The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-11

desire to know how far he intonao, go began to take hold of her A,,. .o they dropped into valley wbo,o ua' .s woods thinned out, and down the can sn' ter Of which flowed sizah,e r,val en' lhis they followed north a mattor .: three days. On the west the vo,,s1 wall ran to timbered ridge.
 Then the stream they follovo. merged itself in another, both wido oes deep, which flowed west throuos anu ievel-bottomed valley three milss more In width. Roaring Bill halted =. the river bank and stripped b,s ha Ou clean, though 1t was but two in .hs afternoon and their midday fire ,o.s .s than an hour extinguished .yss Sss watched him curiously. When Ia. h,. packs were off he beckoned to ho- ' Hold them a mlnute," he said on. put the lead ropes in her hand '
 Theh he went up the bank into thicket of saskatoons. Out of th,s ,a presently emerged. bearing on hi. shoulders canoe, old and weather. beaten, but stanch, for 1t rode lI.h. as a feather on the stream p,m seated himself in the canoe, holdnv to Silks lead rope. The other two h. left free.
 "Now." he directed, "when I star, across, you drive Nigger and Satin in If they show signs of hanging hact Bounce q rock or two of them If thev lag"
 Her task was an easy one, for Satin and Nigger followed silk unhesitat. ingly. The river Tapped along the sleek sides of them for fifty yards Then they dropped suddenly into swimming water, and the current swept them downstream slantwise for the op. posite shore, only their heads showing above the surface. Hazel wondered what river 1t might be. It was good quarter of mile wide, and swift
 Roaring Bill did not trouble to en- tighten her as to the locality. When he got back he slowed the saddle and pack equipment in the canoe.
 All aboard for the north side," he said boyishly. And Hazel climbed obe- diently amidships.
 On the farther side, Bill emptied the canoe. and slowed 1t out of sight In convenient thicket, repacked hls horses and struck out again. Hazel drew upon her knowledge of British Columbia geography, and decided that the big river where Bill hid his cahoe must be the Fraser where It debouched from the mountains. And in that case she was far north, and in a wilderness indeed.
 Her muscles gradually hardened 10 the saddle and to walking. Her appe tite grew in proportion. The small sup ply of eatable dainties that hoarihs Bill had brought from the Meauo"' dwindled and disappeared, uh'il '',. were living on bannocks baked frontier in his frying pan, on pea"s and coffee. and venison killed by 'n0 way. Yet she relished the coarse iaio even while she rebelled against the c''' cumstances of Its partaking.
 Do you realize" she broke out ou' evening over the fire. that thls is ''' ply abductionY
 "Not at all." Bill answered promp. ly. abduction means to take a"a. surreptitiously by force. to carry avn. wrongfully and by violence any ha'ns. being. to kidnap. Now, you cah w any stretch of the imagination a.'o'e me of force, violence or kldnaphs not by long shot. You mercy wan dered Into my camp, and It wasn ..s .... venient for me to turn back lh'.s fore circumstances-not my ac'' ,o member-made 1t advisable TOT 'o. accompany me. Of course III au that. according to custom anu usu S,,,a you would expect me to do the poH .rr thing and restore you to your v w stamping ground. But there or no to making 1t mandatory for len0I I.n, pilot home a lady In distress M that ~t