The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1912-05-02
CHAPTER VII.
4 reIearam and a Caller.

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fountains an avoid the big bend. I've
=. M reason to suspicion that she
didn't go were she said"
aNevertheless, said Maitland, 1T
sarelv possible that she may have
sbanged her mind and gone up the
zcanon'
eyen the female mind does often
.honge unexpected like" returned the
o,her abut w'ether she went up or
Town the only place for us to look, |
~ Il is down, for If she's alive. II
he rot out of the canon and Is above
: nacherly she'd follow 1t down we're
!, we'd a seed her by this time. If
h didn't git out of the canon. why.
IN that's left of her Is bound to be
Aown stream"
Maitland nodded. He understood.
u wed better go down. theR" con-
<Ipued Kirkby. whose reasoning was
sawless except that he made no al
sowance for the human-divine interpo-
sitIon that had been Enid Maitland's
kalyation. IAN If we don't find no
trace Of her down stream. we kin
.eome back here an go up"
It was hard. desperate journey
#he two men took. One of them fol-
lowed the stream at its level, the
bther tramped along in the mountains
4 gh above the high water mark Of
de day before. If they had needed
|6ny evidence of the power of that
xloudburst and storm, they found 1t in
NE canon. In some places where It
II as narrow and rocky the pass had
.Heen fairly secured; at other places
lie whole aspect of II was changed.
Ne place was a welter of uprooted
Fees, logs jammed together in fan
Hstic shapes; 1t was as IL some wan
4pn bosom OF destruction had swept
|the narrow rift.
Il Ever as they went they called and
fEied The broken distractions of
Dc way made their progress slow
What they would have passed over
ordinarily in half day. they had not
Raversed by nightfull and they had
zen nothing. They camped that night
Hr down the canon and in the morn
Hg, with hearts growing heavier ev-
ny hour. they resumed their search.
81 About noon of the second day they
<Rme to an immense log jam where
PC stream now broadened and made
n sudden turn before 1t plunged over
n fall Of perhaps two hundred feet
Il to the lake. II was the end of their
4pest. If they did not find her there.
Hey would never do SO. With still
Harts and bated breath they climbed
~ over the log jam and scrutinized
d A brownish gray patch concealed
Mneath the great pines caught their
#es. They made their way to 1t.
& Its bar, big Grizzly" exclaim-
g Kirkby.
The huge brute was battered out OF
n semblance of life, but that 1t was
81 Grizzly Bear was clearly evident.
erther on the two men caught sight
Hddenly Of dash of blue. Kirkby
epped over to it. lifted 1t in his hand
n silently extended 1t to Maitland.
was sweater. woman's sweater.
*pey recognized ii at once. The old
- shook his head Maitland groan-
aloud.
see we're said Kirkby, pointing to
Il ragged and torn garment where
z laences of discoloration still re-
|1iied looks like there'd bin blooc
III it,
Great Godln cried Maitland. mot
bear; I'd rather anything than
Wateyer it Is, she's gone said
old man with solemn finalIty
ller body may be in those logs
MERE
Vt IN the lake" answered Kirkby,
'o'niiy' but Were ever she is we
git to her now"
re must come back with dynamite
ofeak up this jam and"
rep nodded the old man. we'll
81 mat, Of course. but now, after
search this jam O. logs guess
'es hothln' to do but go back. an
quicker We git back to the settle.
~ me quicker we can git back
T. l think we can strike acrost
mouhtains an save day an
'heres no need Of us goin' back
lhe canon now. | take ~"
4so answered the other .the
Naef the better, as you say. and
that way"
10y searched the pile eagerly, pry-
s"uef II. peering into II. upsett4ng
- iaf as they could with their
s. nahds, but with little result. for
'ouna nothing else. They had tn
another day. and next morning
hurried straight over the noun.
s. reaching the settlement almost
aeon as The others. Maitland with
ssas energy at once organized q re-
patty They hurried back To the
! - me IAN 10 pieces. searched
~aal'f and found notasng. Tc
- iake Was impossible. II was
49, - q feel deep and while they
y iroze. The weather had
80 some days before. heavy
s@a already fallen: they had ID
g TIE mountains without
'As % else - frozen I'D 20
n Aaa net tfla then die Mnlf.
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