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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1932-07-29, Page 7nce to ale, and the for is 4 J Olay. 091%. own a with feet ' Bible dark sty s a On- ed - allies tables. north . Stev- 1' wide chey's. r's, for cession Ed. ; awl night - Haar n Bead London Arm- , for .1 dar r3 �Il " JULY 291- 1932. RUPTURE SPECIALIST , 'Rapture, Varicocele, Varicose Veins, Abdominal Weakness, Spinal Deform. ity. Consultation free. Call ' or write. J. G. SMITH(, British Appli- ance Specialists, 15 Downie St., Strat- ford, Ont. 3202-25 LEGAL Phone No. 91 JOHN J. HUGGARD • Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Eta. Beattie Block - - ' Seaforth, Ont. • R. S. (HAYS Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and , Notary Public. 'Solicitor for the Dominion Bank. Office in rear of the Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Money to loan. BEST & BEST Barristers, Solicitors, Conaeyan- •eers and Notaries Public, Etc. Office is the Edge Building, opposite The Expositor. Office. . • , VETERINARY JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. 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Mackay, honor graduate of Trin- ity" University, and gold medalist of Trinity Medical College; member of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario. , DR, H. HUGH ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate courses in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago Royal Ophthalmie Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, Lon- don, England, Office -Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. Night calls answered from residence, Victoria' Street, Seaforth. • DR. S. R. COLLYER Graduate Faculty of Medicine, Uni- versity of Western Ontario. Member College of Physieians and Surgeons of Ontario. Post graduate work at New York City Hospital and Victoria Hos- pital, London. Phone: Hensall, b6. Ofde, King 'Street, Hiensall, ATING I\ MILDS BY OTTWELL BINNS . (Continued from last,week) "Non!" broke in the half-breed. "Dirt man was with you he are onlee once, den he die. Dose shots dey come from zee wood, an' I not know who afire dell'. Eet was strange, I not • know eef there be one man or more, so •I run away wit' you." IHe had more to say upon that ,par- ticular matter, 'but Helen Yardely' had no ears ,for his words. Her hope was 'completely shattered by the half breed's explanationr' of those pursuing shots. From them, ''believing they had come from her lover's rifle, she had argued with certainty that he had survived the attack, that he was alive; and now - !Dead! 'As the word' beat in her brain, she was overwhelmed by a feel- ing of despair;"' -and bowing her face suddenly in her hands gave way 'to her grief. Great sobs shook her shoulders, and scalding tears welled in her eyes. Her lover had indeed gone to his death after all, had given this life for hers es at the very begin- ning of their acquaintance he had risked it tothe same end of saving .her! ' • The callous half-breed was dis- terbed by the utter abandon of her grief, •7n his brutal nature there was a stirring of unusual compunction, and atter watching her for a mom- ent he strove to console her, speaking in a wheedling voice. - "No need to weep lik' zee rain in spring, mees! What ees one man when men are as zee leaves of zee forest. ,Dis man dead! • True -but eet ees a small ting -zee death of a man. An' .1 talc' you (to anodder "You will what?" Helen looked up sharply as she asked the question. There was a light of wrath shrug- gling with the grief in. her eyes and the half breed was startled by it. "I ta' you to anodder_ man who *eel lav'. you as whitesquaws desire. He --" "Who is this man?"- she asked, suddenly interrupting him. But the half -(breed developed a sud- den •wariness. "Mon!" he said. "I not tell you dot, far, why., zee sur- prise it veel be zee., more pleasant!" "Pleasant!" cried Helen, wrath up=' permost in her heart once more. ("Pleasant! I-0---"" She checked herself, then as something occurred to her she askedt another question "This man whom you promise me? He pays you to bring me to him?" "Oui! • He pays a great price!" ew y? 1 • "I not know! How can I tell what ees in zee 'heart of herrn ? But it ees in my mind dat he barns with love, dal-" 'Helen rose suddenly from .her seat. "I will tell you something," she said in a voice that made the callous half breed shiver. "When you bring me to this nian•d will kill him because that other ....man has died!" 'I not Gare what you do wig heem," answered tier' captor with a brutal laugh. "You mrarrie heem,you keel heem, it eesall zee game to me; I get zee price, an' I do not love dat mans, no." •s '"TelI me who is he -his name, and I will pay you double the price he promises." The half-breed smiled cunningly. "Where is you double zee price? Zee price dat man pay 'I haf seenn. Eet ees real? Eeet ees a good price! Mion! mees; a promise, what ees dat. A real fox in zee trap ees more don a silvaire fox in zee wood. Dis man 'half zee goods, an' you -what haf you?" IHe lit his pipe and turned from her to the fire. Helen gave him one glance and guessed that it was use- less to try to bribe him further, then she turned and began to walk rest- lessly to and fro. There was' a set, stony look of grief on her face; but deep in the grey eyes burned a light that boded 111 for the man who had brought the grief upon her. Time passed, acid, slie still March- ed' to and fro. The half-breed a was nodding over the fire, and his two .companions were sound asleep. Un- der her fur•"parka she felt the butt of the pistol which Stane had' given. her, when the attack on the cabin had commenced. She looked at the three men, and with her hand on the pistol-butt'the thought came to her mind that it would be a simple thing to kill them in their sleep, and to take the dogs and so effect her es- cape. They were murderers; they deserved to die; and she felt that she could kill them without compunction. But het eyes swept the dark circle of trees, and for a moment she star- ed into the darkness with fixed gaze, then her hand slipped from the pistol, end she put from her the thought that had come to her. It was not fear of the darkness or any terror at the hazards of the frozen wilder- ness that deterred her from the at- tempt; it was just that there was wihin her a fierce, overwhelming de sire to meet the man who was the ultimate cause of her lover's death. When the half-breed rose, and ordered her to resume her place on the sledge, she did so without demur, making herself as comfortable as possible. •'S}re was bound to the sledge again, though, when they re- sumed the journey, she was less like a mere hale than she had been, and was free to lift the blanket which A. MUNN Graduate of 1V'orthwestern Utrive'rs- ity, Chicago, 111. Licentiate Royal College of 'Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office over Sills' Hardware, Main St., Sdaforth. Phone 151. DR. F. J. BECHELY Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, •'Toronto. Office dver W. R. Smith's Groeery, Main Street., Sea- fort7l. Phone: Office, 185 W; resi- dence, 185 J. AUCTIONEERS OSCAR KI.OPP Honor Graduate Carey .Jones' Na- tional School for Auetioneering, -Chi- cago. Special course taken in Pure Bred Live Stock, Real Estate, Mer- chandise and Farm Sales. Rates in keeping with prevailing markets. Sat- isfaction assured, Write or wire, Oscar Klopp, Zurich, Ont. Phone : harybforerepairs.the `Shaltdrerppedwas eher, 13-93. 2866-52 head -covering ,again, and lay there ,in the darkness, wild thoughts mingling with her grief. She chafed at the •delay. Her one anxiety'was for 'the •nileeting that should in'vol've a terrible justice; the man should die as her lover had died; and her own hand should *in'fli'ct upon 'him the .recom- pense of "C`l'od. The ,sullen dawn of the Northern Winter had broken when she -lifted the !blanket again. They were still in the forest, having lost the trail in the darkness, and presently a fresh halt was necessary, and whilslt two of the men prepared a meal her chief captor went off through the woods, as she guessed, to discover their whereabouts. 14e returned in the course of half an hour and, said some- thing to his companion which Helen did not understand; and after a rather leisurely meal they harness- ed up once more. After a time the forest began to open out. They struck a frozen riv- er, and delscending the ibank and taking to its smooth surface, their speed accelerated. The banks of the river widened, and in a little time they swept clear of them on to. the qpen plain of what she easily guessed was a frozen la=te. They turnei sharply to the right, and a few min- utes afterwards a whirl of snow caused her to cover. •her face. Some considerable .rtinrae passed before she looked forth again. They were trav- elling at a great rate. The snow was flying from the shoes of the man' who broke the trail. The halfbreed who was acting as driver was urging the dogs with 'both whip and voice; and occasionally he 'cast an anxious look over his shoulder. Wondering why he should do so, Helen also look- ed ,back. Then her heart gave a great leap. !Behind -them 'was an- other dog -team with two men.. 'Was it possible that after all thehalf- breed was mistaken, or that he had told her a lying tale? She did not know, she couldnot tell, she :'eould only hope, grad her.. hope was fed by her captor's evident anxiety. He whipped the dogs cruel- ly and his glances„ back 'became more frequent. Helen also looked back and saw that the sled behind was gain- ing on them. Was it indeed her lov- er in pursuit, or were these men who :had . witnessed the attack on the cab- in, and had fired the shote which had compelled the attackersto take flight? Anything now seemed pos- sible, and as the half-=breed's anxiety grew more pronounced, her own ex- cited hopes mounted higher. The snow carne again, a blinding whirl that blotted out the whole landscape, then the half-breed gave a sharp order, and the Indian in front breaking trail turned ashore. The half-breed looked back and then forward, and gave a grunt of satis- faction. The girl also looked for- ward. They were approaching • a tree -crowned bluff, which 'was ap- parently ;their goal. Then suddenly, bewildering in its unexpectedness, came the flash and ,crank of a rifle from the bushes inshore. "Sacree!" cried the half-breed, and the next momerut three rifles spoke, and he pitched over in the snow, 'whilst the man at the gee -pole also fell. , The man breaking the trail in front swerved fromthe bluff, and the dogs swerved after him, almost upsettin; the sledge: Again a rifle, and the remaining man went down. The dogs in excitement or fear, still moved forward, and Helen strove to flee herself, but a moment latter the sledge halted abruptly as two of th•s dogs fell, shot in their traces. She had a momentary vision of two men running towards her from the shore, then 'the snow came down in a thick veil. 'Dimly she caught the outline of one of the men by her .sled, and the next moment a voice she re- membered broke on her ears through the 'clamour of the wind. "Thank God, Helen! I an in time." Apd she looked up incredulously to find Gerald 'Ainley .looking down ,at her. now was thrown over her head for ed in the shelter' of a giant fir, ' his back resting against the trilltk, he Was conscious of a deadly, delicious languor creeping through his frame, and knowing it for the beginning of the 'dreaded snot -sleep whie'h oyer - takes men in such circumstances, he lurched forward again, though he had tot recovered breath. He came to a sudden descent in the area that he was 'following. It was made by a small stream that in sp; ii g '!oohed down to the lake, but which now was frozen solid. In the.. blinde ing snow -wrack he never elven sew it, and stewing . on air, he It irtled down the bank, and rolled in a con- fused heap in the deep show" at•the bat'om,. !For a full minute he - lay theneen�� out of the. wind and bit�:ig snow -hail, feeling like a ,man who has stumbled out of 'bitter. cold 10 a soft c,uch in a warm room„ A sense of utter contentment stole upon him. PM' some moments he lost all his gr•rp on realities; time and cireu;n- stances and the object of his tweet a ere forgotten. Visions, monte'ltary but very 'viva, crowded upon him, r nd among 'slit?m one of a girl whom. he had kisse'i in the face of death. That girl -Ye i, there was sameth i tit;. His mind asserted itself.. again, l::a pt..rpose dtimril:cited his wavering face ultie,, and he staggered to his feet. "Helen,"' he muttered. ":ie': He faced the bank of the strain on the other side from that which bad caused his downfall., Thee he paused. There was something twenty seconds pass' d before•, he r••e- 'nembered. His rifle! It was Sonio- ;vrx r:, in the snow; he must 'find ;t, f ,r he might yet hose need or it. He grnl•ed about, and presently recover- eu it; then atter ccnsiderieg for a "moment, instead of ascending to ;he 1".e'l be began to walk downsereen:, Slit le red by the :ii:h banks. It out so cold in the h flow, and tho'igh a soother of sa.ld like particlni ,.r.rw blew at. the level of hie iirad, by stooping he was able to e.,capc the worst of it. His number facul- ties began to assert themselves a;;ain. The struggle through the deep, soft snow, out of reach of the wind's bit- ter breath," sent a glow through hire. Iilis brain ,began to work steadily'. He could not be far from the bluff now and the,. stream would lead him to the lake: How much time he had lost he did_ not know, and he .was in a sweat of fear lest he should be too late after all. As he struggled on, he did not eroen wonder what wee. the meaning of the attack 'that he had witnessed; one thing only was before his eyes, the vision of the girl he loved helpless in the face of un- known dangers: The banks of the stream lowered and opened suddenly. The witherir-:; force of • the blast struck him, the snow buffeted him, and for a ,mon:- ent he stood held in his tracks, then the wind momentarily slackened, and dimly through the driving snow he caught'sigh't of something that loom- ed • sneeewlike before him. It wet- the art'r.e bluff that he was seeking, and as he raevrcl ,towards it, the' wind brok- en. grew less boisterous, th,•ugh a steady stream. of 'fine, hard snow 'swept tiownupon him from its height The snow blanketed: everything and he could. see nothing; then 'ic heard a t.og yelp, and stumbled fo'•nard in the direction of the sound. A min- utc,iater, in the shelter of some high rocks, lic' saw a camp -fire. besides w1'ich a team of dogs in hart •ig hilt!-. elect rr, t; a sno,+r anchors i there l}I the lied r urned on its -ed.-, nre1 by the ore...! man crouched en r ::tare,: intc. the „now -wrack. As nal .iSt„ncd teen., Stang slipped the ride from thr� i..'inW of his arm ard - . ggered f, rw'd like a •.dr_nken mil' , • The man by the fire a- ware of 1i•m. suUtleii:y to his feet. In a twinkling 'his i."e was at his shoulder, and through' the wild canorous note of the wind, Stane caught his hail. "Hands up! You murderer!" Something in the voice struck re- miniscently -on his ears, and, this, as he recognized instantly, was not the hail of a man who had just commit- ted a,,,,terrible crime. He dropped his rifle and put up his hands. Th.; man changed his rifle swiftly for a pistol and began to advance. Two yards away he stopped. "Stane! bye-!" Then Stane recognized hien. j; was Dandy Anderton,• the mounted policeman, and in the relief of the moment he laughed suddenly. "You, Dandy?" "Yes! What ineheaven'= name is the meaning of it all? Dal you see anything? Hear the firing.? There are two dead men out thele in, the snow." He jerked his heal towards, the lake. "And there wa; a dog - team, but I lost it in the storm. Do you know anything about it, Stane? I hope that you had no hand in this killing?" The questions, came tumbling aver each ether all in one breath, and as they finished, Stare, still a little breathless, replied: "No, I had no hand in that 'kill- ing. I don't understand •it at all; but that sledge we must find it, for to the best of my belief Miss Yard- ely is on it." ' "Mies Yardely! What en earth-" "It is a long story. I haven't time, to explain. We were ateacked an1 she was carried off. Come along, Dandy, and help me to find her." CHAPTER XXI ' CHIGMOK'S STORY When Stane est his face • to the storm he knew 'there was a difficult task before him, and he found it ev• en more difficult than he had antici- pated. The 'wind, bitingly 'cold, drove the snow before it in an, almost solid wall. The wood sheltered hint some- what;`•but fearful of losing himself, and so missing what he was seeking, he dared rto toen far into it, and was forced to follotf' the edge of it, that he might not wander from the lake. Time after time he was compelled to halt in the lee of the deadfalls, or shelter behind a tree with his back to the storm, whilst he recovered breath. He could see scarcely a yard before him, and more than once he was driven to deviate from the straight course, and leave the trees in order to assure himself that he had not wandered frcmi the lakeside. The bitter cold number his brain; the driving snow was utterly confus- ing, and before he reached his ob- jective he had only one thing clear in his mind. Blistering though it was, he must keep his face to the wind,then he, could not go wrong. for the storm, sweeping down the did Alt RAW She !Tr: sledgtlp an>i t T. 'ka oil gli up a of1rt, wall swear teas the sledge was errapty,"- <Ong ltha h .... "Thera were two men _rats out- of stoma, 1 be'n he k111 ass ; ter the fl-ing," shied Stone. "y`4�rsaw ink .PI-batid, Stau , them just a c'*fol'e the snow carxae beggar die urrhelpea, llo They walla rrakiilg fez' the sledge, desye it ile'e agCdnd alra3faflg;i'r- narlrape they took Helene•••a'•a" t!ox be,can exPlein your 1�► *every, Ser. "Sit down, rStane, "and give the • the aides, it's; ane'y' darty tQ get trim* It facts, It's no good thinking of go-. to the Post, and they Wouldn't • weir; ing out in that smother. A man come him dead. l4 g'}it' think 1"'ir might as well stand on Mount Rob- plugged him, you. know." ;son and jump for the moon! it down . Together they lifted the Man near' .and make me wise on •the business; er the fire, and exa'm'ined the tnjuxedd„ then if the storm slackens we can s•houider.. It had:, (been drilled clean get busy" d'throughed Ibwithy a bullet. .An,nderton'tl+iothiit. noel- Stane looked into the smother in satisfaetiu front, and reason asserted itself. It there to -kill you, 'Chigama. • Well was quite true what Anderton said. band'a'ge yeti. up, and save you for Nothing, whatever could ,be done for the Law yet!" . the 'present; tthe storm effectually They washed and dressed the prevented action. To venture fro'in wound, made the half-breed -es coma the. shelter of the bluff on to the op- fortable as- they could; there aa he en width of the, lake was to be lost, reposed by the -fire ' Anderton .found and to be lost in such circumstances the man's pipe, filled it, held a burn - meant death from cold. Fiercely as ing stick whilst he lit • it, and when burned the desire to be doing on be- it was drawing nicely, spoke: half of his beloved, he was forced to "Now, Chigmok, you owe me some-• recognize the utter folly of attempt- thing for all this, you know. Just tell irig' anything .for, the moment. With us the meaning of the game you were a gesture of despair, he swept the "playing, It can't hurt, you to -make snow from a convenient log and seat- a clean • breast of „ite `tbecause; that ed himself heavily capon it. other hffar"r• that -yl know oi: is am - The policeman stretched a hand' ' ple for tie need$ of The 'Law'''„ towards a heap of smouldering ashes, '"You 'want me to. tell?°' asked the 'where reposed a pan,, and pouring half breed in English. some boiling coffee into - a tin cup, "Yes,•we're very curious. My' friend handed it to Stane. • here is very anxious to know why he "Drink that, Hubert, old man, it'll was. attacked, and why he was to die buck you up. Then you can give me whilst the girl who was with him was the pegs of this ,business." carried off.' Stane began to sip the coffee, and "You not 'know?" asked the half - between the heat of the fire and that breed.. of the coffee, his blood began to "Well, we haven't -ale -trite got the course more freely. All the numbness rights of , it,' 'was the policeman's passed . from•'• his brain and with it guarded answer. . , passed the sense of despair that had "Then I tell you." His dark eyes been -expressed• • in his gesturer and a turned to 'Slane. "You not know sudden 'hope came to him. me?" "No," answered 'Slane. "I never saw you in my life before." "But I haf seen you„ Oui! 1' steal your canoe when • you sleep!" o'Great .''Scott!" cried IStarze. You "One 'thing," he brake out, "if we can't travel, neither can anybody else." "Not far -at any rate".agreed Anderton. 1"A man 'might pat his back to the storm, but he would soon he jiggered; or he might take to the deep woods; but with a dog -team he wouldn't go far or fast, unless there was a proper trail." "That's where they'll make for, as like as not," ,said Stane with another stab of despair. "They -who? Tell me, man, and 'never bother about the woods. There's a good twe hundred -Hiles of them hereabouts, and till we can begin to look for the trail it is no good worry- ing. Who are these mien---" "I can't say," answered Stane, "but I'll tell. you eehat I know." Vividly and succinctly he narrated the events that had befallen since the policeman's departure from Chief George's camp on the trail of Chig- mok. Anderton listened carefully. Twice he interrupted. The first time was when he heard how the man whom he sought had been at Chief Georges camp after all. "I guessed that," he commented, "after I started on the trail to the Barrens, particularlywhen I found.no signs of any camping place on what is the natural road for'any one rnak- ing that way. 'I swung back yester- dee mpanirn th•s'trpris.e Chief George and rake through his tepees," The second time was when he hear.' of the white man who had offered the bribe of the guns and blankets far the attack on the cabin, 'and the - kidnapping of the girl. "Who inthunder can have clone ,that?" he asked. "I don't know," answered Stane, and exp'ained the idea that had oc- curred to him that it was some one desiring to claim the reward offered by Sir James. "But why should you he killed?" "Ask the man who ordered it," an- swered Stane with a e•rim laugh. "I will when I come up with him. But tell re the rest, old man." Stane continued his narrative, and when he had finished, Anderton spoke again. "That solitary man with the team whom you saw coming down the lake must have been me, I turn- ed into the wood a mile or two on the other side of this bluff to camp out of the snow which I saw was coming. Then it struck me that I should do better on this side, and I worked towards it. I was just on the other side *hen the shooting be- gan, and I hurried forward; but the snow came and wiped out every- thing, though I had an impression of a second dog -team waiting by the shore as,T came, round. When I look- ed for it I couldn't find it! and then tumbled on this [amp, and as there was nothing else to be done until the snow slackened I unharnes- sed." • Stave' looked round. "This would be the place where the man, who was to have paid the kidnappers their price, waited for them," ".And paid them in lead, no doubt, with the idea of covering his own tracks completely'." "That seems likely," agreed Starve, "But who--," Anderti3n broke, off suddenly and leaped to his feet. "Great Christopher! Look there!" Stane looked swiftly in the direction indicated arid as the veil rrf snow broke for a moment. caught sight of a huddled form crawling in the snow, "What -4--" he began. rateetion from the extreme cold lake, came in a direit line from the The policeman shook hi4 head enr: more than for any other reason. But hluff in the shadow of which the pointed to the whirling know. "No only once before the.. --lawn did she tragedy which' he had witnessed had use, old 'clan, we couldn't find a tmoun- c�ail'herself of thio privilege to loos. happened. As he progressed slowly, atarn he that stuff, and car• should be about her,. and that was when theabler exhau.stdon seemed to overtake to tier. We don't know which halt was made. Sbe lifted the him. Bending his head to the blast 'blanket to learn the cause of the de- he swayed like a drunken 'math More lay; and made the discovery that the than once as he stumbled over fallen g- trees the impulse to sit and rest al - dog -harness, having become entan 1 in the branch of a fallen tree, most overcame •him; but knowing th danger of such a course he forcedd "Helen is In the hands of the good two white men" saw that the frozen ' .Jean Berard it `was, and his face • Menaet himself to refrain. Once as he halt- God for the present, my friend. I snow on his furs was stained. i lighted with pleasure as he staggerei `Goderich I. • o . 1 .A GARB US,Fpl •PRJC" Look - For'. Th Mete Leaf The' Sipe' of - �1,44ty' o0 n; kS THE HURON EXPOSITOR Seaforth, . Ontario. Phone 41 into the camp. "I fearfor you;'m'sieu," be said to Stan in simple explanation, ."there- fore I coma. Bri'jour M'siet. Ander- ton, dis ees a good meeting"' on zee bad day! But dat-surely dat ees.. Clrig'mok? An' zee' mato; where ees she ?,a Stane waved a"hand towards the lake. "Somewhere out there, Jean, and still to find." "But we fin' her, m'sieu. loaf no fear but dat we •weep her find, when zee snow it stop!" "I run from zee poleece, an' I haf And the ringing confidence in his nodings but a gun. When I watch tone brought new heart to Stane, still you sleep, I tine once I shoot you; beset with -fears for Helen. but I not know who eers in zee leetle tent, an' I" tink maybe dey catch me, but I know now eet vas not so." "You know who was in the tent?" asked Stone sharply. "I fin' dat out zee ver' next morn- ing, when I meet a man who ask for ze white girl. Ah, I •haf seen dot man b'fore: I see ' heem shoot zee paddle from zee gir.I's 'Startled, 'Stan cried out: "You saw him shoot -' "Oui!. I not know why he do eet. But I tink he want zee girl to lose herself dat he may find her. Dat'I tink, but I not tell heem dat. Non! Yet I tell heem what I see, an' he ees afraid,' an' say he tell zee mounters '}ie haf seen me; eef I say he ees• dat man.- So I not say eet, but all zee time he ees zee man. Den he pay me to take a writing to zee camp of zee great nran of zee Company, but I not take ee,t becos I am afraid." "Who was this nran?". asked Stane grimly, as the half-breed paused. "I not know; but he is zee. ver' same man dat was to haf paid zee price of guns •an' blankets for zee girl dat vos in zee cabin." "And who said I was,to die?" "Oui! He order dal! An' 1 tink eet ees done, an' I not care, for al- ready I am to zee death condemned, an' it ees but once dat I can die. Also' Itink when zee price ees paid, I veel go North to zee Frozen Sea where zee mounters come not. But dat man he ees one devil. He fir.' for me bring, zee girl here, where zee price veel be paid; den when I come he begin to shoot, becos he veel not zee price pay. He keel Canif and Ligan; and he would me haf keeled to save zee guns and blankets and zee tea and tabac, dog dat he ees'." 'Perhaps it was not the -price he was saving," said Anderton, "Per- haps he was afraid that the story would be told and that the mounters would seek out his trail, Chigmok." "By gar! Yees, I. never tink Of dat," cried the half -'breed as if a light had broken on him suddenly, "I tink onlee of zee price oat hee save." "What sort of a man was he? What did he look like, Chigmok?" "He dark an' what you call han'- some. He haf sometimes one glass to hees eye, a.n-.---" "Ainley, by Heaven!" cried Stine in extreme amazement. "I not know heel name," answered the half-breed, "but I tink he ees of 'zee Company." Ainderton 'looked doubtfully at Stane, who tuffered no doubt at all, "It is Ainley, unquestionably," said Stave, answering the question in his eyes. "The description,is his, .though ,it is •a trifle vague and the mono - "It's a man. I saw him distinct- ly.," interrupted the policeman and then as the snow swept down again he ran from the shelter of the came. A minute and a half later he stag- gered hack, dragging a man with •Mui. File dropped the man by the fire, poured some coffee into a panni - kin and as the newcomer, with a groan, half -raised himself to look round, he held the coffee towards him. ' "Here, drink this, it'll do you- " he,.interrupted himself sharply. ther that it formers part of Chigm'nk's out-. Henget in a tone of exultation he cried:- fit, No doubt a little way deemthe McGaw cls--" "He affects a monocle still then?" "I have seen it, and it is so. He sported. it down at Fort Malsun." . Anderton nodded, and for a mom- ent looked into the fire. whistling thoughtfully to himself. Then helGoderich looked up. "One thing, Stone, we Holmesville need not worry over now, and that id , rlintnn Miss Yardely's welfare. ' :1'suming'Seaforth that Ainley has taken possession of iSt: Columban her, no harm is likely to come 'to her Dublin at his hands. Whatever may he be- hind his prr_'ty scheme, it will not Dublin involve bodily' harm to her. 1,Ve have 15t l plumb that assuranre in the position he oc- ! ` cupies and the plan he made for her; Seafotrth to he brought here alive, No doubt; Holme ville , he will be posing as the girl's deliver- ' Goderich er. Hie doesn't know that Chigmok has survived. Fie doesn't, 'know Chat' I am here to get Chignlok's story; i • and while: he can hardly have been.; unaware of your sledge following the trail of Chigmok, it is not the ' least likely that he associates it with C>arderic you. Probably he is under the idea CHAPTER XXL AIN.LEY'S STORY • As Helen Yardely caught sight of Ainley's face, for a moment.she was dumb with amazement, then she - cried: "You? You?" "Yes," he answered quickly, "I have been seeking you for weeks, and .1find you in the nick of time. But there is no •,time to explain now., There were others with your captors; • I saw *e sledge following behind-. We,.must get away at once." 'As he spoke . cat the---thengs which bound her to .t eheledge and helped her to rise. Then he ,spoke again urgently: ' "Quick!" he said. "'There is danger. This way-.( have a team waiting for you. We must take to the,woods.!" He took .her arm, and began to hurry through the blinding snow'. Helen, bewildered by the swift turn of events, did not resist, but -moved forward with him, and in a couple of minutes 'found herself standing by a ruled -team guarded by a couple of Indians. • , "Get on the sledge, Helen," said Ainley brusquely. "There is no time to waste. We-'1YStrst hurry." Still in a whirl of conflicting thoughts, the girl seated herself on the sledge; Ainley swiftly did what he could for her comfort, and a moment later the dogs received their . command. , "Moosh! Moosh;" (Continued next week) LONDON AND WINGHAM South. Wingham Belgrave Blyth. Londesboro Clinton Brucefield Kippen' Hensall Exeter North. 2xn. .05 2.2a 2.33 2.40 3.08 3.28 3.38 3.53 Exeter 10.59 Hensall • 11.12 Kippen 11=-8 Brucefield 11.27 Clinton 11.58 Londeshoro 12.18 Blyth .23 g 1212.33 Wingham 12.47 C. N. R. East. West. 6.35 6.50 6.58 7.12 7.18 7.23 p.m. 2.40 2.56 3.05 3.21 3.27 3.32 11.24 9.12 11.29 11.40 9.26 11.55 9.39 12.05 9.53 12.20 10.06 C. P. R. TIME TABLE East. "C"(euil" answered the man. higrok'" lake he will camp till the storm is. •anhurn "T am over, then make a too -line for Fort P,iyth Walton Chiermek! And thou?'' Malsun I get him as easy as 'ea e Prn the man, ef the Law." an- eating tnast." e. ang , Toronto swered Andertnn. "who has been at your heels for weeks." "And ',Olen vrs.'ve got hirn ?'' ewe*, ppPr , with a hopiN“is with a shrug "I cane orrimerr.te al; West. way to look for her, and, we should tere. "It had been he‘ter hnve the chareee ref -hand; hs.it tbe,w's en -1 meNazircht • ourselves and die in the died the snov.- death. telt e di .; onglf to kit! Ainlys "But, roan, I tell you that He', Ile glanced down at. his shoulder never thoukhr--Halle! Who'q this? before they hang me. for I am hartee? ovee. Ler , ,what. a whillgig life • is' math MeGaw a.m. 5,50 5.55 6.04 6.11 6,25 6.40 10.26 a.m. 7.40 12.01 12.12 12.34 12.46