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matt and turned away.
Hardly,had he crossed the bridge On
his way to the pasture when Berrie
cried out, "There comes daddy."
Wayland joined her at the door and
ittisod beside her. watching the super-
visor as he came zigzagging down the
steep tOlI • to the 'haat with all hie
. horses trailing behind him roped to-
gether head to tail.
'He' s had to come round by Lost
lake." she -exclaimed. "He'll • be tired
out and ebsolutely starved. Wahool"
she shouted in greeting, and the su-
pervisor waved his hateL •
There Was something superb in the
ealm seat Of the veteran as he slid
down the slope. He kept his place in -
the saddle with the air of the rider
t� whom hunger, fatigue, windfalls
and snowslides were all a part of the
day's work. 'and when he reined in be -
tore the door and dropped frong his
horse he put his arm about his daugh-
ter's neck with quiet word: "I thought
Pd find you here. How is everything?'
"All right, daddy. But what, about
you? Where have you been?"
'Cie= back to Mill park. The
lamed carnets kept just ahead' Of me
ail the way."
"Poor old. dad! And on top of that
Amine the snow."
'Yes, tun' a Whole hatful. I couldn't
get hack over the high paste Had to
go round by Lost lake, jad, to cap all,
CU Biddy took a notion not to lead.
Oh,. I've had a peach of a thne, bat
AM1 am. Have you seen Moore and
res, "they're in esunp up the trail.
asd Alec Belden and two women.
Ass yes hungry?'
Me turned a cemleal glance upon her.
Alinei htusgryt •Sister, I am. a wolf.
Ass* take NW horses down, to the
amiss:"
bietesed to interpose: "Let ma
die limit, daddy, Mr. Norcross is ltadir
Mao a e- 'torte& down
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CORD NOT SWEEP
BACK WAS SO SORE.
I women are coming to Understand that
weak, lame and aching backs from which
they suffer so much excruciating pain
aid agony are due to wrong action of the
kidneys. . •
On. the first sign of any weakness in
the back Doan's Kiduey Pills should be
taken.
Mrs. I. Gonshaw, 683 Manning Ave.,
TorontoFOnt., writes: "I take great
pleasure in writing you, stating the bene-
fit I have received by using Doan's Kid-
ney Pills. About three years ago I -was
terribly afflicted with lame' back, and
was so bad I could not even sweep the
Boor. I was advised to use Doan's Kid-
ney- Pills, and before I had used one box
there was a great improvement, and my
• back was completely cured. I highly
recommend 'Doan's' for lame back."
Doan's Kidney Pills are put up in an
oblong grey -box, the trade -mark is a
Maple Leaf, so accept no ether. '
nice 50cper box, 3 boxes for $1.25,
at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt
of price by l'HO T. Mnennuo 'Co.,
lonexesp, Toronto, Ont.
When ordcering, diret sPecify"Doanns"
.3.0- CENT VCASCARETS"
IF BILIOUS OR COSTIVE
SINOMOSAIMSP=S.S.
For Sick Headache, Sour Stomach,
Sluggish Liver and Bowels --They
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Furred Tongue, Bad Taste, Indiges-
tion, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head-
achea came from a torptd liver and
cioeged bowels, which cause your
etomach to become filled with undi-
gested foed. vhich sours and. ferments
iine garbage la e barrel. That's
tbe frae.:n etee te untold misery-indi-
gestien, ga eo, ;rad breath, yellow
in, mental fears, everything that is
en 1. eatieg. A Cascaret
t esS.'gi Gut' constipated
be:tole a thcrenth cleansing and
ztrs'eht•- yt t morning. They
work while eou ere-rf 10 -cent box
ihera your druggist Noll keep you feel-
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For informationthat will lead tr.',
the discovery or -whereabouts of tile
person or (persons Sifferu.g from
-ervous Debility, Diseases of the
III -loath and Throat, Blood Poison,
Skin. Diseases, Bladder Troubles,
Special Ailments, and Chronic or
Complicated Complaints who can -
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acre nue yeetetsmy artertux)
raining and horribly muddy,
the wrong trail. The darkne
us, and we didn't reach the
nearly Inidnight"
Wayland acknowledged h s Weak -
nese.. guess I made a wl t ke, su-
pervisor; I'm not fitted. for strenu-
oils Ube" -
McFarlane was quick to derstand,
•,1 didn't intend to pitchfork you into 1
the forest life quite -go sud etly," he I
said. "pont give up yet aw • You'll
harden to it."
"Here comes Toll," sal Berrie.
"Hell look after the ponies.",
Nevertheless Wayland wen out, be- •
.11eving that Berrie. wished to is alone
• with -her father for a short use. .
As he took his seat Mcrar ane said:
"You stayed in camp tili yes rday aet-
ernoon,. did your'
• "Yes, we were expecting ou every
moment."
He 'saw nothing in this t 'remark
upon. "Did it know at the la e?'
"Yes, a little: it mostly ral
, "It stormed up on the dkvi
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so that could
I tried. al kinds
, of them 4id me
decided 6 try „`
bought the first
now I axa Well,
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to anyon suffer`
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At all dealers or s
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d I took
s caught
tion till
January blizzard. When
and, his. party arrive?"
"About 10 o'clock this mo
"I'll tide right up and
Whet about the outfit? Th
lak.e, I reckon?'
' "Yes, I was just sending
It But, father, if you go up
camp don't say too mu& a
has happened. Don't tell,
when you took the back tral
how long Wayland and I
camp,',
"Wilt net?"
She reddened with eonfus
• cause- • You know what an
Mrs. Belden is. 1 don't wa
know. She's an awful talke
being together tip there all
will give ber a chance."
A light broke In on the sup
brain. In the midst of his ar
tion as a forester be sudden]
the father. His eyes .narr
his face darkened. "That's s
old riperould make a whole -I t
ital out of your being left 1
that way. At the same e
believe in dodging. The w
we could do would be to In
the trail. Was Tony here
• when -you came?"
• "No; he was down the v
ins mail."
Ells face darkened again.
another piece of bad. luck t
much does the old woman
present?"
•
"Nothing at all."
"Didn't she cross examine
-(Sure she did. but Way
• tracked her. Of couree it o
things. She'll know all abo
er or later. She's great at p
and two together. Two and
her always make five."
• McFarlane mused. "Cliff
plumb crazy if she gets his e
• "I don't care anything a
Idaddy. I don't care whet he
does it he will only let Way'
"See here, daughter. you d
be terribly interested in this
• "He's the finest man I e
father."
He looked at her with tender, tat:eat-
ing glance. "He isn't Your kind, daugh-
ter. He's a nice clean boy, but bes
different He don't belong In our
world. He's only just stoppiag here.
t'
them.
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talked my
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rdly ntlye around.
f Medicine but none
y good. At last, 1
`Fruit-a.itives". I
box. last June, and
fter us4 only"three
end "Fruit-a-tiven"
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$2.a0, trial size, 25e.
nt postpaid by Fruit-
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"Poor. t But the t :e? we've got
to guard against Is old latly Belden'
tongue. She and that Belden gang
have it for me, and till that bas
kept th• ,1 from open w4r has been
•Cllff's r lationship to yeu.
een delight in4Ltilalring the
all this campin z business."
e was now very grave. "i
wish yo mother was here this min-
ute. I • ess we had better cut out this
Wilber cr Ise and go right back." .
• "No, y tit mustn't do that. That
'Would oIy make more tolk. Go on
with your plans. I'll stae here with
you., • It on't hike you hut a couple,
of daye t do the work, and Wayland
needs th rest."
"But sLppose Cliff bears of this busi-
ness, betveen you and N rcross and
loping over the e?"
et laim. lie has o claim on
take 'a
worst of
McFar
comes
uneasily. "It's all mighty
rkiky ine.si, and Its nity fault 1
'ehrould n er have permitted you to
start on th18 trip."
"Don't yon worry about me, daddy.
I'll pull ough somehout Anybody
that kno me will understand how
littler theae is in -in old lady Belden's
gab. I'v had a beautifultrip, and 1
won't let her nor anybody ielse spoil it
for me." 1
ay d was down on the bridge
Ver the rail listening to the
song of tie water. •
Wirer approached gravely, but
when he spoke it was in his usual
soft mo otone. "Mr. NOrcross,'' he'
began, with candhL inflection, "I am
•very to say it; but 1 wish you
and my daughter bad never- started,
•on tids p." I
luieW what you nlean stiPerviserf•
and I Nei as you do about it. Of
ne of us foresa4 'any sucti!-
u as Oils, but aim that we
• up in it we'll have to heyo'flake
of it. No one Of us is be
gossip: •course n
ber to eempuen
nd our ere ewe
t time the best
rvlsor'14 blame. e. Iwas all accidental."
ttles frank words and his
ccuPat eympathe e volgo disarmed- MeFase
beaame lane cern
ed 'and '
.The, aentment
„E:ren ollght
he felt melted away.
a cap. no 'we_ *airing 'if," he remarked at
length. "What we've gotto meet is
Seth Bel 's report -Berrie has cut
froth Cliff, and he's red headed
sh4ady. When he drops on to this
story, w en. he learns t I had to
chiefs ba 'k after the hora4s and that
yoti and Berrie ivere alo e together
for three days, he'll have a fine club
to liwing, and he'll swing t, and Alec
will help him. They're ii1 waiting
• ce •get me, and they're mesa
ono Oa get we through my girL"
hat an I der asked Wayland.
eFar ne pondered. 't1'11 try to
hea1 off m Belden and I'll have a
with Moore He's a pretty res.
le c p."
ut yo forge there's iOther tale
oore's daughter is with
cot mp
I don't
t thing
o blind
t
after
,
u'rhatli
How
owl at
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(I. side
delays'
It 80011;.
ng two,
o with
will be•
first" '
t Cliff,
t. .ksor
alone."
in
son
050
at's I'd forgotten her. dood
, we are Int for it! iThere'a no
tryin to coy r anything up."
e w the jt1ace for Norcross to
and sa , "Never mind, I'm
e to be my wife.*
't d it Soniething rose
at wh1k preveated speech.
• rep e, a kind of sui-
ent a being forced tato a
kept ihuxn silent, and Me-
appoliited, wondering and
silence also.
was the first to speak. "Of
who know yotir daughter
ten. for an instant to the
iniclean old thing like lira
t so sure about that," re -
ether gloomily'. "People al-
to such stories, andra girl
ts the worst of a situation
Berries been breught up to
of herself, and she's kept
ticism so far, but with Cliff
and this old rip snooping
His mind suddenly changed.
g the son of L rich man
any. Why diclo't you tell
who
speak up
go to
tourist.to, But he co
I
• in his
er knew' A trang
len resen
dec aratlo
• Don't forget that"
' I
"I'm ncit forgetting that, daddte I'
knoni• he's different. That's why I like.
him." A.fter a pause she added: "No-
body could have been nicer al throngh
• these days than he has been. He teas
• like a brother."
• McFarlane fixed a keen glance uPon-
her. "Has he said anything to You?
Did you come to an undeistandingt"
Her eyes fell. "Not the way you
mean, daddy, but 1 think he -likes me.
But do you know who he is?
son of W. W. Norcross, that
igen lumberman."
McFarlane started. "Ho
know that?"
"Mr. Moore asked hint if h
relatian to W. W. Norcros
said, 'Yes, a son.' • You sh
seen how that Moore girl eh
He's the
big Mich -
do yon
as any
and he
d have
ed her
tune the moment be admi d that
Shed been very free with I up to
that time. But when she d oUt
he waO a rich man's son s bectime
as quiet and innocent as a ltten. I
hate her! She's a deceitful
"Well, now, daughter, thnt being the
case. ifs all the more certit ra that be
don't belong to our world, • nd you
mustn't fix your mind on ke- ling hirn
here."
"A girl can't help fixing er mind,
daddy."
"Or changing it." He sm11d a lit-
tle. "You used to like Cliff. You liked
him well enough to promisej be mthd'Y
bim."
"1 koow I did. But I. drs4se bim
1
wffl not
of
en."
'm n
plued the
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alwlays g
like this.
take care
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"Yam- be
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who you evere?"
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'4. THE HURON RAI-3061TC R
difference saes It maker .1 itkire nom.
In to do With, my father's business.
His notions of forest speculation are
not mine." ,
"It would have made a difference
with me, and it might have made a
difference with Berrie. She mightn't
have been so free with you at the start
if she'd known vvho you were. Yon
looked sick and kind of lonesome, and
that worked on her sympathy."
"I was sick and I was lonesome, and
she has, been very sweet and lovely to
me, and it brenks my heart to think
that. ber kindness and your friendship
shonld bring all this trouble and sus-
picion apou her. Let's. go up to the
Moore 'amp and bare It out with them,
i'll make any statement you think
best."
• "1 reek -on the less said about it the
better," responded the older man. "I'm
going up to the camp, but not to talk
about my daughter."
• -How can you help it? They'll force
the topic." ••
"If they do P11 foroe them to let It
alone." retorted Meltorlane, but he
went away disappointed and sorrow-
ful.
When the supervisor reterned from
the ciimp something in his manner re-
vealed the tact that the situation had
not improved. -
"They forced me into a corner," lie
said peevishly. "1 lied out a- one night.
hot they know that yon were here last
Mahe Of course they were respectfui.
enough so long as 1 had an eye on
them, but their topgues are mangging
now." •
As• bedtime drew near Settle took a
blanket and went to the corral, and
Berrie insisted that her father and
Wayland occupy the bunk.
Norcross protested, hut the supervis-
or said: "Let her alone. She's better
able to sleep on the door than either
of :la" •
This was perfectly true: but. In spite
of his bruised and aching body, the
youth would gladly -have taken her
place beside the stOve. It seemed piti-
fully unjust thee she sbould have this
physical hardship in addition to her
uneasiness of mind.
Berea suffered a% restless night, the
most painful and broken she had
known in all her life. She atknowl-
?deed that Slone Moore was prettier
and that she stood more nearly on
Wayland's plane than herself, but the
realization of this fact did not bring
anrrender. She was not of that tem-
per. A.11 her life she had beee ealled
upon to combat the elements. to hold
her own amid rude men and inconsid-
erate women, and she had no intention
of yielding her place to a pert co-
quette, no matter what the gossips
might say.
"She shall not have her wee with
Wayland," she decided. "I know what
she wants --she wants him at her side
tomorrow. • But I will not have it so.
She is trying to get him away from me."
The more she dwelt on this the hot
ter her jealous fever burned. The floor,
on which she lay was tell of knots.
She could not lose herself in sleep, tired
as she was. • The planks no longer
nirned their soft spots to her fleph, and
site rolled from side to side in torment
Her plan of action was simple. "I
shall go home tomorrow and take
Wayland with me. I will not have
him going with that girl; that's set-
tled."
The hard trip of the day before
had seemingly done him no permanent
Injury. On the contrary, a few hours'
rest had almost restored him to his,
eortnal self. "Tomorrow he will be
able to ride again." And this thought
reconciled her to her hard bed. She
did not look beyond the long, delicious
day which they must spend in return -
Ing to the Springs.
. She fell asleep at lost find wits awak-
ened only by her father tinkering about
'the stu ve.
CHAPTER XI. .
The Camp on the Pass.
$ soon as she was alone with her
father Berrie said, "Pniegoing
home today, dad."
"Going hornet What. for?" •
"I've had enough of it"
He glanced. at her bed on the floor.
et can't say I blame yoe any."
"Oh; I don't (mind sleeping on the
door.' she replied. "But I want to get
back. I don't want te meet tbe *o-
men. Another thing, you'd better use
Mr. Norcros� at the Springs instead of
leaving him here with Tony."
"Why so?"
"Well. he isn't quite well enciugh to
run the risk. It's a long way from
here to a doctor." •
• "He 'pears to be on deck this' morn-
ing. Besides, I haven't anything in
the ofice to offer hine"
"Then send him up to Meeker, Lan-
don needs help, and he's a better for-
ester than Tony anYway.". •
"I don't know but you're right Lan-
don is almost as good a thusiler as
Tony and a much better-lora:4er. I
thought of 'tending Norcross up: there .
at first. Mit he told me that Fraek and
his gang had it in for him. Of :course
he's only nominally in the service, but
I want him to begin right"
Berrie went further. "I want hhn
to ride back with me today."
He looked at her with grave inquiry;
"Do you think that a wise thing to do?
Won't that malce more talk?'.
"We'll start early and ride straight
through."
"'You'll have to go by Lost lake, and
that ineans a long, bard hike. Can be
stand it?"
• "If I find we can't make it P11 pull
into a ranch. But I'm sure we can."
Whep Wayland came in the super-
visor inquired, "Do you feel able to
ride back over the hill today?"
'Entirely so. It isn't the riding that
uses me up, it is the walking, and., be-
sides, as a candidate for promotion I
must obey orders -especially orders to
march."
They breakfasted hurriedly and
while McFarlane and Tony were
brieging in the horses Wayland and
Berrie set the cabin to rigbts, Work-
ing thus side by. side, she TeCoVeTed
her dominion over him and at the
same time .regained ber own eleene±n1
"Ilar2ral MUM& latMed I Wraltai*
self confidaum
he. teatenea her eel mei tistatent os tue
dimites and furniture. -You're ambi-
dextrous."
"I have to be to bold my job." she
langhingly replied. "I feller must play
all the parte when he's up heret
e was still early morning as they
mounted and set off up the trail. but
• Moore's camp was astir. and as Mc-
Farlane turned ixt-much agalest Ber-
rie's will -the lumberman' and his
daughter both came out to Meet them.
"Come in and have son3e breakfast,"
said Slone. with en rd in 1 Inc 1 usi yen eser
while her eyes met Wayland's glance -
with mocking glee
"Thank you." said Melsarlane. "we
can't stop. I'm going to set my (laugh -
"You're a wonder!" he exclaimed.
ter over the diZtie. She has had
enough camping, and Nore oss is pret-
ty well battered up, 80 -I' going tn
help them across. P11 be back tonight
and we'll take our turn up the valley
tomorrow. Nash will he here then."
Berrie did not Mind her father's ex-
planation. On the contrary, she took
a distinct pleasure in letting the other
girl know of tbe long and intimate
day she was about to speed with her
yourtg lover.
&one, too adroit to display her dis-
appointment, expressed ignite regret.
"I hope you won't get storm bound,"
she said. showNeglaer wbite teeth in
a meaning Smile. 1
'71 there is any sign of a, storm we
won't • cross," declared 1McFarlane.
"We're geleg round by the !lever pass.
anyhow. If I'm not here by dark you
may know I've stayed to set 'em down
l
at the mill." r oThere was cbarm in Siona's alert
tt ise and In the neatness df her camp
dress. Hdr dainty tent, with its stool
and rugs, made the wilderness seem
but a park. She reminded Norcross of
the troops of tourists of the Tyrol. and
her tent was of a kind to harmonize
with the tea houses on the path to the
summit a the Matterhorn.1 Then. too,
something triumphantlyfe.Mine shone
tn-ber-hright-eTers sin CilOwed in her
• softly rolinded cheeks. Her hand was
little and pointed, not fitted like Ber-
rie's• for tightening a cinch or wielding
an ax, and as he said "Goodby" he
added, "I hope I shall see you again
soon," and at the moment be meant it.
"We'll return to the Swings in a few
• days," she replied. "Come and see US.
Our bungalow Is on the other. side of
the river. And you too," she addressed
Berrie, but her tone was so convention-
ally polite that the ranch girl, burning
with jealous heat, made no reply.
• McFarlane led the way to the lake
rapidly and in silence. e splendors
of the foliage, subdued the rains;
the grandeur of the peak's, he song of
the glorioue stream, all were lost on
Berrie,' for ;the now felt herself to be
nothing but a big, -clumsy, coarse hand-
ed tomboy. Her worn Movies, her fad-
ed skirt and her man's shod4 had been
made hateful to her by that smug,
graceful, play acting tourlid with the
cool, keen eyes and srairkin lips. "She
pretends to be a kitten, t she isn't
She's a sly 'grownup cat," he bitterly
accused, bait she could n deny the
charm of her personality.
Wayland Was forced to acknowledge
that Berrie in this dark m was not
thefielightini companion s e had Mb -
t and con-
relation -
witted not
estimated
malicious
erto been. Something awe
filing had gone out of th
ship, and he was too keen
to know what it was. H
precisely the value of th
parting words 01 Slone Mo re.
That Benie was suffering and that
her jealousy touchingly lroved the
depth of her love for him !brought no
elation, onle perplexity. liko was not
seeking such devotion. Ls a compan-
ion on the trail she had be4n a joy: as
' a jealous sweetheart she as less ad-
nairable. • He realized pexfect1y that
this return journey was of her ar-
rangement, uot Mcrarlanehl, and, while
he was not resentful of h r care, he
was in doubt of the outco le. It hur-
ried him into a furtiaer int : • wake
. might prove embarrassing.
At the carap by the lake the super-
• visor becarae sharply cdr_amanding.
"Now, lee's throw these petits on live-
ly. It Will be slippery on the high
trail, and you'll just naturally have to
hit leather hard and keep jouncing if
• you reach the wagon road before dark.
-roan rergest vsee "
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"Make Kr sem neeree et --h.
we'll make it. Don't you worn/ about
that' for e Minute. Once I get out of
the green timber the dark won't worry
inc tVe'll lansts right through."
In packing the camp stuff on the
saddles Berrie, almost as swift and
powerful as her father, acted with per -
fret understanding of every task, and
Wayland's admiration of her 'skill in-
creased mightily.
She insisted on her father's turning
• back. "We don't need you." she said.
"I can find the pass."
McFarlane's faith in his daughter
had been tested many times, and. yet
he wag a little loath to have her start
off on a trail new to her. He argued.
against it briefly, but she laughed at
his fears. "I can go anywhere you
can." she said. "Stand clear!" With
final ndhnonition he sttiod clear.
• -Goodby:" he called. 'If you meet
Neel) hurry him along. Moore is anx-
ious to run those lines. Keep in touch
with Landon. and if anybody turns up
from the district °Mee say I'll be back
on Friday. Good leek!"
"Same to you. So long!"
Berea led the way, and Norcross fell
in behind the pack horses, feeling as
unimportant as a amall boy at the
heels of a circus parade. His girl cap-
tain was so -competent, so self reliant
and so sure that Potting be could say
or do assisted in the slightest degree.
Her leadership was a curiously close
reproduction of her father's unhurried.
and graceful action. Her seat in the
saddle was as easy as Landon's, and
her eyes Were alert to every rock and
streamfaeein the road. She was at home
here. where the other girl would have
e
been a bewildered child, and his words
of praise lifted the hadow from her
. •
. .
Wayland called out, "The air feels
like Thanksgiving morning, doesn'tit?"
"It is Thanksgiving for me, and I'm
going to get a grouse for dinner," she
replied, and in less than an hour the
snap of her rifle made good her prom -
18?.
After leaving the upper1, lake elle
th
turned to e right 'and followed the
course of a lilWift and splendid stream
whicb came churning through a cheer-
less, meshy swamp of spruce trees. In-
experienced as he was, Wayland knew
• that this was not a well marked trail,
but his confidence in his guide was
• too great to permit Of any worry over
the pass, and he amused himself by
• watching the water robins as they
• flitted from stone to stone in the tor-
rent, and in calculating just whexe be
would drop a line for trout if: he had
time to do so, and in recovered seren-
ity enjoyed his ride. Gradually he put
aside his perplexities concerning the
future, permitting his mind to prefig-
ure nothing but his duties with Lan-
don at Meekei'a mill.
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He was rather glad of the decision
to send him there, for it promised Rh:,
sorbing sport. "I shall see how Lan-
don and Belden work out their prob-
lem," he said. He had no fear of
Frank Meeker now. 'As a forest guard
with official duties to perform I can
meet that young savage on other and
more nearly equal terms," he assured
himself. .
The trait grew slippery and in places
ran full of water. "But there's a bot-
tom somewhere," Berrie confidently
declared, and pushed ahead with reso-
lute mien. It was noon when they
rose above timber and entered upon;
the wide, smooth slopes of the pass.
Snow filled the grass here, and the
wind, keen, cutting. unbiedered, came
out of the desolete west with savage
• '
fury, but the sun occatsionally shone
through the clouds' with vivid splen-
dor "It is December now," shouted
Wayland as he put ort. his slicker and
cowered low to hi si saddle. "It will
be Jantutry soon!' •
"We will make it Christmas dinner,"
she laughed, and her glowing good Jim.
mor warmed his heart. She was en-
tirely her cheerful Reif again.
As they rose the view became mag-
nificent, wintry, sparkling. The great
clouds, drifting like ancient warships
heavy with armament, sent down chill
showers of hail over the frosted gold
�t the grassy slopes, but when the
slutdows passed the sunlight descend-
ed 1n silent cataracte deliciously springt
like. The conies squeaked from the
rocky ridges and & brace of eagles eir-
ding about a lone crag, as if ex1Ung
in their sovereign mastery of th4 air,
screamed in shrill ecstatic duo.
sheer Miffs on their shadowed id
were violently purple. Everywhere the
landscape exhibited crashing contraste
of primary pigments which bit into
consciousness like the flare of a maze
dal band.
It wasnearly 2 o'clock when they
began to drop down ,behind the rocky
ridges of the eastern slope. and soon,
18 the bottom of a warm and shelter-
ed hollow just at timber line, Berrie
drewher horse to stand and slipped
from the saddle, rest here an
hour," she said, "mad cook our grouse,
or are yote too hungry to wait?"
"I can wait," he answered dramati-
cally. "But it seeme as if I bad never
eaten."
• "Well, then, well save the grouse till
tomorrow, but I'll Make some coffee -
You bring some water while I start a
fire."
And so, while the tired horses crop-
ped the russet grass, she boiled some
coffee and laid out some bread and
meat, while he sat by watching her
and absorbing the beauty of the scene,
the charm of the bdur. "It is exactly
like a warm afternoon in April," he
said, "and here are some of the spring
flowers."
"There now, sit by and eat," ehe
said, with humor, and in perfectly re-
stored tranquillity they ate and drsalt,
with no thought of critics or of rivals.
• They were alone, and content to be so.
It was deliciously meet and resdul
• there in that sunny hollow on the
breast of the mouptaiu. The wind
swept through the worn branches .O
the dwarfed spruce with immemorial
wistfulness, but these young SOWS
heard it only as a tar off song. Side
by• side on the soft ,Alpine clover the
easteraszul. tarsal leek/rot thhatt lifethes
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Gin Pills ',banish backache, no Mae
how severe. The -effect, undete.and
not to mimb the pain, but Gin Belei
go right 'to the source of the soul:,
the Kidneys, restoring ti: oatti
functionsof these Organs, •,rd A ti
the bloodpurified, and mat- „
allayed, ,t)3.e pains disappeat
manentlye • 4
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Other indications that the kidate
nOt puriftring the blood streatne
pertly are:frequent headachce de
in the =line, touches of rireum
-to name but a few symptoinser
every cash cane for Gin Pill. -
50c. a bo, or 6 boxes for $.2.50 at
druggists.
Sample f ee if you write to
Natio al Drug & Chemical
1 Canada, Limited
I Toronto; Ont.
tr. s.!iltadeisa-NAhe tr-00, In
202.1311sta Et., Bu5lo, N.Y.
tsmxtaig I) .esiCEs, anti (town over Ti2
green bill ws of fir beneath
Hall the °reit was tuider tb
at the moqlent, and the man sia ,
It not ran cent! It maim% me
of my to try. Just thine'
glorious sp ead of hill and valley .
der your f4ther's direction -I ma
;
under youI A
direction,. tor
does just bout ietilat you tat
"You've noticed thatr She lau
"If I were l a man I'd rather
visor of th
"SO WOU
yOU areti
your lath
are? Doe
not being
Her ey
that I ea
forest than eongr
I," he agreed. "N
e supervisor. I Woolly
realizes how effIcient,„
he ever sorrow over
boy?"
shone with mirth,
liOtice. He 'peal*
r
tented." .
"You'reU. good deal like a
WW1 I imagme. You Can .do shoot
that a boy 'can do, anyhow -more
I could ev4r do. Does he realize
much you !have to do with the
agement ofi his forest? I've .nev
your like. 1 1 really believe You,
i
carry on tle work as weir is '
She Ails ed with pleasure.'
seem to think I'm a (notelet :onset*
disguise"' ,
'I have 'eyes, Miss Superrheer,
also ears, Which leads rue to ask,
don't you *lean out that saloon
Landon le l' sure there's crooked
geing on itt that mill -certainly
open bar lit a disgraceful and to
Ing thing."1
Her face clotided. "We've t
ettt out ttat saloonbut it can'
done. Yo.i see. it's =nn s pa
claim. T ie claim wos bogn
course, an4 we've made rooipthlut
the uiatterj is hung: up and that
'em a cba4ice to go en.'
"Well. lees not talk of that.
delleions 41 hour for mie elle',
business. lit is a moment for
I wish 1 deuld write what [fee
monient i Why don't we comp
and mitetthe slur go down and
moon r1se0 From our lonY v
ground tb4 coming of dawn wo
an epic." i
"We nneitn't think of that," she
tested. 'We tittlet be going!'
"Not yet Tbe hour is too pe
It may nelver come again. The
in the pines. tbe ennshine, the c
rying renh their rocks. the buti
on theembisver-my heart, aches
the beauts4 of it It's been a ev
fill trip. !Even that staggering wal
In the rain', 13nd its splendid quality.
couldn't atie the poetry in it then,
1 13-.) now. '! These few days have
us eomrades. haven't they -coin
of tbn trait?"
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cough Wruys, lung tonics and the lik
into-• rig 10 tUiri2Ch, Nilli<41 is perf
bound ?,'
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the lunics are not conrsotod, otherwi
food sw4.1Iowed would choke you. La
and throat troubles v.'re ne-ver yet cur
by dosing the stomach. To cure coughs I
:olds arid bronchitis, you mut Iwo/ I,
the curei Peps pmricie the rational treat -
moat for l these ailments. l'eps are tabl
made uo of pine extracts and
essence%1 which when put into the mou
turn into healing vapors. These -4.
breathed down direct to the lungs, t tr...
and bronchial tubes -not swallowed
to the stlenach, which is not ailing.
a 50e. 1.1)0x of Peps for your cold,
cough, co- attlima.- All
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