The Bottineau courant., 1912-03-15

20, FR1DA y MARCH IS,
Hs turnsd "A ithopt h. aaetheFF
.'Rait.. ria ths woman. u n u,
afraid to stay here. +
She had been fearless enough before
lin those mountains. but her recent ex.
psrience had somehow unsettled her
nerves. 5.s Ss II
There Is nothing on Garth to hurt
you, think" returned the man.
There isn't human being, 90 Tar O.
I know, In these mountains .
Except my uncle's party
He nodded. 9s
but there might be another bear
she added desperately, forcing hersslf.
Not likely; and they wouldn't como
here IL there were any. That's the
first grizzly have seen in years. =
he went on, unconcernedly. studiously
looking away from her, not to add to
her confusion at the remembrance Of
that awful episode which would Oh.
trude itself on every occasion. You
can use rihe or gun"
She nodded. He stepped over to
the wall and took down the Winches.
ter which he handed her.
"This one IL ready for service. and
you will find q revolver on tho shelf.
There 10 only one possible way Of 20
cess to this cabin; that's down those
rock stairs. One man, one woman, Z
child. even, with those weapons could
hold It against m army"
Couldn't I 60 with you?"
ION that foot!''
Enid pressed her wounded foot uton
the ground. It was not so painful
when resting, but she found she could
not walk step on it without great
suffering.
II might carry you part Of the way
said the man. II carried you last
night, but It would be impossible. all
Of it,
Promise me that you. will be back
by nightfall, with Uncle Bob and" I"
II shall be back by nightfall. but /
cant promise that ! will bring any.
body with me-"
"You mean?"
"You saw what the cloudburst near.
IL did for you." was the quick an
swer. IF they did not get out Of that
pocket, there is nothing left Of them
now"
"But they must have escaped" per-
sisted the girl, fighting down her
alarm at this blunt statement Of possi-
BILE peril. Besides, Uncle Robert and
most of the rest were climbing one Of
the peaks, and
They will be all right, then; but IL
am to find the place and tell them
your story, must go, now"
He turned, and without another
word or a backward glance. scrambled
down the hill. The girl limped to the
brink Of the cliff over (which he had
plunged and stared after him. She
watched him as long as she could see
him, until he was lost among the
trees. If she had anybody else to de-
pend upon. she would certainly have
felt differently toward him; when
Uncle Robert, and her aunt, and the
children, and old Kirkby, and the rest
surrounded her. she could hate that
man In spite Of all he had done for
her, but now she stared after him de-
terminedly making his way down the
mountain and through the trees. It
was with difficulty she could restrain
herself from calling him back.
The silence was most oppressive.
the loneliness was frightful. She had
been alone before in those mountains.
but from choice; now the fact that
there was no escape from them made
the sensation very different one.
She sat down and brooded over he1
situation until she felt that II she did
not do something and in some way d.
vert her thoughts she would break
down again. He had said that the
cabin and It's contents were hers. She
resolved to inspect them more close
ly. She hobbled back into the great