Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-13
CONTINUED from Yesterday


"Yesl I watched you make your
fire, and then 1 went back to camp,
and put out my own fire"
Ainley rose suddenly to his feet.
our acquaintance would say"
he began, with a note of bitter NAL
ice in his voice, but Helen inter-
rupted him.
81 wonder what our acquaintances
would say if they knew everything
about the crime for which Hubert
Stane became a convict?"
you believe some lying tale of
Stances ?" said Ainley, in a sneering
attempt to up his own dis
comfture.
81 believe what he told me; 1
would have believed it on his word
alone, but fortunately the matter
does not depend on that word only.
There is evidence, and l know where
that evidence is, and / will tell you
what 1 am going to do. When we get
to Fort Malsun, l shall get Mr.. Rod
well to equip q n expedition, and /
shall recover that evidence and pub
lish 1t to the world, in order to clear
the memory of the man whom you
have so deeply wronged."
"There will be no need for that,
fortunately, Miss Yardely!" said a
voice behind her.
The girl jumped to her feet in sur
prise. And Ainley took a quick step
forward into the circle of the fire.
light. 1t was the mounted police
man. Dandy Anderton, and behind
him came another man at whom
Helen stared for a moment incredu-
lousy, then with a great cry of JOY
ran to meet him.
HUBERT HUBERT"
"Yes!" he answered, slipping an
arm about her.
She rested against him well-con-
tent, and Stances arm about her
frightened its grip; then they came
back to the little world about them,
at the sound of the policeman's
voice.
Didn't know me, Ainley? 1 dare
say not. I'm lot quite the tailor's
mannikin that l was in the old days
at the Varsity! Got a mans job
now, you see. And that reminds me,
I'm here on duty. L happened to
be up the Little Moose when that
shooting took place this morning.
There's a couple of dead Indians up
there, and as 1 guess you had some
thing to do with their sudden deaths
1 shall have TO call on you for an
explanation you know"
Ainley looked at the policeman
without fear. lie waved a hand to-
ward the fire.
MAY as well make ourselves COM
Portable. It's rather a long story l
have to tell. Where are your dogs?'
Back in the wood-anchored. I'll
slip back and fetch them"
NO. said Stane, II will go back
for Them
He turned, and Helen turned with
him.
you don't mind" she whispered.
"Mind!"
She walked by his side, a hand on
his arm. Once when they were well
in the shadows of the wood they
stopped, and with his arm about her
he kissed her.
my dear!" he whispered. my
dear"
Helen said nothing Immediately,
but gave a little sobbing laugh of
gladness. Then after a moment she
asked, How did you escape? How
did you find me?"
at is too long a story to tell you
the whole OF 1t Just now. But right
in the nick of time, when l was eX-
pecting to die, the owner of our
cabin, Jean Bernard, came back. He
saved my ME; but as he knew roth
ing about you. the attackers got
away with you. but as soon as he
heard my story he got ready to pur-
sue, and having found out hat your
kidnapers were making for the Lit
I To 40 Nan1~ n shout n11f n y Il
waited for you. We were at your
heels when the rifles fired from the
shore"
"Then you were with that second
sledge?'
Eyes, / and Jean Bernardo
They moved forward together,
found the dogs. and having righted
the sledge by which they had been
anchored, they returned to the camp.
| Ainley. pipe in hand, apparently
quite cool, was talking.