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gied with his voice. I'VE all make
mistakes. Beuiah," he said. Il have
made mine this Is years. and there
there is the price!"
!. His words turned Beulah's though!
to Allan. and the necessity for action
brought her to her feet. 1--WE must
save him." she cried. 1--WE must, and
we will Is the policeman gone? We
must have the best doctors from Cal
gary" Looking about she found that
Grey and Arthurs had left the room.
They had slipped out to leave father
and child alone with their emotion.
but she found them at the front of the
house.
She seized the policeman by the
arm. "You must get us doctor-the
best doctor in the country" she plead
ed. I'VE will spare nothing"
MY guest. Miss Harris, Sergeant
Grey" said Arthurs, and the police
man deftly converted her grasp into a
hand shake.
'Mr. Arthurs has told me the In
jured man is your brother. He shall
want for nothing. And the sooner
60 the sooner you will have help"
So saying he rode down to the gate.
thanked the cowboy who had been
keeping an eye on the prisoner, and
the two started off at smart trot
down the trail.
Beulah returned to the house to min
lister to her brother. but Mrs. Arthurs
stopped her on the stairs.
"Your mother knows" she said.
.They are both in the room with Al
ian."
Her first impulse was to rush In and
complete the family circle, but some
fine sense restrained her. For distrac-
ton she plunged into the task of pre-
pairing breakfast.
At length they came down. Beulah
saw them Oh the stairs. and knew that
the gulf was bridged.
"Allan is better" her mother said.
when she saw the girl. HE has asked
for you" And the next minute Beu-
lah was on her knees by the white
bed, caressing the locks that would fall
over the pale forehead.
"How did get here. Beulah?' he
whispered. "How did we all get here7
What has happened?'
"You have been hurt. Allan." she
said. "You have been badly hurt, but
you are going to get well again. When
| you are stronger we will talk about 1t,
but at present you must lie still and
| rest"
.How good it is to lie still and rest"
Later in the day the pain in his
! wound began to give much discomfort.
but he was able to swallow some por-
| ridge with pure cream, and his breath
! came easily. His father stayed about
the house, coming every little while
to look in upon sou and, daughter, and
as Allan's great constitution gave ev-
idence Of winning the fight deep hap
piness came upon John Harris. He
was able to sleep for short time,
and in the afternoon suggested a walk
/ with his wife. Beulah saw that they
were arm in arm as they disappeared
/ in the trees by the river.
/ Il haven't told you all yet" Harris
said to her. II have done even worse
/ than you suppose. but in some way 1t
doesn't seem SO bad today. Last night
was in Gethsemane."
1t was strange to hear word sug-
gestive of religion from his lips. Har-
ris had not renounced religion: he had
merely been too busy for it. But this
word showed that his mind had been
travelling back over old tracks.
"And today we are in Olivet." she
answered. tenderly. ''What matters II
IF everything's all right?"
"If only Allan he faltered.
/ "Allani will get WE'LL" she said.
"When he could withstand the first
shock he will get well. OF course. he
must have attention. but he is in the
right place for that
/ "The Arthurs are wonderful people,
he ventured. after a pause. "Mary,
they have found something that we
missed"
But we have found 1t now. John.
We are going to take time to live. That
is where we made our mistake"
There was another pause. broken
only by the rustic Of leaves and the
rushing of the river.
"Beulah was right" he said. at last
"Beulah is a wonderful girl. and a
beautiful"
"She Will not be wanting to 60 back
home with US" said the mother,
$50 much the better. Mary. Mary
we have no home to 90 back to ]"
/ She looked at him with sudden
puzzled, half-frightened expression
mo home. John? No home? You
don't mean that?'
/ He nodded and turned his face
i away. Il said hadn't told you ALL
he managed at length. II sold
the farm"
/ She was sitting on fallen log, very
trim. and gray. and small. bur she
seemed suddenly to become smaller
and grayer still.