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EVEN YEARS
TORTURE
Headaches and indigestion
Ended By "frult.a,tives"
The Martolines Reit Medicine
Like thousands and theueands of
other sufferers, Mr. Albert YaNter
nt Buckingham, Pala tried loaany
realedies and went to dOetOrs and
Opechdists; but nothing did him any
geed.
finally s, friend advised him to try
" Froit-aetives " --now he is Ito') • AS
hoiesays in a letter: _
"For seven years, I SlIffete(1"terribly
from Readaelies arid Indigeption.
bad belching gas, bitter'tuff evould
Wine up in My mouth, often :vomiting,
said "was terribly constipated. I toolt
Fruit-a-tives an4 this grand fruit
mediciue made me .
re)ca. box, 6 for $.2.50, trial size 25s;
At dealers or Sent by Fruit-a-tivea
limited, Ottavtai.Diit.
TPIE OLD MAPLE TREE
Written for Advance by an old
resident of Wringliatn, Mr. T. A,
Calhoun, who now resides in
Lotidon,)
At the foot of the garden,
Not planted by hands
With -wide spreading branches
An. old 'maple stands,
'Much the same in apnitrance
As others you see, -
But to rue there is iieme
Like that old maple tree.
Other ,trees in the „garden:
More 't-tttceftil -and fair,
ve long- slender , -branches
Like plumes in, the air,
• There are fruit trees and flowers ,
But no'ne have "lot -ine
The charm that belies ovet-
• The old maple tree.
In winter It Weathers-
.
The wild starmY 13161st,'
It's roots have been tested,
• But al w aYs held ast,
nii,d-surniner drought
Like' a breeze from, the sea
You will find in the shade
.Of that old triaple tre,e:
tgli up in. its branches ;„-
The.first robins sing, .„
Where the t>fiol calls
'o his.. mate in the spring,
And nothing so grand
In creation for me
As the neusic that floats
From- that. old. maple tree.
In autumn none . fairer
nature is seen.................'.
Than till§ tree in •its mantle ,
Of crimson and green,
No flowers or trees --, -
Have suck grandeur foni
. ,
That's -why:Vsn iii love
With that 'old rnaple• tree..
By Bertrand W. Slaielek
°rationed front last week
SYNOPSIS.
ciff.AhTtlit. T --The story opteee'.inethe
warp 'at • ,Graoville, Ontario,' „: where !Ales
Tielltfit Weir Is' itimplinted est 0.:utertograljhor
Iiit't3ie-,.6fftee'tif Harrington'and Bush, I21,he
li engaged Jack:. learrose"f a youngreal
estatet,agent. -and the -wedding day le set.
While waliclittr,'Vidth him one Sunday theY
Ineet,Mr.,pnsn, Razors employer, wile for
the 'drat time. ,seetos to notice' her at-
tractivenesa Shortly afterward; at hir re,
quest, the-:,becontes his private stenos -
replier; 'After , three month's' Mr. Bush
preopeeisernarriag.e, which Hazel declines,
and ',after • a 'stormy weenie In • the office
Hazel' leaves her employment,' Mr. Bush
warning-Ito:the would make her Sorry for
.refusins him.
'CHAPTERIBuhmaltee an effort, by
a, gift Of.' fiewers, to comprornise.Hasel
the Wads of :her friends. She returns
them. The next day Bush le thrown 'front
his horse and -.fatally hurt. He. sends for
Hegel, who refuses to gee hint before he
dies. Throe day e afterward It le- an-
nounced that he left oh, legacy .of
,
He ',rim reparation' or ay eatorte
. may hare. don. her,:" Hazel .reicognixeo DA
once,"Whatntruct1,fl fl1 be put upon
the' words. Bush ha he;. revenge,.
jrAPTuR Tri -Jack klarr,ow,,An %fit
or :Itiallous,1rage, detharods from Ila-zel
explanation of Roshli action: Ifs.zel'opricle
la hart, and:' she ''refusee. ', The engage-
Ment- , Is _broken:- and dete,troines,Ao
Itlavi',GranYille. She seeetiti, advertise-, •
ment,for-a, 'School teacher it. Cariboo
Meadows, British Caltimbia,' and securer
the ,eithation,
11 itstter tttOgle Cal414 01ifc
e' iirtT tied Mill rij»eht!Pr loctieh
t 0:1 '911.10:t. And she •gat tIttO bed,
tbkt1b t* berflelf, deprtekeed
WIVOlitt
elePt for a thue, her *Jeep Toro -
Seta *to hy Morbid. dreams; and aoire,
Weitkenedtofitid her *Yea full
F1i0 did'not.lolow why she
ery, but cin- she eild till her Oil-
lieW Fro' moirin-and the heavy feeling
itolr Iratittit growl. if 'llanYthileg, Mot,
hliteAde,
Rho *witched eon the thin eltrethin
btLlb ' °tee her. head, eno .teeehaen ,
,Itter ',puree fer another liendkorchioti,
7.10r tingliell drew forth, with the bilt
f9Itled Oaat vaPett, ,Iyhtch
Doomed tO )17-psketieett her, lefixedly did
she remain looking at it. A, adeset of
plain white. Polren walked rink data
A A
ainh, nemee end crooked liner that naosring NMI Task i -ler in 1410 Arms,
stood. for river,* with ilaadatil patehes. _ , • . ,
that =leant 'mountain rang*, Sale had trucks, staring, aleeifilgt *flt reluettast ian
,litiere-efilll'"Wagstaff's map, : belleye the evidence of blete.laiskii, Mir
his eitered at It along, tireei' Then hrewe,wrinkled, He Put up one heed
she toned her itrnensilvind rate *thong .aud.ahstent} ran It trier hie chichi.' :, .
theInterminable- .etringof $t* on ut vender if • reit' got to'itiii ,p'biiiii of
C}[A2TIIIB IV -Car -boo M&uows is in
a -wild part of British Columbia arid
zel," shortly after' her arrival, losegi: Iter"
way While -wallfing in the weeds.. She-
- wanders until night, when, attraoted by
the light of a ,earapilre,: she tfirnel-tb",•it:::•
hoping- to find soniehody who wilt' guide
her home. At the lire, she recognixeS
character, 'known to Cluribob Meadows ae
rWitestaft.'-i•oistlitwhad,,,veen
her at her boarding house there. 1.70
proralses,:to take her limit° 'In the ,morr,-
Ing,bat 'she lg. compelled, to spend, the-
higlittlti the, woOdD. ,
CHAPTER",.V--2"fhey. ,Ittert.,.•next",••day,
Basel supposes, for Cariboo Meadows, but
Wagstaff- finally admits he is talfilig her
' 1115 'eabin the mountains: ,Be is ro-
.apeetful and -,;Consideratel,:-: and, Hanel,
though protestin.g. indiznantiy, .he/pleas
and has to agOompany, him. -
CHArcElt the "V.Vrorstaff,„
provide/ft 1-Tagel- -which"
had
' been left.,,lry" totiriste. --There -thej.t..pe.eti
the Whiter. ,tIf"agstaff feliss,her. he loves,'
her, beit .1n- her,Andigoatiorrat,her f`abduc-;.
Von" she refuses to lister: to'thim..
, .
DL.W. Scran
ton Coal
All sizes at reduced
prices.
Nut,Stove,Egg,
Grate and Pea
acLEAN
LUMBER & COAL CO.
amparest.oloollowelvteseorasween.flamm,
1 pt.: 10,.;0; 10 1111A 141,, 14; t
11.1“1011 t1110 toll him hor they w
1 bou,10. /laze! was already monotot
liotwit,i, patismi, with hh-1 100
the stirrup, and moiled witimsletilly
her over hie liorse's hack. • •
"I forgot sotnethintr,'" said ho, tine,
went haeh Into the ealoin-whettee to,
Shortly 'emerged, bring bl$ bane
0 0h00.1: rbper uiton some-
thing 'woe written in hold, angidni
ittiorric, 'Ichoi(sie 11;iikhl nctlifsetle otlei
*leaf tt might be, and laughed amused,
Ity, for BM hetd written:
"Var. and Mrs. Iniliato Wsirstsft
11001 home thOir trieilds oft and
Swung up into his ?Addle; a�
ettirr June tile twentieth."
:141esyto j•otogattedhe actift;ottleutzhabe,corpethiney
Top aid Idelred .tiackward at the cabin
drowoing VileettlY heeler its Selttilheil
!roc Booing Bill reached Out Orite
11111111 axtd led it acmes Hanel'al oho*
dem.
"'Attie person," he *aid nehorhno
"here*• the and of one frit!, and
thluglitt','. he Sititl:PIIPWIt^ beginning of another -the longest 'hog
1-e1perstoa, Is it your asteeil botlyesr either et uat has ever, faced. How demi
till- 0110, ft/44:10016p, trri*
Whenceinorthevardina the ikreiften.waen
LO 02by,s
.111Sa!:notad :the distPee, .eisd the litutt7"
seehetirofrortival, And,looked, at her
nrateh. 'Then a feherishactinitr.toole:
hold 'of her. She -*Idresied, 46t ;her. -
Is it really youl" lit leek to lent*
f-14 course it 15 135°, ° Cried She caught his fingere with a utticko
101101y, Mid With fWI) dierAgard tor 11614 Prestooxc '
kat- (Vise*: "All trails le Ir' Ilk t " alike
'• He tertian alii,eiOgestd.lierelid PlAdliee! :pad; Nokia shining. ryes', .Heirin- se Iv.'
her lartO 7:11t4 ifcilt10": Pr,eifirfrOt,t to lr• Idt: them together."'
atilteeoe from rundee' the '.porth 'end *fhlied.r.te tha .11, ,*: • : r
. „. ' th.„en hetallt.hie• head* OW -hat aeoeen • •
That ,done; she .set her *Obese* in . GOYA, doLait.on, thetiteaniar .,,ierwft ..sopihe , woo
the 'aialen.:and., &triode herself, .int the that, dayt let,eilit;CO,4.1d' looked sieoinoefir4lho
home, ; her " ptce:' pr.010.0 lent andfolkintettly; et .1tereeelsoltedietill•: ettenee ttt the Presient ,
*htuift.kol. C11.11_ ret,*_..1*,,e*-ent4e'e, tee!..Heeeee,!mreen*S. linent** They weie ilithagein,#e ,Werria,!earth
*one lboather'llienth; neither'. tee **.c:o.F Per 40471t, vo!ifir el!nro' eedri Were their eabin, their hicks ProPP:id
4.
*stuffed 'articles into :it, regardisis, of et, lair before P0144 heliolviDt ,4*0... hat daY''Af 'the meieth is tisk
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
,
CHAPTER VII --With the corning of
VrIng- Hazel Insists that NITsgstatf-talte
tle,r out ctf tho.pouneatilsi .N.ge 9rieleivel'8
co` pershade her,to marry Iiini.and stay",
but 'tin her persistent' refueal, .ha, aceorri- ,
panies her to, Bella- Coole, ,from where
she can proceed to Var:couver:
CHAPTER VT/I.-On parting, Wagstaff '
gives eye] Sile discov-
ers later contains 0.200 and a,rnap which
1'011 enahla,"her to find her .way to the
cabln If she ilestree to go. bacit... At (Van-
couver ne,tasel , plat:a to 'return, to
1 1 b' t- n" the train realizes" that she
gagehe tolinteireed eteatitlY eon ,tlie•1'1* Pat H leg 111 d [hilt tornfortably, Again*, a• log? wedded
Puree, .',wheasia delter folded • Bill *egh. rea-Oe._ e*.r,00ed *.er 141; ne„Li40:___41j4_,40,,,ma, iiren ,intri *eta itt
stare -men: " ..• *, : • nOtchtatinliettlenprirOlie.,n'OtintainAe
' Aladnihen eent *.a: the .da'rkrailintd"X°*ePtel,„ir trai. •• seen', whichtinonnnotill, lingered., Beside
tinker doflightieviliked the: 111001 Rereed,Ell:',,,, aa ritaidge, dribbled' ,n Whip of
ihritek iteheed ''.berdn'd!the .1A.t PaY 107 th du emelt!, airatoki,,i. iwied , e. nesonn
'.nplend doeinethe Wide. ritichei .of 'the, "IA.. •1:41 - - . re.i*t1s1 swarogrofr. intern „ tees and Meek
Werth Thelenelerd .netaite the erceeehea, lrott. Alden...think Ineinhil,' did Yr 1.a Izs ths elear, thin sir Of hthitt
nine to .A.st p. Basel teak ease 'look ihi.atisktat'wittn,her-blanahliagefani'eriallh' - al tones .of whit
-• • , .
to make suro
Theri,ihe got, Saftliglinter 04.41ip4,1.04: atidated*alee,lifid Weis nireald in the
tie aisle, took. up her finite -area, and bait 70t1, ';iflaiit',714.ra"n!IP''!1?:71.itPY hush., with
the ear: -.it, tha. i)s,,:isice ,tAtraid • . " 411,1u#,voni,a: 14110 gpc..,*
giVe thWear Portern • " "That Wan, jnat.tahtnar tit.'dainerattS,' ,ieteged;aabanitstn,,,Widii:Ar,elleti, •
"Tell Matir.1/lershotinii lady --ire lower elealsha.,' Nee', leader 4,100afted te nee *'• and; liallearieenry.,
is ftrehiltiee; "that Hiss had to hetitie.4.0.. 4t1.'•1/44hz,hikerl:.AlthifgethAe," :the.' beetle *iffri,..'3.11.!.,Filik 411-1e0-0,4
STWair U," ihe,iatidnerith I defier tithiettielten yon aeleinh,011nee/dr 0.',164,p0.. 104 hui:Ip•At.,
see Tha
'Ski I will :write' Seen* and '!0,A.4",'Otdit•_,,e thinetlent elt'tikahn1thite;:heela. 00„,..pmc.dutotO.. *Oar: 451'050#4
sxpIaIn"•• • ; , NW. *sena. lieefied,
She, .stood .thi.• shadow ;'ot teeeteldn, StettY, 4leiteJIAA0ed • !AP • etettere tairnaltheatdr"trrere clearing nrith'•A
•
the etenee ,fors st laeo iliecheit 'alt.'. ,,didante sae hove -00ilivit..4btOtti of :wawa": thti •
ited's •ratogi wits brief. ,,,Ntt.lien,,,,ftek:',r,ett,r, renting 'tlitiagn,, inta les* then ..toethe. tuo
lights,,wentninimisaingedotancthejedieh, • ilAe,not. you watiClied andlieteniad tonbieforest
she 'tot* up. hereeamitelse Intienateeee. hole: tteed'ete., to*„44Sir n "tingle, it was a land 01 'Poen* and
tantovitt no the botil.where rake had tin..." rActtplitt ,
• m.,0***.t1,1100t: 'dit0100 to go up to the WSBAZApt.'.
'11'P ,owy hold
o, idi long s* .y'o1 had to
get Acton* • on7 -haVe
Wive, i.',tvOr writ iliortsand dolfars
Ml ioopay--- no Plata to aPetld
tI save."'
:1%0 1.40w a smoke ,rltig over e
and watched it vanish lap tot the
deeity .root beam* Nifore- ansWered.
person." he, "lb
Very tree, end *e thIet tnithfully- Say
that *tern reeeeenity ie treading on our
heels. The pesseselon monoy bus
nnvo 11.0ea a crying need rith nae,
Out 1 hadn't many wants when -was
.planing a lone hen& end 1 generally let
the Inture take care•Of itself, If was
to dig hp mplile*" enough
buy hooke and .grub- or anything I
wahted Now that asSumerl a Cer-
tain responsibility, it has boom to
down on no that we'd enjoy life bet-
ter we Vetere asifurecli of a cotalie-
• tenet, , won't Stay here a/ways..
I'm pretty' much eoninit61 now
ao are Iota But /know from past ex.-
Perience!',that -the Outside will grow
more alluring its tinii passes, `Tiou'll
get lonosonie for eiviltzation. It's the
moit. trat.nral thing In the wd.'rld.' And-
when, we go ont to mitt with ow fellow
vve.'went to meet' them On
terms -of worldly equality. .V.71tich is
to say :with good clothes on,, and It fat
'mink roll in Our Poeitet. And laSt, hut'
not least,old 'while 1 love to loaf ,
I can only loaf ,about so long In con-
tentment. Settle?. l'ye got to,he doing
Something.; whether At Watil
or, not has never mattered, just so it
was actiori."
"I saint, ai,von call liazel
itOf course I do. Only limy people
111e -
to loaf all the tinie. 1 -love thiS place,
.trrici We might 'otay here for years and
'be asitiefied. But-"
. ,
• °But we'd be better Eatisb.ed to stay
if We luiew , that ,w,e. could leeve it
wheneeer, Iva wanted to," he triter:
nipted. "That's the psychology of the
human animal, all right. We don't like
,• to be coerced even by eircumetances."
"If Yon Made a lot Of'snoriey
we cotild1 travel -brie could do lots of
thing$:"'' She • reffe.eted. dont think
wept to Jive in a city again. • But
et•, vreuld' be niee to go there, some-•
timee.",
, Thee Clerk, •-aihnoved ,heintoette. roe*, ;41A,Sredilleih, (*fade ;,4,-.etiel Nir re,. and rustle soma. mete taps,
turned the . key' is:nhai leek: -Then She eV- *10,40 ;4' ;.'1..**/4.dthArd l!eilf10
fo
the ihiew her suitcase en mi. tiaa afit ,0141101-46re* *4*11;*" 1 tilieArve'd'O'rele*AntlinAite. tinUe
went over, 'and .:threvving' titer' bilehieee and hitt:1U -tit ,e to 114),Ckf 4,P0fit' weir ee.entlet
sn
dew -tel'idte' gheatest height; :sat ',down bete
and lookedesteadlly towardethe north, leA'akddillut'l.46*,:*41*Iii .ce'uld ***I!
She .leavea, the, train at the fir,st stop. aralling‘.tp :114144.4t,' • . bere Iftgr- ' 8....111,.:r4'
love; Vragetitft. and -deckles •to • go t. him.
tim-,2, (she tmodeney,,ente They.atood:raillent.bathe dOeolleran tor,. 11,saring 131111•Wagotogr.., shentenenneed.
aloud.. 'hOf::cooesaa I eaufindielaimr
nand! with-tliat . eh.. blew at.' kiss; from -
hate finger teereed :rtlia, dark
arid silont .hiertla,.::palled„,,down the
shade, Sad, Wont quietly tobed.
, • •
• lhor tbe life of her, -she could not
help making iotriparisons between the
ms.n beside •her and another who she
gueesed weseld by -now be hearten up
the crest of the dielde that overloolted
the green and peaceful vista of forest
and lake; With the Rabble range lying
purpleteyond. • She wondered if ,Itotir-
ling -Bill liVagetaff would_ ever under
any. cireumstances, Intel looked on her
wittntlie aeornful, angry dintrukt, that
Barrow had once betruyed. Barrow's
ettitude, was that of a little hey -who _
• had broken 'some plaYthing• in •a. tit of
anger•end was, nowevoefttlly trytng to,
-put the pieces together again. It
amused her, •Indeed, It afforded her a
distinctly "un-Christlan satisfaction,
since she Was not by nature of a meek
or forgiviuf -
,
CNA/PISS IX.
• -.-
•,
,• An Illndltig, end fleginnIna.
IlYticonstionsly, by • natural aitdmila-
ideal, Ito to Speak, 11111101 'Weir- ha , ab-
-sorbed more 'woodcraft then ales reel-
.1sed - her over -winter stay in the
high:latitudes: Bill regain; had , °Pee
told her that few People ;know. 'juet '
w'het they cola do. until thOy, are cow-
l?* her soeond d t the samentime kind and pont,*
a• Icing intainidili MS legansillana hoes 'married Wadi,' One,
eneindd ..`eitheeike. eitdithr eeheed'
50 *iled was ab. wlth 3,07 'Ore*" Macke astentolt#4pt -don't my
ant . , so? :Se'etPi,like‘it ;Tea efilY'daY,hefere
-4°)Doeyen, :IcevorMe..innehe Aittle,par6 'keeteidiry; 55er505:4'f '
son?'" , 11„ rosined, _atter a little:, "I unladen" ebe. Plaugglad„ /Pea. little
• She nodded hlgeretiP lleePet- • slogerrto, him, "if anintWe l'AgSle were
"Why?" he desired...to knot". wee lei happy as we've been?"'
"oh, Jutiveliopimie-becitilie Yowl" ti mi. Out his -arta acmes her shoulders
man, :1:1*Paolie,"'ehe retunned *iodide- nest tilted lter head hack lie that he
Tousle'. _ !oultfamalle down into her face.
.'“,r40. :re! ehne4-ruli taw° wrii.7 have been a hunch of golden
9°Ft-r-Tftt. . says, haven't " theYr( he widOPered-
.`:',Suraile," she looked Wet hint. ,"Bet nfou Won't forget, thin joY time if we
they're nefelike you. • Menbe nee de hit real hard _going, will you,
start, ihn flittering' yen, but • • •
-there, aren't entenn.emen:Of your tyi,N. bird of. ill omen 'croaks again,"
'Billy -boy ; and strong and capah tee the reproved. "why should eerne
to era• going, as You call It?"
"We shouldint," he oleciereilt
ilannie do. And we Wait* On@ I
hi -ever can tell what's ahead: By and
tiy. when -the novelty weare off-maebe
You'll get. Sie,k Of, seeing the Sara@ oia
Bill around and nobedy else. :You see,
nye alwaye been migood behavior
with you. Do you like aim's_ lot?"
His arm tightened with Et quick and
powerful pressure, then suddenly re-
laxed to let her lean back and stare
tip at him tenderly.
"I ought to punish you for saying
things like that," she pouted. "Only I
can't think of any effective- method.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof -and there is no evil in our
daye." •
"Amen," he whispered softly -and
they fell to silent contemplation. of
\_.' Illizel vlaited with the three of t.hem journey- northward, •the -truth of. that and able to.1underattendthings, things
_to ettiteootth ho.e..,...e.a._e_.mettae: of tarb__.'elbsteinent grew .Mere :Patent :With nach nand:7 ahielros :nut Mtn. Word*. '
hours, 'went to luncheon Witt them,
Ill the Estate of Margaret 5. Hohn -
as, late of the Township of Kinloss,
in the County of Bruce, ,Spinster, de-
ceased. •
Notice is herebY given pursuant to
Section Sd, Chapter 121 of R,S.O., 1914
that all persons having claims against
the Estate of, Margaret J. Holmes,
rho died on or abut the Fourth day
of November, A.D.„.1923, at the Town-
ship of Kinlosss, are required to send
to the undersigned, the Executor of
the Estate, on or before the Third day
of January, A.D,, 1024, •their names
and addresses with full partieulars of
their claim in 'writing and the nature
of the securities, (if any) held by
thetn..
And further take iiotice that after
th'e $aid 35d day of January, A.D.,
t924, the assets of the said estate will
be distributed by the Said Executor
among the parties entitled thereto, ha-
ying regard only to claim of which he
thell then haVe notice aud the Estate
will not be liable for any claini not
filed at the time of the 'aid distribu-
tion.
Dated at Winghatn, this Virst
ky of December, A.D., 1923.
DUDLEY HOLMES,
Executor,
and - et luncheon Loraine Marih
brought up the subject of her coming
home to Granville with them. The
Bush incident was discussed and dis-
missed. On the queetion of returning,
H;17.ei NVAIR noncommittal. •
"Of course you'll comet, We won't
hear of leaving you behind. SO roll
enn consider that settled," Loraine
lAtireb declared at last. "We're going
day after tomorrow. So is Mr. Bar -
.Tack Walked • with •her out to the
Letlysmith, and, among other •things.
told her how he happened to be in the
const city.
"I've been doing pretty well lately,",
he eaki. "I came out 'here 00 a deal
that involved about. fifty thousand doh
let's. 1 closed it up. just this morning -
:1011 tee 6inrei1sion •would Jest abent
hely ustai little house we had planned
once. "ii'Votat you let bygones be by-
gonee Hoyle?"'
gaseeing day • ,
I Iraiatdfall nou beit'rey pride szaidleta
_scared. me to hleathtY •
So tinning -north with old Limning
Gahm hie fat. klootch, end , two half-
grown Sivvash ,,,youths, Hazel bora
steadily across country, driving as
straight as ' the roiling lend ttliowed,
Ifor the mein that snuggled in a• woodei
basin close up to the peaks that guard
/Me River pees. ,
There came it day when brief uncer-
tainty became pure knowledge at sight
of it L-shaped body of water glintmer-
throagli thee.fire-thinned.. mortice.
Her heart fluttered for a minute.. Like
it ,
homing. bird by grace' 'of' the rude
. •
map apd Lanaping George; one had
come to 'the like where -the, Indians',
had clamped; in, the *intern and she
eoeild I:aye gone blindfolded -froin the
take to Bearing Bill's cabin.
, She -Urged ',het pony through the
light , timelier .growth and across the
meadowe wherethe mak 'grass
and strange vroxleolored floWers were
winging up under the ' urge of the
Warm spring sun. Twenty minutes
brought her to the clearing. Silk and
Satin and Nigger, loafing at the sunny
end of tin ',ratable, pricked up their ears'
at her approach, and ebb knew- that
Roaring Bill wee beaten -gain. Slie tied
her 'Write to it sapling and drew nearer,
The, cable doer stood wide.
A brief panic seized her. She felt it
midden Shrinking, a. wild desire IOC
•
"It might be possible, jack," She, an-
swered slowly, "if it were not for the
fact that you took the m011.-,effeettiltte
toenne a Men eould have taken to
ever' atom of affection Iliad for you
I don't feel bitter any nioTe-I simol.
doter fetal at all:" •
"But you will," lie said
'Just give me •ft obanee. I wee it 'hot -
leaded jealous fool but 1 never will
le again'. Glee me a chance, Hazel."
"You'll have to.: make your own
lsnrlOeil," she -said delibetately. "I re -
tease -to bind myself In any -way. Why
should' 1 put thyself out to mate you
happy when you destroyed ell the faith
I had in.yee? And 1 don't think Pin
going to care ---except, perhaps, in it
friendly viraY."
And With that Barrow had to be
eeeteilt, ' •
At dumk of the following day she' and
Loraine Marsh eat itt dat-
tening' their n•eliee against the Isar
dow, taking it Ittet 'look at the envi-
„Nuts Of Vaneauver, at the train yolled
tlieough the outskirts of the city. Ha -
gel ,tOld herself 'that elm Wag going
home, Barrow, Smiled ftleadly Meta-
artee•over the eetth
EVeh so, fille 511I1 reatlettS: far
Ohtelilte ?that* Was eetoothina laek
..neelee „.
ha that lawless,headlong faahlion
yenrse 'You ,leellted. te. lote
how_ X felt about It, '
fairer • than any nuta- X ever. ;km*.
would ,have done under -Me- alateeelnet
cunastancese reii6sse It until I
got beek Into the,diptie wodd. And
then all et once I.:found anyaelf,
for you -and for these .old forests and
the monntal.ns and all. So I came
back.” , •,
girl," he. hiesed.her. "You'll
never be sorry, I, hope, It took some
nerve, too. . It's a long ,trall from here
'to the' outside. But thiat north ;Celan-,
teyL,nt gets itt , your blood -if year
blood's red -and 1 dou't think therein
any water in your vein* lit,tle person.
Lord t I'm afreld, to let • go of you for
fear you'll vanish into nothing, liiro a
Hindu fakir stunt."
"No fear," lliazei laughed. "rye get
*a pony' tied to it tree. out .theie, and
foUr..Siwashes and a. camp 'outfit over -
by Crooked lake. et 'nehould vanish
re.,
ldw1,eeire a plain trail for you to fol.
rdBedill,nisaliond, alter
dence, "it's a huhdred and1orty miles
he
our way and got Married. Thep
to it Hudson's Bay post where therants
Oar* back hero end lantana, our bouov-
a mission ligd A preacher, Let's be tin
,skre you giune to start in half an
boom? he asked, holding her off at
arinha length admiringly.
"ran gime for anything, or X wouldn't
be here," elle riterte&
,«Alt tight. 'YOfl. lid watch an ex-
hibition of speedg pnektug," Billae,
dared -quad stra.ig,Ittwayfell to 'work.
followed Idea Omit, helping to
get the kytaks packed with food. They
!caught the three hOroutsf and it'll
.Stripped the pony of Illazelie riding
gear and.platted tt peek on. him. Theo
he put her eaddieOn 811k4
your private neSsiint hancfp
forth,i' Bill told ber itinghtutai. s'.1r(n141
ride ,bieri With More plettente SAWA Vint
d1a. 'CAA Aret time,Vatin't /Ott'
.Pkegietitik tbAY.
headlo,ng Sight. Brit It peened, Mut
knell' that for good *or 111 aim, would
arinrer turn bach. ,
• Oe the soft turf her footetene OW*
'forth no sound. She gabaedethe deoe-
wey as ellently as it shade*. Bearing
Bill faced the end of the long rtoimi hat
he did riot see her, for he .war aluraPeit
try' the big chair before the lireplagek,
his chin sleek on his breast, eternal
Straight ohead with abent eyes..
In all the ditys she had been with
hire he had never seen him look 110•
that. Thnt weary, hopeltrOs eienteasloit,
the wry twist of MS 'HIM,. wrung heeT•
heart end dreW great her a Yearniiiiii
little Whieper.
l','
He come ant of his Oh* like a pint -
then And when hts eyes belts6d
lit the dabrIvitY he etige10111 1*.
idetde
"'Yes, dear girl,' it would," Bill
agreed. "With,a -chem. to belp you en-
joy tildes. We can 'cle.things together
that.itwoldp't do alone, and you
couldn't. do alone. Remains ein.17 to•get
the wherewithal. And sinee, I 'know
how to numage that with a niirattrune
atnount of . effort, I'd .1111e to he abost
it befoie eornehOdy else gets -ahead of
Theagli 'there's small chance of
that." ,
‘, "We'll be partners," satd She. "How
wIll we divide the profits, Billumr
"We'll spilt eeee," he declared.
'That is, I'll woke -the money, and
5-ou'11 spend it."
They chuckled over this coneeit, and
as the desk closed elawly they 'fell
to planning,the details. 'Hazel lit the
tehroa,:•and- In its yellow glow pored
4;ver inaps , while Bill Idly sketched
their route on sheet of paper. His
chaps, cor e ,
tioute. have -a tett
to, no tier WIt- 40,"
tihe niAdett ellti0"041`tatten et;
coal4t1 the- glaining bltonal for: *op*, ,
oX those tonments that *1-,froyai•Itosat,
'haat and unfde.gettaleittle a.atety. wore,
lierhatee. tthe' hati come *ore
in hot, eluteated tenger, and ehte•
had e meeilralS.API :111 bride, was pair
liandtwork.of a Man She •fhirod
paean,* that eometimes etertred,:n •
by itc pnitewcitr. Just weer
sibilifY of Mkt 'place betear,,aivein
to edherts metered 'In 130' a peak Of
Sentalent. was ft/etre, here strait
Bin'ta. and; being a 'PM/unit, gtilie -vrierevali
poarateekne. 'eaten/ale%
,
So she Watched , with aeon' e
the 'nese and gold that Spread in it
wonderful blazon over all the western
sky.'
"Twenty-fifth of July, eh?" he mused
presently. "Stammer's half gone al-
ready. I didn't realize it. We ought
to be stirring pretty soon, lady. These
northern seasons are so blessed short.
We ought flo try and do a little good
for ourseives--Inalre hay while 'the sun
shines. We'll needa da men',"
"Needa, fiddlesticks," she laughed.
"What do • we peed money for? It
costs prattically. nothing to live up
here. Why this sudden desire to pa-
ne the dollar? Beside, how are you
going to pursue It?"
'Clo prospecting," he replied prortnet-
ly. "'Hit the, trail for a place I knew
where there's oodles of COatile ffOld, if
you tan get to It at low water Hotel
YOu like to ge into the Upper Naas
country tide fall, trap all winter, work
the sandbars in the spring, and tome
out next fall 'with a sack of gold it
Would take a horse to packt",
Efezel clapped her hands.
"Oh, lain, wouldn't that be finer she
cried. "I'd love to"
"It won't be 511 sualoth stilling," he
Warned. "It's it long trip and a hard
on6, and the 'winter will be longer and
hastier than the trip. Still, there's a
chance for a good big etalt* right in
that one trip."
ktv
"But why the necessity for use
a shaker'A. ' . inquired tlimaghtfid
itfter 'a lgpee , of lave *lietntes. "1
‘..WIP`711,e-1
what lee did, 'Whieh, -truth,
•toinapie enough,- ge -worked his weir'
to tt point southeast of 'lite eletetikoe.
till ;they' ge,ined :ittie rise *
throngli • the treetop* they could I
hitch and See 'the enable inuir, 'There
V111 eat olr efOit-ineh. isiek Ifitn,F104,
Thig fgt01:10 tetl0r
feet'lligh., This 'he hei,,vedl equate,. tles.
four lint side* eif 'the Poet fuleing• re-
sPootivelY the. Cardinal "peinte"aft. Os*.
eienapaaa. On, time smoothed eterfatew
Bill set to work, with his "poikatitnifeee •
Ellie sat down and -watched •Ohile hoe ,
limited himself at this: And ytben bs
bad'Ardelied she read, in fl ,airvid•
letters:
' INTAGSTAFTS' $. CORM,"
Then 'he penned on a sheet -Of
1t9 -
ter -Paper ri,hrier netice to ' the *Mott
thet Ile. William .WaisiattrIntentled .tre
gpplY for the ihirebsse of the land 'ern7
braced in an area a 'half mile. ettuarea
f•whiel) the pest was the, sontheekt
corner mark.. This netlee fasteruet, •
to the stmetp with a• few tacks, and sat '
donee to rest frern his Ittbors.
"How long do You suhtlose that wilt
„
stay there, and who is there to read it
if it.does?'-' Hazel, observed. ,
"Search me. The, 1116rise and the
deer arid to timber v,-etteee., e geese?,
13111 grinned. ""The eliences are the
ptipartvton't Inett long, alth wIatis and.
rains:. But It doesn't matter. It'e
Ay it form preset -liter] by the bind act
Of British Colurrthin, anti, so long ae 1.
et) through the legal Motions, that letg
me °tit, Matter of form, yau hnow."
. .
"Then What else do yott Int"ve to do?" -
"Nothing. ttit furnish the InoneY
when thd land department gets around
to aeeept my" appliention," he enid. "T
can get an agent to tt.ttend to all. the
details: Well; lek's tal<e' a loolt at our
estate from another corner,"
Toughly escerteined by sight-.
Leg a, line with the compttee, and step-
ping Off gsa yards, brought them up.'
on a knoll that 'conmettoleti, the email
basin of which the clearing was prateee.
tically in the center,
1" Bill exclaimed. “Loolt at
our nanel,\vould you ; our wi despreatt
. .
acres basking io the sun. A quarter
section is- (mita' a elturtlr. • Dot' yo* -
know TI never thought lamb about it
before, beetherars a piece; of the iinest
land that. lies outdoors. If thls cos' -
try should get a rellroad and 'settle Itta;:
that quarter section might -produce alt
the income we'd need. Just out of, hay
and potatoes.' How'd you Illte to he it
;farmer's wife, 'huh?" • ,
• "Fine," she smiled. • 'Look at the
view -it isn't gorgeous. It's --It's
..IC1Y peaceful and quiet and soothing.
hate to leaVe.it." ;,.
"Better be sorry to leave a plat* '
than glad to get away" he answertsal
lightly. , "Come on, let's pike home poi.'
get things ia order for the long trail.,
woinan o' mine.. teach you, how to
be a woodland vagabond."
CHAPS -Ent
fr,4
gnRoutt%
Pored Over Maps, While Bill • Idly
Sketched Their Route on at Sheet of
Paper.
objective lay- east of the head of.' the
Naas proper, where 'amid a wild tangle
of mountalue and mountain torrents
three turbelent rivers, the Stikine, the
Skeena' and. the Nese, took their rise.
A God -forsaken region, he bild her,
where ,few white men had Penetrated.
The peaks flirted -with the clouds, and
their sides were scarred with glaciers.
A. lonesOrne, broodiag land, the home
nf a vast •and seldom -broken silence. •
"But there's afl kituls of game and
eel- in there," Bill remarked thought-
."4,nd gold. Still,' it's a -fierce
evontry. ,for a man to take his best girl
nto. 1 doan know whether I ought
teckle it." '
"We couldn't 1)0 niore isoleted than
we are here," Ilietel ergued, "if we
,vere in the Arctic, Look at that poor
.etiman at Pelt House, Three babies
io-n since $he saw a. doctor rir ElAnther
.vorean of her own color 1 What's a
-,1ater by ourselves compared to that.
'And she didn't thlelt it so great e
terdehip. Don't you worry about me,
Mr. 131/L. 1 oda It will be fun. rtn
a real pioneer' st. heart, The wild
,places look good to me -when you're
ationg." •
'She received her due reward for
that, and then, OA long twilight Imo-
ing brought the hour to it lateneee :that
manifeated IWO by eantiry pawns on
their pert they Went to be&
With:breakfast over, Bill pen a com-
• pass in his pocket, after having ground
his ax blade to at 'keen edge. •
"Conte On," seid he, then; 'Inn going
to troneatt Home Important business,"
"What Is it?" she premptly damned -
ed with much curiosity.
"This domicile of oure, girl," he told
her, while be led the Ivan through the
surrounding tittiber, "15 cure only by
grItee of the wilderness. It's built on
unsurveyed government Itind -4- land
that I have no more legal 00:1111 to
thnn _atiy..,,posg-trapunt., But rrn
. Long sinee Hazel had become aware •
that whatsoever her husband at ,about
doing he did sivittly and with inftex-
ibte purpose. There Was no manager'
Ing or doubtful ; hesitation. Once . his
Mind was made up, he &cited. Thus, .
upon the third day from thelandstalta
ing, they here away eastward from the •
clearing, ecross a t•racklesi area; trav-
eling by the sun and Billie knovitledge
of the country. •
"Some day there'll be trails blazed'
through here by a paternal govern-
ment," he laughed over his shoulder,
"for the benefit of the public. But we
don't need 'em, thank goodness," "
The buckskin pony
bonght for the trip hi with Liteping-,„
George ambled sedately under a Pack
containing beddlag, cloMe.s and alight
shelter tent.'• The black. horse, Nigger.
be of the e0elted ear aad the rolling
earricel In a peir of keetits stet:
weeks' supply of •food. • Bill led the
way, seeonded by Hazel on'eavy-geited
Sine Behind her trailed the peek
horses like doge 'wet( brokett to heel,
Patient under 'Melt heavy burdens. Off.
In the east the sun was barelyclear
elf the toweriag Rockies, and the
'woode were Still cool and ,Shaidewir.,
fall of az'Ordatie oder § train Platt fail..
tree. ,
There Was n� monotony in the.pasS-
•ing days. Rivers barred their way,
These they 'forded or .swani, or ferried,
o makeshift taft of loin,. eta eiemed
most tit. Haps and Mishaps alike they
accepted with an equal)]* eptrit: and
the true philosophy of theArail-to
lake things ess they some, . When rain
leinged then), there *as always shel-
ior to be fund duel fire be warm them,
if the 'files assailed too dereely$ 'a
nitalge .brought easearienit Of thet' 111.
tech day Was Something Mere' then a
:mire toll of So pinny mile§ •treversede
rhe utexpeeted, for -which bath •weret
•••ager -eyed, lurked oti the sheeldet
etch mountain, In:the 'bellow of evel'Y'
tool canyota or, .itiet thein boldly he
the, open, Ithked hto uharreld.
Itaaring hp to where- the Ntiehaco
lebouelle$ front Preset' lake, with itt
lethrletin's boy fthe boat And aa /adieu
• c'eitttulM tout
,