Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-11-28
ouApTER VIll-continued.

,-.,5orrvr had arranged TO De sone
az. Tb4re was no cause 10 uls-
a "' IN. .f-ns If his return, and as Ma
Gus, .o IA, Mentioned him, Hardy was
l'' , nf+.n annoyed by the vision Oh the
,,.... g. voutg fellow interposlhs Oe
.--aor, himself ind the girl.
"" -, 3qv 10 day it could plainly De
No. the rides in the pure mourn
7" air. s,d the delight of the girls
,,,,' were bringing Dach
WIN. NH and visor to the offlcers
$3.50. ,..aakened body. Soon healthy
..I a,,neared under the tan Oh MS
.sIaes The lines Of severity ana re-
.a..a5 Grief began to smooth away
an the morning Of the seventh uay'
.,'a D.. rode over to join Marie Tor
1- ,..I. ort 10 the butte on Wolf river
..-, .e,rs seemed to have dropped from
him Even when he lifted his nat 10
MIN. Nh" ofrl and exposed the silvered hair
o+ his TEMPLES. he looked nearer
+,ronry-fye than thirty. He hau
sh,roJ ofr his bristly mustache!
positively. captain she Danlereu'
"rou starrle me. You are growing so
,orng, First thing / know Shal
be feeling myself q Grandmother III
contrast"
"Impossible." DE- calamity replied.
,'You are the Spirit Of Youth. Beng
with Won is what makes me seem so
much Younger than am. Yet l shall
npver SEQ .hirty-tgo again.
YOUR lareIy of age this morning "
she said smiling at his shapely clean
shaver lip.
IN that case you must humOr my
caIowuess by pretending you need
my aid to mount
She nut one small booted foot in his
hand. rose with the Iightness of a
feather and perched herself sideways
on her mans saddle Unused to such
strange behavior, the pony began to
buck. Hardy sprang to seize the beast
by the head. Marie waved him aside,
and proceeded to give an imprOmptU
exhibition of her skill as a hOrsewOm-
an. With one knee crooked around the
horn Of her saddle, she kept her diff
cult seat like a circus rider, until the
pony subsidized.
you've ridden TO hounds" stated
Hardy as the girl swung astride and
they started off down the valley.
She smiled with qualification. reg
gle never notices such things; but
you The first time | saw a side
saddle | thought it ridiculous"
ON their way down the valley they
met no one, for the families of the
police had moved back to their old
camp site opposite the agency. Marie
suggested that they climb the butte.
With subtle coquetry she gave Hardy
the privilege Of assisting her up the
lodges, though, had she chosen, she
could have outclimbed him. They
mounted TO the top of the highest crag
where they sat down on the bare rock
TO view the plains and mountains
through Hardy's glasses. The utter
stiffness and solitude the immensely of
the cloudleSs blue dome above them,
the great sweep of the landScape-all
tended to quiet the excitement of their
lively ascent. A hush fell upon them.
Marie let the hand that held the
ElaSSes sink into her lap. She gazed
of up the river. dreamy-eyed.
After a prolonged silence Hardy
murmured in half-whiSper: How
alone We are, The world is young-it
is tie beginning of time. And in all
the new, young world, you and I are
alone-Marie."
Ii was the first time that ne had
ever used her given name in speaking
20 her. She started from her day
dream, the color deepening in her
checks. In the same moment she be-
came aware that she had been looking
M moving object.
Look she said. lifting the glasses
i' her eyes. That must be the heod
ana shoulders of a man. He is rid
ing along On The far side of the ridge
an Indian, ms head is muftled in a
blanket"
N"''' >'i',y repeated Hardy.
Inc girl 7pgaUz TO her feet. He
has disappeared but we are no longer
alone in the world Captain Hardy.
Let Us 20 down"
With instant repression of his dis
appointment Hardy took the glasses
ana offered his hand 70 assist her down
me nTSt ledge. She ignored the offer
Nor did She permit him to help her at
sI during the descent.
Her pony leaped away with the usual
jumping start Of q bronco. The mare
stepped clear of the low scrub near
'1e II" edge, out upon the sandy level
~ 'ae oou,ce bottom. She was in the
"', OF breaking into a trot when her
,''e' ha- whirled from his head and
"' f."he4 Sideways out of the saddle
~ !. struck by lightning.
81 moment later the report of the shot
-, 'HaTie, She glanced over her
.'1'1eF @-. saw Hardy outstretcbed
gu the ground. fiaccid and inert
.'-' p >1-aeaneSS that almost threw
l'"! MI his nimble feet. she
.... -'~',e1 A.m around. The mare had
NED within two strides. and twist.
We Fer head about TO look at her fallen
a>.''. The manner in which he had
showed that The shot had come
eH the toulee. FIngins herself
- "s7 p"-y. she plucked Hardy's
.- '0. OF itS sheath and Ieveled If
.''>> The saddle. But she could see
>-a ot the assassin. and no see
-- bullet came whirrius across the
.'. Without q second look IN the
'i'ee she bent over tn rim the hon,
..". Ter under~kirt. This gave her .
,-',a.-e- Her own and Hardy's hand.
.''',S served for a compress. Swift.
q She bound them on the long wound
bleeding. anu stopped he
WIEN at last he opened his ewes his
,..4u was iG Ter lap. He gazed nm intc
DeT do'Cn-bent face. his mind sim y
D1@e' A frown of pain creased his