VICTOR RoussEAl
(Copyright by Ww. G Chapman.)
WNU Service,
CHAPTER XX!
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Saved by Estelle
As the wall of the hut burst
flutes Lee struggled with all his might
to free himself of his bonds. But
spite of all his efforts he could
toosen them an inch.
He writhed until
blood from his wrists,
of Joyce, lost to him
through Estelle's trick,
to still more frenzied
equally in vain, °
Suddenly a figure darted through
the doorway. In his condition of
semi-consciousness he was dimly aware
that Estelle was crouching at his
side, trying to unknot the ropes. It
was impossible to see anything
through the thick smoke that filled
the interior of the hut, and Estelle's
fingers, groping for the knots, were
not strong enough to them.
Still fought in a
dened Rathway's desertion
and Shorty’s murder, hardly
why upon sav-
not
the cords drew
and the thought
at the last
inspired him
efforts, but
loosen
she frenzy,
by
bis blow,
knowing she
ing Lee when her whole life had
down in ruin. Two walls of the
were now in flames, and the
roof was smouldering.
was bent
wildly into the empty air,
Lee tried to push her away.
tever mind I" he tried to
through his And
why fured him
was save him.
with her teeth
did so
pour from
final, desps
me!
gag. he
who had
trying to
She hit at the ropes
and
SOT
she, there,
now
while she those
continued to
last; with a
; at
Another figure stagg
It was Lel
pillar
even
CAMS
At
oliapsed Lee's side,
ered over
weuf, He
cries,
fighting
Seeing the
ceeded his way
muskeg two for
through the smoke, he bent down,
he cords about lee's limbs and
nd, with
them asunder
his knife,
He pulled thie gng from Lee's mouth
carried hin
tazgered 1 after it n a
ind Estelle
noments the fresh alr revived them
But hardly were they outside
hint when
reat ¢
the roof with a
1p a spont
brands A huge banner
Ww here the hut had been
descending,
reeds. Lines of
the swamp
whinneying
the stables,
Hapsed
rash, of
and
waved
sending 1
sparks
if fire
The
fire
an
The so
sunging
were
glowing set
to the dead
|W
if!
brands,
fire
into
of
me from
discernible
yy out
ind nd
whi
' eried Leboeuf, pointing
“Walt! Walr tv
in Lee's
the animals came
le clung to Lee,
eried But
he ingtinet to save
first Lehoeuf and he set off
he buildi staggering through
swamp, while the fery { of the
she even
ngers
ont
~onflagratio reached
his way!" cried Este
ward them
led them the
Leo
along
WwW moments
anhaltered the
safety,
a vil
and
animals,
Indian
bridles
the
to
the saddles
oyer
neck
of
at Lee
cried. “He
Mizsqu h
in his
you
at
that?"
the promontory
again. “He
has taken
motor hoat.
you stand
Es-
sie
ash
care, ti
ike
there
Lee looked at her,
0
despair heavy
much,’
shinll follow hi
he
m to the
That is why
Arctic
ice if necessary. there
is no instant hurry, Estelle.”
Estelle could not understand his
‘He made me deceive you,”
“He swore to me that he
me away with him, leav-
the hut with you. He said
knife near you, so
that you could see it when it grew
Hght, and would be able to free your.
geif and her. He only wanted a few
minutes’ I—I believed him,
the perjured liar. He tricked me, and
wow he's gone forever!”
She broke down In stormy sobs, Lee
said nothing, At that moment, when
everything seemed lost, and it was
impossible to save Joyce from the
worst, he could only build up endless
schemes for future retribution. He
would pursue Rathway, If necessary,
not only to the Arctic ice, but to the
ends of the earth, But-—it was too
inte!
That stunning realization kept him
as still and silent as If nothing mat-
tered at all.
All the while these thoughts passed
through his mind he was walking with
the others across the promontory. It
was growing light now, but they could
see no signs of movement in the huts
opposite them. Lee quickened his
footsteps, appressed by a vague fear,
Ontside the huts he stopped, uttered
a cry. .
Father McGrath lay In a huddled
heap. There was a bloody wound in
his head. Lee threw himself upon his
knees hegide the old priest, sure that
he vx dead. He took one wrist
Fortier McGrath was very far from
belr« dend. He sat up with electri.
fyi: suddenness, and dealt Lee a
buf*t that knocked him backward,
And the flow of Innguage that streamed
from' Nis lips was, if not nctually ob-
Jurgutive, decidedly picturesque,
Then of a sudden he seemed to
nlmness
she cried
would take
ing her in
} wonld
he place a
respite,
He stared
wildly
realize where he was.
Lee In dismay, looked
him.
“Whaur
Leboeuf,
ture with
at
around
the— i"
up at this june.
horses, uttered a
melancholy grunt at the sight of the
old priest, with his bloody head, and
the prisoners gone. McGrath was In
ia raging fury.
It was not difficult to plece the story
together, When Lee disappeared into
the muskeg, Lehoeuf, knowing that it
was impenetrable, unless one possessed
knowledge of the tralls, hastened after
| him, leaving McGrath in charge of the
prisoners. Though MeGrath remem-
bhered nothing from that moment, It
could be gathered that one of them
had drawn a concealed pistol and
fired, felling McGrath and stunning
him.
Whereupon, thinking him dead, the
whole crew had rushed for the motor
hoat, but, frightened back by Estelle's
sereams and the sight of the two men
there, whom they belleved to be more
of Lee's raiding they had
swarmed down the place into
the York boats, and good thelr
pe.
are they? Ah,
coming
the two
party,
landing
made
ese]
whole night's
for nothing
| l.ee insisted
Grath's wound,
graze
had turned
The work had gone
examining Me.
that it
along the temple,
the glancing
on
and discovered
WHS A
The bone
{ hulle
‘Aye,
ths
mere
the Me
‘tis the thick
saved them!™
the thick head of
and
nths
tis
saved
me,
MeGr
Gr
Read o' the
“GO
Tried
Lee Tried to Push Mer Away.
Never Mind Me!” He
Mumbie Through His Gag.
bitterly. **
Twas
ted te
| man lamented
moment Alien consen
Anderson [”
the ole
an evil
brring me wi’ ye,
Lee tried to console him,
rath
wer
| tojd
members
but Me-
desponden
in vain
not ‘need the
that It was a
, that they had
i; appeared utterly
It was
him th he did
of
good thing, on
his failure
away
“Father.”
the
there's my
Rat}
however far I have to follow
{ broken for Lake Misquash
follow him ti
“Then there's
got
nlc )
First,
Yy a8 i viceman, to
wny for iiy's murder,
him. He's
and I'm
i look facts
dut
nrrest
| going to ere
Josce., It's true she's
tried to inter.
wed her
i for a moment. “I must
«liminate that fact from consideration
I'm going to start as soon as possible,
and [ propose to ride one of Rathway's
horses. If Leboeuf is willing to ac
cornpany me, I'll take him as a
deputy.”
“Ah, Monsieur, I come with you,
never fear!” answered Leboeuf, mak
ing a clucking sound with his tongue
against the roof of his mouth,
And then Lee remembered that Le.
hoeuf had a score of his own to settle
with the fugitive, apart from the mat-
ter of Joyce.
“See, Monsieur!” said the Indian,
pointing to two pairs of snow shoes
strapped against the saddles. “I have
only to make up two packs from whut
those men have left behind them In
these huts, and we are ready to start
together to the top of the world, We
ride the horses till they can go no
longer. Then we take to the raquettes,
And at last we catch him. He cannot
eSCADe us,
“Monsieur, there Is no place in the
world so small that he ean hide In,
nor no place so silent that we cannot
hear him. My master came to me in a
dream and told me so. He told me
nll that has happened here, but 1
would not let you know. We eateh
him by falling water. And she-—ghe
shall come to no harm. All this my
master told me.”
The wizened, mournful face of the
old man lit up with a sombre fire. Lee
clapped him on the back.
“Good, Leboeuf,” he sald. "We'll
start, then,” He turned to the priest.
“Yoti will be able to make your way
home, Father?
“Trrust me for that, Ind!" answered
Father McGrath, “I dinna doot but
they'll be anxious for me, and it's
little more [ can do for you, having
bungled the game"
He would not listen to Lee's en
couragements.,
wife" here Estelle
but he ign
“Na', na', "tls a salir end to the
niche's worrk,” he sald, “but let us
thank God we've cleaned oot this nest
o' snakes, anyhow, ¢'en If the ser-
pent's gone, Aye, Lut ye'll eatch
him, lad, and save that puir Inssle fra’
bim,” he continued, He spoke with:
out much conviction. “Before 1 go,
Anderson,” he continued, “tis my
purpose to clean oot this nest o' snakes
completely, I'll een empty their bar-
rels o' the feelthy stuff that they've
been meexin' wi’ the guld corrn, and
burn down these habliations.”
Lee looked ucrosg. the neck, where
a dense cloud of smoke from the
burning reeds hung over everything.
“Good!” he answered. “Make a
clean sweep of it, Father, so that
there'tl be no chance of thelr coming
back here at any future #time, 1
guess you'll find oil In the storehouse,
Now, Leboeuf, if you're ready—"
Estelle, who had been standing by,
vainly attempting two or three times
to Intervene, came forward, placing
her hand timidly upon Lee's arm.
“You—you won't hurt him? You'll
promise me to do him no harm, what.
ever-—whatever he may have done?”
she pleaded.
“If It Is possible,
I shall take
Manistree”
my
to
I promise you that
unharmed to
answered, is
and will
you as a wi
into
jan
back
“That
duty
him
leo
duty : it
also be my
require .
She burst
iltogether
good In his
that Is in
Perhaps that
could have
tness,’
“Oh, he Isn't
tears
bad she sobbed,
Noh dy
him."
way. knows
good
"hest tribute
mid Estelle,
a thought
“Father, 3»
the mission
wus the
that been
Lee,
turned
must take
with you”
“Aye
a8 theenkin'
“You
and put
Estelle
the
uti
struck by =a
to the priest, ol
her back to
he sald
McGrath,
mysel’"
go with him.”
his foot in the s:}
clutehed
look In |
4]
sald T'was what
must go sald
reap.
at him, and
er eves wis ope
Lee,
now
of reso
“1.00 era's some
You
to
walt! Th
ust say to you! remem
you two
HMOs neces
Lee on
“Lee, gee you again, |
for all
wrongs [ did
it's
rgive me
you
any
can none—Lut 1
I knew |
It wasn't all
consnla
be
ance
¥ on, but
was un
atl
fake
wort!
sham
“Never mind,
“Al ong
“1 should 1?
ut man,
are to You
thought
and conid ne
Estelle,” sald Lee
that's past’
ahoy
didn’t
You
wasn't
told yon
but 1
idealized me,
that |
heen”
ave
Kean,
you
th
He
me something
weer have
“Estelle!
“If you hadn't
I shou
you th
that
put me
found
upon a ped
courage
Kenn had been
cared more for
should have kneeled
ged to forgive
heey
to
my
you
have
f and beg me
[ ran away
afraid of
you
him
and | ha
and hate still —hecause
I had done you™
don’t say any more,
tell" Joe tried to inferpose,
“You think that I'm a woman
8 score of lovers, and there's « nly heen
one man in all my
In yOu now,
Kean. And his
rate, she was a
through that marriage
Joyce. Alive and not
him. That makes
CHAPTER XXII
Retribution
The cold rage in Lee's heart was
like an inexorable demon driving him
Mile they covered, urging
m-flecked horses
with use | wos
you, ve ha
yon
Es
‘Please
iife, Lee, Because
Jim Rathway
sw still alive
'
tell is
fat
wif
} went
when he
ceremon
divorced
Joyce yours!™
¢
any live
from
after mile
foa along
their own bearts drove them.
It was when they topped a bare ele
touched
pointed,
In the distance Lee saw the motor
boat drawn up on the shore,
And with that, instinet told
him that Rathway could not escape
them, that he wonld never reach Lake
Misquash. Lee burned now with the
same faith that animated Leboenf,
They drove thelr horses on, and saw
the motor boat depart, heard the chug
of its engine die away in the distance.
It was about the middle of the after.
noon that Lebhoeuf touched Lee's arm
and pointed a second time. Again Lee
saw the motor boat. Agaln they heard
the rattle of the engine swell up and
die away.
But now, by the same faith, Jee
knew that Joyce's deliverance was
very near, although their horses were
wearied almost to death.
Again they rode on through the
afternoon. The Indian, who had not
spoken a word since their departure,
touched Lee's arm a third time.
And now Lee saw the motor boat
again, but it was drifting, apparently
aimlessly, In the river, and moving
slowly toward the raplds. Joyce sat
in the middie of it, and Rathway was
at the engine. Lee and Leboeuf rode
cruelly, drawing out thelr horses’ last
reserve of strength,
What was the man doing? They
saw him rise and hurl something into
the water. He stood up In the boat,
he shook his fist at them, and his
yells of defiance reached their ears
above the roar of the stream.
Then, seizing an oar, Rathway he
gan paddling frantically, In the en.
deavor to get the boat bow on prepara.
tory to gulding her down the narrow
course among the rocks,
Lee and Leboeuf were nearly
abreast of the boat now--and of a
his companions arm and
some
sudden Lee knew that Joyce was his.
His, in life und death, for evermore!
She saw, she knew him. end thelr
spirits seemed to rush together worogs
the waters,
Without hesitation Lee and the In
dian put thelr horses into the river,
They drove the frightened beasts
through the ice-cold wuter, making a
course Immediately the boat,
which was now swirled by the
torrent toward black chain of
projecting rocks.
The horses yielded to the force of
the stream. THey were being carried
away. Lee felt the swift rush of the
water past him as he rode, submerged
to the waist. He saw Leboeuf a little
In front of him. And a wild exhila-
ration filled his heart, and his whole
personality seemed to rush out before
him, enticipating’ vengeance and
his love,
The frightened, snorting
were now helpless in the rush of the
river, which gathered force momen.
tarlly us It drove them toward the
rocks They were hardly a boat's
length from where Rathway was
striving desperately to right the motor
craft,
He
culated
which
toward
being
that
his
beasts
was too late,
the force
ed the
thw ays
of
He
of
heavy
not cal
current,
around
ef
i
had
an the
slew bont
strongest
suspense and
boat w
two
motor caged
between upstanding
month.
of the
its place
firmly
the
channel's
4 \
ie the
Such was the velocity stream
drove with a
as if it
mseives,
it
the
ced
of
there,
us
Were a part rocks
with a swirl of
alincst
white |
to
water around It,
reaching
the gunwn
In inst Lee
boat,
uteh
moments
in the
and cl
to be
fw
standing
HOE ar
ug
to
with
hand
Joye her fest her
{ united
free
i Lee
ippro ad, himself spinning
siraw
resolved
His
in
ft the last he
extend us he
ocked, the hoat
remaining |
the ent
ere dr
trugeles
And now
» old Indian w
from his place,
suid to Rathway
“nis no one
rapids drowned all
i ut of a sudden Rath
Per
the
gre
ny
enemy
1.#boet
last mon
if in }
ever knew, |
¥
SOUND
's resistance seemed to cease
ww in Leboeuf he
that Nemesis he had
Leboeuf
recognized
wed, and
in his arms, pol himself
instant on the gunwale
both men had
forever in the surge of the rapids that
swept them throug!
uri
ing them Into
1
The next :
o- ot
grind
pulp
thee fa
Li ia
iis,
f unrecognizable
mong the rocks
Lee grasped at the boat as his horse
swept by to its destruction
clung there, clambered In
about Joyce Khe there
they forgot
that had
smoking spray
wore
and
10"
lay
th
in Lhe
under the
everything
descended
vell of
It was
to realities
smiling at
the
long before awakened
They
tl oir
# thi
the boon
meant !
crept
firmiy
thes
them
Ivenh
now,
ooked about
position
ng to them
And of life (9
much it
lee
yet,
The be
rocks,
how.
the
to the me,
hetween was
being con
sidewise the swirl of
came to
“¥ I could dislodge
she'd go through that
rapids, Joyce I-11
Joyce sighed They ould
to prolong that appli
or all eternity. They
of all but each other,
But they must put their
the last test of life. Lee's clothes
wepe freezing on him; in the boat
were packs, supplies-~life, life for both
tantly
the
swept
by
back
rrent
Joye
her,
have
Ness
theirs f were un
conscious
love to
“I'N try, Joyce.”
They held each other for a moment
longer. hen, taking the oar, lee
drove the handie into the gap between
rocks and levered with all his
strength. The boat began to give,
One instant it hung giddily on the
abyss; the next it was back In
position,
“Lie down, Joyce!
And he flung all his strength into
that attempt, conscious that life and
death trembled in the balance.
The hoat gave, clung to the rock.
was swept sidewise, righted herself
and plunged down the channel to
safety in the calm waters below,
. . - » » - *
“Lee, dearest, It's from Father Me
srath. He wants us to come up to
the settlement this summer. He's got
five new Indian babies and he's ns
proud as Punch over them. And Es
telle"
She hesitated and looked at Lee.
“Go on!"
“Estelle’'s simply devoted to the
children and she's taken up my work
with so much pleasure. He says she
seems quite happy and he believes ip
time that she'll forget——him.”
“I might get leave of absence,” Lee
mused. “But with that promise of my
commission and our transfer—I think
perhaps our visit will have to walt"
"Some day" Joyce suggested,
They wondered if that day would
ever come. At times a longing the
range came over them for those scenes
where they had met and loved. But
mingled with It were those memories
that they had put out of thelr lives
because that shadow must fever
darken their happiness.
"
“Some day.” sald Lee, “perhaps
[THE END.)
Figures to Huge Dots
and Flowers.
Printed fabrics of every description
continue to make their presence felt.
In the modes of summer their posi
tion is even more prominent than It
was earlier In the season.
In contrast to the versatility of the
designs, which range from small con-
ventional and geometric patterns to
startling color effects,
Ines of the frocks.
tering Into the mode, and
frock is undoubtedly
cesses of the season,
number to be seen.
For bathing sults
tumes, which In the
flect the Influence of the ensemble, the
most stunning cretonnes and hand
blocked linens are used. These are
made with tunics and scant knickers
of cretonne bound with white or
ored tape. To wear bath
Ing suit is type there are straight
coats made exactly like a
cont, of the material,
The frock printed si
in both one and two-plece
Is a pronounced vogue.
Once more
ternoon gown
is particularly
the Jabot
one
find beach
or3l
“Oi
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8 of th
same
of ik
appears
the femin
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of af
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when fash-
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in
engaging
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of Print
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fre
frock
siooved
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shades or more vivid tones
the same materi
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tallored aspect,
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straight lines of de
with only a «
nne softnéss in the fi
ft the hott
made cided
oncession
for
to ances or
inserted of the
skirt,
New Coats
Long coats of white flannel
with gray-printed silks,
are lined
Jumper Grows Longer
and May Reach Knees
And still ttle
three-piece frocks, each more delight.
ful than the one before and each re
yvealing some new and tricky detail
that lends It distinetion snd unmis.
takable cachet,
in the later versions
they come, these
of this most
longer, In some Instances reaching |
well to the knees, Below this the skirt
fashion. Frequently the skirt is In
contrast to the upper part and models
which feature a jumper of plain flat
crepe and a skirt of printed crepe de
eliine are unusually smart and attrac
tive.
For midsummer country weaf there
are fascinating frocks made of wash
silk in plaided or striped designs. In
these the long jumper shows the
stripes running crosswise, while on
the skirt they are up and down.
Others reveal a vertical arrangement
of stripes on both jumper and skirts.
Chiffon and Lace Are
Used Together or Alone
Chiffon and lace used together or
alone; lace posed over chiffon and
chiffon mounted on a foundation of
cobwebby lace; triangular sections of
ince forming godets and circular
draperies of chiffon achieving the
graceful flare—these are details which
indleate an important development in
thé fashions of summer,
From Parle comes word that the
combination of black lace and pink
chiffon In a falnt delicate shade is one
of the smartest modes and that prac.
tieally every designer of note Included
Costume Apron Is Liked
by Young Housekeepers
A costume apron is this beflowered
garment. It is made of cretonne, of
course, and the binding is black satine,
i
for Low-Cut Footwear
The popul larity of the eold
other styles of
ZNers ns
ments
and
and
mial
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low-cut shoe has
gested to des! autiful
buckles and orns
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in
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test of
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whether for
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Its
in one
shades In
over
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are developed
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{Another version is to use black chif.
| fon over black lace with a foundation
| of delicate pink satin, Equally charm
ling and a bit lighter In tone are dance
! frocks of pink chiffon with
filmy lace. One of the prettiest models
| of this type is made of the palest pink
chiffon with black chantilly lace form.
{ing a deep point on the walst and a
| similar one on the skirt. A wide hand
1 borders the bottom of the skirt. and
| for fnecent there is a draped sash of
black velvet tied at the lef:
Another frock quite as charming is
a straight slip of black lace with clr
tenlar godets of lace =ot into the hem
of the skirt. The open mesh of the
lace permits a bit of the lining of pink
chiffon to show through it and the ef
fect 1s delightfully smart,
trimmed
glide,
Draped Sash Is Used
at Milady’s Waistline
Slowly but very surely the waist
line has been creeping back, but jis
exact position has been the cause of
much conjecture. Some have placed i
far below the natural line, others have
attempted tentatively to review the
raised lin but from present indies
tions the line sponsored by the well
known houses of Paris Is a compro
mise between the two extremes. An
interesting waistline Is often achieve!
by the use of a wide sash draped
closely about the hips with the top on
a line with ‘ve natu! waistline or
by a narrow sash wound several times
about the figure, frequently interlaced.