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' ' I h fc... OltEdON CITY ENTEItPKLHR KIM DAY. A1T(HST 1 .. 1HH. L2. L n3 O'Hearlts By Louis Joseph Vance SCflOOLSTANDARD IS SET BY STATE MQUIHIMINTI APfHOVtO y IHI DIPANTMINTOF tou. CATION HtCtlVCO CHAPTER V. Tk Munte Mm. Tfct day m hot loiiiMt wttii la Buclowded aky day of braa and bom In j Long before any eound audible I bumu itn disturbed lb noonday bush, bobcat tunning on a log la Ud to which 80 tra.ll 14. pricked, ear, roee, glanced or aboutdr with a aaarl and of a sudden no nor, law. Ferbap to minute later a auecee-i lloa of remote crashing began to ba, board, a cumulative volume of eoundj tntd a br aome heavy body forcing br. tnaia atreagtb tbrouib tba underbrub,j Bad eeed only when a man broka, Into tba clearing, pulled up. tood fort aa lntant swaying, then reeled to a, Beat on tba In. pillowing b!a heed oa, arm folded atroat bla knraa and hud. daring uncontrollably In all bk Urnba. lia waa a young man ho bad been and would again b very personable. Just cow ba vora tba look of ona bounded by furte. Hit face aa crl in to n with congealed blood and ttreaked wltb aweat and grime; bluish velna tbrobbed la blgh relief upon bla tem ple; bla Hp vara cracked and awol len, bla ayaa baggard. bla band torn and bleodlng. Ilia ahlrt and trouaera and "erolaara" vara wreck., tba latter aeorchad. charred, and broken In a dotaa place. Wood equipment ba I the aun. a molten ball wheeling mad ly' In tbe cup of tba tunjums sky. Then dark aatera cloeed ovr him lie cam up druggllng and gaaplng, and alfurk out for eomrlhlni dark lhal rod tba water Bear at band something vaguely reeembllng a canoe. Put bla atrepftb aa largely p.nt. 1.1 breath, bad been driven nut of hi in by the force of tba fall, and lie bad al!oed much aater while the field ( f bla coneclouaoeaa waa atrlckco lib n ufuium. Wlthiu a atroka of an outatretthed (addle, ba flung up a band and avnt doen acalo. Inatantly ona occupant of tba canoe, a young and very beautiful o- man In a man a bunting cloibn, eHka a abaro aord of command auJ. aa bar guide aleadled tba .! altb bla (addla, roaa In ber place to aurvty that aba acarcely dtaturbed the nice balance of tba little craft, and cunred ber lube body OTr tbe bow, baad- foremoat Into tba pool. e a e a e a a Mr. Law bad. in point of fact, en dured mora tban ba knew; more tliau even a aeatbered woodanun could bava borne without Buffering. Forty eight hour of euch beary wooda walking aa be bad put In to eacapa ttia foreat fire, would bare aoned to proatrate almoat any man; add to thtt (Ignoring a doien other mvut.il. nrrr oua and phyalcal atralnal mcri-ly tli fact tbat ba bad been baifdrowued. 11a experienced a Utile fe vtr. a llttla delirium, then blank aluaibcre of cx- hauatlon. friend, thll alda (he water, aa well aa bla man of bualneea." lie pauaed altb an embarraaied f"J tura. "So I bare vrnturrd to requea Ihle ah aurraptttltua appointment luj order to ab lake tba further llbrf ty of aaktng whethxr yon bate recant ly aant Alas a Di'nir Her lotk of aurprlae waa anawer anougfa, but aha continued It with lg oroua denial: "I hare not communW catad wltb air. Law In mora than a year!" Trecleetr aa 1 thought." Mr. IMgba nodded. -Nona the Ir.a. Mr U ni'l queatlon long tlnce received what purported tl watched. ba a meaaage from you; In fact -4 roaa" And aa Mlaa Trine akt for) ward with a atart of dlamay, he aded;' "I bava tha Information over Mr. Law f algnature a lettnr received ten daya ago from Quebec." "Alan In America!" the girl cried In undlagulaed dlatreaa. "Ha came In reaponaa to ab tbi meaaage of the roee." "Hut 1 did not a.-nd It!" "I felt tura of that, becauaa," aal Mr. Il(by, watching ber narrowly-, bera of Ufa In thai waated and mova. 0a to eiplora Ihla pocket d-maln, 1 lu th.r. w.a now an eacaHM bal leaa frame. I feaatad famoualy aaaln at Boon; 'ordeal The ran. waa eltee.lr a.la- An Impl.b malloa glimmered In bl hlled away a.veral boura vainly wMp. au.g Beiwr.i wan. m. ....r aun ken ayea aa ba kit ber walling upon Ma pleaaura. And whaa at UugtU ba decided to apeak. It waa with a ring f of hateful Irony In lhal eirangetja aoooroua Voice of bll "Koee," ba aald atowlr "my daugb ' tar! I am told you baia today beeq I guilty of an act of dialer atty to ma." Fha aald coolly: Vcii bad ma aple4 upon." "Naturally, with every reaeon to ping tba iHile wnb rd and tackle found In tba ramp, for truut lhal be ; really didn't bpa would Hm beatb tbat blailng tun; and toward Ibtea 1 o'clock ouird bark to bla aronialla ouch fur a nap. Tha weeiertng tun bad Ihmwa) a deep, eoo ahadow acmea tha cova when be waa awakened by Iniportuo ala bauda and voire of magic. Hoea Trine aa kneeling b!de blm, your loyalty, I bad yoq 1 clutching bla ebouldere, calling on blm py name oiatraciej ny an ineipura- anilely. I ..- . . . bl a am wuiaa m. iif n ntiaiDi axu mmu then dropid an lma.ia mouoayk. ''" dMacrtmlnatlng Uble Into tha alienee: "Welir betwwen dream and r-allty. but gala- ! "Tea bava vlalted tha man Mgby, 'B, ,m '"' : ninmeni ane rwaiea mere anreeienng. ran deep and feet wid a U aur- fare ! Itie ant Inalaiil II waa la Hie Jewj and the nian ar'lM dwa In work lib an I tit ili-lrrKiii'a'i.ii. jiniiig n.ur- aa and atrniriti and iili iuw ailit the raxitiMg i-ia lhal lore at tba raii' on eteijr baud. abea ( mail rlanmr l"at l k and foMh t tared the walla of Ilia rga Ilka teat bellowlnga of liifi'llial lull III , lie fought tike one poaaeaeed. There waa lietrr an Inatanl a grara cimificiiiE chin f or high scok ufarinlandtnl Calavan lia(t j blandaid MaUa b llai( B))) Nol glrltt a fgtmt, llciutramanla I til ri'iitilri lnrlila fur e IiiniI aa eiioriiiril aii.1 ail.i. . ' " alale U,ai, of edm a' Ion Uit ll' ' relied hi Iim.HV H IkmiI Mva,,., '" nl t'alaian and wlti Ih m( J6 i ai h a IhhiMii Ilin imiiiIv I ii li Iiih.I hi. Ii mi, ..ill,,,. (ale-ta H'lif kwk 1:4 n rvoiilrrim Ma niiI aa Hie i'ori.iniia of ll, I I eobhtne eutafle Tee." ! "nVB1 oeareatr aervant and friend of tbe man I beta and you lova." Bba aald. without avirrealm "Repeat what paaeed between ytntv "I aball not. but on ona condition," "And that lar ThII mm ArMt KlS.f It aa VnW who aent tba roaa to Alan Uw-an ,9 baw Ihla murBlngr both lmtaiitanis.ua. or rlrt- dralruo- lion. Tba rane wme ihla way and thai Ilka au Imaiia a'lutlle threading e.mie aatanla Imiii Now II beallalad. liua ha quaalloned, klaalng ber teare awy. j ,ii,lg B glganllo Uul.r over whuh "To And you all right. . . . I , the water woie a pale gre.n and waa ao arraiai" ana cried Brokenly. "Of what? Waenl I all right wbaa f. Judgn.eul .-r ei.utioii; the ona a a . ac and the gr..uii.la. the Ii ii,,i, 0( iu muat be alio liroli..ua with the other, .. h.x. l. rm, and ei tinol lll.iari, IU me ai.raK" aiiriiiiaiiiNt, will im, a i4iniii ip, in i, f,.w ( loiinlv auM rliilriidriil. A. a..n U duiilit fnllfilla anv rr,(iiirii i nt , B marked wUh alar and tin i-iMi.,i, 'a aa-... a ai on aa all I ho r lltuiti are rtifl . lt.oilr..i.i Ilia ..(..nll I . gllaleulng bKl. no. In tbe apace of I ,.r ,he ro.inlr a.... rl..le, a bewrtbeet It abol forward twice Ha ,f u- rountli a of the atale. . .oiM mora, where Judith ba been during , She dlaengaged with an effort, mea. "her.u.- of m.thln. thai mrnni. .tba laat fortnlahtr' I "" airaugeiy at uiui. nled the riee. a aymbol of another alg. I "I aball tell you nothing, my child, 1 "I did not leave you beraMhla mon. nlflcance altogether a playing card, a ! Repeat" tba rwaonant voice rang wlibj Ing. Alan. I waan't bera" trey of heart " ! Infleilble purpoae "repeat what Iba Tbat brought blm to hla own feet Her eyre wera blank. He puraued !:mn 'gby told you'" In a Jiffy. "You were not!" be atanv with niulr alnrere relurlan.-e : -I i Tba tlrl waa allent. He endured bee mered. "The a who T" muat Ml you. I tbat a trey ot ' tara for a long minute, a peik ot bearta Invariably forealgnaled an gt kindling to flame tbe evil old ayea. temnt hr vnur fathwr nn the life i.l : Then bla ona llrlim member that Alan father." ' had por to aerve hla Iron will. 4 ' Tba girl ahook her bead. "Tat 1 1 raplda were ehort Now, w heu be bad Wltb a trlckon cry the girt crouched i hand Ilka tba claw of a bird of pray, back In the chair and covered ber faca ! moved toward a row of buttona unk with bvr band. ' In tha writing bed of bl deak. "Judith." aba dated with conviction, "liupoaelblel You don't under-aland." know: Judith wa bera until thla length through a ae of rreamliig wavea, now plunged wildly Inward what protnlari luaiant amillillallon and cheated lhat oiily by the llmely plunge of a paddle, guided by luk or liiattm t or both. The one rav of bo In Alali a mind, when ba aurveied Ufore roiumllllng bltnaelf and IUn woman ba loved M lhat hldeoua gauntlri, aprang from Iba fact that, however rough, tha ba It Waa a Roaa. bad nona beyond a bunting knife belt-, ad at tha amall of bla back. All elsa bad been either cooiumed In tha for. eit fire or atolen by bl Indian guide who bad lubaequenlly died while at' tempting to murder bl employer. Since tbat eent, tbe man bad auc ceeded In losing himself completely.' In aeeklng ahelter from tbe thunder-, atorm, be bad lost toucb with bl only known and none too clearly located' landmark. Then, after a night passed' without a Ore In tbe Ice of a ragged blu" be bad waked to discover the aun rising In tbe west and the rest of tbe universe sympathetically upside-, down; and aimlessly ever since be had atumbled and blundered In the maze' of those grimly reticent fastnesses, for; tbe last few hours haunted by a fear! of falling reason possessed by a no-; tlon tbat be wa dogged by furtive enemies and within the last hour the puppet of blind, witless panic. But even as be strove to calm blm-; elf and rest, the feeling that some-; thing waa peering at blm from behind, a mask of undergrowth grew intoler ably acute. At length he Jumped up, glared wlld ly at the spot where that something no longer waa, flung himself fran-' tlcally through the brush in pursuit of' It, and found nothing. With a great effort he pulled him- aelf together, clamped his teeth upon the promise not again to gi .e way to hallucinations, and turned back to thei clearing. There, upon the log on which he had rested, be found but refused to believe be saw a playing card, a; trey of hearts, face up in the sun- glare. With a gesture of horror, Alan Law; fled the place. While the sounds of his flight werei atill loud, a grinning balf-breed guide! etole like a shadow to the log, laughed derisively after the fugitive, picked upj and pocketed the card, and set out In tireless, cat-footed pursuit. An hour later, topping a ridge of; rising ground, Alan caught from the; hollow on Its farther side the music of' clashing waters. Tortured by thirst,! be began at once to descend in reck-: less haste. What was at first a gentle slope cov-i ered with waist-deep brush and car-! peted with leaf-mold, grew swiftly more declivitous, a mossy hillside, as, steep as a roof, bare of underbrush, j and sparely sown with amall cedars; through whoso ranks cool blue water twinkled far below. Tbe shelving moss-beda afforded treacherous footing; Alan was glad! now and then of the support of a ce-l dar, but these grew ever amaller, and! more wldelf spaced and were not al-i ways convenient to bis band. He; came abruptly and at headlong pace) within sight of the eaves of a cliff! and precisely then the hillside seemed! to alip from under blm. His heels flourished In the air, his back thumped a bed of pebbles thinly: overgrown with moss. The stones gave, the moss-skin broke, be began to glide grasped at random a youngish cedar which gtayed bim Imperceptibly, coming away with all Its puny roots caught at another, no more ubstan tjal and amid a ahower of loose stone hot out over tbe edge and down a drop of more than thirty feet Ha waa Instantaneously aware of i ! FFrVi"- . iTwV'ftffl He awoke In dark or night, wiwiiy , t ,f why , ipB fo(. Mf ,arn you , ht m. to n,k ij-rj, .f ffi; I'Ttf'-. unaware that tblrty-.lx hour, bad b d fc ,f ,n fc J0l ,p,..k JifA j4 Zf ' ,.ed .Ince bl. fall Thl last how-. of ((,ttlnj quckIy 0Vff a mo(t unh Wltn . quck movement the girl' ,?J. iiKS ever, and eventa that bad gone before. py ouMnJ. "Alan' letter written bent over and prlaoned the bony wriat lj.fv .'(.jV he recalled with tolerable clearne.- ,n(1 0 thtf ,tl.anu.r Ww ) m her .trong Augur. With h.-r other tyJlAt allowing for tha alugglahnea of a Wlthin twenty four hour, of bl. arrival ind. at the .arna time, alio whtppe.1 rY T' 'J,K.Y..'tA drow.y mind. Other memor.e. more ,n yueb(c Md ivUlM hl, lchme ,a open an upper drawer of the dek and ; f.f? ;, ' ,. fltjt tT li vague, of gentle ministering handa. of ,h- S(. hook from It a revolver which .ha ,e -i. V'. If. I 'If a face by turn, an angel, a flower's a fiend, and a dear woman'., trou bled htm even lea. materially. He waa already aan enough to allow he bad probably been a bit out of hi head, and tlnce It teemed he bad been saved and cared for, be found no Teu ton to quarrel with present circum tance. Still, be would have been grateful for tome explanation of certain phe nomena which atill haunted blm euch aa a faint, elusive (cent of rose with a vague but Importunate sense of a woman'a presence in tbat darkened room things manifestly absurd . . . WUh come difficulty, from a dry throat, be spoke, or rather whis pered: "Water!" In response he beard someone move over a. creaking floor. A sulphur match spluttered infamously. A can dle caught lire, silhouetting Illusion, of course! the figure of a woman In bunting shirt and skirt. Water splashed noisily. Alan became aware of someone who stood at his side, one hand offering a glass to hla lips, the other gently raising bla bead tbat he might drink with ease. Draining the glass, be breathed hie thanks and sank back, retaining bis grasp on the wrist ot that unreal band. It suffered him without re sistance. Tbe hallucination even went so far aa to say, In a woman'a aoft accents: "Tou are better, Alanr He sighed Incredulously: "Rose!" The voice responded "Yea!" Then tbe perfume of roses grew still more strong, seeming to fan his cheek like a woman's warm breath. And a mir acle came to pass; for Mr. Law, who realized poignantly tbat all this was sheer, downright nonsense, distinct. ly felt lips like velvet caress his fore head. He closed his eyes, tightened his grasp on that hand of phantasy, and muttered rather Inarticulately The voice asked: "What is It, dear?" He responded: "Delirium . . But I like it ... Let me rave!" Then again he slept. cretly a be put It, "by the back door," by way of northern Maine and promised ad vice by telegraph aa soon as hu reached Mooaehead Lake. He should have wired me ere tt)l. I am told by those who know the country he wa tu cross. Frankly. I am anxious about the boy!" "And 1!" the girl exclaimed pitifully. "To think that he should be brought luto such peril through me!" "You can tell me nothing?" "Nothing as yet. I did not dream of thi9 much less that the messaga of the rose was known to any but Alan, and myself. I cannot understand'." "Then I may tell you thi much more, that your father maintain a very efficient corps of secret agents." "You think he spied upon rte?" tha girl flamed with Indignation. "I know he did." Mr. Dlgby per mitted himself a quiet amllo. "It haa seemed my business. In the service oC my employer, to employ agents of my own. There Is no doubt that your father sent you to Europe for the sole purpose of having you meet Alan." "Oh!" she protested. "But what earthly motive ?" "That Alan might be won back to America through you and so " There wa. no need to finish out bia sentence. The girl waa silent, pale, and staring with wide eyes, visibly mustering her wits to cope with thia emergency. "I may depend on you," Mr. Dlgby suggested, "to advise me if you find out anything?" "For even more." The girl rose and extended a hand whose grasp was firm placed at a safe distance. "To the contrary." he (aid quietly, ' "you will remember that the time ha passed when you could have me pun- 1 Uhed for disobedience. You will call nobody: If Interrupted. I han't heal- tate to defend myself. And now" lay Ing bold of the back of his chair, she , moved It some distance from the deak ' "you may aa well be iulet while I j find for myself what I wlnh to know" i For a moment he watched In alienee aa she bent over the desk, rummaging ! Its drawer. Then with an Infuriated j gesture of hi left hand, he began to curae her. j She shuddered a little a tha black I oath bHatered hla thin old Up, dedl- I eating her and all aba loved to aln, Infamy and sorrow; but nothing could tay her In her purpose. H waa ; breathless and exhausted when she straightened up wltb a:i exclamation , .of satisfaction, studied Intently for a 1 moment a sheaf of papers, and thrust them hastily into her band bag. togeth er with the revolver. Then touching the push button which released a secret and little-used door, without a backward glance she slipped from the room and, closing the door securely, within another minute had made her way unseen from the bouse. been In their grasp a minute. I seemed to bava 1m ni thrre hours. Ill laboring were Ireiiieiidoua. un i believable. Inspired In the end they ' were all but aun -eaaful Tbe g.l of 'safely waa within thirty aei.nida' j morn ot quirk, hard work, whuii Alan paddle broke and the canoe aung Precipitating Doth Into That Savage Welter. CHAPTER VI. Disclosures. In a little corner office, soberly fur nished, on the topmost floor of one of lower Manhattan's loftiest office-towers, a little mouse-brown man sat over a big mahogany desk; a little man of big affairs, sole steward of one of America's mo&t formidable fortunes. Precisely at eleven minutes past noon (or at the Identical inBtant chos en by Alan Law to catapult over the edge of a cliff in northern Maine) the muted signal of the little man's desk telephone clicked and, eagerly lifting receiver to ear, he nodded with a smile and said in accents of some relief: "Ask her to come In at once, plcaae." Jumping up, he placed a chair in In timate Juxtaposition with his own; and the door opened, and a young woman entered. The mouse-brown man bowed. "Miss Rose Trine?" he murmured with a great deal of deference. The young woman returned his bow with a show of perplexity: "Mr. Dlg by T" "You are kind to come In response to my ah unconventional invita tion," aald the little man. "Won't you ah sit down?" She said, "Thank you," gravely, and took tbe chair be Indicated. And Mr. Digby, with an admiration he made no effort to conceal, examined the fair face turned so candidly to blm. "It Is quite comprehensible," be said diffidently "if you will permit me to say so now that one sees you, MIbs Trine, It Is quite comprehensible why my employer ah feel toward you as be does." Tbe girl flushed. "Mr. Law ba told you?" "I have tbe honor to be bla nearest J t " wi lV' e(f - - Mr, .-.;. y ' 7 . If ' .?! ?fV; morning. I tell you I know 1 aw her only a few hour ago. She piuwed u In a cunnu with one of her guide, while we watched In hiding on tho banks. Nut that alone, but another of her guides told mine alio win here with you. She had sent him to South Portage for quinine. Ho (topped there to get drunk and that' bow my guide managed to worm the Infor mation from him." Alan passed a hand acroaa hi eye.. I "I don't understand," he .aid dully. "It doeen't seem posilblo he could" A shot Interrupted him, the report of a rifle from a considerable distance Upstream, echoed and re-echoed by the cliffs. And at this, clutching fran tically at his arm, the girl drew him through the door and down toward tha river. "Oh, come, come!" she cried wlld- I ly. "There's no tlmo!" "Oh, Come, Come!" 8he Cried Wildly., and vital on his fingers. A fine spirit of resolve set her countenance aglow.: "You may count on me for action on my own part, If I find circumstances warrant It. I promised not to marry Alan because of the feud between our fathers but not to stand by and see him sacrificed. Tell me how I may communicate secretly with you and let me go aa soon as possible!" CHAPTER VIII. The Incredible Thing. Broad daylight, the top of a mom- iJng as rare as ever broke upon the north country: Alan Law opening be wildered eyes to realise the substance of a dream come true. True It proved Itself, at least, in part. He lay between blanketa upon a j couch of balsam fans, In a corner of I somebody's camp a log structure, I weather-proof, rudely but adequately j furnished. His clothing, rough-dried but neatly mended, lay upon a chair ! at bis side. T-Ta rnoa unA itraaaa In hnntn Aft I once exulting in his sense of complete ; I x,t?hyJ V ,ttt WttS th,at ' rest and renewed well-being, a prey, 'Judith Is rournlng. I left my I to hints of an extraordinary appetite, 8uldo u t"e,tral to j bear out the weirdest flights of his de I llrlous fancies. ; Them were apparently Indisputable evidences of a woman s recent pres ence In thn camp: blankets neatly folded upon a second bed of aromntlo balsam In the farther corner; an effect of orderllncHB not common with I guides; a pair of dainty buckskin I gauntlets depending from a nail in the wall; ami ho stood staring wltlesnly at It for more than a minute In an old preserve jar on the table, a single rose, warm and red, dew upon Ita petals! There was also fire In tho cook stove, with a plentiful display of things to cook; but despite his hunger Alan didn't stop for that, but ruBhed I to the door and threw It open and hlm ! self out Into tho sunshine, only to pause, dashed, chagrined, mystified. There was no other living thing la: j sight but a loon that sported far upi j the river and saluted him with a Bhriek of mocking laughter. ! The place was a cleft In the hills, a table of level land some few acrea j in area, bounded on one hand, be I neath the cliff from which he had dropped, by a ruBhlng river fat with manago to escape before Bhe geta here?" "Hut how?" "According to the guide tho river's tho only way other than the trail." "Tho current is too strong. They could follow pot us at leisure from tho banks." "nut downstream the current with us " "Those rapids?" "We must shoot them!" "Can It bo done?" "It must bo!" Two more shots put a poriod to his doubts and drove It homo. Ha offered no further objection, but turned at once to launch one of tho canoes. As soon as It wa In tho water, Hose took her place in tho bow, paddle In hand, and Alan was about to step In astern when a fourth shot sounded and a bullet kicked up turf within a dozon foeL A glunce discovered two figures debouching Into the clearing. He dropped Into place and, planting paddle In shallows, sent tho canoe well out with a vigorous thrust. Two strokes took It to the middle of the pool where Immediately the j broadside to a boulder, turned turtle and precipitated both headlong lulu , that earn-" w I'.t Aa tbe n.' it few mlnutia passed he . waa fighting like a mad thing against overwhelming odd Then, of a sud den, be found tllitiB.'lf rejected, apt-wed forth from the cataract and aw limning mechanically lu thn smooth, water of ! illM.liinl, fumllv i,r .n a wide pool Intend the lowermost eddy, the canoe floating bottom up near by. and Hose aupportlng heraelf with one hand on It. Her eye met bla, clear with Ih aalilty of ber adorable courage. He flnuiiUered to tier side, panted In structions In transfer her hand lu hi boulder, and struck out for the nearer horw. Ilolh found footing at the sum time and wnded out. to rollnpre, ex hausted, agulnal the bunk. Then, with a sickening qualm. Alan remembered (be pursuit. Ha rose and looked up the rapid Just In time lo view tho lust lft quarter of Ilia canoe' descent: Judith In the bow, mottonlesa, a rifle acroas her knee a. In the stern un Iii-IIiui guide kneeling and fighting the wuteni with scarcely percept. hi. effort In routrunl with Aluu'a aupri'ino slru;!es. Like a living thing the rnnna coined lo gather Itself together, to poise, to leap with all It strength; It hurdled (he eddy lu a bound, took the atill water with a mighty splash and (hot downstream at diminished llecd, tbe Indian furiously bucking water. Aa though that had been the one moment she bud lived for, Judith lifted her rifle and brought It to bear upou her alster. With a rry of horror, Alan flung himself before Rose, a living shield, anticipating nothing but Immediate death. This waa not accorded him. For a breathless Instant tho woman in J'l- L . .. I. ........... l i.. i 4 pwiiin r.ii i ii. til' j III. I lis lis. tan. I.ii.l. ao Ih" state lie prtin.i education took up Die mailer and r tlilh... a (molar. I for all tin atv. al a meeting in Salem Augiini I Htiprrlhtriiilciit l alainii h.li.,,, tit the riillreiiirii(a lit the elate , part liienl are lint aa strict aa lie .ie j, lia.kainaa county lust )er 1 lo. rv inirriiieiita ire riae-Mual be fl)llig. weatli-rprr milting Hch.nilliiiiiae . 1'rnpi rly Hk 1 1. . H.iil.ineril Traclier'a dc. and hair; deska for puplla properly Ut. rd and placed, aiutaMo li'ai i .! ir.lt. .win, low slia.lea In k.hhI r.'iiillllin ! Hea'lng and Ventllatiin- U k-t.J tine properly altuai d, I iliilimon r. i .uli.'ineiit , window lio.ir.U ..r sen I other apprnied tin Im. I of --lil Un I Hi . li. oin Attr.n tl.. at all Hti" -a. N'.nnlurd li. ture On.. .i one. un- ea three ar. already Ii. the riiii, ' framed, j liri'iiuiln To he i.ui., Ir (roni ta per, etc Al least Ihrvo f. el.irea of play apparatus Wall.. If nc omry, S. mil, it Inn Pure ill In W I li i: -later, either ilrlnklnii (oiinl.1,1, or coicrej tank an.) In.lltl.lnal i'rli.1 liu i up. tow -U. I loill.llllk'i At leant twn J . . . I ones, a he .Hillary at nil times uiol fr.-e fra marks. Teacher - Musi nii-li iiilii coo. I i id.f at all lime. aupervU the l.iir.ro'nnl; have ber work well pi. pn'o.1 ; f 'llnw state course of aiu.ly, I use ai U-at one educational Journal; have proKraii (mated In room; ke-p r-glsu-r III gn,f condition; be neat In attire.. I ll-rnrv (loo.l selection of ,H,j, from slate list. Case lor the lKmki. Hook kept upright In coo.l rur. J(Illf) and recorded hcconIhii; to ruin sw clflMl l.y Oregon Stale llhrariamj re. -quired by law. Attendance Averi,.o "1 -r fntl'ir year and not In excid lo per cent In tnr.llnesa for year. Length of Term .Sol l. aa than i lkt month of acbool "i:'!i ymr. recent rains; on the other by a second i current cauKnt tho "ttle craft In lta CHAPTER VII. cliff of equal height. Upstream the water curved round the shoulder of a towering hill, downstream the cllffa closed upon it until It roared through, a narrow gorge. I Near the camp, upon a strip of shelving beach that bordered the river where It widened into a deep, dark pool, two canoes were drawn up, bot toms to the sun. Dense thickets ot pines, oaks, and balsams hedged In the clearing. He was, it Beamed, to be left severe- The Mutineer. Within the hour Rose Trine stood! before her father in that somber room wherein be wore out hi crippled days, in that place of silence and shadows. whose sinister color-scheme of crim-i Jjy to himself, that day; when he had son and black was the true livery of, bla monomania hla passion for ven geance that alone kept warm the em cooked and made way with an enor mous breakfast, Alan found nothing urgent grasp and eped It smoothly through more narrow and hlgherj banks. A moment more and the mouth of tbe gorge was yawning for; them. With the clean balance of an ex, perienced canoeman, Alan rose to bla' feet for an instantaneous reconnols sance both forward and aatern. He. looked back flrst, and groaned In bis heart to aee the sharp prow of the' second canoe glide out from tbe. banks. He looked ahead and groanedj aloud. The rapid, were a wilderness, of ehoutlng waters, white and green,! worse than anything he had anttcl-' better to do till time for luncheon pated or ever dreamed of. I h"f m E R W V he i. 1fsa u r ty. TV:. .. .. , y.r-r. , , - . IH )J k'a ' L' 1 , H! if J QUARTERLY SESSION MILWATKIK. Ore.. Aug. l.-Tht first quarterly conference of I hi church year begun tonight uii.l lli end Hiimliiy night at Mllwnuklu Kvt g. ili'iil church. Itev. II. Kchukiiecht. a 1 'ort Innd. presldliiK elder of thn On gun conforeiice, will preach both e ing and special musical prognx bnvn been prepured. Tonight a W ness sesHlon wns held uiui ( tiiiinli.il service will tin held at I o'clock Hiiiiday night. Itev. II. K. Cell, piiHtor or JWilwan kle Kviingellcnt church, returned M night from the aiiiiinil camp tneellM and Woman's M ikhIihiii ry society, Sua day school mid Voting People's Alii unco convent Ions at Hlvorview camp grove, .lenniugs Lodge The board of governors of the .Mil wuiiklo Commeriiul chili will meet at 8 o cluck Monday night at the home of J. I. .lulu son, on Laurel li venue. Kimt Mllwauklo. CLUB PLANS SOCIAL They Found a Footing. the canoe stared along the sights, then lowered hor weapon and, turn ing, spoke Indlstlngulshably to the guide, who Instantly began to ply a brink paddle. The canoe sped on, vanished swiftly round a bond. After a long time, Alan voiced nis unmitigated amazement: "Why in the name ot neaveni Why 7" The girl ald dully: . "Don t you knowT.' And when be shook his head. "Her guide told mine you bad saved her life on the dam at Spirit Lake. Now do you see?" HI. countenance was blank wltb wonder: "Gratitude?" Rose smiled wearily: "Not grati tude alone, but something more ter rible. ..." She rose and held out ber band. "Not that I can blame her. . . . But come; If we strike through her we will, I think, pick up a trail that will bring us to Black Beaver settlement by dark." MILWAl'KIK. Ore.. Aug. 11. The Mllwauklo Cominerclal club will hold lawn hocIiiI AuitiiHt IS nt tbe Cjtilncy street homo of William K. Morunu. Tho club Ih now awaiting the ci"i of tho slnto railroad commlHBlMii In II" coiniilalnl retpii'HlliiK thn slopping of Oregon (ily and Mllwntikln cars Ira Wi lli a; In either direction at t lit foot or Washington Htreet hero, nnd Us rcom mendiiilon that tho Portland hii Or gon (ity rnllnmd ho given n crumw1' over thn Soiillinrn I'litiflrt rnlliona ! north of tho Houlhern l'nclflc r('11 in KiiBt Mllwiuihln. 30,000 VOICE8 And Many Are The Voice, of Orer City People. Thirty thousand voices What rem,.) rlionis! And that's the numlier of American men and women, who are publicly praising ixmn'H Kinney I'm; for relief from hacknclie, kidney ana blnddor Ilia. They say It lo friends. They toll it In tho homo papers. Ore gon City people are In this choru. Hero's an Oregon (ity case: Mrs. June Hlnnchard, 1102 John Ad ams St., Oregon (!lty, Oregon, says. I used Doan'B Kidney Pllla for m Boy and bliulder trouble that nnnoye- me for years. I bad great roller. i all, I have taken less than two boxes ot Doan's Kidney IMIIh, but thai amount wag enough to convince me oi their merit." Mrs. Illanchard Is only ono of ma ' Oregon I., .i i ij ciJ.i.Jinuu uuhiii "i"'. -j - . .u ...... I,nnb l,Dlf vnor kldnevs DOlu Illanchard is only ono or ni' City people who have gratefi''" nrsed Doan's Kidney 1111. tck aches if your kidneys o"1" p vnn Hnn't pimnlv ask for a kione remedy ask distinctly for Doan Rl ney Pill, the same that Mr. ' chard had the remedy backed w home testimony. 60c all stores. ' ter-MUburn Co., Props., Huffalo, "When Your Back Is Iime Reme"1 ber the Name." (Adv.) 0