Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-11-26
SYNOPSIS OF
PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

NhAFTbk l-Phiip Steele, sou OF
Chicago millionaire, lover Of sdvsn,ur. and
GOT door lie, enlist, at Regina in the Cana
dian Sor,hweM Mounted Police. In hi'
cabin station far w y the north he ss,,
posi- &C psin tn ioin Hucky Nome. a
'-r-~ polio. offcrr
ChAPTkR LIN steele, arrival a, Lac
sn the company asto, ,hs,s; ss:h, S'esa, ,h- Ir
sssH.s. bisS S otSs,i &c f 10 the e"s company, .sT.
yies. Who is on his way to visit the IHe
bnds ,he colonel. and with him unexpectedly,
isohel Becker. The tondne's between then,
convince. Steele they are husband and wife.
sto-,s hnds. Rueky Nome. there Nome. al
hoveh In reality q desperado, has capt..
y.tnG way with women. He makes love to
Mrs Becker after supper at Breeds much
veil When Steele and Nome return to
their cabin at the post Steele angcrs Nome
by charging him with murder, and with
having designs on Mrs Becker. Steele or
der. Nome to quit the service and the
country. to become what he knows he will
be. outlaw Nome leaves, with threats
Of ultimate vengeance. Then, later, Steele
shoulders bis pack and he, too, quits Lac
BAin.
CHAPTER IV.-Sieele visits the cabin oil
Jae9us Pierrot, a half breed. with the idea oi
getting him as companion on his patrol in
stead Of Nome. There he is shown a sken
jacques sick wife. and the well-known odor
of hyaeinth clingins to 1t revves all his at
iecnon for Mrs. Becker
CHAPTER V.-luspector MacGregor sum.
mons Steele to Priuce Albert and sends him
on = dangerous mission to Wekusko to bring
back man uamed Thorpe, who had at
tempted murder Chief Constructor Hodges
For momeni the Inspector stood
Bquarely In front OF Steele, his hands
showed deep into his pockets, twin
kie IN the cold. almost colorless eyes
which rockies dreaded even more
than the tiefcely turned red mus
taches Then he laughed. a ruinb-
ling, cnuckllng. companionable laugh,
such as finds Its vent in the fellow.
ship OF equals. but which is seldom
indu'eed In by superior before an
Inferior In the r. n W. NJ. Police.
Mighty good cigars. eh. Steele?"
he asked. turning slowly toward the
window The commissioner sent
'em up to me- from Regina Nothing
like good cigar m drearv dav
like this WhrU Ilsten TO the wind
straight from Medicine Hat"
For a few moments he Looked ou'
upon the cheerless drah roofs of the
barracks. and then. almost az II hs
were speatirs IN himself. he said
Steele, are Won h=nutv-proof"
There was no hsnter IN his voice
which was f''sd with an lltcus1
earuestness as lie repeated the Ques
tion
Il want to know Steele. Are YOU
beauty proof"
Ia sptte OF himself Philip felt the
fire rising In his own face In tha'
momeut the insns tor could have hit
on no words thar would have thrilled
him more deeply than those Just
spoken. Beauty proof! Did Mac
Gregor know? Was 1t possible. He
laughed softly. as the inspector had
laughed few moments before. Bu,
there was a strange tenseness in his
face-something which MacGregor
saw hut could not understand.
"Beauty-proof'" He repeated the
words. looking keeElv at the other
"Yes, think | am. sir"
"You think you are?"
II am quite sure that am. In
spcctor That ls as far as can go. e"
The lnspet tor seated himself at his
he took photograph. For some
time h. gazed at in silence. uufFne
clouds OF smoke from his cigar. Then
wthont lifting his eyes from the pic
ture he said:
II am going tn pnt you up aeains,
a queer case Steele ard the strang
est thing about II Is its verv sim
plicity. It's a Job for the greenest
rookie In the service, and yet | swear
that there isn't another man in Sas
katchewan to whom would talk ai
] am about to tai to you. Rather
paradoxical. isn't IT."
Rather" agreed Philip
"And yet not when you come t.
understand the circumstances" con
tinued the inspector. placing tht
photograph face down on the table
"You see. Steele. know who you
are know that your father l!
Philip Steele, the big Chicago banker
hhOW tndI You are up nCto 'Ol ~
nance and adventure rather than fol
any other thing there is In the ser
vice. know, too, that you are NJ
prairie chicken, aad that most o
your life has been spent where yol
see beautiful women every hour o
the day. and where soft voices ant
tender smiles aren't the most won
derful things in the world, as they
sometimes are up here. Fact is, We
have way of our own OF running
down records"
"And a confounded clever one 4
must be-" interrupted Philip irrever
emily. Had you any-any particu
lar reason for supposing me to b,
beauty proof as you call it?" h,
added coldly.
i've told you my only reason,
said the inspector. leaning over hi
desk. you've seen 80 many prett,
faces. Steele, and you've associate,
with them SO long that one lit her,