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TH
JIM RATHWAY
SYNOPSIS. ~~1.ee Anderson, Roy-
al Canadian Mounted Police ser-
geant, is sent to Stony range to
arrest a man named Pelly for
murder. ile is also instructed to
look after Jim Rathway, reputed
head of the “Free Traders,” {lliait
liquor runners. At Little Falls
he finds Pelly is credited with
having found a gold mine, and
is missing At the hotel appears
a girl, obviously out of place in
the rough surroundings A half-
breed, Plerre, and a companion,
Shorty,” annoy the girl An-
derson interferes in her behalf,
The girl sets out for Siston Lake,
which is also Anderson's objec-
tive He overtakes her and the
two men with whom he had trou-
ble the night before. She is sus-
picious of him and the two men
are hostile, Pierre and Shorty
ride on, Anderson and the girl
following. In the hills the road
ifs blown up, before and behind
the two, Anderson, with his
horse, is hurled down the moun-
tain side, senseless. Recovering
consclousness, Anderson finds
the girl has disappeared, but he
concludes she is alive and prob-
ably in the power of Plerre and
Shorty On foot he makes his
way to Siston Lake.
|
And at that moment instinct and de-
years of service, never
to take life except when life is in lm-
CHAPTER V—Continued
aniieelfg
Satisfying himself that there was no
no time
lake, then
there was
into, the
which
waded
swamps,
find, Lee
swam.
I'he current ran
of the icy water at
invigorated him. It
and of night
strong; the
firstenumbed,
cleared the d
fears from his
rent,
the flat terrain the base of
promontory.
He waded shaking himself
tike a dog. On the terrain were heaped
great mounds of and
from the encampment above;
at
ashore,
waste gurbage
disintegrating cans
the slit and protruding from it
accumulation of a long period
Looking through the
small York
used universally between Hudson's bay
the Mackenzie,
1inst the rocky
tory
The elevation, long,
formed an fortress ;
only approach apparently by water,
was evident that it formid
able proposition f hody of
pollee to attack,
fense,
Lee
terrain,
of the cliff to escape obsery
the
mist, Lee per
ceived a
1
riding INOOred
edge of the
some distance away.
and
with
low,
iden]
would be a
or any
in ti
¢ event
hogan to
make his
the keapl
ng und
huts ahove It was gr
now, and he could t
rly. He
of
ive
ings clean reaches
i
1 1
the patel h
ground wit
by i
ascend
ny place
to
promontory,
nossible
the
He reached the other side
» flat terrain, only to nd that the
presented the insur-
mountable flank to him
But then of a iden
that the York hoat
point
elevation same
eversyw here
realized
up
was
he
must be drawn
And it
£1
at the of entrance,
with the girl, beaching the hoat across
the water somewhere, taking to
forests,
And withont hesitation
he took
strokes toward it. In two
minutes he had gained its side
or
The Kkidnapers must have left
horses at
some refuge or rencezveus
and brought the girl by
Siston lake.
evident
in the forest
boat to
And it was
not have arrived
Lefore,
The York boat was moored opposite
a cleft in the great dome of the prom-
ontory, which offered ensy access to
the summit. Lee waded ashore once
more. But hefore attempting the as-
cent he drew his automatic from its
holster and examined it. The holster
was lined with waterproof, and only
a few drops glistened upon the surface
of the weapon,
Serambling up the acclivity, Lee
saw the two huts among the trees im-
mediately overhead. He scrambled up
the low wall of rocks, and was about
to step on to the elevation when of a
sudden a man came out of the farther
hut and made his way toward the
nearer one.
[ee ducked his head down just In
time to escape detection, and through
interstices between the bowlders
be watched the man until he had en-
tered the hut immediately above him,
He looked about forty years of age
He was shorter than Lee, but appar.
ently of great strength. He had an
untrimmed black beard, be walked
with hunched shoulders, and there
wns a look of singular ferocity and
cunning on his face,
A dangerous, treacherous customer,
T.ee thought, Rathway!
When he had disappeared within
the hut Lee stood up. Craning over
the rocks, he could just catch a
giivipse of the interior. He saw the
man standing over what looked like
# camp bed, on which he could dis
t'nguish the head and shoulders of a
(Eirl I¥ing perfectly still,
Lee's heart leaped, He gripped his
automatic, levelled it,
A single shot from where he stood,
well aimed, vould be sufficient,
that
80 much
they
a8 an
thie
Then discipline won, Lee let the
the
an-
swer of a third person inside the hut—
a woman,
The words were Inaudible, and now,
hesitating no longer, Lee scrambled
over the rocky ridge and made his way
toward the door obliquely, so as to re-
main concealed. from the sight of those
within,
The
snarl,
“What do 1
What would I
mine, ain't she?”
“And what about me?’ Low as the
voice was, restrained, yet passionate,
about it sent a sudden
And at that moment he heard
man's voice rose in a falsetto
her?
She's
with
her?
mean to do
do with
ments he could remain a help
less listener,
“You? "he laughed.
only
“You can stay
‘here's Plerre and Shorty
a man—"
“You i" Her
brant indignation.
you've made a mistake
vi-
you
voice
coward
with
was
tell
That
she
You'll regret it.
doesn’t exist. And when finds
“So Well,
time,”
we're jealous, are we?
I've heen tired of you for a long
jeered,
-* There wns ds
he
“Jim
sperate ple
mnes—"1 gave
for you. Let her
me off, 1 you, Jim—"
And now Lee knew
love
ng his
to the
though
pl auto
he sprang forward
He must
was unconscious of everyt
have shouted, he
8
desire to zet Rathwas throat
Wheeling, Rathway swore, and then,
heedless of stool
But in
joe's p leaped.
the mome before
foe RAW the
for Lis
his life and
15 Estelle
Lee did not
} that ws
oheyed
tradition
ut the
of Estelle,
wrecked his life, ar
conscie
power
ing
hardly
life hefore
He was congele mad de.
sire to Kk nature's
unding
hand shot
wrist bef«
Then
otionless, matched
inch
re the
interlocked,
3 ler budged an
before the other for a full minute,
Rathway's
to
sneering face was up
Mallee and
gleamed from his bloodshot eyes,
side them stood Estelle,
turned Lee's hate
with her hands
A Single Shot From Where He Stood,
Well Aimed, Would Be Sufficient.
still clasped In the gesture that she
had made at the moment of Lee's Inter.
vention, struck dumb and motionless
with terror and amazement,
Rathway was proving himself the
stronger, Malice and hate became tri-
umph, derision. Lee's pistol hind was
being bent back, Lee adapted himself
with quick instinct to the discovery
that he was the weaker In arm and
shoulder muscles. As Rathway's body
slowly assumed a forward tilt, shifting
his center of gravity, Lee suddenly
drove his knee Into the back of Rath.
way, causing the man to stumble for-
ward. The Impetur of the body pro
jected against him sent the pistol fly.
ing out of Lee's hand; but Lee, in'the
moment of Rathway's loss of equipoise,
drove his fist home into his face, split.
ting his lips and sending him reeling.
In an Instant they were together
By
Victor Rousseau
(Copyright by WW, OO. Chapman.)
WNU Service,
cession of plle-driver blows that fell
like flalls upon each other's faces and
bodies. They clinched, rebounded,
clinched again; then of a sudden Rath-
way got home a furious kick to the
groin that sent Lee stumbling,
For the first time Estelle screamed,
and that aroused Lee to the consclons
that he must finish his enemy
almost Immediately, before ald arrived
He shook away the film that was creep
ing over his eyes, and, sick and nau
seated from the kick, he closed
Rathway again. They went to the floor
of hut together, and
there like two dogs in the dirt,
Ness
the
fisticuffs. The primitive
rend and tear possessed both of them
equally, They scrambled about
floor of the hut, clawing at each oth
er's throats, Lee got Rathway's beard
his right hand, and with left
began smashing at his nose and lips
his
Lee's throat
like a bulldog
fainting. He
clung there,
l.ee
Wis
him feit that he
wis slowly forced
The two tightened, {
aver,
lungs felt as If
burst. Rathway grinned
into his face:
fungus
bis they
dia
holleally
beard like
Lee flu
breathe
his
¢ BN EY
SWel
rms out
Wi Hy
is
inst to
It was the pistol
»'s fingers closed
we concentrated
himself in
weapon
upon
Instantly
his eyes glazed,
and brough
tathway's skull
tathway's
as chicken's eyes glaze
moment of deat} The man’s
head
j.ee's
dropped foo shily
breast
off In
Strugg
for
or
mumbling stupidiy,
A stream of curses wa
cut foolish mutterings
fed to his
Lee feet and
gasping breath, while Hat
swayed to ar
upon his knees on the floor of the
stelle
inio life
y
tathway's side, knelt
her
Suddenly appearad 1
With a low ery
t y
wn
She drew h her knees
and began She
looked nt
“Haven't 3
lee
sii
¥ 3 Ls
think i
11d’ £ : ry TY
couldn't get nile from
TN » wit hat ¥ vine
But Lee, without paying
"44 1 3
tion to her, hurried to the be
captured
an
heap. one knee
lay there, UN CONR
face was deathly white, ar
a scalp wound at the
had !
breathed
and
by 4 ya
Her jou Ie
back
een bieeding
Her hal
about
than
faintly.
short ead,
like
her 1}
making re
a boy.
Estelle laid
ever
Rathway gently down
Lee with
“It's for
earnestly,
arm.
rescue her?”
She read the answer In
“Oh, I'l help you, I'll
then !" she cried wildly.
her away! Trust me, then, and listen
to me. There's no time for explana-
tions now. It's only a miracle of luck
you found him alone.
came toward sudden
comprehension her?" she
whispered
his “You came here
his eves.
help
Two more have
with a message.
down the lake. There may
time to escape them. You
the York boat. You can't pull It
alone against the stream. Keep
the left channel past the Island, then
run ashore, and you'll be safe in the
forest, wherever you are going.
Hurry, hurry I”
Lee made no audible reply, but his
mind automatically registered Es
telle's Instructions, He bent over the
girl again, raised her In his arms
so that her face rested against hie
shoulder, and carried her out of the
hut.
As he turned at the entrance he
saw that Rathway had risen to hig
knees again.
Blood was dripping from the wound
in his scalp, and he was staring about
him In the eager effort to remember,
Lee crossed the open space at a
run, scrambled down the descent,
pianced the girl in the bottom of the
boat, and, seizing a pair of oars, be
gan to pull furiously for midstream
The current caught him and sent him
whirling along toward the long, flat,
wooded islund In the middle of the
lake that came into view,
In a minute or two, however, the
flow of the river, diffused over the
whole of the lake, ceased to afford him
any appreciable assistance, The heavy
York boat responded only slightly to
the pull of the single oarsman, seem-
ing to creep on by inches,
Suddenly Rathway appeared upon
the promontory, Estelle beside him,
elinging to him. He pushed her from
him, shaking his fist at Lee, and his
hoarse, furious bellows came across
the water like the roaring of an en-
raged beast of the forest. For n few
moments he stood thas outlined
against the rising sun; then he dis
appeared,
Lee struggled at the oars. From
gone to meet
be just
time to time he strained his ears to
catch the sounds of the oncoming
motor boat, Although the new arrivals
would know nothing of his activities
at the promontory, he was pretty
sure that any solitary oarsman ap-
pearing In that region would be
stopped by them; then he would be at
thelr merey, for Plerre and Shorty
would be members of thelr party.
If once he could round the point of
the islund, where he would be out
of sight both of the promontory and
of the motor boat coming up the chan
he could pull straight for the lake
ission, he meant to leave
for safe-keeping.
Lee felt
matter only of a half hour.
two in the
of they could
where the
his
And there
packs
bhont.
one these live In
continue
down
felt
companion
till she was able to
And,
unconscious
add
Journey looking
the girl, he
sense of tender
ing up the open channel hardly »
stone's throw distant. He could hear
Rathway In it, bellowing commands te
his companions. He could hear the
reeds rustling against the boat's slide
as she forced her passage through
them,
“They're not In here!” he heard
Rathway say with an oath. “Get inte
the channel and beat up the Island!”
Lee, crouching in the stern of the
York boat with his pistol in his hand
breathed a sigh of relief as the motor
withdrew, The of en
| gine began to grow fainter. few
minutes it
{ boat her
In a
roar
had died away.
York boat
sand, and
raised the girl in his arms and carried
into the shelter the spruce
| thicket, where he laid her gently down
For the
forced the
the
Lee
| npon
ashore
spit of stooping,
| her
of
first time since her injury,
opportunity of
the realization that the one
He hind feared that
met Estelle the
agan
ald
him
passion
Now
the
for
flare un In }
i
ind a vast
te
to be the discardes
He
:
ked, In
Pe atl }
growth
d
Hen asleep In os
6 pi
fis SONses
fe aL
iar AWAY
warning
pa
CHAPTER VI
Trapped on the Island
And insta
ntiy he b
Cree ning
Ving
It as a
man in it
nost ahre {
A few more furious
teen : NOW Canoe
were all behind
Lee labored at
Once there,
his strengt}
clumsy
bank.
jut
Curse
the they
would be safe.
falling him. the boat,
J to
The putting of the motor engine had
infernally loud It
horror of its own to that
suit the
coward,
seemed move !
which makes bravest man
the added
dis
blondhounds
Then suddenly motor stopped
That meant that the canoe had
abreast of it. Rathway was passing
the intelligence, And the shore was
still a hundred yards distant,
There was no chance of reaching it
unobserved. It would be neck and
neck for and it was doubtful
tant bay of
the
it,
much less with the girl and the pack
to carry. He swung the boat's hiunt
nose toward the nearest patch of
reeds. Twenty yards! He put all his
strength Into that last effori. Now the
reeds were closing about him. In
front of him a little open channel ap-
peared. Using one shortened oar as a
paddle, he drove vigorously, and found
himself In temporary safety. A thick
wall of reeds extended between him-
self and open water, rendering the
York boat invisible,
Then the motor began to roar. The
shouts of its occupants became audible,
The motor boat had rounded the point
lee had escaped discovery by the
skin of his teeth.
And very cautiously, so as hot to
betray his whereabouts by any un
due agitation of the reeds, Lee pushed
the boat toward the island. His plan
must now be to drive ashore, trusting
to escape detection until nightfall and
to make the wooded shore of the lake
in the darkness.
Through the reeds the marshy fore
shore began to be visible, and a sandy
spit projecting to the water's edge.
Above It was a hummock overgrown
with bireh and red spruce, with a
tangle of sheep laurel and birch and
poplar behind It
Lee worked his heavy boat noise.
lessly toward this spit. But suddenly
he stopped. The motor boat was com-
Lee Forced the
Upon the Spit
ing, Raised the Girl in His Arms and
Carried Mer Into the Shelter of
Spruce Thicket, Where He Laid Her
Gently Down
use of
Having
have
ascertained
ved
rece]
it had been diglocat
Short of the setting of
are few
{painful than the restoration of
position,
vently that the girl's unconsciousness
| would until he had
the knowledge which he had
with the Canadian army
medical corps upon western front
It was unnerving, holding that white
hetween |
there operatic
and Lee prayed
last put to her
required
knee
vith tg
life, so fragile
derful when viewed
mechanism which he was to manipu
journeyman,
in to repalr the work of a m
Fortunately Lee bad nt
precisely that same operation several
times in the fleld: and, trying to dis
regard the moans of palin that came
from the girl's lips as he proceeded, he
fumbled with the displaced bone.
But that struggle was terrible,
Smban
Hit
| like some clumsy calle
ister,
aaxisted
for
Conscious, Lee knew that the girl
would neither have flinched nor
moaned : but unconscious she could
not control the protests of the body,
which had to be restrained by some-
thing almost brutal in its frank vio
lence.
But I-e struggled on, feeling the
ghaft head of the hone scour the edges
of the socket under the cap. A fHnal
struggle, the weight of his whole body
and shoulders thrown to his task
and suddenly it was accomplished
Anderson faces a pretty tough
proposition. What on earth is
he going to do with this help.
less girl?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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