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i > - i % I ; i W.VU SERVICE By VICTOR ROUSSEAU (Copyright by W. O Chapman ) ADVENTURE, FIGHTING—AND LOVE t H lie turned Ins examimilwn first to the cut in her head. He tore strips from his shirt, uent duun tu the uater and cleansed them thuiuutjhly, then, retunnuij, he proceeded to wash and Oandaje it. It teas a had <jash from a roik, and she had hied a good deal, which was a (jooil thimj, relieiimj the concussion which had no douht been the cause of the piulonjcd insensibility. Having ascertained that she seemed to have received no boilily injuries beyond contusions, Lee examined her limbs. He saw that one knee hung awry. In a moment he luul the gaiter off, and discovered that the joint had been dis locate/1. ■ ■ It was unnerving, holding th*f white knee between his hands, so instinct with life, so fragile, dedicate, so wonderful when viewed as a piece of mechanism which he was to manipulate like some clumsy journeyman, called in to repair the work of a master. I'ortunalcly. Lee had assisted at precisely that same operation several times in the field; and, trying to disregard the moans of pain that came from the girl's lips as he proceeded, he fumbled with the , ice/t bone. - % Lut that struggle was terrible, for the body of itself knows no dignity. Conscious, Lee knew that the girl would neither have flinched nor moaned: but unconscious, she could not control the pro tests of the body, which had to be restrained by something almost 1 ' brutal in its frank violence. Hut l ,ee struggled on, feeling the shaft head of the. bone scoxw the edges of the socket under the cap. A final struggle, the weight of his whole body and shoulders thrown to his task—and suddenly it was accomplished. i— Here you have the hero and heroine: Lee Anderson, Royal Canadian Mounted Police sergeant, and Joyce Pelly. They have been thrown down a cliff by an explosion of dynamite, set off by the Free Traders. The girl’s memory is gone from the shock; they are In a wilderness and are being pursued by the Free Traders, wbo are bent on killing the hero and recapturing the girl, whom Rathway their leader, greatly desires. More over, Anderson, who has met the girl on the trail by chance, is there to arrest Joyce’s father. The Free Traders, wilderness hootch-runners, think he is afters them. And Anderson, in rescuing the girl from them, has beaten up Rathway in a fight. So the story starts out with the hero and heroine in difficulties. Who is the author? Why, Victor Rousseau. And that tells you a lot—among other things, that the adventures of the young couple to date aren’t a circumstance to what’s coming, The hero is shot at, thrown into a cataract and generally manhandled. The heroine is abducted again by Rathway. But someway both manage to escape death. And in the end of course the brave deserves the fair and wins her, even if his purpose to arrest the heroine’s father mighty near wrecks the exciting romance. j- CHAPTER I Sergeant Anderson Rides Into Little Falls I.fv Anderson, seTRonnt In the Knvnl ('iimidiun Mounted I’ollrp, had been leadinu his horse up the last hill. Now he stopped at the top and lit his pipe, lottlnu the animal snatch a few blades of the sparse khiss that urew amoni; the ferns and raspberry brambles beside the cart track. There were, perhaps, thirty three or four years to his credit. His rather lined, deeply sunburned face . attd V! throat contrasted markedly with the fsl^inK of white Mesh at the V top of his open shirt. Lee, in his prospec tor’s clothing, appeared to he typically one of those reserved, quiet, self-con tained men whom the north breeds. Iliis rather heavy horse, a combina tion of pack and saddle, was well laden behind the rolled blankets that funned a parapet across its shoulders. Lee Inhaled with delight the warm, steamy exhalations of the earth, rich with the added debris of the year. He turned and looked forward, be yond the settlement of Little Falls, tip came down some time apt that I’elly has been living In the Siston lake region, on the other side of Stony ranp\ for a pmd many/years. I’elly appears to have got wind of this and made a quick getaway. Now the word’s come in that he’s been seen in the district. May be true or false, t “1’iobably It won’t be possible to convict now. If It Is possible, I don’t suppose- be’ll get much of a sentence. Mut .headquarters are anxious- that we should establish our prestige by Betting after him— to show that we’re An^the Job as our predecessors were. U jjvatjf"you to. ride In, and. If lie’s alive, pick him up and bring him back with you.” Anderson saluted. He was about to leave the office when the Inspector called him back. “Stop a moment, Sergeant. You can guess that tills man Pelly was probably betrayed by someone with a grudge against him. I suppose you know that' the Free Traders opened up at Siston lake during the war?" The f’ree Traders, as Anderson knew, were a gang of liquor men, organized from. Montreal, and sending Felly's arrest comes first. Soon ns you locate him, bring him out of the range.” At dawn Lev was upon the road. There had been rumors—recurrent rumors of a gold find In Stony range that summer, but the nearer Lee got tin the range the less explicit the news became. * ' . He passed a nuinher of men on their way south, morose and sullen, but ready enough to pour out their grievance that a summer’s prospect ing had failed to show even a trace of color anywhere. Lee had listened to their stories and then gone on. leaving the Impression that he was a prospector on a be lated journey to the range. And now at last the range lay In front of him. Uplifting ILs wild peaks Into the glory of the autumn sunset. Lee felt his heart uplifted too. ~ This was life at its most zestful—the World spaces, and the hunting of tin* king of all created beings—Man. , So, leading his horse, Lee. passed down the long slope toward the set tlement of Little Falls. Soon he was abreast of the first shacks, set In the clearings among the stumps. Then came rows of uniformly ugly wooden pottages, a small mission ehureh with a tin roof, a hank, and a small hotel announcing Itself hy a dilapidated shingle. Lee fastened Ids horse to the hitch ing post in front and entered. On the right of the Interior'’passage was the dining-room, on the left the parlor, with the furniture piled up In -cor ners and the Moor strewn with dutlle- hags and blankets. A passage ran past a flight of rickety stairs, and from a room at the end of this came the clamor,of voices. Here Lee found the bar, packed tight, and running wide open. Pe- hltid the mahogany stood a fat and cynical-looking landlord. 4 ‘‘How about a room and stabling for the night?" asked Lee. The landlord slid a schooner of beer from one end of the bar to the middle, and turned to Lee, his fat body ! quivering, apparently with- mirth, though Ids face did not relax any thing of its solemn, cynical aspe< L ‘Stabling? You said It. Hoorn? You e’n have six foot by four, of tbe parlor floor, stranger,” be answered. “Pretty full, eh?" “Fuller ’n h—I’s full of fVre-logs.” "Logging crews signing up?” “Loggin’, nothin’. Town’s full of these here fool guys that’s been pros pectin' Stony range all summer. Got cold feet all to onet und all quit to gether. Feeling pretty sore over It, I guess. Ya ain’t aiming to start fer the range yerself this time of year?” “I guess there’ll be time to wash a few pans of dirt,” answered I/ee. "Then maybd’ I'll hoard my horse here and traji a bit this winter." He led his horse into tbe stable, gave It some corn and racked out a in, —:md wide lino suspicious meat, beans, and potatoes that had apparently been frozen to death In bed. Lee, who had taken a seat oppo site the .door, surveyed the other guests with that quiet watchfulness which was a part of his nature ns well as of his training. For the most part he summed them up as being of the average prospector type. Among them, however, appeared to be a few of those hard-bitten charac ters who are to he found in every gold rush. Most of them had been drink ing hard, and all seemed embittered by their experiences of tbe summer. They were freely cursing their Ill- luck. Lee's attention was first drawn to the two men who were seated oppo site 1dm by the fact that they took no part In this chorus of denunciation. A glance showed him that they were not prospectors, and that the under standing between them was an inti mate one. nne was a short, thick-set, muscular red-haired man. with one of the hard est and most repulsive faces that Lee had Cver seen. The other, apparently his partner, was a huge half-breed with a great muscular torso covered with black hair, and long gorilla-like arms. . “Ef I had that guy here what started that yarn about tbe gold in Stony range—” began a man on Lee’s right. "Ab, for the love of Mike, cut out that spiel, Rill!”' shouted another across tbe table. “D’you think you're tbe only real fool's ben summerin’ In the range?" "Old Pelly never found no gold mine. He was cracked about It. Ef be had, wouldn’t others have got wise to It, with half the district bangin’ about the range spyln' on him?" "Nobody knows what hnppened“\to him; do they?" \, “Jest disappeared. Mebbe be had n stroke in the woods or somethin’. No body's seen nor heard of him this good while past ” * Lee absorbed this conversation without feeling that be had got very far. Pelly bad discovered a proble matical gold mine. Pelly had disap peared: it began to seem probable that the report of his return was false. If these rm^i had been pros pecting the range all the summer. It was probable that If Pelly had re turned to the vicinity they .would have heard of It. ln | which case someone would’ have corrected the statement that nothing was known about It. While be listened Lee noticed that the two men opposite him were like wise taking in evert word. The big breed wys obviously under tbe in- tluenee of liquor, and bis little com panion was not only watching the company but also watching him. At times he would turn and whisper In bis companion's ear. Ami once, in Ids close scrutiny oT tbe company, he turned bis gaze on Lee. For a moment Lee felt chilled by the eyes of the little red-haired man. They were pale grey, glassy, venom ous. They looked like a snake’s eyes. Lee, though Ids gaze was as steady as tin* other's, did not like the look of the little red-haired man. The conversation drifted. Ry twos and threes the men began to make their way back to tbe bar. Lee bad risen from the table find left the din ing-room, intending to take a smoke on the stoop, when he beard a femi nine voice, and found himself staring and I’ll take your boss Into the stable and see that he gits fed und watered. And supper’s ready.” "Thank you, but I had mine on the road. And I shall be going on early In the morning.” Ry now the crowd of ex-prospectors had formed a wide circle about the girl, standing as far as the pas sage- would permit, staring and scrutinizing *her frankly, and looking sheepishly away whenever her un embarrassed glance fell upon any of them. Lee, bearing a muttering be-^ hind him, turned, to see the big breed staring at the girl and whispering ex citedly to his companion. His red headed partner was tugging at hls arm as If to restrain him. “You d—n fool, IMerre:" Lee heard him expostulate. Suddenly the breed shook off the Other's grip and lurched forward. Planting himself In front 1 of the girl. Bromg Quinine, ^ tablets to work off the cause and to fortify the system against an attack of Grip or Influ enza. A Safe and Proven Remedy. Price 30c. The box bears this signature (O'JfcShn Thousands Recommend it 'J'HEY From a Respectful Distance t 1 e Mer Were Staring at Her, Each Asking Lee's Unspoken Question as to What Such a Girl Was Doing in Little Falls. ) ■ . ! he leaned toward her, with an ex- j pression on his face that brought the blood Into her .cheeks. Refore he could utter a word, how ever, Lee stepped quietly into the breach with that instinctive air of au thority which be retained, despite tbe shedding of his uniform. J “That'll he nil," he sajd crisply The breed turned oh him and Itroke ! Into a string of oaths. *• "Say. whadya mean?" he shouted. "You don’ know me. He don’ know j who he’s talking to, eh, Shorty? I’m Pierre Cauchon." He doubled a brawny forearm. "Say, young feller, ^ you see dis? Here ain’t no man either i side of de range-eafi say ’dat'il be all’ to Pierre (’auction. You Link you can tight, mebbe?" Lee, mindful of the rigid code of; conduct that bound him, shook Ids j head. "I never fight If I cun help It.” he answered. The two men snickered, and there' came a'murmur of disgust from the imw ill—n lib.ili 1111—lhn't..’.4n<n+w*m-i—had.. Have learned from experi ence that no matter how many other trea t m en t • have been tried without success. Rssi- nol Ointment IS often the one that brings speedy relief from chafing, ec- Eema or similar itching, embar rassing eruptions. Its soothing healing action is brought abput by qualities which cause it to sink deep into the pores and reach the very root of the disorder. It is absolutely harmless and does not smart or burn when applied to the most irritated surface. To keep the skin healthy many people have adopted the daily use of Resinol Soap. Un surpassed for toilet and batn. All druggists sell Resinol prod ucts. Resinol LEONARD EAR OIL nEAFNESS r^HEA®!®! JtJUl druggists |0oT£ rauxn kitsiiDCAfHE IS" qh RtCuLST. A.O Leonard. Inc. 70 S’-AVE_ NEW YORK Mcney tiack without qupfition If Hl’NT’9 8AI.VK failn In the ttrpatment of ITCH. KC7.KMA, RING WORM ,T ETT ER or other Itchinc Hkln dlneaseH. Price 75c at druggists, or direct from A 1 Aichartft Mtddm Co. Shtraao.Tes If j<*ys uf life decrease jt is because everything becomes luicknexed.’ I y i n g m HIT 1 TiliT! nf il)t‘ .‘dcipe 111" front uf him, tin* last of tin* settle- mentjs on bis side of Stony range. It was an unkempt, untidy little place, created by the advent of the lumber companies a few years before, and struggling among the knee-high stumps of what bud been virgin forest within the decade. After hls belated return from France, only to fin’d the old North west mounted, of which he had been n member, merged in the new I >n- mlnion body. Lee himself had been stationed at Manistree. He bad been In the police eight years before the war. It was the only life that ap pealed to him. His service bad ex pired daring bis term at the-front, but Ms first act //r returning ha<| been fd rejoin Jnspictcr Craivley had sent for him a few days later.. “Anderson.” be said, "I want you to be ready to start for Stony range In the morning to pick up a man named Pelly He's on the list of •wanted'—-headed it for some time, in fact. I guess you don’t know any thing about tbe ease, though.” “No. sir It must have happened while 1 was hi France." "Oil. It happened a deuce of a time before you wenf to France, Anderson. Twenty-five years ago, more or less. Might have left the poor devil alone, especially as he’s been a fugitive so long. Rut it's murder. Sergeant, and r-well, the new police have got to show themselves Just ns efficient Mood hounds as the old .force. The papers In the case have Just come through Ottawa. "This man Pelly appears to have killed n man In Toronto In the nine- tiea for insulting hls wife. Those de tails are not given. It appears a Trr" dlan hinds,, debauching and corrupt 1 ing. Tin* Free-Traders dealt in hu man souls ns well,ns fur and whisky; they were the most Iniquitous tiling that bad so far entered tbe northern territories. "'^here’s a man named Jim Path way who seems to be handling their work for ’em up there Ten to one Ids gang’s mixed tip with this Pelly matter In some way. Perhaps they’re out for Felly’s betid because he wouldn’t stand In with ’em. On the other hand there's the chance that he’s In with 'enr and someone else tipped us off In'tjint case Vpu’ll find yourself up against the - organization, "This Hnthwuy’s believed to ' have been running liquor under various aliases for yearjs, (and there’s ugly rumor about happenings at an Indian ennip In the Farj North, where the Free" Traders have another post at Lake Misqtnish. They’ve got to be a big factor during the years of th,' war — so big that we're not going to tackle ’em until we re ready to launch a general eaurptrlgn against ’em. "You’ll remember qot to butt in If you find ’em selling liqrfor, but pick Up Pelly as quietly ns possible, arid take notes, if you get tile chance, on what's going on at Siston' lake. “You’ve got carte blanche, and wnsii take a covering Warrant from tl/o sti pendiary to use In any way you see fit. And take nil the time' you want, because Jbere’ll he nothing doing till spring. Rut don’t let ’em get wise to your joh. T So you’ll leave your uni form behind you. Sergeant, and con duct your Inquiries as inconspicuously as possible. And In a case like this, one man’s better than two. That’s why I’m sending you alone. "Finally, you’ll bear In mln4 that in surprise at a girl who had Just come In and was in conversation w+Hr- the landlord. For tills was not in the 1 least the type of girl whom one might look for in such a place as Little Falls. A no Now at Last—the Range Lay in Front of Him, Uplifting Its Wild -Peaks Into t’ie Glory of the Autumn Sunset. I . * . ! bale of bay, and carried hls blankets back to tbe hotel parlor, where he staked out a *l»»epmg claim upon the floor. A small negro boy, currying a large bell, came out of tbe kitchen and be- | gan to ring it. swaying to and fro with a cheerful grin, a.* if he were tied to the- clapper. At the sound of the cracked tones the men begun to straggle out of the bar Into the dlnlny-roorn, where they took their seats onj long benches either side of a Lmg table covered with a stained, tattered oilcloth, on which were placed cheap J^Dlves, forks, spoons and plates. Next appeared a thickset young squsw who began to hand out por- tions of a greasy dinner, consisting of CHAPTER II A Girl Rides Into the Range She was perhaps two or three and twenty, slender, of mediant _li<Mght, with olertr, grey, fearless eyes/ and hair of pale brown with gold flecks in it. colled up loosely about her head. Her open mackinaw revealed an almost boyish figure, slender and long-w aisted. She wore corduroy hfeeches and riding gaiters; and there was about her that hardly definable, but unmistakable air of breeding that crops out in such unexpected places along the Anglo-Saxon frontier. From a respectful distance the men were staring at her. each asking Lee’s unspoken question as to what such a girl was doing in Little Falls. That she was riding into the fange was evident. Had she been riding out, the men would have known of her Rut—whose daughter was she? . There was no one In the now de serted range to whom she could be going. The only possible destination might be tbe Moravian mission on the other side. Rut—there were no women at the mission. “Well, ya see, Miss," the fat land lord was saying, “we’re purty well filled up so fur as rooms Is concerned. But the wife’s over to Old Landing fer a few days, an’ I guess you c'n hev our room till she comes home. Ifs the fust room on the right at the top of the stairs. You Jest walk up and make yourself comfortably Miss, been decidedly favorable to Lee. The breed turned about. "He never fight if he can help it," he Jeered. “You bear dat, buvs?t’ He turned to Lee again. “Mebbevyou like to set up de drinks,- den?" he Inquired blandly. “I don’t drink," answered Lee with complete equanimity. "Well, whadya t'lnk of dat?" cried Pierre to the crowd again. "He don’ fight an’ he don’ drink, r You sure are one d—n four tlUFhcr,” he grinped belligerently in Lee's face. Lee, relieved ro see, without turn- ' ing his head, that the girl had taken the opportunity to slip away, returned Pierre's glare calmly. The breed was poising himself ready to strike, but! something in Lee’s aspect, some un certainty, tbe Inability to size him up. checked him. Perhaps he sensed how quickly Lee’s right arm, hang ing negligently before him, would rise to the defensive: perhaps he did not; like the look of Lee’s left. Looks as if thtf sergeant was la for a tough time. And who is the girl He has befriended? (TO BE CONTINUED.) 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