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SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER 1,—Garth ,Guthrie, Ca-
nadian war veteran, having to live in
the open on account of weakened'
lungs, is factor of a Hudson's Bay
post at Elkwan. He came back from
the conflict with a permanently scar-
red' face, which he realizes cost him
the love of his fiancee,, Edith .Fal-
coner. 'Sir Charles Guthrie, his bro-
ther, is a millionaire war profiteer.
CHAPTER II,—With Etienne Say-
anne, halfbreed, his firm friend, Garth.
meets Doctor Quarrier, geologist, and
his sister Joan. Their schooner has
drifted ashore, Quarrier complains he
has been robbed by a man known as
"Laughing McDonald” or to the Ind-
ians as "McDonald Ha! Ha!" because
of a scar which gives him' a perpet-
ual grin. McDonald is Garth's com-
petitor for the fur trade. At Elkwan
an Indian girl, Ninda., tuberculosis
victim, whom Garth has befriended, is
dying. Quarrier hints that Ninda 'is
Garth's mistress; which is hotly re-
sented. Joan, trained war nurse, cares
for Ninda, but the girl dies.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"Your question is a fair one," it
replied. "I came here for my health
I came back from overseas with gas
sed lungs."
"Ah, I see. Where was your home
may I ask?"
"Montreal."
"You—you can't be a relative o
Charles Guthrie?" demanded the oth
en his interest suddenly aroused.
"Brother."
"You, a brother of Charles Guth
rte!" Quarrier's prominent eyes bud.
ged in amazement at the factor o
Elkwan.
"You are more flattering to my
brother than to me," and. Guthrie
joined Joan Quarrier in an amused
smile.
"But you're not staying in this coun
try—this business, since you've re
gained your health?"
"I don't know. I . rather like the
life."
"Charles Guthrie is a member of
the syndicate which sent me to the
east coast to examine those iron and
copper deposits, He'll be interested
to hear from you at first hand."
Again the firm mouth of Guthrie
shaped a faint smile.
"I'm not so sure of that, He's rath-
er given me up as a black sheep, you
know," +a ae •:M , « .. .
"For staying up here, I presume?"
"Yes, for not coming home—this
summer."
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Guthrie i^6§e, and lighting a candle,
fOr the September night had fallen,
carried it to the sick rotenl, Where old
Anne was on guaPtit Returning, he
lit the small liVing-room lamp: Awl
in the t'nh'td of the woman whtke Wat-
ched, surmise followed sutieletee con-
cerning the factor of Ei Wan, for in
the room he had givers lep to her were
three autographet'I likenesses of a
beautiful girl.
Then Quart:We. described in detail
the accident of his power schooner off
Cape Jones, the wild night on the bay
with an 'improvised and useless rud-
der, ,nil the stranding on the beach
of Akinliski island,
"It Was the next morning that this
red-headed pirate, McDonald, discov-
ered us and 'sent a boat ashore."
"You say he took "some of your
stuff?" asked Guthrie.
"Yes, he said he needed flour and
gasoline."
"And he got it'" ,suggested the oth-
er, with a laugh.
"Yes, but instead of paying what
it's worth here, on the bay, he paid
me St, John's prices,"
"Well, for a pirate, he was rather
liberal, wasn't he? He hails frorn'St.
John's they say. Has been up here
two summers, but always went' back
in the autumn. .This year he told
11c < the Indians that he would
'ntcr in a cove at the south end of,
the island, Akimiski is famous for
silver and black fox."
"I can't understand why the com-
pany doesn't run him out of the bay
if lie's hurting their business."
Guthrie laughe,d, "Why, man, he
has as much right: here as we, or The
Revilion Freres. And as, to running
him, out, I'nx inclined to thinkthat
McDonald would 'take a lot of run-
ning. Did you happen to go aboard
his chooner?';
"yes, I went aboard to get my
money."
"You didn't notice a machine gun
or two lying around?"
"No!"
"Well the Crees say he has them.
Evidently, he has come to stay,"
"So you're going to sit calmly here
and let him get your fur?" snorted
Quarrier, contemptuously.
'That's it," agreed Guthrie. "You
see, we're a bit afraid of this wild man
with the scarred face. The rumor has
drifted up here that he had an impres-
sive war record."
The irony was lot on the geologist.
"Afraid to fight for your rights, eh?
he ridiculed, oblivious of the bullet -
furrowed cheek of the man who fac-
ed him,
At the reproach, the face of Guth -
re, lit with amusement, but a glint in
the half-closed eyes prompted Joan
Quarrier, mortified by her brother's
gaucherie, to intervene.
"To a Canadian veteran, that re-
mark is positively insulting. .I fail to
recall anything of a warlike'nature in
your manner with our pirate, Arch.
As a matter of fact, you seemed quite
overawed."
'Overawed? Ridiculous!" snapped
Quarrier. "I was glad to 'sell flour
and gas we couldn't take with us."
Guthrie's twinkling eyes met those
of the girl. "They say his scarred
mouth is rather awe-inspiring. Pos
J•
ne
nen
enen
'
You're Not Hunting Geese, Here
Are Yon?",.,»ice«, •
—�swr'
sTbfy `sears are repi318ive to your bro-
ther," he suggested. "They are—to
seiti% De6ple."
the tone of the last—the sudden
tightening of face muscles—the swift
sobering of the eyes, -spurred the
quick intuition of the girl to pierce
the armor of his raillery, to surmise•.
what the seared cheek of the speaker
might have brought to him of bitter-
ness and pain. " But why? she wond-
ered, The red line from eye to ear
only lent dignity—distinction, to the
celanly modelled features. Why
should this badge of service be the,
source of secret humiliation? But
she was confident that it was.
Quarrier changed the subject. "By
the way, Mr. Guthrie, when can you
send for the stuff I left on the beach
and take it to Albany? I can pick it
up next spring when I return to the
bay."
Evidently deeply occupied with this
thought, for a space the man address-
ed tirade no answer; then he said,, in-
differently: "Some time this winter,
possibly, when the ice ' sets hard in
the strait,"
"What? Not before then? There
are some valuable ore specimens and
stores -boxes of them, That pirate
will come, back for them,"
"We'll be hunting geese until cold
weather drives them south."
ii "You're not hunting geese here, are
you? Why couldn't you go before you
go on your hun—tomorrow, in fact?"
"Archie!" The sharp challenge of
roan Quarrier at the callous insis'i:ence
of her brother was checked by the
level tones of the factor,
"Because, at present, my duty is
here, as you can see,"
Then the man, whose int rhate
knowledge of the inanimate had seem,
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Thursday, August 16th, 1928
ingly taught him little of men, laugh-
ed rawly:
"Your duty? Yes, I suppose when
you fur people get yourselves into a
mess cif this kind," .he nodded toward
the door, "you feel you have to see
it through."
Joan Quarrier rose from her chair,
stunned by the stupid brutality of the
remark—fearfulof the retribution it
deserved. Eyes black with anger,
Guthrieglared at his M>
guest, who, sen-
sible of his mistake, grinned sheep-
ishly, then flushed to the roots of his
stiff hair. The muscles in the face of
the factor knotted, the veins in the'
brown neck above the flannel shirt
swelled with blood in his efforts at
self-control.
"II went too far," Quarrier mum-
bled, "I didn't mean, of course—
But iee was cut. off short with: •
"Your bed is in the trade -house!
You know the way!"
The long arm of Guthrie'pointed to
the door.
° For a space Q}farrier stared into the
cold eyes; then, stung by the outrage
to his dignity, 'got to his feet, in an-
gry protest.
"What do you mean? You dare in-
sult me—order me out of your hoose
like an inferior?" But there was that
in the face of the man whose ane
still indicated thedoor which wrung
the bluster from the geologist as wa-
ter is wrung from a rag.
"You'll hear from this—this conduct
of yours. I'll report this to your su
periors," protested Quarrier, as he
stormed out of the room.
Guthrie turned to the girl, who was
'visibly swept by shame—stirred by an
emotion which left her weak; clouded
eyes fixed on the man who said in a
voice still thick with anger.
"I'm sorry, Miss Quarrier—so :sor-
ry. He went too far,"
"You were right—he pas impos-
sible," she agreed in a voice raw with
disgust, with a slow nod of the dark
head. "He has always blundered—
always failed to understand,"
"I want to tell you about her."
She turned on him almost fiercely
"Do you think I, also, do not 'under-
stand?" she demanded. '
For a space he.searched her tense
white face; then replied, cryptically,
"You have served with the wounded;
it is enough."
He went to the door and whispered
to old Anne. Then he began;
"She came here in June with some
Ojibwas, from far beyond the Elwan
headquarters, for this is a Cree coun-
try. They were, not her own people,
I am convinced, but one of the men
claimed to be her father. She was
not sure, for she had grown up with,
them—didn't even know her age, but
she can't be' ore than eighteen, Old
Anne found her sick in a tipi.—half
fed—neglected. We took her in,' and
for a time the canned milk and the
broth worked a miracle, She was
happy—too; that helped.
"When the trade was over and the
Indians ' started for their summer
camps, they demanded her—and she
could hardly walk a hundred yards
without resting. Of course, they didn't
really want her; their purposewas to
hold me up. They asked for every-
thing in the store: They always do
when such a thing happens—an In-
dian ptrl Stays behind, at the factor's
"rt?ti'See they thought this was the
old situation — so did the Crees—in
spite of what Anne told them. They
couldn't understand. Well, I finally
got rid of her people—kicked them
out. For weeks she was so happy."
Guthrie 'tiptoed to the sickroom
'door, looked in, and returned,
"In her last conversation with the
Indian who called himself her father,
I heard her repeatedly say 'Nin da,
nip da.' She was so earnest about it.
I asked Etienne what it meant, and he
told me it was Ojibwa for 'I stay
here.' Pretty, isn't it? Nin da, I
dwell here. She has chosen her 'home.
So we called her Ninda. She 'was one
of us.
"Miss Quarrier," went on the man.
whose face had softened -grown boy-
ish, "it fairly tore my heart—the hap-
piness, the gratitude of that sick child.
Those big eyes ..of her, followed me
like a dog's. I had rescued her, no
doubt,from unspeakable misery. —
It was only natural I suppose.
"After a few , weeks she began to
fail, and in August, when they called
me to Albany; I couldn't throw off
the memory of the despair in her eyes
when I left. You see she feared she
would nOt live _.until ,I returned --
wanted
wanted rue there when it. came. Her
eyes haunted inc—every mile of the
coast,
"This last time when I went, she
bade me good-by—was sure that it
was the end. But we needed the
geese—we had to go , I've
seen men die—my friends; but those
wistful eyes, . . , It's tragic,
and she so young.
Guthrie stopped his pacing to run
his,£fngers netvously through his dark
hair.
"Oh, the dumb 'misery, here in the
north! Think if she'd stayed with her
people, to die in a tipi -_- neglected!
Inn thankful if I've eased the lon,eli
ness--the pain—for anea'
The sound of coughing, followed by
Old Anne's frightened face in the
doorway, summoned them to the oth-
er room. The effects of the opiate
had worn off, The woman who had
'served with the wounded' d,viped the
crimsoned lips that proved in vain at-
tempt at utterance, as the large eyes,
bright' with fever, clung to 'the face of
the man who sat beside the cot.
"You go to bed, Anne," said Guth-
rie to the wrinkled Cree. "I will be
here the rest of the night." With
muttered protest the old woman shuf-
fled'from, the room.
Presently the dry lips ofthe sick
girl again moved. "She wants to say
something," said the nurse,, and left
them.
Guthrie bent over the pillow.
"You go -=- no pore?" he faintly
heard.
He smiled into the questioning ey-
es, as he shook his head. "No more
—Ninda."
The heavy Iids slowly„drooped.
Through the slow hours of the
night they sat beside the waif, who,
out of the wilderness had come to
Elkwan, and was now — returning.
And in the intervals between her min-
istrations to the life which was slip-
ping away, the guest of Guthrie learn-
ed much of the man with whom she
shared the night watch. •
(To be Continued.)
TOUCHED FOR $107.
Last Sunday evening, while visiting
at the home of a neighbor, Stanley
Kennedy, son of John Kennedy of
the 2nd of Culross, had his purse,
containing $107, removed from his
pocket. He was sitting on a bench
beside a young fellow who came from
Detroit, and who was also a guest
for the evening at this place, andupon
reaching for his tobacco, he discov-
ered that his purse , was gone. He
had felt the purse in his pocket just
a few minutes previous, and he at
once accused the Detroiter of the
theft. Finding the situation rather
uncomfortable, the accused started
away in his car to the home of a
relative where he was staying, but
Kennedy and a companion stepped on
to the running -board of the machine.
A fight ensued, and Kennedy was
rather badly hurt, but his friend
stayed with the car, and was •success-
ful, we learn, with the assistance of
Constable Warner of Teeswater, in
recovering the money. The accused
was placed under arrest and taken to
Walkerton jail and will receive his
trial at the County town on Friday.
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