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The Ercninff World Daily Mafazisc, Monday. October 16, 1915
The Day of Rett py mtIc Kun
GOD'S COUNTRY
AND THE WOMAN
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tttH WC ART IN AN AWFUL
The Mwtery Romance el a Mn
nl a Matd in the Frozen Nerth
AV5 warwi tiAi fentunATiirf
tONtU THINK OToMr
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By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOB&
l i THE FREEBOOTER I
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CHAPTER .
IIIIUI' WKTVAW waa en hU
year Arotle voyM. during
from tlx H4 Ith.
) wm paddling Joeg
LU
du-Laa, when be beiOJH tutlt of an Uant UBbaarabl lonHoaa. II
murmur d to UaBif arntenc h had Jose -ine beard from tte tip cf a
lltaiaoa Bay faitofl
7o country U Ood'a country wt"bort a woroan."
He dr-w Uj can aahor t "trip o bacb for till apare mldd.
nasi TUb h. halted, BtrtebeB dumb wllli eroagrnxnt. Knllni at ol
,jurt la front of him wm "UmD- beautiful . hit
B). lookl up, caught Bight cf Mm b- d-ve a tltU. cry of aurprta..
ii. .LloaUad for frishUmn l-r. telling bar to name and 1 how v .BCd
kVii-i. Uh. uintred him Wit
IV VI " - "
J , VT . hi t, hie. and I
TbU la T .waiwr plaw. ana i
lOUfbt" eb uroka off. men
oai
Wiy anoUM i ru jou i
. anawered almply that b i could
wt Dim In .vnry way and that b.
ottld uurarvdly place himself at
I mat
would
her rlc
Tou would do
a great dral for
mar aha atked.
"And tbn you
would b wllllna- to co nway. to prom.
U narar to ma '
MtA lV
"If ycu wUhed It," he anewerod,
"ya
mii'.u an dmir from now." aba com
mandad aa aho left him, "coma up the
too lee to the turn tn the rook. uu
wtll find ma thora." . , m
Hh vm rone. 1IO PICKna up n
Handkerchief ahn had dropped, At
iha. tiair hour'a end ha Joineu ncr ai
ha balf hour a nu ua joiueu or i
iha place aha had deatrnnted. Hha "And In tb ond," aho whlipered,
irai awaltlnit him. "your greateat reward can be only
Torsire ma If I do anything you iha knowludico thnt In llvlnic thli
lon't underatand," bo begrod. "For hnlirhthood for me you have won
reek paat I' hava boon wonJertnf what I can never viva to any man.
ow I would act' when I met white The world can hold only one auch
taople araln. Perhaps you can't un nian for a woman, for your faith
Urtrtand. Uut eighteen montha up matt be tmmeaaurable, your lova aa
mere uVhteen montha without the pure aa the withered violets out thero
lound of a whlta woman's voloe, among- the rocka, if you live up to the
without a Kllmpaa of her face, with teita ahead of you. You will think
inly dreams to lira on tvlU mnko ma ma mad when I have finished. Hut I
iuccr for a time. Can you under- am sane Off there, In tho Snow
Hand a little?" blrrtl Iako country, Is my borne. I
"Now I know," iha nald slowly. urn alone. No other whlta man r
"Whatr" woman Is with me. Aa my knlcht,
nhat vou bava apoken the truth, tha ona hope of satvntlon that I din
hit Vu hava coma from a lonr time to now. you will return with mo to
h tn? North, and that I nead not faar that placo-aa my husband. To ol
. LJhnt r ai fear" uut oursolves we ahall bo man and
"And that four? Tell ma" wife. I will bear jour name or tho
Bha anawercd calm y? and In her one by which you mu.t bo known,
wea and the linos of her face came And at the very end of all. In that
'took which aho bad al- hour of triumph when you know that
' , r Wrtrtfn tram him until now; you havo borne me safely over that
"I was tWnktaB during thou ? thirty "byss at tho brink of which I am hov
nlnuTes yot! i w-5e! , way. ho eald. jrinK now you will go off Into tha
AoYere? armu'eWVnav1.1: aoocTed him and laid a haui
t,h?heoUhrt hit you 'nilcht 'v "YoVwTll not come back." -he tin.
aoodVenb7enanhci: and h.
'luwili that 1 can demindf you to atared over her head to where the red
! !LT .i. ,U, n Tho mim vou aald and Bold Wllowa of tho foreata ecmed
.rove that you aro tho man you earn . . . k.e
ou were is that you leavo me. and to melt way into tne smcs.
leverrwhlapcr a wora into nnoincrear
it our meeting.
Will you promlso
hat w
"To promise that would bo lytnir.
lo said slowly, and bis hand un
aen'ched and lay listlessly on bis knee.
'If thero is a reason some good rea
wn why I should leavo you then
will go."
"Then you demand n reason?"
"To demand a reason would bo"
He hesitated, and ahe added:
' "lancnivairoun.
V "Ya-more than that." he replied
-ofUy. He bowed hla head, and for a
. noment she saw the ting of gray In
. Us blond hair, tho droop of his clean,
i ..n"e.slrh.-thK6es?Srne:lhkn'nc0w
ight flashed Into hor own face. She
Raised a hand, as If to reach out to
Urn. and dropped It as he looked up.
.-Will you lot mo help you?" he
She wa not looking at him. but bo-
! 'ond him. In her face 'ho aaw again
he strange light of hope that bad
llumlned It at the pool.
j' "II 1 CUUIU uwiia.il. ,....,
looking boyond him. "If I could - V" , ; 7
tust
naldens
But
Invi
ttlew. womanhood was next to aod.
you, as I havo read that tna " , ,,,,. iinieaa I loved
of old truated their knlgnts. ' ' I Ho tl .ro Twould not be thoso
It seems ImpoaslDie. in mose f "
renturles nnd centuries ago, I ., ,. .
tltn rougnt lor ii. an.i uiru 4Ui ii. w . .. f tfa t f b, Q you lluv0
rmVenhuwIourdreo which yu have
ovellod your lanco nnd fought for mo DU.Tvo
viuioui Jiruiiiiu a :l";i;ir"'
lemandlng a reward, without reason-
tig whether I was right or wrong-
ind all because I was a woman. Now
t la different. You are a part of
livlllrattoo, and If you abould do all
bat I might ask of you It would bo
localise you havo a price In view. I
4 mow. I have looked Into you. I un-
lorstand. That prloe would be mel
i She' looked at him now, hor breast
1. hrobbtng, almost a eob In ber quiver-
itiK voice, defying him to deny the
uth of her words.
L "You have struck home," he said,
V md his voice sounded strange to blra-
iclf, "And i am noi sorry, i am giaa
.hat you have seen and understood.
It aooms almost Indecent for me to
ell you this, when I have known you
lor such a short time. But I havo
inown you for yoara in my hopes
?ml droamu. Kor you I would go to
;he end of tho world. And I can do
vhat other men have dono. centuries
go.- They called them knights. You
nay call mo amanl
Meyta'.W
hn& no rnaSrth8at0'l.not t Z y
S N0W U yoU ,et
Fir a moment she allowed him to
iuld her hand. Then she gently
hrlthdrew It and stepped back from
1111.
'lYpu must first underatand before
oil offer yourself," she said, "I can
hot toll you what my troublo is. You couldn't cry before you. And I want
will never know. And when It Is mitocrv"
bver, when yoi have helped mo across
Ibfl' abyss, thon will cotno tho frroat-
kst trial of all for you. I bcllevo
wnsn 1 ten you mat last mint? wnicn
fou must do that you will regard
taa aa a monster and draw back.
But It Is necessary. If you fight for
ma. It, must bo in the dark. You will
fe?. R1W 7hy yo.u .ro d,9lnB tn
things I ask you to do. You may
kueaa, but you would not guess tho
uth If, you lived a thousand years,
Your ono reward will be the knowl-
hoc that you havo fomrht for a
tray Uck U et-tflaatUn fra four
whidi few ianBr, lUdlaaon. bad JlJ
tb Dubawnt wilffwur. toward Fond-
W n
woman. and that you bv. avd hr.
, wfJ)l tQ M n)or
j rt undraUnd." h tcipd.
"But i
would atlll accept th
Inevitable. 1
l0?!, do a.
J$toak "
,ur"nwM
tiavo protnlied you that
you hava drcmd that
old have done. To leave
you now would be' na turnea mi
head with a Kilura of hopeleaineia
an amply world rorovrr. I nav lorn
you noWi
Hut vnti could not undrntand and
blleve unleaa I did. I love you."
"In that ! thA dnnicer," iha aia
quickly, "Hut you hnve apoken the
woraa aa I wouia nnvu una you ipeax
tlim. It la this ilinror that muit be
biirtod dp Jwp, And you will
bury It You will uriru no queitloni
that I do not wtih tu aniwer. You
will fluht fur mo. blindly, knowlnir
only that what I aik you to do Ii not
aiurui nor wronir. Ana in tno cna
CHAPTER II.
HUB they ntood for many
aeconds. Then
"You want to go now,"
she whispered. "I knew
that you would."
"Yes, I want to go," be replied, and
his two hands took hers and held
thorn close to hla breast, ao that sho
i.ui v.i.
ten ine exou.ng .
heart. "I want to go whorover you
KOi rerbaps in those yoara of cen-
f rf thnre UvC(1 womon jk you
to fight and die for. I no longer
wonder at men fighting for them as
they have auug their atorlea In books.
x h y notbmg down In that world
wmynoul caUod clvlUzatlon
nothing except tho husks of murdered
hopes, ambitions nnd things that
wero onco j0yB. Hero I have you to
ovei (0 fight for. Kor you cannot
t th(J ond-whon you must sacrl-
"if that lo bo, thou I trust you wun
...y'fo and BnJy honor. It la all In
" r keaplnKaii.
' lto volce broko lnto a eob, gbe
mll.hod ),or hands from him, and
wlth that sob still quivering on her
pi Bno turned and ran swiftly to a
it.in nltched nearby.
iutllp stood gazing dully after her.
Thon Ills puzzled eyes wandered out
0vor tho lake.
Buildcnly ho concentrated his gazo
at a point on tho luko throo-iuurtera
of a mile away. It was close to
shore, utid he was certain that ho had
seen porno movement there a flash
ui Bimiiuuv on u iuiwui,
What ho had seen was tho flash of
u paddle. He made out a canoo, and
thon two. They were moving closo
In-shoro. one following the other, and
npparnntly taking advantage of. the
'a,,dows ot.1.thov.fo.Ielt; .P1,lllp,', ha.?1
ahlted to the butt of his automatic,
After nil. thero might be nghtlng of
tho good old-fashioned kind. He
looked back In the direction of the
te? Slrl had reappeared, and was
hKwa8th09 dhBar htfA
SS3 beencry'lnT The 'd'Lao?
".V-" 0ffi uJ'SJ'aSSt nn4
JiV -nd now eranly that
,7(!'c5an.2?n?Jjif 'li.fi'.r.r
bold out a hand to him.
"I was rude to run away from you
Id thnt taav" a.M nunlniH.. M1tit 1
"Iiecause you were glad or sorry?"
ho asked.
"A little of both," ahe replied, "nut
n,i , ,r,i i t,.r ,. i.
didn't seem 'possible that there was
uny hope for me. Now"
'Thero is hope," be urged.
"Yes, thero is hope."
For Instant ho" felt the warm
thrill of hor Angers on they clung
tiKhtor. to his. Thon sho withdrew
hor hand gently, smiling at him with
aweet confidence. Her eyes were like
pure, soft violets. Ho wanted to
..II - . I. .. . T ..!.. nnl nvn vnil.
O. PLEASE mjbnll
we CAin Rehearie
WITHOUT AU
UNCLE 6AM
DOK'T TALK.
HlH Rvrieuii
Mb MAS STAGE
1-KIQHT
kneel at her feet and cry out his
thunks to Qod for sending him to her.
Instead of botruying his emotion, he
upoko of tho canoes.
"Thore aro two canoes coming
nlontf tho shore of tho lake," he said.
"Aro you expecting some one?"
Tho smllo left her Hps. Ho waa
startled by the suddenness with
which the color ebbed from her face
and the old fear leapt back Into hor
eyes.
"Two? You are sure there aro
two?" Her fingers clutched his arm
almost fiercely. "And they are com
ing this way?"
"Wo can seo them from the top of
tho rock ridge," ho nald. "I nm sure
thero are two. Will you look for
yourself?"
Bhe did not spoak aa they hurried
to the bald cap of tho rldgo. From
the top Philip pointed down the lake.
The two canoes were In plain view
now. Whether they contained three
or four people they could not qulto
inako out. At sight of them the last
vestige of color bad left the girl's
chcqks. But now, as sho stood there
breathing quickly In her excitement,
there came a change In her. Bho
throw back her hoad. Her lips parted.
Her bluo eyes (lashed a flro In which
I'hlllp 1n his amazemont no longer
saw fear, but defiance. Her handa
wero clenched. Bho seemed taller.
Back into her cheeks thero burned
swiftly two points of flamo. All at
once she put out a hand and drow
him back, so that the cap of the ridge
concealed thorn from the lake.
"An hour ago those canoes would
have ma do mo run off Into tho for
est and hide." aha said. "Hut now I
am not afraid! Do you understand?"
"Then you trust me?"
"Absolutely."
"But auroly there la something
that you should toll mo: Who they
are, what your danger Is, what I am
to do."
"I am hoplnir that I am mistaken,
aho replied. "They may not be thoio
whom I am dreading and expecting.
All I can tell you Is thla: You are
Paul Darcambul. I am Josephine,
your wife. Protect mo aa a wife. I
will be constantly at your side, Worj
I alono I would know what to expuot.
But with you they may not offer
mo harm. It they do not, show no
suspicion. But be watchful. Don't
let them get behind you. And bo
rondy always always to use that
It a thing so terrible must bo donel"
An aho apoko nho laid a hand on hla
pistol. "And remember, I am your
wife!"
"To llvo that belief, even in a
dream, will bo a Joy aa unforgetabla
ns llfo Itself," ho whispered so low
that In turning hor head she made as
If sho had not heard him.
"Come," she said. "Let ua follow
tho coulco down to the lake. Wo can
watch thorn from among the rocks."
She Have him ber bund ua they be
gan to traverse tho boulder atrewn
bed of tho creek. Buddnnly he sitd:
"You will not auspoot mo of cow
ardice If I suggest that there is not
one chance In a hundred of them dis
covering ua?"
"No," ahe replied, with a glance to
filled with her confidence and faith
that Involuntarily he held her hand
closer In his own. "But I want them
to find us If they aro whom I fear.
Wo will ahow ourselvea on tho
shore."
Ho looked at her In amazement be
fore the significance of her words had
dawnad upon him. Then he laughod.
"That la tho greatest proof of your
faith you have given me," ho raid.
"With me you aro anxious to face
your enemies. And I am as anxious
to meet them."
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SHORT LEOQGOi
"Don't misunderstand me," ahe cor
rected quickly. "I am praying that
thoy aro not tho ones I suspect. Uut
If they arc why, yes, I want to faco
them with you."
They had almost reached tho lako
when ho nald:
"And now I may call you Josepn
Ine?" "Yes, that Is nocessary,"
"And you will call me"
"Paul, of course for you are Paul
DarcambftL"
"Is that quite nocessary?" be asked.
"In It not posslblo that you might al
low mo to retain at least a part of my
name, and call me Philip? Philip
Darcambal?"
"There really is no objection to
that," ahe hesitated. "It you wish 1
will call you Philip. But you must
also be Puul your middle namo, per
haps." "In the ovent of certain exigencies,"
ho guensed.
"Yes."
He had still assisted her over the
rocks by holding to her hnnd, and
suddenly her fingers clutched his con
vulsively, Bhe pointed to a ntretch of
tho open lake. The canoes wero plain
ly visible not moro than n quarter of
a mile nway. Kven ns ho felt her
trembling nllghtly he laughed.
"Only threel" he exclaimed. "Suro
ly It Is not going to demand a great
amount of courago to faco that num
ber. Josephine?"
"It Is going to tako all the courage
In the world to face ono of them,"
ahe roplled In a low, strained voloe.
"Can you make them out? Aro they
white men or Indians?"
"Tho light Is not right I can't de
cide," he said, after a moment's scru
tiny. "If they are Indians"
"They are frlenda' aho interrupted.
"Jean my Jean Crolssot left mo
hiding here llvo days ago. Ho Is part
French and part Indian. But ho
could not be returning so aoon. It
thoy are white"
"Wo will expose ourselvea on tho
beach," ho finished significantly.
Bhe nodded. He saw that In spite
of ber struggle to remain calm she
waa seized again by the torror of
what might be In the approaching
canooa. Ho was straining his eyes
to make out their occupants when a
low cry drew his gaze to ber.
"It Is Jean" she gasped, and he
thought that he could hear her heart
boating. "It is Jean and the other
are Indians! Oh, my Uod, bow
thankful J am"
Hhe turned to him.
"You will go back to the camp
ploase. Walt for us there; I must sea
Jean alone. It is best that you
should do this."
To obey without questioning her
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or expostulating against his sudden
dismissal, ho knew was In tho code
of bis promise to her. And he knew
by what ho saw In her faco that
Jean's return had sot the world trem
bling under her feet, that for her It
wan charged with posnlbllltles os'tro
mendous as If the two canoes had
contalnod those whom sho had at
first feared.
"Go." sho whispered. "PIrnso go."
Without a word he returned In the
direction of tho camp.
CHAPTER III.
LOSR to tho tent Philip aat
down, smoked hln pipe, nnd
waited. Not only had the
I developments of tho last
fow minutes been disap
pointing to him, but they had added
still moro to his bewilderment.
Ho watted Impatiently. It seemed
n lone time before ho heard voices
and tho sound of footstopn over tho
edge of the coulee. Ho rose to his
foot, and a moment later Josephlno
and her companion appeared not
more than a dozen Daces from him.
His first glance wus at the man. In
that same Instant Juan Crolssot
stopped In his tracks and looked at
Philip.
Bteadlly, and apparently oblivious
of Joscphlnu'a presence, they meas
ured each other, tho half-breed bent
a little- forward, the lltho alertness of
it cat in his posture, hla eyes burning
darkly. Ho wits n man whoso age
Philip could not guens. It might have
bien forty. Probably it was close to
that. Ho waa bareheaded, and his
long coarso hair, black as an Indian's,
waa shot with gray. At first It would
have been difficult to name tho blood
that ran strongest in his veins. His
hair, tho thinness of hla face and
body, hla eyes, nnd thn tense position
In which be had paused, wore all
Indian. Then, above these- things,
I'hlllp aaw the Frenoh. Swiftly It be
came tho dominant pnrt of tho man
before him, and ho was not surprised
when Jean advanced with out
stretched hand, nnd nnld:
"M'slour Philip, I nm Jean Jean
JncquoH Crolssot and I am glad you
hav como."
Tho words woro spoken for I'hlllp
alone, and where she stood Josephine
did not catch tho strange Hash of
fire In tho half-breed's eyes, nor did
Bhi hear his still moro nwlftly ttpoken
words: "I am glad It In you that
chance has rent to us, M'aleur Wey
man!" Tho two men gripped hands. Thore
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spired Philip n conlldonce, and as he
roturnod tho half.brood'n Breutlnghls
eyea looked for a moment ovor tho
other's ahouldcr unil rontod on Joseph-
no. Ho waa astonished at tho chnnge
it .. IT: . H'''""" JotlJ ''n,J. n?t
""Mnub uvi imu iinnni nnu limu Mio
'pagon of an opon lottor In her hand,
nnu an tnn caugnt Philips look nhe
smiled at him with a glailnenn which
hn had not seen In her face before.
Bho camo forward quickly, and placed
a hnnd on his arm.
"Jean's coming was a surprise," nho
exclaimed. "I did not expect him for
a number of dnyn, and I dreaded what
ho might have to tell me. Hut, thla
letter lion brought mo fresh cauns for
thankfulness, though It may enslave
you a little longer to your vown of
knighthood. Wo start for homo thin
afternoon. Aro you ready?"
"I bavn a llttlo packing to do." ho
said, looking after Jean, who was
movlnc toward tho tent.
"Is It not necessary that you mnko
room In vmir canon for inn?" nho
asked.
Phlllp'n faco flushed with pleasure.
"Of courxo It he cried. "Kvery
tlilnir bus iteemed so wonderfully un
real to mo that for n moment I for
got Uiat you wero my my wife. But
how about Jean? Ho called me
M'slcur Weyman."
"Ho Is the ono other person In tho
world who knows what you and I
know," nho explained. "That, too,
wus necessary. You will go and ar
rungo your canoo now? Jean will
bring down my things anil exuhanuo
them ror somo of your dunnage." Hho,
left him to run into tho tent, reap
Hearing quickly with a thick rabbit
skin blanket and two canoo pillows.
"These mako my nest when I'm
not working," sho said, thrusting
them Into Philip's arms. "I havo a
paddlo too. Jean says that 1 am as
good as an Indian woman with It."
"Better, M'slcur," exclaimed Jean,
who had comu out of tho tent. "It
makes you work harder to see her,
Hho Is-what you cull It-gwan-auoh-
ewln so splendid I Out of tho Cree
you cannot apeak it."
A tender glow filled Josephine's
eyes ns Jean begun pulling up the
pegs of tho tont.
"A llttlo later I will toll you about
Irrin i uhA ..ftilu....p,..l I .lli.l .w..u n
to your canoe. Wo will follow you In
a few minutes."
Ho found himself whistling as he
refolded his blankotH and straightened
out IiIh tent. When ho had finished
this laHt tiiNk ho turned to find Jean
atandlng clo.io behind him, his dark
eyou watching him closely. As bu
greeted tho hulf-brecd, Philip looked
for Josephlno.
"I am nlouo, M'slour," nald Jean,
cnmlnir nloan tn I'hlllp. "I tr)"k'i
her into staying behind until I could
ico you fur a moment as wo are
alone, man to man. Why Is It that
our Josephine haa como to trust you
as sho does?"
Hln volco was low It won almost
soft as a woman'n, but deep In hla
eyes Philip saw tho glow of a strungo
slumbering fire.
"Why l.i It?" ho persisted.
"Clod only knows," nxclnimod Philip,
t,ho significance of thn iuetlou burst
ing upon hltn for tho first tlmo. "I
hadn't thought of It, Joan. K.very
thing ha.i happened no quickly, no
ntraugely, that thorn aro many things
I haven't thought of. It munt bo bo
cauHo aha thinks, I'm a man!"
'That Is It, M'ntour," replied Joan,
as quietly on before. "That, and
because you have com from two
years In too North, I have been thero.
1 what will i ) f Just"
v f
TBaai l
I lurw that it ma. Ab tur
JiMpUlli kit., a a I twultl r thai
ta imK una into a a mlllton alia
Wul4 trual aa b baa put filth IB
tvxi Iftla four handa aba haa ln
1 1 af, anl what revi 4 n,aji for
her Ufa nr dath And for yrm" -
Tb nrM in Lta m ! tirlba
aurfara new
"WbalT" akd Philip tnly
"Itoath UBltM yau play ywur part
aa a man," anawrrd Jran Thar waa
liMllirr thrrat nur iutlnnt In hla
.!, Ixit IB hla ya lb thlnf
that Philip undr-UM4, ISIlantly b
rear had out and gripped th hall
lutda band rur aa Inataet thay
ato4, thtr farta cloaa, looking Into
oarh oihr' , And a mn
men wdm tha fir of th" earth bur
lew, tn Uty rd rb olhfcr aoula,
a ik) thlr flnirrra tlglrtrard In a tlaap
ef underrtalidln'
"What that part la to be I cannot
iumi." aald Philip, then. "Hut I will
play It, and It I) not frar that Will
boi l inn to my prmnlaa to bar. If I
fail, why -kill mat"
"That the North," brrathrd Jean.
and In bis voice waa the tliankf ulnrai
of praytr.
Without another word ha stooped
and plck.nl up thn rnt and blankrta.
Philip waa about to atop I1U11, to
piiiik further with him, whan h aaw
J plnne climbing over the bulwark
of rocka bo twee n them and thn trail.
He hurried to iiimI br, Her arm
were full, and ahn allowed him lo
takn a kirt uf h'T load. With what
Jran had brouxht thla was all that
waa tn go In Philip" canon, mid th
halMirrod remained to help them off,
"You will if" atrulght norma tha
lake," hu said tu Philip. "If you
pnddla slowly, 1 will cutch up with
you."
Philip seated hlmarlf near the
atern, tracing Josephine, nnd Jran
gnvo thn canoe a shovn that sent It
aktinmlng like a -wallow on tha
smooth aurfaco of thn lako.
"And I am Juat beginning to feel
my selfishness." said thn girl, present
ly, "You have thought only of ma.
You are making u wonderful sacrifice
fur mo, You have nothing to gain,
nothing to expect but the things that
make tno ahudder. And I have
thought of myself alone, nelflnhly, un
reasonably. It la not fair, and yot
thin In tho only way that It can be."
"I am satlatlnl," ho aald. "I hava
nothing much to sacrifice, except my
self." Hhn leaned forward, with her chin
In tho cup of her hands, and looked at
him Meadlly.
"You havo peopioT '
"None who cares
for me. My
mother waa tho last.
1 cama North."
"And you havo
Sho died before
no sisters or
brothera?"
"None living." .
Kor a moment sho waa silent. Then
she said gently, looking Into hla eyea:
"1 wish I had known that I had
guessed beforo I lot you como thla
far. I am aorry now norry that I
didn't send you away. You are dif
ferent from other men I huve known
and you havo had your suffering.
And now I must hurt you again. It
wouldn't bo o bad If you didn't care
t"f I lon't want lo hurt you
becauso I bcllevo in you."
And iH that all becauso you be-
iovo mo?"
Hho did not answer. Hor handa
claspud at her breast. Bhe looked
beyond him to tho shoro thoy were
lOAVlna'
"You must leave me," she said
then, and hor voice waa as lifeless as
his hud been. "1 am beginning to see
now. It all happened so suddonly
that I could not think. But If you
lovn inn you must not go on. It is
Impossible. I would rather suffer my
own fato than havo you do that.
When wo reach the other shore you
miut leavo me."
Hho wan struggling to keep back
her iimotlon, fighting to hold It with
in her own breast
"You munt Ko back," she repeated,
ntnrlug Into his set fact "If you
lpn't, you will bo hurt terribly, terrl
"lyi
,hl,n' "Idenly, sho clipped
loW(" anionic tho cushions he had
placed for hor, and burled her face In
one or mem wiui a moaning grici
tnnl cut to nis noui. Hho wan nob
bing now, like a child. In this mo
ment Philip forgot all restraint. Ho
leaned forward and put a hand on
hor nhlntni; head, and bent his face
close down to hers. Hln free hand
touched one of her hands, and he
held It tightly.
"Listen, my Josophlno," ho whls.
pcrrd. "I am not going to turn baok:
I nm going on with you. That is our
pact. At tho end I know what to
expect. You havo told me: and I,
loo, noiiovo. nut wnaiovor Happens,
in splln of nil that may happen, I
will ntlll have rocelvod morn than all
e.io in tho world could glvo me. Kor
I will have known you, and you will
bo my nalvatlon. I am going on."
Kor an Instant he felt tho fluttering
proNsuro of her fingers on hla. It was
an answer a thousand times moro
precloun to him than words, and he
know that he had won. Btlll lower he
bent 111 ii head, until for an Instant hla
Him touohed thn soft, living warmth
9 "''"Jf;. A'"',tnon,n? 'f"",!1 Dack'
freeing her hnnd. ond Into his face
hnd leaped soul nnd llfo nnd fighting
strength: and under his breath ho
gave now thnnks to Clod, nnd to tho
sun, nnd tho blue sky above, while
from behind them camo skimming
over tno water tho slim blrohbark
non of Jcan Jacques Crolaaet
CHAPTER IV.
T tho touch of Weyman'a
lips to her hair Josephlno
lay very still, nnd Philip
wondered If nhe had felt
that nwHft, stolen :aress.
Bohlnd them Jean hail been cdmlng
up awlftiv, anil now thoy heard him
break for an Instant Into tho chorus of
ono of tho wild hulfbreod songs, and
Philip listened to tho words of tho
chant, which In us old In tho North
land as tho ancient brass cunnou and
the crumbling fortress rocks at York
Factory!
"O, ze lieeg blark bear, he go to court,
llu go to court a inatu; ,
Jin court to ze Hout',
llu court to ze Nort',
He court to zo shores of zn Indian Iake."
And then In the moment's altenco
that followed Philip throw back hU
hen. And In a volco almost at wild
and untrained as Jean Crolsact's ho
blunted back:
"Oh the fur fleets sing on Temlikam-ins,
AM t rraw raa at K4f fa
llttt.
. Al ik witM wtaur'a 4.
Ilvt mr alay a a what tit lM
l run.
Aad I rlppla aa mora ht Mrth
wif tb arar a raca 'atae tfca
lad Hiva a fc
fr tb. whlta tfi aYttttt
wrath,"
The auapana waa I roll Mi. Tha l
mm voice a, rtilnf la tb4r erw4
aUeiith, 4lnff forth lata the tW
wildrrneaa bulb triumph aad da
rianr, brought Iha quick ftuab ( Uve
Ine bark Into Joaephln' faoa. IHta
jruti why Jan bad atart4 tile
rbant- to give bar oourat. Mb kaaw
why Philip bad reapondad. AUt Bu
Jan ewept up bld Ibam, a awUt
on hi tbln. dark far.
Tha good Virgin praaerve ua,
M'aleur. but our vulraa ar Ilka thee
uf I wo liraatn," h rrlad,
"Ureal, true. fUrhtlng Ua.ta," wbU
pared Jnanphina under hr brtalh.
"How I would hata almost"-
Hh bad auddantr flushed to lb
roots of bar hair.
"What?" aaked Philip.
'To bear man alnt Ilka womH,"
ah flnUhed.
Aa awlftty a h bad come up Jean
and hla cano bad p4 on ahead of
them.
"W go dp Into that fort, ah
aald. "Wn enter a crk Just b
yoml where Jean la waiting for ua,
and Adara Houe la 100 mtlaa to tha
south and eaat." Hb faced him with
a quick amlle. "My nam la Adara,"
she explained, "Joaephln Adara,"
"la-or waa?" b aakad.
"la," aha aald: then, aaalng th cor
reeling challenc In hla ya, aha
added quicklyi "But only to you. To
All others I aut Mm. Paul Darcam
bal." "Paul?"
"Pardon me. I mean Pblllp."
They were clos to ahore, and, flar
ing that Jean might becom au
plcloua of hla tardlnaas. Philip bant
to hla paddle and waa aoon In tha half
breod'a wake. Where h bad thought
there waa only the thick forest b
aaw a narrow opening toward which
Jean was spetduig In hla cano. Flva
minute later they passed under a
thick maaa of overhanging aprua
boughs Into a narrow atraam ao atlll
thnt It looked like oil.
There waa aomethlntf a little awa
some In th auddnncsa and com
pleteneaa with which they were swal
lowed up. Over tbolr head the apruea
and cedar tops met and ahut out tha
sunlight. On both sides of them tha
forrat waa thick and black. The trail
uf the atream Itself waa Ilk a tunnal,
sllrnt, dark, mysterious. The pad
dles dipped noiselessly and tha two
canona travelled aide by aide.
"There aro few who know of thla
break Into the forest," aald Jean In a
low volco. "Listen, M'aleurl"
From out ot the gloom ahead of
them there cam a taint, oily aplaah
Ing. "Otter," whlapered Jean. "Tb
atream Is. like this for many milts,
and It la full ot life that you can
never see, because ot tb darkness."
Something Iq the stillness and th
gloom held them silent. The canoes
slipped along like shadows, and some
times they bent their bead to escape
the low hanging boughs.
For more than an hour they had
driven their canoes steadily on, when,
aa auddenly aa they had nterd It,
they slipped out from that cavernous
gloom Into the sunlight again.
Josephine drew a deep breath aa th
sunlight flooded her face and hair.
"I have my own name for that
place," aha aald. "I call It the ValUy
of Hllent Thing. It la u great swamp .
and they say that the mota grows in -It
so deep that caribou and deer
walk over It without breaking
through." ,
The stream waa swelling out Into
a narrow, finger-like lake that
stretched for a mile or more ahead of
them, and she turned to nod har bead
at tho apruce and oedar ahorea with
their colorings of red and gold,
whore birch and popular, and ah
aplnabed vividly nralnst tha darker
background.
"From now on It la all Ilka that,"
ahe aald. "Lako after lake, most ot
them as narrow as this, clear to the
doors ot Adare House. It Is a won
doful lako country, and one'' may
eanlly loao ono's self-rhundrods of
lakes, I guess, running through tha
forests llko Venetian canals."
"I would not bo surprised If you
told mo you had been tn Venice," h
replied. "I think you told me to,
day Is your birthday your twentieth.
Havo you lived alt those years here?"
"I understand why you ask that."
aho aald, "and it la no more than fair
that I should tell you. Ot course you
are wondering a great deal about m.
You have Juat asked yourself how I
oould ever hear ot auch a place aa
Venice away up here among tha
Indians. Yes, I've lived almost all of
thoso twenty yeara up here amonjr
the forests. They sent me to the
Mission school at Fort Churchill, over
on Hudson's Hay, for three years; and
after that, until I waa seventeen, I
had a little whlto-halred English gov
erneas at Adare House. If ehe had
lived" Hor hands clenched the sides
of the canoe, and ahe looked straight
away from Philip. Bho seemed to
force the words that come from her
Hps then: "When I was eighteen I
went to Montreal and lived there a
year. That. Is all that one year
away from my forests"
Fifteen minutes later Philip ran hla
canoo ashoro close to Joan Crolsaot'a
in a beach of white Band, He could
not help secirig that, from the mo
mont she had answered bis question
out on tho lako, a cbango had come
over Jojophlne. For a ahort time that
afternoon nhe bad rlaen from out of
tho thing that oppressed her, and
onco or twice there bod been almost
happiness In her smile and laughter.
Nfr -he sctesd to havo .Tfu ijklu
under lt smothering grip. It' waa
as If tho chill nnd dismal gloom of
approaching night hnd robbed her
chookn of color, and had given a tired
droop to her shoulders as she aat si
lently, and waited for them to mako
her tent comfortable.
When It waa up, and the blanket
apread, sho went In and left thm
alone, and tho last glimpse, that he
hnd of her faco left with Philip
camoollkn Impression of hopelessness
that made him want to call out' bar
name., yot held him speechless. He
looked closely at Jean as they put up
their own tent, and for the first tlmo
ho a.-iw that the mask had fallen from
tho half-breed's face, and that It waa
filled with that aanlo mysterious hop
IfKMions and despair. Almost roufhly
ho caught him by the shoulder.
(To Us Continued.)