The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27

those dogs" he called back, t'but IL
wouldn't be policy
I. For time the crashing Of their bodies
Sro%,ad 9ug The dense dense growth Of the swamp
later Neil stopped on the edge OF II wide
bog. The hounds were giving fierce
tongue In tho forest on their left and
his pistol. Nell saw the movement and
laughed.
Don't like the sound. eh?' he said.
we get used to it on Beaver Island.
They're just about al the places where
they tore little Jim Schneider to pieces
q Few weeks back, Schroeder tried to
XII one of the elders for stealing his
vic Vic while he was away on nights
fighing trip"
He plunged TO his knees in the bog.
They caught him just before he
reached res the swamp" he flung back over
would have been safe"
Nathaniel sinking TO his knees In the
mire. forged up beside him.
Lord he exclaimed. as a breath Of
curdling cries to them. IF they'd loosed
them on US sooner"
He shivered at tho terrible grimace
Neil turned on him.
Had they slipped the Ieashes when
poor Schroeder now. Capt Plum. BY
the way" no stopped moment TO
wipe the water and mud from his face,
three days after they covered Schred-
der's bones with muck out there. the
elder took schredder's wifet She was
too pretty for fisherman He started
on. but halted suddenly with uplifted
hand No longer could they hear the bay
ing of the dogs. They've struck the
creek,f said Nell. 'IistonI''
After an interval of silence there came
long mournful howl
"TreedItrecd or In the water, that's
and his devils arc hustiing now r
breath as he forced his way through the
bog. Twenty rods farther on they carno
to slime covered bit OF water on which,
was floating a dugout canoe. Immense
face as he climbed into 1t. At that mo-
ment he was willing to fight hundred
men for Marions sake, but snakes and
bogs and bloodhounds were entirely out
side his pale of argument and he en-
hibited no hesitation in betraying this
fact TO his companion. For quarter OF
n mile Neil forced the dugout through
water viscid with slime and rotted sub
stance before the clearer channel or the
creek was reached. As they progressed
the stream constantly became deeper and
more navlgable until IL finally began 10
show 5igns OF current and lttie later
under the powerful impetus Of Neil's pad
die, the cnnoe shot from between the
dense shores into the open lake. A mile
away Nathaniel discerned the point OF
forest beyond which the Typhoon wns
the ship to his companion.
You sure there is a small boat
waiting for you on the point?' asked
Nell.
Yes. since early morning"
Neil was absorbed in thought for some
time as he drove the canoe through the
tall rice grass that grew thick along the
edge OF the shore,
How would 1T be il landed you on
the point and met you tonight at oba-
diah's?" he asked suddenly. "It is prob
able that after We get Marion aboard
your ship ! will not return to the island
again, and il Is quite necessary that |
run down the coast for a couple of miles
for He did not finish his reason, but
added: 81 can make the whole distance
in this rice go there is no danger OF
being seen. Or. you might lie off the
point yonder and / would join you early
this evening
must SEPARATE said Nathaniel, whose
voice betrayed the reluctance with which
he nssented TO the project, He had
guessed shrewdly at Neil's motive. rs II
lady passenger" he asked banteringlv.
There was no answering humor TO this
Il wish we might" he said quietly:
We CAM exclaimed Nathaniel my
ship"
1T is impossible. l am speaking OF
Arbor Croche's house. Is In
the heart OF the town and guarded by
She has always been like little sister
to Marion and me and she has come to
We do. l hate to
leave her"
"obadIah told me about her mother"
ventured Nathaniel. "He said that some
day Winnsome will be a queen,
81 knew her mother" replied Nell; as
though he had not heard Nnthanieis
others face: II worshipcd her"
"Oh-h-h-!"
From distance" he hastened. 'She
was as pure as Winnsone Is now Little
be as beautiful"
"She is beautiful now"
But she is n mere child. Why, It
seems only year ago that was totins
mother died. She is 1e now
Nathaniel laughed softly.
Nell. and before you know it she will be
married and have n family Of her own.
] tell you she is woTan-and il you are
not fool you will take her away with
With n powerful stroke Of his paddle
'ThereH' ne whispered. You have
BOAT" He stretched out his long arm
and In the silence tho two shook hands.
III you should happen to think Of
way--thnt We might get Winnsome-' he
The sudden grip OF his companions fin
gers made him finch.
1--WE must" said Nathaniel.
lie climbed ashore and watched Neil
until he had disappeared In the wild rice.
Then he turned into the woods He
looked at his watch and saw that II was
only o clock. He was conscious OF no
fatigue; he was not conscious OF hunger
To him the whole world had suddenly
opened with glorious promise and in the
stu depths Of the forest he felt Ike
singing out his rejoicing, He had never
stopped TO ask himself what might be
the end OF this rassion that had over
whelrned him; he lived only In the pros
ent. In the knowledge that Marion was
not n wife. and that II was he whom
fate had chosen for her deliverancc. He
reasoned nothing beyond, the sweet eyes
that had called upon him, that had
burned their gratitude, their hopc and
their despair upon his soul; nothing be
yond the thought that she would soon be
free from the mysterious influence OF the
Mormon king and that for days and
nights after that she would be on the
same ship with him He had empticd the
pockets Of the coat he had given Neil
and now he brought forth the old lettor
which Obadiah had rescued from the
sands He read IL over again as he sat