Show i 1 H THE T HE DANGER DL N G E R ZONE i by MARY Y W WOR RD D N 0 alls copyright 1215 by W 0 chapman there was not ono one of 0 the odd on one hendred choppers who did not know the ull full history of 0 leitl rogers and ot of rob marah A school had been start led in tho encampment and the father of leitl and an aunt had heon been vim given charge of 0 it both had died leot was left without a relative in the world A halfbreed half halt breed teacher and his bis wife then took charge it was possible for or thorn them to give leott a post tion as aa assistant teacher the govi gov i eminent supplied quarters for or thorn them in the 1116 school building and boott was wa content to stay it was vms a wild erode crude even perilous environment but leoti was glad to bo be able to earn a living until sho she could think out a coherent future the even tenor of her life was at length interrupted however the son of the chief returned return od from a long lens alaa kan chase leitl had shuddered dered the jt jet time the dark flashing eyes of the impetuous young savage tested rested itier face ace every day after that hb h inan agod aged to cross crosa her path ile he wa respectful but determined it becaj bedaine known among the tribe that had resolved to take ietti as a bride then came the logging gang and rob marsh among them the young lumber cruiser met leitl ono one day at al the spring it II was a case of lovo at first sight right something of this boa learned ile he began nn an active courting or rather attempted it to be repulsed by leitl 1 I will kill hill the pale face lover he be told her fiercely one day leitl imparted the dread information to her lover one evening both were missing between the lovers a perfect understanding had come about they would have then married at onee once only that rob owned a mining claim a short abort distance away from the lumber camp it was necessary in 14 order that bi be might file a claim upon this that he make a survey of it and stake it outs oat then he ha co could uld sell it for a sum bum to warrant towai lis taking a wife and bo be and leott would cottlo battle down in the city ito b bad attended to the claim and an on his hii wiy way back to the city i had stopped at the lumber camp tor a food supply he hoped to evade no noties notice crom the iha savages someone had bad seen him had been apprised ot the fact bill budd had discovered hs his danger he had hidden him away in iii a cave The question now was s as to getting rob back to the city one of hla his men came to budd about noon coon bill ive been carrying out I your our orders and nosed around the indian badiak camp this morning its a bloc blockade kide you mean inquired bill anxiously bear bluff Is completely surround ed I 1 suppose there a hundred foot space that a friend of on patrol or in biding the orders are to shoot rob marsh on sight bight all right observed bill abstractedly you tou and some borne of tho the others begin shooting a few logs into the river in ia an hour why exclaimed the other were sot not ready to make a run yet do as air I 1 say ordered bill ani am himself proceeded to a part bart of the camp near tho the stream the bluffy formation was a shelter gains against from tho indian camp halt amundred logs were sent bent adrift byl bythe the tha next two boak the current of the stream was ri rapid and the logs floated swiftly down the th ryer and past the indian encampment ment there hiis was an interino Int erimo about fart minutes acthen am then pen i bill an and d two helmera hel ap pp pera caffie cam eto to the edge edge b of t alver arid add geth get afloat foat another log foreman watched it shoot dowty oo the stream lik li kethe elthe others he caa to a fervent nigh elgh afre e alif as ita passed the encampment oid and 16 j rounded i i d e d a c carvela cur rv vela q I 1 a th the a s toreain tt tr reain e a in taking 1 aut df filli lit adl qed bei bo muttered mutter ad with w ith profound action holler rob mirth la in iii it arid and beott will ill soon boon greet her hei future hus husband bind but wiss wise and confident is as wash was old bill lie be had not sufficiently counted on indian vigilance ano and culi two miles below the indian camp a canoe shot out into the stream navigated by Wl neka he proceeded to sink the hook book of a short pole into the bark of the log and pull it ashore pale face come out he ha ordered and kicked the plug loose you and tor for leott he added ferociously as rob stepped forth and he be flung at his feet a counterpart of a I 1 long jong hunting bunting knyfd he held in his und tho young chief made mada a spring rob warded him off but he saw death la in bowe dexterous maneuver mane over held in store by hla his adversary then he stared from the brush an ualle form bounded on tiptoe ile he recognized an in i 1 dlan garl 1 the discarded nancee fiancee of iwine iwanok A she hold outspread a heavy blanket just as was preparing for an other onslaught on bisop hla opponent Donant she flung tho the blanket over his bighead head As aa he be struggled help helpless lesi ehe ahe whipped tout stout lasso across dini arma and body pushed berato the ground and fa lag za to rob do pointed ted down stream silently ilent ly bob no marsh did not hesitate ate or for lan ier t er within an hour he was sate safe atrom tron p brault ur ault within six biz at a second outpost and the next morning be ba reached the end and of hla his journey aud MOM |