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located.
that came from the gq
displaced bone.
dignity. Conscious,
tesls of the body, which had to
brutal in its frank tiolence.
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the edges of the socle
of his whole h ely a
tl as accomnplisl ed.
arrest Joyce's father.
think he is after them.
has beaten up Rathway in a fight.
and heroine in difficulties.
Who is the author?
into a cataract and
again by Rathway.
romance.
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at precisely that same operation
ceeded with
he fumbled
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control the pro-
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aft head of the bone scoww
Lf
They have been thrown down
The
More.
wilderness hootch.runners,
And that tells you a
The thrown
is abducted
And in
even if his
wrecks the exciting
hero is shot at,
The heroine
~ ap
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CHAPTER |
Sergeant Anderson Rides
Into Little Falls
Lee Anderson
oval
heen
hill
bir |
1
na
18040
ni
pi
a few blades of
among ti
rew e
rambles beside
There were, perl
vears to hi
four
lined, deeply
it contrasted
edging of
his open
tar's
one of
ined men w
His rather he
tiom of pack
inden behind
¢
¥
hom
combina-
an addle, wn well
the that
parapet ders
vith
hiankete
er} 1ICTrOSs
Lee
FEELS
with the
He turned
vond the
Iving nat
front of
nents on
as
rT a
inhaled delight the
of
warm,
gfe the
rich
year
earth,
f
exhalations
added debri
and
settlement
the foot o
the In
|] ©
forward,
Little
slope
looked
of
f in
the settle
range,
tittle
the
rs hefore,
him,
his side of Stony
an
untidy
it w
nce, created
unkempt,
the
few 3
hy advent of
lumber companies a
and sirag among th yee-high
stumps of what had been virgin forest
the des
his
within ade.
from
Nor
return
old
he had
the new
wif ha
at
vl
He had |
police els
After
France, th
heen
Do
west
merged
Lee
Manistr
ht years
a member,
body,
minion
stationed
in the
war
pealed
=i . before
It was the only life that ap-
to him. His had
service ex
his first act or returning had been to
rejoin,
Inspector Crawley had sent for him
a few days later,
“Anderson,” he said, “1 want yon
to be ready to start for Stony range
in the morning to pick up a man
named Pelly. He's on the list of
‘wanted'-headed dt for some time. in
fact. 1 guess you don't know any:
thing about the case, though”
“No, sir. It must have happened
while I was In France.”
“Oh, It happened a deuce of a time
hefore you went to France, Anderson.
Twenty-five years ago, more or less,
Might have left the poor devil alone,
especially as he's been a fugitive so
long. But it's murder, Sergéant, and
~-well, the new police have got to
show themselves just nas efficient
blood hounds as the old force. The
papers In the case have Just come
through Ottawa.
f. "This man Pelly appears to have
‘killed a man In Toronto In the nine
ties for insulting his wife. Those de
tails are not given. It appears a
our presti
that
as our predécessors
ride in
mm and bri
i
ze by)
to show we're
were
o and, if he's
ng him back
d. He
then the in
Se tor
Sergeant
Pelly was
with
I SUppOse 3
man
someone a
the Free Traders opened
n lake during the war?”
Free Traders,
fis Anderson
f liquor
03
Were a gang
far
lands, d
The
man souls
agents and wide
ehauching
Free
into tt!
and
dealt
In
corrupt
in
o
hn
Traders
the
far
were
that had
territories
“There's a n
most us
iniquito
the
thing
‘0 entered northern
an named Jim IR
to be handling thelr
Ten to
with t}
Perhaps the
ith
up there one
sed up
KROME Ww
Pelly’
stand
ny.
8 head be
with
the
and
use
On
chance
in ‘om.
ind there's thi
he's In with ‘em someone
“This Ri:
been
nlinses
way's believed
running liquor under various
for and there's ugly
rumor about happenings at an Indian
camp in the Far North, where the
Free Traders have another post at
Lake Misquash, They've got to be a
to have
years,
#0 big that we're not going to
tackle ‘em until we're ready to launch
a general campaign against ‘em.
“You'll remember not to butt in if
you find ‘em selling liquor, but pick
up Pelly as quietly as possible, and
take notes, if you get the chance, on
what's going on at Siston lake.
“You've got carte blanche, and you'll
take a covering warrant from the sti.
pendiary to use In any way you see
fit. And take all the time you want,
because there'll be nothing doing till
spring. But don't let ‘em get wise to
your Job. So you'll leaye your uni
form behind you, Sergeant, and con
duct your inquiries as Inconsplcuously
as possible. And In n case like this,
one man's better than two, That's
why I'm sending you alone.
“Finully, you'll bear In mind that
|
Pelly's arrest comes first, . Soon
beans, and
!
|
i
|
At dawn lee
There had
WAS upon
been
the road.
Fmors——recurrent
range
the lea
less
but
the
summer,
the range
news became,
nearer
explicit
ait
the
|
hut
their
prospect
south,
ready enough
grievance that a
had falled to
color anywhere
Lee had listened to thelr stories and
and sullen,
pour
stmmer's
ven
Morose
fo
ont
show e AR trace
that he was
Journey
’R prospector
to range
And at last the 1
front of him, uplifting
into the glory of the
felt heart uplifted
on wn
the
unge ls
now
ite wild [re
Inset
This
world
autumn =
his {O60
its most zestful-—~the
the King of
and the hunting of
ngs-—Man
his horse,
aces,
Il created be
So, leading lee
the long slope
of Littl
of the
pass
down toward the set
Soon he was
in the
Then
Falls
first shacks,
among the
came rows of uniformly
©
wet
stumps
ugly
church ith
f bank, i
“it
roof, a and a
nnnoun by na
his horse
and
interior
Lee fastened
post in front entered
the right the
the dining-room, on the
with I
floor str
of passage
left the pn
the
and
and
passage
furniture
ew n
the
binnkets
ran
&, and
bags
A past
| from a
sinir
end of th
Here
tight,
the clamor of voleoes
Lee found the bar, packed
and vide open
Ya nin't
th
en
guess
range verself
1 guess there'll
fen
Then
and try
He
may
And Now at Last—the Range Lay in
Front of Him, Uplifting Its Wild
Peaks Into the Glory of the Autumn
Sunset,
bale of hay, and carried his blankets
back to the hotel parlor, where he
staked out a sleeping claim upon the
floor,
A small negro boy, carrying a large
bell, came out of the kitchen and be.
gan to ring it, swaying to and fo with
a cheerful grin, as if he were tied to
the clapper.
At the sound of the cracked tones
the men began to straggle out of the
bar into the dining-room, where thes
took thelr seats on long henches
either side of a long table covered
with a stained, tattered olleloth, on
which were placed cheap knives
forks, spoons and plates.
Next appeared a thick-set young
squaw who began to hand out por
tions of a greasy dinner, consisting of
.
in bed
who
death
had
door,
weat
the
watchfulness
taken
surveyed
Lee, a oppo
other
guests with that quiet
part of
training.
his nature
For the
1g 157
iy ju
Whew
of
summed
n
i
ins
nx his Ost
part he then
the
ing
average prospector
them, hb
of
who are
Most
Among
few
OwWever,
hat
appearea
be those th-hitten charn«
A
ters to hw I in every
ren
ng
Lot
no I
A glance
prospect o
between
one
(One was a short, thick
man, with one
est and most repulsive
wien 1 th
had ever he of
his
er, apparent
parines wus a huge half-breed
sil Inset
lar
with black halr, !
“Ef 1 had that
Ah,
4 he
Roeroes the
the range”
Polly
0a
Ww
red-haired
tHe
conversation
threes the
hack
the
room, in
way
risen from
{ing
the st YO hen
ice, and himself
nt
wns
found
an girl
in conversation
surprise who
in and
landlord
For this was not
{type of girl r
such a lace 1 Little Fal
CHAPTER 11
' A Girl Rides Into the Range
She
| Come
ithe
in
%
in the *
was perhaps two or three ane
|
{ twenty slender of medinum height
fearless Ms
with gold flecks
about her head
an
| with CTP,
it, coiled up loosely
Her mackinaw
almost boyish figure, and
long waisted She wore corduros
breeches and riding gaiters: and there
about her that hardly definable.
hut unmistakable alr of breeding that
crops out In such unexpected places
along the Anglo-Saxon frohtier.
From a respectful distance the men
were staring at her, each asking Lee's
unspoken question as to what such a
girl was doing in Little Fills
That she was riding Into the range
was evident. Had she been riding out,
the men would have known of her
But—whose daughter was she?
There was no ome in the now de
serted range to whom she could be
going. The only possible destination
might be the Moravian mission on the
other side, But-—there were no
women at the mission,
“Well, ya see, Miss,” the fat land.
lord was saying, “we're purty well
filled up so fur as rooms Is concerned.
it the wife's over to Old Landing fer
a few days, an’ 1 guess you ¢'n hey
our room till she comes home, It's
the fust room on the right at the
top of the stairs, You jest walk up
revealed
glender
open
was
and make yourself comfortable, Miss,
:
i
i
i
|
i
i
take your hoss into the stable
kee that he gilts fed and watered
ready.’
but I hs
hee
And supper’
“Thank
And 1
rning
vou,
this
early
id mine on
ond shuld going on
tlie crowd of
wide
Now ex-prospectors
the
pas
und
rmed = about
tl
ie
jrermit ing
1 1 1 i 1 kt t
irangiy, ooking
her un
whenes
the |
forward
of the girl,
off
From a Respectful Distance the Mer |
Were Staring at Her, Each Asking |
Lee's Unspoken uestion as to
What Such a Girl Was Doing in
Littie Falls,
wer
answered,
The two
decidedly favorable
The breed
if he can he
heen
turned abe
ficht 1
“You
Lee
up
hear dat, bos
figain
de drinks,
hi indly
“I don't
9 i
drink,”
vete equanimity,
“Well, wi ra kK of dat?" cried
“He don
ure fire
Pierre to
fight
he
srinneq |
belligerently Lee's face
Lee, relieved to without turn
his head, that the girl had taken
the opportunity to slip away," retuned |
The breed was |
to strike, but |
in Lee's aspect, some ‘un |
the Inability to size him |
up. checked him. Perhaps he sensed |
how quickly Lee's right arm, hang
ing negligently before him, would rise
to the defensive; perhaps he did not
like the look of Lee's left.
S00,
Pierre's glare calmly
poising himself ready
something
Looks as if the sergeant was
in for a tough time. And who
is the girl he has befriended?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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