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A MATING IV
WILDS
BY OTTWELL BINNS
(Continued from last week)
"I speak for myself,"" she. retorted
lightly. "Yon don't suppose that 1
regret these weeks away from civ-
ilization. I never was happier in mV
life. I have, you will agree, proved
myself. I can face an ,unprecedent-
ed .situation without . fainting. I can
cook a dinner without killing a man
who eats it. I have set a leg • sue-
cessfully, and built a raft that fleeted
safely, and reared two lodges in the
wilderness. • I have no nerves, whilst
nearly every woman "I 'know is just
a quivering bundle of them. Yester-
day When I went out to the wood-
pile a big lynx came round the cor-
ner of it. 'His eyes simply blazed at
rule. Six months ago, I should have
run indoors. As ib was, I threw a
chunk of wood at him and he bolted."
"You never told me," began 'Stene
L4What need?" interrupted the girl.
"You don inform me every time you
see a lynx!"
"But you :mist be careful," replied
Stane anxiously. "At this season of
the year, if he is very hungry the
lynx can be a dangerous beast. Re-
men-.lber his claws are like knives
and he has ten of them."
"Oh, I will remember," answered
Helen cheerfully. She stooped over
thepan,and e
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then announced: e [
think this mess of savoury.venison
is ready, and +I don't believe our
cook at home could have done it•
half so well. If my lord and cobbler
will put away the snow shoe we will
dine, and after the washing up I
will sleep.". ,
It was in this spirit of lightness
that she faced all the hardships in-
cidental to their present life, and it
was little wonder that at times, be-
tween her gaiety and her challeng-
ing presence, Stane had much ado to
keep his resolve. Half a dozen times
a day his resolution was tested, and
oneof the sev e t r'
er s trials came on
the afternoon of that very day.
The snow had ceased and the night
had fallen, and desiring exercise they
left the cabin together to walk in an
open• glade in the wood which the
strong wind had swept almost clear
of snow. Except themselves there
was nothing moving. The vast sitil-
ness of the North was everywhere
about them, and a little oppressed by
the silence they walked briskly to
and fro, Stane using his injured leg
with a freedoms that showed that it
was returning to'its normal strength.
Suddenly •the girl laid a mittened
hand on his arm.
"What is it?" he asked. quickly.
"Listen*"' She said.
He stood there, her hand! still on,
his arm, and a second or two later
caught the sound which she had pre-
viously heard. Faintly and thinned
by a long distance it' came, a long,
curdling' cry.
"Wihat-'-" she broke off as the
cry sounded afresh, and he answered
the unfinished question.
"The hunt-cey of a wolf calling up
o age o y
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the pack. There - is nothing to fear.
It is miles away."
"Oh," she said, "I am not afraid,
I was only wandering what it was."
Her hand was still on his atm, and
suddenly their eyes met. Something
in the grey of hers pierced 'him like a
stab of flame. A fierce joy sprang
up within him, filling him with a
wild intoxication. His own eiyes
burned. He saw the girl's gladness
glow in her glance, beheld the warm
blood surge in her face, and fervent
woe leaped to his lips, clammour•ing
for utterance. Almost he was over-
come, then Helen removed her hand
and turned as. the blood cry of gath-
ering wolves broke through the stili-
ness. He did not speak, and Helen
herself was silent as they turned to-
wards the cabin; but each had seen
deep into the other's heart, and had
felt the eall that is the strongest call
on earth, the call of kind to kind, of
mate to mate.
Back in' the cabin, the man turned
feverishly to bhe task of snow -shoe
making on which he had 'been eregag•
ed. Through his mind with Monot-
onous reiteration ,beat a phrase that
he had read long ago, where, he had
forgotten. h"My salvation is in work,
my salvation is in work!" He work-
ed like a man possessed, without
looking tip, 'whilst the girl busied
herself with unnecessary tasks. She
also knew what he knew and she
held him in a new respect for his
silence, understanding the reason
therefor, and :presently when her
leaping heart had steadied a little
she began to talk, on indifferent top-
ies, desiring to break a silence that
was full of constraint
"I saw you looking at the traps
themd', this morning. Are you think-
ing of using them?"
"Yes," he answered, "1 am going
to start a trapping line. It will
give me something to do; and the
walk will exercise my leg. If the
owner of the cabin returns we shall
be able to pay him rent with the
pelts I take."
"Isn't it time he was ,here now, if
he is coming?"
"Yes! But he mray be delayed."
"Or he may not intend to return.
He may have found a new locality
for his operations,"
"When he went away he meant to'
return, or why did he leave his traps
'bete?"'
"You think he will come bac.,.
then?"
"I hope so!"
"And when he comes yciu will lure
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ed smilingly, "and believe me I do
not feel at all lonely."
"''I was thinking you wquld have
the factor's. wife for-" '
"Pooh!" .was the challenging reply:
"Do you think a woman cannot live
without women?"
He offered no answer to the ques-
tion, • feeling that they were in the
danger zone again; and after a
moment deliberately turned, the con-
versation backward.
"If I have luck with the traps,
you may "be able to have a set of
furs for a memento of your sojourn
here!"
"Oh!" she laughed back, "if that is
the only memento I am to have------''
"Yes?" he asked.
For a moment she did not speak
and when she did there was provloca-
tion in her voice."�Weli, 1 shall be
disappointed, that is all."
He did not ask why. He knew;_
and his very silence told Helen that
he knew, and for a moment both of
them were conscious of the surging
of that elemental force which had
made itself., felt out in the fprest.
Then the stillness was broken by a
sound outside. Both of them heard
it, and listened carefully.
"Crunch! crunch!. crunch!"
Some one on snow -shoes was walk-
in roundthe. cabin. Whoever g Wh x it
was 'had halted by .the door. Was.
he coming in? Half a minute passed
during which they waiteld without
moving, then Stane flashed a look at
his companion. S hewas, leaning for-
ward, a look of curiosity and expect-
ancy on her face, but not •a single
sign of fear.
He rose slowly from his seat, put
the unfinished snow -shoe on the table
and crept towards the • door. Who-
ever the intruder was he had not
moved, and 'Stane had an odd fancy
that he was listening there on the
other side of the rough limbers. He
rrreant to surprise hien but was dis-
appointed in his purpose, for when
he reached the door it was to- find
that the wooden bar had been drop-
ped in position by Helen when they
had re-entered the cabin: The bar
fitted tightly across' the door, and
though he tried his best to move it
without noise : he failed. , The. tar
stuck. and when at last he threw
the door open and stepped outside
he knew that he was too late. He
looked into the gathering night. His
first swift glaece was towards the
dark shadows under the trees. There
was no one there. He swung round
towards the lake, and dimily through
the darkness described a figure , re-
treating rapidly northwards. H�
looked closely, then suffering somr,-
thin'g of a surprise, gave a quick
hail.
The retreating figure never paused,
and never looked round, but kept on
in a bee -Pine over the untrodden
snow.,. Stane knew that it was use-
less to follow, and the bitter cold was
already pinching his face and hands
and chilling him to the bone. He
turned and hurried into the hut, fling-
ing the door to .'behind him, and as
he did .so Helen rose to her feet.
"You saw him?" she cried in some
excitement.
-"No, I saw.her!" answered Stene.
"It was a woman."
Helen's surprise was as complete
as his own had been. "A woman!.
Are you sure?"
"I do not think that I can pos-
sibly have been mistaken."
"But who -and why should she
.come here:only to run away?"
"I do not know. I cannot guess,
but when I went to the door, I had
no idea that whoever was outside
was standing there listening."
"It is very mysterious," said Helen
thoughtfully, *then suddenly some-
thing occurred to her, and she look-
ed quickly at Stane as if she were
going to speak. He caught the
glance.
."You were about to say some-
thing?"
"Yes," answered Helen, giving a
curt little laugh. "But I think I will
keep it to myself. It ,was only•• a
quite silly idea that occurred to me."
Something in her mariner, the
curtness of her laugh, her way of
speaking, ptrtzzled Stane and moved
him to press • for an answer. "Never
mind the silliness," he'said. "Tell
me."
"It really is not worth while," she
answered, with a little laugh, and
notwithstanding the laughter, Stane
khew that it was useless to press her
further, and desisted from doing so.
For a little time he sat silent.
!staring lingo the stove, wondea'ing
what was in his "companion's mind,
whilst the girl herself followed the
odd thought which had occurred to
her. Was the woman who had twice
ventured into the neighbourhood of
the 'cabin without revealing herself,
Miskodeed? It was!very possible, for
what other woman was there likely
to be ins the locality who could have
sufficient interest in them as to visit
them in such fashion? As she pur-
sued the idea Ainley'~ suggestions
came back to her with hateful force,
and .she remembered the Indian girl's
attitude after Stane's departure.
Other things she remembered and her
mind echoed the words which had
awakened the man's anger at the
time they were uttered.
"Behold an idyll of the land!"
hien to take us to Fort Malsun?
"That is my idea," replied Satan.
,bending over the webbing.
"You are anxious to get away frot'n
here, then?
"I am thinlril g of you," he an-
swered quic5laly. "I knew what a
full winter in the North means"
"Arid if I get to Fort Malsuru, d
you think I shall escape the winter?"
"No, but you will have company."
"I have company now," she retort-
„
q;.. teal,
Stane did not ask her what the
thought was. He was conscious of
solmething enigmatic in her attitude
and her evident 'reserve per a sec-
ond time prevented him- from pursu-
ing the matter further. He waited a
moment, then he uttered the thought
whieh had 'been] in his own mind.
"When the stern is over and there
is a crust on the snow .we will go
exploring together. We may (find
the camp from which this woman
comes.. If the air keeps still through
the night, it will be quite easy to
follow her trail in the snow."
!Helen looked at him with eyes half -
gelled under her long lashes. Did
he sus.peet who the intruder was?"
"You are very anxious to find this
woman of 'msystery?", she asked.
"Not particularly so," • he laughed
in reply, "but I shall be very glad to
find out who 'our neighbors are, and
to learn whether we can secure any
help from them,"
The girl was reassured by the un-
concerned answer. It seemed 'clear
now that 'Miskodeed had not even
occurred to his mind, and the re-
serve in her manner disappeared:
"You think we shall be dependent
on their help?" she asked. "You
are afraid that we shall not weather
through by ourselves?"
Stane laughed at
n. "Oh,
no!
I
have no fears on that score; but it
will depend on their possession of
dogs whether we have to camp here
all winter or not; for we could not
possibly make Fort Malsun without
them, particularly as. I -do not know
the overland trail. Net that the
knowledge is really essential now
since, judging from the fact that
Ainley went down the lake, it seems
likely that there is a way to Malsun
river in that direction. But we simp-
ly must have dogs."
"Then in the morning we
the mysterious one's trail?"
"Yes, if there is no wind or snow
in the night."
But' in the night there was both.
wind and snow, 'and on the morrow
the woman's trail was quite obliter-
ated and the snow on the lake made
travelling impossible. Helen Yard-
elynoted the fact without regret.
"There will be ne exploring party
to -day," she said, "so I will go and
look at my rabbit snares."
"And I will accompany you," an-
swered Stage, "the walk in the snow
will help to take the stiffness out of
my leg.".
They set out together, but had
gone but a little way when the girl
gave a sharp "Hist!"
"What is it?" he asked quietly,
thinking that she had seen game of
some kind.
"There is a man in those bushes in
front of us," she answered in a whis-
per.
"A man! Are you sure?"
"I am quite sure. I saw him slip
across that open space there. He
has a gun."
The bushes she had indicated were
about three hundred yards away, and
Stane examined them keenly. He
could see nothing, however, and at
the conclusion of his scrutiny `, he
'said: "I will go forward. You re-
main here, Miss Yardely."
• "No," she answered. "I will go
with you, I would rather."
They advanced together, Stane
with his rifle ready for action, since
a presence that avoided them, might
well prove to be an inimical one. He
watched the bushes steadily as they
advanced but .saw nothing, and when
they reached theme, thinking that the
girl had been mistaken, he thrust
his way through them. Then he
stood quite still with an anxious look
upon his face. There was no one
behind the bushes, but there were
the marks of moccasined feet in the
Snow. He looked down at them, then
followed the direction of them with
'his eyes, and .stared into the forest
and as he did so, in its dim recesses,
though he saw the figure of a man
slip behind a tree. He still waited
and watched, but the figure did not
re -appear, then 'Helen; wh.e had walk-
ed round the bushes, spoke. •
"There was some one here!",
"Yes," be answered, "and .whoever
it was did not wish to encounter us.
He bras made his way into the wood."
"What do you think it means?"
"I do not know," he answered, but
I am .afraid that there are hostile
Indians about els."
"You think they are watching the
cabin-wattahing us, for a chance to
attack ? "
"It has that appearance," answer-
ed .Slane. quickly.
The girl was silent for a moment,
then she gave a little laugh that has
in it a ring of courage. "I am not
afraid, but I wish we had another
rifle."
IStane flashed at her a glance of ad-
miration, then gave another long look
into the silent wood which now seem-
ed full of menace.
- "Perhaps we had better 'return to
the cabin."
"No," answered the girl stubborn-
ly. "We will look at the snares first.
I'm not going to be frightened from
my dinner by a wandering Indian."
And they went forward together.
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St�,ne wallte4 down to the Ohoz of the girl
the +eke, The traveller., whoever l)e . °`1k es ?'a saki Stang, "yaaz eeal x}t a
mind 'Miss Yardely. Julie knpwa
have been in . iso
Iyn" n;.
"Yes!" answered Helen qunekJy• .'A:
"and I am, very' sure he ought no'w tp
have been."
"It was a damnethie shame!" brokie
out the 'pone -emelt.'
"But the feats were-aagaiist eeM
at the time, ,'Stazle. The handwrit-
ing experts-,"
uuivcuaa.11AM -011011 rel,
was, was xnalaug 4:13recat1y far 'tile
'cabin, and watching, 'Stene :saw Oak
he walked wearily as .if he had. coir
far, or was suffering front., seme
weakness. It was quite an . appree-
ialble time before he saw. $taxa
standing to welcome him, and when
he did sit, he gave a joyous •Sho zt,
Stang answered the hail, and a few
minutes later when the matt halted
his dogs •he saw , that he.. was miss
taken in concluding the new -comer
was the owner of the cabin, for he
was garbed in the winter dress of
the Nor=west Mounted Police, '
"Cheero!" said the 'policeman .in
greeting. '`Where's Jean Benard?"
Stane shoele his head. "Don't
know. Is Jean Benard the owner of
this cabin?"
At this question the policeman
glanced at him sharply.
"Don't •you know that? Who in
thunder-;Stane! By Chttistapher!"
As he made the recognition the new-
comer held out his .mittened hand.
"Well, this is a pleasure. Don't you
know me, cttd man?"
IStane looked at him as he shook
his hand. "I think I do," he said.
"You're Dandy Anderton, aren'i.;
you?"
"Used to be," laukhed the ether.
"Now I'm Trooper �,,�t•,ichard Alland
Anderton of the R.N."W'.M'.P., and nu'
more a' dandy. But I'm mortal glad
to see you, Stane, .particularly as
I'lm a little knocked. I hurt my
shoulder this morning, as-" He
broke off suddenly as •the sound el.
movement' came from the cabin, and
asked quickly: "You've got a irate?'.'
"Yes," answered Stage with a
short laugh, h
asgood
man could have, te. mate that hap-
pens to be a lady!"
"A lady!" Anderton whistled. "Up
here! By Jove! you've both got
pluck."
' "Well, you see, Anderton, it's not
exactly a matter of choice. We were
stranded together, and this cabin
happened to offer itself. But loose
your dogs, and come and be intro-
duced."
"Right -o!" replied the policeman.
"I'll be with you in two jiffs."
follow Stane entered the cabin to prepare
Helen. As he did 5o the girl looked
up from the stove. "Is he the own-
er of our palace?" .
"No; he is an old Oxford acquaint-
ance of mine, who is now in the
Mounted Police." •
"Then we shall not suffer eviction,"
she laughed, and to Stane it seemed
there was an odd nate of relief in
her voice.
"No; but he spells deliverance.
You see, if he cant do anything for
us behind himself he can carry tin.
news of our whereabouts to Fort
Malsun, and -e-"
At that moment a' whip -stock
hammered at the cabin door, and a
second later Trooper Anderton enter.
ed: For a moment he was a little
taken aback by the girl's appearance.
then Stane made the introduction.
"Miss Yardely; Mr. Anderton!"
"Miss Yardely!" the policeman
cried. "Are you Sir James Yardely's
niece, who was lost a few months
ago?"
"The very same," answered Helen
smilingly.
"There's a reward .out for your die-
eovery---five thousand dollars, no
less."
"I didn't know I was worth so
much," laughed the girl.
"Your uncle makes it; and half the
trappers in the North are keeping a
look -out for you,; for it is known that
you were found by same one•---"
"There is im'y saviour," interrupted
Helen, nodding towards Stane.
"Lucky fellow," laughed the pee
liceman. "How did it happen?"
"Perhaps Mr. Stane will tell you
Iater," answered the girl, "and if he
doesn't I will. But I don't want this
noose steak to spoil. I take a pride
in my cookery."
She laughed and turned again to
the stove. Both the men watched
her admiringly for a moment, and
then Anderton asked: "Been up here
long, Stane?"
Stane gave him an approximate
date; and explained the situation by
recounting his accident. The other
nodded sympathetically. "You were
lucky to have Miss Yardely with you.
I had a narrow shave myself this
morning. Just as I was starting
from my last camp, a tree that two
minutes before looked as stable as a
pyramid, collapsed. It caught me on
the shoulder and knocked me flying.
Lucky thing I fell clear; but it gave
me a nasty jar, and my left arm is
a little out of action, with the sore-
ness. I oughtn't to have taken the
trail this morning, and wouldn't,
only I'm in a tremendous hurry --a
running quarry, you know."
"Who is it?" asked Stane,
"A breed, wanted for murder. He's
been running for months, making
this way, and there's an idea that
he's sopght sanctuary with his
mother's tribe at the top end of thio
lake."
"Ah, then there is an encampfinent
up here?"
"Yes, Didn't you know?"
Stane gave an account of the my-
tsterious visit of the previous night
and of the stranger they had see. -i
in the wood that morning, and the
policemen listened carefully.
"The•girl's a puzzler," he said, "but
the stranger may be my man. He
.knows his life is forfeit, and he's
ripe for any sort of crime. I guess
I'll move on after him when I've
had a rest."
"We'll go with you," answereo
Stave thoughtfully; "we may be able
to get dogs from the camp."
"it's just possihle," agree 1 An-
derton, "if the Indians will -sell. If
not, then I'll carry the news of you
hack to Fort Mialsun, and the factor
there will send for you. like a shot."
He was silent for a moment, watch-
ing 1'ielen as. she laid the table;
then he said hesitatingly: "By the
hy., Stane, did you ever get to the
hottonn of that unfortunate affair of
yours in England?"
"No," was the reply, given with
ROM e bitterness, "but the jury did."
"Oh rot!" exclaimed the other.
"Nobody who knew ydu really be-
lieves that;"
She rem'embeeed the girl's wild
beauty, her manifest interest ' in
Stane, and once again she was con-
scious of the hot flame of jealousy
in her heart. It stung her to think
that possibly this man, whom she
had learned to love, had an interest
in this girl, who though no better
than a savage wap rarely beautiful.
She laughed in sudden bitterness and
ecorn of herself, and at the laugh
Shape turned quickly towards her.
"What is it?" he asked.
",Just a thought!" she answered
easily, though her face flus+hed•.
CHAPTER XV
A FACE AT THE TENT -DOOR
"Look," cried 'Helen. "Look!"
They had almost reached the cabin
on the return journey and were full
in .view of the Iake. As she cried
the words she pointed over its snow -
laden surface, and Siang, looking in
the direction indicated, saw that
which made his heart leap. A dog -
team Was seting up the lake, with
to nese ora snow -shoes packing the
trail in front.
' "Who can it be?" asked the girl
in aerie excitement.
"The owner of the cabin -for a
certainty!" answered Stane, conscious
f'
"Oh, the likenesses were there,-
right
here,right enough," interrupted Stella,
"and I certainly had been in E'er -
croft's
r-croft''s , oom•s, "alone, and I .suppose
in eomrpany with his cheque book. Al-
so I had lost rather a pot of money,
on the boat -race, and I am bound to
admit all the other incriminating cir-
cumstances."
"Yea, but you 'don'tknow every-
thing. Long after you-,-er-went
down, Jarlock, who was in our set,
told me something about Ainley."
"What wait that?" asked Stane
quickly.
"Well, it was that 'just at that
time, Ainley was broke and borrow-
ing money right and left, and that
he had forged. Jarlock's name to a
bill; Jarlock became aware of the
fact through the bill being presented
tt him for payment, and he tackled
Ainley about the 'business. Ainley
owned up, and Jarlock let the thing
go, for old acquaintance .sake. But
just about the time of your trouble
he left the 'Varsity and went on a
trip to •the Cape, and it was a full
year after before he even heard
what had befallen•you. It made him
think of his own affair' with Ainley
and when he 'met me months after-
wards he took me into his confidence.
We talked the matter over carefully,
and knowing' you as we both did, we
reached the conclusion that you were
innocent and that Ainley was the
guilty roan."
"Any evidence?"
"No, nothing beyond that matter
of the bill. - We • judged by general
principles. Ainley always was some •
thing •of a ratter,, you know."
.Stave laughed a trifle • bitterly.
"He's by way of becoming a person-
age of importance to -day. But I
think you're right, the more so since
I encountered him up here."
.He gave a brief account of his
meeting with Ainley, told how he had
waited for him on two successive
nights, and how on the second night
he had been kidnapped without any
apparent reason. TThe policeman lis-
tened carefully, arid at the end nod-
ded his head.
"Looks fishy!" he commented. "The
fellow was afraid of you." • Then af-
ter a, moment he asked: "You ques-
tion? The question you wanted to
ask Ainley, I mean. What was it?"
"It was about a sheet of paper with
some writing on it. You shall sea
He felt in his hip -pocket, and pro-
ducing a small letter -case, took out
a thin packet wrapped in oiled. silk:
Opening it, he unfolded a sheet of
foolscap and. handed it to the other.
It was covered with writing and
as Anderton looked at it he saw
that the writing was made up of two
names, written over and oder again,
the names being 'those of Hubert
Stane and FI'ic Harcroft. .At first
the character of the handwriting of
the two names was widely different,
but presently the separate character-
istics were blended with a distinct
leaning towards those of Harcroft,
though some of the characteristics
of the earlier writing of Stane's
name still survived,. though at the
bottom, of the sheet only Harcroft's•
name was written, and that a dozen
times. The policeman whistled as he
'studied it.
"Where did you get this, Stane?"
"I found it in a copy of Plato which
Ainley had borrowed from ane. It
was returned before the forgery turn-
ed up, and -that paper slipped out
when I was going through my pos-
sessions after my release from Dart•
moor. What do you make of it?"
"It is perfectly plain what the
meaning of it is," answered Ander-
ton with conviction. "Whoever did
this was blending two handwritings
for some purpose or other, and the
purpose is not difficult ta"guess."
"That is what I felt. when I saw
it, and when the significance of it
dawned on me, I set out to find
Ainley that I might ask him the
meaning of it. He had left England,
and no one whom I could ask knew.
his , whereabouts. Things were very
difficult for me at home and so I
came out here,, stumbled on Ainley -
and you know the rest."
Helen Yardely had listened to the
talk of the two men without sipeak-
ing, but now she broke in, "I do
rt,t wonder Gerald Ainley did not
keep his promise to see you at Fort
Malsun. I only wonder that when
he arranged for your deportation, as
he surely did, he did not arrange for
vour death."
"He does not know I have this pa-
per," enswereu Stang with a grateful
look towards her. "But when I do
meet him - --•'
He did not fin l: the sentence, and
after a moment the girl announced
that the meal wee read. As they ate,
Anderton g'•amst1 from time to time
at the man wit m he had known as a
careless youth at Oxford. He noted
the hardness•ot the eyes, the greying
hair, tl•, ucep lines of the face, and
was moved rc a sudden burst of in-
di"gnati )n.
"Confound the gran. Stane! If I
were in your place I should be tempt-
ed to shoot him! But that's too
good for him."
"1 will do that which will be worse
for him," answered Stane quietly. "I
will make him own up."
The two who heard him, looking at
his resolute face, had no doubt than
he would keep his word, and as each
reflected what he must have been
through, neither was sorry for Gerald
Ainley or had any compunction at
the thought of what might happen
to hien.
F'T,he weather, is going to hold and`
it really is of the utmost U1(4110400
for me to 'find out whetlhe • my matt
is here or not. Ilrn. not in the hese
form afters my accident this me nn
ing, but there's nothing elseor it,
and if the fellow has Ieft I 'shall have
to follow at his heels,and wear -him
down. It is the only way. Duty is
duty in my force, I can, assure you.'
Stane looked at Helen, then he
said: "'We will accompany you, An- •
derton. You represent the law, and
in your company we are much,more,
likely to receive attention and get
what we want than if we go alone,
whilst further, if the mysterious vis-
its we have had were hostile -in in-
tention, the fact that ,we are known
to you will tend to • check them."
"Something in that!" agreed the
policemen.
When Anderton had harnessed his
dogs they started off, making ,direct-
ly up the lake, and within two hours
sighted about half a score of winter
tepees pitched near the store, and
with sheltering woods on three sides
of theni• As they came into view,
with the smoke of the fires curling
upward in the still air, the .police-
man nodded.
"The end of a journey of two hun,;'
dred miles; or bhe beginning of one
that may take me into the Barrens,
and up to the Arctic. Lord, what a
life this is!"
He laughed asl he spoke, and both
those who heard him, knew that be
found the life a good one, and was
without regret for the choice he had
made.
As they drew nearer the camp, two
or three men, and perhaps a dozen
women, with twice that number of
children carne from the tepees ter look
at them, and when the dogs came to •
a halt, one of the men stepped for-
ward. He was an Old man, and with-
ered looking, but with a light 'of
cunning in his bleared eyes.
"What want?" he asked. "Me,
.
Chief George."
The policeman looked et the bent
,figure clothed in mangy -looking furs,
with a dirty capote over all, and
then gave a swift glance at his com-
panions, the eyelid nearest to thern
fluttering down in a slow wink. A
second later he was addressing the
chief in his own tongue.
"I came," he said, "from the Great ""
White Chief, to take away. one who
is a slayer of women. It is said
that he has refuge in thy lodges."
The Indian's dirty face gave no
sign of any resentment. "There is
no such man in my lodges."
"But I have heard there is, a man
who is the son of thy sister, with a
White fatiher.".
(Continued next week)
LONDON AND WINGHAM
South.
p.m.
Wingham 2.05
Belgrave . 2.22 •
Blyth - 2.33
Londesboro 2.40
Clinton 3.08
Brucefield 3.26
Kippen 3.33
Hensel' 3.39
Exeter 3.53
North.
Exeter
Hensall
Kippen
Brucefield
Clinton
Londesboro
The meal was finished without any
furtihev reference to the past, andi
after a smoke Anderton threw on
hie furs anal went outside. Present-
ly he returned, and announced his in-
rtention of going up the lake to the
Indian encampment.
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•
Blyth
Belgrave
Wingham
C. N. R.
East.
10.59
11.12
11.18.
11.27
11.58
12.16
12.23
12.33
12.47
a.m. .m.
Goderich 6.35 2. 0
Holmesville ... 6.50 2.56
Clinton 6.58 3.05
Seaforth '7.12 3.21
St. CoIumban 7.18 8.27
Dublin 723 3.32
West
Dublin ' 11.24 9.12
St. Columhan 11.29
Seaforth 11.40 9.25
Clinton 11.55 9.39
Holmesville 12.05 9.53
Goderich 12.20 10.05
C. P. R. TIME TABLE
East.
Goderich
Menset
McGaw
Auburn'
Blyth
Walton
McNaught
Toronto
•
West.
Toronto
McNaught
Walton.
Blyth
Auburn
McGaw
Menset
Goderich
t4i
a.m.
.5.50
5.55
6.04
6.11
625
6.40
6.52
1026
a.m.
7.40
11.49
12.41
12.12
12.2
12.34
12A1
12.46
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