Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-22
toontinued From Our Last Issue)


Tell me about it," he said at last,
casually. II was thinking of max
ing a boat and going down on a
prospecting trip"
I'm tell you about ii, and then l
think you'll change your mind. The
first cataract is the one just above
where we first saw the river-com-
ing in; then there's this mile of quiet
water. From hat point on the Yuga
flows into a gorge. The walls are
Just about straight up on each side,
and Of course are absolutely impas-
sable. For nearly two hundred miles
the river is considered impassap Die
for boats. Two hundred and fifty
miles or so below there is an Indian
v~iliage-but they never try to go
down the river from here.
And after you've once got into
the rapids, there's no getting out
or landing?"
"Of course not. I suppose there
are places where you might get on
the bank. but the gorge above is i'm
passable."
you couldn't follow the river
down-with horses?"
Eyes, in time. OF course IL would
10 slow going, as there are no trails,
the brush Is heavy. and the country
10 absolutely unexplored. If any
criminaf-or any one like that
could take down this river in a canoe
in high water-and get through into
that great, virgin. trackless country
a hundred miles below, 1t would be
almost impossible to get him out"
"And with good ambushes, able to
hold OF and kill a dozen? Ben's
hands shook. and he locked then be-
hind him. "They call that country
what?"
"'Back There That's all I've
ever heard it calIed-'Back There"
"I must be going now" the girl
said. my father pretty near
goes crazy when I stay away too
long"
His mind seemed to leap and
Gather her words. She was the JOY
and the pride OF the old man's life.
And Ray Brent, the stronger OF
Nelson's two subordinates loved
her too.
"To strike at them indirectly
through some one they love-" such
had been his greatest wish.
"Goodby." the girl was saying.
TN see you soon"
He turned toward her, a smile at
his lips. His voice held steady when
ae spoke.
.Itii have to be soon. II at all" he
replied. 'T've got to really get to
work In q few days. How about a
little picnic tomorrow-on the other
side of the river?"
The girls eyes shown, and the
color rose again in her tanned
cheeks. "I'd think that would be
ca~v nfna 0ba told him
Then I'll meet you here at
sight"
CHAPTER TX
The Wolf Mans Strategy
Alone by the fire Ben had oppor-
unity to balance n thing with an
other and think out the full conse
luence OF his plan.
In the still hour of midnight he
carried the equipment down to the
canoe that Beatrice had left the eve,
ming before, Then he drew from his
pocket a sheet OF paper and wrote
carefully, a long time. with a pencil
Folding his letter carefully. he
sealed it with tallow. Then, wrap
ping one OF his blankets about him,
10 prepared to wait for the dawn.
Just before eight he saw her come
Her voice rang clear and sweet
through the hushed depths as she
ealled q greeting.
go back and get your heavy
coat he commanded. "Tve already
been out on the water and it'll
freeze you stiff"
She smiled into his eyes, but she
ans of a breed of women that had
learned obedience to men, and h
immediately turned. But Ben had
builded better than he thought. His
yes were no longer on her radiant
ACE. They had dropped to the pis-
.oI, in its holster. that she carried
n her hands, preparatory to strap
,ing it about her waist. This pistol
md a small package, the contents Of
which he did not know. were the
,nly equipment she had.
She laid down the things and in a
moment the thickets had hidden her.
swiftly Ben reached for the gun,
md for a few speeding seconds his
ingers worked at its mechanism.
s'For goodness sake, MI. Darby"
he girl cried. "What have you got
n this boat?' She pointed to the
pile Of supplies, covered by the
blankets, in the center of the craft.