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ter, Kranrellne, linn been r.l.ed In a
eonrent, nnd known nothlnr of her fa
ther' hii.lneM. When he return; home,
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CHAPTER Il-(Contlnnfd)
7QEAULIHU glanced at the dirty
'Sj window In tho east end of the
room. The morning Jght was flushing
fit.
"Tou'd better not run 'em across In
daylight that's my tip," said ctal.
'Oh, I've got all the lankco hound
dogs of deputies running north of
here, chasing a shadow," retorted Itol
with a toss of hit hand. "I was the
one who opened tho lane here last
nlo-ht It was my scheme! They run
n a pack, and a snap of the fingers
'starts 'em when you know how to do
lit I'm only afraid of some straggling
4dlot You haven't seen any signs,
ehr
, Beaulleu shook his head.
Itol rattled on, still marching to
tvnd fro. '
"I'll let tho sheep come on. 1
auarht to have been here at midnight.
rVetal. I planned It that way, of'
t course. But hell Is In that flock back
J there, and some sneak poisoned my
'two best dogs last week. Wo have
'come slow. But across they must
come, Vetat. They ought to be here in
.ten minutes."
He went out of doors and listened
The sky was red In deep hues near
J the horizon, but tho sun was still be
'low the hills, and the highway under
'the trees stretched dimly In Its vistas
least and west. Tho horse which had
brought the chief of tho Monarda
smugglers was hitched to the Iron post
Ithat marked tho line between the
'countries. Rol went to the animal
land was about to mount.
Beaulleu called to him. Vetal stood
.Jn the broad door. Tho anxiety in
his tones and the expression on his
face indicated that he had something
especial to say.
"I haven't any time now, Vetat:
Save your gossip "
Beaulleu stepped out of the door
and gazed furtively at a window in
the far end of his house.
The curtain was drawn tightly. He
turned to Rol, his finger on his lips.
Then he pointed to the open door.
"Tou'd better step In Dave " he
advised, and led the way.
Rol followed, for there was a warn
ing significance In the man's words
"and acts.
"A spy In there, eh?" he demarilled
when they were back In the big room.
"Why In the devil's name didn't ou i
say so at the start-off?"
"I'd know what to say about a
spy I'd know what to tell you, and (
tell you quick. But it's worse than
a spy worse than a hound deputy,
Dave!" His voice broke In budden
motion and he began to plod around
his truck. "It's Evangeline my glil,
Evangeline! She is home from St
Basil. She Is there m the room "
Tears were on his cheeks.
There was a flash of sudden aston
lshment In Rol's eyes.
"Evangeline home!" Then he recov-
ereu nis aeii'puBscaawu. waw j, ,
. . l......tH I'T Vfot DS-
Vetal, you don't act like a prouu
father getUng back his daughter after
all these years."
"She was not to come now. I did
not tell her to come now. Sho came
without the warning."
Ho beat his hand upo his breast
Ilia voice was hoarse with grief and
anger.
"Sho stand and tell me that I shame
heir I disgrace the good name of the
Beaulleus. Sho talk like that to her 1
own lather, who has been so good to
her. I have work hard all the years.
I have pllo up the money!" In his
distress his Acadian tongue became
careless of its English. "I do not
sleep all the night. I sit here and
sorrow, for my own girl have come
back home to tell her poor father
that he have disgrace her. Dave, I
havo not sleep. I think I never
sleep some more!"
"Do you mean to say, Vetal, that a
girl eighteen years old hasn't found
out till now that you have made all
your money peddling rum off that
truck hadn't ever heard of Beaulleu's
' Place on this border?"
"She go on the convent of St. Basil
when her mother die, when she was a
"baby of four years; you know that
yourself," bleated Vetal. "But I am
riot ajshamo because I have sold my
rum. My great-grandfather have keep
his wine-shop."
"Well, selling wine In old Normandy
and selling rum off a truck where you
beat the customs and the excise both
jnay strike some fussy folks as differ-
i Nmt propositions," drawled Rol, with
k ' , flash of sardonic humor. "I don't
r lay It up against you, Vetal. Under-
I'vatand that. I believe that every cent
'?,, knock out of tho d d Yankee
' iuatoms la honest money for us. But
aPglrl right out of a convent Isn't
M to understand the busTntss side
K things. You simply have got to put
It wp to her straight and right! She's
- Acadian girl. She'll understand."
- "gha eay I must smash my bottles,
K. $,ClM my doors, clean out my place.
rfJMmVo the pilgrimage to the shrine.
vtHBSJ tha novena. for everv vear I have
aaan In the wickedness, and give my
, meaty to the poor as she shall tell
to give it," wailed the publican.
. "Oh, see here! That's all nonsense. 1
5 That's only a silly convent notion.
ffjpha'il wake up. If she doesn't wake '
is well, you know how to bring
jjniur own daughter into line, don't
. I vau? If you don't, then you'll be the
Acadian who dldn t understand
tit to handle his women .folk.'
IfeU! drove his hand across his face.
1 swept away the tears.
"I'aay 'go' to iny wife and she go
sate coae when I aay 'come' J
That's my wife." He Ubrated his
clinched (1st over tils head.
"Run our own house that's right!
Of course, I don't believe In being a
brute, where women ore concerned,
Vctal, but you can't afford to let a
Girl bo foolish, Itlae up and bo boss,
and tho thins will straighten out all
right."
He turned away Impatiently.
"Say, this gab Isn't coins to do for
me, Vctal. I'vo got three thousand
hecp piling alone back there. I can't
wasto any more time talking about a
Blrl's whim. Sho had no business run
ning homo from tho convent till you
had It understood w Ith her. Ilut, now
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Ho started for tho door. But Vetal
rushed after him. Ho seized Rol's arm
and dragged him back.
"But I've got to get out of here, I
bay," insisted the young man. "This
' Job of mine can't wait even for a
sweetheart. I'll be back later In the
day, Vetal, I'll have a good talk with
her. Both of us will talk to her."
"Sho tell me last night that If you
are a smuggler, as she has heard, she
will not marry j ou she will not speak
to you again."
Rol whirled and scowled on Vetal.
"She has been hearing something,
eh?"
"And she said more than that," the
father went on. "She said you are not
the young man for her to marry, any
way. I don't understand, Dave. 1
look at you. You are a flno young
man. You have made money. That
girl what throw you away don't know
what she do."
Rol's face flushed, and his eyes nar
rowed. Ho did not require the re
straining clutch of Vetal Beaulleu now.
He strode back Into the room.
"You don't mean to say Bhe said
that In earnest! "
"Listen, Dave Rol! I look at her
when she talk to me last night. I say
to myself, over and over: 'This Is only
my girl Evangeline. Bah, I shall not
1 allow her to talk to me llko that.'
But, my God, Davo Rot, when I look
at her standing there she Is not my
young girl any more. She Is she is
I can't tell you what It Is she
but I am frightened when she look at
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me!" Ho bctfon to weep ngaln, "t am
frightened, for sho Is not my girl
my Acadian girl llko the other girls
who obey and do not ask questions."
Dave Rol did not understand what
this halting speech tried to explain.
That this father, accustomed to the
ancient obedience of children, unques
tioning subservleneo to tho will of tho
elders, had all at once been faced by
something which had upset all his
alms and hopes and dreams was not
STasped In Its full extent by tho cyni
cal young man. Rol simply understood
that Evangeline Beaulleu had come
home nnd had dragged her father over
tho coals on account of the trallic by
Here comes a clean profit
, which ho earned his money. It seemed
to him that a llttlo discipline might
easily remedy that matter. That refer
ence to himself Rol thought he under
stood better. His face grew hard.
"I'm going to stop long enough to
tell you ono thing, Vetal. I keep my
eyes and cars open on this border.
That's part of my business. I didn't
think this amounted to much when I
first heard It. But if Evangeline is
talking about me, as you tell me she
Is, then it's time to speak out. They
say sho has been having a beau on the
sly nt tho convent."
"I believe no such thing! " raged Ve
tal. "It Is too strict at St. Basil. There
can no young man come courting
there. Even j ou y ou who shall marry
her, and go tho sisters know even y ou
can seo her only In the big room with
the sisters sitting by. She can havo
no beau."
"It Is strict there but thoughts can
go out oer the walls even when a girl
cannot," growled Rol.
"A girl can fall In love with a fel-
low even If she has never touched his
hand. And If sho Is thinking about a
fellow all the time she might Just as
well bo hugged in his arms, so far as
being worth anything to another fel
low goes."
"She shall marry you," blustered Ve
tal. "I don't need to forco any girl to
marry me, but I'll tell you this: there's 1
no Yankee customs Bpy who can carry
off the girl who has been promised toj
me."
"She is yours, and you shall have
her," Insisted tho father. "But she
has como home with tho strange ways
with the queer Ideas. So I warn
you, Dave. She will look nt you like i
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i she looked at me. Sho will say to you,
'I will not be murry to tho man what
breaks tho country's lawl' I wish you
don't drive your sheep across the line
today."
"But I'm not going to hang up a
drove of three thousand sheep to
please a girl," declared Rol, with an
oath. "1 say tlicy'vo got to bo kept
moving."
"But I have lio to her. If she was
ashamc of her old father I say to my
self she must not be nshame of tho
man I havo pick out for her to
marry," cried Vetal. "So I tell her
you don't smuggle. I have lie to her.
You shall marry her, so that some
of a thousand doll in"
sneak shall not steal her away. Turn
back your sheep. Dae. If sho know
I have lie to her it will be very bad
for a poor old father."
mi -. . - -
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In Beaulleus voice. Tho picture of
hiu io,.i u .... .
hl.i daughter rnco hf,. 1,1 ,.-
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had stood thero m tho room tho night
before, cowing him by her woman's
. , . ., "' "" woman s
poise, Bhoming him by her sorrowful
accusations, wringing his slmnln
heart by
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ner grier mat her father I
should bo such as she had found
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But even while Beaulleu pleaded there
came a strange sound from the woods
to the east. The purr of lnnumeraht
little feet on the hard clnv m-. u.
' , ., , ", roai that
was tho sound. Thero wero broken, '
dust-choked quavering of th. oo
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l-....tvtj wi ivcot Biiccp
there were
tremulous waitings of lambs Above
all there. w !......
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the QUeer. rtistllnir nhnffln ..
movinrr hodl
mOMng DOdleS.
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Rol swung away from the coaxing
patting hand of Vetal. He hurried to
tho door.
"She may a, well drop fool nations
anu get used to her husband's bual-
flPM." flirt emitirylAr nill ...
shoulder. ..I... , !,- . .. -
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It a too lato to call off this
deal
now, iseauueu. Hero comes a
clean profit of a thousand dollars
wool, hides and chops all under their
own steam. And as for me, I'm not
ashamed to having any girl see me
turn this trick."
He marched out into the roadway
and watched tho approach of the
flock, casting sldo glances at tho cur
i talned window.
! And Vctal Beaulleu slunk out and
stood beside hla son-in-law-elect.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW) ,.;.; c"ry quilt:
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
WHEN DUTY CALLS
fly Florence I. McLaughlin
TT AVAS 9 o'clock-, and the boarders at
The Tines were comfortably seated
on the piazza, reading, sewing and
chatting when suddenly their attention
was attracted by a loud honking at the
gate. Almost simultaneously tho door
of tho house opened and a slip of n girl
about twenty, ran out and down the
steps and Joined the young man who
had Jumped from his car and was com
ing eagerly toward her. Together they
hurried down to the waiting roadster
and In leas than a minute were out of
sight down the road.
"Well, what do you know about that?"
drawled Miss Hlnes, a stenographer
from Boston. "We might be sticks or
stones so far as she Is concerned. That
doctor Is the only person around here
that she has any eyes for."
"Well, you should worry about that,"
ssld her sister telephone operator. "You
know ery well wo ain't in her class
anway."
"res," chimed in Miss Wlnslow, look.
Ing up from her tatting. "They only
met each other two weeks ago, and
anyone can see that he Is dead In loe
with her. Sho will breaic nis heart and
then go oft and marry some one else,
and "
"Oh, for Heaven's sake, let the poor
girl alone," Interrupted Lawrence Mar
tin rudely. "I guess Doctor Walnwrlght
can look out for himself. She couldn't
fool him any If she tried, and I for one
, don-t think she is trying." nnd picking
up his book he sauntered off down tho' . " "T """""'- " wun sua
road, thus turning tho tide of con- fcn fear Phlllp llfted ls head so that
ersatlon to himself. u res'ed against his shoulder. After
Meanwhile. Jack Walnwrlght and ja moment he lowered It again. His face
Madeleine Itoss, blissfully unconscious was oa whlto as Pierre's after that
of the criticism they lina moused, were sudden fit of coughing,
spinning along the pleasant country' "I talked with him alone on tho
road both in a delightfully happy frame afternoon of tho fight on tho rock,"
"Th.slscertalniyagreatdayfo.-our "in Ple' hu.klly. "He wa.
ride," he said. "Let's see, we will reach I,WJn '" tho W00d8 "oar Churchill.
Boston about 12. hae lunch, get the
ring, ana bo back here by 6. What wltl
jour friends at the boarding house have
to say when they find out that you have
really decided to merry a country
doctor?" ho asked as they entered the
Ullage and stopped beforo the post
ofllce. But before she had time to an
swer, the postmaster rushed out ex
citedly to the side of the car "Don't
get out. Doctor." he said, "hero is your
mall. I telephoned up to the boarding
houso and Mrs. Brown said you hnd
come this way, so I have been on the
lookout for you. There has been a bad
nctldent oer by the bridge, Doc, nnd
they want you over there just about as
quick as you can drive that car of
yours. I don't know any particulars, but
they are awfully excited over that way.
Mrs. I'erklm cnlled up from her house."
"An accident all right, I'll go right
over." The doctor was serious nt once,
the boyish happiness in his face changing
to a look of grae concern. "Thank
you. Mr. Mills" And turning his car
around without a look at the girl be
side him he began to drive rapidly In
the direction of tho bridge.
Ho seemed to hae fnrirntten everv-
thing but tho accident, ntnl to the pet-
ted xnnlled Mnrtelelno Ir. ,!, In .11
her twenty 'years had had every thing
pretty nearly- her own way. this was
extremely disconcerting. She grew
angrier nnu angrier, her face grew
redder nnd redder, and her eyes blazed,
hut kIk. HnM nntiiiiHr nut flnntii- . i,J
doctor kept his ey es on the roaii ahead
StobPe.torhOWaBe, UirUlnPeP1the othpv Ietter wl,lc1' ur
"Jack Walnwrlght," she nlmost camp defenseless. He was not nf raid
j.v.i...tu. ...c ,.,1. BuiiiK iw uusiuii m or Her. s no was In i s nower ami ho vih mey niiucK wunout 111117'
buy an engagement ring, or are you ... , . , , power, anu lie "There is another besides him
minff .v,-.r tr. i. i,ri.i . . laughed at her horror nn.i .. ..i inert jsaiioiinj, ocsiues 111m,
body, who had to get hurt today of all , her as a cat will a bird. But j,. SL'T!: ,.?'".' A" J??" ?5..w
an thine '
cr anybody, and you might Just as well
realize It now tut nny time."
"Well!" exclaimed the doctor as he
turned and looked nt the llttlo tenipost
beside him. "You heard what the post-
master raid nnd. of course, you w;ould
not want me to leave a person to per-
haps die Just en account of an engage-
ment ring, would you? Wo can iro to
morrow to get that, you know, but this
iicuiueuL i-uu t wuii. w uy, inueieine.
don't you 6co how It Is, and can't you
accept It? Of course. I nm sorry "
"Sorry! You act very sorrvl I'll clve
you one more chance. Klthcr turn your
Ansa npniinil nntt n n1 tnt.'n -& r T7nn
or you need not buy me an engagement ,
nrio
dais; I wont be second to
ring." 'rne car went steadily ahead ou must unaerstaml. I must be
nnd the bridge came In sight. Therelnluck" ho said "Wo rmiM , .
was a crowd outside tho TerMns form. . 1lucK' " M'0- ve could not warn,
was a crowd outside tho reruns fnrr.i
house, and Doctor Walnwrlght drew up
nnd stepped out. "Just tin you wish,
Madel'1." hc. bald quietly. "I know
ou aro anlrry n,,d unreasonable now.
but think it over and wait for me
herc" nni' -before she could reply he
n nn nvtiK
She sat for what seemed hours to her.
watching tho crowd farther up the road
gathered around the smashed-up auto
...hll. hA . Iylm l.n.1 Kan .4..I. I
.Tinvtl hid .iliiiii 11.... in-tii .llllllll,.
Finally, after nerhaas half an hour.
Mrs. Perkins's small son c.inie running
out to her. "Doc Walnwrlght wants
you to come right up to the house. He's ,
Bt to give ether nnd wants you to help
hm Mndeleine folloAed-hlm as quickly
na she could. The doctor met tier at the
door. Ho was coatlcss, his shirt front
wait mussed up anil ne looked vorrled.
'Hurry
dear." ho said. "I need help.
II ls serious, but net dangerous, as I got
He Just in time, and Doctor Wain-
wrlgnt led tne way into airi 1'erKlnss
an.-irn room, where tho Inlured man lnv.
0nB glance at the face and Madeleine
-.-. l.lnlv white Khe !l,ni.v,. ,.,
grew deathly white. She thought
mU8t faint, but tho doctor's words. '"
SeriSd her? n'nV within' e?
lou
your
,he steeled herself and turned to him.
ri.lnocrarsnTds
to ou, but If you ae that man I'd be
ttllllnEf to d.6 for YOU T1.UL'H TT1V ln1 "
. "W.el':'ha-t 1,.J fcK?-W "?? T
vveuvnuw uu ju ,inu uooul marc
drawled Miss Hlnes. tho stenographer
from Boston, a few hours Inter, when
tho ncw-B had reached "Tho 1'lnes." "I
gur.ss It will De a matcn fci suro now."
"Well, you should worry," said her
sister. "You won't bo Invited to the
wedding." . .
"It certainly Is a sweet llttlo ro
mance." sighed Miss Dodge, wiping her
spectacles.
"Yes. love at first sight." contributed
Miss Wlnslow, as she brought forth a
ball of cotton o rewind her shuttle.
"Oh. you make me sick!" exclaimed
Lawrence Martin disgustedly, an he en
tered the houso nnd slammed the door,
thereby once again turning the tide of
the conversation to himself.
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CHAPTER XXII-(ContlnueJ)
T)IEnRE stopped for breath.
"Was It best?"
"It was glorious," said rhlllp, trem
bling. "It would have coma out right In
tho end If the father had not re
turned," said Pierre. "I must hurry,
M'sleur, for It hurts me now to talk.
Ho came first a year ago and revealefl
himself to Jeanne. Ho told her every
thing. D'Arcambal was rich; Jeanne
and I both had money. Ho threat
enedwe bought him off. We fought
to keep the terrible thing from D'Ar
cambal. Our money sent him away
Cor a time. Then ho returned. It was
news of him I brought up tho river to
Jeanne from Churchill. I offered to
kill him but Jeanne would not listen
to that. But tho Great Qod willed that
I should. I killed him tonight over
there! "
A great Joy surged above tho grief
In I'hlllp's heart. He could not speak,
but pressed Pierre's hand harder and
looked Into his glistening eyes.
Pierre's next words broke his silence.
nnd wrung a low cry from his lips.
M sleur, this man Thorpe Jeanne's
father is the man whom you know
..,,,.. ",,..,'
""u icIC Ior 0Tl God on that same
uay. i am not tell Jeanne until
after what happened, and I came up
with you on the river. Thorpo was
waiting for us at Fort o God. It was
ho whom Jeanne'saw that night beside
the rock, but I could not tell you the
truth then. Ho came often after that
two, three times a week. He tor
tured Jeanne. My God! he taunted
her, M'sleur, and made her let him
kiss her, because he was her father.
Wo gave him money all that we
could get; we promised him more, if
ho would leave five thousand dollars
In three years. He agreed to go
after he had finished his work here.
And that work M'sleur was to de
stroy you. Ho told Jeanne, because It
mado her fear him more. He com
pelled her to come to his cabin. He
thought she was his slave, that sho
would do anything to be free of him.
He told her nr iito ! i.. . . '
" """ "er 0t '"S PlOt llOW lie lmfl
fooled you In the sham fight with one
0f his men how tlm
....., ...w, iihc iu
lng to attack you a little later. n,i
how lin hid lnirmni,i .... . ..
llow " na" intercepted your letter
from Churchill nnd sent In Its Place
. .
' A suasm or P-'l" shot over Pierre's the other Is the ono who is paying
face. Fresh blood dyed his llns nnd , 1 "ave you destroyed. Yes they will
.hrpoi- nn ii,rnm-l, i,t i.i. ' attack."
,.,"' ran throuSli Ills body. ' Phllln bent low over Pierre
"My God! water something I i Lo Vnnw-n of this nlnt for
M'sleur" ha ensned !-T ...,.. l I. i,IUWn., , ,, ?'0t ?0r.?
1 , ' "e Baane1- ! ml"t go on!" long time, Pierre," he said, tensely. "I
Phlllp raised him again In his arms. I know that this Thorpe, who for some
Ho saw MacDougall's head ntiueut I
through tho door
ui ougn tlio uooi.
You will rest easier this way, PI. '
erre." he bald. ,
After a few moments Pleim ni..
...
In a as',lnf?
you of what Jeanne had dlscoVercd.
That would have revealed her father.
D'Arcambal would have known every
one. Thorpe plans, to dress his men
like Indians. They are to attack your
camp tomorrow night. Ten days ago
we went to the camp of old Sachlgo,
THRIFT
War pricey sting us frightfully.
But even while wo frown
We cogitate delightfully
That some day they'll come 'down.
And though we may bo pretty- short
We're thankful for a lift.
That's why I sing this ditty short
Of thrift, thrift, thrift.
A patriot undoubted is
The soldier at the front;
He given praise and touted is
As one who's done his stunt.
Our country! To defend it all
Are willing get my drift?
So save your cash! Don't Spend it
all!
Use thrift, thrift, thrift!
War savings stamps aro beautiful
Because they represent
A citizenry dutiful
On doing good Intent.
All cannot fight (though many
"fit")
Let others work their shift;
By having reap tho benefit
Of thrift, thrift, tin If tl
GRir ALEXANDER.
JAMES OLIVER CVRWOOD
tho Cree, who loves Jeanne as his
own daughter.
"It was Jeanne's Idea to save you.
Jeanne told him of Thorpe's plot to
destroy you, nnd to lay the blame on
Sachigo's people. Sachtgo Is out there
-In tho mountains hiding with thirty
of his tribe. Two days ago Jeanne
learned where her father's men were
hiding. We had planned everything.
Tomorrow night when they movo to
attack we wcro to start a signal-fire
on tho big rock mountain at the end
of tho lake. Sachlgo starts nt tho
(ignal and lays In ambush for the
others In the ravine between tho two
mountains. Nono of Thorpe's men
will como out alive. Sachlgo and his
people will destroy them, and none will
ever know how It happened, for tho
Crees keep their secrets. But now
It Is too lato for me. When It hap
pensI will bo gone. The slgnal-pllo
Is built birch-bark at the very top
of tho rock. Jcanno will wait for
me out on the plain and I will not
come. You must flro the signal,
M'sleur as soon as It Is dark. None
will ever know. Jeanne's father Is
dead. You will keep the secret of
her mother always "
"Forever," said Philip.
MacDougall come Into the room. Ho
brought a glass, partly filled, with n
colored liquid, and placed It to Pierre's
lips. Pierre swallowed with an effort,
and with a significant hunch of his
shoulders for Philip's eyes alono the
engineer returned to tho little room.
"Mon Dleu, how it burns!" said
Pierre, as If to himself. "May I He
down again, M'sleur?"
Philip lowered him gently. He made
no effott to speak In these moments.
Pierre's eyes were dark and luminous
as they sought his own. The draught
he had taken gavo him a passing
strength.
"I saw Thorpo again this afternoon,"
ho said, moro calmly. "D'Arcambal
thought I had taken Jeanne to visit a
trapper's wife down the Churchill. I
saw Thorpe alone. He had been
drinking. Ho laughed at me. and said
that Jeanne and I were fools that
he would not leave as he had said he
would but that ho would temaln al
ways. I told Jeanne, nnd asked her
again to let me kill him. But sho
said no and I had taken my oath
to her. Jeanne saw him again to
night. I wns near the cabin, and saw
you. I told him I would kill him If
he did not go. He laughed again, and
struck me. When I camo to my feet
he was half across tho open. I fol
lowed. I forgot my oath. Rage filled
my heart. You know what happened.
You will tell Jeanne so that she will
understand "
"Can wo not send for her?" asked
Philip. "Sho must be near."
"No, M'sleur," ho replied, softly. "It
would only give her great pain to sec
me llko this. Sho was to meet me
tonight at 12 o'clock on tho trail
where the roadbed crosses. You will
meet her In my place. When sho un
derstands all that has happened you
may bring her here, If sho wishes to
come. Then tomorrow night you
will go together to fire the signal."
nut Thorpe la dead." said Philip.
said
hlch
uvniv uaa ucJU num ui-unue wno
reason "as Pas-soa as Lora I'ltzhugh
Lec- ls but the asent o a ,noro Pwer"
ful force behlnd ,)lm. Havo you t0(,
me all, Pierre? Do you know nothing
more?"
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
By DADDY
A toiitiWrte new adienture each uctk. Irplnnina Monday and endhio Saturday
'THE STRANGE NEW
ANIMAL"
(J he FfiIitff Oare traps Lonesome
Bear U a cave after trying to ehoot
Mm.)
CHAPTER III
Ba!ry Sam Comet Home
(i'XTOU'TW. a nice one to get caught
1 this way," scolded Billy Belgium,
as Lonesome Bca'r wept oer his plight.
"I don't want to be stuffed except
with blueberries and acorns and nice
things to eat." walled Lonesome Bear In
answer.
Billy walked up to the stakes which
barred the entrance to the cave and tried
to pull them out. He couldn't budge one
of them.
"We will have to get a saw to cut
them." he declared.
"Don't leae me!" begged Lonesome
Bear. "The Ogre and tho aviator will
be back soon to smoke me out. Then
they will shoot me."
From the bushea ocrosB the rler came
a surprising bit of advice.
"Oet a gas mask and they can't smoke
you out."
Peggy and Billy whirled around to see
the Kpeaker. No one was In sight. Lone
some Bear was so wrapped up In his
troubles that he hadn't heard the voice.
He went right on with his waitings. "I
don't wnnt to be shot; I don't want to
bo shot!"
"Then get a helmet I" advised the un
seen speaker.
Billy pushed Peggy behind htm. The
speaker mlsht bo the Ogre.
"Who are you. and what do you
want?" shouted Billy Belgium.
In answer a head bobbed up from
NORTH
"Nothing, M'sleur."
"Was It Thorpe who attacked you
on tho cliff nt Chui chill?"
"No. I am sura that It was not he.
If the attack had not failed It wouia
havo meant loss for him. I have
laid It to tho ruflllans who wnnted to
kill me nnd secure Jeanne. You
understand "
"Yes, but I do not believe that was
the motive for the attack, Pierre,"
said Philip. "Did Thorpo go to see
any one In Churchill?"
"I don't know. He was concealing
himself In tho forest." '
A convulsive shudder ran through
Pierre's body. He gave n low cry of
pain, and his hand clutc'.ed at the
babtche cord which held tho locket
about his neck.
"M'sleur," ho whispered, quickly,
"this locket was on the little Jeanne
when I found her in the snow. I
kept It because it bears tho woman's
initials. I am foolish, M'sleur. I am
weak. But I would llko to have It
buried with me under the old tree -where
Jeanne's mother lies. And If
you could, M'sleur If you only could
place something of Jeanne's in my
nana 1 would rest easier."
Philip bowed his head In silence,
while his eyes grow blinding hot.
Pierre pressed his hand. v
"She loves you as I love her," lie
whispered so low that Phlllp could
scarcely hear. "You will love her
always. If you do not tho Great
God will let the curse of Pierre Cou
cheo fall Upon youl"
Choking back tho great sobs that
roso In his breast, Phlllp sank upon
his knees beside Pierre, nnd burled
his face In his arms like a heartbroken
boy. For several moments thero wa
a silence, punctuated by the rasping
breath of the wounded man. Suddenly
this sound ceased, and Philip felt it
cold fear leap through him. Ho list
ened, neither breathing nor lifting hl
head. In that Interval of pulseless
quiet a terrible cry came from Pierre's
lips, nnd when Phlllp looked up the
dying half-breed had struggled to a
sitting posture, blood staining his lips
again, his eyes blazing, his white face
damp with tho clammy touch of death,
and was staling through the cabin
window.
It was the window that looked out
over the lake, toward the rock rnoun-
tain half a mile away. Philip turned,
horrified and wondering. Through the
window he saw a glow in the sky
the glow of a fire, leaping up In a crim
son flood from the top of the moun
tain! Again that terrible, moaning cry' felt
from Pierre's lips, and he reached out
his arms toward the signal that was
blazing forth Its warning In the night.
"Jeanne Jeanne " he sobbed. "My
Jeanne "
Ha swayed, and fell back. His words
camo In choking gasps. '
"The signal I" he struggled, fighting
to make Philip understand him.
"Jeanne saw Thorpe tonight. Ho
must changed plans. Attack to
night. Jeanne Jeanne my Jeanne
has lighted the Blgnal fire!"
A tremor ran through his body, and
ho lay still. MacDougall ran across
from the half-open door, and put hta
head to Pierre's breast.
"Is he dead?" asked Phlllp.
"Not yet."
"Will he become conscious again?"
"Possibly." " -
Phlllp, gilpped MacDougall by tha
arm.
"The attack ls to be matte tonight,
Mac," ho exclaimed. "Warn the men.
Havo them ready. But you you,
MacDougall, attend to this man, and
keep him alive! "
Without another word ho ran to
tho door and out into the night. The
slgnal-llio was leaping to the sky. It ,
lighted up the black cap of the moun
tain, and sent a thousand aurora fires
flashing across the lake. And Phlllp,
as he ran swiftly through the canty
toward the narrow trail that led to
that mountain-top, repeated over and
over again tho dying words of Pierre 1
"Jeanne my Jeanne my Jeanne!"
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
"Welcome home from war!1 cried
Peggy and Billy .
among the bushes a head even more
scary than that of the Ogre In his gog!
gle-eyed helmet. This head had a
round top, big ears, huge eyes, bulging
checks, and a trunk like that of an ele- ,
"Gee whllllkersl" exclaimed Billy
using one of the favorite words of the
aiant of tho Woods, "dolllklns !' said
Peggy, peeking around his shoulders
Low down. In the bushes, a second
head poked itself out, a head Just llko
the first one, only- It had smaller ears
Then, oer at one side, appeared a third
head one with horns Instead of ears
".,fh,rf0 Btare1 a' the children with
unblinking eyes.
u--L rnl!'ed nla ht!,n shooter, and, '
Puff!" a bean sped ncross the river
landing on the first head. Pllnk! went
the bean, bounding off. Another shot
sped right Into the eye of the second
head. The Bhot hit. and bounded off. but
the eye didn't even wink.
"Gee.whllllkers!" said Billy again.
"Hee-haw 1 Get a cannon," advised the
first head. ' ;
"Hp, I know you now." cried Peggy S
leaping frpm behind Billy. "Balky
Sarn. you march right out of those
bushes."
"Hee-haw 1 Hee-haw I We fooled you
Just like wo fooled tho Huiib," brayed
Balky Bam triumphantly, parading out
of the bushes on hl,hlnd legs. On his
head he wore a .German helmet and
oer his face he had a gas mask. No
wonder Peggy and Billy didn't recognize
him, And out of the bushes, too, trot
ted Billy Goat and Johnny Bull, each
wearing a helmet and a mask.
"Welcoire home from wart" -pii
Peggy and Billy, )
. "What's the matter over there? Opt
u...v ..tit w mw. u(.;cu .Utility
3am, shaking off his mask.
"Lonesome Bear has been trapped In
his den by the Flying Ogre," answered
Billy. "Hee-haw I We'll show you what wo
did to Hun traps In Europe," brayed
Balky Sam. t
He plunged Into the river, with Billy
rtnnt nn.l Tnlinnv Ttllll iwlinmlni. ..I.-.
behind.
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