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i . f'-- _K.h His fate was sullen and ,de- Old' Moosac was trouched i^ear him, his beiady eyes jnscrutable. I Ellen looked «|‘,ound for Whitlow, and discovered^ the t^chper in ani mated conversation with several sul len, frightened Indians. His pencil! and notebook were at work a^ain ' ^ WVitflrkiv QniA/4 Kav* rk,,f n Benham .had been very lyn'd and a i refused. She remembered now ;that gentl^an when he discovered how j certain glint of triumph that shone in she had thwarted him ‘through the '^his eyes as ^ told hei7 "“My payment^ help of Pat Mottatchney'and Prerre is. assured. ,Pll- exact my pound of Euschard. He had “said no wo^-of^l^sh.” i blame and had not scolded orT^edj ' , (ContinueidjNext Issue) at her as many othens would have^ ■ SynopsHt: Ellen Mackay, on her way from school at Winnipeg, to join her father at Fort Edson, misses jlhe boat by which she was i to travel. Hearing that another, boat is to start north in r,,Eir< foux’s wrists .Son^ne was shouting in Ellen’s ear. Ijt was Whitlow, and his face was ^ite and accusing. “You little'^ool!” he raged. ^‘Nbw Deteroux y/ill blind the boy — he’ll the morning,^Elfeii goes to the owner, blind hiny!^ And it’s your fault.’’ John Benbant',''lmd asks^him to givei Ellen?^ world reeled. John Ben-" f"X“"pas.sage. To her surprise, heLjham’-s^yes, tl flatly refuses. ' Jhalpless now bjefore " Angry and puzzled, Ellen" tells Pat icious gouging. And her ci;y had made McClatchney, a kindly old storekeep-{ncnham drop his guard. She began to er, ©f her -difficulty, arnl Ratr-with j sub, little breathless sobs. "God!“ she the help of one of Benham’s crew.fwhi.spered. “Please—God!" J He’s paid have hirp,’’ he muttered. to m'e, ^the dog.’’ i/' I, may have himstammered El-jca.se against Deteroux unshakable. Whitlow spied her,^ put his note book away, and came hurrying up. His face was glowing _with satisfac tion. “My ducky day,'! he announced triumpharfOy. “I’ve got Deteroux where I want hjm now, and no mis take. Where is Benham?’’ ' “In orie'^SFtepees, I imping,’! she answered dispiritedly.- "When can WH leave for Edson?” ■' “In an hour or two. I want to get Benham's evidence ahso to "make my doUp. She had offered to pay for her j SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLB transportatdoir •’iaifd ihe had abmptly* ‘The Paper Everybody Reads" 'irr-—- gKretty hard to beat NATURE \ii Whitlow went away on his search,, and Elli[^ moved down to the canoe and crouched in it, her back to thej campf her- brooding eyes* sweeping len.' "I don’t know what you rnean.’!^ “You should,” was Benham’s curt reply. “When , the fighf* was coming my way yon cried- foy, the to stop. I thqse. clear, Gawless e^es, did, and it gave him a bhance to get ^across the .shimmenrig waters of thej / before Deteroux’s fero- the upper hand fora time.” He point-Make. } ed to his eyes. “He d!d his best trr A great bitterness gnawed at her'' blind "me—and nearly .succeededrBut! —a tremendou.s disappointment. Shej l-4»6at.-him—^with these,” and he lift-! was not angry at John Benham. Shej (itT bis* Iwo hard flslsr^lt w-as a sat- knT‘w;^“sTiamo over The fact that he i / succeeds in getting Ellen on board as a stowaway. When the vc.ssel is well under way, Ellen emerges from her biding place | and faces Jo’hn Benham, who now can not heljv taking her with him. j During tho^ voyage Ellen begins to W strongly attraeted by Johny But when .>he. reaches Foi-t Edson she finds her father broken, ill and dis- graeed, and learns that his troubles are due to one man—-John Benham. Instantly' Ellen resolves that she will fight for her father. She will re- with the Hudson’s Bay employer's, and will Her gazp was drawn again to the terrible drama before her. Uncon sciously she starter! forward. Whit- isfaction long over--due, but it was had virtually dismissed her. j worth the waiting. Yes-;-I’m through. She had gone to hin\ in all honesty,'^"^ 'with him. And he’s yours.” intending to apologize fully for tbe! low’s hand locked on her arm and dragged her back, “Wait!” he rasped'. Ellen’s thoughts wei-e chaotic, wupng she had done him, and 'b<*. iu 1 What madness was tliis? True, she rqual hont-.sty, had repulsed her. Thel had cried out when Benham was win- biame was her s. She knew it, anrl ad-| • Benham’ tcroux’s wi'ist.s until the backs of I l/eteroux_ ri om puni _ _ them were Woodlr.aw-'and ridged like f ju.sY the eternal woman in her voicing'he Vs ^ ■( i-X. “Wait!” hrnds, locked about De-jning, but .she had not meant it to s..ave mitted it fully, backs o'f I Deteroux from punishment. It was ' In .some ways trium|)h abo \Vas ,s. Her father’s fuluie and reput.a- Baghly Mnles llit^ed to M dynamomtter (m strength testing, machine) th^e powerfid mttleyrecord their strength for the photographer. F.RE is a famous pair of steel, .seemed-to be dragging some of-an overwhelming rt i)i!.gr!ance-d'> the ti(m were a.-si;red. The^facts v.ere that awful rres.'jure from hi.s tortured | utter brutality of it, all,. At:J and dear in that respect. She had the vat- at awful pres.«ure from hi.s tortured i utter brutality of it, all,. ^ e^. H^'seemed/to be gathering him-lBfnham thought she had crii self for super-Ffuman effort. Abruptly one knee drove upwards into DeteroUx’.s body. A gajep from the bigger man. He ciinged slightly, and Benham for what he! F*^“^ham fore himself fri*e. Ikmham’s eyes we re^ swollen, almost shut. For a split/second both men seemed to pause and gather tjiem-1 half-breed can (be generous ■selves. Then Deteroux charge^ again, ] "You—you don’t know what instate .him comj)aJiy, his show up John really is. From Bernard Deteroux, an employe of the company, who professes friend- shi|) for her father, Ellen hears that Benham-* suj)idie.s whiskey to the In dians. She .'lets out on a loaig and te- Mious journey to obtain proof of this, ’etuin.s thinking she has got it, and give.s information to the authorities. Trooper Whitlow, of the Mounted Police, asks her to go with him to find Benham and confronts him with her proof of his villainy. It develops that Tk'nham IS innocent and the liquor is being supjdied by Deteroux. A desperate battle between Benham and Deterou is" in progress when they reach a ^amp on the lake. 1 ()UX to ivfaction of knowing that her efforts save Deteroux. • j i>ad. im;i.t*ftly moved to thi.^ culmi- Aga’in Benham looked at her. “VVa-< 1 rration. there anything else?”.he asked cunt-p Tljat those .same effort.s had moved ( ly, “Despite your scoin and p dde you to, ier.(!er her the po isessor of iini e-j have TnO't hesitated to accept, fjji'. qrf from a—a half-breed. Kememb^T that all your life, will vou? That even a wolf to the kilk snafttng^ikda With on^'‘liTtre,'twisting movement Benham bent shari)ly at the waist and hurled himself forward, his^right arm Ellen fobbed. quited !o\'e. merely iirowd the irony' of life. And there lay the great hurt. F.Hvn went back in memory to her first meeting with Benham. How ar- you jioganC and. sure of herself she had I been In approaching the irtsc'^rader NINTH INSTALLMENT Again they seemed to rest a mo ment, then both sprang anew to the . inflict, and again they stood wdth locked arms and writhing muscles. Time odgwl on. The fighters seemed tirele.ss. Their blows were still ter- I *b’o, club-like.. Ellen managed to tear her eyes away for a moment, and her - swift, searchiiTg glance saw Whitlow 'sjaniling at her side, his eyes cold and gleaming with intent bn the / f.ghler.s. At last Ellen inanag(‘d to -.shako iiff, the paralysis which had liozei) l|er liudy. She gripped Whit shooting oiit, a hard driven, muscle- ridge pi.ston, Just below the arch of Deteroux’s lower4ri'bs the blow landed, and the “thock” qf^ it was awesome. A hoarse, bTuhTTering cry of pain erupted from Deteroux, his knees wobbled, and his head dropiwd fpi'#&rd. He retched vio lently, and blood-stained saliva seeped through his lips. “He’s got him—the boy’s got him now,’J--wa.s Whitlow’s jubilant cry. Swirtjy alive to has advantage, Ben- arc- sayang, “I ought to.” He laughed grimly. 1 with her reciuest to be taken along on “I’ni giving you back your own j the trip m):th. .\nd how liu-1 and hu- words.” ’! [miliated she felt when Benham curtly lie stood erect now, his splendid I !•e!■u.^e(l. It was hurt' jmde as miic chest^ and! shoulders gleaming** wetly. las anything that had caused heiv4o “Come, mother,” he said to, the old | seek old Pat McClatchney’s ht^ in squaw. And the two of them walked j stowing away on the Beriham/boat.s. away. for whxjic-favor men vKad vied When Ellen Mackay finally went; with one another in jumj^g to her bidding, now had to ple^ for the fa- H mules — mighty x'rcatures ^ith the pulling st^gth of a pair of four-legg^ giants.. At a recent unive^ty tesT7 they threatened the/wofld’s pulling record. / What ipdxes these mules un usual? pother Nature gave them ^»mething—her own nat- ural/Oalance of many elements; st^ngth, staying power, the (ailingness to work. So in ac tual value, these sturdy mules stand out from ordinary mules .-there’s just no comparison. And Nature gave a natural balance to Natural Chilean Ni trate, too—a natural balance of many elements that combine to make this nitrogen fertilizer a reliable food for your crops. » Natural Chilean is knosyn for its quick-acting nitrogen, of course. But nitroj^cn is only one of its vital elemenTs. Because of its natural origin; Chilean Soda also contains, as impurities, such elements as iodine, bor^n, mag nesium, calcium and some 28 others. And always remember, that these vital elements are present in Chilean Soda ia Mother Nature’s own wise bal ance and blend. V ( For better crops... Natural Chilean Nitrate. iiack to the scene of the fight shenvas again weary, and apathetic. Her face wair pale, and her eyes, were lack- lu.stre and subdued. She moved slowly. Deteroux was sitting with tuS' ba-ck Nojtnrui Chittfan vor of this man and .Was compelled | ,to force herself upo^ his care when the favor was refi^d. She remembere/f her tremulous fear to. a tree. His hands jvere eja-sped b«\ when they had^pa.ssed the cascades tween his knees, and Ellen couhl see horn tor« at his opponent, a merciless, the gleam of polished metal encircling implacable machine. Setting himself, he rippe<l sledge-hammer blows into Deteroux’s sagging chin. Slowly, pon- bis wrist.H. He flashed a quick glance at her, and then hrs'gaze bent to the ground derouslyp-tbe big man seemed ttccrum- /" lY and she ha<l bAizenly revealed herself, certain in tb^ knowledge that Benham could nob return her to' .^thaba.sca landing ^viVlidut .'»erious delay and loss^ to himself. ; — NITRATE of SODA NATUML AS TMt GROUND IT COMIS FROM' /• With Vital Ele^nt* in PiaUtrn\ Balanen and Ble^ RADIO—"UNCLE NATCHEL & SONNY” FAMOUS CHILEAN CALENDAA-CHARACTERS AAnpunceineiits of lending Southern Stations aim. !” sbi- cThTTh-^h-stop i:“ I hem !” There was something almowt-mag- Whiihnv did not even hear her. nificent in the manner that Deteroux pie. His eyc.s wore rolling and" glassy, his mouth open and his lips peeled hack- in a grimace of fading con sciousness. ... Like an exin.-utioner before the block, Benham cut Deteroux down. Bit by bit he heat him lower, until Deteroux’s body was bent jp a crouch and his nen’elesi^jtoiis .swung help- / With a little cry of despair, Ellen called upon_his great strength and shrank away, and her eyes went hack vitality to stave off defeat. Out on to the conflict like sbeqL-drawtt- to alhis feet, he refiused to fall, his mus- mqirnet. She was just in time to .seejeles sulk:onsciouslj) balding his body Deteft.mx <-\ido<le into a ma<i catelysnij from utt^r collapse. _ , * (if ferocious movement. His arn\^] .Abruptly Benham stoppCftf his. at- whirled, and' he flung Benham froin.taekT His bloody, tigHt-ldcked Hsts Mum like a l-hil(U I fell to his sides. With a shrugging ‘Then he charged in with flailing;jfesture he turned away, and without fists. They crashed into Benham’s face and jaw with crushing force. Benham toppled back, his head roll ing. A sigh went through tht‘ watching circle, a circle of savage faces gleam ing with the .<tark madness of com bat. It seemed as though Benham a look to right or left pushed througb the crowd and was gone. And in that moment of magnanimity John Ben ham was also unconsciously magnifi cent. _ . By all rules of conflict he was en titled to go on with his triumph until human re.sistance could no longer ex- could not elude Or recover from that jist, and Deteroux should li^ supine at bo.serk charge. He *was bent back helples.«ly, and his knCes were sajj- ging. .\bniptly ho caujjht himself, ducked into a crouch and sidestepped. De teroux, unable to halt his charge, lunged past. And Jlenham ^mashej him under^-J^ho ear with a blow- which whirled the' bigger man half off his foot. Now it' was Benham’s turn to charge ,and-this'time Deteroux gave 'way, lunging blindly from side to side , in a futile attem;)t to a\^d the rapier blows that were cutting his face into a bloody mask. Revulsion gripped Ellen. She felt hi.s fe<*t. But he, too, could appreciate sheer, dogged courage, qven. in a man like Deteroux, w-ho had not hesitated to take unfair advantage. In that refusal to batter further a hoIple.ss man John Benham left be hind him a white glow of sportsman ship which seemed to dissipate the blood-red haze of conflict. ~ Ellen saw Whitlow step forward, grip Deteroux by the.^ anti and force him to the ground. The milling crowd of Indians closed about them, and Ellen found herself alone. ^ Drawn by w'hat seemed a resistless force, sbe moved in the direction John Benham had gone. She peered into nauseated-t^ick. The stark brutish- tepees as she went, but nowhere did ness, of rt all ca.st a dreadful spell ever her. The hiiarse,' ga.sping, snarl ing breathing of the fighters, their bloody, swollen features, their grim, hate-filled, blo6<l-rimm.ed eyes — it was a nightmare picture to the .sensi tive girl. “Stop them,” she cried again, her \o;ce shrill and hysterical. “Oh—: won’t somebody stop them? she see him. Unconsciously she hur ried her pace. And '"then, below the camp at the edge of the lake, she found him. ,V — He was crouched lowq *and beside him was the same' ancient squaw, gently sponging his battered face and body with the icy lake water. Timidly Elljen approached the pair. The oldsquaw looked at her in frank One person I in all the group heard [hostility. Then she turned again to her. And that person was John Ben-! her ministrations, crooning" with pa- ham. In the midst of his advantage; gan {jfentleness. Finally Benham look- he stiffened, and hi? hands dropped jed up. His eyes were terribly blood- at his sides. His head swung on his [shot and swollen. EHen gas{^ with shoulders and his bloodshot^eyes rest-1 pity, and her hands fluttered to her ed full on Ellen’s white face. throat. It was Benham who spoke. For a moihent the madness of con- “Ye??” he queried, his voice sTight- flict seemed to fall from him. He re laxed. And in that moment Deteroux was upon him like a pouncing pah- tber. Dimly Elkin heard Whitlow's sharp cry of warning. Then she saw Dete- ronx's PAFs wrap about John Benham's head, and saw Deteroux’s steely thumbs dig into his opponent’s A CMf shemr agony broke from / Barium'i lipe. A ehndder rHipled thaNiili Me be4y» and he gave way J tfarinjL frantically at PeU- ly thick. He was still panting from his exertions. Many words trembled on Ellen's lips, strsinge, hot, thrilling words— but somehow she could not utter them. *1 ^ Yearning swayed her, yearning to crouch at his side, to take his bat tered head in her arms and spread the healing balm of lore on efsery bruise and cut But there waa a cer tain hayctoeaa ia Benham'a exprecaim which fended her off. . . Now be laugN <! iMishiiy. "You may ITie tMw Fond \S (Ulualr^) k Um thriftiest car in all Ford hiatoeyt Dritra it all day on a tankful of gas owners report 22 to 27 milea par gd- lon. And h carriea the lowei|..JE0(d price hi^yeON. 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