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9 'CRITICAL TIME o t "Is she not worth it?" cried Jeau in rapture. "Y"ou are welcome to every i look that you can get. Jan Thoreau. Best Office Building The Honor -mof hem- Big Snows t But the foreigner I w iil skin hiiu alive OF WOWS LIFE aud spit him with the devil thorn if he so much as peeps at her out of the wrong way of his eye." f 2d Ave., 17th St. THE ROCK ISIAXD ARGUS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1912. I I I Rock Island : : CHAPTER IX. Th Nw Agont and His Son. JAN tbrnst a band inside Lis coat and clutched at ti paprs that Jean de Cravcis had read. Then he drew them forth slowly and heli them crumpled iu bis finger, while for many minutes be stared straight out into the gray gloom of the treeless plain. Ills eyes shifted. They went from rook to rock and from tree to tree ud- i til at Inst they rented upon a glint I prue which hunt; out over the pre cipitous woll of the ridge. Its thick top tMW-kontng and sighing to the Mark rock that shot up out of the suow 500 tt kiow. Mukee hud told Jan its story. In the first siitnmu of the wo- He Thrust In th .Papa1-, Crowded Them Down and Filled the Hole V ith Chunk f Bark. DiiD'i llf at Lac 15a In be and Per- bod clluiled the old ,ruee. lopping oCf I It branches until only the black cup 1 remained, and after that It n known ' for mid wide lis the "lobKtiek" of (.'urn j mill' wife. It wns . voiceless ceno- tiiph whli h signlnV' fhat u 11 the honor i and love known to ihe wilderness peo- J hud leen given to her. 1 To It went Jun. the papers still held ; In' hit hand. II'' had seen a pair of j v!i!-.Uy Jack storing food In the Imtt I ef the tree two or three summers be- fre. and now bis fingers groped for j the hole. When he found It he thrust In the pn-in, crowded them dowu and tilled the hole with chunks of bark. "Always tuy sinter, aud uever any thing more to Jan Thoreau," be said gently In French as If he were sicak itig to a spirit In the old tree. "That Is the honor of these mows; it Is what the great liod means us to be. I swear that Juu Thoreau will never do wrong i to the little Mell-we!" With a fa white and set In lta determination be I turned slowly away from the tree. When he came Into the cabin for J breukfant next morning Jan's face showed signs of the struggle through which be bud gone. Cummius bad al- , ready titiinhed. and he found Mellsse j aloue. Her buir wait bnislx-d back iu ( Its old, smooth way, and when she i heard him she flung ber long braid ofer hrr shoulder, so that It fell down in front of her. lie saw the move- uient. and smiled hi-) thanks without speaking. "Yon don't look well, Jan." she said anxiously. "You are pale, and your eyes are bhxxlshot." "I mu not feeling righf." he ndmit- te-1. trylni; to pwar cheerful, "but this I coffee will make a new man of me. You make the best cofTee in the world, Meltie." "What are you polng to do today, I'.rotiicr .Inn?" the nsked. "linve out on the Churchill trail. I.iloi wain supplies, urn! he's too ; busy with his trap lines to com in." J " t: ton take me?" i "I'm afraid not. Melisse. It's a twelve m'.ie ruu aud a heavy load." ' "Very well. I'll net ready lmiue- i "You're as pretty as b fairy. Me diately." i llsst :-' he exclaimed, his eyes shiniug She Jiimpid up from the table, dart- with admiration. Trettter than the lot fuu at hint with her eyes, and raa fairy in the txk! to r.er tmm. I "Thank you. brother mine! I be- "Si's too fur. Melisse." he called aft-( er li-r. "It s too far, aud I ve a heavy ioad" ' "I'ldn't I take that twenty ml'.e run with jini over to li, dear! Jan, hare jou seen my new Ivnx kiu capT I It's Best to Remember tli it every ornn f the wonderful human body is dependent upon every other. If your liver goes wrong your blood will le impure; if your bowels are inactive your stomach and dictation will show it. And one trouble leads to another. eechomZ &MU have become the most famous and the moot approved family rt-iucdy in the world. Tbey are known for their wonderful and unrivaled power to cause regular, natural action of the lnrr and liowrli. They are gentle, safe but sure. Beecham's IMls benefit every organ of the body brighten the eye, elear the brain, tone the nerves and increase vior because they Remove the First Cause of Trouble Copuriott. 1911, to the Bobbs Merrill Co. "It's out here, hanging on the waTI," replii-d Jan, falling Into ber humor de spite himself. "Kut I say. Melisse" "Are the dogs ready?" she called. "If they're not I'll be dressed before you ran harness them. Jan." j "They'll be here within fifteen min-' mes." be replied, surrendering to her. Her merry face, laughing triumph at , Mm through the partly open door, do-, stroyed the last vestige of bis opposi-i tion, and be left ber with something: of his old cbeerlness of manner, whis-; tling a gay forest tune as be hurried , toward the store. j When be returned with the team Me-1 lisse was waiting for him, a gray thing of silvery lynx fur, with her cheeks, : Hps and eyes aglow, ber trim little feet! clad in soft caribou boots that came! to ber knees, and with a bunch of the ' brilliant ba knees h fastened jauntily In j ber tap. j "I've made room for you." he saldj In greeting, pointing to the sledge, j "Which I'm not going to fill for five, miles at least." declared Melisse. : "Isn't It a glorious morning, Juu? I feel as if I can run from here to I.ed's"' With a crack of hjs whip and a shout, Jan swung the dogs across the' open, with Mellsse running lightly at; bis side. From their cabin Jean and ' Iownka called out shrill adieus. j "The day is not far off when tbey ! two will be as you and I. my Iowaka.' said Kiu 1o his Hetle free. "I wager ; you 'Jnt it will be before her next birthday!" I Aud Melisse was saying: ; "I wonder if there are mnny people, as happy as Jean and Iowaka'." j She caught ber breath, and .Inn crack-; ed on the dogs in a spurt that left her j panting, a full dozen rods lx-hlnd him.! With n wild halloo he (.topped the team uud waited ! "That's unfair, J in! You'll have to . put lue on the sledge." I He tucked her in among the furs, j and the dogs strained ot their traces.! with Jan's whip curling and snapping i over their backs, until they were leap ing swiftly and with unbroken rhythm of motion over the smooth trail. Then Jan gathered In bis whip and ran close to the leader, bis moccasined feet tak ing the short, quick, light steps of the trained forest runner, bis chest thrown a little out. bis eyes Uou the twist ing trail ahead. Mile after mile slipped behind, and not until they reached the mountain on which be bad fought the mission ary dii) Jan bring his dogs to a walk. Melisse 1umieil from the sledge and ran quickly to his side "I can beat you to the top now!" she cri'd. "If you catch me" There was the old witching challenge in her eyes. She sped up the side of the ridge, I'antii.g mid breathless. Jan pursued! with the dogs. Her ndvaufage was i too great for him to overcome this I -time, and she stood laughing down at ' liim when he came to the top of the j ridcre. 1 Ueve you do still love me a little.' "More tlnin ever in my life." r-plied Jnu ijuii-kly, though he tried to hold his tongue. As they went on to Idoj he found , that the Joyousnena of the morning was giving way again to the old g'ooi. and heartache. "Brother Jan. Brother Jan. Brother Jan!" The words pound ed themselves Incessantly in his brain until they, seemed to keep time with his steps beside the sledtre. Ledoq was stripping the hair fat from a fox skin when the team pulled np In front of bis cabin. When he saw the daughter of the factor at Lac Bain with Jan he Jumped briskly to his feet, flung his cap through the door of the 6hack and began bowing and scraping to her with all his might Mellsse laughed merrily as Ledoq continued to bow before her. rattling away In a delighted torrent of French. "Ah, thes ees wan gr-r-reat complee man, M'selle Melisse." he said. Then he turned to Jan. "Did you meet the strange team?" . "We met no team." Ledoq looked puzzled. Half a mile away the top of a snow covered ridge was visible from the cabin. He point ed to It "An hour ago I saw it going west ward along the mountain three men and six dogs. Whom have you out from Lac Bain?" "No one." replied Jan. "It must have 1 been the new agent from Churchill. We expect ldni early this winter. Shall j we hurry back. Melisse. and see If h I has brought our . books and violin i strings?" J "Ton must havg dinner with me." Objected Ledoq. Jan caught a quick signal from Me I lisse. "Not today, Ledoq. It's early and we have a Innch for the trail. What do yon say. Mellsse?" "If you're not tired. Jan." "Tired r He tossed the last package from the sledge and cracked his long whip over the dogs backs as they Imtb cried out their farewell to the little Frenchman "Tired!" he repented, running close beside ber as the team swung lightly back into the trail and laughing down Into her face. "How could I ever get "Mr. Dixnn, this is my brother, Jan." tired with you watching me run Me- lisse'?" "I wouldn't mind if you did -just a little. Jan. Isn't there room for two'-'' She gave u coquettish little shrug of her shoulders, and Jan leaped upon tbo moving sledge, kneeling close behind her. j weeks early, ami I shall I.o gone until "Always, always. I have to ask you'"! after the big roast. If I rom;; in here she pouted. "Von needn't get too neai i another week I shall tell Melisse. and you know, if you don't want to'" j then" The old, sweet challenge iu her voice , He shrugged his shoulders despair was Irresistible, snd for a moment Jan j ingly. felt himself surrendering to if. He ! "And then wlnt." leaned forward until his chin was i buried in the silken lynx fur of her; coat, and for a single breath he felt the soft touch of her cheek against his own. Then he gave a sudden shout to the dogs so loud thnt it startled her and his whip writhed and snapped twenty feet above their heads like a thing filled with lire. He sprang from the sledge and again j witn me team, urging tnem on faster and faster until they dropped I into a panting walk when they came to the ridge along which Ledoq two 1 hours before had seen the strangers hurrying toward Lac Rain. They did not lunch on the trail, but drove Into tiie post In time for dinner. Jean de Gravois nnd Croisset came forth from the store to meet them. "You have company, my dear." cried Jean to Melisse "two gentlemen fresh from London on the last boat and one of them younger and hand somer than your own Jan Thorean. They are woitinc for you in the cabin, where your father is getting them din ner and telling them how beautifully you would have made the coffee if yon were there." j "Two!" id Jan as Mellsse left them, j "Who are they? 'The new agent, M. Timothy Dix on, as red as the plague, and fatter than a spawning fish. And bis sou. who has come aloDg for fun. be says; and I U-lleve he will get what he's Thoreau. for he looketl little too Ijoldly tt my Iowaka wheu she came iuto the store Just now. 4- ... at ax ::. f . . . - . 3.. . ' "There are two of the foreigners at Nelson House, and two on the hol daia. and one" An hour later Jan went slowly across i the open to Cummins' cabin. As he I paused for an instant at the door he heard a laugh that was strange to him. and when be oiiened It to enter he' stood jierplexed and undecided. Me- : lisse had risen from the table at the j sound of his approach, and his eyes quickly passed from her flushed face to the young man who was sitting op posite her. He caught a nervous trem ble in her voice when she said: "Mr. Dixon, this is my brother, Jan." The stranger jumped to his feet and held out a band. "I'm glad to know you. Cummins." "Thoreau," corrected Jan quietly, as he took the extended hand. "Jan Tho reau. "Oh. I beg your pardon. I thought" He turned inquiriugly to Melisse. The flush deepened in her cheeks as she be gan to gather up the dishes. "We ore of no relation." continued Jan. something impelling him to speak the words with cool precision. "Only we have lived under the same roof since fhe w-as a baby, and so we have come to be like brother and sister." "Miss Melisse has been telling me about your run this morning." ex claimed the young Englishman, his face reddening slightly as he detected the girl's embarrassment "I wish I had seen it" "There will be plenty of It very soon," replied Jan. eaught by tue j frankness of the other's manner. "Our runners will be going out among the trappers within a fortnight." "And will they take me?" "Y'ou may go with me if you can run. I leave the day after tomorrow." "Thanks." said Dixon, moving to ward the door. Melisse did not lift her head as he went out. Faintly she said: "I've kept your dinner for you, Jan. Why didn't you come soouer?" "I had dinner with Gravois," he ro plied. "Jean said that you would hardly be prepared for live, MelLsse. so I accepted his Invitation." lie took down from the wall a fur slcdire coat, in which Melisse had mended a rent a day or two before, anil, throwing it over his arm, turned to leave. "Jan." . He faced her slowly, knowing thnt in spite of himself there was a strange- ness in his manlier which she would not understand. "Why are you poiiif: nw.ny the day after tomorrow two weeks before the others? You didn't tell me." 'I'm piing a hundred miles into the south," he answered. "Over the Nelson House trail?" "Yes." "Oh!" Her lips curled slijrhtly as she looked fit hi in. Then she laughed, and a bright spot leaped into either cheek. "I understand, brother," she snid soft ly. "I'ardou me for ipiestioniiis? you so. I had for.sotten that the MacVeijth irl lives on the Nelson trail. Iowaka says that she is as sweet as a wild flow er. I wish ynu would have her come up and visit us some time. Jan." .Jan's face went red. then white, but Melisse saw only the first effect of her random shot ntnl was briskly gathering up the dishes. "I turn off info the free lake country before I reach MacYei.Th's." be was on the point of saying, lint the words huns upon his lips, and he remained silent. A few minutes later be was talking with Joan de Gravois. The little Frenchman's fnce was ominously dark, and he piuTed furiously upon his pie when Jan told him why he was leaving at once f.r t'.e s.-uth. "Uut!ii.r' a way:" he repeated for the f lit li time in French, his thin lips curl iiit: in a sneer. "I am sorry that I gave ynu my oath. .It:i Thoreau. else I would g.) myself and lei! Melisse what I read in the papers. I isii'. Why can't yon foriret '!" "I may some day." sn!d Jan. "That is whv I am going into the south two "I should go away forever.' Jean snapped his lingers with a low ; la turn. j "Then remain Thoreau. and if nnother week, Jan it turns out as you say I swear I will abandon my two Iowakas and little Jean to the wolves!" "I a in going the day after tomor- i row." ! The next mornine Iowaka eninnlnlnaul I to Mellsse that Gravois was us surly j as a ,,f"lr- (to lie continued) In buying a cough medicine, don't be afraid to get Chamberlain's Cough Iter.iedy. There is no danger from it, and rtlief is sure to follow. Es pecially recommended for coughs, colds and whooping cough. Sold by all druggists. Get the Original and Genuina HOBLIGK'S MALTED MILK The Food-drink for All Arts. For Infanti.Invali.ij, and Growing children. Pi r r!i if rit.rri tin kirtimo tA.-fwd. Lw4 I In-igoTatesthntrgrncitandtheagexi. j Rh roi!k, mahed grain, in powder form. A oaick Innch creiurei in a micnte. r Take nomlstitute. Ask for KOKLiCK'S. From 40 to 50 Years of Age. How It May Be Passed in Safety. 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