Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1924, Page 20

cnt Adventure | A Stirring Story of the Northwest. BY EMERSON HOUGH. (Copyright, 1983, by D. Applstes & o) T (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) syNopsis. * e Widow Lewls, living the Dineteenth cetury, ne of her home. in cid Aibemerls er son, @ person of Sien ‘Tor.a ‘Sohth of elghteen, Teturns from the forest. The son, Meriwether, called Merne by his mother, speaks of their friend Jeffer- ®on cnd of the fact that he may go to Wash ington. She fells him that the forest will call him all b ‘that he will suffer much. he will love strongly happiness for i ! ted lh melanchol raits he! Bhe adds that aoy mother can l’!lfl her son’s s U here was a long silence; then the widow continued “Listen, Merne,” she said. me a prophetess of evil. T am not That Do you think 1_speak only in' despalr, my bov No, there is omething larger than mere happi- Tess. Listen, and believe me, for now I could not fail to know. I tell you that your great desire, the Kl"ell Wish of your life, shall be yours! You never will relinquish it, you .1.[ ways will possess i, and af last it will be yours. “You call | We! America as he rode, his light, firm hand half unconsclously curbing the antics of the splendid animal h'n!l!h him—a _horse d o5 bay in col mettied, & mount fit for a mon-rc!-— an of Vir- little more than one hun- If {t was not the horse of & mon- arch the young man bestrode. none s It waa the horse of one who his stables should be of any king—none se, than Mr. Thomas th President of bnnad st-(u of Al ca. This particular animal was none other than Arcl\ll’lul. Mr, Jefferson’s to glve Arcturus Wildair, thelr days. On this morning Arotur his turn beneath his rider— racoth more often in the on himself, Horse and rider made a picture in perfect Keeping as they fared on to- Ju) ln,fl ward the little-used forest ro: which led out Rock Creek w: dor. & fow miles & mill lo-noumu would offer ant, was & stone| est sound o wned by sn old German, who| to h it U up of coffie | it. lb‘ A0 2 the forest . to an early .horseman. hrmu this | squirrel earlier | that was not lost to him. way wanderings thither on other sum- mer mornings. urdlu curvetted along and_toss mincing daintily, and mak- and though e in al anner of pretense l.l Mln dangerou: with wing out of he i nos: tl e noble bay y antmal be man s face amiling. broken in {ts down-sweepl merely by the point of & spoke of gentlencss as well that of lhs was ke or ;l;m::dou-lv as one v.ll used A bevy of dawn alon, path, whis rlan-. feoding at o{ the forest g horse's old th. startled an! he followed od U close, the flight [ of | &h tho birds with the trained eye of th ed dhkl lhlnhndndr ,» nd hakings ot Hi e S5 ong fowler, marked well where they and pitched again. He did these ulnn He advanced into the wood until all sight of the city wes quite cut off from hlm. until the light grew yet dimmer slong the forest road, in Diaces almost half covered with & hoamt“' followed trall a8 ll runhul slong w, whlch the bl.nk toward the mill, !.llrou‘h scenes appare! tly familiar to Absiracied za b to him. ‘was, he mun have new man been al 4 strong. ” conlln.nl had from the birth of time. ‘What burdened the mind of man 11ke this, of years which should have H r just an instant, the: ' loo-ld lh. hrldl. and leaned forward. ‘The horse under him aprang forward left him yet in full attunement 'lth in glant strides. the morning of life and with dawn of a country? Why fllflulfl pay so little heed to the playful ad- | vances of Arcturus, inviting him for & run along the shady road? Arcturus could not tell. but nrllle- ln.lnullln[ly. He could | not instinctively I his ears| such sound? It was the -onna of & voice that had heard—the volce of a unmln—¢w&nn!ly 3 woman in some distress, What cava- lier at any time of the world has forward at n than half a head tossed, his eye now | moment the rider was around the a1 turned aboat’ InquirnE. But though the young man, mood; and abstracted, still looked on ahe some of his guard. His turn of the leafy trail. She was there, the woman who had ,| oried out, herself mouated, and now seemed yet on|upon the point of trying conclusions d turned at the alight- | with her mount. Whether dissatisfac- tion wlt‘h the latter or some- fear of her her to cry out -i it have beon Jese cortain, had it been sure that her eye was at the memcnt fastened, not upon the frac- tious steed, but upon the cause of his unwonted misbehavior. The keen eye of the young man 1o0ked with hers, and found the rea- mon for the sudden scene. A serpent, some feet in lmnh——vua of the mot- dtle, harmless species sometimes lo- anlly called the blow-snake—obvious- 1y had.come out into the morning sun a | 1o, warm himself, and his yellow body, lying loose and uncoiled. lnvid'hh to horse and rider until th-y ‘ware llmon upon it. Then, naturally, the serpent hsd moved his hufl. and both horse and rider had him, to the dismay of both. 'l‘hll lh. young man saw and under- stood 1 second, even as he spurred torwlrd -)onullao the plunging ani- mal. Hie firm hand on the bridle both horses back to their hl!ll!uh An instant later both had ocontrol of their mounts again,” and had set '.lu- down to thelr paces in workmaniike fashion, There was ocolor in the young wom- an's face, but it was the color of gourage, ‘of resolution. There was breeding in every line of her. Class and lineage marked her as she sat easily, her aupr}- young body accom- modating_ itself handsomely to the restrained restiveness of the steed beneath her. Bhe rode with perfect confidence, as an experienced horse- ‘woman, and was well turned out in a close habit, neither old nor new. Her dark hair—cut rather squarely across her forehead after an {ndi- vidual fashion of her own—was sur. mounted ed hat, decorated ik wide-flunk plume’ of sSmoky color, caug! with a jewel at the side. Both jewel and plume had no doubt, in some ship from 8crose seas. Her hands were Imll ard gloved as well as might be that dsy of the 'world. 'There #mall ornament about her; nor this young woman need ornament be- Y“gd the color orfnhor ltinlee:: lnhl h‘l.h' and eye, and ape the touch of a bold ribbon I.t’;dr throat, which held a white collar closer to a neck al- most as white. An aristocrat you must have called her, had you seen her in any chance company. And had you been & young man such as this, and had you met her alone, in some sort of agitation, and had consent been given you—or had you taken :onunb—nlrcly you ‘would have been loath te part com- Ellly with one so fair .and would lV. ridden on with her as he did But at first they did not speak. A ?ulck. startled look ocame into the of the young woman. A fleep‘r shade glowed upon the cheek of the cavaller, reddening under th In— but which only kept his eyes straight between his horse; ears as he rode—after he had ralsed his hat and bowed at the close of the episode. “F am to thank Capt. Lewis once more,” began the young woman, in voice vibrant and clear—the sweete: kindest voice in the world. “It good fortune that you rode abroad early this morning. You always come at need!” He turned upon her, mute for a time, yet looking full into her face. It was sadness, not boldness, not any gay challenge, that marked his own. “Can you then call it good fortune?* own voice was low, suppressed. ‘Why not, then?” «You did not neegd me. A moment and you would have been in command again—there was no real need of m. Ah, you never need me!" “Yot you éome.. You we the need been wor And, indeed, d—I must htvu hi thing else.” some cost!” “And therc was the serpent.” “Madam, there wi here. had |1 have not deceived my ovwn? I hava faced it out in.my.own heart, and 1 ve, I trust, come.off the victor. At (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) “Capt. Meriwether Lewis is singu- larly gloomy this morning!” “Not more than I have been always. How brief was my little hou Yot for that time I knew paradige—as I do now. We should part here, madam, me! None the less, I could not help my thoughts—cannot help them now. I ride hers every morning. I saw your horse's hoof- marks some two miles back. Do you suppose I did not know whose they were?” “And you followed me? Ah!" “I suppose I did, and yet I did not. 1¢ 1 did T knew I was riding to my | Pint of TRY LEMON JUICE T0 WHITEN SKIN 'omxfiuhiuot two lemons _with . three ounces of O;elnrd White, — Al Shake & bottle, yau ve 3 whol qnnM the wonderful fatel whitener, wficur and bum:fltr She would have spoken—her lics half parted—but what she might have said none heard. He went on “I have ridden here since first I saw you turn this way one mornin I guessed this might be your haunt at dawn. I have ridden here often—and feared each time that I might meet you. Perhaps I came this morning in the same way, not knowing that you . were near, but hoping that you might be. You 'see, madam, I speak the bsolute truth with you.” “You have never spoken aught -lu to any human soul. That I know.” “And yet you try to evade the truth: ‘Why deceive your heart about it, since Massage lemon blar.h into the face, neck, and hands. that clear, youthful skin and rough or chaj -You must mix after it is prepared. this sweetly tngnnt It can not irnl‘u. Fl- mous stage beauties use it h bring o8y~ white complexion; also to sooths red, hands and face. s remarkable Gieach yourself. It can mot be bought ready 10 use because it acts best immediately Orchard White Yy ! gain silence fell between them hefore she went on, her hand again sting_on_her son’s dark hair. four great desire will cost me my son. Be it so! We breed men for the world, we womem, and we give them up. Out of the agony ot our hearts, we do and must always give them up. That is the price I must pay. But I give you up to the great hope, the great thing of vour life. Should I complain? Am I not ur mother, and therefore a wom- And should a’ woman complain? , Merne, Merne, my son, my - hl e drew his head back, so that she m could see deep into his eves. Her dark brows half frowning, she gaged down upon him, not so mucl in tenderness as in Intentness. For the first time in_many months—for the last time in his life—she kissed him| on the forehead; and then she let him | }u"('h ? and, silently as he around the end of 0. He rose now, had come, pa the wide gallery Her gaze did not follow him. She sat still looking down the golden- green slope where the leaves were dropping silently. She sat, her chin in her hand, her elbows upon her knees, facing that future, somber, ‘but splendid, to which she had de- voted her som, and which in later years he so singularly fuifilled. That was the time when the mother Remeniber That the HUB’S Credit Buy Now at February Sale Prices---Small , Service Is the Most Liberal in the World Weekly or Monthly Payments Will Do of Meriwether Lewis gave him to his: fate—his fate, o closely linked with Yours and mine. CHAPTER II. Meriwether and Theodosia. Soft is the sun in the summer sea- son at Washington, softer at times than any old Dan Chaucer ever knew; but again so ardent that any one who would ride abroad would best do so in the early morning. This is true today, and it was true when the Capital city lay in the heart of a aweeping forest at the edge of a yet unconquered morass. The young man who now rode into this forest, leaving behind him the open streets of- the straggling city— | then but beginning to lighten under the rays of the morning sun—was one who_evidently knew his Wash- ington. He knew his own mind as well, for he rode steadlly, as if with some definite purpose, to some defi- nite point, looking between his horse's ears. Sitting as erect and as easily as any cavalier of the world's best, he was tall in his saddle seat, his legs were long and straight. His boots were neatly varnished, his coat well cut, his gloves of good pattern that time. His hat swept over a m of dark hair, which fell deep in loose cue upon his neck. His cra; was immaculate and_well tied. 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