The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 30, 1922, Page 9

J — (Contnaed From Pace 6) fer no lem. The savage realm into He groped for the fallen candle, | which they were cast could pot of lighted ft, and bh You as them now They forgot the have te Jook and Vir ts unending, the winter forests winia.” he told her. remem. | stretehing tntermtina from range der—of course t ange about the the pitiless Yea, she remembered his blind. | cold, ever waiting Just without the Rees. She looked down at the little cabin door, Even impending deat! Stain of red on her left shoulder. | 'tself, In the glory of this night “T cant tell" she told him “It| ould cast no shadow upon their Went im right here—give me yoeir | spirit band.” In the moment of their victory She took his warm hand and rest-/the North had defeated them, but ed it Against the wound. Someway,|in the instant of defeat they had Mt @omforted her. “Clore to the top| found infinite and eternal victory of the shoulder, then.” be com-|No blow that life could deal, no f Then he groped ull his|/ weapon that this North should Sempitive fingers told him he had/ wield against them, could crush found the egress of the bullet-—on them now. They were borne high her arm just down from her shoul: | above the reach of these. They had Ger, “But there's nothing I can|discovered the great Secret, the @o—it's not a wound I can dress eternal Talisman against which ne Its cleaner now than anything | curse can blast or no disaster break We've got to clean it with. The/| the spirit. only thing is to lie still—so it won't} ‘Thay had thele secret, whispered bleed. exuitations, like all lovers the “Do you think I die? she asked! jength and breadth of the world him quietty There was no winta told him that in her own ealy sorrow sin” ber. tones heart she had loved him almost ‘me frankly, Fill from the first day, but how she had “I don’t think tious ir. itself- the wound if we could get is 2 not realized i, in ali ite complete >. oF dpe, ness, until now, Bill told her of Gown doctor,” he told her. the wakening of his own love, and fan't Bleeding much now, because " LR how he had confessed it to hi YOu are tying still, but it has been |«,. ar ae = gery hed: bye -em R. HOOPLE UNCORK' ne ben | \e 4 player dleeding aaa ae — t 4 venir” in the complaint of the wind. a> es us you! “He tried to explain to her his | ir Wied leaped at cace nip | 20UDt# and fears—how he had/ hoeght. “You mean ite the same | eked at her as being from another | come around to the side of the either way? she queetioned, | *S8!4. “I could imagine my loving | cabin and reenter thru the window “Tt Gocen't make much differ. YOU from the first,” he told her,| You can feel your way, and I can @Rok" ‘The man spoke quietly, juct| B8t Never you giving your love] guide you by my voice, but you @a the might have expected him to|'®_™*” mustn't go more than a few feet Speak in such a moment as this | ,Afd who te more worthy of it—Jor youll get bewildered. The mo ~ f anybody's love-than Gout" she/| ment he thinks you age gone, hb “Oh, Virginia—we've fought so hard it's bitter to lose now @en't you—you couldn't that wound—you gon't mweetheart's way much more effective than words, to Stop his lips, Then she told him of You see walk with know the , BO that 1 Guld walk and purt| DIS bravery, hin tenderness and td aa the Harold. a | Stendfastnees; bow there was no Gene. He won't show us the way or | ‘C#Ns of descent in giving her love us now. We haven't any food to him. She told him at in fact ge grietly has been eaten| DIS @ducation was as good 4s hers by wot One of us blind anal! mot superior, that his natura 908 of us wounded—you see—what | eding Gnd gentieness were the equal of that of any man wt chance we've got against the North Tf we had the griasty fieeh, we | Moved in her own circle. She could Gould stay here till my sieht re.| {M4 protection and shelter In his fupeed—and still, perhaps, get you “ONS arms. and in these months North she bed learned that this was the most important thing of He could provide for her, too, with the wealth of bis mine Out in time to save you from the |’ the tajury. If you knew the way to the settlements, 1 might bau! you on the sied—you guiding me—and take a chance of running into some|* Pont not to be forgotten. Her Meat on the way down. But«none| “#5dards were true and sensible Of those things are true.” she was down to the simple, primt “Then what"—the girl spoke| ‘Ve basis of things, and she did breathiessly—"does it meant not forget that provision for his “Tt means death—that’s afl it| Wile was man's first’ responsibility means.” There was no sentimental | 894 the first duty of iove. RY. ne tremor in his voice now Only once did BU) leave ber—to He was locking his fate in the tace;| CF the crack of the door and he knew he couid not spare the eri DGlld op the fire. When he re by keeping the truth from ber,|tatned, her warm ttle Moot of @s sure as we're here—from | kisses was as tf he had been absent and your wound—if Haroid| for weary hours cold doesn't get us firet. Bet her thoughts had been basy. been cheated, Virginia. We're |F%" in this moment All at once ill as played with s crooked Gealer. she drew his ear clone to her Ups. dont care on my own account——~| “Bill, will you listen to me a min “Then don't care on mine, either. | ute™ she asked. All at once her hand went up and “Lésten! Tu Msten to every caressed bis face. “Hold me. mut, | ¥oTt—" won't it” she asked. “Hold me| “Some way-—T've taken fresh in your arms” | heart since we—since we found out She asked it simptr, like a littie| We loved each other Tt seems to child. He shifted his position, then |™e that this love wasn't given te lifted her so that her breast was) Ofly to have us die in a few Sgainet his, his arms around her, | 4a7%—from thie awful wound her soft hair against his shoulder.) You from hunger. We're only ‘The candle, dropped from his hand, | three days’ Journey—and there must Was extinguished. The coid deep. | de some way out.” ned outside the cabin. The white, God knows I wish you cou! fey moon rode in the aky es But I can't see—and y The man’s arms tightened around | Know the way—and we her. He lowered his lips close to | food.” era. There in the shadow of death, “But lsten— and find don't have no this wound t Ther breast pressed to hin, the locks| 584d. [I know I can't wal of iron that held his heart's secret | start bleeding tf I do—t Were shattered, the veil of his tem-| set attention at “Virginia,” he asked | Know it won't be serious his voice throbbing, “do you want | ¥ou found mee to tell you something—the |s pinch” fruset thing in all mj life? 1} Remembering that inetant when theught I could keep it from you.|the match hed fiared and her pl Bet Tent ff cant keep it any| tol had ehot so remorseieesty and more—" so true, he didn't hesitate over his Her arm went up and encircied|anewer. “Sweetheart, I'd trust you Wiis peck, and she drew 4 bead !to the last second.” down to hers. “Yes, Bill e 4| “Then trust me now im. “I want you to tell me ijevery word I say think I know what it is tell you “I love you. That's it; was and it never can be ee” The words, jong poured from his lips in Virginia, I love you, love Bi you—my little girl, my litte ie} th - lw She drew his bead down and Gown until ber own lips halted the flow of hie worda. “And I lote you, one but Bill,” sbe wold him No you.” All the sweetness and e of her giorious and newly wake: places than that, In my time.” he love was in the kis she gave bh told her. “I can take the little win Wet the man could not believe, The a 1 tow right human soul, condemned to dark ean never believe at fire: w the Hight breaks thru. fis veered | words to halt in his breast in this instant | too, P: ot infinite suspense th “You do?” he whixpered at last tnexpreasibie wonder. “Did you say | shoes You loved me—you #0 beautiful, » in| “The nex giorious—Dont tell me that in|it? 1 be his snowshoes ar ot re. Hare eft rather hurriedly “I love you, Bill.” «he told him | an 1 a think he took the earnestly, then laughed softly af his What everything 5 disbelief. She kissed him again! getting out. Getting quick! and again, softty as moonlight fallx|The longer we stay here, without fpon meadows. The man’s heart food, the more certain death is, 1 jeaped and flooded, no more|know I can't walk and you ean’t words would coms to ps. He | nee We have no f except could only sit with his strong arms enough for pr—but ever holding her cloner to hin bre ot to t © on kiming the lips that responded } Ha right now. tenderly and lingeringly, swe th | proba in th where a rapture undreamed of before.| he sleeps—for a c to get thone Ever her soft, warm arm held his |shoes. He's hels without them Hips to hers, as if she could not|When he gets them, he can go to jet bim go. the Yuga—enlist more of hix breed The seconds, thrilled with a won-| and wait in ambush for u Ger ineffable, passed into minutes. just ax he anid. He's b 5 we've Virginia bad no sensation of pein from her wound. The fear of dea oppressed her no more. She knew that she had come to her appointed th place at last, a haven and shelter no less than that to which the white ship comes in from the tem ous ea. This was her fate—happiness ghd peace at last in her woods man's arms They wore no different from other lovers such as cling and kine in the giory of & rurHmer moon. in gar corns ti y Their vows were|the brush « ¢ fe the same, the mystery and the won- show Ww the rifle , out~—you can trust me, in| WWPURIATED BEAST CAME “TOWARD ME = WHEN IL FELT rs HOT BREATH IN MY FACE I DULLED “THE TRIGGER SUST AS (roPENED// MERCY! TS MOUTH, AND SNAP WENT //_ How! ITS SAWS AND BIT THE / \HRILNS BULLET IN HALF ! } SS his snow 1 know come—not only to get shoes but to gloat over me. him now! 1 can't understand why T didn't know him before And then—we've got to take him by surprise.” | “And then——? Quickly, with few words, she told [him the rest of her plot. It was wholly simples and at least ft held ja fighting ance. He was not | blind to the deadly day b i= bey would have to against starvation and cold, In case | this immediate part of their plot Was & success Fut the slightest chance when death was the only alternative was worth the trial. Very carefully and softly Bul went to work to loosen the window se that he could take it out It was ured by nalla, bet with euch as be had in the cabin, ne om had it free. Then he lifted Whe window. putting ft tack | so that he could remove it in a sec jond’s time. There was no wisdom in leaving ft open until morning The bitter cold without was waits: a for just that chance. He eecured certain thones of raw hide — left over from the moore skin that he had used for now. shoe webe—and put them in his |comt pocket. Then he made «@ little bed for the girl, on the floor and against the wall, exactly in front and opposite the doorway tt was Rotineable, too, that he restored her | pistol to her hand. “I dogit think youl) need It,” by ut j told her, “but I want you to have anyway—in case of an emer There was nothing to do there after but to build up the fire and wait for dawn (Conctuded Tomorrow) OF THE Clive “TICKLERS OUR BOARDING HOUSE WITH ONE CARTRIDGE NIT, AND THE TWINS AND § THE SEATTLE STAR BY AHERN GUESS TLL BE GOING «HIS [S “Too EXCITING FoR ME= MY HEART 1S “100 WEAK "ID WAITFOR | | TH’ BIG SMASH® HE OUGHTA PULL THAT \ STUFF IN JAIL WHER NOBODY COULD WALK THE OLD HOME TOWN On AUNTY | I Jes’ saw fT MOVE WIS EARS = WE AINT BOUNDING ——— WUSH ALVIN ! porte vase BULKY BOOB TooK A SHORTCUT THROUGH EARL HENDRICKS YARD LAST NIGHT- [WELL Tom, IF WERE ape OVER THERE LET'S GET STARTED! YouR HORSES~ I'VE GOT Yo PUT ONA NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING To DO DOWN IN THE BASEMENT P WHAT HE'S DOING WHEN A WOMAN KEEPS YELLING Tag Doesn't Know Much About Art AW, APEW, ‘| “THINGS THEY Gone T TM ART || WASE BEEN Some || QUT THERE wUz A SHOVLONT P L peraes wore oF Foe paoet AW) 1 AWT EVER 4) ) BUT THERE MST ~ ADVENTURES even try, thousp he was 12 years| Valley 1 and made war on all 2 when we came to Beatle to} White ps and our minds wer full of tales of the sav 10 ve t 4 men Whenever you see a baby laugh just about nothing at all, He to be watched sind] «res aust ¢ you may be sure that there is a fairy around somewhere henge ne. rant go own teen pe tick ” cared for, too, almost like 8) ting him,’ mother sald tickling him baby : ja | “Yes, we must go, we must go, ‘Come along,” sald Mr to|lers. But come along, folks, I've ‘One day, when the rest of us| though our knees felt weak and Nancy and Nick, so the Twins start-| more to show you.” were out playing, mother came b pounded ast our ed after him, followed t So they followed him out again enh : “I want to show you the use and along the p to another |g CUS 80¢ sald ides. make all the runaway-feathers door which Mr. Crane ¢ “Come “Why, children! Isn't Billy an ttle «helpless Billy that up to our sky country.” in,” he said, gractow “Thin is ut here with you? mustn't be left to the mercy of fe he stopped and opened an. where we make brooms for the ‘No, mother,’ we answered, | the Indians other door, inviting the visitors to | sweepers.” Rapa ‘ ; od — enter. It was full of fairies working| “What sweepers?” asked Nick ne hasn't been with us at all; we! “So over the bill we went and ike sixty, and covered almost to| “Fairy ones,” answered the crane thought he was in the house’ what we found was the afflicted their eyes with t r We Inake cute little feather broom: Mother looked anxious, and we | boy in the hut of ‘Old Curly’ safe SOW. COGS Gapertnns? ter them 20 e cobwebs off |] wii began to look for him in the! and happy sakics abnere taper? hee the “euetiatsie aes places we usually played; behind Because he couldn't talk, and ae a ae with their aprinhlers the dew won't |} the house, out by the big stamp, | because he was unlike the rest of “For the tab ' stay atop of the webs, but can get|[ over toward the mill, everywhere| us, the Indians thought the gods “Whenever you a sown to the thirsty erase and;] we could think of, but no sign of | had marked, him, and they were ject ahent mething jowers beneath, ‘Haven't you seer im could we find | about to make a god of him when eo eure that then ¢ fields and gardens on summer sermewhere tickling him meteiage, teveceh with veotredian! ¢ searched {or over an hour. | we found him and took him heme ather tickler. Wonderful arkling with dew? That's because || Then mother said, ‘Well, there is! to mother.” n't know Mother efforts along ti ag noe ther place.” 4 specialist can help me. or the doorbell if our f (To Be Continued) the room Two specialists, I should say. Unless |family to take care of you, May!/US—since the rest—isn't right?" 4idn’t amuse baby with their Copyright ©. by st The walls of s bow-/an expert in faci surgery can, And I need somebody to work for.| “What's so wrong, May, between ~ le — doir where I was p @ my conva-| patch me up, my reen career is | We ought to make a successful com. | You and me, that you will not kt © covered with “stills” of ended. But the man wh did over | bination. me take care of you?” , And 1 smiled, behind /Rose’s chin can perform miracies.”| “I have my own pride, Jimmy? | I rose from my chair. I stood fac Confessions of a Movie Star my bandages, to think that Jimmy! “I've no faith in miracles™ gaid|My. voice was shrill with hysteria Jimmy with my head high and ouldn't’ 3 nw e without blunt Jimmy. “But with somebody | “Do you fancy that I, blind and ugty, 85 if I could see him thru the cotton et, 1991, Reattie # I ug my picture g to werk for, 1 might have consider. | will burden you?" upon my eyes, But he made no comment When ® faith tn miyeertr” | “I wouldn't think you a bijrden.| “A thought—a doubt is between I emir panama natin " Vegempppagpe nse get irned to his chair he changed imtny, you're a dear boy? 1 ought-to understand, deafest—| us, Jimmy! ‘The 2 CHAPTER LXXVI—“UNTIL THAT DOUBT 18 GONE—” |", "stumed fo his © i heard Motherdenr rise rest?” clear taste bis Gui ttemaoae 1 took urally to the movie “But why didn't you come to us “Mrs. Scott, tell me the worst “I believe in you. I've so mnch| “Pardon gne, Jimmy. You food long as that doubt remains, you and Timmy ce 1 succeeded from|to your old friends, at once, upon |about May? faith in you that I think I'l! not |Jimray! ‘That is so like you! But I'm|I can never be friends!* the first bed aman, My face your return to this country “She may be blind for —titer’ give you any advice, Trust your! proud—as prou? as you!" | {To Re Continued rtu 1 don’t think T ean tell you, M Motherdear lost control of her|own judgment*—she stopped before "There's something I for to tell 5 stopped th bitter | Sent Jiramy rose abruptly. Silenee| voice. I went ou with the explana-jadding the familiar slang, “ ‘son.’” endear. Tam tc tarred, Tt you value your watch, let Haynes pe wi ensued except for the sound of his tion | ‘Then she left the room today! | repair it. Nest Liberty theatre. —Ady, Tame 586 INDIANS! 1 jon't know, Rad Mra. it one other * to look, and Matte, egietiinn 0 graiinabtine “8 down among the Indians.’ ‘neathte ite kee tak oe Among the Indians! mother had one son who wasn't} “Right away I began to , imagin’ terrible things. This was <tilte norma . ] . in 1860, remember, and it was leas He was always an invalid! ian five years since the Indians never could talk at all, wouldn't! had massacred the White River fairy sweepers ran out of brooms scliciialichicliehsmsmmammnpremnmead, where he had left} Motherdear “You ought to ha “My congratulations, Jimmy! I am so iad! But don’t speak as if it & man in the could make any difference—between. 4 couldn't brush the webs away. off to But o I'll take you to an-| {footsteps as he made the circuit of | summon “Unless