—-—
Chapter XIV—Continued
wn Gen
The stranger was looking at Baree,
His face was turned away from Me-
Taggart. He said:
“I guess you are right. Let the devil
rot. If vou're heading for Lac Balin,
m’'sieu, I'll travel a short distance with
you now. It will take a couple of
miles to straighten out the line of my |
compass,”
He picked up his gun. McTaggart
led the way. At the end of half an
hour the :tranger stopped, and pointed
north.
“Straight up there—a good five hun-
dred miles,” he sald, speaking as
lightly as though he would reach home
that night. “I'll leave you here.”
He made no offer to shake hands.
But in going, he said, “You might re
port that John Madison has passed
this way.”
After that he traveled straight
northward for half a mile through the
deep forest, Then he swung westward
for two miles, turned at a sharp angle
into the sonth, and an hour after he
had left McTaggart he was once more
squatted on heels almost within
arms’ reach of Baree.
And he was saying, as though speak-
ing to a human companion:
“So that's what you've been, old boy.
A trap robber, eh? An And
you beat him at the for two |
months! And for that, because you're |
a better beast than he 18, wants to |
let you die
An outlaw!” His v
pleasant laugh, the sort
one, benst
We shake hands,
George, You're
he am I |
his
outlaw?
game
he
here as slow ag you can. |
into a
ugh that
“That's
olee broke
of In
even a
cought to
Boy, by we hadt
wild one, Well,
Told him my name was John Madison
It ain't. I'm Jim And, oh |
Lord!—all T sald was And
that right. It ain't a I'm
tl
1
warms
funny.
says. 80
Carvel,
‘Police.’
lie.
tion-
Wis
wanted by the whole corpora -by
every ( Hud
son's bay river
Shake, old
boat, an’ I'm
'¥
policeman between
Mackenzl
We're
d to meet youl!
langed
and the
man, in the same |
Chapter XV
held out his hand, and |
in Baree's throat
to foe
in the
McTaggart, and |
exultant sort of
Jim Carvel
the snarl that
died away. The mi
He there,
tion taken by
chuckled in a curl
There
was
in his t
rose
looking diree- |
Bush
ne
stood
way. was frie
that
in
teeth
chuckle. There
his eves and In
as he
and h
hot stove
Baree felt
the
body
sagged ; clicked
in To
betrayed his weakness,
ope
two men
Its
hig teeth
ny.
tenseness
lost
1081 '
as shiv- |
this man he
In his
hungering look
the self-con-|
ered his ag:
blood
shot eyes there was a
as he
fessed
watched Carvel
And Jim
his hand—
outlaw Carvel again |
held out much nearer this
time.
“You poor devil”
of his
he said
id, the smile
face,
out “You poor
lke
first he had known sin
were fi Caress to
Net SOL
dryer
Hng
blood drip slowly fi
“Yon poor devil!” he repeated.
There no fear in the
put forth his hand. It was
fidence of a great sincerity and a great |
It touched Baree's head
and patted it in a brotherly fashion, |
and then—slowly and with a bit more
caution—Iit went to the trap fastened
to Baree's forepaw,
brain Baree was
wis Way
} AT
the con-
compassion,
In hig haM-crazed |
fighting to under.
stand things, and the truth came
finally when he felt the steel jaws
of the trap open, and he drew forth
his maimed foot. He did then what |
he had done to no other creature but
Nepeese, Just once his hot tongue
shot out and licked €arvel's hand The
man laughed. With his powerful
hands he opened the other traps, and
Jaree was free,
For a few moments he lay without
moving, his eyes fixed on the man.
Carvel had seated himself on the
snow-covered end of a birch log and
was filling his pipe. Baree watched
him light it; he noted with new
terest the first purplish cloud of smoke
that left Carvel's mouth, The man
was not more than the length of two
trap-chains away-—and he grinned at
laree,
“Serew up your nerve, old chap,” he
encouraged. “No bones broken. Just
a little stiff. Mebby we'd better—get
out.”
He turned his face ir the direction
of Lac Bain. The suspicion was in
his mind that McTaggart might turn
back. Perhaps that same suspicion
was Impressed upon Baree, for when
Carvel looked at him again he was
on his feet, staggering a bit as he
gained his equilibrium. In another
moment the outlaw had swung the
pack-sack from his shoulders and was
opening It. He thrust in his hand and
drew out a chunk of raw, red meat,
“Killed it this morning,” he ex.
plained to Baree. “Yearling bull, ten-
der as partridge—and that's as fine a
sweethread as ever came out from un-
der a backbone. Try It!”
He tossed the flesh to Baree., There
was no equivocation In the manner of
its acceptance, Baree was famished-—
and the meat was flung to him by a
By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
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WNU Bervice
friend. He buried his teeth in it. His
Jaws crunched it. New fire leaped into
his blood as he feasted, but not for an
Instant did his reddened leave
the other's face. Carvel replaced his
pack. He to his feet, took up
his rifle, slipped on his snowshoes, and
fronted the north.
“Come Boy,”
got to travel”
It was a matter-of-fact invitation,
as though the two had been traveling
companions for a long thme. It was,
perhaps, not only an Invitation but
partly a command. It puzzled Baree,
For a full half minute he
eves
rose
on, he sald. “We've
stood mo
as he strode into the north, A sud
den convulsive twitching shot
Baree; he swung his head toward Lac
Bain; he again at Carvel,
a whine that was scarcely more than
a breath came out of his throat. The
man was just about to
thick spruce, He
looked back.
“Coming, Boy 1
Even at that
him grinning a
outstretched hand
stirred new sens:
not
loved
looked and
the paused, and
distance Baree
a) ffably; he saw the
ned vol ©
in him, It was
He had never
Neither was it soft and
Willow's He had
and
the
nda, a
ition
like Plerrot's velce,
lerrot.
like
men,
with
that disarm
its appeal.
He
was filled
Friend. He Buried His Teeth in It.
at onc
in
friendshin
Akl 3
He did not 1
d the spruce.
hin » +}
in reach of
tree Carvel
luxuriously. He had
‘ith his ba to n
smoking
off
was
boyishly young. Bu even that
his jaws lost none thelr
nor his eyes thelr clear
in
of
He rubbed his hands together. and
the fire.
his movements and
intently to every that
his lips. His eyes had in them
a dumb sort of worship, a look
warmed Carvel's heart and did
with the vast loneliness and emptiness
of the night. Baree had dragged him
self nearer to the man's feet, and
suddenly Carvel leaned over and
patted his head.
“I'm a bad one, old chap” he
chuckled “You haven't got It on me
not a bit. Want to know what hap
pened? He walted a moment, and
jaree looked at him steadily. Then
watched listened
sound escaped
Be
Carvel went on, as If speaking to
human, “Let's was five
ago, five this December,
before Christmas time, Had a
Fine old chap, my dad was,
er—Jjust the dad, an' when you added
us up we made just One. Understand?
And along came a white-striped skunk
named Hardy and shot him day
because dad had worked against him
In polities. Out an' out murder. An’
they didn’t hang that skunk! No, sir,
they didn't him. He had too
much money, an’ many friends In
polities, an’ they let ‘fm off with two
years In the penitentiary. tut he
didn’t get there. No me God,
he didn't get there!”
Carver was twisting his hands
Il his knuckles cracked. An exultant
see-—-{t
years
one
hang
100
- s'elp
flashed back the firelight. Baree drew
breath-—a coincidence :
but It was ot tense moment for all that
“No, he didn't to the peniten
tiary,” went on Carvel, looking
at Baree again. “Yours truly
knew what that meant, old chap. He'd
year. An’
half of
went up
mere
1"
1
pet
have been pardoned inside a
my dad, the biggest
in his So 1 just
Erave,
|
the
yers' eyes, an’
before the law
judge's
the
eyes, an’
eyes of all hi
and I killed him!
AWAY, nu ugh
8 dear
relntives
And 1
window before
got
the bush
the ever since,
Boy.
ing to help me
ing
guess God with me,
did a quee
when tl}
Reln
thought
the deer
they
Corners
that m
as buried
is five yeu
the Arctic
had
wand
Height
game
played
Once he ha
in the
fire
ran
bh
that
Toni he had a
the event of his firewood
almost lost, was out
ght
he had trees he could elln
ping
His anxiety just now was centered ir
Baree. So he sald, making his voles
quite casual, “You aren't going, are
yon, old chap?”
If Baree heard him he gave no evi
dence of it. But Carvel, still watch
ing him closely, that the
ont
mw hal
growing slowly ir
snarl of ferocious
sort of snarl that
the Factor from Lac
throat-—na
It
Baree's
hatred.
had held
was the
back
i
i
|
see that
happily.
all was right
Baree may have
the chuckle. Perhaps it meant
him, for he turned his
head suddenly and with flattened ears
looked at his companion.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
heard
If the storles of Brillat-Savarin
which it Is proposed te publish in com.
memoration of his centenary reveal
{
i
ful writer of fiction as well as a gas-
tronomer, he may perhaps be regarded
as repaying the Interest which some
noted novelists have taken In matters
of the table. Balzac took a keen In.
terest In cookery, as befitted a man of
gigantic appetite. So also did George
Sand, whose cookery must have been
pretty good, since It was reputed to be
as exciting as her romances. Joseph
Conrad, as he admitted In connection
Chinese Surprise Devil
The upturned eaves which are a
characteristic architectural feature of
all Chinese houses are Intended io
catch the devil should he venture too
close to the domicile and throw him
far up Into the heavens,
with a cook book written by Mrs. Con.
rad, gave a high place In his esteem
to the culinary arts, while George
Meredith left a book of cookery re
figured In a book seller's catalogue
some years ago and may possibly yet
appear in print,
Crops North of “53”
Wheat, oats and similar grain have
been found to ripen satisfactorily In
Belt and Girdle
on Fashion Card
| Accessory Now Used Con-
spicuously on Nearly Every
Daytime Frock.
It may be that the long bodice with
Its attached circular skirt or flounces
created the necessity of something
more than a cord to mark the divid-
(lng line, Or it may be that the
straight, unbroken line had palled,
since the straight frocks now have
them where once there wns nothing
to break it from neck to hem. Per-
haps the gradual adoption of the very
feminine fashions of men of days of
brass buttons, ruffled shirt fronts and
buckled knees brought back the belt
and girdle. It now Is used rather
conspicuously on nearly every day-
time frock. Even when the flounce or
the several graduated ruffles are at-
tached to the straight frock quite as
low as the knee, the girdle Is worn
around the hips. Sometimes two small
frills define this line and two more
small frills trim the frock around the
bottom.
When the line from neck to hem at
the front be kept straight and
unbroken, In case a jabot extends be-
low the point of the hip line, some
other trimming of the kind used,
the belt goes all the way around the
must
is
hips and fastens under the trimming
Bometimes a scarf used and the
ends are tucked under the belt at the
front in
fichu was used,
the I
Girdles
15
the way the
but, of
mger waistline,
lHked
old-fashioned
course, with
best for the summer
are of the gypsy
softly ! around and
brought together at the front with an
upward
eabuchon,
slaborate
dress
girdle
EW ee caught under a
with
iment of
a
orn
Ow ends, or an
ind
some k
Afternoon Dress, Green Suede Taliored
Belt, Brass Buttons.
This is the case
These gypsy
back Inte
ments that
of an
girdles
the shops clasps an
have not been 1
very hie very or
That
wed by a
nt shop
made «¢ material of the
frock are about an Inch and a half
wide, a little more of a belt than the
usual “string” we know so well
Sometimes they are two Inches wide.
glance
Those
every
body of the dress. If a contrasting
belt is used, it is often of leather,
suede or kid or made of metal ribbon
or cloth
Claret Kid Shoes, Late
Paris Mode in Footgear
Blond satin slippers, lately so much
In vogue, have successors in shoes of
claret-colored kid, now being worn
with most afternoon gowns of what-
ever shade. Paris fashions show every
indleation of this becoming a craze
equal to that of its predecessor, which
enveloped the feet of midinette as
well as grand dame in blond satin,
The shoes of today, to be chile, must
show a complicated ornamentation of
bandings, stitching and the like, done
Outfit of Tomato Red
With White Polka Dots
Pauline Starke, the popular mo-
tion picture actrees, is here shown
wearing a street dress of tomato red
with white polka dots. The color is
relieved by a panel of whites flat crepe.
The skirt is knife-plaited.
Dark Colors Favored
for Late Summer Wear
A season that starts out in a riot of
color frequent with black
navy blue in tinet lmpors
tance, N this
and
: why
is, but t! fact remain hat
inva
darker shade
For the
“ud .
riabl)
crepe F
In
brimn
this type
| Hats With Broad Brims;
Sheer Summery Frocks
frocks, which
importance In
1 Woman
Summer afternoon
have a
the wardr
place ¢
of
be of & are
Is defi
them
established
the
appropriate
to the season and the climate.
YORue
one
Or FUmMmery
telly
SPOR wi with
frocks s«
IPT
Lingerie frocks also once more have
| a place In the fashion picture and are
| charmingly youthful in line and In
their exquisite coloring.
Hats Are High, Pointed,
Trimmed With Flowers
Hats are high and pointed and
sometimes trimmed with fowers.
Many are round and trimmed with
transversely placed feathers or flow.
| ers, which make the crown appear to
be higher. The panne hats are high
crowned and soft, with the brim
turned down over the eyes. The felt
ones are generally high crowned,
| pointed and folded In the center, with
very small brims; large ones are but
rarely seen. Toques are either em-
broidered or trimmed with degrade
ribbons,
The evening headgears are general-
| ly in open-worked metal resembling
claret color are trimmed with slender
bands of lacquered or painted leather
in beige, maroon and tan. Other
models are shown in beige or gray,
though these are second favorites to
the true claret color, As the opera
pump with a buckle has not been seen
In Paris for some time, It is especially
popular In these new light-celored
leathers. Strap models, however, re-
tain a certain degree of favor.
Satin shoes for afternoon are rarely
| seen, patent leather with intricate In-
crustations of suede being the choice
| for those occasions when a black shoe
| 18 demanded.
third parallel. Four varieties of wheat
ty-eight days. The yields
twenty-three to forty bushels, depend.
to seventy-three bushels of oats to the
is considered Important for Canadian
development.
For Evening Wear
Evening dresses are much worked
and embroidered. One model has
| gauffered ribbon disposed In the man-
| per of a mummy's wrappings and has
| a very Egyptinanlike headdress worn
| with it. Coat of mall, chiffon, lace
and ostrich feathers are much em-
i ployed.
times are made of the same fabric as
the dress and have the ends forming a
scarf,
Cut of Sleeve, Mounting
of Plaits Is Important
Like most other competitions, the
race to lead In fashions depends’ large
ly on the finish. Never before have
paid to the cut of a sleeve and the
mounting of plaits., In consequence
the clothes of this season give the Im-
as they are anything but simple and
are not to be duplicated in home
manufacture,
Larger Hats
Larger hats for summer wear In
many Instances reveal an upturned
line In back, with the brim caught to
the crown with a cockade of grosgraln
ribbon,
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to watch the blue wave
curl and break,
night to hear it
the shore
this sea-dreatn
life I take
I cannot for more,
Thomas Balley A
All plunging on
such drafts of
ank
ldrich,
LAMB AND MUTTON
Mutton
and
in
it
well liked
freely that
strange that we
is 80
used so
Amer
it oft-
freely
in
fen cannot serve
and m
When mutton is
killed
there
ener
prop
erly
for
tionable
The
he the
hands after handling the
meat
touched with
the WH
oil
emove the
Wool, as wool gre
on the skin and the
from it
skin carefully
Roast Leg of Lamb.—Rub =a
per and onion wit}
over the meat Place in a
pan an Bear
one-half
flavors
any sweet
roasting
it well In a
cupful
ter
sliced tomatoes,
around the
oven
onion,
{er
eight
hot
Mutton Stew.—I'ut
mutton
with a
tender, then
en the grav:
a 1
arom
of
al Parti}
Mutton
rays
pound or
well-browned
with fiou
*
f carrots, a cupful
one onion to the meat, cover and t
in a casserole for two to three |
Serve from the casserole,
Barbecued Lamb.—{'u
1 ret
nh into slices and
EVERY DAY
tabs make
ight make
Fifteen M
Pudding. — 1
inute
ter custard cups, «
f batter then
{
canned cherries
sugar and
Edinburgh Pudding. —Take
pot oF str a
ustard 1 with vanilla, «
one- of water,
a cupful one-half
of salt ounces
Cook
the salt rn
custard, wilds
serve, when molded, CO
sugar and cream,
Lemon Meringue.~Take one pint of
milk, three ounces of sugar, one cup-
ful of fine bread crumbs, two eggs, the
juice and rind of a lemon. Mix all in-
gredlents and cook slowly until well
set, baking in a deep ple plate. Set
away to cool, cover with a meringue
and brown. Serve cold.
Snow Jelly~Prepare any
flavor of gelatin, and when It is
thickening whip it until foamy. Chill
and plle on top of any molded gelatin
of other flavor, using pineapple for
one and raspberry for the other.
Serve with whipped cream.
Spiced Tea Cakes—Mix and sift
one and one-half cupfuls of flour with
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
one-eighth teaspoonful of nutmeg and
one-fourth teaspoonful of mace. Cream
one-fourth of a cupful of shortening,
add one cupful of sugar, two well
beaten eggs, one-half cupful of milk
added alternately with the flour. Add
a few raising and bake In greased
muffin tins. Cover with maple frost.
fil.
into
and
conut,
¥
the
desired
berts,
Egg Rolls.—Seald and cool one
fourth of a cupful of milk, add one
veast cake, mix well and add one cup
ful of scalded milk, cooled. Stir In
wo cupfuls of flour, beat well and set
sway in a warm place until light. Add
the thumb and set Into this half a tea.
wpoonful of Jelly, work the dough over
he opening, keeping the jelly near
the top crust. Let rise to double the
»ulk and bake twenty minutes In a