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' 11,1.1TURE SPECIALIST
Varicocele, VarieeSO Veine,
yeeeeeraenal Weekness, Spinal Deftririe
ity. ConSultation free. Gall or
write. J. G. .SIVIITH, Britiah Appli
epee Specialist's, 15 Downie St., Stret-
ford, Ont. 3202-52
LEGAL
Phone N. 91
JOHN J. HUGGARD
Barrister, Solicitor,
Notary Public, Ebe.
!Beattie Bloat - Seaforth, Ont.
E. S. HAYS
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and Notary Nialic. Solicitor for the
Dominion Bank. Office in rear of the
Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
loan.
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Barristers, Solicitors, Conveyan-
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in the Edge Building, opposite The
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VETERINARY
JOHN GRIEVE, V.S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All disease of domestic
rnals treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich Street, one
door east of Dr. Mackay's office, Sea -
forth.
A. R. CAMPBELL, VS.
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary
College, University of Toronto. All
diseases of domestic animals treated
Ity the most modern principles.
Charges reasonable. Day or night
sells promptly attended to. Office on
Maim Street, Hansen, opposite Town
Mall. Phone 116.
MEDICAL
DR. E. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
itoronto.
I If Late assistant New York Ophtha-
lmia and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Dye and Golden Square Throat Hoe -
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each month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
211 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford.
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Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario, Lon-
don. Member of College of Physic-
ians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office
In Aberhart's Drug Store, Main St.,
leaforth. Phone 90.
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DR. R. P. I. DOUGALL
Honor graduate of Faculty of
Medicine and Master of Science, Uni-
versity of Western Ontario, London.
Member of College of Physicians and
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toast of post office. Phone 56, Hensall,
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Hayfield.
Graduate Dublin University, Ire-
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Sottinda Hospital for Women and
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DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence Goderich Street,
Mast of the United Church, Sea -
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County of Huron.
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C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin-
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Trinity Medical College; member of
the College of Physicians and Sur-
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Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
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Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago;
Royal Ophthalmis Hospital, London,
England; University Hospital, Lon-
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Night calls answered from residence,
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Graduate of Northwestern Univers-
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Meaforth. Phone 151.
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Mmber Engineering Institute of Can-
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AUCTIONEERS
THOMAS BROWN
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of Huron and Perth. C,orrespondenee
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-- OSCAR KLOPP
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perience in Manitoba and Saskatche-
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totaled tee
WATRA
By Max Brand
AMM,
(Continued from last week)
The first leap revealed the myetery
of the Man's appearance. Behind this
rock, which was barele sufficient shel-
ter for his head, he had excavated a
pit sufficient to shelter his crouching
body and the sand which he removed
for this purpose had been spread ev-
enly over the slope so that no suspic-
ion might be created in the most
watchful eye. Re had sprung from
his concealment and was now working
to loosen the half-hitch from the rock.
As the knot came free Alcatraz was
turning and now Perris faced the
charge with the rope caught in his
hand. 'What could he do? There was
only one thing, and the stallion saw
the heavy revolver bared and levelled
at him, a flickering bit oe metal. He
knew well what it meant but there
was no hope seve to rush on; another
stride and he would be on that frail
creature, tearing with his teeth and
crushing with his hoofs. And then a
miracle happerned. The revolver was
flung aside, a gleaming arc and a
splash of sand where it struck; Red
Paris preferred to risk his life rather
thai end the battle before it was well
beg n with a bullet. He crouched
over the rope as though he had brac-
ed himself to meet the shock of the
charging stallion. But that was not
his purpose. As the stallion rushed
on him he darted to one side and the
Lore hoof with which Alcatraz struck
merely slashed his shirt down the
back.
A feint had saved him, but Alcatraz
was no bull to charge blindly twice.
He checked himself so abruptly that
he knocked up a shower of sand and
he turned' savagely out of that dust -
cloud to end the struggle. Yet this
small, mad creature stood his ground,
showed no inclination to flee. With
the rope he was doing strange things
making it spin in swift spirals, close
to the ground. Let him do what he
would, his days were ended. Alcatraz
bared his teeth, laid back his ears,
and lunged again. Another miracle!
As „his forefeet struck the ground in
theneedst of one of, those wide circles
of rope, the redheaded man lunged
back, the circle jumped like a living
thing and coiled itself around both
forefeet, between fetlock and hoof.
When he attempted the next leap his
front legs crum.bled beneath him. At
the very feet of Red Perris he plung-
ed into the sand.
'Once more he whirled to regain his
ost footing, but as he turned on his
back the rape twistesrand whispered
above hien; the off hind leg was noos-
d, and then the near one -Alcatraz
ay on his side straining and snorting
but utterly helpless.
Of a sudden he ceased all struggle.
About neck and all four hoofs was
the burning, grip of the rope, so bit-
erly familiar, and man had once a-
gain enslaved him. , Alcatraz relaxed.
Presently there would come a swift
volley of curses, then the whir and
ut of the whip -no, for a great oe-
asion such as this ,the man would
hoose a large and derable club and
beat him aceoss the ribs. Why not?
Even as he had served Cordova this
man of the flaming hair would now
erve him. 'He was very like Cordova
n one thing. He did not hurry, but
first picked up his revolver and re-
placed it in its holster, having blown
he sand from the mechanism as well
as he could. Then he put on his fele
en hat and .stood back with his hands
dropped on his hips and eyed the cap-
tive. For the first time he spoke,
and Alcatraz shuddered at the sound
of a voice well-nigh as smooth as that
of Cordova, with the same wellknown
'ing of fierce exultation.
"Gad A'mighty. God A'mighty!
They can't be no hoss like this! Jim,
-ou're dreaming. Rub your fool eyes
and wake up!"
He began to walk in a circle about
his victim, and Alcatraz shuddered
when the conqueror came behind him.
That had been Cordolva's way -to
come to a place where he could not
be seen and then strike cruelly and
by surprise. To his unspeakable as-
tonishreent, Perris presently leaned
over him -and then deliberately ,sat
lown on the shoulder of the chestnut.
Two thoughts flashed through the
mind of the stallion; he might heave
-himself over by a convulsive effort and
attempt to crush this insolent devil;
or he might jerk his head around and
catch Perris with his teeth. A third
and better thought, however, immedi-
ately followed -that bound as he was
he would have little chance to reach
this elusive will-o'-the-wisp. He could
lot repress a quiver of horror and
anger, but beyond that he did not stir.
Other liberties were being taken;
Cordova in his maddest moments
would not have dared so m,uch. Down
the long muscles of his shoulder and
upper foreleg went curious and gently
inying finger-tips, and where they
passed a tingling sensation followed,
not altogether unpleasant. Again be-
ginning on his neck the hand trailed
down beneath his mane and at the
same time the voice was murmuring:
"Oh beauty! Oh beauty!"
The heart of Alcatraz swelled. He
had felt his first caress.
CHAPTER XVIII
VICTORY
Not that he recognized it as such
but the touch was a pleasure and the
quiet voice passed into -his mind with
a mild and soothing influence that
made the wide freedom of the moun-
tain -desert seem a worthless thing.
The companionship of the mares was
a bodiless nothing completed with the
hope of feeling that hand again, hear-
ing that voice, and knowing that all
troubles, all worries were ended for-
ever. Like the stout Odysseus of
many devices Alcatraz scorned the
ways of the lotus eaters; for well he
knew how Cordova had often lured
him to perfect trust with the magic
of man's voice, only to waken him
from the dream of peace with the
sting of a 'blacksnake. This red-
headed man, so feoft of hand, so pleas-
ant of voice, was for those very rea-
sons the more to be suspected. Tee
chestnut bided his time; presently the
torment would begin.
The calm (voice was proceeding:
"Old sport, you and me are going to
stage a sure enough scrap right here
and now. Speaking personal, I'd like
to take off the rope and go at you
man to man with no saddle to help
me out. But if I did that I wouldn't
have a ghost of a show. I'll saddle
you, right enough, but I'll ride you
without spurs, and I'll put a straight
bit in your mouth -damn the Mexi-
can soul of Cordova, 1 see where he's
sawed yotir mouth pretty near in two
with his Spanish contraptions! With-
out a quirt ok spurs or a curb to choke
you down, you and me'll put on a
square fight, so help me God! Be-
cause I think I can beat you, old hoss.
Here goes!"
The stallion listened to the sooth-
ing murmur, listened and waited, and
sure enough he had not long to stay
in expectation. For Perris went to
the hole behind the rock and present-
ly returned carrying that flapping.
creaking instrument of torture - a
saddle.
To all that followed -the blind-
folding, the bridling, the jerk which
urged him to his feet, the saddling, -
Alcatraz submitted with the most
perfect docility. He understood now
that he was to have a chance to fight
for his liberty on terms of equality
and his confidence grew. In the old
days that consummate horseman,
Manuel Cordova, had only been able
to keep his seat by underfeeding Al-
catraz to the p oint of exhaustion but
low, from withers to fetlock joint,
the chestnut was . conscious of a
mighty harmony of muscles and re-
serves of energy. The wiles which
he had learned in many a struggle
with the Mexican were not forgotten
and the tricks which had so often
nearly unseated the old master could
now be executed with threefold ener-
gy. In the meantime he waited quiet -
y, assuming an air of the most per -
feet meekness, with the toe of °lie
hind foot pointed so that he sagged
wearily on that side, and with his
head lowered in all the appearance
of mild subjection.
The cinches bit deep' into his flesh.
He tasted that horror of iron in his
mouth, with this great distinction:
that whereas the bits of Manuel
Cordova had been heavy instruments
of torture this was a light thing,
smooth and straight and without the
wheel of spikes. The crisis was com-
"ng. He felt the weight of the rider
fall on the left stirrup, the reins
were gathered, then Perris swung
ightly into the saddle and leaning,
snatched the blindfold from the eyes
of the stallion.
One instant Alcatraz waited for the
sting of the spurs, the resounding
crack of the heavy quirt, the voice
of the rider raised in curses, but all
was silence. The, very feel of the
man in the saddle was different, not
so much in poundage as in a certain
exquisite balance which he maintain-
ed but the pause lasted no longer
than a second aftet the welcome day-
light flashed on the eyes of Alcatraz.
Fear was a spur to him, fear of the
unknown. He would have veritably
welcomed the brutalities of Cordova
simply because they were familiar -
but this silent and clinging burden?
He flung himself high in the air,
snapped up his back, shook himself
'n mid -leap, and landed with every
leg stiff. But a violence which would
have hurled another man to the
ground left Perris laughing. And
were beasts understood, that laugh-
ter was a shameful mockery!
Alcatraz thrust out his head. In
vain Perris tugged at the reins.- The
Lack of curb gave him no pry on the
jaw of the chestnut and sheer strength
against strength he was a child on a
giant. The strips of leather burned
through his fingers and the first great
point of the battle was decided in fav-
or of the horse: he had the bit in his
teeth. It was a vitae advantage for,
as every one knows who has strug-
gled with a pitching horse, it cannot.
buck with abandon while its chin is
tucked hack against its breast; only
when the head is stretched out and
the nose close to the ground can a
bucking horse double back and forth
to the full of his agility, twisting and
turning and snapping as an "educat-
ed" bucker knows how.
And Alcatraz knew, none so well!.
The deep exclamation of dismay from
the rich was sweetest music to his
malicious ears, and, in sheer joy of
action he rushed down the hollow at
full speed, bucking 'straight" and
with never a kick attempted, but when
the first ecstasy cleared from his
brain he found that Perris was still
with him, riding light as a creature
of .mist rather than a solid mass of
bone and muscle -in place of jerking
and straining and wrenching, in place
of plying the quirt or clinging with
the tearing spurs, he was riding
"straight up" and obeying every rule
of that unwritten code which pres-
cribes the manner in which a gentle-
man cowpuncher shall combat with
his horse for superiority.
Again that thrill of terror of the
unknown passed through the stallion;
could this apparently weaponless en-
emy cling to him in spite of his best
efforts? He would see, and that very
shortly. Without going through the
intermediate stages by which the us-
ual educated bronco rises to a climax
of his efforts, Alcatraz began at once
that most dreaded of all forms of
bucking-sun-.flshing. - The wooded
hills were close, now, and the ground
beneath him was firm underfoot as-
suring him full use of his agility and
strength. His motion was like that
‘fe.
of a breaking ember. First he hurl-
ed himself into the air, thenpitchea
sharply down and landed on one stiff-
ened foreleg -the jar being followed
by the deadly whiplaeb snap to the
side as he slumped aver. Then again
driven into the air by the impulse of
those powerful hind legs, he landed
on the alternate foreleg and snapped
his rider in the opposite direction -a
blow on the base of the brain and an-
other immediately following on the
side.
Underfed mustangs have killed men
by this maneuver, repeated without
end. Alcatraz was no starveling
mongrel, but to the fierceness oe a
wild horse and the tireless durability
of a mustang he united the subtlety
which he had gained in his long battle
with the Mexican and above all this,
his was the pride of one who had al-
ready conquered man. His fierce as-
sault began to produce results.
'He saw Red Perris sway drunkenly
at every shock; his head seemed to
swing on _a pivot from side to side
under that fearful jolting -his mouth
was ajar, his eyes staring, a fearful
mask of a face; yet he clung in place.
When he was stunned, instinct still
kept his feet in the stirrups and taught
him to give lightly- to every jar. He
fought hard but in time even Red
Perris must collapse.
But could the attack be sustained
indefinitely? Grim as were results of
sun -fishing on the rider, they were
hardly less vitiating for the horse.
The forelegs of Alcatraz began to
grow numb below' the shoulder; his
knees bowed and refused to give the
shock its primal snap; to the very
wither 's he was an increasing ache. He
must vary the attack. As soon as
that idea came, he reared and flung
himself back to the earth.
He heard a sharp exclamation from
the rider -he felt the tug as the right
foot of Perris bung in the stirrup,
then the stunning impact on the
ground. To make sure of his prey
he whirled himself to the left, but ev-
en so his striking feet did not reach
the Great Enemy. Perris had freed
himself in the last fraction of a sec-
ond and pitching headlong from the
saddle he rolled over and over in the
dirt, safe. That fall opened a new
hope to Alcatraz. Had he possessed
his full measure of agility he would
have gained his feet and rushed the
man but the long struggle had taken
the edge from his activity, and as he
lunged up he saw Perris, springing al-
most on all -fours, animal -like, leap
through the air and his weight struck
home in the saddle.
• Quick now, before the enemy gain-
ed a secure hold, before that reaching
foot attained the other stirrup, before
the proper laalence was struck! Up
in the air went the chestnut -down
on one stiff foreleg and with a great
swelling of the heart he felt the rider
slump far to one side, clinging with
one leg from the saddle, one hand
wrapped in the flying mane. Now
victory with a last effort! Again he
leaped high and again streck stiffly
on the opposite foreleg; but alas! that
very upward bound swung Perris to
the erect, and with incredible and cat-
like speed he slipped into the saddle.
He received the shock with both feet
lodged again in the supporting stir-
rups.
The frenzy of disappointment gave
Alcatraz renewed energy. It was.
not sun -fishing now, but fence row-
ing, cross -bucking, flinging him-
self to the earth again and again,
racing a little distance and stopping
on braced legs, sun -fishing to end the
programme. As he fought he watch-
ed results. It was as though invisible
fists were crashing against the head
and body of the unfortunate rider.
From nose and ears and gaping mouth
the blood trickled; his eyes were blurs
of red; his head rolled hideously on
his shoulders. Ten times he was sav-
ed by a hair's -breath from a fall; ten
times he righter himself again and a
strange and bubbling voice jerked out
defiance to the horse.
"Buck -damn you! -go it, you devil
-I'll-beat-you still! I'll break you
-e'll-make you come -when I whis-
tle -I'll make you -a -lady's hoss!"
Consuming terror was in the stal-
lion and the fear that, incredible as
it seemed, he was being beaten by a
man who did not use nian'e favorite
weapon -pain. No, not once had the
cruel spurs clung in his flanks, or the
quirt whirred and fallen; not once,
above all, had his mouth been torn and
his jaw nearly broken by the wrench-
ing of a curb. It came vaguely into
the brute mind that there was some-
thing to be more dreaded than either
bit, spur, pr whip, and that was the
controlling mind which spoke behind
the voice of Perris, which was tele-
graphed again and again down the
taut reins. That fear as much as the
labor drained his vigor,
His knees buckled now. He could
no longer sun -fish. He could not ev-
en ‘buck straight with the bone -break-
ing energy. He was nearly done, with
a tell-tale wheeze in his lungs, with
blood pressure making his eyes start
well-nigh from his head, and a bloody
froth choking him. Red Perris also
was in the last stage of exhaustion -
one true pitch would have hurled him
limp from his seat -yet, with his body
numb from head to toe, he managed
to keep his place by using that last
and greatest strength of feeble man
-power of will. Alcatraz, coming at
last to a beaten stop, looked about
him for help.
There was nothing to aid, nothing
save the murmur of the wind in the
trees just before hem. Suddenly his
ears pricked with new hope and he
shut out the weak veice which mur-
mured huskily: "I've got you now. I've
got you, Alcatraz. Pee all by myself
-no whip, -no spur -no leather pull-
ing -I've rode straight up and---"
Alcatraz lunged out into a. rickety
gallop. Only new hope sustained him
as he headed straight far the trees'.
liktrert the razed brain a Perris an
ldersteod. lir h all his .force, :21-P.
, wreaced hat t '4 bit,it Wai.hopeleSsr
i iy lodti in ' 0 teeth 41 the Stallion
-and then be groaned in (*Pair and
moment later swayed forward to
avoid a bough brushing close ever -
head. •
Th.ete were other branchea a.heect:
On galloped Alcatraz, healing cue,
ningly beneath the boughs until. be
was stopped by a shook that dropped
him staggering to his knees. The
pontnel had struck a branch -end Red
Perris was still in place.
Once more the chestnut started,
reeling heavily in his lope. This time,
to avoid the coming peril, • the rider
slipped far to one side and Aleatraz
veered swiftly towards a neighboring
tree trunk. Too late Red Perris saw
the danger and strove to drag himself
back into the saddle, but his numbed
muscles refused to act and Alcatraz
felt the burden torn from his back,
felt a dangling font at the left stir-
rup -then he was free.
So utter was his exhauttion that in
checking himself he nearly fell, but
lie turned to look at the mischief he
had worked.
The man lay on his back with his
arms flung out cross -wise. PTOm a
gash in his forehead the bleed stream-
ed across his face. His leg§ were
twisted oddly together. Ms eyes
were closed. From head to foot the
stallion sniffed that limp body, then
raised a forefoot to strike; with one
blow he could smash the face to a
smear of red as he had smashed Man-
uel Cordova the great day long be-
fore.
The hoof fell, was checked, and
wondering at hinaself Alcatraz found
that his blow had not struck home.
Wlhat was it that restrained him? It
seemed to the conqueror that he felt
again the gentle finger tips.which had
worked down the muscles of his shout-
derand trailed down his neck. More
than that, he heard the smooth mur-
mur of the man's voice like a kindly
ghost beside him. He dreaded Red
Perris still, but hate the fallen rider
he could not. Presently a loud rusti-
ng of the wind among the branches
above made him turn and in a panic
he left the forest at a shambling trot.
CHAPTER XIX
HERVEY TAKES A TRICK
The night before, when Perris rode
ff from the ranchhouse after defying
Hervey and his men, his hoofbeats had
no sooner faded to nothing than the
cowpunchers swarmed out from the
patio and into the open; as though
they wished to put their heads to-
gether and plan the battle which the
ommand of Hervey, to -night, had
postponed. All of that was perfect-
ly clear to Marianne. Her call brought
Hervey back to her and she led him
t once off the veranda and to the liv-
ing room where she could talk secure
f interruption or of being overheard.
There he slumped uninvited into the
first easy chair and sat twirling his
qmbrero on his finger tips, obviously
well satisfied with himself and the ev-
ents of the evening. She herself re-
mained standing, carefully turning her
back to the light so that her face
might, as much as possible, be in
shadow. For she knew it was pale
and the eyes unnaturally large.
Hervey must not see. He must not
guess at the torment in her mind and
11 the self -revelations which had been
pouring into her consciousness during
the past few moments. Greatest of all
was one overshadowing fact: she lov-
ed Red Jim Perris! What did it met-
er that she had seen him so few times
and spoke to him so few words? A
word might be a thunderclap; a
glance might carry into the very soul
of a an. And indeed she felt that
he had seen that proud, gray, im-
patient soul in Jim. What he thought
of her was another matter. That he
found a bar between them was plain.
But on the night of his first arrival at
he ranch, when she sang to him, had
he not felt him, once, twice ad again,
leaning towards her, into her life. And
f they met once more, might he not
come all the way? But no matter.
The thing now was to use all her cun-
ning of mind, all her strength of body,
to save him from imminent danger;
and the satisfied glint of Hervey's eye
convinced her that the danger was im-
minent indeed, Why he should hate
Jim so bitterly was not clear; that he
did so Frate the stranger was self -eve -
dent. The more she studied her fore-
man the more her terror grew, the
more her lonely sense of weakness
increased.
"Mr. Hervey," she said suddenly.
"What's to be done?"
Her heart fell, He had avoided he;•
eyes.
"I dunno," said Hervey, "You seen
to -night that I treated him plumb
white. I put my cards on the table.
I warned him fair and square. And
that after I'd given him a week's
grace. A gent couldn't do any more
than that, I guess!"
He was right, in a way. At least,
the whole populace of the mountains
would agree that he had given Red
Jim every chance to leave the ranch
peaceably. And if he would not go
peaceably, who could raise a finger a-
gainst Hervey for throwing the man
off by force?
"But something more has to ba
done," she said eagerly. "It has to
be done!"
Hervey frowned at her.
"Look here," he said, in a more dic-
tatorial manner than he had ever us-
ed before. "Why you so interested in
this Perris?"
She hesitated, but only for an in-
stant. What did such a thing as
shame matter when the life of Perris
might be saved by a eonfession. And
certainly Hervey would not dare to
proceed against Perris if she made
such a confession.
"I'm interested," she said steadily,
"because he -he means more to me
than any other man in the world."
She saw the head of the foreman
jerk back as though he had received a
blow in the face.
"More'n your father?"
"In a different way -yes, more than
Dad I"
Hervey rose and stretched an ac-
cusing arm towards her.
"You're in love with Red Perris!"
And she answered him fiercely:
"Yes, yes, yes! In love with Red
Perris! Go tell every one of your
by her bosilt,
, 'TIP ,
hag her fregkibene
brbws.1 gen *Met*
night 1 guessed it, Went
a hand en a .sneaking houud t
ec44es grinning and talking soft an
saYing thinge he don't half meen?,
WIhyl better reason for thrcordn,g NAO.***
him off the raneh than I e -ver had he- tiah 'QM
fore, seems to me!" teite•-e*
"You don't mean that!"Ishe breath; 4eal:444 ,W
ed. "Say you don't mean that!" t ery grass to,„.ify
"Your Dad ain't here. If be 'wee, in. Seetlanda Mit4/4,
he'd say the same as me. I got to and lel* to ereiM 711
act in his place. You think you like arttoueS to Sfusee0Mrgh,'„i
Perris. Why, you'd be throwing day went against them an
yourself away. You'd break Oliver number of the Slain: era 0.0. $44
Jordan's heart. That's what. you'd side was near ten thmon4; ,11*
do!" The Queen (31/4tey of Lormjee)
elk
a
Her brain was whirling. She grasp-
ed at the first thought that came to
her.
"Then wait till he comes back be-
fore you touch Jim Perris." e
"And let Perris raisethe devil in
the meantime?"
He laughed in her face.
"At least," she cried, her voice
shrill with anger and fear, "let me
know where he is. Let me send for
him myself."
"Dunno that I'm exactly sure about
where he is myself," fenced Lew ner-
ve y.
"Ah," moaned the girl, half break-
ing down under the strain. "Why do
you hate me so? What have I done
to you?"
"Nothing," said Hervey grimly.
"Made me the laughing stock of the
mountains -that's all. Made me a
joke --that's all you've done to me.
`Lew Hervey and his boss -the girl.'
That's what they been sa-ying about
me. What I'm doing now is for your
own good, only you don't know it!
You'll see it later on."
"Mr. Hervey," she pleaded, "it it
will change you, I'll give you my oath
to stop bothering with the manage-
ment of the ranch. You can run it
your own way. I'll leave if you say
the word, but---"
"I know," said Hervey, "I know
what you'd say. But Lord above, Miss
Jordan, I ain't doing this for my own
sake. Pm doing it for yours and your
father's. He'll thank me if you don't!
Far as Perris goes, I'd-" ,
He halted. She had sunk into a
chair -collapsed into it, rather, and
lay there half fainting with one arm
thrown across her face. Hervey
glowered down on her a moment and
then turned on his heel and left the
house.
He went straight to the bunkhouse,
gathered the men about him, and told
them the news.
"Boys," he said, "the cat's out of
the bag. 'We found out everything,
and it's what I been fearing. She
started begging me to keep off Red
Jim's trail. Wouldn't hear no reason.
I told her there wasn't nothing for
me to gain by throwing him off the
ranch. Except that he'd been order-
ed off and he had to go. It's made a
joke of me and all of you boys if the
word got around that one gent had
laughed at us and stayed right in the
Valley when we told him to get out.'
A fierce volley of curses bore him
out.
"Well," said Hervey, "then she come
right out and told me the truth: she's
in love with Perris. She told me so
herself!"
(Continued next week.)
ABBOT OF DUNFERMLINE LIGHT
OF OTHER DAYS
A great deal has recently appeared
in the press about old families from
the British Isles settling in Ontario.
Little has been said about ancestors,
though they have a way of passing
on their characteristics from one gen-
eration to another until to -day Great
Britain is a symbol of courage and
love of liberty and justice. It is for
this reason that 1 ask permission to
present to the readers, not a settler,
but the romantic figure of an ancestor
of a British officer, knighted for his
services, who came to Toronto with
his wife and family of ten children
shortly after Queen Victoria's acces-
sion to the Throne. And I hope he
Idates far enough back not to arouse
criticism. From one of the highest
!positions his church could bestow on
'him, he stepped down to become a
lowly priest; and two years after his
death he was canonized hy the Church
of Rome. His name is writ large on
the pages of Scottish history: George
Durie, last Abbot and Commenclator
of Dunfermline. Of an ancient family
When his abbey was conferred on him
by James V in 1539„.he, was already
Bishop of St. Andrew. With his pre-
ferment to Dunfermline, enriched for
more than two centuries by the muni-
ficence of kings, with wealth and
estates that stagger even the modern
imagination, he became a mitred or
sovereign abbot. Lord of Sessions
(Parliament) and, being a prelate, a
member of the House of Peers.
It is generally believed that his
mansion -house at Craigluscar, which
fell into decay nore than a hundred
years ago, was built before he was
promoted to the honor and dignity
of the abbot's office. This is the
opinion of Chalmers, the Scottish his-
torian from whom I shall continue to
quote, as well as from ,Sir John Sib -
bald, of a much earlier date. An old
stone, similar to so many seen on the
fronts of ancient houses in Scot-
land, was removed from the debris and
may still be, seen. It bears the date
1520. At th'e top are the capital let-
ters G. D., and below them also in
capital letters M. B., characters which
when used in this way always denoted
the owner's wife. On the sinister sid.a
were the Durie arms, a chevron and
three crescents. The first note of
alarm is sounded when we hear that
news reached Scotland of the intend-
ed betrothal and marriage by the
'English lords of' the infant princess,
Mary Stuart, to the young Protestant
King of England, Edward VI, a mere
child. We can imagine how the tid-
ings must have made surge in the
abbot's Catholic veins the red blood
of his ancestors. Hie may have been
leas sure of the future, now, but he
was still the stern adviser and friend
of Arran, the weagling regent. The
first note of actual doom, hoe/ever, is
sounded when 'Somerset and his
great lamentation. Arimeg
ners found was one of white sia
ing a device. It was the standard 44
the Abbot of Dunfermline. e •
When next we see him it is seerete
ly,,with a handful of monks, dieect•
ing the removal a the body' of sin't;
Margaret, enclosed in its silver, 0)01,
studded casket from in front of the
High Altar to a place of safety in
Edinburgh Castle against the on-
coming of the reformer; and then
again, despoiled of his abbey lands
and wealth and now cerely "Father
Durie, a monk of Dunfermline." But
he is conveying the sacred body of the
sainted queen froM Edinburgh to his
even castle at Burntisland. His arms
with two naked savages on either
side of the shield with the three
crescents (he was his father's third
son) are still plainly visible above the
porch on the stone front of the old
castle. It was this palace which
later sheltered Mary Queen of Scots
for one night when she was fleeing
before her angry nobles. When the
Protestant religion had become the
established religion of Scotland, this
magnificent ,castle, with George
Durie's inherited lands, was handed
over to Sir Robert Melvill of Carn for
his services to his party during the
troubled years that preceded John„
Knox's final triumph. Once again we
see the old priest and this time he is
removing the same sacred relics to his
own private mansion -house at Craig-
luscar about twelve miles from Dun-
fermline. He probably died here if
not in France. Among his descend-
ants in the direct male line were
William Durie, K.FL, Royal Horse
Artillery, Woolwich, buried at Thorn-
hill, Ontario; Lt. -Colonel W. S. Durie,
D.A.G., Toronto; Captain W. A. P.
Durie, Toronto, who inherited a house
and enclosure in Dunfermline, part
of the Craigluscar estate, and who
perished in the Great War.
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