Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 27, 1913, Page 7

Bt | And all f | door, —_— CHAPTER X|I. ' The Log Hut in the Mountains, not know; in all prop cabin was so pl not strike fairl it was some h of Certain Persons Whe "‘".‘,‘,'..’i'fin.uc—-u ARomance of Colorado BY fort whatever to awaken her, ever tasks he had perf, CYRUS TOWNSEND break had been so sil BRADY e;l that she had not “The Ring and the Man, them. ‘mw/ The ion.” *"The wy, " Asthe Sparks Fly Upward.” Tlustrations by Ellsworth Young | and beyond earshot, N LS (apyriguty WL, by W. @. Chapman.) (Continued from Page 2.) | time she awoke, s sank into gray ash, r room the cold dawn stealing the l‘:md, the unshaded window looked Outside, where iniervened, step as memorial, but with his been very successful. aing earned. Hath this man's bless- | ki be hath achleved it? Start that checking account and save yourself the risk, annovance and inconvenience of carrying money about and of paying bills, e*e., with cash. The check book 1s sure to bring the enocomy that doesn’t pluch and will relieve you of many wo:ries. Your account is respectfully so- licited . [ . You Need a Tcnic There are times in every woman’s liie when she neds a tonic to help her over the i places. ‘“-*‘31 that time comes to you, you know what tonic 0 tike—Cardui, the woman’s tonic. Cardui is com- of purely vegetable ingredic:is, which act , yet surely, on the weakened womanly orzans, ad helps build them back to strength and health. h,.has benefited thousands and thousands of weak, N2 women in jts past half century of wonderful ) vasOS, and it will do the same for you. uc he Woman’s T G thé Woinan S’lcpt Quietly upon the other side of that | Mrst awakenlig ¢ Was Y What awakened the woman she did the walls of the ru won or mot? And must he pay | the coldness of the room struck her 8o 500n as_she got out of bed. Upon her dlcament annoylng. She was AT | clous of her situation; he | been too long and too heay awakening too gradua] for any sud- i ;!en zumreciutilon of the new cou.d‘tion‘ I It was not until she haq stared around de cabin for some- ability it was, time, that she realized where i the bright sunlight streaming through g the narrow window before her, The ' 4id 50 she arose at once, ;u‘_ed that the sun did an Y into the room untfl ' iR ber life had she fe 5 ours high, consequently ' !lke stillness, LS she had her long sleep out entirely un. MOst always there had been a whis- Jdisturbed. The man had made no ef- | Per of breeze through the pine trees What. | O the chatter of water over the rocks.' ormed since day- | But here there were no pine trees and ently accomplish. ' DO 8ound of rushing brook came to been aware of | ber. It was almost painful. She was and what had happened. When she Her first impulse was to call, Never Even In the camp al- keen to dress and 80 out of the house. So soon as he could do so, he had lett! S1 8tood upon the rude puncheon | the cabin and was now busily engaged | 90T OB one foot, scarcely able yet to In bis daily duties outside the cabin Pe8T €Ven the lightest pressure upon . He knew that the other. There were her clothes on | sleep was the very hest medicine for | Ch2Irs and tables before the fireplace. { her, and it was best that she should SUCh had been the heat thrown out by | not be disturbed until in her own good that huge blaze that a briet inspec- tlon convinced her that everything o other side of the door the! The clouds had emptied themselves 25 thoroughly dry. Dry or wet, she ¢ woman slept quietly on, | dUring the night, and the wing haq T“USt Deeds put them on, since they ight died away, the glow- | at last died away toward morning, and Wwere all she had. Within ' ROW there was a great calm abroad in thera were no locks on the doors, and Tl dih i i she realized that the only protection lue untempered rays field of battle—death, wounds, bef'l full upon the crests of the mou)n- :)h,e 0RO ,Or the man, s, defeats—portrayed upon one tains, it was doubtless warm, but with- | {e; allowed her 1;an face, upturned as some- | 1B the cabin it was chilly, The flroE made her the more confident on that s victors and vanquished alike up- ' bad long since burned completely ) stark faces from the field to the :OW:;']:)IE""‘ :01 ha({ not entered the room | vho may pity but who h enish it. Yet Enid Mai falove who may pity g {1ain snug and warm underull:lea;li]hgfii ber wounded foot, and of the stiff con- b Jacob may have looked after i kets. She presently tested her wound- | gltion of her rough, dried apparel. wful night when he wrestled un- ' eg fooz‘ by moving it gently, and dis. | resently she was completely clothed, ! broke, with the angel, and COVered agreeably that it was much L o5 1t bith g0 untll he blessed less painful than she had anticlpated. Ni f,l""“y bandages upon i, she could valking, forever after with halt. The treatment the night before had | |y o " Ler 8tocking over it, and even She noticed that she had was the sense of decency and sleep unmolested account, She dressed hastily, although it was ' the work of some difficulty in view of save for that disrobed foot. With the if she succeded in that, she could in She did not get up immediately, but | g -, 2ke 8hift to put on her boot. The situation was awkward, the pre- bloomers and a short skirt for her mountain climbing, and she did not know quite what to do. She thought of tearing up one of the rough, unbleach- ed sheets and wrapping it around her leg, but she hesitated as to that. It was very trying. Otherwise, she would have opened the door and stepped out into the open air. Now she felt her- self virtually a prisoner. She had been thankful that no one had disturbed her, but now she wished for the man. In her helplessness she thought of his resourcefulness with eagerness. The man, however, did not Lappear, and there was nothing for her | (to do but to wait for him. Takine of the blankets from the bed, she sat down and drew it across her knees took stock of the room The cabin was built. of logs, the room wa | with one side completely taken up by the stone fireplace; there were two windows, one on either side of the outer door, which opened toward (he southwest. The walls were unplaster- ed save in the chinks between the rough hewn logs of which it was made. Over the fireplace and around on one side ran a rude shelf covered with books. She had no opportunity to ex- amine them, although later she would become familiar with every one of them. Into the walls on the other side were driven wooden pegs; from some of them hung a pair of snow shoes, a heavy Winchester rifle, fishing tackle and other necessary wilderness para- phernalia. On the puncheon floor wolf and bear skins were spread. In one corner against the wall again were piled several splendid pairs of horns from the mountain sheep The furniture consictcl of the single bed or berth in which she had slept, built against the wall in one of the corners, a rude table on which were writing materials and some books. A row of curtained shelves, evidently made of small boxes and surmounted by a mirror, occupied another space. There were two or three chairs, the handiwork of the owner, comfortable encugh in 8pite of their rude construc- tion. On some other pegs hung a slicker and a sou'wester, a fur over- coat, a fur cap and other rough clothes; ia pair of heavy boots stood by the .| fifer, 1T 1 Things be That she had | large, perliaps 12 by 20 feet, ! SEPT. 27, 1913, PAGE ner and Wigher d wanting, She was | such a w s0 the girl reasoned acutely, as t inspire a passionate affection in a strong hearted, reckless youth, but whose charms being large- ly physical, would pall in longer and more intimate association; a danger- ous rival in a charge, but not so for- midable in a steady campaign. These thoughts were the result of long and earnest inspection, and it | was with some reluctance that the girl at last put the photograph aside and looked toward the door. She was hun- | gry, ravenously so. She began to be |a little alarmed, and had just about lmade up her mind to rise and stum- ble out as she was, when she heard |steps outside and & knock on the | door. “What is it?” she asked in response, “May I come in?" “Yes,” was the quick answer, The man opened the door, left it ajar and entered (he room. “Have you been awake long?” he began abruptly. “Not very."” “I didnt disturb you, because you ‘needed sleep more than anything else. How do vou feel?” “Greatly refreshed, thank you.” “And hungry, | suppose?” “Very." “I will soon toot?" “It seems much better, but I—" The girl hesitated, blushing. “I can't get my shoe on, and—" “Shall I have another look at it?" “No, I don't believe it will be neces- sary. If I may have some of that lini- | ment, or whatever it was you put on it, and more of that bandage, I think I can attend to it myself, but, you see, my stockings and my boot—" { The man nodded; he seemed to un- derstand. He went to his cracker box chiffonier and drew from it a long, coarse woolen stocking. “That is the best that I can do for you,” he said. “And that will do very nicely,” said the girl. “It will cover the bandage, and that is the main thing." | The man laid on the table by the | side of the stocking another strip of bandage torn from the same sheet. As 5 | he did so, he noticed the picture, le | ‘cun-,:h( it up quickly, a dark flush spreading over his face, and holdiny | ft in his hand, he turned :11»1;!1|:<!y| away, ; “will go and eook you some Ixrw;«k-‘ | she we remedy that. Your fast whils ret vourself ready. If ¢ you have washed, you'll find a bucket of witer and a basin and towel outside the door.” He went through the inner door as suddenly @s he hiad come through the outer one. e wasaman of few words, and whatever social grace he might once have posse 1, and in more fa- | vorable circumstances exhibited, was | not noticeable now, The tenderness | with which Qe had caressed her the night betore had also vanished. His bearing had been cool, almost harsh and forbidding, and his manner was as grim as his appearance. The conversation had been a brief one, and her opportunity for inspection of him consequently limited. Yet she had taken him in. Ie was a tall, splendid man, No longer young, perhaps, but in the prime of life and vigor. His com plexion was dark and burned browner by long exposure to sun and wind, win- ter and summer. h: spite of the brown, there was a certain color, a hue of health in his checks. His eyes were hazel, somct mes brown, sometimes gray, and sometimes biue, she after- ward learned. A short thick closely cut beard and mustache covered the lower part of his face disguised but not hiding the squareness of his jaw and the firmness of his lips He had worn his cap when he enter- ed, and when he took it off she no- ticed that lis dark hair was tinged with white. e was dressed in a leath- er hunting suit, somewhat the worse ie!f there were ruments, the | re was of a hand ¥ Enid Maitlan : olua: . Bhe if that ion more | any other fact in the | picked it up and studied | it long and e tly, quite uncon isr'ious of the reason for her interest | and yet a certain uneasy feeling might have warned her of what was towar« in her bosom. ‘ This young woman had not yet hac T She had no! time to A the circun So soon a: | Lat intc | | forcibly t room. Sh | $00 1 oy -~ ’1’[ y IR % 40 | Rl X | He Caught It Up Quickly. for wear, but fitting him in a way to > play to all his muscles. His i nents were swift, energetic and graceful. She did not wonder that he had so easily hurled the bear to one | side and had managed to carry her—no | light we indeed!—over what she | dimly recognized must bave been a i1ld have been impossible to a lendid vigor than he. ! , and as | ad tow- (To Be Continued.) 1 o Fidelity Underwriters, capital . hne on | German American. capital ., . ud some | Dhiladelphia Underwriters, capital Springfield Fire and Marine. capital - M | e M A AR A J. P. McCORQUODALE The Florida Avenue Grocer 290——PHONE RED— Respectfully asks his friends and the pub generally to give him a call when needing Fresh Meats, Groceries, Vegetables, Ec. 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