The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-15

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 sent me away with e.s,IDsraal-that at myself at Cariboo Meodon'uu u sroud you for coming in my wavs 0"s' and st
 "Whyf' she asked in woDa..
 because you'd have believes
 tney told you, and Carlboo su Ma what can't tell anything abont o m Meadovs bad" he said quietly. , aMu ,nat Isn't tnere makes me entirely unfit ta 'ecotd ciate *ith-that would have ha to asse conclusion. And I wanted oeen your you to talk to you, to tass Oe ,.N with storm ana make you like me .s sVq oy could care for you. Ton e.as. as ! felt grown up, little person. wit,o' have Ing that you do attract ma. us reali'- strongly. All women do, bnt n COL. 'ery ! more than others" '0ile lar Perhaps" she adm,tt0s
 Men have annoyed me with ths,' sO'ol'' welcome attentions. But nono a,s'I as ', up. ever dared go the length of oa,. S, .nen me away against my will yon 'Nns CApiuin UT excuse tlAfb ~ I'm not attempting excuso.,
 made answer. "There are two .,, nli l never do-apologize or bully ,a mug say that's one reason the Msasal uas gives me such a black eye If .s.' weren't a good deal afraid of ma "! always laying for a chance to a, auu up. they wouldn't let me stay in .a. town overnight. So you can see ,,s'. s.. a handicap l was under when if c,n. to making your acquaintancs s ..s courting you in the orthodox nanns,s . You've made great mistaken x. said bitterly, 'if you think you'va !. moved the handicap. I've suffered great deal at the hands of men in tA. past six months. I'm beginning to h. lieve that all men are brutes at he.,,. Roaring Bill sat up and clasped M, hands over his knees and stared or.dl, into the fire.
 "No." he said slowly, "all men ,n not brutes-any more than all vour arc angels. I'll convince you of th,t.
 Take me home, then" she cried fu,. lornly. That's the only way you a, convince me or make amends"
 "No." Bill murmured, "that isn't il. way. Wait till you know me bettr Besides. l couldn't take you out nov H wanted to without exposing you b greater hardships than you'll have b endure here. Do you realise that its fall. and we're in the high latituduf This snow may not go oil at alI. Eva If 1t does 1t will storm again befors week. You couldn't wallow throuaA snow to your waist in forty.below-sss weather"
 People will pass here. and I'll eet word out" Hazel asserted despentely.
 What good would that do ycui You've got too much conventional re gard for what you term your reputa- ton to send word to Cariboo Meadow that you're living back here with Rosr ing Bill Wagstaff. and won't some ons please come and rescue you" He paused to let that sink in, then con tinued: Besides. you won't zee white face before spring then only g accident. No one in the North. out. side of a few Indians. has ever sen this cabin or knows where 1t standa' She sat dumb, raging inwardly For the minute she could have killed Roar ing Bill. She who had been so sureh her independence carried, whether G no. into the heart of the wilderness t the whim of a man who stood sslf confessed rowdy. in i'll repute amcne his own kind. There was slumbef ing devil In Miss Hazel Weir, and t took little to wake her temper. SM looked at Bill Wagstaff, and her bfeaH heaved. He was responsible, and M could sit coolly talking about 1t IN resentment that had smoldered againa Andrew Bush and Jack Barrow conce9 trated on Roaring Bill as the arch a. fender of them all. And lest she y'eiu to a savage impulse to scream at mn 
 she got up and ran into the bedroom. slammed the door shut behind her. ano threw herself across the bed to mum the sound of her crying in a pillow. After a time she lifted her nss Outside. the wind whistled su'uu around the cabin corners. in
 hushed intervals she heard a Ss'~ pad, pad. sounding sometimes clo'e her door. again faintly at the TAT - - of the room. A beam Of iignt s.v. through the generous latchstrins . in the door. Stealing softly ose'' peeped through this hole. from to end of the big room and paca as s,.. Roaring Bill paced slowly '0S s.S straight ahead of him with D' Nj absent stare. his teeth closed vu .e neither lip. Hazel blinked wouu. .s,s, ly. Many an hour in the 'as' .. ,,t, months she had walked the noo' .ao, that. biting her lip in menu, as pI | And then while she was lOohins' '.