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Chapter XI—Continued
’] Ginn
Vairly she was fighting now, not to
strike him or to escape, but to get her
breath. She tried to cry out again,
but this time no sound came from be-
tween her gasping lips.
Again he laughe«
the
1, and as he laughed,
open. Was It the
He turned, still holding he
1s,
1¢ heard door
wind?
his ;
In the open door stood Plerrot.
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During
f lowed
§ owly
Gray
terrible
Nace
Space
whi
somewhere hetween and
and which is sometimes meted out to
a human of
eons.
In
life in seconds instead
those seconds Plerrot did not
way McTaggart, huddled over
the weigh in his
not
were op
arms, ana
move
he rf
grip of
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His eyes were wide for a mo-
wide and staring. Ie made no
She could not his
move, And then he fell toward
that MeTaggart's body
Hindly and with agony
no evidence in
herself down
dead.
| ened,
| ment
| sound, see
her,
RO wins f
that g
flung
ree,
an ave
ery word she
him, He
or
beside
How how
long she
long Nepeese there,
waited
lay
Plerrot to move,
i to open his eves, to bre;
In
feet
that time McTaggart
stood
Know,
to
gainst
never
rose his and
it the
the wall, pistol
aring Itself
His work
that
as he stood against the wi
his defense—If it to a
fense—framed itself his mi
Pierrot had
without ¢
had
| Factor
brain cle
final
righten hi Even in
¢
hand, his
his triumph
noment
ever
murderously assaulted
In
Was he not the
ause self-defense
| he him
Bal
from him at His
little more, and it
the life neck
snapped a wonld
broken He struck ou
from his and
row off the weight of the halfhreed's
hav e
back, twisted |
}
th
body
the ermine had
jugular of the
ns Sekoosew
ran)
fteelf
fastened
at the artridge
and Mush McTaggart's jaws slowly
turn from red to purple.
Cold air rushing
and
roused Nepeese
through the
the sound
quickly
door
of bat
to
the power to raise her
Khe had ¢
} nnag ff
Plerrot’'s volee
tle
1 2
SClOsness
con-
and
the floor
self from
ler eves rested for a n
dog before they went fighting
men. Baree was alive! [lis body
twitching; his eyes
made an effort to
at
oment on the
was
he
Were open ;
raise his head
him
look
she was
Then
knees
Pierrot,
his desire to kill,
ng
ahe
herself
the n
dragged
turned to
to
and en. and
even in
must have heard the
that
who
It was t
was
effort
she saw
Bain
tremendous
when he
froth IL:
With a
gered to her feet, and for a
Factor
undernenth
she
fow mas
ments she stood swaying unsteadily as
her brain and her read justed
themselves, Even as she looked down
upon the blackening face from which
Plerrot’s fingers were choking the life,
Push MeTaggart's hand
blindly for his pistol
Unseen by Plerrot, he
from its holster. It was one of the
black devils of chance that favered
him again, for In his excitement he
had not snapped the safety shut after
shooting Baree. Now he had only
strength left to pull the trigger, Twice
his forefinger closed, Twice there
eame deadened explosion close to
Plerrot’s body.
In Plerrot's face Nepeese saw what
had happened. Her heart died In her
breast as she looked upon the swift
snd terrible change wrought by sud.
dan death. Slowly Plerrot straight.
stag
body
was groping
He found it
dragged 1
It Would Have Broken.
f
of a devil
face
He
there
but his
Ll the face
and it
sound to rouse
wag again
took a
Came a
step,
was then
oir
the gir
In the shadow of the farther
wall had
inches, and 1
lareo
Ow
Slowly Nepeese jifted her hea
power which she could not resist
up until she was looking into
the face of Bush McTaggart. She had
| almost lost consciousness of his pres
and dead
as If her own heart had
ng with Pierrot's,
in the Factor's face
her out of the numbness of
her grief beck to the abyss of her
own peril He was standing over her
In his face there was no pity, nothing
{ of horror at what he had done—only
in exultation as he looked
| not at Plerrot’s dead body, but at her.
He put out a hand, and it rested on
her hend She felt his thick fingers
crumpling her halr, and his
like embers of fire
{ watery films She struggled
but with his at
held her down
“Groat God !™ she breathed
She uttered no other words, no plea
for mercy, no other sound but a dry,
hopeless sob. In that moment aeither
of them heard or saw Baree. Twice
in crossing the cabin his hind-quarters
had sagged to the floor. Now he was
close to McTaggart. He wanted to
give a single lunge to the man-brute's
back and snap his thick neck as he
would have broken a caribou-bone,
ut he had no strength, He was stiil
partinlly paralyzed from his fore.
shoulder back. But his jaws were like
iron, and they closed savagely on Me
Taggnrt's leg.
With a yell of pain the Factor re
jeased his hold on the Willow, and
she staggered to her feet, For a pre.
clones half-minute she was free, and
as the Factor kicked and struck to
loose Baree's hold, she ran to the
her eves
| once: her senses were cold
ened-—{t
stopped
What
wns
be ng along
she saw
dragged
insane
eyes
behind
to rise,
her halr he
{| blazed
hands
eabin door and cut into the day, The
cold alr struck her face; It filled her
lungs with new strength; and without
thought of where hope might lie
ran through the snow into the
McTaggart appeared at the
Just In time to see her disappear. His
leg was torn where Baree had fas
tened his fangs, but he felt no pain
a8 he ran In pursuit of the girl
could not go far. An exultant cry,
inhuman as the cry of a beast, came
in a great breath from his gaping
mouth as he saw that she was stag-
gering weakly as she fled, He was
halfway to the edge of the forest when
Baree dragged himself over the thresh-
old, His
McTaggart
door
where
and
way.
jaws were bleeding
had kicked him ag:
again before his fangs gave
Halfway between his ears was a
seared spot, as If a red-hot poker had
Iald there for instant This
where McTaggart's bullet had
gone. A of an Inch deeper,
it wnt de
it was, the
been an
was
quarter
would
it had
heavy club, paralyzing his sen
ath AS
blow of
and
have
been like “
Nis
sending him mp and unconscious
the He could
now without falling, and slow
in trucks of
girl,
Nepeese's mind bec:
wall move on
his feet
iy he the
followed the
man and the
As she ran,
at once clear and
arrow
all ronsonine
1! reasoning
all She
trail
lowed
turned into
ch McTaggn
over
her
fore reaching
to the
ggart He
Wis
1
the « iy
Mc
hut
Ker
fast,
steadily, as j the
helplessness }
that
on
another
hundred
way
vards
ich
below
wh she had pushed
beyond the sh
ool into
fst Hows
Just Hows
of hich he
Chapter XII
A moment later the Factor from
Lac Balin at the edge of the
His velce had ealled out in a
wild cry of dighellef
had formed the WII.
as she disappeared. He
clutching his huge red
wt ool
horror that
name
and
low's
down
boiling water and black rocks
There was nothing there
now--no sign of her, no flash of
her pale face and streaming hair In
the white foam. And she had done
that-—-to save herself from him!
The of the man-beast turned
sleek within him, so sick that he stag-
gered back, his vision blinded and his
tottering under him He had
killed Plerrot, and it had been a tri
umph ; all his life he had played the
part of the brute with a stoiclsm and
cruelty that had known no shock
nothing like that overwhelmed him
now, numbing him to the marrow of
his until he stood like one
paralyzed. He did not see Baree, He
did not hear the dog's whining cries
at the edge of the chasm, For a few
moments the world turned black for
him: and then, dragging himself out
of his stupor, he ran frantically along
the edge of the gorge, looking down
wherever his eyes could reach the
water, striving for a glimpse of her
At last it grew too deep. There was
no hope. She was gone—and she had
faced that to escape him!
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
An Intelligent Interest
The rector of a country parish was
showing one of his parishioners round
his garden.
garden wall, Into which had been built
the
last
sonl
logs
bones
obviously from the red
blocks that composed the rest of the
wall. “That,” he sald, Indicating the
granite bowlder, “came down In a
gincler,” The visitor considered the
object with much attention and then
sald thoughtfully: “Would that be
befors the war?'-Manchester Guar-
dian,
in Paris Styles
Gold, Silver, Colors Have
Extended Use of This
Popular Fabric.
The revival of lace for use In trous-
seaux has for fashion.
Gold, sliver and colors, writes a Parls
nt In the New
extended use
every regard
fashion corresponds
York Tim have
far beyond the limitations of the old
black and
supersedir
oR
white,
them.
recogniz hat
veils
without,
It
while
however,
8 is definitely
wedding
tulle
and
lace
are { adition, plain whi
is nearly alw ays more hecom
today !
to the re quired
[RV ELH
pt, perhaps, the stricter
i rv y
Older women
effect
are
of
revers, Whole
re-
» poftening lace
and lace
dresses lace and georgette
and othed mixtures. Muck and
Ince, the smi
white
nevertheless, sain ire
is widely
afternoon dresses
nay be sewn
an, keepls gr
ol
igh in
the tiered dresses
rot below [t, Lace
only flounced in
Is nlaited
not
but
! the latler erase
well in
on
Black
Satin,
Chiffon
ight be described
Here black is
being
Where
the
by
georgette in
the
lace
most
reserved for
georgette
lines
accentuating are
the emphasis either of the
dresses made of
materials
of
extras
Plain cf
or
Sometimes
are frequen
made fon dresses
have “dalmatics.”™ sleeveless coats
of
ench
.
!
hind
Ince the coats only
being loose
have the effect of a cape.
the walst, and,
Sleeves Have Returned
have returned to women's
dresses and are the leading feature of
the The day of the bare arm
appears doomed this season.
The disappearance of the bare arm
is not due to the edict of the arbiters
of fashion, sald of the
Sleoves
mode.
one leading
ers themselves,
“We make some 200 models every
geason,” he sald. “The women
and see our dresses and all choose the
game 10 or 20 models. These 15 or 20
costumes which smart women, follow.
mysterious command, pick
out, make up the new fashion. It
seems that elaborate sleeves are the
leading innovation of the mode, al
though during the warmer
short
frock
the supremacy to the
the sleeveless
leave
Capes Good for Summer
Capes of every sire and shape, of
every degree of amplitude and of ev.
From the
stunning sports cape of plalded or
novelty wool to exquisite transparent
affairs made of soveral layers of chif-
fon or tulle, these youthful and fiat.
tering wraps are more In evidence
than they have been in many years
Satin Dancing Frock
Embroidered in Beads
Green satin embroidered
beads is the material
in crystal
chosen for this
in “Monte Carle.” The waistline
the new feature of this frock.
is
Pink and Green Among
Favorites for Evening
In veri dress either pink or
New Styles in Jumper,
Jacket, Three-Piece Sets
For tho ola % nnis or golf
s¢ who play t«
ota
ket
i the jacket
furni jecoration by means of
When the jumper
is worn
horizontal stris
Horizonial siripes
Is sleeveless, it with a long
sleeved jacket
For the very warm days there is a
It
short sleeves
decidedly chic tennis shirt is made
either with long or
may be had with different neck tr
ments turned-back
neck,
finishes
the collar
Peter Pan, student or crew
This shirt is par.
ticularly attractive in a white and
combination of lacy
white it
tennis
flesh weave
In solid
collar and Is worn
over-jacket having
in red and black.
A three-piece dress, appropriate for
all has a jersey weave skirt
and jumper and jacket in two colors
in a pebble weave. In these sets, too,
either the jacket or jumper is sieeve
The skirts inverted
and are hung on silk elastic
Pan
sleeveless
has a Peter
with a
horizontal stripes
sports,
Jess have wide
bande
Another golf set consists of jumper
These sets
come only in pastel shades. The
large white pear! buttons
worn with a plaited silk skirt
Two-piece knitted dresses in rose,
green, tans, gray and white
These
have tailored or peasant cuffs and
The usual assortment
golf coats is augmented by some new
models with fancy border designs In
a variety of colors,
————— A
Shades of Red Most Popular
Surprising after the forecast of a
“pastel” spring Is the continued pop
nlarity of red for evening gowns Out
of BO women on a typical evening at
a night club noted for the smart tol
lettes of Its patrons, 15 were in some
shade of red.
THE
KITCAEN
CABINET
Western
Wall not for precious chances
passed away;
Weep not for golden ages on the
wane,
night 1 burn the
the day;
sunrise
again
Each records of
At svery soul is borm
—
BEASONABLE GOOD THINGS
The busy housewife with one pal
of hands at command to do the dally
¢ ust do thout
okery,
shies
How-
oH spent
is
how much
no matter
th
5 ny en
may
ever a few minut
in sin
Earnis
5 shing
well spent time
Carrot Pudding.—Take
one cupful of grated car
rot,
f arated
i Rrais
i
alf ap ful f
“111; 1
one cupful o
egg, one-l
srs fa
upnfi
¥
Pp
flour Steam
Sour Meat,
round 3 i
ing pan,
sufficient
Ty over the meat
tender Strain the
simmer
gravy, then
the m when
cken it and pour around
ing.
Cookies.
shortening
»
add one beaten
ent Berry
Chocolate
cupful of
f sugar
Ol
one-half
with
sour mil
half
nail
Ke
whi
quaniti
nee i fn
A bottle of
bouquet
sauce
der
of
ittie
dd that alluring
mushroom sa
and
curry. chili
worcestershire
pepper sauce,
ROY
prika,
th the
dozen of the
be part of
salt
kinds
ngs and a
celery sauces
ous wi commoner
fseason
herbs
SAvVOry
should the well
n which fish has been
ith vinegar in the water, then
wash with the water
Old rabbers will be shined
rubbing them with ammonia
A roomy market basket wall padded
makes a fine bed for a small baby
when traveling. It is easy CArrTy
and will also hold the baby's belong
ings leing to carry the baby
without disturbing him or exposing
the weather Is a great advan-
in
in
soda
up
by
to
able
tage.
Grease the cork of the
gine and it will be easy
when needed
Between the rows of the vegetables
bottle
to
of
remove
radishes and such
flower seed which
vegetables,
will delight
Ow
you
way to clean gloves is to
them on the
Cleaning off
tenew the flour and
A good
by rubbing and
the dark spots,
Kitchen aprons of unbleached cot.
A plece of ice held in the mouth for
a minute before bad-tasting medicine
in a
A little mand top-heavy vase
A fresh blood staln will be com.
removed If covered at once
When setting dishes on fee use a
ean rubber under them; this will keep
them from slipping.
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