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UARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SdUTfl CAROLINA
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(Copyright: Littlo, Brown & Co.)
By BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
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“ROARING BILL" FINALLY ADMITS HE IS TAKING HAZEL
TO HIS CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS
, Synopsis.—Miss HnzelrWeir iri employed usjt stenographer in the
office "of Harrtngrrin ft *Bust/ at- Ttraovillc, ttnrhrtnr ^e ts engaged to'
Jack Bnrro\v, a yi'uihg real esfifii* «igcnt.< Mr. Buvlvmjw*Ts efypfiTvcf.'
suddenly hollers her uttrnct-ivVhess and at t dnce nuikes uer Ids private
stenographer- After thrr(' montinvJtijs!) propose.** imirriagc. Hazel^-c•
refuses. rind lifter if stormy scene, in which Bush 1 warns herShe will
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make her sorry foi; her action, Iliiriel leaves the office; never tp-r
Shortly lifter this Bush is thrown from his horse ami killed.' Publica
tion of his will discloses jhul lie left UriZel .‘j.'.IKJO,in “reparation forX
any wrong I may have done her.” Jack Harrow, in a Jealous rage,
demands tin explanation, and Hazel, tier pride hurt', refuses. Hazel’s ,
.engagement is broken and, to escape from her surroundings, she^se- 1
cures a position as schoolteacher at Cariboo Meadow*, in a wild part •
of p.ritish Columhia.f There-a rn hoarding house, she first sees “Roaring
Bill’’ WagstafT, a well-known’clmrnVter of that country. Koqn after her
arrival Ilazel los'cs her way while walking In’the woods. She wanders
until night when sho reaches “ltoartng Bill’K” cump fire in the woods,
lie promises to take her home in the morning, hut she is coinpelhtl to
spend the uight In the woods. <■
* >f bedding hy it, for her
e came clpstn Thereafter; diiyby day, the miles un-
Dusk crept over Hie forest while he j and smiled frankly up at i ;hftr-~*iK a rolled behind YhemA Always Roaring
cooked the supper, making a bannock { betfeif' pliice than Cariboo- Meadows.
|.Inf the frying ptyt to take the- place.of I’ve got ti little house, hack in the
bread; and when they had finished eat- {woods. 1 There’s grub there, ami meat
ing> and \yn f shed.Ahe few dtshes, night III the forest, and fish in the streams,
shut down black as the pit. ; It's home* for me. Why six mid I go*
f- They fnlkodflljttlcr TTrizcl was in the'TricE To Carl Woo "Meadows? Or you ?”
i gripoif utter forioruness, moody, wish- “Why should. I go with you?" she
fui to cry. Roaring BUI huriiped on his- demanded scornfully,
side of the lire, starjug thoughtfully’‘Because I want you to," he mur-
Into the Maze?. After a long period of• mured.
abstraction lie* glanced ut his watch, j 'They matched glances for a second,
them arose,* lin’d sjlently arranged her Wlngstaff Tyniling, she hai(^ horrified.
Are vou-eTr.Cn mael?’’ she. asked'-an
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CHAPTER V. -
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In Deep Water.
The dawn thrust aside night's som
ber curtains* while they ate*, revealing
a sky overcast with slaty -clouds. What
with her wanderings of the night- be
fore and the* journey through Hie dark-
bed. After that he spread his saddle
blankets and Iny down.
lintel crept into the covers and qui
etly sobbed herself to sleep. * TheHiuge
and hllent land nppnlledfher.
As orNthe previous nigiit, she wak
ened offenHuid glanced ove*r to the fire.
Roqrliig Bill Kept his 'accustomed posi
tion: flat-In the glow. She had no fear
of him now..
Night pnstfed, and ehovn ushered inja
clearing sky. Ragged Wisps of clouds
chased each other across, the blue
when they set out agifim Iiael'i walked
the stiffness-out of he*r muscles before
siie mounted. When’, she, did get on
Bill faced straight nbrth. For a week
he kept on tThslpssly. and a consuming
desire to know how : f ar he* Intended to *
go began to take leihl of her. At dast
they dfonped into ;i valley where* the
woods -'thinned out. and down the een-
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ter of. Which flowed a sizaiile* river.
This—they followed north a matter of
three days. On the west the valley
wall ran to a timbered ridge'.
Then tin* stn rim they followed
merged Itself in another, both wide arid
'deep, which flowed wKSt-' through' at
bered. “Not a gentleman,” he said.
with Boa ring Bill, slie Jiad Absolutely i>ouTd not te*ll whether Roaring
no idea of either direction or* locality. . swung In n circle or bore straight for
The infolding .timber shut off the out-
si
some* given point.
I 0o j* Slie called a halt at four o’clock,
“Do you suppo*-e I cun get home in j '^ r * WagstafT!
time to opea school?" slie ImpiUed 1 I:in? his horses and came
’ anxiously. ~ •' - *»-**m--
“VoU’N r learning fast.” he""called
bne*k. “You’ll la* iibie to run a puck
train-by amir by." „
’The aft* rnoon wore? on without ^Hk, floating Bill Ii*«>i|s<m! his paceA
bringing them any nearer Pftriboo v ik‘ was lemg-leggeel and light of feiot,
Meiideiws mi far as Hazel e’outd see. sipjiarently tireless. She aske*d no ques-
Traveling ewer ;i <-ei,untry swathed in tlons. What was the-us^? He* would
timber and di\ersifle*d Ju coutoifr.. slue ...eventually come out somewhere.— She*
Bill was re'signeel to wait.
After a time she began to puzzle.
and tlie oiel um*asiness came iiark. The
last trailing banner e>f e-louei vanished, j
and tin* sun rodeViear in an opal sky. i.
smiling benignly down <m then fexrecteel
Roaring Bill smiled.' “I don't know.”
he answered. “It rill depends.”
“You know where you are now.
don’t you?" she asked.
“Not exactly.” he responded. “But
I will before long—I hope."
The ambiguity of his answer, did pot
escape her, Sin puzzled over it while
•back to her.^ ^^ianit ^hif^asTNfuR emitvP*d"to Kpcatf*
“Aren’t we ever going to’ get any- the cardinal poinls of tin* compass,
where?" slie asked soberly. •Tib Wheivfi >re s| M . took to gauging tht*lr
afraid T can’t ride much longer. I course by the shadows. And the result
could walk If you wouldn’t go so fast, was what set her to Thinking. Over
Aren’t tlmre any ranches in this**rnun- level and- ridge and swampy hollow.
try at all?” Roaring Bill drove straight north in
TR* shook Id’s head. “They’re few an undevlating line. She recollected
ami far between." h,*. said. .“Don’t ‘tliaf the point frdfn which she hud lost
;*H-
If we were »ot here without
horses it might in* tough.
‘(let a squaw, then," she sneered-
Silk ambled sedately behind tho other " ,,rr .'* though. It i v -n t n life and death her way hadjain northeast of ( tirlhoo cJaino.il to be the way of flesh.”
horses. She hojied that Bill WagstafT m,for
knew where he was going. ~ if“he did. ^. ru { or
not—hut she refused to entertain the 0,1 r * 1
alternative. And slu* began to wateli
eagerly for some sign of familiar
ground.
For two Imurs Roaring Bill trampled
Meadows. Even if they laid swung
in a circle, they cmnd s«*areely he ‘Tve. heard thafsticb. poopk* tis you
in no danger from exposure or > pointing for tin* town in that direction. ”
“Not ine.’Vhe returned, unruffled. “I
want a woman of my own kind.”
Heaven save me froAi that elassifi-
lnmger."- ‘ . | For another hour Bill hold to the
“You dotrp s<*em -to realize tiro posl- I northern line ns a needle holds to the
tlon it puts me In.” Hazel answered. A pole. A swift rush of misgiving seized
wave of despondency swept over her. her.
and her eyes 'grew suddenly bright “Mr. WagstafT!” she called sharply.
Roaring Bill stopped, and she rode
grily, “I w as, beginning to —think you level-bottomed valley 1 three miles or
a geptieman.” nfore in width. Roaring Bill halted on
Bill threw buck tils head and the river bank and stripped his- horse? j
laughed. Then on the instant he so^Vclean. though it was iqit two in -the
after noon and their midday fire less
than\an hour extinguished. . Sho {
watehefh him curiously. Wherr hla
packs werXofF- he beckoned to lier.
“Hold tliem a minute.’’ he sahl, and
put the jead riipes* in lu*r hand. j
Then he went up the bank intP a
ihicket of saskatoons. Out of this he
presently emerged, bearing- 4i»~ his
shoulders a canoe, old and weather
beaten. but stanch, for it rode light
as a. feather on the stream. Bill
seated -himself-in the canoe, holding to
Silk’s lead-rope. The’ other two he
left free. ^ 1
“Now,” lie directed, “.when 1 start
across, you drive Nigger a-ttd Satin in
if they show sign? 5 of hanging back.
Bounce a rock or two off them if they
■ lag.”
Her task was an easy-one. for Satin
«nrrd Nigger followed Silk unbesitat-,
ingly.’ The river flapp?‘d ' along the
sleek sides ■ of them for fifty yards,
'lien they dropped suddenly into
sw imming water, and the current swept
them downstream Slantwise for the op-
posite shore, only their heads showing
"above the surface; Hazel \vondet^<l
what rlvj*r_lt ndglit i>e. It was a good
quarter of p mile wide, and swift.
Roaring Bill did not trouble to en
lighten her ns to tin* locality. When
Iit* got lurnk he stAwed tlie saddle and
pack equipment in the canoe.
“AIT aboard for Urn north side." ho
said boyishly. And Ilazel climbed obe
diently amidships.
“Blue” and Worried!
“Blue,” worried, ^/balf-sick jieople
should hnd out the cause of their trotp
blea. Qften it is merely faulty kidney
action, whicBl allows the blood to get
loaded up wtth- poisons that irritate tiie
nerves. Back^ijehc. headaches, .dizziness
aud aSnoying bladder troubles are add
ed proofs that the kidneys need help.
Fse Doan’s Kidney nils. Thousands
thank them for relief from just such
troubles,-
A North Carolina Case
Mrs.I L. Straughn, “twr RWwf Trihl St«r"
607 \Y. Bragg St.,
Grecnstioro, N. C.,
says: was so bad
off for over two
years 1 couldn’t walk
niuch and 'flafl to
give up iny works
entirely. My kitpie>>? H?st
acted Irregularly armi
I > had’ awful, back
aches Nighty 1
couldn’t sleep an*l
mornings I got op i
feeling all tired out.
I was awfully dizzy
hnd nervous. ^ My
head a<*hed and the
least thine upset me.
Doan’s Kidney Pills made me strong
and well and* get the entire < redjt for
my cure.”
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‘I’m n plain man. And lonesenfe some
times for. a mate, as naturo- fins Or-
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pru* o ant r. t irtmg it tts ti ,*if tva'ntler a round in'tlie woods Siljk up past tho pack horses
cation!" slit* observed, with emphasis. ( -^ n ^ nrt ' H ‘ r ^‘*’ 11 '’lupiKd the.
on the pronoun.- . canoe, and stowed it «ut of *»ghtTo a
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CABBAGE PLANTS
berry hush, and arrow* limited areas «*f
grassy meadow., Nt»t tmee did tliey
cross a road or a trail. Eventually Bill
halted at. a small stream tnjroT a drink.
Hazel looked at herw.otch. It was
half past eight.
“Aren’t we ever going to get tiiere?"
slu* enlled Impatiently.
"Pretty sotm." he called hack, and
struck out briskly again.
much longer. I’ll simply lie a sensation "Where are you taking me?" slie de-
wIhml I get hack to Cariboo Meadows, mnnded.
I won’t have a shred of rcpifhiftrW+eft*^ ‘.‘Wliy. I’m taking you liome—or try-
It will probaldy result In my^losing the Ing'to,” he answered niildly.
school. You're a man. and it’s differ- . "But you’re going north,
enb with you, You can't know what a
girl lias to contend with where no one
knows her.” A *.
Roaring Bill looked up at her Im
passively. . “I knoMj.”- hf
Another hour passed. Ahead‘of her. he had read her thought.
lending one pack horse and letting the
other follow untrammeled. Roaring
Bill kept doggedly bn. halting for noth
ing. never looking hack.
They crossed a rVvine and slanted
up a steep hillside. Presently Ilazel
could look away over an area of wood
land undulating like a heavy ground
swel t at sea. Here and there ridges
stoffq forth ho Id MS above the general
1 descryPn
whiH*capped mountain range.' They
turruM the end of a thick patch of pin*’
the dlfferenee?
she de
clared. “You’ve.been going north all
morning. I was north of Cariboo
Meadow?Cwhen I got lost. Ilow can
we £ct back to* Cariboo Meadows by
said, as if going still farther .north?"
‘But w hat’s "You're; more of a woodsman than I
Bill remarked gently. He
Cariboo MeadowS Is imagined
1
| “Yes?” he* drawled. “Well, there’s
no profit in arguing the point. Let’s
be getting on.” —*
Re reached for the lead -rope of the
nearest pack horse..
Hazel urged Silk up -a step. "Mr.
Wagst: T.” she* cried, "I must go ba<-k."
i- “You can't go back without me," lx*
said. "Ami Pm not traveling that way.
thank you.” ,
“Please—oh. please !" she begged for
lornly. __ _ .
Roaring Bill's face hardened.;
will not,” he said flatly. “I’m going to
horses and strucl; out again. Hnzel^
drew uitnn her ksowledge of British
Columbia geograp tv. and decided that
thebig ri\\*r where’ P*i!l hid his canoe
must be the Eraser where it c'cUtuehed
from the mountains. -And in that easo
she was fa^ norlh. and in a-wilderness
indoetl. —; ^~—-
Tier muscles gradually hardened to
the saddle and t<^ walking-. Her appe
tite pre,w in proportion. Tlu* small s?ip-
j ply of eatable dainties tjmt Roaring
Bill bad brought from the Meadows
only « flonliitp. If ynu ro rliilit. nml ttp »! Iot. »i..I drew out Ids |av ,,„V. And HI plnr dwlndlod nnd dlsupponml. until they j,,. , H „„ „
JO,t know you re rttht: you nm loo t pipe and tohuoeo pou. h ; fo| ' Tlul ,., thl , only „ c „ uise , , vm tvere. llvint: on hnnfiw-lts hake,I n in u . , l ,„l
“ frontier in his frying pan. on beans , j (
u* encompassing l '? (] nw] v <’ ll!son lhe ji-l,ife.
sank at. facing"""' 1 ** v * J'*‘ t s, "‘ ^ iishwl ,he <,( ' ;,rs0 fnre
the world in tlu* eye and tell it eol-I Sin* looked at him-for a minute. m)lko
leetively t<i go to tiie devil. Besides, j “Do you know where we are now?” She took a look at ti
you've got a perverted idea. People ! s h<‘ asked quietly. 1
aren’t so reitdy to give von tlu* had eye lie met her keen gaze calmly. "I
do,” lie made laconic answer.
“Which way is Cariboo 'Meadows,
then, and how far is it?” she demand
ed. i ■ •
„ , , . . , , , , jtjenpnrt; dlret-tlon.-yniitli." It^*re- j nn ., .„
, , . . Tk'/cl coloredJualyy. but Tvu tlHvlat- -T>Ued slowly. “Mfty TOtlos more or , l(Jo 0 she gritted, in a swift
scrub* nnd Bill pulled up Tn a small ter piH’t of his spee<’h slie could have i less. Rather more than less.”
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“You must be • inzt. I-idiel. ' I’ve
asked \ oil rejit iitTti!y t-o Im* ••eoiioiuie’il.
and yet you go and-order lb«* most < x-
in the sliop.”
find being e*eoiio; .ieal
jivut 1 do object to looking eeiilio ,etll,”
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on somebody else’s -say-srt. It would
take a lot more than n flash drnm-
mifti's word to convince me that you’re
roll, and distantly she could desefy-H a nmrghty litUe girl. Pshaw—forget
it 1 !"
even while sin* rebeiled against the cir-
..jcinu^tnnces of its partaking.
Ho von realize.” she broke »»ut one
woods,-and licr heart
those shadowy stretches atone and un.-
gqided. Ttu* truth of his statenimr
that >ght*-wotilil never reach Cariboo
Meadows, forced .itself, home. There rv, ‘ n!h " ovor *?"'• bra
wns but the om* way out. and lu*r worn- r ' nn
“Not at nllp.-B»K answered prompt-’
ly. .-“Abduction means'to take away
“HELPED ME
RIGHT AWAY”
opening. From a ease swinging at his j hugged h|m. Bill WagstafT went a
belt la took out a pair of field glasses j long way, hu those brief sentences,
nnd lef-urelv surveyed the 'cftnnjxy. toward demolishing her conviction that
“WeP?”“Hazel Intf'rrogHted. 1 Tfo q>Ht) ev<*r. overtake*! an opportunity
“Notl ing in sight, is tlu're?” Bill said of takingjidyatifage of a Woman,
thougldfully, “If the sun was. out . “WeLI. letX-g(‘t somewhere.” he said
now* T unny I can't spot that Soda abruptly
Creek trail.
, . , . .... surge of anger. “I am''* fra id to face
And. £ ouve been leading ™\ th ^J nnlna]onv! I admit my hclp-
stmight north! she cried. “Oh what j. 4essnFSf! . lBwt - help me heaven. I’ll
am I going to do?” —- / ! make VO u pay for this dirtv trick!
“Don’t you know this country nt
nil?” she said gloomily. * -
“I thought I did.’’ hje replied, “^itt
1 can’t seem to get mv bearings to
w<»rk out-correctly. I’m awfullyisorry
to keep you in such a pickle. But it
can’t be helped.”
Htypok up the lojid rope and moved
on.' They dropped over t4ve ridg**
ere«t nnd once more into tlie woods.
Roaring Bib* made bis next halt beside
a spring, and. fell to unlashing the
packs. *
“What are you going to do?” Hazel
asked.
“Cook a lute, and let t he horses ■
graze.” he fold her. “Do you ren.itze
that w?’ve bean going sihee daylight?
It’s none noon. Horses have'tof eat and
rest one.* in a while, just the same as
human beings.”
The logic of tills Hazel could not
well deny, since ,*<he herself was tired
and favenoi.dv b uigry, Ry lur .watch
it watt JiiffTiWmr • “
Bill holibled out his horses on the
grass beldw the spring, made a fire,
arid- set to work cooking. He worked
silently at the meal getting, fried
steaks of venison, and boiled a pot of
coffee. ■ Tliey ate. He Ailed his pipe,
nnd smoked while he repacked. Alto
gether. he did not consume more than
forty minutes at the noon halt*. Hazel,
now* woefully sndd'e kore, .would fain
have rested longer, and. in default of
, < - . t | iitiinr t t*u | ><i » tor
Keep right on going. AY^pflafT an- | Xon * re not u mnn ?; You’re a cut—a
s "' n ( * ! miserable, contempfibte scoundrel.!”*
“I^won’t I won’t!” she flashed. Ill, .. W hew T* Roaring Bill laughed
If ynn*re too saddle sore to find my own way brick. What devilish ; ** Thwo . -ore-pn-ttv na )nes. Just the
ride, walk u..uJ»iJ.v- I K go slower.” I impulse prompted yon to (lb such a sainr> i admire vour grTt. Well here
Slie walked, ami tiie exercise re- thing?!’
lieved the. cramping ache in her linilis. “You’ll have a beautiful time of it.”
Roaring Bill’s slower, pace was fast he said dryly, completely ignoring her
surreptitiously bv force, to carry away
.wrongfully and by violence any human i
being, to kidnap Now. you j’an’t by .
any stretch of tlie. Mniuclnatlou aeCus^
me of force, violence or kidnaping— i
not hy a long shot. You merely wan
dered info my, camp, nnd it wasn’t con
venient for me* to turn hack. There
for)* circumstances—uof
Kentucky Lady Says Two Bottles
of Cardui Surprised Her by
Acting So Quickly.
“Relief, Ky.—Mrs. Sarah M. Hill, of
we go!”
this place, writes: “I Can’t praiseTar-
?ny net. r?y —
member—malic it udvimijde for you, to (lui to<) Much, for it is
last question. * “Take you three days
to walk there—jf you knew* every foot
of tlicMvuy. Ami yott-don’t know the
.way. Traveling In timber Is cqhfus-
ing, as y6u’v>lTliseovered. Y^oil'H never
see Cariboo Meadows, or any other
place, ff you tnekip/lr singie-lmnded.
lie took up the lend rope, jind went
on without even looking to see if she
followed. If he hnd made the slightest
ivttemptkto force her to come.’ If lu* had
betrayed.the feast -un'cerliflnt.v as to
whether she would come. Hazel would iV V'T ""*7”“"'*-’
, ■ , , . , jvilot home a x ladv n di
have ^wung down from tlu* saddle and
s< s t her face stuiiliornly southward In
sheer defljniee of him. But such is tlu*
accompany me. nr e-burse HI,admit
that, according to '•u* , tv*in and usage,
you would expect ihf io do tlie* polity
tliitig and restore /if.i ,to your own
stamping ground. But there s no law |not able to <lo anything,
making it m:ii>dat.ory for a fellow - to . , *
stress i^n’t ke 1 wns <J t' v,n<1,in K' «w-ny, and kept
a wonderful
medicine for women.
\ 1 .
Eight years ago, 1 began to feel not
quite so well ns usual ... I was
It seemed
that right?’
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mz==z=
She Walked and the Exercise Relieved
the Cramping Ache in Her Limbs.
without grub or matches or" bedding. jaXmlinr complexity' of a woman that
This is a whopping hig^country^,. A' she tqok one longing g la nee baekwaVd.
good many men rijive gotJost in it— and then fell in behind tin* packs. She"
end other men ' f have found their was weighted down with dread of the
1 tones." , ‘ \ unknown. Ixulinir over witli )•*>;;«* t>?
He'Ter ^(Tils slrfk In while she sgt tlie man whoVvvung light-footed in the
there on his horse choking back a w!l(D>|ead..: ’ but never!heluss she followed'
desire to curse him by bell, book arpl lm
candle for what he linil plone, and hoh’j- AI Nth o" n*st of tlie day they bore
ing in check.the fear of what he might stehdibHm-thwnrd.. Hazel had nor idea
yet do. Slie could not escape the con- of f’.ill wttgstafT’s destination. Sle*.
elusion that Roaring Bill .WagstafT was was too billririmninst him fo ask. after
something of a law unto himself, ea- admitting flint shqeotild ‘not 'face tlu*.
pable Of lu'Witig to the line of his ow n wilderness aiohe. • S She knew nothing
desires.at any cost. She realized her,.of tlu* North, but sluKJliouglit there
utter helplessness, and the realization must be some mode of communication
left her without w«hjs. He had drawn or transportation. If slu* could once
a vivid picture, and the instinct of self- get in touch with other people—well,
preservation asserted It-saif! ^ she would show Roaring Bill.
=sr
Hazel, arriving at “Roaring
Bill's” cabin,'learns that she can
not hepe to get word to anygne
in the outside wqrtd . before
spring and that she must make
the best-©Lthe situation, which
she finds not so bad as' it might
be, owing to “Roaring Bill’s"
consideration -for her. The next
installment tells, of Hazel’s in
troduction to this mew ife in the
wilds.
hTO BE CONTINUED.)
O.ur Beliefs.
.Ym'f it tlu* tnull, exclaims a eon-
Of U'ihufor to an • vhaiige,. tliltt we b^*
You misled me.”' , She • found. h(*r . course, getting back to 4'ur.iboo Mead- Heve w jhlrTve like To believe? That’s'
voice nt last. "Why?" ows meant a new* start in flu* world, mb an original observation, hiR~Tt*
“Did I mislead, you?" lu* parried, for she had no hope, nor any desire, truth was made-manifest to me one
_ _ “Weren’t, you already , lost when you to teach .school ’then* after this opi- day last September. We were walking,
enough nt that. She followed till her came to my camp? And have I inis , itfflfex She, found herself facing that iu the fields, a young woman and L
, strength began to full. And w hen in treated you. in any manner? Have I prnspecKunmoved, however. - The Im- (Tld* is not a aeutiniental tale—be
spite of her determination she lagged refused you food, shelter or help?” i portent thing was. .getting out of her cjtliu.) Aud she picked a brown-eyed
resting tried to wain and lead Silk.- behind, he stopped nt the first water. ‘IMy home is in Cariboo_ Meadows!,’ present nredieamont ■■ ... ‘ [ Surng -rerl—began—ptuolemg—aft'- tho
* rlP fiaT t l! ' “VV« |, II aamp-here. M "he said. "TdOTe she persisted. "I asketTyam to take nn* Jioaring Bill made his camp tluet , petals, mu* by one., murmuring softly
:T * _ U J . f faster ^aif. ^ Sb| al>out all in. and we can’t get anywhere there. You T*><j me 'TTway- from tiiere nighLJs**.if t)«» change In their attitude ' to herself as ,she did so.
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getting more puny every day.. I wus
* x-
i w'oak and pale and could not stand on
my feet ibng ... I had- no doctor
■but I knew bv my feelings that‘1 had
womanly weakness.
“f After. I decided mo try Cardui, I
bought one*bottle. It seemed as if the
very, first few doses began to help me. 1
■ t ■
j was surprised that ajnythiyg could he-
j gin to act -so quickly. -But it helped
; trie* right away. 1 know it did because
I began immediately to get strong.
After I finished that first bottle, I
bought another. When I had finished
that second bottle, I was all right. I did
not peed a third brittle- I kept right oo
getting stronger until I Was as strong
ns ever, and I have kept so. . . .
Now* I am ax well and as strong nnd
us able to do iny work as T> ever was
in my life.” ^ ^ •' '
* Try Cardui today.-
DOt U P* ® D ^ He did not tonight. I see plainly.”; deliberately, I believe now.” : i • .ffad taken place. To rill his efforts'nt
slacken pace when.she began to fail Hazel accepted this dictum as best “My trail doesn’t happen to Wad to conversation she turned a deaf enr and
behind. So she mounted awkwardly,
and Silk jolted and shook her with his
trotting until he caught up with hia
Mates, Bill grlnned over his shoulder.
"He loves me—he loves me not—
.... - . .. , . . v he loves me—he—” she whispered,
she could. She sat down on a mossy Cariboo Meadows, that’s nil.” Roaring a stony countenance. She proposed'to "Do vou believe Jn that t'uff?” said
r/\r»lr a ^ i . \\ \ n_ a • « * j.va . . tr "i i j i_ t. V 4_ ~ 1 ..
rock while be stripped the horses of i Bill coolly totd her. “If you must go eat his food and utb* his bedding, be- p scornfully,
their gear and staked them out. Then back there. I shan’t restrain-*-you In cause .that w*as necessary. But socially?
Bill started a fire and fixed the roll any way whatever.. But I’m for home, she wvuld have none of him.
“Why—er—wait- till. I see bow ^
cornea out." she answered.
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