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Show In the Forest. DT LOUIS T. WEADOCK. (Copyright. HOI. by Dllr Htory Pub. Co) Phil Paquette, woodsman, never loved any girl until he mw Annette, the brown-eyed daughter of tht boss of tho Michigan I urn bur camp la which ho and a hundred others worked all winter. ' Ha cam upon ber In a clearing oaa day where ah wa spreading a fcsst of (ralo beture a floe of birds. Mlh bar waa Hummond, Ilia only mm la the world that raquotte bad tlma enough to hate. f Hammond waa tall and fal -and per fectly familiar with the Eugllsh language. lan-guage. Phil waa bis. vtth broad ahouldera and clear eyes, and to tha strong man'a contempt of tha weak ba added tha bate of a. aan who thinks kt abould bava "tha' something thai another haa. 80 ha stood with folded arma and watched the girl's tnugly fitting jacket brush cloae to Hommoiid's arm and saw herlaugh Into llamniond'l face, and beVowed that ha would save tha .rV from Hammond. Paquette bad - - ' " let Into hla wild brain the Idea that tba girl waa as far above the assistant boss of tha camp as the stars are above tha Baglnaw river, by whom banks ho and the real labored. 80 ho wutchcd Hammond. Ham-mond. He aaw that the girl talked to him Often and carelessly he listened once er twice. The talk was about booka of which he had heard but dimly, and of pluys of which until then be bad . never heard at all. One day he said to Annette's father: "I'll want to go to town today." Ha wanted to tell blm hla orraud. but refrained. In his pocket he had the savings of tha winter, and he meant to spead It In books that he, too, might read and ba .worthy of talking to the boss" daughter. daugh-ter. But he had never bought booka before and ha had ofton bought whisky. whis-ky. Bo to get courage enough to go Into a shop and aak fur a book he spent some of hla money for drink. Then ba postponed buying the booka for an hour or two and drank more. Ha went Into a gambling place that IBS With her waa Hammond, ke knew. He wanted to aee, he told himself, If any of his friends were there, but be knew that the truth waa that ba wanted to play long enough to Increase his saving till he was able to buy the girl a Hoe gown ba bad seen la a window down ue elreet He did not Intend to give It to her himself. He meant to allp It Into the house and aak one of the woman to put It In her room and abe would come In and find It and not know who had sent It Then lie could look at bar when she wore It and say to himself thst she was wear-log wear-log aomethlng that he had given ner and then be knew that In hla mind be I would feel much superior to Hammond, who had never giver Annette any-tr'ng. any-tr'ng. He found no friends In the gambling place, but he stayed and put his money on the roulette wheel and In exactly twenty minutes ne bad only enough left to buy a very little book. When he walked out Into the frosty air and saw the slelgba cut through the snow his mind cleared Itself of the fumes of ml-1 "1 am lookln" for Mr. Hammond.'' tha drink and his conscience reproached re-proached him. "If she knew what an unworthy man I am." he aald to himself blttorly. "she would not care If 1 never bought a book." He purchased a copy In English of Montaigne, that poet of whom he remembered re-membered that bli father In France hud often spoken, and all the way to the camp be tried 10 read by the un-atrady un-atrady kerosene lamp In tha smoking car. He looked about fur Annette as aoon aa he reached tha camp, but she had gone to town, they told him. Then he looked to see If Hammond waa about Aa ba expected. Hammond waa In town also. Ha flung the book Into the anow and It lay there an hour before be went for It Every night after that he read the book or asked the men who knew English Eng-lish to holp him. ftrery day he looked at Annette and aaw that the air of the pine forests waa making ber more beautiful and that Hammond clung closer to ber than ever. One night when the stars were brighter than usual he lay out near the river bank and hugged himself for joy. He had learned the meaning of every word In that book of essays. He could pronounce most of them and there were a great many ba could spell In English off hand. Surely, he thought, Annette waa closer to blm than aha ever had been. Besides he bad not gone to town since that day he had lost hi chance to buy Annette a dress and he had aavsd hla money till ha bad much more than ba bad on that nay. "Not only," he aald proudly, "can 1 buy more booka but I can buy a gown better than the first and I can buy new Jackets for myself and new ahoea to wear nights when I come out of the woods and when aha may aee me." The crunch of footsteps on the anow close to him brought him to his feet A woman In ragged clothing and with llpa almoat blue reached out ber band to blm, then tumbled at his feet "Who can you be?" he asked. "Yon do not belong here. No, I never aaw you before. How have you come all the wiles from the townf" She could sot speak and he poured whisky down her throat. Bhe revived a little. "I am looking for Mr. Hammond," she aald. "They told me In the town that he woikid out here. 1 am bli 1 wlV Here Is my ring lie left yenr uco and told me never to foll'e Mm. hut I lore him and have come t nk If he will not tome gark to Hv Willi me " "Ilummnpd!" Pnquetto sniffed; Iliiinini.nii:" 8:1. VII hack a If he had struct ber. "He Ik my husband " she said pro.ua-ly. pro.ua-ly. "I love him." Then was I'a'ioclto confronted wltl the opportunity of his lite. He knee that In bring the poor, tired woman to the bright room In which llnuimonj was sitting Willi Annette was to cr"b Hammond and to save Annette. Bui what if Annette should love Hammond? Ham-mond? It would break her heart to see this woman claim him. The woodaiiinii took otT hla cap nl ran his finR. rs through his curly hair. "Hammond,' he said, ns If trying to think, "Hammond. I am sorry, but there Is no me hero by that name. I am snro. Put you havo come too far and ynu an tlre.i. Take my flack anj this money, ami I'll go with you to tht railroad station." During the walk he told her that stte might llud Hammond some place In town anil the money he gave her more than she hnd seen In months. When the rear lights of the train were swallowed up In the shadowi toward town Paqiiettv, walked slowly back to camp. As ho passed the lighted light-ed windows of the front room b looked In shamefacedly. Annette with, flushed cheeks was tnlklng to Hammond Ham-mond and her hand waa In hla. Paquette awore under hla breath and then walked fast to the river bank. He flung hla precious copy , of Mon-talgns Mon-talgns fur out Into the black river and. then turned hnrk to hla cabin. "Annette loves him," be aald doggedly. dog-gedly. "I did right" |