The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-20

TIE other men," Lois told her, curtl
Paul is mine"
is he?" laughed Constance. "Yc
nave good taste"
That night the two girls stoo
watching the jam. and men workin
on II like beavers. Paul paused a m,
ment BY their side.
In Charlevoix We have nothing Ink
this. Lois" he said. tenderly. You wi
miss IT,"
Constance's lashes drooped.
You are from Charlevoix." she AL
ed innocently.
All that afternoon she had bee,
making inquiries among the othe
men. and the whole past of the Ia,
lay open to her. She knew that he ha,
ignored her advances. and the it'll,
tang OF Indian blood that ran in he,
VEINS from big Kirk Morgan sang II.
own little song OF revenge. did yor
ever Know man there name Fon
! taine?"
10th Lois and Paul turned to lool
at her.
Louis rontainec"
lie was Lois father" Constance
smiled slowly, straight IN into his
ewes, She had found out that the mar
"ao had shot Lois mother Was named
!. iommedieu The startled look in
FAuls eyes did the rest for her. "Eh
raul, If it We're only twenty years ago
ana Your father could meet him here
there would be more tragedy. 1t would
maze our old woods livelier"
Lois eyes questioned him mutely.
pid the bar Of red lie between them.
making their love almost a horror to
think Of? His own eyes were filed
with startled dread.
A cry Of the men on the lam made
him leap for the nearest logs, as the
mass started to move towards the
TAILS. He had gained the summit Of
the Jam. Lois watched him with a
quick beating heart. She heard Con.
stance laugh beside her.
is he yours now" she asked. soft.
ly.
The men were leaping from the logs
now. as they neared the falls. Il was
risky work, always to catch foothold
on the swir!ing. ever turning. slippery
logs The last was Paul. A log caught
IN midstrcam and swept crossways.
Another dovetailcd II, more clambcrcd
like living things on It's ridge, and a
second jam WAS threatened. Paul
worked steadily. deity. while the men
shouted 10 him Of his danger. there on
the very brink Of the falls When the
logs parted, he might b. swept to Ger
tam death with them And suddenly
Lois started out towards him over the
logs She had no thought Of saving
him, rather n desperate longing to 70
with him when he went over. hut the
shout from the shore unncrvcd him,
and as he looked back 10 catch its
cause he lost his footing. and fell
backwards into tho water.
At any second the Jam might give
way and sweep them over. hut Lois
reached the place, and as he rose she
caught him, and hauled him half way
up on the logs. lie had been struck
On the back Of the head and was half
unconscious, but she held him until
Morgan and another lumberman had
,Ome to the rescue. And Just az they
reached the shore In safety with their
burden the jam gave way with q
mighty roar and the logs dashed over
he falls like jackstraws,
II was the next week after Con.
stance had gone back to the convent
hat Paul opened his eyes and looked
It the figure beside his bed. Ills head
vas bandaged and his whole body
hrobbed with pain. One thing In all
he world seemed to stand out clearly
Lois upliftcd face, with tho deep
'lue eyes. and dark curly mass OF hair
round II. and her lips. wonderful
ccp coral red against the clear olive
Il her face
WAS II not punishment enough TO |
now he had killed the one he lovcd?"
q asked slowly "IIc suffered most. |
.Ois | can remember He was not
ny father, but my fathers younger
rothcr We came down from the
traits 10 care for him after he lost
is mind can always sec him pac.
1g up and down the sand on the lake
hore. calling 10 Lois to come back
nd set him free from torment did
OF know that ! would love Lois too
mother Lois"
Lois knelt beside the he'd and laid
er face against his head, as she had
wed to do to her fathers. and both
new the bar Of red could cast no
anne OF ruin over their young lives
owe had turned II TO living gold