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Published every 'fhursday atternoon u.t`the Post Office` Square. Barrie. Sub- ....a..u.~... p..r.-._.namum ~ and Great .1` urcvel`, ne repeated. V 1, He did not mince words. Hls_ courage and his determination rose as he saw her bqdy droop a little against the wall. She was powerless. There was no escape. Pierrot was gone. Baree was. CSUILR` dead. 111'.` l.lC`.1.U- He had thought that no living creat- ure could move as swiftly as the Wil- low when his arms reached out for her. She made no sound as she darted under one of his out-stretched Harms. He made a lounge, a brutal grab, and his fingers caught a bit of .her hair. `He heard the snap of it as`she tore herself free and flew to the door. he had thrown back the bolt when he caught her and his arms closed about her. He dragged her back and now she cried out--4cried out in despair for Pierrot, for Baree,` for some miracle of God that might save her. 1 lnI.- I. . ' ..-.- w-uv -:-`gnu! rII lri I The Hanover Post tells of a. barn! which was dstroyed by fire that lives started in a. most unusual way. As -told by the farmer, here is how .the fire started. `Lfn kn.-I an..- ..'..L 4... 1.1.. `.3... __Au- -- HEN SETS BARN AFIRE .. Y1'....__.`_._ v-\__._ `.1: LONG AND OF1'EN - ---- .-.. we-.vv nnvnn (T6 lazoe continued) ' CHAPTER xx 1;: _ 2' Saturday Market , E` Vith finer weather` than had pre- -_vailed for several days, the attendance l at the market on Saturday was con- ` siderably larger than usual. Onions, - lettuce, radishes and rhubarb were, `about the most prominent offerings pin-sight and found ready sale at five cents the bunch. A small quantity of asparagus also was quickly taken by the buyers. Butter and -eggs were - fairly plentiful and were unchanged in -lprice. A, setting `of duck eggs was noticed. for which the owner asked ' $1.00. There was a good quantity of` I 3 potatoes, roots and vegetables but buy- 1 ing was not very brisk in- these lines. .!A couple of citronswhich had come 1; through the winter in excellent con- Iedition were offered for 25 cents each. ! Flowers for Mothers Day, mostly hya- .; cinths and daffodils were one of ,the 7; chief points of interest on the market. ; Quotations were as follows: V Q7____4_Ic,,u- . !g$&mmmi%&m*$m& ziwmee f&&&$w&mm&&%&&$' THE MARKETS El .v..u.v..v..v..v;'.v..v. m.v.r .v.mmm.v.| `,_v----..--... . `my .--u .-v unw- Ybgetable .l:darket Onions, small basket . . . . . . . . . . . . 30c Potatoes, bag . . . . . 60c Turnlps 5c Cabbage, head 5-10c Parsnips, basket _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-25c Carrots, basket . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . 26-35c Butter beans, pt . . . . . . . . 10c, 43 for 25c Rhubarb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5c Green" onions, bunch .` . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5c Radlshes, bunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.c Lettuce, bunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5c - White beans, pt. . . . . . . . . 10c, 3 for 25: i Asparagus, bunch, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15` l\_._I4.___ 1-s...4.,, _ n -q Buttermilk. - qt. - v--up J, aauvsvn Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Chickens I-`owl; dressed, lb. . . . Cream, pint o . - o s u on in... L Apples, basket IVLIBUBI. Young pigs, each Hay ,Wood, load V . . . . __-- ---'1-w (Experimental Farms Note) Turkey raising is not the difficult; matter that many believe it to be,1 writes A. G. Taylor of the Poultry' Division. Dominion (Experimental Farms, who itemizes the essentials tol success in this line of poultry keeping! has follows:-\Vel1-drained _soil; .free range, well-developed, healthy, unre- lated breeding stock; and palatable foods properly and regularly fed. rl-11.- u_:__.1_ -__- ._-.. _-,_-g._-,s --.... r- -._.,v--_, ....-\. -ya.--us.-J L\4\IO The birds are not confined to houses and for winter nights require only the shelter of a straw-barn or. closed-in shed. Nor is the feeding an expensive matter. Turkeys, especially the Bronze, which is our largest and most popular breed, are great foragers and gather` much of their food from the fields. Al- together there is little labour required in keeping a flock; a small initial in- vestment` will provide a suitable start; and the market for dressed turkeys is good both at Thanksgiving and Christ- mas. ` - A I-n.HnLa.. .....u.a..... I.-- .11.. n1-_,u_,, lllda A bulletin written by `Mr. Taylor en-- | titled Turkeys, Their Care and Man- agement, (No. 46. New Series) is now in the press. In it are to be found a discussion of breeds; practical direc- tions for successfully managing a flock; and notes on the prevention and cure of disease. Copies `will be sent | free on application to the Publications yBrag1ch, Department of Agriculture, lottawa. """"` I When Mrs. Kitty Sacks went tn the -assistanceof a woman taken ill in a! New York subway station, her hand-! "bag, containing $15,000. in jewelery,` was_stolen. [ I Iiaumcownn We. pay the" following price/'3: Good Green} Butcher Hides, 10:: no av: `C-ured . . . .-I. . . . . A;-lgito 0090 I o o o u o o u o o o o no z` `av . an The Barrie Tannin); Co.,' ' Limited, Barrie. oogoaooouoocoooooo I?` Ki"IUIItI|OIlCo A gooli thing- -Ru b it in Poultry, Butter and Eggs. -u. . HIDES KEEPING TURKEYS The quick relief for all Sprains and Bruises Your READING Needs ARE WELL SUPPLIED AT _ A__.---: -Ennjgjj Miscellaneous a on nh - -T $5.00! $14-$16 ` - $5.00 6~38c! , 25-27c: . 25-28c$ 20-23c: 30c 9_ .... Sc} 2o-so `Q I `shop where you an Invited to _I'i. J. EIJVVA I16 01. lzuvvnnuu 18 Toronto St., Toronto. R. J. Edwards. G. R. Edwards, B.A.Sc ans. Burma 4 BURNS 60Elizaboth St. 1 ` Opposite Palmer's New Garage . Nervous and Chronic Disorders Phone 406 or can at ofce for lntormation on any disease Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public Conveyancers, Etc. Money to loan at lowest rates of in- terest. Office-13 Owen St., in Mason- ,i,c Temple Building, Barrie. R1-9 nr-h ffinniflrnxra In . Conveyance:-, etc. _ /Oflce-,-Hinds Block, 8 Dunlop St_., '|.Barr1e. MONEY TO LOAI\*X. lunuuauauuu. ucucrz-.u DUIICIEOP, JNOIZIY, CARTAGE 1,0 ;_u1upw nuuuxng, Durrle. ' Branch 0ffice-Elmvale. | W. A; Boys, K.C.,AM.P. * J. E - ---au:u-:-I| viiivrill Barrister, Solicitor for obtaining pro- bate,ot wills, guardianship and ad- |ministra.tion. General Solicitor, Notary, { Conveyance:-. etc. ~ -'..-v-u- - - -vuuvvr1l\ly 9-flu Successor to Clteswlcke & Bel] BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. I MONEY T0 LOAN. Ross Block, Barrie s - vs` (In ru-r\I\ I VII BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. Offices: 707-8 Kent Building Toronto, Ont. `C. W. Plaxton. G. Gordon Plaxton ' James O. Plaxton. :j I D.H;T.ARNALL ?Associate Coroner County of Simcoe.` i Office and Residence-Corner Toronto. , and Elizabeth Sts., opp. Central Church goffice Hours: Until 10.30 a.m., and 1 l to 3.30 and 6 to 8 p.m. Phone 167. | DB. L. H. BIGELOW Graduate _ot Toronto University Phone 61 _ Office-58 Collier St. Hours: 8-9 a.m.,'12.30-2 and 6.30-8_p.m. DR. W. A. 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Office hours: 9-10 a.m., 1-3 p.m., 7-8 13.11:. __._______._.__..__.. ` :-`--**- n.. J. .-MMPSON, M.B PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and Residence--Col1ier Bt., cor- ner Clapperton _St.. Barrie. Phone 27l U. H. RUSK, OPH.D. 'Eyss Examined Glasses Fit1 Graduate Canadian Ophthalmic College, Toronto. 43 Elizabeth St., Barrie. Phone _ , MAUD E. CLAXTON, L.T-.C.M. Teacher of Piano and Vocal Pupils prepared for Toronto Conservu tory of Music examinations leading up to and including A.T.C. M. degree. Studio--King _ Block . Phone 424 Mus. Isac., F.T.C.M. Teacher of Piano, Organ, Vocal. and _ . Musical Theory, Organist and Choirmaster of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Gold medalist Toronto Coservatory 0! Music and Universgty of Toronto. 113 Worsley St. `Phone 683 `i'-'`"'``"`"_```'-"```"'`'`` `-'--'-----.' PERCY HOADLEY .0rgan1st and Choir Leader Collier St. Methodist Church Teacher of Plano, Organ, Voice 3: Theory, Terms reaeonab Phone 283W. r Sophia I . vvsuvrl, vr\lVlI'l.:I.I. G LAWLE8. 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CAN -' CELLA 1`IONS-We find that most of our subscribers prefer not to have their subscriptions interrupted in case they fail to remit before expiration. While subscriptions will not be carried in arrears over an extended period. yet. unless we are notified to cancel. we assume the subscriber wishes the. service contlnued.. REMITTANCES should be made by registered letter. money order, orcheque payable at par in Barrie. V _ J. A. Macnaren. Editor. W. C. Walls, Manager. G. G. Robertson, V F. T. Henri Santa 404 Free Press Phone: ;'I6HT KEPT Uilj I-`ted Ha service 0 2 supte 8118 01'! dlayplse 7 picture f ielmmng an fIllI'IlCU" Idnm aw THURSDAI "afterel FIRE INSURANFE I;|u;neVs: OV ice 861, iesidehces 864W or 1071.)`. ' Our list affords you wide choice of a home andyou can buy one on your terms. Office: jjll. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT 41 Eliugboth St. : Phono 218. UTE llfll IIIVII IVIUITI Motor ambulance in connection D`BDI f\Il'I' - BI.-__' .nn am . .1. . .` on Phond 82. 8 W. J. RICHARDS you naturally think _of WHENITIS REAL mm W. D. MINNIKIN . Funeral Director and Embalmer Ambulance service - Phone 481 Hntmv and Home maulmnent Some Good Houses For Rent nl.-Iwrc not I I:-r--rt.-n llb'z:'.::e9-rs Eyes ; 'nInIluaInnCn_.&len.&nI.InOnnInn Dunlop_ at Mulcastgr . Phone 31. P. C. LLOYD " F unergl I_)iI:ector and jj` C I Km or-`iii DAY AND mam l.n...; _..I...I-_-- :_ --__-_.2- comnms or `run mam:-:s'r STANDING C &I`3- `LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE irfrs COLLECTEIST LKEQI RAY AQIR Qilli AIIIINIIEIICB ;BUI'VICU IIUIIU `I08 Motor and Horse Equlplfnont cor. Mary and Elizabeth su.. Barrio"! '1-:7'.:'.':Iii'.'|.Z3':'3'a:`?' IQEFIIT I IIKRI 46 Bayeld 3%.. Barrio. P. 0,. Box 1011. TRY St. KII.AV\lO ml- Baree. the wolf-dog. `attracted from the cabin or Pierrot, the trapper, by ' the call of the wolves, and Maheegum, the `young she-wolf `who was on the same quest, at length overtook the pack. A gray wolt advanced to Mah-' eegum and she snarled at him. Baree sought to protect her. whereupon a. horde of the beasts attacked him and he barely escaped with his life. Badly wounded, and dazed, because he had been cast out by his own kind-he was half-wolf--he fled and again wandered alone through the woods, ` exnausteu. `A , . All that night and until noon Qhe next day Baree lay without moving. ; The ffever burned in his blood; it flamed `high and swift toward deathz` then it ebbed slowly, and life conquered. fAt noon. he came forth. "He was weak and he wobbled on his legs. .His hind leg still dragged and he was racked .with pain. ' ' ' 3 A rm! fmvnnlfv gnaw in Rn:-nn n nvhn He did not hear, a few minutes later, the howling of thedisappolnted wolf- horde on the otherjside of the driver, and he no longer sensedthe existence of oon or stars. Half-dead, he drag- ge himself on until by chance he came to a clump of dwarf spruce. In- I to this he struggled, and then dropped I exhausted. All I-Innb uh-rInI\`nnr1 uunlrll Innnn `kn nbvf ,\VlEI1 pulu. . A .red ferocity grew in Baree's eyes as he snarled in the direction- of last night's tight with the wolves. They i were no longer his people. They were Ino longer of his blood. Never again could the hunt-call lure him or the voice of the pack rouse the old longing. BAREE. soN_ or KI\i4EI\.t'd`,"A:.;l`i'_:n-: r;aq_l|I`il;t&u;`9);.vfith Wolf. uggwar nag, ' To Nepeese end Baree it was a ~wild and Joyous adventure that never. ' for a day grew tiresome." _ ~~ The Barrie Examiner In him thefe ivas a. thing new-born, an undying `hatred for the wolf, a. hatred that was to grow in him until it became like a disease in his Vitals, a thing ever present and insistent, `demanding vengeance on their kind. At the cabin on the Gray Loon, on the fourth night of Baree's absence, Pierrot was smoking his pipe after a great supper of caribou tenderloin `he had brought in from the trail, and Ne- ;peese was listening to his tale of the gremarkable shot he had made, when ` a. sound at the_ door interrupted them. . Nepeese opened it, and Baree came in. `The cry of welcome that was on the girl's lips died there instantly, and Pierrot stared as if he could not quite believe this creature that had returned was the wolf-dog. Three days and nights'of hunger in which he could ` not hunt because of `the leg that drag- Vged had put on him the -marks of Istarvation. Battle-scarred and cover- led with dried blood-clots that still I w--cu ----- u..-- clung tenaciously to his long hair, he was a sight that drew at last a long Ivbreath from Nepeese. A queerfsmile was growing in Pierrot s face as he- } leaned forward in his chair; and then slowly_ rising to his feet, and looking closer, he said to Nepeese: ll1.'__A..-_r C1_.I..L I I...l...I l\.-.I L.` I.-- .... v-, -... ....~.-. .' -.-r-v~'. Ventres Saint. Gris! Oui, he has ybeen to the pack. Nepeesq, and the pack turned on him. It was not a. two'- _wolf fight-non! It was the pack. He i is cut and torn in fifty places. And- . mon Dieu, he is alive!" 1 u vun_,,,,_;:_ _,.x._ ;I_.___ _-__._ -..,-,_,n,_ _, In Pierrot s voice there was growing -wonder and amazement. He was`in- '.credulous, and yet he could not di- believe what his eyes told him. What had happened was nothing short of a miracle, and for a time he uttered not a word more but remained staring in silence while Nepeese woke from her astonishment to give Baree" doctor- _ ing and food, After he had eaten rav- '-enously of cold boiled mush she began bathing his wounds in warm water, and after that she soothed them with bear-grease, talking to him all the E time in her` soft Cree. Tn n 1-"nob run 1-Inn fhn Iannvnn nnnnvm [line 111 1161' BULL LJl.'b'U. In a week or two the heavier snows came,'and Pierrot. began making his trips over the trap-lines. Nepeese had entered into a thrilling bargain with him this winter. Pierrot had taken her into partnership. Every fifth trap. every fifth deadfall, and every fifth poison-bait was to be her own, and what they caught or killed was to bring -a bit nearer to realization a in the Willow's souil. Pierrot. had promised. If they had great luck that winter. they would go down together on the last snows to Nelson House and buy the little old organ that was "for sale there: and if the organ was sold, they would work another winter, and get a new one; .'.I`his plan gave Nepeese an enthusias- tic and tireless interest in the trap- line. With Pierrot.it was more or less ' I `wonderful dream that was growing a fine bit of strategy. He would have sold his hand to give Nepeese the or- gan: he was` determined that she should have it, whether the fifth traps and the fifth deadfalis. and,` the fifth poison-baits caught the fur or not`. The partnership meant nothing so far `gr as that was concerned. But. in an- other way it meant to Nepeese abusi- ness interest. the thrill of ersonal achievement. Pierrot impre sed on her that it made a comrade and co.- worker of her on the trail. That was his scheme; to keep her with him when `he `was away from the cabin. _I-Ie knew that Bush Mc'1`aggart would come again to the Gray Loon, probably -more than` one during the winter. I-le had `swift dogs, and it was a short ,journe`y.A, And when,Mc'Ifaggart came. Nepeese.` must, not be atthe cabin-`- `alone. ` ` i lament : ` Oi-an-IIn"n . -Innno `rain 63!: ORB. Pierrot : trap-line swung into the north and west. covering in all a mat- ter of fifty miles. w1th._an average of two trans. 0n9.,d9adtal! . and aanollon-. halt at` each mile. It was` a twisting TCHAPTER XVlli-Continued _ 3---, L-.. CHAPTER XIX SYNOPSIS % lines Qlivgri Curwcocl . A Lovzninnr Pugh Ten 3.50?! .!Z1AZAN line blazed along streams for mink. otter. and marten. piercing the deepest forests for fisher-cat. and lynx and crossing lakes and storm-swept strips of barrens where poison-baits could be set for -fox and wolf. .Hal!way over this line Pierrot had built a small log oabin, and at the end of it another, so that a. day's work meant twenty-five miles. This was easy for Pllerrot, and not hard on Nepeese after the tirst few days. ' - All fkrnnah l'\nfn.}\nv- and Nnvnmhnr -_nrsl'. lew uuys., . All through October and November they made the trips regularly, making the round every six days, which gave one day of rest at the cabin on the Gray Loon and another day in- the cabin at the end of the trail: To Pier- rot the winter's work was business, the labor of his people for many gen- erations back: to Nepeese and Baree ~ it was a wild and joyous adventure that never fora day grew tiresome.. Even Pierrot could not quite immunize himself against their enthusiasm. It was infectious, and he was happier than he had been since his sun had getthat evening the princess mother a .1 ' HUI. dig ux . ' ~ Erie afternoon early in December, as they were returning to the Gray Loon, Pierrot stopped suddenly a dozen paces ahead of Nepeese and stared at_ the snow. A strange snowshoe trail had Joined their own and was heading to- ward the cabin. For half a minute Pierrot was silent and scarcely moved a muscle as he stared. The trail came straight ou of the north-and off there was L c Bain. . Also they were the marks of large snowshoes. and the stride indicated was- that of a tall man. Before Pierrot had spoken. Ne- peese had guessed what they meant. NI"niAn fn Wnnfnr from `Lon Rain!" aux: Hutu. . V ' Pierrot, deep in his own sombre thoughts, scarcely heard the strange laugh that came suddenly from her lips. Nepeese was listening to the: growl that was again in Baree s throat. V It was a low but terrible sound. When half a mile from the cabin, she un- slung the anniers from his shoulders; and carrle them herself. Ten` min-= utes later t ey saw a man advancing; to meet the .- 74 than an; 1|Ir..'I'!............L 1'n........4. .... V 116636 uuu EUEHBUU Wllllvlv l.[lUy llleulll. M's1eu the Factor from Lac Bain!" she said. D'Avnot\I> Ann 6-. 1.8.. nvuvcn an-u.L....\ LU nu-:eI. L11em.- ' It was not McTaggart. Pierrot re-5 cognized him, and with an xiudlble, breath of relief waved his hand. It` was DeBar, who trapped in the Barren Country north of Lac Bain. Pierrot knew him-well. They had exchanged fox-poison. They were friends, and there was pleasure in the grip ofg. their hands. DeBar stared then ati1 Nepeese. - [1 hnnnr Inn} nn IN]:-nu In aura-`In!-`(nan lulu at cpeuse. | DeBar lost no time in explaining his mission. and ,before they reached the` cabin Pierrot and Nepeese knew why: he had come. M sieu, the Factor at Lac Bain, was leaving on a journey in five days, and he had sent DeBar as ea special messenger to request Pierrot} to come up to assist the clerk and the half-breed storekeeper in his absence. Pierrot made no comment at first. But he was thinking. Why had Bush Me-! Taggart sent for him? Why had he" not chosen someone -nearer? Not until a fire was crackling in the sheet-ironl stove in the cabin, and Nepeese was busily engaged getting supper, did he voice these questions to the fox-hunt-i 91". `TI-l:a.:ske';iume; at first, if I could etay. _ But I have a wife with a bad lun ,2 Pierrot. It was caught by frost last winter, and _I dare not leave her long: alone. _ He ha. great faith infyou.` Be- 3 sides you know all the trappers on the Company's books at Lac Bain, Sohe sent for you, and begs you - not to worry about your fur-lines. as he will pay you double what you would catch in the t_ime you are: at the Post. I And--N'epeese? said Pierrot. M'sieu expects me to bring her? Wvnrn `Han ufnvn fhn vmnnm I-u:n+ In.-'u. Auto :.Licemes Issued W; -7TOwen S` ICAUUULH IIIU LU Ulflllg 11812. From the stove the Willow bent her head to listen, and.her heart leaped. free again at DeBar s answer. anti - .._.l.1 __-;1_x_... _n____4 AI,_) 7; . 5:. vv ubuau an. 4|-IUJJCIA B I._llDWUl'o , I He said nothing about that." But surely-1t will be a great change for I1 le m selle. Pierrot nodded. Possibly, Netootam. When DeBar was about to leave the next morning, Pierrot said: 1 'l"n11 1|/I"nion fhnf T nrlll lnnun -fan uuxu. ululrluus, ru':l'I`UL suluz Tell AM sieu that ,1 will leave -for Lac Bain the day after to-marrow. AA..... 'I\_'l\_.- L- J __-__4 I. - N nupeeue; , . -. V ` And you shall remain here, ma cherle. I will ;19t'take you to Lac Baln. I have had 8. dream that M sleu will not go on a. Journey`, but that he` has lied. and that he will be sick when ~ I arrive at the post. And yet, if it should happen that you care to go-s-" `kY............ ..4.....a...I..a..._-.: ..--.1.:I....|-- 1.11-- V ..--- --... ......`, u.-.-vv. u-\l nllvnnv 1;ft_er DeBar had gone, he said. to Nepeese: . And vnn cuizll uonrnnin Mann van ...-_-..-... ..-rrv.. y-nan g\I\- vuaav ov Nepeese straightened -suddenly, fiilicze l aireed that has been caught by the! w nd. - ' \Tnn I ulna nuin an dl.u...A1-. AI...` W Iuu. Non! shle cried. so fiercely that Pierrot laughed, and rubbed his hands. no. 1; I-_._--__,,.-I `u,'-4 . , _ ...__v. ..._..:,..v..., ....-_ -...-V"-.. -.-pa --uuuu.--u `A So it happened tb.'at,on the second day after the fox-hunter's visit Pierrot left for Lac Bain, with Nepeese in the` Lanvnv vv-g-- wv auv unwary uv- -v-.v,_..-.v-av. . _ He ate his breakfast" before dawn.` and was on the trail before it was yetzlight.. Purposely he struck due east. "so that in- coming up from the south-west Pierrot would. not strike his sledge tracks. For he had made up his` mind nnw` l'hnt\`Piar1-nt rnunt nnvnr: "---~.---1-jj ......'.r-' Wan staring as if stunned for a space at what he saw." V FOR Hot Water _Heating -and I. I door'wb.v1ng him good-bye until -h'e was out of sight. . "' nu Han rnnrhlna nf fhln.nnn-an nv was out on. sight. On the morning of this- same day t Bush McTaggart rose from his bed while 4t was still dark. The time had come. He had hesitatedmat murder- at the killing of*Plerrot: and in his hesitation he had found a. better Vvay. There could be no escape for Nepeese.! -ow- _;_- 1.1- u...__:-a__L` I_-a__._ .1___.. z 8181.156 `T840313. BUT H5 H5 IIIGUS up [I15 mind now` that \Ple rot_ must never; know and must nave have a. susp1cion,| How about the `rent of this house even though t_ cost him so many mo\re- of yours, Flittex-?, Doesn't the land. miles to travg that-he would pot reach lord ask a good deal for it?" / the Gray Loon untii the second da.y.. Fmt1'-"Y8B. hoottan asks five or It wuvbetter to be` a. day late. after "Ifx umos 3 month tor It." l-'DeBa.r shrugged !his shoulders. ecu- .....I...: ...- -4. 11..-; an 'r --_,u q `run muuua EXAMINER TIITII I iii I\I\ The Willow's back was towardthe. 5 door when the Factor from Lac Bain entered the cabin, and for a few se- t` conds she did not turn. Her first it thoughtrwas of Pierrot-- for some - reason he had returned. But even as I this thought came to her, she heard. - in Baree's throat a snarl that'b1-ought` 31 her suddenly? to her feet, facing the - ` door. McTaggart had` not entered unpre- jpared. He had left his pack; his gun", and his heavy coat outside. He was standing with his back against the door--and a Nepeese-- in her won- derful dress and flowing hair-=-he was staring as if stunned for a`. sfyace at what he saw. Fate. or accident, was playing against the Willow now. It was nnf 4: Inna i.-.+m..mi 1.. ...1..:..n.. n playing ugulnst tne WIHOW 53 . .It was not a long interval in which ti their eyes met In that terrible silence- lterrlble to the girl. Words were un- necessary. At last she understood- ` understood what her peril had been I that day at the edge of the chasm and in the forest, when fearlessly she had played with the menace that was _con- frontlng her now. A `hr-nnfh that `Iran III... .. ....I_ 1._._u__ `all, as it was pdssible that something.` might have delayed Pierrot. So he made no effort to t_ravel fast. -.u n ,,,;_u annuyunnu Vv GD Aunt.--an u1sw.nt DGIOPB her cry came. In that moment man's 1 hand and brain worked together swift- er than [brute understanding; and as Baree launched himself at the Fa.ctor s throat. there came a flash and a deaf- ening explosion almost in the Will0\v's eyes. ` s'Eovn'" " 7i36'6k'r'dii1=. naauyuv nnv va.-v:.u I-v vnuovvn n.-anus ' There was a vast amount of brutal satlsfactioneto McTaggart in anticipa.t- 1 lug wha.t`was about to happen, and he: revelled in it to the full. There was no- chance for disappointment. He wasl positive that Nepeese would not ac-' company her father to La'c Bain. She would be at the cabin on the Gray? ` Loon --alone. Inna- -1.-.............. .....- 4.. xv .... .. '1.....'. g uuull --uluue. ,_ , p . This alonen s was to Nepeese bur- dened with o thought of db.nger,I 'Therer were times, now, when the` thought of being alone was pleasant ,,to her, when shewanted to dream. by herself, when she viioned things into the mysteries of which she would not admit even to Pierrot. She was grow-- ing into womanhood-just the sweet, closed bud~of womanhood as yet--still ' a girl with the soft velvet of girlhood ` ` in her eyes, yet with `the mystery of _woman stirring gently in her soul, as . if the Great Hand were hesitating be- ; '. tween awakening her and letting her, i sleep ,a little longer. At these times, 1 when the opportunity came to steal hours by herself, she would put on the red dress and do up. her wonderful hair as she saw it in the pictures of 1 the magazines Pierrot had` sent up`. twice a year from Nelson House. 4 .r On the second dayof Pierrot s ab-' 1 sence Nepeese dressed herself like this,` ; but today she let her hair cascade in j `a shining glory about her, and about . her forehead. bound a circle of red . ribbon. She was not yet done. Today 1 she had marvellous designs. On the: wall close to her mirror she had tack-I 1 ed a large page from a woman's mag- 1 azine, and on this page was a lovely : vision of curls. Fifteen hundred miles 3 north oi; the sunny California. studiof: in which the picture had been taken,l, _Nepeese, with pouted red lips and?: puckered forehead, `was `fighting to ;. master the mystery 0 the girl's curls! .' Sh IRE lnnlzlnxr 3 (`A knit 1-nlv-1-nu . um.:u.cr Lue nlystery 0 tne glI`l'S curls: l She was looking ! to her. mirror, her face flushed and her. eyes aglow, in the excitement of the struggle to fashion one of the- coveted ringlets from a tress that fell away below her hips, when the door opened behind her, and Bush McTaggart walked in. \ ;.u.55u.n. uuvunceu .a. Step. Only a. single step McTagga:r;tvad- vanced; On the floor Baree had re- frnained like a. carven thing. He had not moved. He had not made a sound but that one warning snarl-until Mc- Taggart took the step. And then, like 2 a flash, he was up and in front of Ne- peese, every hair of his body on end; ,and at the fury in his growl McTag- ggart lunged back against the door. A wbrd from Nepeese in that moment, and it would have been over. But an instant was lost--an instant before her crv came. Tn fhnf rnnrnnnt .......-.. ayes. I -It was a chance shot, a" shot from the hip with McTagga.rt's automatic. Baree fell short. He struck the floor with a thud and rolled against the log' wall. There was not a kick or a quiver? left in his body. McTaggari; laughed nervously as he shoved his pistol back in its holster. He knew that only a. brain shot could have done that. With her. hank ncrnlnuf um o....n...... urzuu unuc coma nave done that. her. backagainst the farther wall, Nepeese was waiting.` McTag- gart could. hear her panting breath.` He advanced halfway to her. . Neneese_ I hnvn nnnna on .~..u..-. IOAII ure started. _ ` V ' He had gone out to his barn with the lantern to feed up his stock, a hayload- er sat on the threshing floor, and a hen sat on the- hayloader. He hung the, lantern on the. side of the hayloader and fearing lest the hen was too close! to it, he picked her up and threw her some 10 feet away and then ascended into the -niow. While throwing down ,hay, the `hen decided to resume her `old perch, and flew direct towards the- .lantern, knocking it down, -thereby overturning and exploding it, and burnr v ing the entire barn and contents,glive- stock however, being saved. Consider- able risk of life attended the releasing of a large bull. The animal was loose- :in a box stall and. bellowed with rage Q and fear and refused to leave his stall, having never `before `been out except by being led. When turned out he ran wild through the- fields, bellowing continuously: . . _` . ne uuvancea nauway to her. , Nepeese, I have come to make you my wife," he said. | She did not answer. He could see `that [her breath was choking her. She ~raised her hand to her throat. He ' took _two more steps. and stopped. |He had never seen such `eyes. "I have COIDG to main: vnn rrnr nyifn uc uuu never seen such I have come to make you my wife, ;Nepeese. To-morrow you will go on to Nelson House with me, and then back to Lac Ba1n-forever." He added the last word as an afterthought. Forever, be repeated. He nnt rninr-A urnru T-T3: nn----0'4