The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 8, 1923, Page 11

(Continued From Saturday) To Ben the falling night brought © return of his most terrible moods Beatrice sensed them tn his pale, eet face and his cold, wolfish eyes, The Wolf eat beside him, swept by his Master's mood, gating with deadly Bpeculations into the darkness. Hea. | trice saw them as one breed tonight ‘The wild had wholly claimed this re- Patriated son. The law of the Boast Was heavy upon him; the softening influences of civilization seemed Wholly dispelled. There was lttle here to remind her that this was tho twentieth century. The primitive ‘| that lies just under the skia in all men was in the ascendancy; and thare was little indeed to distinguist tim from toe hunter of long ago, Srizsied savage at the eday of toe who chased the mammoth and Wild pony, knowing no home but the forest and no gentleness unknown to ‘the wolf that ran at his heela . . . ‘The tenderness and aympathy he bad Dad for her earlier that day seemed Quite gone now. She searched for It tm vatn tn the dark and savage lines Of his pale face. Because it has always been that the happiness of women must de pend upon the mood of men, her own The despair that de @eended upon her brought also re @entment and rage; and soon she lipped away quietly to her bed. Bhe drew the blankets over her face; but Bo tears wet ber cheeks tonight. | She was dry-cyed, thoughtful—tull vague She elves . chil Star Mra, e & plans, lay awake a long time, until last a little, faint ray of hope beamed bright and clear. More than hundred miles farther down the past the mouth of Grizzly riv stream of which the Yuga Was @ tributary, lay an Indian vil- lage—and if only she could reach H she might eniist the aid of the Batives and make a safe return, by @ long, roundabout way, to her fath er’s arms. The plan meant deliver 1O00-Little Brows & Ganpany her; but surely it meant death to Starvation would drtve him to 1 destruction, before men could ome the long way to ree. 26 him, But this was not her con- cern, She was @ forest girl and be her enemy; he must pay the price for | his own deeds | Sho got to her fect, stalking with absolute aliencs, She must Bot wak- en him now, Softly she pressed her unshed foot into the grass. He stirred tn his sleep; and she paused, scarcely breathing She looked toward him. Dimly she could see his face, tranqull in sleep and gray tn the soft light; and an instantaneous surge of remorse sped thru her, There was @ sweetness, « hint of kindly boyishness in his face now, #0 changed «ince she had left him beside the glowing coals Yet he was her deadly enemy; and she must not let her woman's heart cost her her victory in its moment of fulfill. ment, She crept on down to the water. She could discern the black shad ow of the canoe, One swift surge of her shoulders, one leap, the «plash of the stern in the water and the swift stroke of the paddle, and she would be safe, She stepped nearer Rut at that Instant @ subdued note of warning froze her tn ber tracks Tt was only @ small sound, hushed and hardly sharp enough to arouse Ben from his sleep; but tt wan dead ly, savage, unutterably «inister, She had forgotten that Ben did not wage war alone. For the moment she had given no thought to his terrible ally —a pack brother faithful to the death A great, gaunt form raised up from the pile of duffle tn the cance and his fangs showed tvory white tn the wan light. It was Fenris, and he guarded the canoe, He crouched, ready to apring If she drew near. ‘The girl sobbed ones, then atole back to her blankets. XXIV | Ren wakened refreshed, at peace with the world as far an he could over be until bin ends were attained; and tmmediately buflt a roaring fire. Reatrice sti!! slept, exhausted from the stress and suspense of her at- tempt to escape, When the leaping flames had dispelied the frost from the grass about the fire Men stepped to her side and touched her shoulder. him, the rt his he} them then sbe{ : i LAL fie i il 3? rE i it $ i 5 one further remained--to depart in the of dawn. Fy? uw RUETaED FES Hau H ft in the shadow of the Prinoner without hope or deliverance. There was no if the cliffs that lifted so stern y just behind. Before he 14 any kind of a craft with and fire, the waters would fall & death level, beyond any hope of carrying him to safety. The tables jilt “It's time to It was true. The river hed fallen appreciably during the night. Not many hours remained in which to! make their permanent landing. Al- tho the river was somewhat lens 33939272 .3 (apa | “No, I want to do that part mypelf. Tt makes the time pass faster to hw in a bucket suapended from the cook- ing rack, permitting a atmple but re- : | freshing totlet. With Ben's comb ahe straightened out the snarls in her dark tresses, parted them, and hratded them tnto two dusky ropes to be worn Indian fashion tn front of her shoulders, Then she prepared the meal. Tt wan a problem to tax the Ingr- nutty of any housekeeper—to prepare an appetizing breakfast out of much limited supplies. But In thia art, par- ticularly, the forest girls are trained. A quantity of rice had been left from the stew of the preceding night, and mixing it with flour and water and salt, she made @ batter, Sooner or later fresh fmt could be obtained from game to use in frying: today she saw no course other than to melt & piece of candle. The reverberating would be turned; he would be left ‘as helpless to follow her as Neflson had been to follow him. if The plan meant deliverance for roar of the rifle a hundred yards down the river bank, however, sug- gested another alternative. ar TWO OTHER BOYS Page Juat about the time that that story of David Bonney was hap- pening, things were happening to other Poys all over this part of the state. Out 40 Chambers prairie, not very far from Olympia, two boys (they were not more than boys) were living. One was John Chambers, who was working the ¢laim his ficther had taken up tn 1848, the &her a young friend, who was living with him. The claims, ae you know, were big, and the little homes separ ated by long aniles of woods and prairie, and ny mattor where « white man bully a cabin, sure as fate an Indian ‘village or camp would spring up by. On this ride mountains, in the year 1864, the settlers wore quite sure of the friendships of the Indians. Often and often they would say, with a iqng-drawn out, ffitoning phrase, “Ih the land of the Whulgs (found ry) all Indians much to white man. On the side of\\the moun- tains toward the rising? sun, In- dians bad—bad—bad”’ ‘They had special friendn, too, among tho Indians. One day an old fellow with a tace like a wrinkled football, sat hurkthed up watching John work. et A ee || friend. i? » *» Pool. bel Cleland _s 880 “John Chambers,” be said in Chinook, “this your home. Over there,” pointing to his hut not far away, “my home I am your 1 going watch over you. I going to live by you. 1 going to die by you. Never leave you. You trust me. I good friend.” The boys had a friendly sort of feeling toward their dark-skinned neighbors, and it made them feel very safe to feel that this old man, strong in his tribe, was keeping watch over thern. A fow Gays later the old man came over and wanted to buy big knife which the boys had, and John #old it to him. And he went away, smiling and repeating his promises to live and die by the young white boy One mile away from this cabin wan the “House of #ix Chimneys” (three chimneyn tt had then) and the same day on which John sold the Knife, @ young Indian lad who cooked for Mr. Andrew Chambers and Iijs wife, begged to be allowed to go to Fort Nisqually. ‘T go,’ he begged, ‘I aten. I learn all white man kyow. All white man fear Maybe 40? I learn too how Indians acting across mountains. Maybe 80 I leary how we encape. Maybe wo danger be near, near.” «(Ty Bo Continued) OUR BOARDING HOU WHY No ~~ KID PORTLAND ANT W ses’ Now = DNoU WANT “To cHEcK A MESSAGE FOR HIM 2° an! e. HELLO THERE, Tom! ARE THE MOVERS ON A STRIKE P NO- JUST TAKING OVER A PEW THINGS ‘TO PLEASE THE | the breakfast problem was solved. it was another of the woods people that his rifle had brought down—one that wore fur rather than feathers and which had just come in from night explorations along the river bank. It was @ yearling black bear—really ne larger than a cub inch of fat under his furry hide, The fat he yielded was not greatly different from lard; and the pan cakeo—or fritters, as Ben termed them—were soon frying merrily Berved with hot tea they constituted a filling and satisfactory breakfast |for both travelers, | After breakfast they took to the fiver, yielding themselves ones more to the whims of the current, Onor more the steep banks whipped past them tn everchanging vinta; and Ben had to strain at his paddie to guld the craft between the pertlous crag» ‘The previous day the high waters had carried them safely above the boulders of the river bed: today some of the laresr crags all but scraped | the bottom of the cance. It did not | tend toward peace of mind to know that any instant they might encoun- | ter a submerged crag that would rip | thetr craft In twain. Ben felt a | growing eagerneas to land But within an hour they came out | onoe more upon the open forret. The river broadened, sped leas rwiftly, the | bank sloped gradually to the distant hills, This was the heart of Back |There—a virgin and primeval forest | unchanged since the plling-up of the | untrodden ranges. The wild pace of the craft wan checked, and they kept watch for a muitabdle place to land. There was no need to push on thru the seething cataracts that lay still farther below, Shortly before the noon hour Ben's quick eye saw a break in the heavy brushwood that lined the bank and quickly paddied | jtoward It. In @ moment ft waa re- | vealed as the mouth of @ small, clear | jstteam, flowing out of a beaver mendow where the grass was rank and high. In a moment more he pushed the canoe into the mud of the cresk bank. They both got out, rather sober of mien, and she helped him haul the canoes out upon the bank. They un- loaded it quickly, carrying the sup-| plies in easy londe 80 vards np into the edge of the forest, on well-| @rained dry ground. Tho entire forest world was hushed and breathiews, an if startled by this intrusion, Neither of the two trav- eleta felt Inclined to speak. And the lence was finally broken hy the splashing feet of a moose, running thro a little arm of the marsh that the forest hid from view. “Is this our permanent the girt asked at Inst. “Surely not.” was the reply, “It's camp?” SE 9, NEW TELL Mat TMOMPING "Tom" CALLED, FOR CUT RATE SPECIALS ON "TOMB STONES !| = T HEAR He's BEEN Gol! AROUND FANNING “TW! CHIN THAT | We'S GONNA PUNCH | THREADS ON MY HEAD | G0 I CAN WEAR A NUT FoR A HAT Ie “ eSnary COMPANY CALLS ON KID PORTLAND === and he had an} too near the river for one thing—-too easily found. It's too low, too— THE SEATTLE STAR BY AHERN HA-HA = Ant We A *[ WILD GwiN@e> HERES WHERE KID PoRTLAND PACKS UP HIS KNUCKLES AN’ WALF HOUR 866 COULD FROWN AT A PIANO AN! PUT” trour We'LL START LooKINeG Cheating the WELL, | GOT “THAT THAT's Fine! STUFF OVER ALLRIGHT ) SAY,TOM } HAVE AND OIDN’T BREAK A FEW MORE A THING - PUT THEM / THINGS | WISH ALL IN A CLaseT YOU WOULD TAKE AND LOCKED IT- Too- I'M AFRAID MAM GET BROKEN ~~ 9 EVERETT TRUE —_—— BY CONDO I HAVE CALLED YWov ALL IN HERE TO MAKG AN ANNOUNCGMENT. Every MONDAY MORNING Heke 13 MUCH TIMG LosT BY THIS OFMICe FORCE TELLING HoW THEY SPENT THE WEEK-END, AND How MUCH HIP CIQVOR THEY INHALED, AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT MATTERS, Now, & HAVS ORGANIZED WHat WILL BS KNOWN HSREAFTEGR ASD MONDAY MORNING CLUS” WANT To SAY THAT ~\ — > — IT WILL BS A GOOD HEAVY ONG?! THE CAST WILK BE KEPT CPEN FOR Active MEMBERSHIP! ‘You FURNISH THE MEMBERS ANO T'LO FURNISH THE ACTION I) You MAY Go! ZD - tien You THE OLD HOME TOWN VW? \ AREARIN’ PAGE 11 BY STANLEY AT LAST AUNT SARAH PEABOOYS BEAUTIFUL NEW RED PLUSH ROCKING CHAIR IS UNPACKED. Movers THINK TLL CALL OP THE MOVERS ANO TeLL THEM THEY NEEON’T THIS 1S THe COME TOMORROW-~ ‘THAT | DID IT ALL . MYoe.r! “ITS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD" LAST TRiP- ‘You WON'T HAVE “®H MAKE ANY MORE there'll be monquitoes in plenty in| swiftiy along it in arsh two months from now. The first thing sto look around and find a better site.” sters learn. |aware of a subdued excitement, “You want me to come?” {the first place, this was “1a rather, if you don't mina.” | Country and they experienced the in- Bhe understood perfectly. He did |Comparable thrill of exploration. Be- not intend to give her complete froe- | Sides they were seeking a pormanent | ~ er mnt the river fell se low that |C&™P where their fortunes would be the rapids farther down would bo | Cast, the drama of their lives be en wwhally, impasantle |acted, for weeks to come | “I'l come.” Beatrice smiled grim-| Almost at once they began to| ly. “We can ha that plente we|catch glimpses of wild life—a squir- | planned, after all.” rel romping on a limb; or @ long line | They found a moose trail leading |of grouse, ike children in school, Into the forest, and leaving the wolf | perched on a fallen log. ‘The trapper on guard over the supplies, they filed bad not yet laid his lines in this land, that peculiar, |and the tracks of the little fur-bear- | ffling, milo-speeding gait that all |€rs Weaved a marvelous and intricate ‘At once both were| pattern on the moore trail. 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