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tookjthe pot" 051 "mi nmd. the hot. contents that. glad bun 1:22; {:3 . brou t B = “*1 do. y

tty stronl. 1m “half! tin. “The leaves werent , and l boiled them t0° amid you'll find it hit-

and soiled le of the cuD- ’ she geqined to wrlthe ssif nvulsion. "Her Yo“ Yigiini‘: in! scream. Ben" fund drink it!" she cried.

mercy on m)’ 80"“

"BEN ~ BEN - DON'T DRINK I IT!" ISHE CtRlElD. "GOD HAVE . MERCY ON M YSOUL.’ ..

she reached and knocked the . cup flroin his hand; andl it's black 1 contents. like dark blood, stained U1? sandy floor of the cuvernf ' ‘Neven mind, Beatrice." the - "P811 was saying. his deep. rough’ voice gentle as a woman's. "Don't 1 "Yb-Just forget all about it_ Lgtig R0 over to your hammock and rest awhile." "limit you don't iindcrstand~you 5011i know-—what I tried to do—" Hill! rugged face lighted as he smiled, kindly und tolernntly. But - 1195 Solemn voice arrested him. W811. Bell. l want you to know ‘~50 you won't trust iiio again. .The cup-was poisoned." - The man looked at her, in infin- 1'l°->¢°m'l>assion, then came and 5d‘! b69160 her in the hammock. lltaiher quietly lie took one of hm- hands. Then lic pressed‘ i-t to his lips. I "You'd kiiss my handknitcr what [I dict?" i "After what you didii‘t dn, he ‘corrected. t They would need fut-l in plenty ‘to _keep the» tire bright tonight; nEvuientlY rain was iiiip0ii<iiiil-I-—' ‘one of those cold steady down-j I ‘l

lv.

il-ie went a full two hundredl yards beiore- he found a tree to his‘ ﬂilring. It was a tough spruce oil

lllililtlillllll‘ height and lust at. tliejbeslde which Ben lay. in a mom-i

;ed:e of the stream. He laid his grfflo down, leaning‘ it against a; {fallen log; then her began his work; I lit. Now the tree ‘was half severrdf: Ill was time to cut on the opposite’ iside. Suddenly his axe crashed iii- to yielding. rotten wood. I

d-lalf of the tree had been rotten! lcluinging tihe direction of its tall and crashing it. down before its time.

Ben leaped. for his life. instinct- ively aiming for the shelter oi’ the |!0g uriainst which he had inclined lh's rifle; ‘but the blow came loo

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soon. Ben's rifle. catching the lull might of the blow. was broken

like a match. Ben himself was crutvhedi to earth as beneath a ‘meteor. The. rain clouds deepened rind spread above his motionless form.

Beatricds dreams were troubled after Ben's departure lnio the tor- est.

'Slic opened. her eyes; the cavern was deep with shadow.

She wondered.‘ "why Ben did not ifOllll-l lnito the cave. Was he em~ iii-tiered against her after all’!

lie!‘ uneasiness was swiftly de- veloping into panic.

The night was chilllz. she ion!" ed for the comfort 0f the fire. The actual ‘lubql’ Ofbili-l-dlllg it might who hgrjlliﬂd from her fears for a ivlfilaVfiﬂesldes it might- be ﬂ lbencnn light for Ben. She turned at once to the-pile ot kindling Ben lilid prepared.» -. ’

But before she could build a really satisfactory tire. one that would enduretbe rain. she must

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and piling up her kindling, built a

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His blows struck true from ilﬂbr,

' cried.

cut ruol its...‘ source; the 108i Ben bad iiewn down and iii-sued

to the cave. She lighted u she'll

locate the heavy camp axe. Them putting on her heavy cosh-the ggmq garment of ‘ lustrous iul‘ which Ben had sent her back for the day oi her abduction-BM ventured into the storm.

The rain splashed in vein at her torch. The pitch burned with I (lance flame. But her eyes souslli in vain for ‘the axe.

Ben had taken it: he hsd Plain- ly gone forth after fuel. Trees stood all about the little Blade; he couldn't have gone tar.

utoidins herr torch lush she went to the edge 0t the glade and. called into ‘the gloom.

IShe turned at once to the cave

fire lust at. the mouth of the cave. This {ire would serve to keep her direction and. lead her back to the cavern.

Then she hunted for pine knote_

taken from scrub pines that grew in scattering clumps among ihe spruce and which were laden with pitch.

‘One o! these knots she put in the iron pan they used for frying then lighted l-t. Then she pushed into the timber.

Holding her light high she be- lade clear to the barrier. of the cliffs. ’

Wth courage and- strenght such as she had not dreamed she pos- ses' ed, she launched forward. But fatigue was breaking her now. The tree roots tripped her falter ing feet. the branches clutched at her as she pasedt it was bard to tell what territory she had search- ed. or how far she had gone.

The flfckerlnlg light revealed a tree, trcshly cut, it naked stump gleaming and its tail form lying prone. Yet beneath it the sha- dowle were of strange unearthly- shape, and something showed stark ‘wliltc through the green toi- iags. Great branches stretched over it. like bars‘ over a prison win ow. » ' .

ll-lor strength wilted and for an instant" shc could only stand and gaze which fixed unbelievlng eyes But almostrat once the unquench- able fires of her spirit blazed up anew. ~

instantly she was beside the form 0i her comrade and‘ enemy struggling with the" cruel limbs that pinned him to l.lie earth.

OliAlPTER XV The Oonspiretors Disagree

The pine knot-s flickered teebly and by their ‘light she looked about for Ben's axe. Her eyes rested on- tlie broken gun first: then she ‘saw tho blade. shining in the rain, protruding from beneath a. broken bough. ‘She drew it out and swung lt down.

liow and by what. might she did not know. but almost at once the

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the faltering "current of his speech beirnn. again. \

"Take the pistol—~ and go," he told her. “Yon showed iiic today how to give up——and l don't want to kill-your l‘atIicr—~cny' more. l renounce ll all! llzruin—iurﬂlve nie—oid _Ez that lay doud in the leaves." _

1lIl~C0lb9Cl0ll51l9SS wellcd high above him. and the lids aroused over his oyost And Ezriim. watch-

lte serenity‘ knowing at trus- bnlnnrc of all things "vilh another. gave him his forrvoiivss.

The trail was long and slvnll in" to flack The-re ior Jcftor)’ Nlnlim“ and his incn.

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nian’s body wins free except. for the ‘tree trunk that wedged him

hours that are disliked so cordinl- against a. dead logtoward whichl I

he had leaped ior shelter.

Seeing that she could not move! the tree itself she thrust with sli|

her power against the dead log ent she had rolled it aside. One of his arms was broken; its position indicated that. Some of his ribs were crushed .too— what internal injuries he that might end biin» before morning she did: not know. ‘She

worked her shoulder under his __ body. "v _. wrenching with all her finel ‘

"iroung sitrengith sﬂbe lifted him upon‘ lienahouider; then, kneeling" in the vines, she struggled for breath. Then thrusting with her arm she got on her feet.

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shoulder. She plunged on. down toward the beacon light.

She plunged on and laid her burned on her bed.

Thor she relaxed at his breathing in sobbing gasps. But. far distant though Ben and deep as he slept-dust outside the dark portals 0t death itselb-tbose sounds went down to him. He lav a long time. trying to under- stand. I On lier knees beside him Beat . rice saw the first flutter of his evvlldia. ln awe. rather tiinn rap‘ titre. her a-rms crept around him. and she kissed lils rain-wet brow. His eyes opened. looked wonder- ingly into hers. "The tree got iiie, asked" "Don't try to talk.’ she caution- ed. "Yes-the tree fell on you. But

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volfre not soln to~ die. You're going w live, llvlk"

He shook his- head. ~tho half- omlle flickered at his lips. "Let

me talk. Beatrice." he said. "it's

impcrlant—and l don't think-l have much time. Her eyes widened in hon-or,

"You don't mean-m ~"l'm going back in a minute --l cant hardly keep awake," he said. iHia voice, though feeble, was preternaturally clear. "l believe that tree got rue- clsar inside-but you must linen to everything i say." She nodded. In that eerie mom- ent of suspense ‘she knew she must. hsur what he had to tell her. "Don't wait to see what happens to mo,’ he went on. "I'll either go out or I'll live-you really hell; me any. Where's the riﬂe? " he rifle was broken when the tree fall." . “Lknew it would" be. l saw it coming. Beat-r‘..- please, ‘plug; "Do you think I would got", she . "Ylou must. The Moﬂg-y-lg um“; gone. Take the pistol. here's s1; shot or w-iii. the box. The rule's . broken and we can't get meet, w. jiiilh-dﬁlﬁl-H you vuil.’

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The days passed. June and July ever they moved at a slower pace. The food stores brought for the journey were rapidly depleted."

No experience oi.’ their individu- al livea had ever presented such

a daily oilleal of physical ds-tress

none had over lléell’ so devastlng to hom- niid spirit.

Jniifery Ncllson had almost for- "rotten the issue of the claim by TWW. 'llc lind told the truth. those weary uwreks before. when he had wished he had never seen it. His nnlv thought was of his daughter.

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Yet he dared not turn back. Slie ingh-t yet/live. held" prisoner in some far-Off cave.

At first all three agreed on this point: that they must not. ~turn_ buck until either Ben was crushed

llllileﬁl‘ their heels or- they had made sure o! "hie death. They were still partners in

the} effort to rescue the girl and slay her abductor; otherwise they were at. swords’ poln-ts.

gosnce. Ben was aireaidy avenged,

One rainy, dllsagreoable morn- ing. as they cam-peel‘ bes-‘de the river near the Jllﬂllm] of s smsli crook. affairs reached their crisis

They had caught and saddled the horse-s: Ray was pulling tight “him. speaking in aim undertone. Whon ho. had finished Ray curssil explosively ln- the silence.

Neilson turned. He seemedto sense impending developments "What now?" he asked.

"I'm not going on. that's what it in. Ray replied. "Neilson. it's two against one—-lf you wanit to g0 on vou can-but "Ray and I are going back." ‘ , I ., v,

"You're going buck,‘ eh—eoarell out!’ Neilson commented coldly.

‘Tm going back—and don't say too much about being scared out either.’

"And you too against me too?"

"Chan cursed. “I'd gone a week ago if it'd been mo. “We know the way home at least.‘

The old man looked a long time into the river depths.

“Then turn the horses around. you cowards.’ he ‘answered. "l can't go on alone.

For once neither Ray or Chan had outward resentment for the epithet. Secretly they realized that old Netlltson" was to the wall at. last and like a grizzly at bay it was satel- not to molest hlm.

Chan? You're

slio stopped to rest leaning WEE-N‘ TH ALL HER Chan wen‘ dDWn to m“ 9.559 M against a tree and still holding PINE YOUNKJ STRENGTH smglhe creek to Water his saddle the bclovedi weight upon her IIIPTED irriu urox naa|"°"°~

iBut presently they heard him‘ curse, in inordinate and startled

lmnrint lu the mud‘ on the shore.

Clear and unmistakable in the mud was the stale imprint of Ben's canoe as they bud landed and the tracks of both the man and the girl as they had turned iii-to the torest.

The dawn that crept so Era? and mysterious over the frosty worn of spruce brought no hope to Beatrice. sitting beside the un- conscious form of Ben in the cave fronting the glude.

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