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? See Moving Pictures of This Story In Weekly Installments at r I ONAWAM t- y JL THEATRE T 1, Every Wednesday Evening IBETREVMflCMS CHAPTER V. The Hunted Man. That day wan hot nml windless with, an unclouded sky a dny of hrusa mill burning. Long before any sound auiltblo to huinnn ears disturbed tho noonday hush, a bobcat sunning" on a log In a glade to which no trail led, prlcLcil ears, rose, glanced over shoulder with, a snarl and of a sudden wi9 no mora there. Perhaps two minutes latar a lUCOeBi alon of remote crauliln begun to bo heard, a cumulative volume of sound made by aotne heavy body forcing by main strength through tho underbrush. and ceased only when a inuu broke Into the clearing, nulled u. stood for an Instant swaying, then reeled to a seat on the log, pillowing his head on arms folded across his knees and shud dering uncontrollably In all hie limbs. He was a young man who had been and would iigalu bo very personable. Just now he wore the look of one hounded by furies His face wns crim son with congested blood and streaked with sweat and grime; bluish velui throbbed In high relief upon bis tem ples; his lips were cracked and swol len, his eyes haggard, his hands torn and bleeding His shirt and troiiscri and "cruisers" were wrecks, the latter scorched, charred, and broken In a doxen places. Woods equipment he 4C aaaBBaaaL f pB -i5S Besa, A. It Was a Rose. had none beyond a hunting knlfo. belt ed at the IBM!) of his back. All elBe had been either consumed in the for est fire or stolen by his Indian gttMl who had subsequent' died while at tempting to murder his I inploy.T Since that event, the man had suc ceeded In lotting himself cniidctcly. In seeltlng shelter (rout the tliundcr storm, he had lost touch with his only known and none too rflggrlT located landmarks. Tlien. alter a night passed without a fire In tho lee of a ragged bluff, he had waked to discover the sun rising In the west ami the net of the universe sympathetically upsldo down; and aimlessly ever since lie had stumbled and blundered In the maxe of those grimly reticent fastnesses, for tha last few hours haunted by a fear of falling reason possessed by a no tion that he was dogged by furtive enemies and within the la It hour the puppet of blind, witless panic. But oven as ho strove to culm him self and rest, the feeling that some thing was peering at him from bohluil a mask of undergrowth grew intoler ably acute. At length he Jumped up, glared wild ly at the spot where that something no longer woe, (lung himself fran tically through the brush In pursuit of It, and- found nothing. With a grant effort be pulled him self together, clumped his teeth upon the promise not again to gtre way to hallucinations, and turned back to tho clearing. There, upon the log on which he had rested, he found-but refused to believe ho saw a playing card, a trey of hearts, face up In the sun glare. With a gesture of honor, Alan Law fled the place. Millie the sounds of his (light were still loud, a grinning half-braid, guide etole like a shadow to tho log. Inughod derisively after the fugitive, picked up and pocketed the card, und set out In tireless, cat-footed pursuit. An hour later, topping a ridge of rising ground, Alan caught from tha hollow on lta further side the music of clashing waturu. Tortured by thirst, be began at once to descend In reck less haste. What was at first a gentle slope cov red with waist deep bfUeh and car peted with leaf-mold, grew swiftly more declivitous, a mossy hillside, us steep as a roof, bare of underbrush, and sparely sown with small cedars through whoso ranks cool blue water twinkled far below. The shelving moss bads' afforded treacherous footing; Ainu wus glad now and then of tho support of a ce da j, but these giuw ever smaller, and morn widely spaced and were not al ways convenient to his hand. He camo abruptly mid at headlong puce within sight of tho eaves of a cliff and precisely then the hillside seemed to slip from under him Ills heels flourished In the air, Ms back thumped a bed of pebbles thinly overgrown with moss Tho stones gave, the moss skin broke, he begun to i,l: I. grasped at random a youngish cnlar which stayed dim Imperceptibly, coming away with all Its puny roots caught ut another, no more substan tial and amid a shower of loose stone shot out over the edge and down a drop of more than thlrtv feet. He was Instantaneously awure of " i sun, a molten ball wheeling mad ly In the cup of the turquoise sky, I hen dirk waters closed over him. lie came up struggling and gasping, and struck out for something dark that rode the waters near at hand -something vaguely resembling a canon. I tut his strength was largely spent. In r breath had been driven out of him b) the force of the fall, and he had is allowed much water while the Held of his con.ilousnesi waa stricken with ci illusion Within a stroke of an outstretched, puddle, he Hung up a hand and went down again. Instantly one occupant of the canon, a young and very beautiful wo nt. mi In a man's hunting clothes, spoke u sharp word of command and, as her guide steadied the vessel with hie' piuldlo, ruse In her place so surely that she scarcely disturbed the nice balance of the little craft, and curved her lithe body over the bow, head foieuiost into the pool. Mr. Law had. In point of fact, en dured more than he knew; more than even a weathered woodsman could, huvo boruo without suffering. Korty rlght hours of such heavy woods walking il he had put In to escape the fore it fire, would have served to ptostrate almost aay man; add to this (Ignoring a doien other mental, nerv ous and I'hv: leal strains) merely the fact that he had been half drowned He experienced a little fever, u little delirium, than blank slumbers of ex haustion. He awoke In dark of night, wholly unaware t' t thirty six hours had passed til.- .- hla fall. This last, how ever, and i vi nts that had gone before, ho recalled . ith tolerable clearness allowing far the sluggishness of a drowsy nUnd. Other memories, more vague, of gentle ministering bands, of a f o b turns an angel's, a flower's. a lb nd s, . ad a dear woman's, trou bled l. '.hi even leas materially, lie was already sane enough to allow ha hud probably been a bit out of his head, und since It seemed he had been saved und . .red for, he found no rea son to quurrel with present circum stances. Still, he would have been grateful for some explanation of rertuln phe nomena whli li still haunted loin such us a faint, elusive scent of rotes with a vague but Importunate sense of a woman's presence In that darkened room thin.' - manifestly absurd . . . With final difficulty, from a dry throat, hi spoke, or rather whis pered Water!" In reap I M he heard someone move over a creaking floor. A sulphur match spluttered Infamously. A cau dle caughl lire, silhouetting- Illusion, of course!- the figure of a woman In hunting thlrt and skirt Water splashed noisily. Alan became aware of someone who stood at his side, one hand offering a gluss to bis lips, tho other gently raising his head that ho might drink with ease. Iiraiiiu . (be glass, be breathed hie thanks and ssnk back, retaining his grasp on the wrist of thai i, ureal band. It suffered him wll ail re sistance The hallucluaiaa even went so far as to say, lu a fi man's soft accents "Yoo. are better, Alan '.'" He sighed no nd I .1 I. "Hose!" The volte reepu II J os!" Then the perfume uf ru i gr m still mor strong, seeming to la.i Ii.k cheek like a woman a warm heath Ada mir acle came to puss; for Mr I aw, who realized poignantly th..l , II this was sheer, downright BOB Ct IS, distinct ly felt lips like velvet can si I. is fore head. lie closed his eyes, UaJltMl d his grasp on that hand of phantasy, and muttered rather Inarth ulutcly The voice asked: "What is It, dear?" He respended: "Delirium . IHit I like It . , . Let me ravel" Then again he slept CHAPTER VI. Disclosures In a little comer officii, toberly fur nished, on the topmost floor of one of lower Manhattan's loft I cm. t office tow ers, a little mouse brow n man sat over a big mahogany desk; a little man of big affairs, sole steward of one of America's most formidable fortunes Precisely at eleven minutes past noon (or at the Identical lustuut cios en by Alan Law to catapult over in 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 1 smile and suld In accent! of some relief: "Ask her to come In at once, please." Jumping up, he rl iced a chair In lie tlmate Juxtaposition with his owu; and the door opened, und u young woman entered Tho mouse brown man bowed. "Miss Hose Trine?" he murmured with a great deal of deference. Tho young woman returned kls bow with a show of perplexity: "Mr. Dig- by?" "You ore kind to coine In response to my ah unconventional liivliu tlon," said the little man "Won't you ah sit down?" Hhe said, "Thank you," gravely, and took the chair bo ludlcatcd. And Mm Olgby, with an admiration he made no effort to conceal, examined the fair face turned io candidly to him "It Is quite comprehensible,'' ho saii diffidently 'V u will permit me to say so- now that one see you, Miss Trine, It Is quite comprehensible why my employer ah feels toward you i be does " The arlil flushed. "Mr. Law hai told youT" "I have the honor to be his nearest j friend, this tdde (he water, ai well ai his man of business" He paused wiili mi embarrassed geei turn. "So I hnvo ventured to reques thli ah- surreptitious appointment In, order to ii ike the further liber) ty of asking WhetBOf yen have recent! ly lent Alan n iiiessage?" Her look of surprise was aniwelj enough, but she confirmed it with vlg orous denial' "I have not communi cated wllh Mr. Ijiw In mora than a year!" "Precisely as I thought," Mr. IMgbyl nodded ' Nena I ho less, Mr Law not! long since nil Ived what purported to be a iiicskiiko from you; In fact m Toae." And us Miss Trine lit for" Ward with u start of ill- may. he nded: "I have tho Information over Mr. laaw'e; signature a letter received ten days ngo from Quebec" "Alan In America!" the girl cried In undisguised distress "He eiinio lu response to -all the) message of din rose " "llul I did not send It!" "I felt sure of Hint, because," ssbl Mr. Dlgby, w niching her narrowly ' "because of Homolhlng that accompa nied the ruse, a svmhol of another sig nificance altogether a playing card, a troy of lieai i i " Her eyes were blank, lie pursued with openly sincere reluctance: "l must tell .vou. I see, that a trey o( .hearts Invariably foreslgnnled an all tempt by your father on tho life of Alan's father With a stricken eiy the girl crouchedl back In the chair and covered her face With her bauds. "That Is why 1 sent for you," Mr, Dlghy puiii il I ' Illy, mi If In hup Of gelt In ever It most imlnip Jiy bUlini Mans Idler, written, mid posted on the steamer, reached me within twent) leiir hours of his arrival In Quebec, nml detailed hla scheme tut enter the United States secretly as ho puts It, hy ih back door,' by way of northern Maine and promised ad vice by telegraph u soou as be reached IfOOW head I -ike lie should have wired me ere this. I am told by those who km.w the country he waa to cross. Weakly, I am anxious about the boy!" "And II" the girl exclaimed pitifully. "To think that he should be brought into such peril through me!" "You nan tall me nothing?" "Nothing as yet 1 did not dream, of this much less thut the message of (he rose was known to any but Alan and myself I cannot understand!" "Then I e, iv tell ynu thli much more, that your father maintain a very efficient corps of secret agents." "You think ho sided upon me?" the girl flamed wllh Indignation. "I know ho did ," Mr. Dlgby per mitted himself a quiet smile "It has seemed my business, lu the service of my employer, to imptaj agaati of my own Than Is no doubt that your father sent you to I.'uropo for the sole BUrpoee or having you meet Alan." "Oh!" she protest, d Hut what earthly men "That Alan might he won hack to America through rem and so " Tlicda wan no need to finish out his sentence I he K'll was silent, pale and slatliiK with wide eyes, visibly bsuetertng her wlti to cope with this Ofuergi tit 'I n. i'. depend on you," Mr Dlgby augf -I' d, lu advise me if you find out an) thing f" "Kor even mere." The jtlrl rose and extended a hand whose grasp was firm "Oh, Come, Cornel" She Cried Wildly. and vital on his finger. A fine iplrit of resolve net 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 tho feud between our fathers -but not to eland by and leg him i.ai i Hi. . d Tell nut how 1 'may communicate secretly with you end let mo go us soou us possible!" CHAPTER VII. The Mutineer. Within tho hour Itoso Trine itood before In r father In that somber room wherein ho wore out hi crippled days, lu that place of silence and shadow whoso sinister color-scheme of crim inal and black was the true livery of his monomania his passion for veo geuncu thut alone kept warm tho en THE SAYER STUDIO Kodak Film Oevsloped and all photography work done in first class shape. Prompt attention BURNS . . OREGON JOIINUKNIIKItLING. W &Jb . .rowoloi'. Optltdun and Knuvuvov. Fine Watch Repairing A Spe daily. T H 1 Lt B Ws IfefJ k flggxl j1 ggv - " mt Ml K ggggfl gggggggggaJsi bt""B k '-: tSl . w ' :vS aw ' --', ( gggaF tgSw TV PfcJrV '. " '( w or 'ji ivvfti .'vi-v vf.Ty.,,''. bin of life In tint wruted nml move leu frame. An Impish malice glimmered lu his sunken eyei ai he kepi kef waiting upon hli pleasure. And when at length be decided to ipenk, It was with a rlnaj f hateful Irony In that strangely onoroui votes of his. , "Rose," he laid elowly -"my daiigh' tert I em told you have today been guilty of an act of disloyalty to me." She laid coelly: "You had inn spied upon." "Naturally, with every roaaoa to queitlon your loyalty, 1 had you watched." She waited a alitnlflrniit moment, then dropped an impassive monosyl lable Into the illence: "Well?" "You have visited thn man Dlgby, Servant and friend of the muu I hato i and you love." Bhe said, without expression; "Yes." "Repeat what passed between you." "I shall not, hut on one condition." "And that la?" "Tell me first whether It wns you who lent the rose to Alan I -aw and more, where Judith him been during the last fortnight?" "I shall tell you nothing, my child. Repeat" the resonant voice rang with inflexible purpose -"repent what Ihn man Dlgby told you'" The girl was silent He endured her stare for a long minute, a spark of rage kindling to name the evil old eyes. Then bis one living member that had power to serve his Iron will, a hand like the claw of a bird of prey, moved toward a row of button sunk In the writing-bed of his desk "I wern you I have ways to make you speak " With a quick movement the girl bent over and prisoned the bony wrist In her strong fingers Wltji her other hand, at the isme time, she whipped open en upper drawer of the desk and took from It a revolver which she placed at a safe distance "To the contrary." she said quietly, "you will remember that the time bus passed when you could have DM pun ished for disobedience You will cull nobedy: If Inlerrupied, I shan't hesi tate to defend myself. And now ' lay ing hold of the bnck of his chair, she moved It some distance from Hie desk "you may a well he unlet while I find for myself what I wish to know" Kor a moment lie watched In silence SI ihe bent over the desk, iiimmav.liig Its drawers Then with an Infuriated gesture of 111 left hand, he began to curse her. She shuddered a little l die I ho k oath blistered his thin old Una, dedl eating her and nil she loved U lu. Infamy and sorrow, but nothing could lay her In her puWOll He was breathless and exhausted when she straightened up with an exclamation of satisfaction, studied intently for a moment a sheaf of papers, and thrust them hastily Into her liiiud bag. togeth er with the revolver Then touching the pushbutton which released a secret and little used door, without a backward glance she, slipped from the room and, cloning the door securely. Within another minute had made her way unseen from tho house. CHAPTEH VIM. The Incredible Thing. Droad daylight, the top or a morn ing a rare a ever broke upon the north ceuntry: Ainu Law opening be wildered eye to reailxe (he i ub i.uicu of a dream come true True It proved Itself, at least. In pirt. He lay between blankets upon a couch of balsam fans. In a corner of somebody's camp a In;: structure, weatherproof, ruddy but adequately furnished Iris clothing, rough dried but nestly mended, lay upon a chair at his side He rose and dressed In haste, at once exulting In his seaaa of complete rest ind renewed well-being, a prey to hints of an extraordinary appetite, ind provoked by signs that seemed to beer out the weirdest Blgbtl of hlu de lirious fancies There were nppareiilli Indisputable evidences of a woman's recent pres ence In the camp hliiukciH neatly folded upon second bed of granatin balsam In tha farther comer; an effect of orderliness not common with guide; pair of it 1 1 hi - buckskin gauntlets dcpcndlm- from a nail In the wall; and he st I s'arlng wltlessly It It for more than a minute In an old preserve Jar on the table, n single roee, warm and red dew upon 111 petal! There wa also tire in the rook tore, with a plentiful display o! thing to cook; hul despite his bttugof Alan didn't stop for that, but rushed to the door and threw It opM and hlm elf out Into the sunshine, only to pause, dashed, chugrined, mystified There was no other living thing In light but a loon that sported far up the river and saluted him with a hrlek of mocking laughter The place ass a cleft in the hills, table of level land MOM few in res In area, bounded on one hand, he neath the cliff from which ho had dropped, by a rushing river fat with recent rains; on the other by a second cliff of equal height. I'pstream the water curved round the shoulder of a towering hill, downstream the ellfl closed upon It until It roared through a narrow gorge Near the camp, upon a strip of helving beirh that bordered Ihe river Whirl It widened Into a deep, dark pool, two canoes were drawn up, bot tom! to the iun. Donso thickets of pine, oaks, and balsam Indeed In the clearing. He waa, It leemed, to bo left severe ly to himself, that day; when he bid cooked and made way with an enor mou breakfast, Alan found nothing better to do till time for lunchoou ' Rolled barley, wheal und oatu for sale at market prices. W. A. Goodman's feed yard. $1500 Reward! loi-min. Ifnrulaanil Nevad Mverfloi'k I'rnli'i -Hi 'il A .a... l.ii I, .li nl which llm mi. In lac ii i-.i I. member, will sun ii.i.B' im ruwaril fur nvl- illll. l.'.i.llii,- to thn arri'Nt ami run vliiii.ti nf imy par- i J nr .niiica an-ul IliK lliirani. lalll or inn Ism Iiii1oiiIiik Ui any nf III inrin la addition to llm ikm u,, milaaalaaa. offara tha aama ii.iiillilon M,00 r..r all I. ma. a hrand.,1 hone alnnl baron Bethel lltnil Jaw. Bread raoordeil In ulghl ciiuill,'. ta,,K llaruay, l.aka suit Oroai tk)UDU(, HorsN raula.t whim sold Noa but frown horses told ami mil) JU aoj huurhes, W W II0WM rile. Oroxnu. sen. than to explore thli pocket domalaj lie feaited famouily again at nooni whllid away iireral houri vainly whipi ping ihe pooii with rod and tickla found In the cimp, for trout that hi really didn't hope would rtie beneath, that bluing nun; and toward three o'clock lounged biok to hi iromitle couch for a nap. The weltering iun hid thrown a, deep, cool ihadow acrou the cove when he wai iwikened by Importun ate hand and a voice of miglc. Hose Trine wn kneeling beside him, clutching hi iboulderi, celling on him by name detracted by an Ineipllca-' ble auilety. lie waited no time discriminating between dream and reality, but gath ered both Into his arm And for a moment h reited there unreilitlng,' sobbing quietly. "What li UT Whit I It, deireitT he questioned, killing her teen iwiy, "To find you all right. ... I was io if raid I" ihe cried brokenly. "Of what? Wasn't I all right when, you left me here thli morning?" Hhe disengaged with an effort, roie, and looked down itnngely at him. "I did not leave you here thli morn ing, Alan. I waan't here" That brought him to hla own feet in a jiffy. "You were not!" he tam merer!. "Then who T" "Judith," ihe itated with conviction.; "Impossible! Ynu don't under stand " The girl shook her bead. "Tat I knew: Judith wei here until thle gt 11 "jrt- f -XfVKC BeesSIs; JjsV .gxggsLag ' .lf Vga IKw ' a wtgV earaggT a as avTer.?' jggsar ' &vP i rr j aj iig I ' 1 agar A CdgggggW "-, at tsarxgl Wr &2dB?S gga- -r ' T f I Precipitating Both Into That Savay Welter. morning. I toll you I know I law her only a few hour ago. Bhe passed u in a canoe with one of her guides. while we witched In biding on the bank Not thit alone, but another of Imr guide told mine he waa here with you Hhe had annt him to South Portage for quinine. He stopped there to get drunk and that's bow my guldu managed to worm the Infor mation from him." Al.iu 1'iisMcd a hand across hi eyei. "I don't understand," be said dully. "It doesn't seem poailble sh could " A shot Interrupted him, the report of a rifle from i considerable distance upstream, echoed and re echoed by the cliffs. And it this, clutching fran tically at bis arm, the girl drew him through the door and down toward the river. "Oh. come, cornel" she cried wild ly. "There's no time I" "Hut. why? What waa that?" "Judith Is returning. I left my guide up tho trail to signal us. Don't you know wbst It menus If we don't manage to escape before she gets here? "Hut how?" "According to the guide the river! the only way other than the trail." "The current I too strong. They coqid follow- pot u at leliure from tho bank." "Hut downitream the current wllh us " ' I hose rapids?" "We must ihoot them!" "i 'an It be done?" "It must be!" Two more shots put l period to his donbts ind drove It home, lie offered no further objection, but tinned at once to luuuch one of the canoe. As soou as It was lu the water, Hole took hur piece In the bow, piddle In baud, and Alan wa about to step In astern when a fourth shot ounded and a bullet kicked up turf within a dozen feet. A glance discovered two figures debouching Into tho clearing. lie dropped Into place and, planting paddle In shallow, sent the canoe well out with a vigorous thrust. Two itrokn took It to the middle of the pool where Immediately the current caught the little creft In Hi urgent grasp and eped It smoothly through more narrow and higher banks. A moment moro and the mouth of the gorge waa yawning for them. With the clean balance of an ex perienced canoeman, Alan roie to his feet for in Initintineoui reconnols sance both forward and astsrn. He looked back drat, and groaned In hla heart to sen the sharp prow of the second cauoe glide out from the bunk. He looked ahead and groaned ai oiid. The rapids wire s wllderneii Of shouting water, whlto and green, worse than anything he bad antici pated or ever dreamed of. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. I'Nini.STATsal.aHi, linns, llurna, llr.iKi.ii, Keliruar) II, CI:, Nellie Is hareby glvaa that Manson T. ash, "1 liuriia, iiraa.m. who, on An IM. mis ami mov. s, mill, ma.la llniiie.ii.ad Knuna. No. ...ji, w.i ... .n.... ,.. .. .7.. ...... - i ...., ,n,,n i,,ini Toiy, lor HUN aa, l.yi',SRi,, NW'.MK',. tllt'.NW',. N'JiVYV MgiTHWl, Saitllonx, li.wuallli il Hnllfll, linn,, Hl Haai Wllamalla Meridian, ha tlle.1 nolfcn of liitsn ileii in make final dvu year I'rnof, in I'aUl.llali elalm In Hi. laud above daaurlbr.l, hafnro He lilcraiid lliii-idvar. It llurna, Oregon, on the llh ilar of March 11)1:,. Claimant nauiaa for witnesses KraiikO. Jackson. Marvin f MnOva, John II i ahUi'il, l.i-u t'aldwall, all of liniiiii.il. fOII Wa rasas. ksgUtei NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. USITSII HTATSI l.aNUOrrirs, f llurna, Oroll, ! In nai y S, IVII. Notice It hereby lvn Hist Jerry lilllnii, Jr , f llarrlmau, Oresuu. who, on Ni. ,.m l.,.i j.i liaiH ina.le llnuieeleart entry No. 01146, for -'t Hei'tlon IS, Tnwiiahli24 Hnulli, Hens U Kaal, Willamelle Merl.nau, has tiled nolloe nf ini.'iiiiiin to make dual live yar Proof t. taialillah elalm to tha land abuve ilulrrlbnl I., nu.' Hesistar and Heeelver, at Hums, Ore' gici, nu the lalb dsy of March, nil, i laluianl names as wlliiaases llinry otley aud Henry lleorse, both ol I i. in n. no-son, Jeieiulah lilllnii, nf llarrlmau iiregon, (has, Otley, of laweu, Oreaon. Wa. Kas.lf.g(alci But there wn now no neaping that ordeal. The canoe wai already spin ning between Willi Whirl the Water ran deep and fait with a glaiiy iur face. The neit Inetant It wn In the jiwi) end the men isttled down to work with grim determination, pitting cour age end Strength ind experience against the ravening waten that tore at the cenoe on every band, whose mad clamor beat bark and forth be tween the wall! of tho gorge like vast bellowing! of Infernal mirth. He fought like one poneiied. There wa never en Initant'i grace for Judgment or execution; the one mult be eynchronoui with the other, both Instantaneous, or elie deitruo tlon. The canoe wove thl way ind that like an insane shuttle threading eomo satanlo loom. Now It hesitated, mu lling a gigantic boulder over which the water wove e pale green and glistening hood, now In the ipacn of a heartbeat It ihot forward twice lta length through iei of creimlng wives, now plunged wildly toward whit .promised Instant annihilation end cheated that only by tho timely plunge of a paddle, guided by luck or Instlm t or both. The one ny of hope I" Alan's mind, when he lurviyed before committing himself and the woman he loved to that hldeoua gauntlet, sprang from the fact that, however rough, thn rapid were ihort Now, when he had been lu their grasp a minute, he eemed to have been there hours III laboring were tremendous, un believable, Inspired. In the end (hey were all but successful. The goal of eafety wa within thirty seconds' more of quick, bird work, when Alan' piddle broke and the canoe swung broadildo to boulder, turned turtle snd precipitated both headlong Into that lavage welter. Aa the next few minute passed Im wa fighting like a mud thing against overwhelming odds Then, of a sud den, be found himself rejected, apewed forth from the cataract and swimming mechanically lu the smooth water of a wide pool beyond the lowermost eddy, tho canoe floating bottom up near by, and Hose (upportlug herself with one hand on It. Her eyei met his, clear with the canity of her adorable courage. He floundered to ber lde, panted In struction to transfer her baud to till ahouldor, and struck out for the nearer ibore. Both found footing at the eame time and waded out, to collapse, ex hausted, ngaluat the bank. Then, with a sickening qualm, Alan remembered tho pursuit He rose and looked up tho rapid Juat In time to view the list swift quarter or the canoe's descent: Judith In tho bow. motionless, a rifle across her knee. In the item in Indian guide kneeling and fighting the waters with scarcely perceptible effort In contrast with Alan's supreme struggle Like i living thing the canon eemed to gither Itself together to pole, to leip with ill It strencth. It hurdled the eddy In a bound, took the still water with a mighty sphn.li, and shut downstream at diminished ipeed, the Indian furiously lurking water. As though that had been the MM moment ehe bad lived for, Judith lifted her rifle and brought It to boat upon ber sister. With a cry of horror. Alan flung himself before Hose, a living shield, anticipating nothing but Immediate death. Thle waa not accorded him. For a breathlcsa Instant the woman lu Thiy Found a Footing. thl cauoe itared along the slghti, then lowered ber weapon and, turn ing, ipoke Indlitlngulihibly to the guide, who Initantly began to idy a brlilt paddle. The canoe apod on, vaulehed swiftly round a bend. After a long time, Alan voiced till unmitigated entailment: "Why In the name of hoavnnl Why-T" The girl iild dully: 'Uont you know!" And when he ihook his head. "Hir guide told mine you hud saved her life on the dam at Hplrlt Luke. Now do you see?" HI countenance was blank with wender: "Gratitude?" Roie milled wearily: "Not grati tude alone, but lomotlilng more ter rible. ..." she roie and held out her hand "Not that 1 can blamo her. . . . But come; If w strike through here we will, I think, pick up a trail that will bring us to lilack purer lettlement by dark." (To 1)0 continued ' IN TUB OOUNTY 00UBT Of Till HTATB OI' 0BBQQM toil iim; NKY COUNTY. Ill t lie inaltum! the I'.statr i Of CITATION I', t'rews Clinton. DecM '" wroiion, peaty u. croxton, Roljert Croxton nml Natalie Croxton, (iHKKTINOi IN THK NAMK OK TUB IT ATI OF OltBUON, you are herein citoil nml required to appear in tho t'onntv t'ourt of the State ol Oregon, (or llaruuy County, et the Court Hoom there ol at llm n , in the County ol Harney on Momlm, n,,. 15th day of March, llilr.. at 10 o'climL T.. Mr i r . .. ... in the forenoon of thut day, then nml thereto (how cause, if any exist, ul, the Kcnl propert) to-wit: li'y NH'i. nml l.ota 1 anil 2 ol Sec. 1H, TWp. ag" S., K. H4. U. W. M., bajooainu to mn.i csinte sliouUl not lie sold. WITNK8S: The Hon. II f I Jiulge ol tho County Oourtoi the Stat,, nl Oregon, far tha County of Harney Willi tho Seal ol filial ('nun uu,., tills I. 'Ith. lay of r'el)., A. 1. 1816. ITTBITi It. T. Iluuhet, Clerk. lly Walter T. 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