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PAGE" SIX
SYNOPSIS
Three weeks after a crena colored
'xaodster had been found wrecked in
'the sea at the foot of a ><:liflr a girl
ci 2ling herself Anne Cushing appears
t the desert to twr Ma. stemma. She l„:as
bought, sight unseen, a sareelt lozated
thirty miles away. Barry rti D Lant, her
nearest are -a• hb i,r and "ds leer. ' art.
Petry pr oe ere a 'Tellable '< art
her areal 7' 24:717'. .7111 -,..‘1•W ,.
supplies, they state a. -.7. -es-
-ern
sere d t MaTeeten 7..o... ez.: Tele
ger e ern tert,. ..terr 7e ea.!
Anne. .. .,
a tan.
the` ,: a i: Into.
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MOVES
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n ..1 4t;:1.:e:t 'o,A, .sorry, " Ile said,.•'but
Nina Naar :i +•a;tf b eble tea re e,ave
ye e'.. Site :Tnay„ arty a
few da}`a" esna, It nes fere „a:ctt:i.ted
-and it had t." :°:ape..n tYiL''beet
i'#.N'aa:EC:
be le, tat ef
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rtP7t0+1 ,7",471 -le dails
'‘C`t .::,:_'n e ,f - all right. Ought to
Irene dehzu'g"he ed it myself. But it won't
Tepee are be a ale careful what you say
that w'_iie trick is around. She
newacds to tate like a pretty smart
a°aarmg women,'
Long before the day was ended Cleo
tad formed her own opinion of the
Cage family.
"She's afraid of him," Cleo
thought shrewdly. "He's proud of her
I>a sere knows he Could be as hard
as nails,'" . - t "t i * • .rte..
.may * s:
lira .Kennedy, waiting patiently at
the little junction, saw a hunch come
Vie:
'Little 'Cleo! She's come out to pol-
ir ,.: off the jobb and collect Duane.
I s-aatapose.' he reflected cynically.
`SL'ae le lady, if I didn't have some im-
portant 'business of my own m hand,
$'d give n yself the pleasure of crab-
bing yonr game."
Jim Kennedy released tightened
nerve_, strolled down the street to a
local garage, and began tuning up his
old. 'Gat
. -Belay luet Ms guests at Marston
5#asatAn" He drove alone, not bringing
Petry. Lately he had avoided any un-
necessary intercourse with Petry, arid
Petry had avoided him.
Three people instead of two alight-
ed from the two -thirty-eight. Decency
demanded that he should not took too
dumfounded, but Barry's thoughts
went racing back to the Perch. where
there was no Nancy to meet Cleo
Pendleton, who had dashed across a
continent without warning.
"Hello, Cleo!"
lo Barry, you needn't look so
petrified. Didn't Nancy get my let-
ter?"
"Why, no. I think not. At least, it
may have been forwarded, too late for
her to let me know." He remembered
his duties as host. "So you see it's a
real surprise," he added hastily, and
turned apologetically to the other two.
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dant
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Fr.aet 'a $.111e17.z:'7E. d ea at _ n a r ctek?
_side :?amuse . tee :hem ate by.
She wandered what she w rild have
'dime with her day; vy"iehem Cornet.
Petry had brought hint down the same
day that she had left the Perch. "I
guess he kinda belongs here, don't he?
It ain't safe not to have any way of
gettin' ant except on foot."
Cornet had brushed her with a vel-
vet muzzle, and Anne had not had the
heart to let him go.
It was nearly dark when she un-
saddled Comet and went up the fatted-
ar path to the little house. Home was
onely. Once inside, she went about
the business of pieparing a meal. Not
because she was hungry but because
he must keep doing things.
When the meal was over she wan-
dered out again, looking up at the low
bright stars. How long could she live
here? Where would she go if she left?
How long, with her dwindling, capital
and her slender knowledge of ranch-
ing, would TraiI's End yield her a liv-
ung.0
The money she had brought in
he little gold bag was nearly gone
now -she had not asked Barry for any
after she had learned how embarrassed
he was for actual cash.
If she went away, it was almost a
certainty that she would - never see
Barry again. He would let it kill him
before he gave in,
She shivered under her protecting
cpat and went back into the house.
At the Perch, Martha, engaged for
the purpbse, waited on the whims of
Barry's women guests with suspicious
eyes and an uncompromising jaw.
"It ain't respectable," she said cross-
ly to Petry, "havin' those fancy look -
in' women here, almost the minute
3fiss Anne's gone."
"They sure was fixed up for din-
ler," he admitted.
Martha,fiercely pursuing her awn
train of thoughts, paid not the slight-
est attention to him.
All' this talk about letters! You
needn't tell me Miss Anne ever invit-
ed her up here. And him takin' it all
it dike :a ninny! Oh, well, I suppose
men can't help bein' simpletons."
tfartha slammed her iron down
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'wrathfully. Cleo had tossed her sever
al frocks to press, and Martha was
doing it with -indignant efficiency,
leer was axlly aware of Martha's
antipathy,
"Disagreeable ta1d thing," she mused
t;: get c atig ht sight t3f Martha's ample
form in the distance. "I believe she
kit; ws where Naney is .:. I wish I
knew ;lie: WaY tt' that Trail's End place
ei hers,"
ider the preeent she had to be con-
tent ete
1iyi t, JG'h.i Gage had come
be.ia:ess. can the very night
.f ihele :i`"rivas 4t.r'4' had matte his
her. and the next
..ad .arae+ -. if
,.
-eves bart,. to ;-ar.t. z a-
., Paula
is t
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de,.. et -a dinee7 , ,i. .,,,.. ,tins
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,„ and 1111 tee:, Beer:at the
ter end t :be . rag :a 'h' r < ee
as. Ce arena eat:aloe dnd
Paula .,afc. Pula was wangle' et
aimlessly up and de n -n ri t i err
ands.
The next meaning, Petr ,.ir:v= Gage
over to the country seat t,: tic 'some
lomat distance telephoning. Paula wear
'with him, and Barry was free to de-
'.vc+te at least part :as hie day to t.le:.
"I3c,wv about a ride?" he suggesTed.
and Cleo agreed promptly. She lock -
.ed particularly engaging in priding
clothes, and she knew it, Barry's 530-
er face brightened as she ran down
:the steps to join him.
He helped her up, and she found
?herself mounted on a glistening little
bay
"Where are you going to take me,
Barry?"
"Anywhere you want c, go," he an-'
s
swered ungardedl3'.
"I'd lore to see Nancy's little ranch
-Trail's End -isn't it? Let's go.
there,'
"I'm sorry. I'm afraid we can't do
that. It's -a bad trail."
"Nancy rode it! I'll take a chance."
"But I won't. Sorra-, Cleo. What's
the next choice?"
He had to watch himself to keep an
edge out of his -voice. But he could
not let anybody from Ganleigi get
through to that isolated little valley
and find Nancy drudgirio, through the
days in a shabby old ranch house,
bleakly alone.
Cleo`s eyes were shining. Now she
knew that Nancy was there.
"Oh, all right. Lead on and I fol-
lowI"
When they returned they still had
the place to themselves.
Cleo carne close to hire, her fingers
resting lightly on his arm.
"Barry, I was awfully stupid about
Trail's End. I just didn't think."
The guarded look came again.
"I'm afraid I don't get the idea.'
"Oh, it's all right -3 didn't realize
that it might be -hard for you to go
there. Of course I'd heard things, but
-is it really as bad as that?"
He wondered how the devil things
could have got out that fast, and why
people couldn't be allowed to keep
their own troubles decently to there -
selves.
"It's pretty bad," .l'ae admitted jerk-
ily. "I'd rather not talk about it, if
you don't mind."
"Of course we won't. But I just
wanted you to know how badly I feel
about it."
The coaxing fingers moved softly
and then slid away. A dry cough had
sounded behind them. The Gages had
returned and must have ,conte in
through the back way. Gage looked at
them with his blunt stare, grunted 'a
greeting and addressed himself to
Barry. Cleo decided that she loathed
John Gage.
* * *
Shadows • were lengthening when
Ane heard the sound of a car, coming
in from the desert side, That Would
be dear old Boone. She went over to
a window and looked out.
It was not the big grey car. This
was black, or had been, and it was
much smaller and a little battered, and
the driver was mut Petry. The door
;hashed open. Anne stood there.
-Jim!" she said breathlessly. 'What
;are you dying_ here?"
"Thanks for the earthsuiastic wel-
.. iue. .IV eonin,, if you don't mind.
Hie grin a lass r : kin^ but he gave
her a sharp glan..e as he sauntered
nee: her. 'Whet the matter, sick?"
• "N:. vee slurialta Why have yo
ti.
here'?"
des, d. ,., ed .n .. ., ake a gall,"'
*ae :x,• tele , y;v;"Cde rs ety tart*und
tai"
�"ti ei .i ;-f theh a,:_ ty husband.
A.. d, _ .,:c i- :dens add,: strained,
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panne�~_ , r. �; ..:d:x:� _ »:: ,.runt �=
ren, en ho
a . everything is
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la
atd yen ",r,._ _ .: eid Be the kis: to
K..,:ix=d_ reali.t a b filet s Arad like a
renee d whistle.
dTeek a- ha d, didn't tlbe: " He
frowned and m..r,d .,,. _h•czid 's ir-
--irablly. '"Keep yen: chin op, and he'll
dttente bark,"
Aiu-ie sho:k ben bead. I was not a
sn"tr;ecz she conld dismiss webs Jim.
''How did you know I was here:'
Kennedy dropped era._ a chni: and
settled himself coma .-,by.
"Bow did 1 knct ? Ask me a hard
,one. Nancy. 1 knew where you'd
started f:'r, and :hat yen gad a little
ranch somewhere near here, and - ho
-was visiting alp at the big dace. It
was easy. I've a nice lierle hand -made
lenap of ;he roade here," he added
calmly',
She .rose. "I'll get you something
to eat," she said quietly, and went in -
{to the kitchen.
He fall lned her to the kitchen. She
knew -why Jim had come all the fray
from Granleigh to Mansion. How
cooked. she keep him 'froze doing -what
he was bent on doing?
Kennedy swallowed the las: cf his
settee. "Thanks, Nancy. Pratt, de-
cent of yon, al] things considered. No,
I can't stop for rmore. I'm oiling fn
same friends of mine at a place called
Eagle Lake and I'm behind the sched-
ale now."
He pushed back his chair and found
his hat.
":She'd never do it for you, Nancy,"
be said suddenly_
"We're different," mid Anne dull -r.
She felt sr.+ awfully tired. "We're just
Made different. Jin., please dont ge,
there! Why can't you let it drop'
What's the sense of all this hating?
How dare you -Ob, Jim., don't go!"
"Sorry not to oblige, but I'ni afraid
I shall have t'.." His face had flueh-'
ed slightly; ht was hard again.
The car jarred and rattled into oc-
tk'n. Husk had closed in.
Anne etreed in .the doorway and
watched it. Her head hurt, but her
mind was frantically base'. Jirt IN as
taking the longer way, out through the.
desert. He didn't know the rough
short cut. And it was dark -he might'
lose his way again.
She slipped into a coat, airnue c' the
FAMILY TREK 600 MILES SEEKING, WORK door and ran out to the cerrel,
Paula Gage was alone and time
dragged heavily. John and tarry
After four months` spent in a `600-
rnile trek to Elk Lake, in vain search
for work, John fort' MacDonald, 88,
'disabled war ;veteran, his wife and
three c>;iildren, have reached Belle- he is sure of -a job; but he doubts
vile, Ont. If nothing "turns upthere whether his family could endure such
M�t on a a
aclJotiald says he ill tar
,� s trip.
hike to Saskatoon where he believes
Duane had left early. Late in the of
ternoon Cleo had invited herself to
accompany Petry on a hurried run in-
to Marston.
Paula could <:pare ' Cleo, but ' l,c hat-
ed this ;,lace where she bad to look
all day at water, hiding rocks and
slimy things beneath its surface calm.
She hated water. She- saw things
in it,
Restlessly she went outside, Down
through the trees the lake glimmered`
darkly. Where the trees cane close
it was dark. She hatedit, but it drag-
ged at her,
Half -way down the slope she stop-
ped.
Something was moving down there;
hurrying toward her. It became a fig-
ure, .wavering strangely, all light and
pale except for wide dark eyes and a
little tumbled mop of dark curis:fram-
ing a pallid face.
"Paula! ,Paula!" It was muted and
faint ,the .whispering echo of a voice
that hard died. Paula shrank back,
shuddering.
"Don't! Oh, don't!"
"Paola! Pleasel It's Nancy! ... ,
Paula!" Again that low cry came, the
ghost of a voice; calling to her. Pale
" 'lllulrsday, Sept, Z7II117. .1931
bands beckoned, reaching out to drag
her unwilling body down there, to
,black, shining water, greedy and cold.
For another moment of gasping terror
she endured it, and then her frantic
shrieks cantle. -
(Continued Next Week)
SCHOOL FAIR
AT ST. HELENS
(Continued from Page Two)
scenes in Huron County -Harold Pat-
terson 8, Verne 'Paterson 8, Ernest
Beecroft 14,
Nature Collection
School collectiion of noxious weeds
-Jr. room, S. S; No, 4, S. S. No. 8,
Dungannon; S .S. No. 12 W. W. For-
dyce; 2nd class and under -Collection
of ground hog tails -Mary Humphrey
13,• who had. 149; Ross Jamieson 12;
3rd class and over -Collection of
woods of commercial 'value - Cecelia
St. Marie 12, Evelyn Martin 12, Willis
Humphrey 13, Harold Hurnphrey 13.
Writing
Primer --page 108 -Harold Henry
13, Lois Webster 12, Rete Purdon 14,
Earl McDonald 6; 1st class -"The
Rainbow" -Ross Jamieson 12, Ferne
McGuffin 12, Lucille St. Marie 12,
Dorothy Webb 4; 2nd class -"O Little
Town of Bethlehem" -Ross Gammie
4; Harold Taylor 4, Mildred Anderson
8, Vera Rivett 8; 3rd class- "The
Meeting of the Wolves" -Doris Wil-
kinson 4, Jim Errington 8, Annie Tay-
lor 12, Raymond Currie 8; 4th class
"Home Thoughts from Aboard"-An-
etta Stewart 8, Madeline Caesar 8,
iFerne Alton 8, George Webster 12;
5th class -"Daffodils" - Cecilia St.
Marie 12, Vera Taylor 12, Margaret
Stewart 8, Verna Anderson 8.
Map Drawing
1 2nd class -Map of School Grounds
-Margaret Aitchison 4, Marjorie Pur-
¢dear 14, Helen McDonald 4, Russel
Purdon 14; 3rd class -Map of Canada
-Doris Wilkinson 4, Harold Wood 4,
Gordon McDonald 4, Angus McDon-
lald 4; 4th class -Map of Australia-
Eiea Swan 4, George Webster 12, An -
Jetta Stewart 8, Ferne Alton 8; 5th
leda.s-Map of the World -Verna An-
derson 8, Margaret Stewart 8.
Art
1st class -Scene -"The Wind and
,the Leaves" -Dorothy Webb 4, Mur -
Fay Wilkinson 4, Marie Aitchison 4,
Lucille Sr_ Marie 12; 2nd class -Book
Comer -"Spring" - Mac McDonald,
'Helen McDonald 4, Ross Gammie 4,
EXPLAINS FINE POINTS TO ENTHUSIAST
A fresh -Eater sailor who plied the
Great Lakes in wind -jammers away
.. r
back in '71, William uinn who cele-
brates his 80th birthday next Novem-
ber, is shown above his three-year-old
as
grandson, as he takes time to explain':
the lines of sailing craft to the young-
ster. The veteran sailor pins his hope -
on Endeavour to win the America_
Cup.
Margaret Aitchison 4; 3rd class -
"Spring Flowers" -Doris Wilkinson 4,
Verna Purdon 14, Jean Welwood 14,
Gordon McDonald 4; 4th class -Pat-
tern for Linoleum -Billie McClure 8,
Anetta Stewart 8, Etta Swan 4, Grace
Weatherhead 4.
Essay
4th and 5th classes -"History of our
School or Section" -Kathleen Thorn
4, Norma Weatherhead 4, Myrtle
Caldwell 8, Laurine Miller 4.
Public Speaking-Anetta Stewart 8,
Florence Beecroft 12, Vera Lasenby
13, Jean Wellwood 14.
Recitation -Billie Stewart 8, Doro-
thy Webb 4, Murray Wilkinson 4„.
Helen McDonald 4.
Spelling Match -Dorothy Robb 8,.
Vera Lasenby 18, Marie McCroster 13,.
Allan Miller 4.
Darning Sock: Jean Wellwood 14,.
Lorene McGuffin 12.
Livestock naming - David Ross 8,.
Clifford Farrier 14, Donald Martin 14,.
Frank McQuillin 4.
Mouth Organ -Gordon Lasenby 13,.
Jofinny Pritchard 4, Bert Whyard 8,.
Richard Parker 8.,
Weed naming -Murray Taylor 12,,
George Webster 12, Raymond St.
Marie 12, Jean Forster 4.
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Sunday by appointment.
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