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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS. JUNCTION, UTAH Ing the wont almost black for her. She could neither struggle nor cry out. She felt the hot passion of his lips on her face, heard his voice and then came a moment's freedom, and air Into her strangled lungs. Pierrot was calling He had come to the fork in the trail, and he was calling the Willows name I McTaggarts hot hand came over her mouth. "Dont answer. she heard him say. Strength anger hatred flared up in her, and fiercely she struck the hand down. Something in her wonderful eyes held McTaggart. They blazed Into his very soul. "Bete noir!" she panted at him, freeing herself from the lust touch of his hands. "Beast black beast ! Her voice trembled, and her face flamed. "See I cume to show you my pool and tell you whut you wantto hear and you you have ed crushed me like a beast like a great rock See ! down there It Is my I 1 OF KAZAN V.SQN by JAMES OLIVER CURVOOD, conmcHT by pomfMYPKr t q.a TVNU Service Chapter VII Continued 12 On the floor of the cabin Nepeese dropped on her knees and finished un- the blanket. She was not She had forgotten And then, as Baree McTaggart. rolled In a limp heap on the floor, she saw his eyes and the dry blood on his Jaws, and the light left her face as swiftly as the sun Is shadowed by a cloud. "Baree," she cried softly. "Baree wrapping afraid of Baree. half-close- Baree! The voice of the Willow thrilled Baree. It seemed to stir the sluggish blood In his veins, and he opened his eyes wider and saw again the wonderful stars that had glowed at him so softly the day of Wakayooo's death. One of the Willow's long braids fell over her shoulder, and he smelled gain the sweet scent of her hair as her hand caressed him and her voice talked to him. Then she got up suddenly and left him, and he did not move while he waited for her. In a moment she was back with a basin of water and a cloth. Gently she washed the blood from his eyes and mouth. And still Baree made no move. He scarcely breathed. But Nepeese saw the little quivers that shot through Ills body when her hand touched him, like electric shocks. He bent you with a club," she was saying, her dark eyes within a foot of Baree8. "He beat you ! That mnn-bea- set, but Ids eyes flared up with plena ure when he saw her. She knew what It was about. The Factor front Lac Bain had been demanding his answer of Pierrot, and Pierrot had been telling him what she had insisted upon tliut he must come to her. And he was coming! She turned with a quick beating of the heart and hurried down a little path. She heard McTaggarts footsteps behind her, and threw the flash of a smile over her shoulder. But her teeth were set tight. The nails of her Angers were cutting Into the palms of her hands. Pierrot stood without moving. He watched them as they disappeared Into the edge of the forest, Nepeese still ahead of McTaggart. Out of bis breast rose a sharp breath. "Par les mllle cornes du (liable 1" he swore softly. "Is It possible that she smiles from her heart at that beast? Non! It Is Impossible. And yet If It Is so One of his brown hands tightened convulsively about the handle of the knife In his belt, and slowly he began to follow them. McTaggart did not hurry to overtake Nepeese. She was following the narrow path deeper Into the forest, and he was glad of tliut. They would be alone away from Pierrot. He was satisfied to let her go on. When she !" There came an Interruption. The t door opened, and the stood looking down on them, a grin on his red face. Instantly Huroe showed that he was alive. He sprang back from under the Willows hand with a sudden snarl and fuced McTaggart. The hair of his spine stood up like a brush ; his fangs gleamed menacingly. "There Is a devil In him," said Mclie la wild born of the Taggart. wolf. You must be careful or he will take off a hand, ka sakahet I" It was the first time he hnd called her that lovers name In Oree sweetheart! Her heart pounded. She bent her head for a moment over her clenched hands, tnd McTaggart looking down on what he thought was her confusion laid his hand caressingly on her ha!r. From the door lierrot had heard the word, and now he saw the caress, and he raised a hand as If to shut out the sight of a sacrilege. "Mon Bleu I" he breathed. In the next Instant he had given a sharp cry of wonder that mingled with a sudden yell of pain from McTaggart. Like a flash Baree had darted across the floor and fastened his teeth In the Factors leg. They had bitten deep before McTuggart freed lilmself with a powerful kick. With an oath he snatched his revolver from Its holster. The Willow was ahead of 1dm. With a little cry she darted to Baree and caught him in her arms. As she looked up at McTaggart, her soft, bare throat was within a few Inches of Baree's naked fangs. Her eyes blazed You beat him I" she cried. lie hates you -- hates you "I.et 1dm go!" called 1ierrot in an Mon Dieu ! 1 say agony of fear. let him go or he wi,ll tear the life from man-beas- "Bete Noirl Bet Noir!" turned from the narrow trull Into a side path that scarcely bore the mark of travel, his heart gave an exultant jump. If she kept on, he would very soon have her alone a good distance from the cabin. The blood ran hot In 1 "I will Join you soon, mon pere you and Msieu the Factor from Lac Bain! There were undeniable little devils In her eyes, McTaggart thought little devils laughing full at him as she poke, setting his brain afire and his blood to running wildly. Those eyes full of dancing witches! How he would tame them and play with them on now. He followed Piervery rot outside. In his exultation he no longer felt the smart of Barees teeth. "I will show you my new cariole that 1 have made for winter, msieu." said Pierrot a the door dosed behind them. Half an hour later Nepeese came out at the cabin. McTaggarts jaws were o Along the Concrete pool I" She had not planned It like this. She had Intended to be smiling, even laughing, In this moment. But McTaggart had spoiled them her carefully made plans! And yet, us she pointed, the Factor from Lac Bain looked for an Instant over the edge of the chasm. And then she laughed as she gave him a sudden Bhove from behind. "And that Is my answer, M'sieu le Facteur from Lac Bain!" she cried tauntingly as he plunged headlong Into the deep pool between the rock walls. From the edge of the open Pierrot saw what had happened, and he gave a great gasp. lie drew back among the balsams. This was not a moment for him to show himself. While his heart drummed like a hammer, his face was filled with Joy. On her hands and knees the Willow was peering over the edge. Bush McHe had Taggart had disappeared. gone down like the great clod he was; the water of her pool had closed over him with a dull splush that was like a chuckle of triumph. He appeared now, beating out with his arms and legs to keep himself afloat, while the Willow's voice came to him In taunting cries. Bete noir! Bete nolrl Beast! Beast She flung small sticks and tufts of earth down at him fiercely ; and McTaggart. looking up as he gained his equilibrium, saw her leaning so far over that she seemed about to fall. Her long brnids hung down into the chasm, gleaming In the sun; her eyes were laughing while her lips taunted him; he could see the flush of her white toeth. "Beast I Beastj" He began swimming, still looking up at her. It was a hundred yards down the current to the beach of shale where he could rlimh out, and a half of that distance she followed bint, laughing und tiiuntiag him, and flingHe ing down sticks und pebbles. noted that none of the sticks or stones was large enough to hurt him. When at last his feet touched bottom, she was gone. Swiftly Nepeese ran hnck over the trail, and almost Into Pierrots arms. She was panting and laughing when for a moment she stopped. "I have given him the answer, Noot-awe- ! He is in the pool I Into the balsams she disappeared like a bird. Pierrot made no effort to stop her or to follow. Tonnerre de Dleu!" he chuckled and cut straight across for the other k THE FEATHERHEADS An Informatory Bid maybe and mister MISSUS CftlS8E like To plaV BRiOGE, tPA ttCf would slow-goin- Ids face. He did not speak to her, through fear that she would stop. Ahead of them lie heard the rumble of water. It was the creek running through the chasm. Nepeese was making straight for that sound. With a little laugh she startl'd to run, and when she stood at the edge of the chasm, McTaggart was fully fifty yards behind her. Twenty feet sheer down there was a deep pool between the rock walls, a pool so you ! It was like blue ink. She deep "lie hates you hates you hates turnedthat to face from Lac the Factor was Willow. over the you repeating laid never looked more like and over again into McTaggarts star- Bain, lie to her. I'nti. this moment tled face. Then suddenly she turned to a red beast been had she unafraid. But now In her father. "No, he will not tear the lie terrified her. Before life from me," she cried. "See! It Is Ba- an Instant ree. Did 1 not tell you that? It Is she could speak what she had planned Baree Is it not proof that he de- to say. he was at her side, and had taken her face between his two gsoat fended me Ills coarse fingers twining In "From me! gasped McTaggart, Ids hands. silken strands of her thick braids the face darkening. fell over her shoulders at where they Iierrot advanced and laid a hand on McTaggarts arm. He was smiling. the neek. "Ka sakahet 1" he cried passionately. "Let us leave them to fight it out between themselves, m'sieu, he said. "Pierrot said you would have an answer for uie. But I need no answer "They are two little firebrands, and now. You are mine! Mine! we are not safe. If she is bitten She gave a cry. It was a gasping, He shrugged his shoulders. A great load had been lifted from them sud broken cry. IBs arms were about lier denly. His voice was soft and per- like bands of iron, crushing her slen- suasive. And now the anger had gone der body, shutting off lier breath, turuout of the Willows face. A coquettish uplift of her eyes caught McTaggart, and she looked straight at him, half smiling, as she spoke to her fa- ther : 0 trail. Nepeese was out of breath when she reached the cabin. Baree, fastened to a table-le- g by a babiche thong, Jieard tier pause for a moment at the door. Then she entered and came straight to him. During the half-hou- r of her absence I.aree lmd scarcely moved. , That and the few minutes that had preceded It, bad made tremendous Impressions upon him. Nature. heredity, and instinct were at work, clashing and readjusting, Ini- pinging on him a new Intelligence the beginning of a new understanding A swift and savage impulse hnd made him leap at Bush McTaggart when tin Factor put ids hand on the Willows head, it was not reason. It was tin dog and woman. And here again it was the woman. She had called to the great hidden passion that was in Baree and that had come to him from Kazan. Of all the living things in the world, lie knew that he must not hurt this crea- ture-tba- t appeared to him through the door. He trembled as she knelt be- fore 1dm again, and up through the years came the wild and glorious surge of Kazans blood, overwhelming the wolf, submerging the savagery of his birth and with his head flat on the floor he whined softly, and wagged his tail. Nepeese gave a cry of Joy. half-hour- (TO BE CONTINUED.) Small Insects Not Named by Scientists Some tiny Insects are never seen except in winter and so little known that they have no popular name. Scientists call them Borcus, and they leap on the snow like miuiature black What they eat aud grasshoppers. how they live has not yet been discovered. The crane flies, better known, perhaps, as daddy longlegs, with their narrow wings and dangling, awkward legs, are strictly summer Insects. But they have a small and poor relation without any wings at alt and only moderately long legs, which enjoys itself in the very coldest kind of winter across the weather and goes snow with the thermometer below zero i By far the largest numbeij of snow insects belong to an insect divisioq known as "sprlngtalls. familiarly Some 900 different kinds of spring tails have been recorded. They are found all over the globe from the Arc-ti- c to the Antarctic. Nature Maga zlue. Wonders of World The seven wonders of the anclenl world were the pyramids of Egypt, the hanging gardens of Babylon, the tem pie of Diana at Ephesus, the staiue of Jupiter in Greece, the tomb -Mnusolus at Halicarnassus, the pharos at Alexander and the colossus o K bodes MICKIE, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL Sounds Plausible If MUST BE RPMEMBEREP THAT "ALU WORK AMD WO PLAY MAKES JACK A OUU- - BOY'' AMD TVAATS OP COURSE j ' ' J tjliW", ' '7 |