The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-06

II his courage. won him a wide
ierth thru this mountain land.
She began 60 catch giimpSc- Of
sard lfc-saucy lays and glorious
kSlored rssaEpies and grc~shrAks. She
cried out in delight when rine
squirrel seampcr~d up utti. tree
lust over her head. rAusing Go look
down at the~e strange forms that
had disturbed the cathedral silence
Ct tho tree aiSloN. And all At once
mn drew IN hts horses.
Miss fremont. do you Ike chick.
en- he asked.
She was ron,~vhss startled nv tho
ABRUPT question. and her horse nc~-<i
Nnivaney's Tanks before she drew
hun 60 a halt. II occurred to her
that such a query sear',-iy came un-
DIR tho title 81 small talk. and she
found some difficulty In shaping her
answer. why. yea she agreed.
I'm very fond OF chicken"
Its PRETTY good. boiled with rice
the man went on Eravely. wen
have Some for supper"
Virginia stared at hirn IN blank
azenient as he slipped do~n from
e saddle and drew his automatic.
4 aalloalibercd pistol from the hol.
rksr. lie stole forward INTO the flax.
~ shadows OF late afternoon. and
once the brush ohscur.d hum.
ben he shot, four times In succcs-
10.
.Ishe was Wholly unable 20 xuesr
= kaf manner % target he bad. Chick.
Is wer. enc thing that she found
= hard 10 believe ranged IN these
irthcrn woods. Sh. felt certain
J, he had missed the first three
1ybts. hut she waited with consla.
khle interest the result OF the
( birth. And soon he pushed thru
q thickets TO her side.
In his hand he bold a queer. gray.
4 apeless bundle that at first she
uld not Recognize. Then abe sa~
Rt they were gray grouse. almost
III color Of = Plymouth Rock hen.
there WAS not one. but four. lie
irted to stuff them into his saddle
Z. X Pretty lucky that time he
biaiDsd- Got 'em thru the neck.
ht leaves the meat CLEAN
s seemed wholly naft~ros faes
but the incident. but Virginia con
Iued to stare al him IN open
\ tuthcd astonishmenI -Four OF
km-- she cried
Zone apiece. There was rve m
- flock. but the other looked like
tough old hen But don't look 80
, 'naxrd. Mes fremont They arc
~
hat means that they.u set an day
and let you peppsr at EN- And with
. ntsis practice IT'S easy to ret them
n the neck pretty near every time
He swung into the sAfcls and
0ey started forth upon the last hour
a their days journey. And yosp~r
made the ociy rcnArk worth record
nG
~wnsa vns IN Saskatchewan iAxs
yAr.- be began IN . thin. far-carry-
fng votra. Il must . shot a thousand
grouse and didn't miss one
Virginia felt that she'd Ike u 20
Nnek and shake him
"
nv ehat my v@e UPON TIE f<xt
lDuY Of the days ride Virginia began
70 BE- aware Of the fun measure Of
her fatigue She Was strained and
tired from the saddle. her knees
arhec. her face burned from the
scratch Of spruce needles Ever she
found n more difficult, 20 dodge the
singing blows OF the bough-. she
was less careful IN the control Of
her horse. Prom sheer exhaustion
Lounsbury had stopped has com
plzfnta-
The r5rst Erayness Of twilight had
crrne. like mist. over the distant
hills. but the peaks we're stiIi bathcd
In the sunsets glow. she be-an 10
lhHvs a real and overwhelming long
Ing for camp and rest And in the
midst of her detection the dark man
IN front threw her a smile.
EFT goes hard at first" he told her
gently. ~But wen soon b In camp
with n god fire. You'l feci better
right away
IL had not ben virrinis's way
~ the way Of vtrrinia's class-to de-
pend upon their rnenlals for encour-
sgement: but. strangely. the girl felt
only grateful
She was hungry. chilled thru by the
Icy breath Of the falling night, half
sick with fatigue. The last mile
seemed endless. And she was almost
TOO tired TO drag herself off the
horse when they came 10 camp.
Back among the dark spruce. by
THE edge OF fast flowing trout
stream. Bill had built a cabfn-one
OF the camps ~ his trap line. II
was only a hut. perhaps Gen feet
long By eight vide: II had no floor
and but slabs for a roof. no window
and no paneIed interior: only the
great logs. lifted one upon another;
yet no luxurious hotel that had been
her lodging for the night on previous
journeys had ever seemed 10 her such
a haven; none had ever been such n
comfort 70 her tired spirit. Her heart
X i2o1sd with Joy NJ the sight OF H.
Bili smiled and held the door open
wide.
"St down on that busted old
chair" he advised I'm have a fire
for you I'm n minute
= ruAteo camp stove had been
erected in the cabin and she watched.
fascinated. his quick actions az he
built fire. With astonishingiy few
strokes he cut down a pitch-laden
spruce. trimmed the branches. and
soon came staggering into camp
with fourfoot length OF the trunk
across his brawny hack. Rrunting
Ike a buffalo the while. This he
split and cut into lengths suitable
Tor the stove. with his hunting knife
ne cut curling shavinga. and IN a
moment a delicious warmth began
70 flood the cabin. The girls body
welcomed II, II stole into her tissues
and buoyed up her spirits. She
opened her hands to II as 70 be.
loved friend
II was only warmth--the exhala.
tion from a rusted stove IN a crudely