Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-05

welcome.
But AChip's appearance. and the
somewhat thrilling episode of her
escape from Tins Place and her res
cue,a stonished him. Like all old men
who are childless, a young girl and
her troubles touched a responsive
chord in his heart, and en- the instant
Chips unfortunate condition found
sympathy. Her bluntly told story, with
all its details, held him s%pellbound. He
laughed over her description of spites,
and when she seemed hurt at this
seeming levity, he assured her that
spites were a reality in the woods
he had seer hundreds of them. 1t was
not long ere he had won her conf
dence and goodwill, as he had Rays,
and then he took Martin aside.
"That gals chaser's bin here bout
a week ago." he said, IAN the worst
lookin' cuss I ever seen. l know from
his description twas him. He kept
q~uizzin' me ez to how long we'd been
here, if | knew Mcclure, or had seen
him lately, until 1 got sorter riled n
began to string him. l told him final
" that I'd been foolin' all long; that
| Mcclure was a friend O. mine; that
he'd been here q day or two afore, Dor
rowed some money n lit out fer Can
ada, KNOWN there was a bad man
arter him. Then this one-eyed gazoo
got mad, real mad, n said things, an
then he cleared out"
When Martin explained the situa-
ton, as he now did, Old Cy chuckled.
"Tain't often one shoots in the dark
n makes a bull's-eye," he said.
81 think you and | had better keep
mum about this half.breed's CALL
Martin added quietly, and If Angie
mentions it, you needn't say that you
know who he was. 1t will only make
my wife and the girl nervous"
The two tents were now pitched a
the head of a cove, some rods away
from the hermit's hut, and well out o
sight from the landing, and to thest
both Angie and Chip were assured
they must flee as soon as the expected
bateau entered the lake, and remain
secluded until it had departed.
In a way, it was a ticklish situation
All knowledge that this wait was will
Martins party must be kept from
Tins Place and this half-breed, or sh'
wouldn't be safe an hour; and unit
the Canucks had come and gone. sh
must be kept hidden. Another an
quite a serious annoyance to Marti
was the fact that he had counted O.
these two men as helpers in cuttin
and hauling logs for this new camI
Only man-poWer was available, an
to move logs a foot in diameter an
20 feet long, in midsummer, was n
easy task; but Levi, more experience
in camp-building, made light of it.
"We'l cut the logs we need, clus t
the lake." he said, float 'em 'rount
n roll 'em up on skids. It's eas
'nough, n we don't need them G.
nuckers round a mint"
1t was four days of keen suspense
Chip before they appeared. Neitht
she nor Angie left the closed tel
while they remained yer night, {
until they had been gone many hour
and then every n felt easier.
The ringing sound of axes now b
gan to echo over the rippled lake, log
were towed across with canoes, a CT
lar under the new cabin site was e
cavated, and BODYBUILDING in the will
erness went merrily on.
While the men worked, Angie al
Chip we're not idle. Not only did thu
have meals to prepare over a rude oil
door fireplace, but they gathered gra
and moss for beds, wove a hammot
4 and rustic chair seats out of sedi
grass, and countless other useful aid
Chip was especially helpful and mo
grateful than a dog for any and
consideration. Not a step that. 81
could take or a bit Of work that s.
could do was left to Angie; her int
est and do-all-she-could desire nev
tagged, and from early morn until t
| supper dishes were washed and wipe
Chip was busy.
But Martin, and especially Levi, h
other causes for worry than tho
which camp-building entailed. T
fact that this "Pernicious Pete"
H Angie had once called him, would so
learn of their presence here, and HI
ing all law-abiding people, as su
forest brigands always do, would n
H. urally seek to injure them, was o
H. cause. Then, there were so ma
ways by which he could do harm.
n, fire started at one corner of the /
at midnight, the same Indian-li
n, malice applied to their two tents, t
stealing of their canoes or the gashi
of them with a hunting-knife, a
countless other methods of VENT
spite, presented themselves. In a W;
to they were helpless against such
night-prowling enemy. Over one hi
bred miles separated them from civ
cation and all assistance; an impa
hit able wilderness lay between. I
lis stream and their canoes were the OF
means of egress, These valuable or
81 were left out of sight and sound ca
st night, on the lake shore, and so tn
n, ~vulnerability on all sides was ma
10, fest.
IN (To BE>CoNT1NUED.)
IA MAA