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was/- . V She drew her: more In the sun ed. Pierrot was and she would an effort to r closed in the Lnuulnn hub I6 dll t -LLUI 1* boulder, Then sh Iluvn .I.ucu aux: ucsan u|55uI5 Five minutes-and "N move the stone. She tugg by inch she-dragged it last it lay at her feet am was ready for her body again toward Pierrot. 1 busy, and she laughed 1 untied a. big red-and-whi kerchief , from about h< With this she would secu dropped on her hands a1 then lowered herself flat 1 and began crawling int: under the boulder, `Dav-an had 0-nnnn TKTH1 I Mari 25-.-Mr. atid Mrs. Archie.'Beas1ey and two little daughters` of Branch- ton are visiting their parents. - mime Rannlnv nf Mnnfnr nnnnf, ll Elmer Beasley of Mea,tprd spent a week-end with his parents lately. ` [on are Vllllng E1181!` puruuus. ' l 3 herself out and s sunshine. Her he 'lerrot was -busy over 1 she not callehim. ffort move the etc :1 hollow undeu ler, but it was wedged she began digging wit re 'Nepe stone. tugged Ich she-dragged ou` f `lntfnf hnr fan! and fl` 1'16. LU ur er under him. 'I`h< 1 her ha: not wed A .-.A than "(rl~6"B'e' continued) CHAPTER Vl|I_ QlIn s Hotel HUI` LUUL an )1` bod: 1 Le red-and-wh 11 11 2 sect Lam hands as [UL 31111 llllllu SHE ove stone aollow under tl vas in t with a ._n n (`I 'T\Tnnnn:n weugeu in us rging 5 1d Nepeese c e at it. ed out unt at and the ops body. she 10 rnf T-To tn 1: `I21! Ull ' into L1 uuluy 11:5 nut: vhite Bay hand- her shoulders. ecure Baree- She and knees and Lt on the ground Ind-n O)-no Innllnur Iy. Dill: He wz softly nlfn `Rn v ud stood once - heart thrill- er his bear- m. She made which nder the big ed tightly. stick. apeese could ed Inch n..L ..-`L81 AI- I LIIU the at IL. IIIUH t until at 1e openlng the looked was still zly as she Danna Ln.-43 Pun Ton 51 uul u hollow g&&&&&&&%&$&$&% TTTTTT KT TT'L"A"A"A": EMARKETS E E %%&%%%%%%%%%% SATURDAY MARKET An unusually large quantity of roots and vegetables featured Saturday's market at which the attendance was considerably larger than its has been for some weeks. `With the coming of spring farmershave been able to get into their pits and the carrots, par- snips, etc., were firm and fresh looking. Carrots and parsnips brought 25 and 35 cents a basket, beets~35 cents, onions 30 cents, potatoes,60 cents a bag, tur- nips, 5 cents each andcabbage 5 and 10 cents each. V llnnln 1vIIv\ urn.-. olnn vnnnf nnnahf cents eacn. Maple syrup was the most sought aftezvarticle on the market. It was quite plentiful and sold readily at 75 cents a. quart and $3.00 a. gallon. Rnftnr nn nnrcrcv warn nrnmine-nt_ I0 UCIILB H. quart. auu 0.UU `a. sallulln Butter and eggs` were prominent, butter britiging 35 to 37 cents a pound and eggs 30 to 32 cents a dozen. `Quotations were as follows: -wv.,,,n_u,u, nu-_,A1_,; V.-..v.~..-..v.. n \-an`-I I-cu: -...-- - "Vegetable Onions, small , basket . . . . . . . . . Potatoes, bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turnlps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cabbage, head . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parsnips, basket . . . . . . . . .. 2 Carrots, basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Butter beans, pt . . . . . . .. 10c, 3 ft Poultry, Butter. and Eggs; "'I4.LA._._ Eggs Chickens Fowl, dressed, lb. Cream, pint Buttermilk, qt. .. 1:1... Pork, per ft) Beef, fronts Beef binds . _I-Iay -..-Y-- ----..-, an . . . . . Apples, basket . . . . . .` `|l x..._-II.__.. FOR Hot Water Heating and PLUMBING Vespra Council met on` `March 16, with all the members present and the Reeve in the chair. ' - * \ Communications were read from; Thezsoldier Settlement Board, re `taxes on roperty of the Board; Mrs. R. A. Sutherland, re grant for Woman's Rest. Room, Barrie; Commissioner Salvation Army, re financial aid. The `Auditors filed their report. .his' farm 1924, $10.00; Alex. H. Wilson, B. Coutts, do, $15.00; A. B. Coutts, -Council meetings to date, $9.00; Grant The following accounts were passed: A. B. Coutts, Sec.-Trea's. Telephone System, part levy 1924, $100.00;' A. B. Coutts, registering births, marriages and deaths, $19.00; Morley Lillicrap; snow plow, $90.00; Geo. W. Crawford, part salary as assessor, $100.00; Lorne W'ingrove, snow plowing and use-of plow, $71.25; Ben. Parr, bringing snow plow from Coulson,1 $7.50"-;'.'W. J. Holmes, operating snow plow, Con. 13, 75c; E. Crawford,` snow plowing Con. 11, $2.65; Barrie Examiner, balance print- ing acccrunt, $150.50; W. J. `Cole, ser- vices as auditor, $15.00; Geo. -G. John- ston, services as auditor and search- ing registry office ,' $16.25;_ S. H. Brown, insurance premium re" Webb, $15.35;_Joseph Maw, use of road across expenses to Toronto re Col. roads etc.; $15.00; ` Grant Knupp, do, $15.00; A. quarter, year's salary as Clerk and -Treas., $225.00; Alex. H.. `Wilson, Knupp, do, $9.00; Albert Ford, do, $9.00; James Doran, do, $9.00; Albert Or- chard, do, $9.00. . I.-- I___ -____-1-_A1_, _, nu, , u 0 A. q WA by-iaw ahpoiting Township Of- ficers, viz ., pathmasters, pound keep;- ers, fence viewers, and sheep valua- tors, was given its three readings and passed. Tn-.. _- 1'7: ..... __ 77,, `I\ - Fence Viewers.--Hy. Dunsmore, R. D. Coutts, Wm. E. Brown, `Garfield Wingrove, Wm. Howard, Wm. Grant, Fred. Priest, Jas. Torpey, Donald Mc- Donald, J. W. Ferris, Geo. G." Young, and Thos. Dawgon. 11., v-, - - A u-...u. ... nav-n Jluuvv uunao Pound Keepers.-Jqseph Quinlan,- Forest, Wallwin, Robt. Wattle, Fred. Priest. Joseph Coupland, John Wall- win, Harvey McLean, Geo. G. Young, Wallace Brown, M. Caston, James Orok, and Peter Gilchrist. nI.--_ ~n-_u_,_4.., :- V- can-J1.` - vuua xanavnns I351` heep Va.luators.-- Geo. Crawford, VV. J. Dougherty, Howard Bertram, Wallace G. Richardson, and Geo. D. Shannon. T When beating eggs take care that your heater is clean, or any grease on it will prevent the eggs from frothing. The Council adjourned `to mget on April 6 at 10 a.m_. A. B. COUTTS, Clerk. We, pay the" following prices: Good Green Butcher Hides, 10 CO1]- \J\rI!II \nu veg: 3--w-V- ..-___-- cmq ll_c to 1'13: Calf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Kip . . . . . . . . . . me to 12 ,_ Q Limited, Barrie. The Barri Tanning Cog, s'E6T'i'7i;b'6k'7r'dI'iE VESPRA` councu. % HIDES Miscellaneous .. 25-.35c for 25c ,1 'In_,___ . 16-18c 10-12c I 12-14c $14-$16 n35-37c 30-32c 25-28c 20-23c Eln 20-60c `6OU 30c V I1: J: ELI"I\l'|I-IO G =ulJV'l"|l1IJ * 18 Toronto St, Toronto. R. J. Edwards. G. R. Edwards, B.A.So. ' DRS. BURNS & BURNS 60 Elizabeth St. Opposite Palmer's New Garage Nervous and Chronic Disorder: Phone 406 or call at office for Infnrrnnfinn nn gnu (`Canaan V(Opposik;evn;1;:-I}1z_o`n'vStaton) ::-u -BOYS &. MURCHISON Barristers. Solicitors, Notary Public. . Conveyance:-s. Etc. Money to loan at lowest rates or in- terest. Otfice--13 Owen St., in Mason- ic Temple Building, Barrie. Branch Otce--Elmvale. TIT L DA... 7 I` II Ti \JLLlUU""lBllll VG-IV. W. A. Boys. K.C.. M.P. D. C. Murchison. J. R. . ALEXANDER COWAN Barrister. Solicitor for obtaining pro. bate of wills, guardianship and ad- ministration. General Solicitor, No-i f.l`V.' Cnnvavnnnor an- THURSDAY, APRIL 2,V 1925. uusunua.uun. \1cuul.`u.A auucuur, N0-` . tary; Conveyancer, etc. Olce--Hinds Block, 8 Dunlop St., Barrie. MONEY TO LOAN. DUNCANTF. MccUAIG, B.A. Succe_ssor to Creswicke & Bell BARRISTER. SOLICITOR, ETC.- MZONE"Y TO LOAN. Ross Block, Barrio T PLAXTON &. PLAXTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS. ETC. Offices: 707-8 Kent Building Toronto, Ont. C. W. Plaxton. G. Gordon Plaxtol James O. Plaxton . DR, H. T. ARNALL` Associate Coroner County of Simcoo Office and Resid9nce-_-0orner Toronto and Elizabeth Sts., opp. Central Church Office I-Iours:v-` Until 10.30 a..m.. and 1 _to 3.30 and 6 to 8 p.m. Phone 167. -ana- DR. L. H. BlGELOW Graduate of Toronto University Phone 61 Office-58 Collier St. Hours: 8-9 a..m., 1230-2 and 6.30-8 p.m. Ill$II'IIVI&_II &I\II` 122 B100; West. Toronto, will be at 91 Owen St., Barrie, 1st Saturday of ' each mnnfh Your READING Needs ARE WELL SUPPLIED A1` ...-.._---.-- --:;3: . ans. L7|TTLE'&. LITTLE Physicians and Surgeons, Barrie, Ont. Office and Residence-47 Maple Ave. Office hours: 1 to 3 p.m., 7 to 9 p.m., or by annointment. Phone. 912 Utnce hours: 1 3 by appointment. Phone 213. A. T. Little, M.D. W. C. Little, M.B. -j ya. vn 915 um, aJu.11c, J.-5|. aaLu1'ua.y OI each month. Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Consultation hours-11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Barrie, phone 2. Toronto. North 3320 ZT - I-13 "`l IIVQW Formerly of Drs. Ross" & Ross, Barrle. Late 'Surgeon Specialist with the ` Imperial Army, 41, years. General Surgery an Obstetrics especially. Ofce--140 Duhlop St.,. Barrie. Phone 710. P.O. Box 1078 DR. E. G. TURNBULL Graduate McGill University. Montreal Office and Residence--Cor. Elizabeth and Bradford Sts.. Barrie. _Phone 105. Office hours: 9-10 a.m., 1-3 p.m.. 7-8 p.m. _:_j L." J. SIMPSON, M.B PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and Residence-Collier St.. cor- ner Clapperton St.. Barrie. Phone 27I MAUD E. OLAXTON, L.T.C.M. ~.Teacher of Piano and Vocal ` Pupils prepared for Toronto Conservln tory of Music examinations leading up to and including A.T.C.M. degree. Studlo--Klng Block. Phone .424 EDMUND HARDY Mus. Bac., F.T.C.M. Teacher of Piano. Organ. Vocal. and Musical Theory, Organist and Choirmaster or St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Gold medalist Toronto Conservatory 0! Music and `Univm-nifv nf Tnrnnfn PERCY HOADLEY Organist and Choir Leader Comer St. Methodist Church Teacher of Plano, Organ, Voice and Theory. Terms reasonable. Phone '283W. Sophia St. o B. M. SYLVESTER Bandmaster Barrie Citizens Band Formerly Director of music Christie St. Hospital under D.S.C.R., bandmaster, of 134th 0.S. Bn., bandmaster of 76th Toronto Scottish Regt. t Teacher of Music. Agent for M_cClary s Furnaces. RADENHURST & HAMMOND BARRISTERS SOLICITORS, ETC. Masonic Temple. Building, Barrie MONEY TO LOAN uum mcuaum. xurunco uonservatory 0! Music and University of Toronto. 113 Wot-s|ey`8t., 4 Phone OII rIII.uru:. I I1 I`: LBNNUA, A. I -U-Mo Teacher of Piano Pupils prepared for Toronto Conserve.- tory examinations in Piano. 2 North Street. Phone 387W V. I1. nuon, uI'rI.u. Eyes Examined Glasses Fit! Graduate Canadian Ophthalmic College, Toronto. '43 Elizabeth St., Barrio. Phone VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSE. - Barrie Branch Residence, 86 Worsley St. Phone 751W 1Kf1Z`.T.`l'. 'RA'RV l'!T.T`l\T1 lV, ISUBIUUIIUU, OI? VV Ufley I'.. (110113 'l 01 V' WELL BABY CLINIC from 2 to 5 o'clock every Friday. Application for nurse : services may be made direct or through your doctor. WELCH. CAMPBELL & LAWLES8 Chartered Accountants Phone Main 6874. 69 Yonge_ St., Toronto H. J. Welch, C.A. G. D. Campbell, C.A. W. S. I-Iulbig, Production Engineer '1`. E. Lawless, C.A. Manager `Cost and Efficiency Dept. L. R. ORD CIVIL ENGINEER Ontario and Dominion Land Surveyor 133 Blake St., Barrie. Phone 623 - . 05. w. A. LEWIS Surgery and Diseases of Women Associate Coroner County or Simcoo -and- BB I L! ISIBEI I\IAl HILDRETH F. LENNOX, A.T.C.M. Taael-mp nf Diana FIRE INSURANCE -R.`.I. aowmans a EDV;IXF;l:8 19 Yunnan`: Q5 TA\nnn`a DONALD ROSS, LL.B. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Ma._sonic Temple Building, Barrie MONEY TO LOAN IJUFIIJUIV LUNUWIAN Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, etc. VMONEY T0 LOAN Pnuu `DI-nnlz `Dn uu-in Expsmauceo DRESSMAKER A-.. .I-.lI- A-so-n can-nun-ubn an )0penT for <;9._il-y _ sewing at home MISS WILDE. 72 Small St. IIU 'I'IIU U1 Van H-L ULLIUU information on any disease. Gmion LONGMAN -info Qnlinifnn KY.-xi-anu- DR. MORTIMER LYON .... (NA. -r-rr_ ,, CHIROPRACTIC V.Lu.\}.lV.DJ. LU JJUALV Ross Block, Barrie. 52 Elizabeth St. : Phone 952W DR. FRED` A. ROSS .. -1 1\,,_ v~-, ' o. -R.WI;U8K, OPH.D. ranting:-I Gian.-. ' Xkcunracrs MEDICAL LEGAL, OPTICAL MUSIC 7" l1.U. Fitted nhfhn Ivn In 80' NIGHT SGIIOOI. ICIUTUIBUE BOW change or add 1!!!! .I'.All`l'n`N .1 u trio pn a.du's 1' tom), - ario, Q Xh (`I In son for ho questh port, ; Q (`hut 'l`1'1(- is 0 ut E tn... .. Cl !'il.`H' idea is time t. It am): in l*i:u cl0('k, ` fl I.llII| prohzll tzxliuth l.......\, \-H'(',\. dumpix time h IIH`()_llH ])I'(`S|`Yl that in upheld to um: Viun [LI 1': MIA. talsn's Lillli im-.1 frm intv U1 UH` '70 I10 I'll!` IV Funeral Director 5 vnlinln non Rm-`Vina D-620 I ,WHEN ITIS nun. Esmjlg Q6; naturally think bf 7 ,_ %EU DAY AND NIGHT 47 tube!!! 5!. 3` Phone 218. \l `IIIJI\ I rllhnuuawv `DAY `AND NIGHT Iubnlanco In connection QKRRIE` ONT. 8 Phone 82. When you ulc for a loaf bf IIR&II IQIIQ KKK I K W. J. RICHARDS Auto Licemeh Issued V. 7 Owen St. Dunlop at Mulcaster 'iiii"d\W's"isa" pm" \Ill.'IlAl\I." Illll? 'nn"I'.-A ive'e.esume..the'_eunscr1ner Wlanes uu: Iervlce continued. REMITTANCES Ihomd be made by registered letter. Imnerorder. or cheque payable at pay- In Ben-Ie. J. A. MacLaren. Editor. . W. C. Walls. Manager. R oven fty zears the Toronto ome of the Tourist and Travel- ling public. - Moderate rates and high standard of Ser- vice maintained in every department. American and Euro- pean plans. V Wire your reservation at our expense. Htmiw WINNETP _ Preside; V ' communes or was -rucuzsr snuomc P. C. `LLOYD F Pifggfgr and TORQNTQ w. b. Mm mm al Director cl Em Phone 31. THE TRY namnur Phono 481 . nun null` B[AMREE, son "or KAZAN, . Vita-an h'Pi'ctura,'with wojmhe w.-... Dog, ` T is an Adaption o This Story. 4 . VVVI` guns` as HOMEMADE, MILK, "CREAM. BAKEWS OR WHOLE WHEAT look for the label on bottom of loaf. A Good Assortment of Cakes. Pie: and Pastry at Bakery. 136 Elizabeth St. : Phone 250: YI'II'|I' I I-II V Iiwv--u-u-wvu For quarter of an hour Baree wa;toh- . ed him while he knocked fish out of the pool. Whenat last he stopped, there were twenty or thirty fish among the stones; some of them dead and others still flopping. From wher_e he 1aylflat- tened out between two rocks, Baree could hear the crunching of flesh and bones as the bear devoured his dinner. It sounded good. and the fresh smell of fish filled mm with a craving thatl had never been aroused by crawfish or even- partridge. , 'l`urnnfv nnnnnn later the 1astof' B .l.LV\.lL HA5.) Baree, the _young wolf-dog, wander- ing in the wilderness, came_ upon` a colony of beavers. He tried to make friends with Umiek. their leader, but the little animals ran away from him, leaving 'Baree lonely and unhappy. He was attracted by the mooing or the moose and the yap-yap-yap of a fox but thrilled most at the wolf-cry. It was the call of his own, summoning him to the chase, the hunt. the wild orgy of torn flesh and running blood. or even-partridge. l K , Twenty seconds later the last of Wakayoo had `disappeared in` a turn of the creek, `Baree. was under ` the _broken balsam. He dragged out a fish that was still alive. He ate the whole `of it, and it was delicious. ' Baree now found that Wakayoo had solved the food problem forhim, and this day he did not return to the beav- er. pond, nor the next. The big bear was incessantly fishing `up and down thel creek. and day after day Baree con- tinued his feasts. nnn n nyonlr llfn` nnnfinnn fn ho AY- tmuea ms Ieasus. For 8. week life` continued to be ex- ceedlngly pleasant. And then came the break-the change that was destined to mean asemuch for Baree as that other day, [long ago, had meant for Kazan. his father, when he killed the man-brute in the edge of'the w1l..der- vnncru anus- 11888. rmu mess. - . - This change came on the-day when, in trotting around a greatvrock near [the waterfall. Barre 1bund' himself. Nepeese was not more tian twehtyl feet from lnim."_ 3 face ' to face`-with Pierrot the hunter and` Nepeese, the star-eyed girl who had shot him in the edge of the clearing Tf urns: Nanaaaa urhnnn ha aaur fh-cf IUUKUU LU LXHVZH-ll. . ' Baree stood still. Nepeese was'not; more than twenty feet from him . She sat on a rock full in the early morn- ing sun. and was brushing out her wonderful hair. Her lips parted. Her eyes shone in an instant like stars. One hand remained poised, weighted with the jet tresses. She recognized him. She saw the white star on his breast and the white tip on his ear, and under her -breath she whispered Uchi moo- sls_!"---The clog pup!" It was the wild dog she had shot---and thought had died! The evening before Pierrot and Ne- peese had built a shelter or balsam behind. the big rock, and on a small. white plot of sand Pierrot was kneeling over a fire preparing "breakfast while `the Willow arranged her hair. He raised his head tospeak` to her, and saw Baree. In that instant the spell was broken. Baree saw the man-beast as he rose to his feet. Like,a shot he W88 gone. _ Rnnrnnlv nwlftnr wn.n ha than `Na. uuu Bill)! Hill! Ill IJIU GU56 UL LHU UIUIIIKLIIE It was Nepeese whom he saw first. If it had been Pierrot he would have turned back quickly. But again the blood of his` forebear was rousing strange trembling within him.~ Was, it like this that the first woman hadi looked to Kazan? `Donna nfnna-I ufl T\Yav\aaua uraui-'1-uni: The Barrie Egcaxniner "Depechez vous, mon pere!" cried. It is the dog-pup! Quick!" In the floating cloud of her hair sped after Bares like the wind. Pie followed, and In going be caught his rifle. It was difficult for mu catch up with the Willow. She like a wild spirit. her little moc Irina` Ingi annnnnlur I-nnnlslncr `Ian 4 UELUKI up WM-ll IJIU VVlllUWo D little": ined feet scarcely touching ti as she ran up the long bar. wonderful to see the lithe sw of her, and that wonderful hair ing out in the sun. Even now, moment : excitement, it made think of Mc'1`aggart, the Hudsc Company's factor over at La andwhat he had said yeaterdt the night Pierrot had: lain gritting his teeth at the the it:` and this morning, before ran upon them, he had looked manna run-on nlnan-luv than 31731 WEB 50116: Scarcely sw peeae. . Depechez cried. t Tn I-`so flnnl LIIU H1511 L I it: this ran the eeseT-more n his 1lte..S1 lovelier even nnnfknn Invkn 08.98 118 now." V _ ~ She was panting. when he came up to her. '1`_-he French blood in her_ glowed CHAPTER VII-a--Continued ._ -1 -.. I....-.. 13....-.` up j - -----------w --- ------ -v-- -~------- 'for Bllo by H: G. ROBER'1-'8ON uqd WILLIAM` OROBBLAND swifter SYNOPSIS H ____il . W38 F||llII'I|"D'l'lGCO'l""I`'a" Ambulance Service - ' Ilntor and Ho:-ao-Eq: Hl, UULUYU had 61:: on an aura- `I;neJs Olivgr Cutwaod _f _a|.ov1:-a2ic.mtn:rAnunnm he vuxu. I-'lUl'l 2 caught ' him In HI-Ln III S}fe%.`8p;e_lu% Relief \ - _-- than Danna vv any 3' moccas- the sand Lt`. It was swirtness Jr stream- w, in this de Pierrot ison's Bay Lac Batu. suing: urn" `Hl'C" U383 she :1. Pierrot D nah`. Inn _J_unnu1,o.nce uervwa Motor and Horse -` 1 t cor. Mary. and Ellxabmu gtnarrlo FIIVHU `Ob . Ne- E-"u"5 m. to was anon, she M NEURALGIAM-I?!-IEADACH Angnn .45 -- Q-A.--g-up a'AAA-- Q a vivid crlmon in her ch ks and lips. `I-Ier white teeth gleamed 11 e milk. _-LL -__-un A...1 -1... .._..l..L-A %|!|ll-"||.|!A'|'!$.|'| MAIL :00 FOR sensuous sAMPI.D Tomplotbns. 122 King West. Toronto nun -__j IAIII I IAIA QQQQQI ALIR ; J.J.Ul vv usu: , uvv-an Bu... ................ -- In't'here! And she pointed. They went in. Ahead of them Baree was running I for his life. He sensed instinctively ' thefact that these wonderful two-leg- ged beings he had -looked upon wqere all-powerful. And they were after him! He could hear them. Nepeese was `fol- lowing almost as swiftly as he could run. Suddenly he turned into a cleft between two great rocks. Twenty feet, in, his way was barred. and he ran back. When hedarted out. straight` up the canyon, Nepeese was not a dozen .yards behind him, and he saw Pierrot almost at her side. The Willow gave` a cry. _ - Mana-mana--there, he is!" ' She'caught her breath, and darted` into a cops`e of young balsams where Ba- ree had disappeared; Like a great entan- gling web her loose hair impeded her in the brush, and with an encouraging cry to Pierrot she stopped to gather lit over her shoulder as he ran past her. She lost only a moment or two, and was after him. Fifty yards ahead of her Pierrot gave a warning shout. Baree had turned. Almost in the same breath he was` tearing over the back-trail, directly toward the Willow. He_ did not see her in time to stop "or swerve aside, and Nepeese flu g herself down in his path. For an ins ant or,two they were together.` Baree felt the smother of her hair, and the clutch of her hands I Then he squirmed away and darted I again toward the blind end of the can- \7{\I'I BARRIE BUS; COLLEGE Mon. and Thurs., 7.30-9.30 gnaw... -.vu-n... v-.- ....-..... ---.. __ -__- -..-_ yon. Nepeese sprang to hef feet. She was pantix'1_g-a.nd laughing. Pierrot came back wildly, and the Willow pointed _beyond him. . --1 '1-ma` mm...mm `he didn't bite!" Deyunu llllll. v "I "had him-and `he didn't bite! she said, breathing swiftly. She still pointed to the end of the canyon. and she said again: I had him-- he `didn't bite me, Nootawe! VI`!-naf uvoa tho urnnnr n? if Elna hn HIIIB DPULIIBI` 01 L118 VVUIL. ' In and out among the rocks Baree sought swiftly for a way of escape. In a momentmore he had come to the "box", or cup of the canyon. This was a break in" the wall, fifty or sixty feet `wide, which opened into a natural prison about an acre in extent. It was a beautiful spot. On all sides but that leading into the coulee ' it was shut in by`walls of `rock. At the far end a waterfall broke down in a series of '. rippling cascades. The grass was thick underfoot. and` strewn with flowers. Inthis trap Pierrot had got more than one fine haunch of venison. From it there was no escape, except in the face of his rifle. He called to}Nepeese' as he saw Baree entering it, and together they `climbed the slope. Daron hn nlmnuf Ibnnnhn the edge (ll(lIl'( DIEB H18, LVUUl.uWU: That was the wonder of it. She had been: reckless-and Baree had not bit- ten her! It was then, with her eyes shining at Pierrot, and the smile fad- ing slowly from her lips, that she spoke `softly the word Baree." which in her tongue meant the wild-dog"--a little brother of the wolf. T... n-`A rind ovnnnnr I-ha nnnlrn `Roxana cumoeu ule Blupe. ' Baree had almost reached the edge of the little prison-meadow when sud- denly he stopped himself so quickly that he fell back on his haunches, and his heart jumped up into his throat. Win}! in hie: nnfh nfnnd Wnknvnn. From where he lay Baree could see what happened. scarcely had he crawl- ed under the rock when Nepeese and: Pierrot appeared through the breakl in the dip, and stopped. The fact that! they stopped thrilled Baree. '1`hey'.were afraid of Wakayoo! The big hear was two thirds of the way across the mea- d_ow. The sun fell on him, so that his coat shone like black satin. Pierrot H20 [[18 HIBHIXUW. 1 ~ "stared. at him for a moment. Pierrot did not` kill for the love of killing. Necessity made him a conservationist "But he saw that in spite of the lateness of the season. Wa.kayoo's coat was splendid--and he raised his rifle. ;`3h1:;;:;Wi|OfIO|f out and stood once more in the sunshmo." run BARRIB. EXAMINER Baree saw this action, He" saw, a V moment later, something spit from the end of the gun. and then he heard that: deafening crash that had come with his own hurt. when the Willow's bullet had burned through his flesh. He turned his eyes wiftty to Wakayoo. The big bear had stumbled; he was on his knees!` and tlien he struggled up and__lumbered.on. ' ' Thd rnnr nf fhn I-ifln nnrnn ncrnin nn up a.u_u__ 1u|uucn:u.un. ' The roar of the rifle came again, and a. second time Wakayoo went down. Pierrot could not miss at that distance. Wakayoo made aisplendid mark. It was slaughter; yet for Pierrot and Nepeese it was/ business--the business of life. . any-an nrnu nh1rnn(nn- Tl IIIGQI nu:-nun ll.` Wl1' lJllllll:35"'*(.B 0118111853 OI IIIB. Baree was shivering. It was more from excitement than fear, for he had lost his own fear `in _the tragedy of these moments. A low whine rose in his throat as he looked at Wakayoo, who had risen again and faced his enemies-- his jaws gaping, his head swinging slowly, his legs weakening under him as the blood poured through his torn lungs; Baree whined-because Wakayoo had fished for him. because he had come to look on him as a friend. and because he knew it was death that Wakayoo was facing; now. There was a third shot--the last. Wakayoo sank down in his tracks. His big head dropped between his forepaws. A rack- - ing cough or two came to Baree. _And then there was silence. u-nu I u-nun VIII ` As Nepeese gazed about the rock- walled end of the canyon, the prison into which they had driven Wakayoo and Baree, Pierrot -looked up again from his skinning of the big black bear, and he muttered something that no one but himself could `have heard. Non, it is not possible," he had said a. moment before; but to'Nepeese it was possible-the thought that was in her mind. It was . a wonderful thought. It thrilled_her_to the depth of her wild, beautiful soul. It sent a glow into her eyes -and a deeper flush of excitement into her cheeks andvlips. As: nhn nnnnfprl than v-an-n-o Adana nf , Baree wanted to approach. It was like an invisible string tugging at his a very heart. It -was Kazan, and not Gray I Wolf, calling to him back through ) the centuries, a call" that was as . old as the Egyptian pyramids and I perhaps ten thousand years older. But , against that desire Gray Wolf was 1, pulling from out of the black ages of rthe forests. The wolf held him quiet l;8.Ild motionless. Nepeese was looking Jabout her. She was smiling. For a. a moment her face was turned toward r, him,'- and he saw the white shine of ' {her teeth, and her beautiful eyes seem- 7. ed slowing straight at him.. UL UAUILUIIICIIL IIILU 111:1 UIIUUIXS uuuvupzs. As she quested the ragged edges or the little meadow for signs of the dog- pup, her thoughts flashed back swiftly. Two years ago they had buried her princess mother under the tall-spruce near their `ca-bin. That day Pierrot-`s " sun had set for all time, and her own life was filled with a vast loneliness. There had been three at the grave- side that afternoon as the sun went down--Pierrot, herself and-a dog, a. great, powerful husky with a.white star on his breast and a white-tipped `ear. He had been her dead mother's pet from pupfJyhood--her body-guard, with her always, even with his head resting on the side of her bed as she died. And that night, the night. of the day they buried her. the dog had dis- appeared. He had gone as quietly and as completely as her spirit. No one ever saw him after that. It was strange, and to Pierrot it was a miracle. Deep in his heart he was filled with the wonderful conviction that the dog had gone. with his -beloved Wyola into heaven. But Nepeese had spent `three winters at the Missioner's school at Nelson House. She had learned a great` deal about the white people and the real God, and she knew that Pierrot's thought was impossible. She believed that her mother's husky was either dead or had joined the wolves. Pro- bably he had gone to the wolves. So--- was it not possible that this youngster she and her father had pursued was of the flesh and blood of her mother's pet ? It was more than possible. -n.;._._.. 1...: ..- ._........_u .. :_..,.1.. 3..-... 7 y\tvn_ -u Iv!-11 ...v.v -....~.. `.v..........v. Baztee had not moved an inch from A under his rock. He lay like a thing` stunned, his eyes fixed steadily on the scene of the tragedy out in the meadow. . l.lUi1l`I. 3 thing AC {G 5|!!! l.l'lC.|.l farther u reach hin tween he could now more. An other side low, shut removed [way- Qhn r: D09? Elle DOLll(1BI', Baree had moved. With the back of his head flattened against the rock he heard something which Nepeese had not heard; he had felt a slow and growing pressure, and from this pres- sure he had dragged himself slowly-- and the pressure still followed. The mass of rock was settling! Nepeese did not see orehear or understand. She was calling to him more and more pleadinglyz ' Ba.ree-- Bares -Baree--" Her head and shoulders and both arms were under the rock now.'The glow of her" eyes was very close to Baree. He whined. The thrlllaof a great and impending danger stirred in his. blood. And then- ;nu_ 1,- -_`_1.n____-_1\ Iisnnmownu