The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-03-08
CONTINUED from our last Issus.l
CHAPTER vi.

1
InNE day. when the sun was
Ill warm. Ward atraishtened his
aching back, waded out 10 dry
ground. and sat down 20 rest a few
minutes and make a smoke.
Hang tho gold I'm going Wis
iting for change"
lie concealed the Euldpan. his
pick and shovel. That did not take
moro than two or three minutes,
and ho made them up after he had
swung into tho saddle on tho far.
| Their hillside. And so he came
/ gathering down the steep trail
into the little flat besids his cabin.
He turned Rather loose In the
/ hay corral with tho briile off.
rather than spend the extra min
utes II would take 10 put him IN a
stall and carry him foFkfui OF
| hay.
Then no flung open the door Of
his cabin and went white With
sheer astonishment
10. wardl" psily Louise had
been standing behind tho door.
and abe Jumped out AZ him. laugtfs
ing. Just as 10 che were 10 years
old Instead OF nearly 20.
Ward tried 10 say. To. Diii.~
/ in return. but IN. words would not
come. His lips tremhlef too much
+ His mind refused TO tell him what
he ought 20 do: but hts arms did
not walt upon his paralyEed men.
tai processes They shot out of
their own accord. caught Billy
Louise. and brought her close
aEains, his pounding heart.
Billy Louise had not expected
anything like that she tried TO
pull herself froc.
stop. Ward Ton - I you
haven't any right to
Well. give me tho right. then
Ward managed 20 find voice
enough 70 make the demand. and
then he kissed her many times he
fore he attempted to say another
word.
You'll give me the right. won't
you. Wtlhelmina ha murmurnd
against her ear, You know you
belong To mo. don't your And I
belong 20 you-hofy and soul. You
know that don't you' I've known
II ever since the world was made
Biily Louise. By . visible effort.
brought the situation down 60
earth She twisted herself free
and went over TO the stove and
saved = fryfngpan Of potatoes
from burning to . crisp.
Ward stood and looked a. her
until the food was all on the table.
When she pushed Dor up 20 tho
table and sat down upon IL, he
drew a long breath. hnnched his
shoulders with scms mental sur.
render. and grinned wryiy.
so be II" be yielded, throwing
his hat upon tho bunk. Il mos,
humhly ask your pardon,- lie
bowed farcicaiiy and took up tho
wash basin from .is bench tust
outside tho door.
You see. William Louisa n.
went on quixxlcally. when hs hsa
seated himself opposite her. when
young lady invades strange ter.
ritory. and hides behind strange
doors. and Jumps out Mt an unsua.
b'&ttN6 Rte tfAAth44 NsAsFrF1niuK
young man. she's apt TO get a ,ur.
prfss. When emotions arc bot.
tied
Never mind the bottled emo.
tons Toll mo what you've been
doing all this while" Billy Louise
spoke lightly. even rippantly, but
her eyes were making love TO him
shyly. whether she knew II or not
Working" answered Ward
promptly and briefly. He was
thinking at the rate OF a million
thoughts a minute. II seemed 10
him, and be was afraid TO let 20
Of himself and say what he thought.
One thing he knew beyond all
doubt. and that was that he must
be careful or he would zee him air.
castle blow up in small fragments
and come down n hopeless ruin.
lie needed time 10 think, and Billy
Louise was not giving him even n
minute. So no clutched Mt two dc.
cisions which instinct told him
might help TO win to safety: He
would not make love. and no would
not tell Billy Louise about tho gold.
Why don't You show some human
inquisitiveness about my being