt was vas actually afloat and out of earshot and then he ha spoke poke Bad man he said No No good Heern Heem liar I h have ve seen heem b- b fore b-fore tore fore Maybe an answered ered Ainley light lightly ly Iy So 0 much tile tie for better better or one thing But flut there no reason why he should lie about the matter and andI andI I think he was as as telling tho the truth about that meeting up meeting up the river We II 11 follow tho trail anyway and we will ill start at once Will Vill the portage or the tho rh er be the better way Portage said the Indian tol- tol fol following 10 lowing Ing the halt breed with his eyes Then Then S 'S we e had better get going e We Wee e no time to lose and y u needn't worry about that fellow ellow Ho He Hell 11 do what Ito o asked him for tor the sake cake of himself Ito IIo can ha hate haie e no reason for tor doing oth- oth oth otherwise e be But Dut In that as In his statement that the bred halt could have no reason tor for ling l Ainley we was mis- mis mistaken mis mistaken taken The stolen canoe was wae a avery avery avery very ample reason and so little Inclined was the tho thief to seek the of Sir Jamos James that when he reached a creek three thrle threemile miles mile or so ao up the river he deliberately deliberately stay turned aside and at his first camp he used s 's note to light his pipe losing what ha t was M left leeL or ort t t Into the tho tire fire without tho the least compunction Then as he ha smoked a look of ot malice came on his taco face CHAPTER IX Under the Greenwood Tree Slowly and with pungent taste ot of raw brandy In his hl mouth flu flu- Hu Hubert i bert Stane cam to himself The thing ho ha saw was waa Helen Heien Tar Yar- del Yar-del del dels s 's white face bending over him and the first sound he ho heard was wasI wasa wasa wasa I a cry of ot sobbing gladness Oh cried the girl eirl You must lie still Mr Stane I am ant afraid ou QU are aro rather badly hurt Indeed I thought you were ere killed I am going to do what I can tor for ou ou now that I know that iou ou are not You Your leg Is it broken I think and you hav have other injuries but that Is i most serious and I must manage to Bet act It It somehow To set Mt it- it It he ho began bean and broke of off f Yes I am afraid I shall t nt prove a very efficient surgeon but butI butI I is will ill III do my best I hold the St StJohn's StJohn's Johns John's medal so you might be worse oft off she ehe said v v Ith Itha itha a wan am smile lie Without lt more ado she the departed taking with Ith her an ax oX and ond present present- presently presently ly Iy th through rough the stillness of ot th tb the for for- for forest est eat there reached him the sound Bound of oC chopping Lying as a ho he was wa on the flat of ot his back hack ho he couldn't see seethe seethe seethe the leg log and desiring to do so eo o he made a great effort and sat up As Aa he did so 80 he groaned heavilY and fainted H He I-fe Wa was wal still unconscious clou when the girl returned and after one Quick look of ot alarm she nodded to herselt a taint she whIspered d It is just as well With a knife she Bho ripped the breeches leg lell right up the tho seam then with the aid of ot moss and a blanket together with Ith the rough splints she had cut s sie she e ma made e to set ut the broken Ie leg At last she sho gave a cob of relief reller and nd stood Blood up to survey her handl- handl a 01 oik k The splicing and the tIle bind bInd- bIndIng binding ing hg looked terribly rough but she sheWa wu Wa confident that the fractured ends of bone were In position and rt N iI I r With the rough h nbc hc mado shUt shift to set get Ida hill 1 1 broken Ie- Ie Ie In any ca case ca e she Rho had done her best After Acter that she busied herself with building a 0 tire fire and after acter heat hut hutIng heating ing hg water washed nashed the wound on Planes Stane's forehead and carefully ex- ex examined ex examined him for tor other In injuries juries Cutting a quantity ot of young boughs boughs pruce sh she fashioned them Into a bed bd close beside where he helay helay helay lay and filled tilled all 1111 the tho Ith springy moss mosi laying 0 o ei el all alla alla alla a blanket That done she turned once more to Stano Stane to find hint him nith Ith e ces es wide aide open watching her The Tho ordeal of ot getting Stano to tobed tobed tobed bed was certainly a 0 pain painful Cui one but by no means so ao difficult as S the girl had anticipated Making II a asling asling sling out of the pack ropes Helen held the injured leg clear of the ground Stane using hi arms and his hla other leg managed to lift lItt himself elf backward on to his couch Sta Stane ne was wag too done up to eat much but he ho swallowed a fair Quantity of ot coffee cortee whilst the theo girl forced herself to eat fOat having ai- ai aready al already ready realized that the welfare ot of both of ot them Iem for tor the time being depended upon her and upon her strength When the meal was as ended end- end herI I od ed she found his pipe charged It ItI for tor him and procured him a 0 light I and with a IL murmur ot of o thanks Stane began to smoke amok I thought I was done tor for he said as he towards the tho tan tan- tangled tan tangled trunks I slipped sUpped and plunged plunged plunged ed right Into a II sort of o cre a se didn't I I Yes Yea ans answered ered Helen quietly It was a little time before I could you There was as a kind of den made by crossed trunks and you had slipped clipped between them into it it t If How did you manage to get me out ho lie a asked ked his eyes eye on the amazIng Jumble of ot trunks and branches brancha Well ell nas stas the reply given with a little laugh lauch as ag I told yoU this morning I am fairly strong trong But it was a hard task for all that I had to cut away quite quito a 0 num nuns number number ber of Interlacing branches and hoist you out of ot the crevasse with Ith the pack ropes then slide ou down the deadfall as heat but I could When I got IOU sou ou to the ground around round I went through your puck pock and found the tho brandy which I S saw W you place there this thie morning The rest ou know kno- Stane Stone looked at her with eyes that glowed with admiration You make It a n little thing he said ld gratefully but but I 1 know what It means You halo hao hat e SP SPed sa ed my life lite MIss The girl flushed crimson on and then laughed a 0 little to hide her embarrassment Oh Ob a as to that that- that wo we are quit quits Mr Stane Ho lie looked at her and noticed for the first tint time that he he- he blouse as isa badly torn Half Halt of ot one ono alcove was as ripped a away ay and there was II a along along long tear through which he caught the gleam of o a 0 white shoulder Her skirt he sawas saw was as in no better beller case She caught his glance and laughed I m a 0 perfect Cinderella It will III take me mc hours to sew up these rents Do io ou think it i is la worth while he aske asked w Ith ith a faint smile Im not much uch of n a tailor mi self and andI I sho should ld look t Lt that Job as west wait waited ed effort But what else can I 1 do 40 she ahe demanded I cant can't get In a ft taxi and rundown to Bond Street on II a shopping expedition No lie he answered slowly but you might lok In the pack you car car- carried tied ried today There s a a 0 habit there that 1 is better suited to the woods than the one you have Dh that his hili hl advice would a be accepted he turned to a fresh tresh subject Where are you going to sleep 7 You ought not to have given me the tent She waved a hand airily Out Out There isn t much room here Like R n L S sleeping out with his donkey I 1 shall discover a 0 new pleasure for tor myself i I I am afraid lou OU ou will find It itan Itan an e exaggerated pleasure Hi Tar Yar dely Then it will be strictly for tor one night onh on she said Ton Tomorrow I shall build a schack ot of o bough and bark like one I 1 watched an in- in indian In Indian dian dlan bull building down on the Peace river The girl went outsIde and after sitting for tor quite a long time look look- look look-ingin ingIn the fire tire retired to the couch couchot ot of spruce which bloh she sho had hod prepared for tor herself and almost instantly tell fell asleep Four afterwards she awak awak- awakened ened sned suddenly and looked around her A t lo oay y glow through the trees proclaimed the dawn The forest fore was WIlS wonderfully lUll till and there seemed no reason whatever for tor the sudden awakening Then Tim a stream of meaningless babble came through the wall of the tent She eat Bat up Instantly and listened Plainly the tho patient wu was and the sound found of ot his de do- do de babble babbit must have broken through her sleep Three minutes later the she was waa the tent tont her brow puckered with Ith anxiety Steno Stano lay thero there with flushed face wide-open wide eyes eos that glittered with ate a fe rl h light For the mo- mo moment moment mo moment ment he ho was wag quiet t but whilst the she still till stood tood wondering what she do the tho broke out again a B mere babble of words with out meaning some English some ome Indian In which she tho only two that for tor or her had any sig- sig significance lg One wa we Gerald Aunley Ainley's name an and tho the other the namo of the tho beautiful Indian girl whom horn she he had seen talking talking- with Ith the sick Bick man down dow at Fort Malcun Continued 1 In text hand Isue me |