| Show A MATING iN HE ty W o rr r i lm y s J I TItI 1 20 LR tI A C A ME A BEGIN HERE Y TODI I Hubert Stone Stane discharged convict goes so s to the rescue of Helen when her canoe drifts Into dan dan- am s gero water waters Stane volunteers to return return- Helen to the tha camp near neara neara I a northern n post of ot the tho Hudson Ba Bay company where she eho la is staying with her uncle a governor of the tho com corn comI company company pany They start to walk tho the trail I I hut but are forced to flee on a raft from It a i forest fire tire They find a i deserted cabin and take looper Anderton of the N W WM Wr WM M r V P 1 stops a at the cabin on his a nay to visit a nea nearby rby Indian camp After Anderton leaves the cabin Is la by Indians Indiana NOW GO ON rim nin STORY STOnY Iho flight of ot s arroes howe cr contInued for tor n a time then that which Static Stane had be- be begun be begun gun to fear tear The space of the nin- nin emlow low lov sll grew crew outlined by b- fi a plow low outside and the nest nett three armfuls ot 01 le material wore were ero hewed In at a the window 1 Stane fired tired tWice the operation but he hit or not he did not know One of time tt burnIng bundles fell In the bunt hun which was Boon soon ablaze and the cabin began beg to fill till 1 with aith Ith smoke At tho the tame same tUne tho the besieged be- be camo bc-camo cani a naro aw ore are of a n fierce o and the outlook in the co nou no lake a was illumined by a 10 growing glow Stane under under- under stool stool the thc meaning bt bf the phenomenon phenomenon phenomenon non fit M once and looked at the theS-lr theS sir gli- gli llev ll e are tr Ing to burn 10 domn n the cabin he said I am afraId It Is a n choice cholo of evil evils evilo Miss We 0 cruet eIther cither stay tny here Iere and ond die dlo ot of suffocation or fire or face the music Then let It us ua go so outside answer answer- answered answered ed the resolutely I I do o not believe they l Bill injure you I belie to that they have or- or orders orders or orders ders to the contrary but but- but Hid IMd tell iou ou au so Y Ye YM You are aro to be taken alf alle all but I am sin to die according to the as arranged Oh nol no no she sho cried In sud- sud ran Bud Nn eon anguish You must not dIe You m mt lct t You must lise Hiell e I do not Dot want ant you to die 1 aimed n ne e for tor a a 0 moment bo on hImself he stretched a hand to- to to cards ards her Sly My y dear he stammered M 1 dear dear- Oh iou ou know that I am that she cried I I hmo hao known n It for tor months She Sho made rade a little that i rought her closer to him and to thet the surging Impulse In hi hii heart hart he threw th ew an arm armound round her lIeI Ho stooped and led Idl kl cd her andT anda and a sob came clime from her A little tongue of flame was as aa through the tho joining of ot the loge log at one ono end of ot the cabin and the logs Ics where the bunk had been nere ere beginning to crackle and hiss ominously Ho left her Bide side tor for a and returned with her hilI furs Curs You must put ut them on he saId or r 1011 will MIll freeze outside He lIe himself had haa slipped on him fure furs and 1 when lien hen h he had helped her Into hers 1018 ho took his hl rifle and ond towards tol the pistol whIch she still dill held You Ym need not use use outside outside he ld 5 Keep It tt for tor for for eventual eventual- ties eventual ties Ies You understand I L 1 understand she answered almlY knowing that In the last resource she was M to do what hat many of her bel race had done be- be betor betot be tot tor he be hf I I will go first he said ald And ou mut wait walt a n full minute before I shall try and make tor tha woods at the back bock and if Ret get dar clear cl ar you ou shall hall follow me me- me meton understand ton 1011 He lie down the bar threw threw threw-Iho LIme door doot doo open suddenly and plunged ed d l e A sell ell elI greeted his emer emer- emerence emergence gence renco ence and ho he was asaro of oC a small I Ioup or of o men mn standing a little nay ny Ih lh cabin As he ran lIIn ho he fired t them from tb hip and turned to the th left Then two mon men PI ared suddenly from behind the theIre's treeS Ires to bar his I way a ay so 80 ti-at ti he lie had not time to fire the therlO rifle before one ono of them him The fell tell from Ills his hand and for tor a 0 moment the they the struggled then hll t tho ho second man was still lUll running a shadowy figure slipped lIpped from rom behind a n broad trunk to where the two men were d ere locked 1 together and Stane Slane caught the lu gleam eleain of a knife as the light from the tire fire glinted upon It Ho tb was nas unable to help leh hImself and hd In hi his antagonists antagonist's arms he al d for tor the Impending stroke T lee ICe tho knife descended and hi grIp suddenly slackened lad and tho the man slowly ly to the ground Time The running man lad had ladnow now re reich ch the tho scene of at struggle Ito Ho carried tarried a 0 hatchet In his hl hand and he ho truck k first at nt the tho n none one who ho had killed his companion and the unknown one went ent down don like 1110 n a a log IOK Before DeCore Stane had to- to reco rc-co rc co cJ itil 1 from his surprise the tho ax a awas was all raised again lie leap d at atthe atthe the m n m-n n just juat as I the ax d An inter ening bough turned the tho t ts the ax II no that It caught th the tho side of or hit his head bead knock knock- knocking ing leg him As Aa he ClI to the ground und tho Indian raised the DOC DC more Before DeCore the tho blow could fall a 0 rifle cracked In the Iho wood behind him and tho attacker leap 1 n a n the air all and pitched foi ward upon Ills his face CHAJ CHAPTER TER X A Dead Girl Alt All Dat By gar Bar but I It win Ill New Jerusalem for tor you dis youdia time I 1 Iho ho hI words worda penetrated Stane's consciousness 0 as he opened hut eye eyes and were followed by others ho he obeyed In l pi I II Wj I I II V t I Iw w I IFo I Fo For Fot a moment th they Il struggled Tak Talc drink Zee Zoe whisk Hel ak ake s iou ou proper He lie Gulped from the tin was nas held to his ups lips nn coughed as na the raw rv potent burned his throat Then he be sal aup up tad end looked at the man who him Who ho ho v who ho are you oU Z hE i 1 weakly i eakly I I nm am Jean Bernard 1 I come u loIs 1111 an hear shots an I seEm am rn m cabin bin blaze bitze like e hell heU I ver badly body wrong on an turi to zee zoo wooda Den I see eo eo yoi rush out ut an- an anI an I hear you shoot si al aou au run I see dat big biff man gle gie with you I see him keeled b wh who wll go down ausel and ond when zeo eo man with zee ax omit for you ou I begin to shoot I am It II zoo zee wood an see lee they do nol see eee me an I pick off oft un tin deux trois Tey ney are dere dera still after de others grow afraid an run hiki Ilk caribou Ih zee ace wol es at ot der reels It ees fine sport an I as dy doy d y run an presently I am led olon ahon I I shovel snow wit a a snow shoo on my burning cabin for tor 10 lose 0 let pI pUite cabin like a child an den dell JUnk I link tink I take a a look at you You not dead doad ao so I pour hot bot I ky In your our mouth an ou from zoo zeo happy huntin grounds Der Deri you iou have roe whole bole narrative But Helen cried diane Blanc look look- looking In ing round Where Where I Jean JOan looked at Stan 1 all as a It If hE h doubted lila his sanity and Stano teas reas reassured him lum 0 I ha base ha e not gon goni mad toad Bernad Berna There was a a whit girl firl with writh me in lour our cabin Mist lIsl You must ha e heard heard- heardIe heard Mee Ie 3 Yard el i She dhe tI eec here cried Vie the trapper In excite excitement ment mont Shi Sh gh i wis v-ts here corrected S Stane lne I 1 think she has hoa been carried oft off We must t mu t follow ow Oui I understand Dim Dh Dl girl Birl Bh i eta ee mooch to iou ou She Is all the world to me D i Dr D we WO So RO o m leu But firs wo I teel tee l aan nan rest zee zeo dogs doga We Ve tray trav travel el after ous ous us 1 J I will a 11 meal Jneal make an your head It nih will reco eco er or den we travel el Ilk gee wind The Tho made mode his way Into the smoldering hut hut and began to busy himself with preparations hist Stane Slane looked round again The darkness and the figures urea I Ing IngIn In the snow Ira gao sa 0 the tho scene an indescribable air nil nt of desolation and for a moment ho he stood without mo then as something occur occur- occurred occurred red to 10 him he began egan to walk to- to to toward ward ard i 1 the th place where he had been struck down lown Three figures 10 lay them huddled grotesquely In now ind to one of ot them ho he owed Jl lila life liCe Which of them was wall It Tv ran 0 of tho the dead lay with theIr race In the snow now but th th th-s thIrd as aa on Its back fare tare up rd to the Iho sky ski sk He lie stood and looked Into the tho face It was nas that of the tho man hom he lie had hid grappled and who had been ben struck down do don n wit the knife that he ho hod had expected 1 to himself He lIe looked at the theother theother other two An ala a a alay la lay close cloe to lo the hand o of It t one and he had no doubt that that one ono a was the tho man who would liale e slain him The third one was WI his Bailor lie He looked again and a as he noted the dresa dress a cold fear tear gripped his hits heart tor for It sas as lie inc dress of ot a woman He lie fell feU fellon on his knees knoes and turned the body 0 ocr er then ho he bent over the face tace As lie lio did so he le started back and anda anda n a cry came from his lips The cry Cl brought Jean Joan Bernard from the he hut at a run What hat eel ces It 7 he ha asked as ho he reached Stane Stan who ho knelt there 48 19 It If turned to stone S It IJ ii j a dead girl g answered Mann flann a a girl who gae KM gU e her lit for tor mine wine prostrate Tho The trapper bent over OYer the pro pros form torm then he also cl d out Y K I did not know It wag mas che the She he E he killed one of them with lIh her knife and she was slain by tho other Jiom burn 1 I keel im 1 with Ith the For 1 a moment Jean Jenn Bernard Mid sl no more but when hen he again ln thre thero was S choking sound Bound In n his Ico I am glad I keel dat dot oH cot I hat list not done no so I toll follow ow heern heem tee yee world orld till It ils don done P like a sob check check- checked ed d d him utterance Ah m leu I Ilove Ilove love lit girl g I U say to myself m elt s If all zoo zee wa way from Good lop Hop Hope dat dot I weal weel her nurry tn an ln I hat the price Z t pa pay her ier t er fadEr on zee sledge Ho lie dr dropped suddenly In the and 1 bent over the face tace In us It frozen beauty sobbing as LS only a strong man can enn lie He bent lower on an t kissed the Iho Ice cold lips whilst hll t stahe Staggered to lila hll feet fet and nd moved away I lb 11 Ho OJ hogan to walk to and fro tro ely cly fighting the cold v all Ills his mind absorbed in MIko Mieko Ml ko deeds deed's little tragedy but pres presently th the thought of oC Helen Heln came carn to him end In lic walked quickly to where Jean Denard Still 1111 knelt In the snow w Jean Benard he Laid ald quietly there is 18 v work ork to door do or Benat d to rosa oso so slowly to his hlo hi feet tet and In lime tho little light reflected from the tho snow Stano Stane 1 lead ead the grief of II th the mans man's heart beart In his face Continued lit fai bOur Our Next Issue |
