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great rampart of the rano. rmiramrillrillIC TM
Teem wan three rasa u Melrose* he Miltba7,tegdim a bewar_t heel se
bra that brtlllft tummiesearly!u with hrl•ed•r• Mweom•, left 101ts4
eery somothtag like a swath utter
theta a4veaatar.s to the moealatM
welch have beam ee verecaus l7
set tertk. Two .f them were the
brothers jlattlead; the third wee Nev-
bold.
The aback produced upo. 1Lit1d Hale
Lead by Um death of Armstroog to
getber web the tremendous episodes
that lad preceded It had utterly pros -
sinned bar: Tray had speak the
fight at the but la the traumata' wad
had decided that tee woman mart be
takes back to the settlements .oma
way at all hazards
The wit ot old Kirkby had effected
a solution of the problem, using •
means certainly as old as Napaieoa
and the passage of his caneo over
the Groat 8t 8erf•rd—wad perhaps aa.
old as Naantbal! They had mode •'
rude aced tram the truck ot a gfie
which they hollowed out .ted preebbelb
..You ask me mons than I caw—" with a back and sewers.
Then wage
!altered Armstrong yet greatly moved we lack est fee robes and bteakel* ter "1 seed not dwell upon It further
In this tracking appeal to tits better tiler comfort tiaa. Although my Bair is tinged with
▪ ' IWbrrever it was pracUcabls the.
three men hitched themselves to
/led with ropes and dressed It
Wald over the snow. Of' coarse
Miles down the caeca 1t wed 10
Ale to use the sled. Wbes the
Wm comparatively easy the w.mes.l
supported by the two mea. N.wfrbt�
and Maitland, made shift to get able(
afoot_ Wiles it Mecum too tit
for Mr, Newbold picked her ap as as
bad does before and assisted by Matt -
Mad, carried her bodily to tite seat
resting piece. At them time Kirkby
looked after the sled.
They had managed to reach the tone
porary but la the old camp the frith
night and rested there. Tbey gath-
ered up their sleeping bags and teats
had resumed their journey in the
morales They were strong men, wad 1' `� L,I f� 1?
save for old Kirkby, young. It was a 1' IA,IIII II 1
desperate endeavor but they carried it I
through 111
mat ao
Robert=11 bed bpsodato le
beat know, bewover, die etre* Y Said'
goad/ sae Alta, rad It was Ie pursuaaoe
of • teloptione meow that he war la
tee library that nowata.g
H. lad slat yet become accustomed
to the wend; M bad lived we Nag
Wows that be had grown somewhat shy
and refutes•; the habits and customs
of years were hot to be ltgbtty thrown
aside to a week or a month. He bad
mingle no Interview with Kale's father
berettdsrs; Macleod had rather avoided
ft„ but ea tett awraing be bad asked
for It. act wben Robert Maitland
would have withdrawn he begged M
to renew
"Mr. Mauled," Newbold began, "I
presume that you know my nnfortn-
Gate history."
1 have beard the general outlines
Of it. sir, from my brother and others,"
esswuwt the other Nadi/.
"Let hint speak ao word." protested
Newbold quickly. "1 wouli/u't believe
e ta oa kis oath."
-Steady now. steady," interposed
Kirkby with hie frontier instinct for
fair play, "the maze" down, Newbold,
don't bit Atm now."
"Give him a chance," added Mait-
land earnestly.
"You would not believe me, eh'"
laughed Armstrong horribly, "well
thee this is what 1 say, whether it is
true or a lie you era be the judge."
What was he about to say! They
all recognized instinctively that his
forthcoming deliverance would be a
deal one. Would good or evil domin-
ate bim now' Enid Maitland bad
Sade her plea and It had been a pow-
erful one; the maw did truly love
the woman who urged bim; there was
tootling left for him but a chance that
she should think better of hem than
be merited; be had come to the end
hof his resources. And Enid Maitland
spoke again as he hesitated.
"O. tbink. think before you speak,"
she cried
"1f I thought." answered Arm-
otruug quickly, "I should go mad. New-
bold.. your wife was as pure as the
now; that she loved me I cannot and
will not deny; she married you in a
,ft of jealousy and anger after a quer-
*al between has 1n which I was to
When they hit the open trails the rg& psi
sledding was easy and they made
great progress. Atter a week of ter ',De You by Any Chance belong to lover.
rifle sofas, they struck the rarIl
s.' the Maryland Newbold*, s1"
trL . Stephen Maitland shook the one
and the nest day found them an gs[� : by the band rigorously.
la Maitland's house la Denver. gray and doubtless I look much eider., • ej esa"rat.ulate yon" be said. 'Mee
To Mr. Stephen Maitland itis daagh 1 was only twent7Ngpt on my beat bootee tee on all pWmts; 1 mast
ter was as ons who had risen from birthday. I was not born fa this see- regard you as the most .rig-:
the dead. And indeed, when be frau tion 01 the country. my hoses was in et getters Odd to these lmeaa-
)saw her, abe looked like death itself. Baltimore." ws4 wehr
Flo one had known bow terrible that I "Do you by any chance belong to the 'Aad tea, I abe your daughter eat
'tourney had been to the woman. Her Maryland Newbolda..it'!" my dem air?" 1n person, rasked
;blame. and wbsw I cams back to the ,three faithful attendants had numbed,I "Tea. thee are distantly related to
Map In your absence, I strove to something, but in spite of all oven a most excellent tamtly of the 005".rfa1aly, certainly. Robert. can
make it up and used every argument bey did not realise that 1n them last same in Philadelphia, I believe." trCout oblige a*--"
that I possessed to get her to leave toy
ship bad beim sustained only by "1 have always understood that to la compliance with his brother's
you and to live with me. Although 'Ile most violent effort of ber will. She he the truth." "mature, Robert Maitland touched the
she had no love for you she was too bad no sooner reached the bonne, "Ab, a ve17 satisfactory connection pall and bads the easwertag *wrest,
*rested her father, her aunt and the indeed." said Stephen Maitland with t M1as Maitland to come to the 11-
food and teo tree a w,rnan for tbat. ehedesa, then alt* eeeepeed etude, no little satistactioo. "Proceed. sir." try
Now you've got the truth, damn you, I "There b nothing much Slee to sae "Now" said Mr Stephsa Matisse believe It or not as you like. Miss The wonder was, mid the physician. about myself, except that 1 love your �Oa Uwe servant closed the door. "you
MII would leave the Toting posela
e. til , Robert'"
"ay all arenas," answered the Tara.
GODERICH ONT.A
aa-granilevirilagreitrillrehillInt"
tarp. a Manetme. sow la/MI/4
MONK MI .rt a• ray owe; an I S'
dWprily to ewe ffgrtam., 1 abe ,
reMede that•" 1 \ t
• IlewhsM tripped at IiaM'Aietwits bat
$ ws. a *Waft waits; a1 with
,a tram of mockery ad a trett• of tr1-
MIA is11
"Mr. MakLad. I as www grateful
to Nit► teas 1 aria w for peer cow
eget and approval welch 1 shall de
my beat to merit. 1 think 1 mal claim
to have won your daughter's beam; 101
ve added to that roar saastfos gess'
Imes my kyitle•s. As tar tke Ce-
ti
i►t, te der t or *•e•. w1Ai. year tear
ty towhee gee profoundly, 1 het*
thiak that you seed be under any ma
leaslneaa,u tear material welfare."
"What do Ilea meat -
nom a Wileg engineer. air; 1 Weal
Bee !ve years algae la the atwaatelas
.of Colorado far aotetag."
"Pray. expiate yourself, air."
"DM yea Sag goal th tis. Muir
alar Hebert flatland, Hanker t0 tea-
derstaad.
'TM richest veins on the oeSUaeat,"
answered Newbold
"Aad nobody knows aayt>flag about
sr
"Not a acme
"Have you located the claimer
"may one.'
"Well go back as soon u the snow
Me11.," said tie younger Matttsw&
'sad take thews ap. You are starer
"Absolutely."
"Bat I don't ealte understated." Qua.
led Mr. Stephan Maitiaad.
'His means," said hie brother. "Irl
be bas discovered gold."
"And silver too." interposed lee to
bold.
"la unlimited quantities." ooat1 01,
Ms other Maitland.
"Tear daatghter will have sol
Mossy thaw dile knows what to ed
!with ter," amidst Newbold.
"Soil team m," webbing( the PM-
ad&pkian. ..
"Ad Haat Whether els marries met
pr not, for tit. richest claim of all lei
Iib he taken oat in her hams," &Met
alaittand." be added swiftly. "If 1 had not that she did it then but that she
met you sooner, I might have been 'had not done it before. For a short
'a better maw Good bye." time 1t aPPeared as if her illness might
He turned suddenly and none pre- be serious, but youth. vigor, a "trim
m.
eventing. indeed it was not possible. be body and .a good constitution, • heart
ran to the outer door; as he did so o now free from care and apprebenslon
Ibis band snatched sometbing that lay 'and a great desire to live and love
ton the chest of drawers. There was and be loved. worked wopdere.
la flash of light as he drew in his arm Newbold had enjoyed no opportunity
but none saw what it was. In a few for private conversation with the wo-
!seconds he was outside the door. The 'man be loved, which was perhaps just
'table was between old Kirkby and the as well. He had the task of resdjust-
.eadt; Maitland and Newbold were fug himself to changed conditions; not
only to • different environment, but to
strange and unusual departures from
his long chertabed view points
He could no longer doubt Arm -
!nearest. The old man came to his
t•anaes drat.
. t "After him," he cried, "be means—"
But before anybody could aur the
,dull report of a pistol come through strong's Opal testimony to the purity
the open door! of his wife, although he had burned
They found Armstrong lying on his tie lettere unread. and by the same
;back 1n the snowy path, his face as token he could no longer oberlsh the
,while as the drift that plllowed his dream that she had loved bim and him
ibeed, Newbold's heavy revolver still alone. Tboae words that had pre-
icletched In his right hand and a ceded that pistol shot had made 1t
;bloody welling smudge on his lett ;potable for him to take Enid Male
breast over hie heartIt was the wo- ;lead as hie wife without dotng violence
lima who broke the silence. 'to his sense of bonor or his self -re-
, "O►," abe sobbed, "it can't be—" spec) Armstrong had made that
t "Dead,' said Maitland solemnly. much reparation. And Newbold could
"'Ara it might have beet( by my ,sot doubt that the other had known
beat," muttered Newbold to himself iwbat would be the result of his speech
es horror. sad bad chosed bis words deliberately;
. "He'll never cause no more trouble More that last actloa to his credit He
Enobody in this world, Miss Reed aa' 'was a sensitive man, however; be
n1. " said old Kirkby gravely. "Will, realized the brutal and beast -tike part
was a damned fool aa' a dumbed be and Armstrong had both played be-
Ilaln in some ways," conUaued the tore this woman they both loved., bow
F:
frontiersman reflecUvely In the al. they bad battled like savage animais
oe broken otherwise only by the and bow but for a lucky foterposlUon
Iwerean's sobbing breaths. "but be had he would have added murder to his
',MO of the qualities that go to make other disabilities.
man. tee I ain't doubtln' but what He was hottest enough to say to him -
Idiom last words of hien was migbty self that he would have done the sarr.e
=true. Et he bed met a girl like thing over under the same circum•
earlier to bb life, he seought have stances, but that did not absolve his
Fees • different naa." conscience. H. did not know bow the
woman looked at the traasactioti or
CHAPTER XXIV. looked at him, and be had not enjoyed
— On. moment alone with her. la all
The Draught of Joy. that bad transpired since that scorn-
, The great library was the prettiest lag in the but, tier hoer bad naturally
goose 10 Robert *wetland's magnificent and inevitably remained Inseparably
mento. la Deaver's meet factored re. together.
idaoe •ectbe. Tt was a long. low- Tele had burled Armstrong In the
ta1.dded room with a bevy beamed snow, Robert Maitland saying over
loeilsle. The low book cases, about bin a brier but fervent petition in
In. face btgh, ran between all the which even Newbold joined. MIN
rrfatows and doors on all aides a ch. Maitland herself had repeated elo-
prMm. M owe e.d then was a bugs goently to ber uncle end old Kirkey
Men Ire place built of rough atone, that sight before the Are the story of
Peed Y ft was winter • cheerful Lire ber /Wee. from the flood by this facts.
tet lets biased on tea, hearth. It was bow be bad carried her la tee storm
V lmea'a mom pr -eala .tl7. Tin to lbs brat dad bow be bad treated ber
t reiria a'ooa acres tis• bel was Yrs stem; udhMaftla.d bad 'in.rwards
• dogmata. bet the library te- repeated ber account to his brother In
ber Meband's pict.reque it paver.
M05.rkst dimeric taste. Os the Maitland bad insisted that Newbold
ligella there were pictures el share his hospitality, bet that pees1
IMO west bp' lemlagtore M•refe me bad reread Kirkby bad a little
amt, Restos. Discs and &bens. place not far from Deaver and essay
MI M test amps d. Moly Meet- •cosedbie to rt., sad the ohd 'eaa bad
EImea& et bear em4 deer wad begets gladly tithes tierootage, owwttb
Mil debar arm stood bore wad bits - Newbold bad bore is • Mew of
Wes wtitlag table was elegem mangey over hewed Maitiagere lemma.
IM mane easy, reinter able and bet We alarm had soca bee dtapeaed
Tee goer was strews with by the pbysidaa's a••eresee, -
sod moo Peen the wiede4.we there was Imelda" new tate toe Mea
Ers • bleak Itli,Ame molt Me westward. dace tit. Mom wen bet to watt call! Obe weld gee Ma
ed ter kimonos W •wee -
1
daughter aid with your permission 1l
.want her for my wife."
]Ir. Maitland bad thought lo.g and
seriously over the state of affairs. H.
lied proposed In els desperatloa t0•
Wive her band to Armstrong 11 he
tfoaad ber. it had been impoasibls to
secret the story of her edt%ea-
ber rescue and the death Of Arm-
tlase. It was natural and inevitable
eclair gossip •boald ,have busied itself
'with her name. It would therefore
{bare been somewbat difficult for Mr.
l�tlaad to have wlthbeld hes consent
To ber marriage t0 almost any repo -
Mlle man who had been thrown do 1n-
ately with ber, but when the man
so unexcepUoaabl7 born and bred
Newbold, what had appeared as a
• or less dtaagreeabie duty, almost
1aperative Imposition, became •
Kr. Maitland was no bad judge of
vara when his prejudlces were not
eampaat, and he looked with much tab
Infection on the fine, clean limbed,
telear eyed, vigorous man who was at
present suing for his daughter's hand.
,Newbold bad shaved off his beard and
bei cropped dose hes, mustache; he
,was dressed la the habits of civillsa-
tton and he was almost metam-
orphosed. His *hypes. won away as
rhe talked and his inherited ease of
pnand his birthright of good
reeet ding came back to him and sat
wetly upon bine
Under the circumstances the very
lest thing that could happen would
fee a marriage between the two, in-
deed to he quite honest, Mr. Stephen
Maitland would lave felt that perhaps
Seder any circumstances bis daughter
bould do n0 better than commit ber
Mit to a man like this.
"I shall r attempt," be said at
11.1, "to constrain my daughter. 1
ttetnk I have learned something by my
piece with this rife bore; perhaps we
et Philadelphia need a little broaden -
Mg 1■ stn more free. I am sure that
tabs would give her hand with-
1.) her beart, and therefore, she most
.dde Ude scatter herself. Thom ber
fwn Ifps Toe shalt have your mower "
But yon air; 1 confess that 1 •held
Leel easier and happier it I flat year
vection and approval"
"Steve," said Mr. Robert Maitland& .
s. ,b. other Menaced, aot bee•aee he i
Heralded to entire, bot became he waw
loath to gay the word that so tear is
. was ec,osraed wowll give Ids
tdaugbtr into another tape's ke*ptag,
I telak you can trust Newbold; there
ore w who thew him years age;
there le abundant evideae. and Mete
tile as to bis qualities. I wench for
"Robert. asawsset les brother. "1
aro seek tesllmgt e; the way is
tree h ravel MEW ar war 1» rear
mere& Nmgatt rU'rt that purled et
flwr.ues with bor. Ale preerst beetles
--'g abort, ger. It • their to ewer pled
to aloe boor f>. cow• lar. 1 alto
!dr I ed 1W.,0b MO 11! otto
52aitttij �t1.Jk�es
The seer .es. as epee.
OM, ditm Pm* to WM.
Dalresely ovelcad sae
eesasm6e 1.
-•i*Met ss
MM. gee Imre.►
mariners of .adearmill ins=
aioeate wklapers of a beloved talc*'
them were enough thea.
Wbea he could itnd strength to deep
Memel! a little and to hold tun' at
sum's length and look at her, lie focal
lar paler, Wither and mors detests
thea when be load sew her 1a the
motta alma. She had oa some vitals(
creation of pale blest and silver; be
dye') know what 1t was; be dicta%.
care --It made her only more like atm
wive to him than ever. She tome
kis too, greatly changed and Weedy!
t,yproved the alter&Uoss in hie ani
taaranc.
:'Why. ,Will " she •aid at 1a•1, win
racer realized what a handsome MIR
ems were."
Ills Limbed at bet.
"I always knew you were the INN
bbeasltltul. woman tleoe earth."
"Ob, Tec, doubss wises 1 imp
air
dimly cal."
Aad 1t then were silence• yeti
would still be the only ams 101
teat to your brainy alone that I Wei
you. Toa knew all the tiamgaithat ate
tight aait loving you was Md ec►
O a a •slshtsrlaretedba. a mistake; you'
ducat wit me because yes wane
;hsaghthil of a poor woman.-
s'Woald I have told yeti?
"e, 1 have thoogbt it all oat i llwfa
beyallitkrotigb a anbutahs, bat nova
jrotilta't betray a dead sister; ptia
W eald nava her r.ptatlas la the ging
tet the one ewe that etatmmg J
ad the eayew .c Aar etws
Mad 1f there were I M O. tllbh 3
eme you for that -
'Aad Is there aaytifa6
slant"
re who would fain lie loved torgh
Ig*atiles.
"Everythlag," he atl•sosha�.num
LuTonsly drawing lar ental tied* NAM!
baste w
T knew that thane .uM be sting
mbeay," answered the waterd waw aW
Maly after • little Space; "Nee
oars la sof. both boto fan abort of
*empletest happiest. Oke low
ase for me was that idle tmp.ls. Sall
nn
turned me ap the mainstead of; th
down, foe if it had net been for at!
then would have bees so meeting-"
She stopped suddenly. bar tamMom
aflame at the thought et tit. s
that at meeting; she must needs bids
her face on hie shoulder.
He laughed gayly. `
"sly little spirit of the toantssa, »
Jove, my wife that to to be! Did you
brow that your tatber had dons me
els Mar to give me your hand, sub-
ject be the condition that your heart
goes with ttr
Ton took that ars)," answers& Do
Won=wonlooting up at him 'gala -
There was a knock on net doer'
Without wafting for petmfasbon It was
opened; this time three mea entered.
for old Kirkby Ada eased Ube group
h*
Tblushing Enid made an Wien/sive
Movement to tear berried away from
mm
Newbold's ars, but be shaefully'
M1d ber does. The three roes looked
at, the two lovers solemnly for a mo-
ment and then broke into laughter. It
Ma Kirkby who •poise levet
er, and opening the door again the i
two older men wear out leaving New-
bold alone.
He beard a soft step on the stabil
la the hall witho*t; the gentle swish
of a dress as somebody deseendedi
from the floor above. A vision ap-t
peered in the doorway. Without al
movement in opposition, without a
word of remonstrance. without a throb
Ot hesitation on her part, be took ber
in kis arms. From the drawing -room
opposite, Mr. Robert Maitlend softly
tiptoed across the hall and closed the
library door, neither of the lovers be-
ing aware of his action.
Often and often they had longed for
each other on the opposite side of a
door, and now at last the woman was
in the man's arms and no door rose
between them, no barrier kept them
apart any longer. There was no ob1)-
gatlon o1 loyalty or bonor, real or im-
agined, to separate them tow. They
had drunk deep of the chalice of coat
age, they had dralasd the cup to the
very bottom. they had shown each
ether that tboogb love was tee great-
est
rebest of passiona, honor wad loyalty were
tise spat powerful of forces, assd now
"1 hear as bow yon found gold in
them mountains. Mr. Newbold."
"I toned something tar more nide
Me than all fee gold b Colorado 1a
these nootnafne," answered the oth-
er.
"And what was thatr asked the old
frontiersman, canoed, and taaoessuir,
"This!" answered Newbold as be
kissed the girl again.
(THB END.)
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