The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 26, 1923, Page 13

THE SKYLINE OF SPRUCE By EDISON Copyright, MARSHALL 1922, Little, Brown & Company peisssssisssssssssisistssssssssnstisitiiasiisssssscsss si isssststisssssscsis22 i 2223553532223 333 0) (Continued trom Yesterday) At one aide, @ of those squa: on a pack saddl eomed to be heaped with saw a kyack—one at are hung a It was Ben thra his ill ning weeks of their ex ened and her hands tr @ sight. Sho had been taught the meaning of famine these last, bitter days Tn was now | tion, experter he first, vague Dalhucknanion of thee tant yearning that ts nothing but the vitals $ tor whe < kyack life to herself and to Ben and safety reality she the first stage of starve submerged a tents of, the when alt A daughter of the cities far to the south utterable craving that overswept he was the de beings have come to look upon as essentials and to expect with ever meal: It was only animal fies! fn the smoke and the only attracted her phystealty that moment It possessed real ob} tive beauty for as it would have Possessed for the most cultivated esthete that might be standing in her place. This girl was down to the most stern realities, and life and death hung in the balance. She went on her hands and knees, creeping nearer. Still she did not make the slightest false motion creeping with an uncanny sflence tn the under shrubbery. And now the words came plain “But we must be near,” Chan wa saying. “They can't be more than & mile or so from here. We'll find *em in the morning “If he doesn't find us first and shoot up our camp,” Ray replied. “I wish we'd built our fire further Into the woods. Here we've looked all day without even finding a track except those tracks in the mud.” “They might be beyond the marsh,” Neilson sugen: “But Chan went over that way and didn't find a trace.” Ray objected. “I believe we'll find the devil. And then —we can leave this hellish country and go back in peace—if we don't want to wait for the flood.” Beatrice’s eyes were on his face, wondering what growth of wicked- ness, what degeneracy had so his cruel eyes with Nght his face with evil. This to \whom she must look for mercy Ben's life, if she ted the three men to the cave, would be in his hands. She sensed from his authoritative tone that her father’s control over him was largely broken ered, terrified and motiontess, In her covert. Ray reached for his rifle. glancing Qt the sights an? drawing’ the lever back far enough to see the brass of fits shells. Can’s lean face was drawn with a cruet glee. “Yon can't keep your hands off that gun, Ray.” he said. “You sure are gettin’ anxtoua.” “I won't use tt on him,” Ray re- Piled, slowly and carefully. “It's too good for him—except maybe the stock. He didn’t lead me clear out here just to ase him puff ont and low up in a minute with a rif_e ball thru his head. Just the same I want the gun near me, all the time.” The two men looked at him, sar- Gonic-eyed:; and both of them seemed to understand fully what he meant ‘They seemed to catch more from the slow tones, so full of Inst and frenzy that they seemed to drop from his Hips in an ugly monotone, than they id from the words themselves. They tock a certain grim amusement tn these quirks of abnormal depravity that had beeun to manifest them- eeives In Ray. The man's fingers were wide spread as he spoke, and his lip twitched twice, sharply, when he had finished. The words came clear and distinct to the listening girl. She tried to take them lterally—that Ray would not shoot Ben! “It’s too good for him- except maybe the stock!” Did he mean that too! Was there any pos- sible meaning in the world other than that he was planning some unearth- ly, more terrible fate for the man she SS EAT Page She hov-| loved! She would not yet yield to 9 dreadful truth, yet even now ter jutching at her throat, trangling her; and the cold drops were beading her brow, Still the fark drama of tho fireside continued before her eyes Chan suddenly turned to Netison, vidently imbued with Ray's ferv What do you think of that, old man? asked menacing Thu Chan, too, had escaped from Net! n’s ANCE; P Ray was Dts idol now, It was also plain that he ecognized attributes of mercy and his grizzled jer that ht Interfore with hiv own and his ompanion’s plana, “What's worry ing me-—whether you're goin’ to Join on the sport when we catch the rt! ‘The word was more ter @ to Beatrice he had used to emphasize It, She ed, shivering. Watching tn. she saw Ray look up, too, waiting for the reply; but her father sensing his lost dominance, bowed his head. han the vilest oath = could & him off casy my da: r “What he done to your daughter ain't all-—I don’t care ff he treated ike @ queen of the realm all the time y interrupted harshly That makes no diff neither me nor Chan. The main thing ts he brought us out here, away from the claim—and gave us months of the worst hell I ever hope to spend. I guess you ain't forgotten what n found out In Snowy Guich hat the c in old M1 ram's nam This Darby's got a let ter in his pocket brother that would stand in any court, We've got to get that first If Darby was an angel I'd mash bim Junder my heel just same gone too far to start crawfish | Just let me see him tied up in front of me Beatrice aid not linger, to more. She had her answer: only tn Ben's continued concealment lay the least hope of his salvation. ‘These | wolves about the fire meant what |they said. But already her plans | were shaping; and now she saw the light. In the kyack of venison Iay her ,own and her lover's ty: It con- ained enough nutritious food to sus tain them until the fall rains could swell the Yuga and enable them to escape down to the Indian encamp- ment. Her mind was swift and keen |as never before: swiftly ahe perfected the last detail of her plan. The canoe, due to Ben's foresight, was securely hidden in a maze of tall reeds on the lake shore: they were certain to overlook it, The cavern, however, was almost certain to be discovered in the next day's search. They must make their escape to- night. Ben, tho terribly weakened, would be able to walk a short distance with her help. They could slip Into the | deepest forest, concealing themselves inthe coverts-until the three men had given up the search and gone away. She would take their robes and blankets to keep them warm: a campfire would of course reveal their hiding place. The work could easily be accomplished tn the midnight shadows: deliverance, salvation, life itself depended on the tide of fate In the next few hours. She intended to steal the kyack of dried meat without which Ben and herself cotld not live, She crept back further into the underbrush; then waited, searcely breathing, while the fire died down. Already the three men were preparing to go to their | bunks. Chan had already laid down; her father was removing his coat and boots. Ray, however, still sat In the) firelight. The moments passed. Would he} never rise and go? The fire, how- ever, was dying: ist circle of ruddy light ever drew Inward. The kyack| was quite in the shadow now, yet | she dared not attempt Its theft until! the three men were asleep. She| waited, thrilled with excitement. | Chan and Neilson were seemingly | asleep, and now Ray was knocking the ashes from his pipe. He yawned, stretching wide his arms; then, as if held by some intriguing thought, eat almost motionless, gazing into the graying coals. Presently Beatrice heard him curse, softly, in the shadows. | He got up, and removing his outer tly expect me to let cing what he did to ence to ® recorded from Hiram’‘s we've hear s (ool. & * By Mabel Cleland _4 896 BOSTON AND THE END OF MRS. DAY'S STORY “You never think, you little folks,” Mrs. Day hurried on with her story, “how much more teach ers have to know than just the things they teach you “I had taught just two years when I said to myself, ‘I don’t know enough to teach. I ought to go to the very best normal school in the United States and study before I teach another year. “Now, I had been born and edu cated in the West, but I had studied education enough to know that Boston was supposed to be the very most learned city in America. So to Boston I we to the normal school nearest that noted city. “There were only two ¥. W. C. A. organizations in the United States at that time; I went to the one in Boston and so I was safe. “Now, all the years since J had heen a little girl in achool in Walla ‘Walla, 1 had been having a letter. writing friendship with the son of a colonel at the fort, who had been sent East to school. “When I got to Boston he was @ student at Harvard, and he in vited me to the commencement week parties and the graduation and everything “No,” she said, in answer to # question from David, “it isn’t go- ing to be a bit of a love story, but walked down to the gate with it was all a part of my Ife, the nae t, oF interesting uttle purt that I lived out of the state. “When vacation time came 1 went to Rhode Island. My moth: er’s people lived there—lots and lots of kinsfolk. “I remember one uncle who told me that when he married he ha. centa in money after he the parson, And that died he would leave $325,- 000 to his heirs. “One day, while I was there, a Harvard boy came and asked uncle to subscribe to ® magazine. id he was working his way theu college. Unele was horrid to him, called him a fraud and all sorts of things Well, 1 felt sorry for him, and because I had taught school, I felt very old and motherly, So I him, and told him how I sympa thized with him “And what do you think? When I went to commencement who should be there to carry off the first prize in Greek but this boy!" Mrs. Day stop) 4 minute, then said, “I think the rest of it is too grown up for you, dears, But that’s the story of the first newspaper woman in the state—I think I was the first. And I've written everything except the sports page and the ‘funnies.’ But I'm not saying how long I've been at it. 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The fire was a heap of gray ashes except for Its red hot cent the kyack was in gloom. Very softly she crept thru the thick ets, meanwhile encircling the dying fire, and came up behind tt Now ft was almost in reach: now her hands were at its loops, She started to lift it In her arma. Hut disaster still dogged her trail. Ray Brent had been too wary of at tack, tonight, to sink easily into deep slumber. He heard the soft move- nent as Hentrice lifted the heavy anv bag off the ground; and with & startled oath prang to his feat He leaped like a panther, “Who's there?™ be cried Sensing Immedia! @iscovery, the girl placed all her hope tn Might. Per- haps yet she could lose her pursuers im the dark: Stim trying to hold the kyack of food that meant life to Fen, she turned and darted into the shadows Like a wolf Ray sped after her. ‘The moonlight showed, her fleecing figure in the trees, ahd shouting aloud he sprang thru the coverts to intercept her flight. 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It splint He pushed out the pieces so the |™ Jinto the cabin, Kate stood im-| “Jimmy—" |patiently at the door while he drew lips. back the heavy bolts, Once inside she scanned the place and large room | ay be able to get in| which the building contained, said Latham as he) this is it—-I know it is, isn't it?” fishing shack | eagerly | open. knees before a|that had with She was on her been to a window at the|small trunk, working “It's locked,” she said aft seconds, few |had just steppe been used open it will be to break the lock. “Break it!" from Ka Latham set at the task stood near and watched him. day I saw Dan Kate It af. GET ALONG? 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