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Through him I have ob- tained introductions to several people whom it was interesting to me, from # business standpoint, to know."" "T see," Pamela murmured at least frank, Mr Fischer." "Lum going to be more frank still,"" he promised her. "Then onother reason, of course, was because I liked him, snd a "You are third, which I am not sure wasn't the chief . of all, because he was your brother. Pamela laughed gail "Is that necessary Necessary or not, it's the truth," he asaured her, "I am & man of quick im- pressions and lasting ones." But we've never met except on steamer," Pamela reminded him 'T know it's the fashion," Mr. Fischer said, "to turn up one's nose at steager acquaintances. It isn't like that with me You See, I don't have as much opportunity of meeting folks as some others, perhaps. The most interesting people I've known socially I've met on steamers. I sat at your table, side by side with you, Miss Van Teyl, for seven days a few months ugo I guess I'll remember those seven days as long aI Live." Pamela turned her heed and looked at him. The faintly derisive smile died away from her lips. The man was in earnest. A certain curiosity stole into her eyes ay the seconds passed. She studied his hard, strong face, with its great jaw and prominent fore- head; the mouth, a little too full, end belying the rest of his physiognomy, yet "In The Hills Above Ice River 4115 luda 1S wut CAIVERE us Mame T ona stump. By loolting closely one willyidentty the claws on tue downbent right lorepaw as uot ot u good sized biack bear. So the hu- mau operator is removing a handsome black coat from a sieek, fat fail bruin that had) vemtured in innocent iguor- ance out on the open.in search of mice and such Interesting changes trom a diet of berries. He did got know that men with gums were creeping up the siope toward him be- cause the wind was sweeping down from the pewus above and the only 'scent It took to his keen nostrils was that of the fresh, sweet snows that were already whitening the peake labove Ice River, north o' the C. P, R. 'transcontinental line, So the bear waddled along with an 'investigating nose close to the sticks and stones ne turned ever with his great paws. He paused at a rotting log that bad-fallen before some great fire which had swept the hillside in| the decades past, and he turned it over with an ease that spoke highly of Strong claws and big muscles;:he feund some grubs and he licked them up; he started to investigate a bundle dried grasses that might contain some looked as if i tender youmg mice. A hundred yards|too away, down the slope, a man's weak aukle that had been strained in days pene by @ skating twist, turned on a I) with its own peculiar strength. He had taken off his spectacles, and it seemed to! other cun't, that is the misfortune of the 'Pork, dressed, ham, Ib her that the cold, flinty light of his ey j hud caught for a moment some touch of the softer blue of the seu or the sky. Seated, he lost some of the awkwardness of his too great and ill-carried height. It seemed to her that he was at leust w person to be reckoned with, either in 'enmity. | "You are an American born, 'Mr. Fis lcher?"* she asked him He shook his head "waa born at Offenbach,"" he told her, "near Frankfurt. My father brought me out to America when [ was eleven years old." of things a little trying for you," she 0 serve Oscar Fischer put on his glases again He did not answer for several moments "That opens up a subject, Miss Van yl." he anid, "which some day T would , she invited. "I feel j much more inclined for conversation Cian reading. "Tell me, then, to begin with,"" he sske-l thoughtfully, on which side are your sympathies? "T try to do my duty as an American citizen." she replied promptly, "'and that is to have no sympathies. Our dear country bas set the world an example of what neutrality should be. I think it ix the duty of ux Americans to try and bring ourselves into exactly the same line of feeling." He changed hiv position » little uneasily: His attitude became lex of a spawl. fis eyes were fixed upon her face. | "T fear." he suid, "that we are going to begin with w disagreement. I do not consider that Amercia has realized in the least the duties of a neutral nation."" "You must explain that at once, if you please, defore we go any further." Pamela insisted. "Is this neutrality?" Fischer demanded, his rather harsh voice almost raucous now with a touch of real feeling. America, | ships daily millions of dollars' worth of wioue and seut it tering down . through sticks aud stoues, Bruin, | over the rise and out of sight, reared to his haunches im curigsity. He spled the crown of a hat rising slow- ly over the ridge and he turned and sped away with an awkward, shoifiag swiftness that ceuld be secona only to that of a moese 'n fallen timber, is really up and going with full ener. gies through his favorite racing ground in the swamps. A steel-jacketed bullet whistled when It kicked dust out of the run- ming bear's coat when it burned across the shoulder. and went faster, bullet down like a huge chunk of jelly that had scarce 'set. And there we skinned him, far above the gleaming river where so recently he ;had gorged on the luscious berries and watched the deer and meose as they Ives on the Pich foods that sulted their cravings as satistactorily as berries satisfied his iL. Ve Ky : those things that make war possible to, Fxatoe, so Healy, above all to England. Sbe keepa them supplied with ammunition, cloth- ing, scientific instruments, food--a dozen things which make war easier' To Germany she sends nothing. Is that neutrality?" .. "But America is perfectly willing to deal in the same way with German; pointed out. "German agents can come and place their orders and take away what- ever they want. The market is as much 'open to her as to the Allies."' Fischer was sitting bolt upright in his chair now. There was a little spot of colour in his cheeks and his eyes flashed behind perfectly well-known that Germany is not in a position to fetch munitions from America, Therefore, I say that there is no neutrality in supplying one side in the war with goods which the other is unable to procure. "Then you place upon America the onus marked drily. "Germany's maritime inferiorit: exist," Mr. Fischer protested hen the moment arrives that the High Seas fleet jcomes out for action the world will anow friendship or | "You. must) find the: present condition? the truth.' | "Then hadn't it be ter con suggested, commerce 1 "That isn't ghe point,'" Fischer insisted 'We have wandered from the main issue tuerien abandons its neutrality lps the Allies to continue the Pamela | "I don't think that you will find."* | Pamela replied, "thot international Jaw Prevents any neutral country from supply | ine either combstant with munitions. If one country can fetch the things und the For one moment look England's point of She has built up 2 mighty navy to keep) the sexs clear for exactly this purpose to continue her commerce from sbro vd. Germany instead has built up a mighty army, with which she has overrun Europe. [Germany has had the sdvantage from her {army Why shouldn't gland have the (advantage from ber navy | 'Let me ask you the question you asked jme a few minutes ugo," her companion | begged. "Were you born in Ameria. -or | England?" | "1 was born in Ameriew,"* country that can't at the matier fron Pamels told him; "xo were my parents and my grata parents, I claim to be American to the backbone. I claim even to treat any sym pathies I might have in this affair us pre. judices, und not even allow them a single | corner in my brain." | Mr. Fischer sat quite still for several moments. He was struggling very hard to keep his temper. In the end he succesd- ed "We will not, then, purue the subjeci of America's neutrality," he said, ""h-cause i: iy obvious that we disagree fundamen- jtully. But tell me this, now, as an Amer. Jicun and w patriot. Which do you think would be better for America--That Ger nrany and Austria won this war, or the Allies "" Upon that question 1 have not) alto gether made up my mund," Pamela con fessed "Then there is room there for a dis cussion," Mr, Fischer pointed out eagerly. "iL should like to put my views before you on this matter,"" "And I should love to hear then cla replied, "but I feel just now * Pam- ess?" Mr, Fischer suggested: | "fam not sfraid of submarines, but 'T | have w most profound dislike for theives," Pamela declared, "You have not had anything stolen?" he asked quickly. , "I have not," Pamela replied, 'but rhe {only ronson seems to be that I have noth- | ing worth stealing. When I got back from |luncheon this afternoon [ found that my. 'ntateroom had been systematically search- ane She turned her head a little lazily and looked at her neighbor. His expression was entirely sympathetic "Vour jewellery?" "Deposited with the purser."" "T congratulate you," he said. "Nothing has been stolen," she obsecv. ed, "'but one hates the feeling of insecurity, ull the same, Both my steward and stew- ardess are old friends, It must have been 1 very clever person who found his way into my room."" "Avery clever person,"' Mr. Fischer ob- jected, "would have known that you hud deposited your jewels with the purser. "If it was my jewels of which they were in search,' Pamela murmured. "By the bye, do you remember all that fuss about the disappearance of w young soldier that morning at Henry's?" Fiseher nodded. "I heard something about it,"' he con- fessed, "They were tulking about it at dinner-time."* "Thad an idea that you might be inter- ested,"' Pamela went on. 'He was racher a foolish young man. He eame into the ant telling every one at the top of ier that he had made a great discov. ery! Even in London, which is, I should think, the most prosaic city in the world, there must be people who are on the look- out to pick un war secrets." "Even in London, as you remark," 7 cher assented. "You didn't hear the end of the affair, T eunpose?" she asked him, The steward had arrived with afternoon tea. Fischer threw into the sea the cigar which he had been smoking. "T do not think," he said, "that the cnd has been reached yet.' "Les oreilles ennemies!" she quoted. suppose one has to be careful everywher: CHAPTER VIII Tt was one evening towards the end of the voyage, and about an hour after din- ner. A huge form loomed out of the darkness, continuing its steady promenade along the unlit portion of the deck, Pam- ela, moved by some caprite, abandoned her jon' of the last few days and called out. "Mr, Fischer!" He stopped short. The sparks flew from the red end of his cigar, which he tossed into the sea. He haste. il towards her. "Miss Van Teyl?"' he replied, a little hesitatingly. . "How clever of you to know my voice!" sho observed. T am in the humor to talk. Will you sit down, please!" Mr. Fischer humbly drew a chair to her side. | Ciucken, dressed, 'Ib. | Duck. ib... 'Turkey, Ib. ...... |Creuns, quart. of Germany's naval inferiority," Pamels «| Ajipies basket... ' | Apples, Red Pound, bbl 'oes not | Apples, Snows, bbl. | Turnips,' bag | Onions, bag | Onions, Pumpkin, each and clear the ocean for your | Squuch, each !Celery, 2 bunches . | MARKET ITEMS SATURDAY MARKET Very little produce was marketed on Sat- urday, Jack Frost delaying operations some- what. Potatoes were offered at $1.00 bag and later at 90 ¢ by the load. Wood at $10 to $13 was on the Square: Butter and Jeggs were at last week's figures. . Poultry jagain were the largest offering inside the | building, especially chicken, which was 26 bis spectuoles. "He struck the side of the |¢o 28 ib, chair, He was very angry. lr, "That ix Jesuitical" he deciared. "It is | Eggs, per dost "we Fowl, Ib. Goose, Ib. . Milk, quart. Potutoes, bag basket .... each 'tron Cauliflower, head Cabbage, cach Radish, 'bunch es | Beets, basket, Parsnips, bunch Horse Radish root, bunob,. . bunch, rf ch oo. . "fish, 'bail pint, bottle... Pork, shoulder, Ib Tamb, Ib, Beef, Ib. Secgpeees Yorkshire Pigs, young pair, | Hay, new 82. Wood, 4 ft. long ey T had an idea," he said, "that you hed been uvoiding me the lust two or three days," T have," she admitted. "Have I offended you, then?" Scurcely that," she replied, "only you see, it seemed waste of time to talk to you with the foils on, and a little dangerous, perhaps, to talk to you with them His face reflected his admiration. "'Misy Van Teyl,"' he declared, "you are quite s wonderful person. I have never believed very much in women before. Perhaps that is the reason I have never married." "Dear me, are you a woman-hater?" she asked. | He looked at her steadfastly, | "T have made use of women as play- things," he confessed. "Until I met you I never thought of them as companions, 'as partners." She laughed at him through the dark- ness, und at the sound of her laugh his eyes Tam very much flattered," she ou give me credit for intellig- ence, then?" | "I give you credit for every gift a wo- [tyan should have," he answered enthusias- ally. ""I_ recognise in you the woman I have sometimes dreamed of." Again she laughed. "Don't tell me, Mr. Fischer," she pro- tested, "that ever in your practical life you spent a single moment in dreams?" "T have spent many," he assured her, "but they have all been' since I knew you," | Pomela sighed. "T have never been through # voyage," she observed, "without 8 love affair. Still, T never suspected you, Mr. Fischer." "You suspected me, perhaps, of other things, She' nodded. "Tam full of suspicions about you," she | admitted. "I am not going to tell you | what they are, of course." "There is one thing of which I am guil- "he confesed. "I should like to tell bout it right_now."" 'ould I guess it?" 'ou're clever enough." 'ow like me, don't you, Mr. Fischer "Better than any woman in the world," he answered promptly. "And my confes- sion is--well, just that. Will you marry me?" Pamela shook her head "Quite early in life," she confided, "T made up my mind that, I would never give 8 definite snswer to any one who proposed to me on a steamer. I suppose it's the wind, or is it the stars, or the silence, or what? T have known the sanest of men, even like you, Mr. Fischer, become quite maudlin." "Lam brimful of common sense at the present moment." he declared earnestly. "You and T could do great things togeth- er, if only I could get you to look st one certain matter from my point of view; to see it us T see it." "A political inquired naively, "T want to try snd persuade you," he confessed, "that America has everything in the world to gain from Germany's «uc- cess, and everything to lose if the Allies should triumph in this war and Great Bri- 'ain should cohtinue her tyranny of the matter?" she It's an extraordinarily interesting sub- jet," Pomela admitt "Tt is almost .as absorbing," he declar- ed. "as the other matter which just now lies even nearer to my heart." "She withdrew her fingers from den clutch. "Mr, Fischer," she told him, said just now was quite final. be made love to on steamer. Vhen we land," he continued eagerly, "you will be coming to see your brother, jis sud- "what I T will not won't you?" She nodded. "Of course! I am coming to the 2lsza Hotel. That, I suppose, is good news for you, Mr. Fischer." 'Of course it is,"" he answered, 'but why do vou say 80?" "It will give you so many-opportunities," she murmured, "Of seeing you?" She shook her head. "Of searching my belongings." 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