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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA.
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Thursday, February 26, 1925.
THE
TRADERS
By VICTOR ROUSSEAU
“AND YOU?"
(Copyright by W O Chapman.)
WNU Service.
SYNOf’KIS—l,«e Anderson. R^y-
ul ('uriHfllHn Mounted Police ser
geant, is sent to, Stony rann© to
arrest a rnan named Pelly for
murder. He Is also Instructed to
look after Jim Rathway. reputed
head of the Free Traders.' Illicit
liquor runners At*Uttle Falls
he finds pelly is credited With
haviriK found a K<rld mine, and
Is mlssInK At the\ hotel appears
a a'lrl. obviously oit. of plai'e In
t )ie rouah surroundlntfs A half-
breed, Pierre, and a companion,
"Shof t-v." annoy*.the Klrl. An-
dersi^r Interferes in her behalf
prolertlnjj her from the pair of ruf-. 1 force carries on the tradition of the old
1 linns whenever they made tlielr ap-
pea ranee. _
But he could not afford to take any
action which would Rive the clue to
his status and activities* and apart
CHAPTER II—Continued
—2—
1 le-*took refute in Irony. “Well,
whadya fink of him, hoys?” he de-
mandtsi nRain of the men, who liad
formed a elose circle arotirvd (lie pair,
“lie don' liL'ht an' lie Rot de nerve to
say ‘thit ’ll he all’ to Pierre t’auchon.
No, by Riir, 1 Rtiess you know better
tlan to flRhf," tie continued, addihR^ a
foufepithet; and. RrinninR, lie lurciied
Insolently past toward the har, shotil-
derinR I.ee us hA passed.
He looked tiack for an instant to
see whether the oilier would accept
the provocation, and, seeiriR that he
showed no siRns of doinR so, tie went
on his way with Shorty. The crowd
Rave i.ee the ottee-nver contemptu
ously. It had no love for the bully,
hut an individual without the hRhtinR
instinct is not supposed to pose as a
lady’s champion and then hack down.
The minds of the prospectors were
too obtuse to see tlrflT Lee had simply
been satisfied with RititiinR his point
and eniiblinjj the Rirl to Ret away un
molested.
I.ee paced the stoop for a while,
finished a pipe, and went early to his
blankets.
He Interested himself In speculation
who the Rirl was. She was almost
certainly roIhr to, the mission; there
could be no other destination. Perhaps
he would see her HRain. lie thouRht
of the possibility quite without emo
tion. He ceased to think of her, and,
tired after the day's ride, beRan to
doze.
He was awakened when the men he-
Rim to stuRRer Into the parlor. Nearly
alP of them were drunk, some were
rolling dnink, and. after sporadic,
noisy -altercations, they were soon
sprawled out like Iors all over the
floor, and snorinR loudly. Several
times Lee was obliged to remove
heads, arms, and feet from various
portions of his anatomy.
He was Just falling, asleep BRjiln
when tiie sound of a name, whispered
almost In his ear, startled him into
Instant wakefulness.
Lee recognized the voice as that of
the breed, Pierre Cauehon.
For a moment or two he could not
Imagine from where the man was
speaking. Then he discovered that the
voice came from the other side of tint
large, empty stove which stood at his
head, a little out from the wall. His
face and Pierre's were separated,
therefore, by no more than the cir
cumference of the metal container,
though Pierre, of course, did not guess
that Lee lay on the other sitle of It,
nor that he would he likely to have
any particular Interest in what he was
saying.
But the name that had startled Lee
Into wakefulness was that of Pelly.
His subconsciousness, alert through
slumber, had caught it and communi
cated the warning. \
Before Lee had quite attuned his
ears to catch Pierre's remark, Shorty,
i he other man, broke in :
“You fool, Pierre, you nearly give
the git me away tonight fer shore. You
ain't got no sense at «ll. buttin’ in
like that and frightenin’ her away.
You didn't s’pose she'd got our idiotv-
her
from that, he wanted to keep In touch
with the two men. In case they could
North-West; if does not return with
out Its man..
Siston lake was admirably adapted
for the needs of the Free Traders. It
was at the extreme northern limits of
the range, or a little beyond, and the
head of a lake and river svstem-by^
furnistr any clue to Polly's where
abouts—if he were alive.
Some time early In the morning he
fell Into a restless slumber, from
which he was partly groused by the
sound of a > horse's hoofs-Mattering In
which communication could be bad by
water north to Fort Churchill or Y’ork
Factory or west as far as Lake Atha
basca,
The York boat, laden to the gunwale
with supplies of liquor, could push
the yard. He wondered sleepily .'anywhere along the thousands of lakes
whether this w;m an early departure | and streams, acting as mother bmit In
or some belated arrival, and then, ! turn to the canoe, with one or more
V. v
griifls Til her pocket, did ya? The
trouble with you is you eain't hold yer
liquor.”
Pierre growled: "I didn't have no
clumst to say a word before that four-
flusher hutted in. I wish I’d beat him
up now. Mebhe PI) git the chanst in
the rnornin ."
“We.ll, and why didn't ya? I'll fell
ya why P.-'canse you saw • he ain’t
no four (lusher, lie's tough, that fel
ler Is. an he was watchin' ya like a
cat. Don't \ a make no mistake-about
that. And it s ho ky y>>r dlcn't get no
chanst to spiii what ya was gOIn' 1 to, or
you'd shore have senir* the girl away
"You listen Here,'' he continued
“you keep out of this to morrer till
she's gone, rtml then we e'n ride hard
andl ketch up with her at sundown and
explain that we're friend* .of hern.” .
Their-“yroiees became itiarttciilate
Lee strariled his ears to catch the ini
port of their conversation,—but he
lould he;$r'nothirg but tin* low whis
per of their voices.
“Well, I guess you're right. Shorty,"
said Pierre after a while*. “We got to
see she don't, give us de slip, though."
Shorty snjrkered and whispered
something to w'hic ( [i the ot^ier clucked
approval. “
"SIR 1 cKin't. neither,” he said.
“There's only one way into the range. 1
un' when we got her there we got her
where we want her ”
No more was said, and soon the
anorlng from the other side of the
stove indicated that the pair had suc
cumbed to sleep. But all desire for
sleep was banished from Lee's brain.
There was the alternative of two
courses of action; he could warn the
*ir! In the morning, placing himself at
her disposition; or he could keep h^r
more or lesa in sight during his Jour
ney the following tfsy, witl* a view to
turning over, managed to lose con
sciousness fur an hour or two longer.
At last, when further sleep had he
roine impossible, he sat up, struck a
match, and looking at his watch, dis
covered that it was nearly six o’clock.
He threw his blankets over his arm.
stepped over the sprawling limbs of
the sleepers, and went out to the
stable where he watered his horse,
afterward kicking' his heels about the
place until, in the first glimpse of the
dawn, the squaw came shuffling into
the kitchen.
Lee went in. “Let me a cup of c<>f
fee and a pieee of bread," he said,
putting a fifty-eent piece Into her hand.
"That'll he enough for me. I’ve got to
he moving."
The woman filled the kettle from it
pall of water on the kitchen table.
Lee asked :
"You know that girl who came last
night ?"
“Me not know um," the squaw
grunted, as she set the kettle on the
stove.
"Don’t know what time she's leav
ing, l suppose?"
“(Url um gone. Gone at four
o’clock,’’ grunted the squaw.
Lee whistled softly. That was her
horse that he had heard, then. !slie
was losing no time, whatever her busi
ness and destination might he. Lee
fidgeted while the coffeetcanie to the
boil, and had Just gulped down a cup
ful and taken a few bites at the bread
and butter which the woman gave him
when the landlord came sleepily in,
and I-ee took the opportunity of set
tling his bill.
"Well, you’re shore off early,"
grumbled the fat proprietor. "Say,
she heat you to It. though!"
"Who Ip she?" Lee inquired.
“Blamed ef I know. Nobody here
abouts seems to know her. But
shucks, Little Falls ain't* more'n three
or four year old! Guess she's the gal
of one of the old-timers hack from
school or college. Or she’ll be goln’
up to the Moravian mission, like sis
not. Yes. sir, that shore must he It.
She wouldn’t he goin' to any of them
hooch-runners up t<b»Siston hike."
“That's Bnthway’s Joint, Isn't
“So they say." A cunning look
came Into his eyes. “I guess we ain’t
botherin’ our heads none about that
Free Trader outfit since they’re there
to stay. No, sir, It don't do to know
too much about Captain Carcajou,
now that the police Is in with him.”
Lee almost -betrayed himself as he
struggled not to display his Indigna
tion. "You mean the It C, M. It's
been bought by that scum In Mont
real?’’ he demanded.
"That's what they’re savin’ In these
here parts. See here, stranger, ef that
ain't so, why don’t they git after that
Captain Carcajou as they calls him?
Ydii heerd what die did to that camp
of Indians Inst summer? Shore! Well,
I ain’t savin' nothin' and I ain't speak-
in’ for moself, you understand. I'm
only sayin' what other folks say. Why,
there's two of Bath way's gang In this
cases. And over all this v:| t, ill-de
fined district the hooch-runner had
almost unlimited sivay, proving a
serious rival to the legitimate trading
interests, since he carried his poison
into the Indian's camping grounds and
took his [dek of Jhe choicest furs.
Ills trade embraced a viler one. All
along tiie fringe of white settlement it
was active, it had sprung up like a
fungus overnight, during the disorgan
ization of the police in consequence
of the war and the readjustment. The
gang were steadily embittering the re
lations between whites and reds,
which had been amicable almost since
the advent of the lir.Nt pioneer.
Whichever district the girl was
bound for, it was impossible to mis
take the course that she would take
initially. In front of Lee lay a long
backbone of mountain, with only a
single pass into the interior over a
range of many miles.
, Scanning the valley carefully, Lee
saw, about a mile beyond the pass, a
thin curl of Smoke rising into the still
air.
Satisfied that he had the girl in
sight, Lee hesitated for a while, un
decided whether to ride up to her, or
to camp where lie was, keeping a look
out for Pierre and Shorty. In the end
he decided that- the better course
would lie to make himself known, and
accordingly he descended the slope
and followed the trull along the hank
of the river until he reached the camp.
The girl had already set up her tent,
her ‘horse was tethered near the
stream, and she was cooking her din
ner at a tire which she had made.
She looked verv trim and business-
"You mean the Mg breed and the
red headed man?"
"Shore I do.” The landlord winked
at him. "Hooch-runners from Siston
lake.”
“What’re they doing here?” asked
Lee.
“I guess they ain't here fer no good.
That's why I was wlshlri’ you'd had
the sand to stand up to 'em last night,
bov!’’ '
in a hurried manner, repeated his
companion’s gestures. For several
moments the light of the camp Are
silhouetted the calm faces of the girl
and Lee and tiie vindictive, scowling
ones of the two men.
Then IMerre leaped to the ground.
“By gar, It’s de feller dat tell me
‘dat’ll be all’,” he shouted. "What you
r'ink you’re doing here, you d-r-n four-
flusher?"
—EMaybe tiie same ns you,", said Lee.
"Ho, ho, (hit's good!” roared the
breed. “You t’lnk we take vou in as
pujdner. hein?’
Wouldn't go with you. I’ve got
Very deliberately Lee drew ids anto
matlc from Ids belt. lie had no doubt
that IMerre and Shorty were planning
mischief; most probably they meant
to attack him as a preliminary to over
powering the girl. ,
And he lay watching them and
grimly waiting for their stealthy onset.
He felt more than a match for the pair
of them.
Minutes went by, however. '1 he pair
seemed an unconscionable time mak
ing their arrangements, and all the
while the discussion, which was just
audible without being Intelligible, went
on. Lee wondered how long he had
been lying there. It was too dark to
s(k> ids watch. He wondered why they
had not waited tiil morning, when
She Looked Very Trim
like With Her Sleeves Rolled Up to
Elbows and Her Air of Being
Completely at Home in These Sur-
rodnefjngs.
my own hand to play,’’ Lee answered.
"You won’t play it here,, then!" bel
lowed Shorty. ’ y
Onths poured from his lips. “Pack
and vamose!’’ yelled Pierre. The two
advanced on Lee with belligerent ges
tures.
Lee held up his hand as the fists
threatened him. "Didn't I tell you 1
don't fight?" he drawled deceptively.
“You (Jon' fight? By gar. you’re
goln' to fight dis time or git !" yelled
Pierre. "You 'frald of gittln' whipped,
eh ?’’
“That’s about the size of it,”
laughed Lee. "That’s why I shoot In
stead—quick and straight and sure,
gentlemen !’*
His right hand made a movement
In his coiig pocket, but his automatic
was in the holster at the hack of his
hip, and there was nothing in the
pocket more .lethal than his pipe.
But Pierre, who was nearest,
changed color. The man was a cur at
heart, as Lee had suspected. IB*
leaped" back with a snarlT Shorty
stepped back, too. though not quite so
violently, and the two, withdrawing
out of range, proceeded to hold a
whispered colloquy, at the end of
which/ turning away without another
word to Lee, they proceeded to set
up their camp at a little distance.
Lee turned to the girl, who had
stood a silent spectator of the scene.
"I ought to have explained, per
haps," he said. "You recognized that
man who. insulted you last, night. A
little later I happened to overhear the
pair of them speaking of a plan they
had formed for Intercepting you to
night. I didn't want t<> alarm you, In
case they failed to appear, hut that Is
why I proposed to camp beside’you. I
think they are unscrupulous custom
ers, and you’ve probably reached the
same decision after the s^oene that has J
Just taken [dace.”
-"Thank you, hut I assure you that I
am quite capable of protecting my
self.” answered the girl, and Lee saw
her fingers stray toward a service-
size revolver holster at her belt.
"Of. course I don’t want to intrude,"
said Lee. "But as long as these men
are here, I think I ought to remain.”
She took a step or two toward him,
looking at him fixedly. "Who and
what are you?’?- she demanded with
quhering lips. "How am I to know
that you are not those men’s friend,
that this Is not all part of an arranged
plan?”
"I am not a friend, or associate of
Umse men," answered Lee Indignantly.
“I never saw either of them until one
of them insulted you.in the hotel yes
terday evening. I know that they are
planning to do you some harm."
"Well, and—you?” she asked, trying
to keep her voice steady.
"You suspect me?"
"I don’t know. I trust nobody. I
ask you why you are here."
“My object in camping here beside
you tonight Is simply to protect you,”
Lee equivocated.
She answered, with an effort at
irony. “And my answer to you is that
I do not m*ed protection, but that this
country is free for all—for those men
and for you."
She went hack into her tent, leav-
T+rr
there would he a better chance of
taking him unawares.
At last the black shadows separated.
One of them was coining* tow ard him
with stealthy footsteps. . Lee_Ruessed
that It was Shorty, the more courage
ous of the two.
The fl-gure came slowly on. Lee
aimed the automatic, his finger stead
ied on the trigger. He would fire as.
soon as it made the first hostile move
ment, as soon us it raised its weapon
to cover him.
And then, in amazement, he let the
muzzle of his automatic drop. For the
figure was not coming towajrt him, it
was going toward the girl's tent.'
And it was the girl herself!
Had she then some secret under
standing with the two ruffians, and
had the episode of the evening at the
hotel been a performance staged for
some pdHleular purpose?
That might almost have appeared
credible, hut for the conversation that
Lee had overheard beside the stove
In the light of that, Lee had ‘.o dis
miss the credibility of his su.mise.
The only possible explanation at
which he could arrive was that the
girl had gone to the confederates with
his own story, had taxed them, and,
of course had been persuaded that his
tale was false. Probably they had
convinced her that they were friends,
and that he had designs upon her.
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Mystified and humiliated. Lee
tuned
CHAPTER III
An Unwelcome Guardian
Leo rode hfT hot with indignation
rlt tl$ landlord’s innuendo about the
K. N-. M. P. But this soon yielded to
j anxiety'about tin* girl. The. dlscliisurl'
that The two men were fhmi SisToh
| lake and the lecolleetion of the con
versation he had overheard, convinced
him that the? were planning to kid
nap and comey her there.
Such a plan would seem inconceiv
able but I.ee knew that the gang, re
lieving their. organization firmly en
trenched in power, would stop at very
little. Other things equally sinister
had been done by them.
However, Lee began Mo breathe*
more freely When he had left the
squalid little town behind him. He
walked or trotted l^ls horse till noon,
gradually ascenTttifg(Joward tiie out
skirts of the rangeJthrough a fulrly
open country. .-
like with her'sleeves rolled up to her
elbows and her air of being completely
at home in these surroundings.
As Lee jumped from his horse she
started, then looked at him with an
expression of calm which was tin at
tempt to conceal a very obvious trepl-
datlon.
“Good evening,’L...h^,..calle<l. “I’m
travelling your way, and saw your
camp tin*, so took the liberty bf join
ing you. if there's no objection."
She stared hard at hlnfas if his ad
vent were some long expected blow
that had suddenly fallen. For a few
moments she s* etnod under the in
fluence of an all-possessing fear. Then
mastering it. she answered with the
same affectation of indifference:
"You can. camp w here you like, of
course. The range is free for all."
I.ee, a little staggered at (lie unwil-'
lingness of t'lis Invitation, decided
that it w'buld he better for the present
Tiie snowsTnjght hold p,
not to alarm her with any explana
tions and proceeded to pitch his tent
near hers. While he was unloading his
pack and 'watering his horse, the girl
went on witl| her meal, without paying
any attention to hlio. •
Lee. feeling both uncomfortable and
foolish, was beginning to wish he had
waited, when a horse neighed close at
hand. Ids horse and tiie girl’s
answered, anffi a minute later Pierre
three weeks yet, and Lee
that well within that
tie able to bring back
p%lod he wi
PeUy. if the
would
lat
ter were in the reglrtfa^rtiljess he took
alarm, in which event of course Lee
Little Falls and prepare for a long
winter's chase. The new dominion
iff /or ( two .or
felt.eonfidetit-kCauchon and his companion Shorty
rode Into view through the gathering
darkifess.
Pierre’s behavior at the sight of Lee
was almost ludicrous. He pulled his
would have to bring his horse hack tn horse up short with an oath, and sat
looking from Lee to the girl in almost
comical surprise. Shorty, dismounting
on ntnpehtM':—The purr were ilf'
ready seated In front of their fire,
munching slabs of bread and raw-
bacon. They bad been watching Lee
and the girl furtively throughout (lie
Interview. Lee wondered whether the
girl's demeanor had given them any
Inkling of Its termination. He had
nPver felt so foolish.
If they persuaded her that they
were nuire to be trusted, the situation
would be a serious one for her. LeP’s
' t
position, was certainly far more em-
hnrrasslng than he had anticipated.
It! was almost as If the girl had (b 1 -
cldeo to throw In her lot with the pair
of Free Trader agents. He had not
succeeded in convincing her that their
motives were evil, perhaps because he
had not ventured to voice his real sus
picions of them to her. And he had
only succeeded in arousing her hos
tility.
And, looking at the matter in n
common-sense light, Lew realized that
he had acted wrongly. He should have
warned her on his first arrival. He
could not blame her for effusing j£o
accept his word.
But what was at the bottpm of her
evident fear of him?
The only thing left for him to do
was to try to protect her In spite of
herself. 1 . , .
The friendly forest had suddenly
grown hateful and alien. And. then
Lee knew what the .trouble was. It
was the submerged memories of Es
telle. She meant nothing to him now,
less than nothing, and yet—well, that
had been years ago, and he had gone
through nil that. Still, the Imprint
was there—, -——-^4 .
Suddenly, as on the night before, he^
was startled by the low spundl of
voices. Peering across the grass, he
could just distinguish the shadowy
outlines of two figures against the
men’s fire.
to sleep ut last with his ears attuned
for any unexpected sound or move
merit and the automatic within his
immediate grasp. Long practice with
prisoners whom he had brought
single-handed out of the wilds had
given him the faculty of sleeping In
as complete watchfulness as a wild
animal; no enemy could surprise him
while he dozed.
But there was no need for these
precautions for nothing disturbed him,
and It was the sun. blinking*' on the
edge of the horizon, that awakened
him the next morning.
« The girl was already cooking her
breakfast outside her tent when he
emerged, and she returned.his saluta
tion with a stiff little how, keeping
her face averted.
Lee attended to his horse and then
prepared his breakfast. He had fin
ished before IMerre and Shorty came
on the scene. They looked as if they
had been drinking heavily the night
before, but they made no movement
toward either him or the girl until the
horses were loaded and ready to start,
the girl briefly declining Lee’s assist
ance and handling her own gear like
an expert.
Then* Shorty came up to Lee.
“See here, pardner, what's the great
idea?” he asked, In a tone that was
Tneant to .be conciliatory. "My . {art*
nor and me was wonderin’ if we
couldn't fix up this little misunder-
standin’. I guess you’re bark'n’ up
the wrong tree, ain't you?"
“Meaning?"
“Meaning as how* my pardner and
me don't mean no harm to this young
lady. We're on a prospectin' trip, and
nacherally we don’t want no outsiders
buttin’ In on our property."
“How about this lady?”
"Now, pardner, vou got things sized
* '• w |
up wrong, I tell you. Kf she’s goln'
our way, why. nacherally, we ain't
going to purtend not to see each other.
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Mysterious and efficient young
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take care of fierseff in such
surroundings?
7VC.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Regrowing Forests
The regrowth of timber provided for
In the national forests where the or
iginal stand of timber is cut and re
moved varies with the forest types
Involved; In many forest types the
regrowth is present In the form of
seedlings or saplings at the time that
the overstore of old and mature tim
ber Is removed. Where this Is not the
case carefully selected trees are left
standing. From these trees come the
seed that regenerates the area. In the
case of Douglas fir on the Pacific
coast, seed Is stored up of such quan
tities In the duff on the ground that
the best results are obtained by cut
ting the area clean and depending on
thla stored seed supply for regenera
tion.^ In some cases it is necessary to
plant after cutting in order to inaura
a second crop within n reasonable
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“MY Rheumatism is all gone. I feci
' L a wonderful glory again in the free
motion I used to Lave when my days
wete younger. I
can thank S. S. S. —?
for it all! Do not
close your eyes
and think that
health, free motion
and strength are
gone from you for
ever! It is not so.
S. S. S. is waiting
to help you. When you increase the num
ber of your red-blood-cells, the entire
system undergoes a
tremendous change.
Everything depends
on blood-strength.
Blood which is minus
sufficient red-cells
leads to a long list of
troubles. Rheumatism
ia one of them.” S. S. S. it the great
blood-cleanser, blood-builder, system
itrengthener, and nerve invigorator.
Free Booklet
Send name and
address to 8. S. 8.
Co., Ill 8 8 8.
Bldg., Atlanta,
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drug atorea la two sixes. The
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