Show he ans 0 t abrano by es oliver I 1 mu A 9 THE STORY CHAPTER I 1 with hla his Eri english glish wife catherine and alvelva year old ald son jekins Je jee eins 1 us genrl delain french lr ench settle in c canada anada in 1749 cultivates a fertile farm adjacent to the eu beurle rie As the story opens the bulala fa amaly mily Is 0 on n I 1 its is way home from a visit to the Ton Tont teura eurs catherines wandering wander irig brother insets ineeta them CHAPTER U 11 fleps hepsibah ibah au as ts is hit custom Lu has brought presents tor for hl hii ulster sister and tier her family to jeems h gives a splendid piece of 0 crimson vel vt vet laughingly telling the boy it to tt tr be 19 a present fj froni oni jeems to Tont eur small daughter of the eel bel agn ur M e Ps bah also gi elves ves jeems it n pistol to bidding bedd him I 1 perfect himself in an h or the people of tb thi fro rit are r constantly antly in fear of raid by indian war ta parties pa artles allies of tb clr l CHAPTER III continued he forgot paul haul tache spots of red came into hla his cheeks as surprised eyes greeted him she almost smiled and as if something made her forgetful of her magnificence and the dignity it imposed she extended her hand band to receive the package the marner in which she accepted his sift gift sent the blood racing through his body the color deepened in her cheeks and mis mistaking taking this for still 9 reater greater evidence of the pleasurable thrill he had and given her jeems was sure she was about to thank him for his gift when paul stood beside them ignoring jeems cousin led tier her away politely relieving her of the package as they went it was then tobnette Tol nette turned to smile at jeems in spite of the eyes slip she knew were watching her in this same moment her csc escort rt allowed the package to drop surreptitiously from his hand this act inspired by a contempt for the forest foiest hoy boy and urged by a inea meanness of spirit hidden under a dis dl play of wealth and fine alne clothes swept jeems thought from tobnette Tol nette whose lne nearness arness of person surprising beauty and sweetness of ciN position had nt nl most made him for forget et his one reason for being at sole tills this weakness in the armr of bf his Intent intentions lors was sealed scaled when tie he F paw faw aw his present fall to the ground tobnette Tol nette became instantly immaterial in the path of a storm of emotion which caught and held him nerrell ner rely reely he saw only one person where there were two and that one was paul tache in a brain white with heat and in eyes eves blinded to the of ull oil living forms except that althe of the youth who had darkened his mind with bitterness tobnette Tol nette ceased to exist for him and when he be sprang fo forward rivard to recover the bundle it was not with the thought that lie be was rescuing it for her but that it was to be his reason for glorious war when the moment was at hand band for him to hurl it in his rivals face detaching themselves from the shifting groups of which they had been a part tobnette Tol nette and young tache strolled to their horses knowing that many alamea followed their elegant departure giving themselves a brief time in which to be admired they sauntered into the gardens back of cussans Lus sans house jeems wits was only a few steps from paul and tobnette Tol nette when they disappeared behind the house he held hack back with it feeling of satisfaction when lie saw tho two going down a path which tool took them out of sight of any curious arlous eyes that might have hae watched them not until the lust last nutter flutter of was gone did he proceed with the business of following them and then like an indian he be t lipped hipped noiselessly along the path and found them standing somewhat perplexed at the edge of a soggy and ili smelling open space where lussan had built ills barn and wherein his cuttle cattle and pigs had gathered for or io so long that one ime was sure of a precarious and unpleasant footing tobnette Tol ro nette tripti he her biln hii ahm tilted a flash of in n 1 her r eyes as she held up tip tier her 91 skirt firt with both hands was on the point of ions hw ing her wrath upon her escort for dar ing to bring her to such a place of de t fl fi lement when jeems stepped out frair toj ahlm rim of bushes and confronted them JS ills hla face was pale ills his slim body owns was w as taut as aa a dowst how st ills eyes were almost black he did not cot ste e tobnette Tol nette scarcely knew linew that she wu wa in his world even us her auger anger guat place to an exclamation of when she saw in his hand band the pacing which he had given her a few minute before lie approached paul tache and that youth lails misinterpreting interpreting the slowness of his movement and the bloodless pallor of ills his face as signs of embarrassment and fear sought to cover hla his disgrace in eyes by nn an explosion of haughty protest at being followed and spied upon in this way jeems made no reply except to hold out the package sight of it choked the words la in the others throat jeems silence and the way in which he continued to extend the package brought a deep color into pauls face ile he and not jeems was con conscious seloUs of the in ance and of the intensity of tier her interest in the situation lie ile recovered himself swiftly and with a guileful of mr mp marry rry held out mit hid big bb pardon he he apologized zed it rs li good of you to bring the package which I 1 accidentally dropped jeems came cabe a mlp nearer you itel lie he cried and with ot ft furious movement he hurled the bundle bundie at baches face the force of the blow sent paul reeling backward and jeems was wai at him with the quickness and passion ot of one suddenly transformed by mad 4 it he had never fought with an other boy ness ile he had never fought with another boy but he knew how animals animal clawed and disemboweled disembowel ed in a hundred ways was he had viewed strife and death as the wilderness knew these things and all that he be had witnessed all that he knew of torture and violence and the desire to malm maim and kill hill gave to his action a character of such lively ferocity that it drew a howl of pain from paul tache and a shrill little scream from Tol toinette nette jeems heard the scream but it held no significance for him now his dreams were rone gone and Tol toinette nette her presence close to him tier her eyes upon the battle just as he had imagined in the thrill of hla his mental wits forgotten in the more vital depths depth of his interest in the flesh and blood of 0 paul in the first attack his fingers clutched like small iron claws in the folds of baches cravat and coat and the rending of loth cloth a splitting asunder of gorgeous material almost to the others waist was ana evidence of the strength behind his assault ile he followed this with a fury of scratching and tearing arid and both went down in the melee when abe they rose lose paul heaving himself up with an effort which flung jeems from him they were such a sight of muck and stain that Tol toinette nette forgot her precious pre cloua dress and covered her eyes in horror but she was looking again in an instant for the spectacle fascinated even as it appalled her jeems had landed on his feet with a fist loaded with mud and this he projected with ILI an aim so accurate that half of pauls paula face was obliterated by it and as a he leapt with a roar of rage at ids hla smaller assailant he was such a sh shock oc k inar contrast to his usual immaculate telf elf that Tol toinette nette nearly ceased to hr pathe than jahe aha saw and heard beard I 1 what tier lier feminine eyes und and labain t ts could not understand or keep proper count of a mad twisting and tumbling of bodies panting breaths grunts and finally a clearly audible curse from paul tache with that sound jeems flew backward and landed on his bade back he was up almost before lie he had struck and with his head ducked low like a rams in a charge he hurled himself at tache this individual having cleared hla his eyes sufficiently to perceive the blindness of the oth others erfil rush stepped aside and swung a well directed blow which again sent jeems down into the muck his hand filled itself with this sticky substance a second time and na as he returned to battle lie he let it fly at paul profiting by experience peri ence paul dodged skillfully and the volley passed over hla his head spreading in its flight and tell fell in its ats contaminating virulence upon tobnette Tol nette she saw her raiment spotted and defiled and cuch a sudden fury rose in her that she sprang upon jeems as he clawed and kicked in a clinch with paul and assailed him with all the atrens th and bitterness of her small oats mata ana ti bibins n ton I 1 to be continued |