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Then, feeling •eHutionsly above him,
Lee continued ids ascent, until at
length there came a tiny glimmer of
light from above, changing into a sud
den glttre as of hig-h noon.
The tunnel was fniipty^
'Pile glare decreased to u glimmer.
Lee understood what It meant. Ills as
sailant had tilted back tin; rocking
) stone and tied.
i Tn another moment or two Lee was
beneath the stone. «He flattened'hlm-
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No Hii^wer came. He strained hta
#yes upward through the darkness,
folors and wheels of light flashed
scrosH Ids vision and went <>nr.
‘Telly, ll«ten to me;” - Pee tried
ngain. ‘‘You know what , 1 v«- enmo
for. You've got no chance. Surren
der. and you'll get fair treatment.’’
Still no answer; snd yet la*e could
feel that other hitman persoiiaJIJjjr
close to him. He waited, baffled.
’There was no way to move, save ver
tically; and there was no possible re
treat for him. The Ice smooth granite
walls were all about him. The tun
nel was a straight, narrow shaft, up
and down, from the rocking stone
above to that deadly drop below.
It was impossible to ru’d! the other.
Impossible to do anything except to
clamber stiffly up those-slippery rungs
of rock, expecting every Instant to
hear the roar of Pelly's pistol and to
receive the bullet ih ids breast. It
was absurdity. And on^e again Lee
tried :
"Polly, you’d betjer give up. I can
shoot jo>< from. here. Surrender,
and-"
He did not end that sentence. For,
as lie citing there, in a moment the
thing above him had materialized into
life, jw tion. fury. A bellow hurst from
Its throat, and the sound, compressed
within the shaft, and deflected from
wall to wall, sounded like the roar of
some prehistoric monster.
And a heavy bndy was precipitated
against him with a force that all hut
dislodged him. For an instant Pee
Struggled wildly to retain Ids balance
—and then tlaue came a blow over the
heart that knocked the wind out of
him.
Pec's hand encountered an enormous
bond at Iris chest. Within that hand
he felt tin* hilt of a knife. Reaching
back. 1 ecs lingers closed upon the
last Inch or two of a wide blade.
The steel appeared to he buried al
most to the extremity within ills hotly.
There was no sense of a stab, hut
me In persuading
him to surrender?" ,
She shook her head. “We always
told him that—my mother and I,” she
answered. “But the thing had crazed
him, he hated civilization after It hap
pened. He was insane upon that sub
ject. He will never surrender.
‘‘Let me try to picture to you what
happened, and the treachery and faith
lessness that have always pursued
him. When, my father fled from the
law he came here and sett let! with my
' mother. I was horn here. For a long
I time we were very happy. My father
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fore lire echoes had dTed away, had
pushed the stone back and emerged,
pistol in hand.
The glare had been only in contrast
to the dark of the tunnel. Ouiside it
Was melancholy twilight. Foe emerged
into a •solitary, snowbound world.
There was no sign of Ids antagonist,
who had evidently bad enough for the
present.
Poe looked down at the fragments
of sldri that remained to him. export
ing to find Tfeb'iselr soaked in blood.
He was astonished to <ee only a thin
.ftiread bif bis c|um. He tore ihe rag
open. v ■ — L —
There—^as only a ' scratch on the
skin from the knifepoint, hut tlcwe
was a spreading bruise under the
thick coils of .levee's- hair, in which
the knife blade bad hennae entangled.
The blow, struck immediately over
tlie liejtrt. Would have killed him in
stantly hut for that. Pee raised the
tresses reverently t" his litis. And
with a deep feeling of tondt'rness
for ku instant Pee felt h deadly faint- toward the gi-l. ho began to m*he hi
mess overcome him, and again he reeled w - ay through th*
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and clutched for foothold. Then ha
had torn the hand away, plucked oat
the knife, nnd liurb’d !f down through
the dhiknc-s of the tunnel into tim
gorge lie low.
The next Instnnt be wn* f.ghting
the mo>t despefilte buttle of bis life
to wit; through the tunnel before lie
bled into mn onseiciisness.
He eutight nt J\\o long, sinewy arms
that clutched his body in the endeavor
to fling him down; and, hobling ml by
their knees : iu,| (Vet, the two wrestled
In complete sder.ee.
It was a man the thing that held
F.ee. but it seemed more like a mon
ster. for the naked arms were covered
with thick hair, underneath vvlib li the
sinews tiMived over* each otlieh like
steel hands. Pee was no match In
wrestling; he could only ding on like
grim deutli. feeling Ids lungs constrict
under that pressure, and exp,s ting ev
ery inomrii! to feel Ids injured rib
crack In his i side.,'
Ills left hand encountered a groove
in I lie rocky rung, ahove hint, and,
gripping it, - determined that rothing
shmrid tear his hold away, with Ids
riglift. list he. began hammering fits as
sn i blip's. (Vice and body incessantly.
His blowsTehounded from the great
du st us. if it were of riitrhiT, and each
bfotV'i sent the breath Jvsuing h'oaVsely
from the lu.igs with raucous wheezing
that Idled the tunnel.
If he mht'r could have got Lee's
left hand, he might have imt; him
from his hold, hut, as If unaware of
Ids hild. his assailant put all ids
strength into tho cndeavoi 4 to force
breath' front his body arid twist him
backwardt-whilo Pee, dinging oh d, s-
perately, continued to batter the face
and body.
Although it was ItjipossilUe to draw
back hi* arm far enough to deliver
a blow with full force. Pees lower
position gave him Die advantage of
equipoise over Ids strange assailant,
and enabled him to administer fear
ful punishment.
Fyr a minute or two it vvas proble-'
mafic whether Fee cmiid withstand the
strain long enough., to conquer. The
great shouldorg swung Pee from side
to side in the shaft like a child, and
all Ihe while I,ee, believing hi itself
seriously, if not fatally wounded,
fought on with the mechanical action
of a piston, dashing his lists into Ida
opponent's face until at last groans be
gan to burst from the other.
Then, feeling the dutch relaxing.
Pee let go ids hold, and, standing
stiaighf up on Die rung, brought both
fists into play. No human being could
have stood up against that fearful
punislimenL-Lee's fists were wet with
blood. The grasp about hint relaxed.
He redoubled the fury of ids blows—
and suddenly found thHt|.he was ham
mering at the bare face of the rock.
.•ippreluYision
peddle them
twilight inward the
log bmi’-i
lie was hut between
the wv iv ye do—ye cm
wiiur ye please, but ye'll leave my
lasses and weans alone, or I II mak
Siston lake . too hot to hold ye ”
“Father Mdlrath—’’ Pee tried again.
"Will ye light, nton to mon, ye
domned Free Trader? V* bl ye tight
or wrestle wT me?"
“I’d he ghid to. Fat her. hut just now k
When. I get i
trapped, and In those days tills was
one of the richest fur districts in
Canada.-
"But tny father was an educated
man,’ and in ins h«%rt lie was always
chafing against his exile. Ho always
cherished (lie hope some day to take
us south where I could lie educated
properly. Then in an evil day lie fan
cied lie had discovered a gold mine.
“It became a mania with him. He
would tell no one where It was, except
Jacques Leboeuf, an old servant, whom
he trusted. They used to go off by
night and work If together. My father
was always talking about Die gold lie
had collected. He wanted to develop
i the mine, to sell it for a fortune, but t
lie was always afraid of being dis- *:*
covered, and lie put it off and put it •{♦
off; and neither my mother nor I ever | X
believed in the mine.
! “Then in an eyil day a man called
Rathway came up. He was a >small
( wblAky peddler. He hud committed
joins crime Against the Indians. He , -j-
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>ir dead when tny father saved him I *(•
from their vengeance. He took him
In and fed and protected hint. Rath-
way learned of the mine, and vvas al
ways searching for it, hut neither my
father nor Leboeuf would__ tell him
where it. was. Once lie tried to spy
on them, and Leboeuf had him by the
throat and would have killejl him if
my father had not intervened in
time.
"My mother died. Rathway grew
fat and consequential, lived “here,
helped my father with his traps, and,
though for a long time my father did
not know If, eontlnued'deham liing ;he
Indians With his whisky. When I wav
a girl of seventeen he began to fake
notice of me He said he loved me.
I didn't know much about love, but
I knew T hated him. Then one day my
father came in fmm the woods lust in
time to protect me from him. and lie
shot 1 lath way through the arm.
"He was aiming again to shoot him
DiroiigTi the heart, for be was terrible
when Ids anger was roused, when
ItiitliMiiy. -landing facing him. with
his arm dripping blood. tofq him
be knew that my father had com
mitted one murder already, and that
the facts .were In his possession, writ-
tin down and left flit* safety- with a
friend Jn tiie south. The change in my
tn flier was dreadful, lie dropped his
rifle, he seemed almost demcived. H:s
faafs for my future, conflicting with
. his fe.irs lor the present and lb; fear*
■of Uwtbuiiy. broke ids will,
for her ."rd speculation as to Ida assail
ant. |fi- first thought Tad ! < en that
the man was ivilvu But u<c,v he bo-
I gan i.» doubt this. 'An old man might
•have bad bis assailants sMvr.gtl: -he
vvoub 1 not have bad Die ombtranco.
Ibit stronger sqI] was Dm conviction
f Dint that ntbnstrous form which had
a! bo Ted hi.tn jii.tlic sfxuft. c.oiild never
have been the father of Joyce.
Y t \\ la> Inn IVHv kne . t: >• rc:
the frost had already'crusted the sur
face, so tiiat ids feet sank in -cum-
brously nt every step. But a grput
load was removed from his mind; the
future now looked roseate.
At last the mission came into sight
—a group of log huts clustered about
a laYger one on a low elevation, sur
rounded by the forest. Lights gleamed
pleasantly inside them. A hprse vvas
neighing in some stables. Over the
largest hut a wooden cros-s stood out
against the background of the sea-gray
sky.
Lee strode up Die ascent, hesitated
as to which lint to approach, stood Ir
resolute for a moment in the open
space at the crest of the little hill.
Then, as he waited, the door of one of
them was flung open, and a man in a
mackinaw and lumberman's boots
Stepped out toward him. Under ids
arm lie held a rifle. He presented it
at Fee's breast.
He looked to he about fifty years of
age. or.a Utile older, lie had a'round,
smooth face as soft as a ha he's, an
incipient paunch. A silver cross hung
from his mackinaw. ' A jolly-looking
priest ; hut the eves within the far*
were steel gray and ice cold. H»
stopped two juries distant.
•Take yersel’ off, vv domned Free
Trader," he said softly, "or I'll blow
ye into Kingdom Come
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.)
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Faflier MHIralh released' liim.
‘‘Y'e're sneql'in’ Die truihV W.ell, then,
fak yeitsel’ (»f'f. Ye cannu see Mees
Pelly—”
A, liglit fndtsfep vounded beside him.
Joyce stood there. Lee swung t"vvxu>i>
her. . .
"I came to m ( ake sure you were safe.
Joyce—" Lee held out his uWuS.
•‘Pinna speak to him. Mees Belly. I
llriderstan' he's helped y«‘—uve, there’s
good in the w.ursst of us—hut lie'll
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"Aye, hut tie’s got u smooth tongue,
and the stomp of ineequby Imsn t come
upon his face yet. Ve wopldlta tlieetlk '
he'd sold trs^cif tu liis maister. If
ye must speuk to him. I'll just stand
hy. mid if I see he's getting: ’round ye
I'll send hint aTtoiit lili busineisi*.'’
With which the doughty father took
up his post just out of hearing, glar
ing at Lee and prepared for instan
taneous intervention. Joyce stepped
forward.
"Lee, I—I'm sonv for what I said
to you. this afternoon.. It was partly
the shock of awakening; T think. I
was unjust to you, ami unjust, too, in_
coining here without trying to get-
word to you. I owe you a great deal.
I accept your word that when you met
me in Die range you duTmlt^know who
I was. Diat you did not pursue my
acquaintance because 1 was the
daughter of the man whom it w as your
duty to apprehend. I—I bear you no
ill-will for having to do your duty.”
"Then, Joyce—’’
"But,” she said solemnly, "you will
see h<>vv tfiy father's safety, perhaps
hi* life, stands between us. We can
only l*e enemies—at least, until—”
‘‘That's what I wanted to speak
about," said Lee. "As I understand it,
this killing was committed years ago,
a .whole geheration ago. It vvas more
or less Justified. If your father is
hroqght to trial and convicted, it will
almost certainly be for manslaughter.
His sentence will be a nominal one.
Quite (vrobabty It will be impossible to
produce the witnesses required to con
vict at all. In angh case lie will go
free.
“He ihas acted ill-advisedly. He
should never • .hayofled. His best
He. will
receive anvthing hat ;i nonjh'.ul sen
fence, that lie might even go f!>-e. that •
in the absence of witne>.,vs u <-.tmc-.
tion inighi prove impu*si!ile. His best
eotir-n vv i mb I be to surrender. Lee
began to grow more hopeful.
The log house came into gif 11
standing bare and bleak in the snowy
wilderness. There was no light w ithin.
f.ee
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door. Ho called.
Hla assaHant tvas gone. Faintly 1 course will be to surrender.
Ii«e iieard the scraping of hjs feet on And himself a free man In a little
the upper ledgctj, of. the. wet lA<J3£Ti. ’ffhlle, in»tead_of_ a huntevj outlaw.
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answer came. He struck a match..
By tie' tiny liglit he saw that Die
kitchen and the adjacent room were
empty. . . -.•• ... - .
And tie began going from room to
room, striking mutches and culling
iter, and knowing all the while the fu
tility of it. Joyce vvas not in the
house.
yShe had fled Into the snow. and.
desperately weary ms lie vvas after ids
encounter. Fee had no alternative hut
to take up the quest. She could nod
have gone far, but she -must have been
In a state of desperation to have gone
out into that storm. Which way? The
falling snow bad purely long since ob
literated tier footprints.
J He made bis way down toward the
trail beside Die river. Only two ways
were possible: one ran toward the
mission, nine or ten miles away, the
other in the opposite direction to the
Five Traders’ headquarters.
But suddenly Fee’s hopes and
spirits leaped, up confidently. Stoop
ing,! he traced the tracks of a sleigh
along the trail. It had been drawn by
a single horse, and it was going In
tiie direiMion of the mission.
There vvas only one reasonable in
ference. Father McGrath must have
been passing, perhaps he had met
Joyce, and he had taken her with him.
1 ,ee took up the long walk imme
diately.' The snow was deep, progrew
wag difficult without afiqwshoes, and
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