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■ m Ilia Aral thought hail b a n tha
I ha man «us Ihvlljr lint now ha hi
(an In dmiht this. An old man ml(h'
ha»a had hla aaaallntlt'a alrangth -In
»iMlId not hair had Ris andiirnnii
llut strongvr «till waa tha lonvlrtlm
that that tnooatroua form whh-b hail
atlarkad him In Ilia «hart could n*>vr<
bara bavn tha father of Joyr*
Vet who hut I'elly know tha tarm
of tha in In«?
Tha problem waa al present Inaol
tthla. hut tta i»«aiilrratlon hrou(hl
with It tha faar that Joyce might han
haau altarkad aa wall. Laa qulrkrtv-
hla footsteps through tha alarm,
which waa now auhaldlng. though tin
annw atm fell atoaillljr. Ila blamad
hlmaalf bitterly for haring left till
girl, dural/ tha alrangth of that lore
and londamoaa ha fall toward hai
would roach bar, and aha would
respond I
And ha planned what ha would aa>
to har. Ila would advlaa bar that li
waa Improbahla that har father would
rocolra an/thlng but a nominal ecu
tanca, that h# might aran go fraa. tlinl
In tha abaanre of wltnaoaaa n ronrlr
Hon might prora Impoaatbla. Ilia Ireai
couroa Would ba to anrrrndrr
l«r
began to grow mora hopeful.
Tha log hour« can»« Into alghi
atandlng bara and bleak la tha enow«
wlldAaraa. Thera waa no light within
I-a«'» alarm Incranaad. Ha hurried
ta tha door.
Ila rallad. but n<>
anawer camg Ila at ruck a match
Hy tha tin/ light ha aaw that tha
kitchen and tha adjacent room ware
ampt/.
And ha began going from room to
room, striding matcher and calling
har. and knowing all I ha wbllo tba fu
ttllt/ of IL Joyce waa no< lo the
bonao
Hh# had *
'« a , ami
uraparatal/ wear/ aa ha waa after hi«
encounter. Lao had no altarnatiro bui
ta taka np tha quest. Hha could n«i
bara gnao far, bui «ha muat bara bare
In n «lata of daaparatlon H> hare gone
hat Into that atnrm. Which wa/T The
falling anow had aural/ long alace ot>
lltaraiad bar footprint«
Ila made hla wa/ down toward the
trail baaldo tha rtrar. Uni/ two way«
warn poaatbla: one ran toward lh<
mlaalun, nine or tan Ibllea awa/, tin
other In tha oppoatto direction to the
fraa Trader»- headquarter«.
Hut guddanl/ L e a l bopaa and
aplrtta leaped up confldaotl/. Sloop
lag, ha traced tha tracks of a aletgh
along tba trail. It had been drawn b/
a alngta horse, and It waa going In
tha dlractton of tha mlaalun.
Thera waa oal/ on« roasaaabla la
faranca. rather Mrdrath must have
bean passing, perhaps ba had mat
Joyce, and ha had taken har with hint
Laa took up tho long walk Immr
dlatety. Tba anow waa deep, progrr«
waa difficult without gnonahoaa, and
tho frost had alread/ cruatad tha aur
face, ao that hla feat sank In cum
brotial/ at tree/ step. Hut a great
load waa removed from hla mind; the
future now looked roseatw.
At laat the mlaalon came Into algid
—a group of log hula cluatared al>oui
a larger one on a low elevation, aur
rounded b/ tha foreat. Lights gleamed
plaaauntl/ Inside them. A bora« was
neighing In some stables. Over the
largest hut a wooden cross stood out
against tha background of tha aaa-graj
ak /.
Law strode up the ascent, hesitated
aa to whlqh hut to approach; stood Ir
resolute for a moment In the open
•pare at the crest of tho little hill
Than, aa ha waited, tha door of one nl
them <vaq. flung open, and a man In a
mackinaw and liimhcrman's bool*
stepped qut toward him. Under hi«
arm ha held a rifle. Ila presented It
at Lae's breast.
lie looked to he (boat lift/ /mrs of
age, or a little older Ila had a round
smooth face as soft as a babe's, an
Incipient paunch. A silver cross hunt:
from big mackinaw. A Jolly-looklnr
priest; but tha e/ea within the facr
were steel-gray and lea cold.
He
stopped two paces distant.
'Take /ersel' off, /a dimmed Free
Trailer." he said softl/, "or 111 hlon
/a Into Kingdom Comal"
CH APTER XI
“ If You Find My Father”
l,ee »poke quletl/. "I want to me
Miss I’ell/.”
"Aye, /a want to ace Maes Pell)
nut ye ctinnn see her and ye tvllrx
see her."
•'lytll you give Mis* I'elly uij
mesa age?”
"W ill ya tak’ yersel' sou'?’’
"No I"
McGrath flung down the rill«-
"Com« on, then; come on, ye swine of
a hooch peddler I" he ahonlrd. brnn
dishing hla flats.
I,ee flung up hla arm Just In time t
protect hlntaelf against it Mrnl::li
right that would have knocked hit:
aenaeleaa. _Next moment father Mr
Grnth'a arms were lacked around hit
holding him aa If In n vise
"W ill ye lak’ yersel’ awa’ before I't
tempted to forget my calling»" tin
father panted.
"Father McGrath— "
“ I’ll ha’ no denting wl' ya nnd ymn
neat of Inceqwlty. I'm no n fen i d »•
oil the free Traders that Iver come o
o’ h—I. I'll sand vg buck to the Ua It
• i l i K ' i - . r r
said L m , ten­
iff fa tte r McGrath by ths arm Afld.
Ignoring tba good priest's impuTslv«
interruption#, ha told him thair
I
story,
Before ho was half war through.
nil In pro­
Father McGrath wag listening
found. perplexed astonishment.
"Father, I want Joyce to marry me,1
rrlad Ins. ’’Once aha Is mine, wa can
face the future t"gather, whatever II
may bring forward. Thera la no real
antagonism—"
father McGrath shook hla head lo
perplexity. "I ca~ia understand It,-
ha eald. T ken but little of what’s
been happening bare. I'm a now man
In Iba da s t rict. Il Iwa as If I'd
known Mr. Pally hlmaelf, you am. I
ranna Imagine what Maes I’aliy In­
tended |o do whan ah« waa coming up
lo sm bor father. Wag l| your In­
tention to warm him. do you theenk r
ho asked tha girt. "Or was II soma
thing more?"
Joyce could not answer him, nnd
la s aaw bow It distressed her to try
lo remember. II waa from that crux
ociore >mir time, il you wit»« men
o f tha problam that the mind had
dilng wl' my meealM.
"A fter that. Rathway stayed on and
"I've umile my comport wl’ /out on. and they were always talking to­ withdrawn Itself, refusing lo
Ninlster. ua I’d mak’ a compact wl gether, and llathway threatened my member.
"Ya ware going to the Free
the evil one himself, la protect lit) father, hut Mill my father refused to
hnlrna. Mcbltc ye’ra a new hand -1 show him tho m in« In aplto of hla - Traders?" rather McGrath persisted.
"Oh. I don't know-1 don't knowT
don't reineiulier your fo r «— so I’ll re threat« My father wonted all of tha '
cried Joyce In agony.
mind ye of II. Yo’re lo lie free I« gold for mo It was hlg manta.
father McGrath cleared hls-throat
peddle your filthy liquors whsur )r
"Unco l^hoeuf came to my father
wool aye, un' I Ulnnu dont the g uh1 and offered to kill llathway, but my and delivered hla delihera'sd opinion
"It’s my opeealon." he said, "that
I .«nl null «core II nguln ye Imi. Ho father refused, and Lahouef, who was
until we deescover Mr. Pally, or learn
a haulin’ Ilia gmwl corn nhuakey li) devoted to him, never thought of dis­
lhat ha'a dead or awa' fra' the dee«
meesln' In your feetthy wood alcol»«! obeying hla strict command.
trie!. It wadna ba advisable for ya and
’That happened before the free
me way }e ilo—ye ran peddle them
Mess I’elly lo marry unless har mem
tthur ye plenae, but ye’ll leave my Traders ware organised In Montreal, ory cornea back to her
Mebbr I'm
ln«aea ami wciina alone, or I’ll tuok hul already Iba hooch aellera were too ronaalrvatlve, but a while agom
getting together.
They bad estab-
Hlnlon lake loo hoi to hold ye."
aha bated ya—"
'‘fa th e r M cGrath— " la i- trim! again. II»lied a number of (mala, one of them
"Father, I never haled him I" cried
"W ill ye Ughi, tnun lo mon, ya at Lake Mlsquash. tnllea - away, a Joyce Indignantly.
week's
Journey
north
of
here.
Hath-
doomed free Trader? Will ye light
“ And I’m no’ In favor of theai
way went to Inks Mlsquash to confer
or w real Is wt’ met”
queek changes.” said father McGrath
" I ’d lia glad to, father, bui Just now with them. Aa soon aa ha waa gone,
Joyce aided with him. T.ee. dear
one of my riha Is broken. When I get ray father pelsed tha opportunity to eat, until one of those two things hap
send me away south to a convent, to
belief, perhaps-”
pen« we muat Just wait,” she said
father
McGrath
relenaed
him. ba educated.
"But If you And my father—and I'm
"Ha
would
not
touch
tha
hoard
of
"Ya’ra apeakln' the truth? Well, then,
tak yersel’ off. Ya canna aa« Meea gold which ha rialmed to poaocas we convinced now that It wonld be for
had never believed In tt— but ba had the beat—well, than, I—I’U marry yon
Pally—"
A light footstep sounded beside him. made money by hie fun. I was to ba If you want ma, Laa."
And Ihlg lima there waa no father
Joyce stood Ibare. Lee swung toward well educated. I spent (hero years
at tha convent, and then I went to a McOrnth to Interfere with them, for
har.
"I came to make sure you were safe. mlaalonary training school, to Mudy the good priest was patting tha head
medicine, because It had alwaya been of an Indian baby at the door of one of
Joycw—" Lao held out hla arms.
"tutina speak to him. Meea felly. I my dream to feach tha Indian nnd (be hut«
And. Into though tha hour vss, Lee
umieratan' he’s helped ya— aye. there's half-breed children In this district.
declining tha father's offer of bospl
good In tho worse! of uo—but bo’ll And then—”
Hha Mopped and locked at him (silty for tba night, eat off for tho log
get around y a. Urea I’elly. Go back I"
“ father, there’s aomethlng I want to « “ »htfnlly.
f««h e r McGrath Mrode lionet again. Ha wanted ta ba alone
with hla singing heart In the alienee.
M f to blas** Joyc« a tu wem) lo a low
lie ranched hla destination some
Che.
!
H ' * « * ' » “ round y a P ha cried.
T can see tba softenin' In your face. time la the small hours, and, careless
’’Aya, but ba’s got a smooth tongue,
Me«« I’elly I"
of possible attack by the mysterious
and tha stomp of Inrequlty hasn't come
"No, no, father P cried Joyce wanderer, flung hlmaalf down In one
upon hla face yet. Y’ e wouldnn theenk
sharply. "Leave oa a faw minutes of tba rooms, and lay like a log until
he'd sold hlsself to hla malatvr. If
more P
awakened by tha sunlight streaming
ya must speak to him, t’ll Just stand
father McGrath withdrew, mutter­ In.
by, and If I aee he’s getting ’round ya
ing, after a doahtfnl glance at bar.
Jumping up, completely rested and
I'll send him about hla business.”
"And then—and then—I can't re­ restored, ha ran down to tha river,
With which the doughty fnther took member,
l-ee.”
Joyce
continued. plunged Into tha lee-cold water«
uo hla post lust out of hearing, glsr "There's a blank, a terrible blank In
raced back over the froxen snow, and
my mind Mill. The next thing I re­
tag at Lea and prepared for Inatan member I waa riding north alone, to dressed.
Joyce waa to remain at tha mission
tannins Intervention. Joyce slopped save my father, because that devil
until I.ee knew definitely whether or
forward.
Itnlhway had betrayed him. But how
“ L e t I— I'm sorry for what I said waa I to «ave him? That I don't not her father was In tha district
Before leaving tha fligh t before. Lev
to yon this afternoon
It wna parti) know
I remiqntier that I was half
I tie shock of awakening, I think. I erased with anglaty. I remember see­ had drawn the father Into a talk, and
waa unjust to you, and unjust, too. In ing you at a hotel, and those two had learned from him that she would
not be In danger from the fre e Trad
coming here without trying to get dreadful man.
ere. The father had been compelled,
word to you. I own you a great deal.
"And—they had soma power over ba said, much against hls will, to come
I accept your word lhat when you met tue. and I wanted you to help me. anil
mo In tba range you did md know who ila red not aak yon—1 didn’t know what to an understanding with them, by
I w a« that you did not puraue my 1 to do. once. In my ileetoilr, I begged which ha undertook not to attempt to
acquaintance been mu- I was the yon to kill llathway, to aave niy Interfere with their operations pro
daughter of the mao whom It was your father. Rat how could that have saved Tided hls women and bairns were left
alon« Tha board of missions waa a
duty to apprehend. I—I bear you no j him, when ha waa already betrayed?"
power that the fre e Traders were not
Ill-will for haring to do your duty."
She looked at Lee In anguish. "Oh, anxious to tackle rsQier McGrath.
•Than. Joyye—"
I don't understand P aha cried. " I f I haUng the necessity of making terms
H u t," «lie said solemnly, “you will j could re in eta bar I It waa something
wRfc Rathway, had fait nevertheless
see how tuy father-« anfety, perhaps, terrible, eemethlaff that I could never
that ho vJna ¿stag the only flung fun
Ma Ufa, stands bet wee u ua. Wa can gn through again."
Mble under the circumstances, until
only be enemies— at least, until —f
"P o you think," aakad Lae, "that you
*That’a what I wanted to apeak had pledged youreclf to marry Kath- tba government made a move to «ripe
out tha organisation. He assured Lee
about." Bald I-ew. "Aa I understand It,
way la order to aava your father's that Rathway and hls men would not
thta lulling was committed years ago. life r
dare to molest Joyce, and. further-
a whole generation ago. It was more
"I —I couldn’t hav«
No, never, more. that ha would protect her with
or laaa Justified. If your father Ik |
Lee I" 8hs trembled. Lee stepped to hls Ufa If nacaaasrv.
brought to trial and convicted. It will
FreéTràâerj
((« u ii U i iiii ' i I
« rwi, • RWM ure prwea.i
"My mother died
llathway
fat and eoMaqneuilal, lived
helped my father with bis trails, and,
though for n long lime my father did
not know II, rofillnaril debauching the
Indians with hla whisky. When I war
ii girl of pevenleeq lie hegnn to lake
notice of me. He said he loved me
I didn’t know milch obout lova, bat
I knew I haled him. Then one day my
father came In from the woods Just In
tlina lo protact uie from him. and ha
shot Hulhway through the arm.
“ Ila waa aiming again lo shoot him
through the heart, for ha waa terrible
when hla anger was roused, when
llathway, standing faring him, with
hla arm dripping blond, coolly (old him
he knew that my father had com
milled one niunlcr already, and that
the facta were In hla possession, writ­
ten down and left for safety with a
friend In Ihe south The change In my
father waa dreadful. He dropped hla
rifle, he memed almost demented Ilia
fears for oy future, conflicting with
his fears tor tha present uod bis fears
of Rathway, broke hla wUL
airaoM certainly ha for manslaughter
“ Jovcw, darling Joyce, nothing has
Hla sentence will lie a iiomlnnl one ,
changed. You are (till mine."
Quito probably It will be Impossible to j
’’Lee, It can’t be. My father atanda
produce the witnesses required to con between us—-will alwaya aland— "
vlet at all. In such case ho will go
’‘Joyce, I've been thinking of something
free.
on the way here tonight Wa both
"Ha lias acted III advisedly. lie |
wish to do what la beet for your
should never have fled.
Ills beat father. Let ns work togetbar. Marry
course will ba to surrender. He will
ma!"
And himself a free man In a little
"Lee, It can’t tie—not till—"
whlla. Instead of a hunted outlaw.
Hnl site swayed toward him. In a
Will you unite with me In persuading
moment they would have been In each
him to surrender?“
other's arms. It was a bellow from
Hbe shook her bend. “ We always father McGrath, whom they had for-
told him that—my mother and 1,” she gotten, that forced thorn guiltily apart
answered "Hut tba thing had crated
'‘ lla'a got 'round ya, and I knew
him, ho hated civilisation after It hap­ 'twonld coma a boot I" ha cried. “ Get
pened. Ha waa Insane ti|ion thnt sub­ ya back to your datl’a «rnrrk—"
ject. Ha will never surrender.
"Oh, father," cried Joyce, half sob-
"Let mo try to picture to you what lilng nnd half langhlng, "tl^ln Isn't one
happened, and the treachery and faith­ of ttnthway’s gang. I’ ve triad to tell
lessness that have alwaya pureued you—"
him. When my father tied from tha
"Aye. and ya told ma that ya
law ha came here and settled with my wnnldna see him, and noo yo’d have
mother. I waa born tiers, fo r a long bussed Mm If I hadna stopped ye?
lima wa were vary happy. My father
trapped, and In those days this waa
one of tho richest fur dMrlcts In
Canada.
a
»
V - *
"Hut my father was an educated
man, and In hlg hfort he was alwaya ; j ____ 1
chnflng against hla exile. He always
cherished the hope some day to taka
us south where [ could ha educated
properly. Then In an avtl day ha fan­
cied ha had discovered a gold mine.
T t bacons a mania with him. He
would tell ou one where It waa, except
Jacques Leboeuf, an old servant, whom
ha treated. They used to go off
night and work It together. My father
waa alwaya talking about the gold he
had collected. He wanted to develop
tho mine, to sail It for a fortune, hut |
ho was alwaya afraid of being ilia
covered, and he put It off nnd put It
off; nnd neither tny mother nor I aver
believed In tha mine.
.
"Than In an evil day a limn called
llathway came up. He wna a small
whisky peddler. He had committed
some crime against the Indiana. He
had bean beaten, pursued, and wan
half dead when my father saved him
from their vengeance, lie took Mur
In and fed and protected him Rath­
An experienced MARCKl.LER
way learned of the mine, nnd was al­
ways searching for It, hut neither my
in attendance
father nor Leboeuf would tell him
where It wna. Once he tried to spy
on thorn, and leboeuf had him hy the
FIRST CLASS WORK AT
throat and wonld have killed hltu If
my father had not Intervened In
REASONABLE PRICES
time.
•ay
It
With
Printing
DR. TMEO. o .
‘a * uau iiiuugm neat to say nwtaing
td J«yea about hlg discover* Of A a
■Ins, but ha meant to make a A a r
ough satreb of tha gorga for Pally,
fulling him, ba meant to discover hls
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Ha Had No Doubt That Rally's Cold
Mina Lay in tha Chasm.
mysterious assailant. In the belief that
ba could provide him with tha due
he needed.
He had no doubt that Pelly'a gold
mine lay In the chasm.
After having breakfasted be made
Ills way to tha rocking stone, and
■lipped quietly Into tba tunnel.
Striking a match or two. and assuring
himself that It was empty, he de­
scended, and wttbln a minute or two
had reached the lower orifice, and
found himself again cIThglng to the
interior wall of the chasm.
Here the artificial excavation of the
rung« ended, but there was a fairly
easy descent down the lower portion
of the cliffs, which afforded plenty of
bold f»r the hands and feet. Lee
quickly »«Tumbled down, and, swing
lag fra# of tbs wait found Mmeeif
standing at the bottom of tha t W R .
whoa* Inclining walls shut him off
rmuplrtely from the right of any one
above. Only by standing In tha very
canter of the defile could be see tha
«nmmit of the cliffs, with tbelr dense
ortvprlrur nf m r m h
Dean's Drug Store
What a time!
Drove in yesterday to Port«
land to visit Annie’s cousins.
Everything fine, both ways.
Didn’t do much all day. 1
was ready to rest when wc got
there; started back early to
miss the jams.
W e ’re agreed we w ould
have had more time, m ore
fun, and saved m oney by
riding the
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