Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 29, 1913, Page 7

for thnu;fl{t late afternoon of | the long 1}:1)’ could she force her mind { to the printed pages of the book she ‘lmd taken at random from the shelf which lay open before her, where ghe sat 1‘1‘1 the sun, her head covered by ay ! ]old, Stetson” that she had ventured Calice fCourage f Certain Persons Whe gflm fl apd Cong gonance of Colorado BY | ;s TOWNSEND O raDY to appropriate. She had dragged & bear skin out on the rocks in the sun and sat curled up on it half reclining against a boulder watching the trail, ! the Winchester by her side, She had’ eaten 8o late a breakfast that she had made a rather frugal lunch out of whatever had taken her fancy in the store room, and she was waiting most anxiously now for the return of the man, The season was late and the sun ' lsank behind the peaks quite early in [the afternoon, and it grew dark and | ¢BINl Tong beTore The shadows fell upon i the dwellers of the lowlands, t Enid drew the bear skin around her | i and waited with an ever-growing ap- | prehension. If she should be com- ! pelled to spend the night alone in that ! cabin, she fcit that she could not en- dure it. She was never gladder of anything in her life than when she saw him suddenly break out of the woods and start up the st ¢p trail, ptinued from Page 2.) tercolyped Tashion of and with never an development of which all of us M . in our life, and and for a moment her gladnoss was me of us nmever ROt tempercd by the fact w a ound herself revelling Was Dre to realize wi great dismay, that as he had gone, so he { mow returned, alone, CHAPTER XllII, If in pleasing imagina- » adventures that she got back to | ske got further Philadelphia, How would be with it 0f course, she resolved ver mention one ep Jle day, and she had te confidence that this ¢ his grim, gruff tack lown himself so ex- e of her feelings, The Castaways of the Mountains. The man was evidently sceking her, for so soon as he caught sight of her he broke into a run and came bound- ing up the steep ascent with the speed and agility of a chamois or a mountain | sheep. 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Burning words of greeting rushed to his lips torrentially; what he said, however, was quite common- place, as is often the o Word thought and outward speech did not correspond. “It's too cold for you out here, you must go into the house at once,” he declared masterfully, and she obeyed with unwonted meekness. The sun had set and the night air had grown suddenly chill. Still hold- ing her hand, they started toward the cabin a few rods away, Her wounded foot was of little support to her and the excitement had unnerved her, in a thought he caught her about the waist and half lifted, half led her to the door. It scemed as natural as it was inevitable for him to a t her in this way, and in her weakness and be- wildérment » suffered it without comment or resistance. Indeed, there arm, ‘he was so secure there, that she liked it. As for him, his pulses were bounding at the contact; but for that matter even to look at her quickened his heart beat. Entering the main room, he led fer gently to one of the chairs near the table and immediately thereafter light ed the fire which he had taken the In Spite of His Hand She Swayed. It had been dark in the cabin, but the fire soon fllled it with glorious light. She watched him at his task and as he rose from the hearth questioned him: “Now tell me” she began, “you found—" “First your supper, and then the story,” he answered, turning toward the door of the other room. “No,” pleaded the girl, “can’t you gee that nothing is of any importance to me but the story? Did you find the camp?”’ “I found the place where it had been.” “Where it had been!” “There wasn't a single vestige of it left. That whole pocket, 1 knew it well, had been swept clean by the flood.” “But Kirkby, and—" “They weren't there.” “Did you search for them?” “Certainly.” “But they can't have been drowned,” she exclaimed piteously. and Mrs. Maitland “Of course not,” he began reassur ingly. is a veteran of these mountains and—" [ t do you know him?” queried the | at su d the man, flushing aven't n for com- by the way, t to tell her not ":\'\"lil'.’" she asked, breaking the certainly see the and he would take m in the camp up on irkby would cloud burst cor the people with the hogback ncar it. “And did you look for them there?” “] did. The trail had been washed out, but I scrambled up and found un- disputed evidence that my surmise was correct. I haven't a doubt that all who were in the camp were saved.” «Thank God for that,” said the girl, greatly relieved and comforted by his reassurir “And Robert Mait- land and the rest on the mountain, what do you think of them?” hat they must have I don’t thi any of “l am su I suppose they are now.” id the man. “You start- e canon, you told ry- It is far above | | the flood line; they would be quite safe | there.” I body you e going that way. They ' paturally searched in that directionm, they hadn't the faintest idea that you c—————————— THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKiZLAND, FLA., SEPT. 29, 1913. e ——————————————— e s e PALE P el $19 “that is true. ! didn't dream non when I started 7, It was the result [ did not tell of going up the out in the mor of a sudden im “God bless (hat—" burst out the man, and then he checked himself, | flushing again darkly, What had he been about to say? The question flashed across his own | the same time when she heard the incompleted sentence; but she, too, ! checked the question that rose to her | lips | lips. his confusion. “They fancy them- selves alone in these mountains, | which, save for me, they are; they be- lieve you to have gone down the can- on. Kirkby with Mrs. Maitland and } the others waited on the ridge until i Mr, Maitland and his party joined them. They couldn't have saved very much to eat or wear from the camp, | they were miles from a settlement; they prebhably rided into two parties, the lars dren, cd for home, went down the canon your dead body!" the second | “And had it not been for you,” eried ! spite of his hand she swayed; without the girl, impulsively, “they had found | it “God permitted me to be of service ! to you,” answered the man, simply. “I can follow their speculations exact- | Iy: up or down, they believed you to have been in the canon when the cloud burst, therefore there was only | was such strength and power in his one pluce and one direction to search | , for you.” | “And that was?” | “Down the canon?” ““What did you do then?” ! think 1 saw evidence that some one had preceded me, too.” “Did vou overtake them?” | “Certainly not, early in the morning and they had I several hours the advantage of me.” { where for the night and—" rYe ider, I should have the night and vhen they camped.” only myscli t e rise to return here by i 1. T don't know wheth er i Ol ve oboeyed you or not. | kept on ag | dared and still leave | e to get back to you By di Slic had no idea of the desperate ! speed D wle to reach her while it was st g “If you Lada't come when you did, I should have died,” cried the girl im- petuously. “You did perfectly right. I don't think I am a coward; I hope not. I never was afraid before, but—" “Don’t apolc » or explain to me, it's not necessary; I understand ev- erything you feel. It was only because I had given you my word to be back by sunset that I left off following their trail. I was afraid that you might think me dead or that something had happened and—" “I should, I did,” admitted the girl. “It wasn't so bad during the day time, but when the sun went down and you did not come 1 began to imagine ev- erything. 1 saw myself left alone here in these mountains, heipless, wound- ed, without a human being to speak to. 1 could not bear it.” “But I have been here alone for five years,” taid the man grimly. “That's different. I don't know why you have choscn solitude, but I—" “You are a woman,” returned the other gently, “and you have suffered, that accounts for everything.” “Thank you,” said Enid, gratefully. “And I am so glad you came back to me.” “Back to you," reiterated the man, and then he stopped. lowed his heart to speak he woultl have said, Back to you from the very ends of the world. “But I want you to believe that I honestly did not leave the trail until the ultimate moment,” | he addcd. | “I do believe it;” she extended her | hand to him. “You have becn very [ good to me, | trust you ubsolutely.” | And for the second time he took that ful oceratic hand in 1 m er grasp. i un der other circumst lavs perhag 1 hand. As it was I a moment and then it 1l it fc leased “An | for me? “I know it. myself would Joved, I mean, and they—" “And they will find me?” The man shock his head. “] am afraid they will be convinced {'that you have gone down with the | flood. Didn’t you have a cap or—" | “Yes,” said the woman, “and a | sweater. the sweater with blood. put it on again.” As she spoke she flushed a glorious erimson at the remembrance of that meeting, but the man was looking away with studied care. She thanked him in her heart for such generous and kindly consideration. “They will ve gune down the stream with the rest, and it's just pos- ntly re- ou think they are searching she asked. I could mnot he € find ! This river en lake and It wi It will b rat row, ] think me—there?” t come up here?” 1 (To Be Continued.) The bear you shot covered | “This is the way I figure it,” con-| tinued the man hurriedly to cover up | with the woman and chil- ! searching for ! e AN KA et b . L e 8, DN, N 4R s T WA J. P. McCORQUODALE The Florida Avenue Grocer 290—PHONE R®ED— - [ Respectfully asks his friends -and the pubi mind and into the woman’s mind at | generally to give him a call when needing Fresh Meats, Groceries, Vegetables, Fic. 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