Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-04
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Begin Here Today


Hubert stane is q discharged con-
Wet He rescues Helen Yardely
when her canoe drifts into danger
eas waters Helen IS staying near
\ northern post CT the Hudson Bay
Company Nith her uncle, a governor
ct the company. Stane and Helen
san 70 Nalk the trail to the gov
eTEnr camp
When forest Ere oEertakes thsm
hey fee On a Ea1t from the flames.
They Ind : deserted cabin and take
possession Trooper AnGerton OF
the y. ". y. p comes 10 the cabin
CT his wsg 10 visit an Indian camp.
Al arrow shot ia An attack on the
cabin misses stane-
Now 60 On With The story
= wll lie down she said with a
little laugh. ~but 7 am afraid sleep
Hil be another matter. NJ nlnd is
iI = ferEs8-
stane Ii hls pipe and seated him.
self near the stove He had. as ne
had previously told the girl. little
1ear of any attack developing that
night and this anticipation proved
- be the correct one. The Eiiu, dead
hours passed IN Qu1etness. and when
tho gray dawn broke. he cautiously
opened the cabin door and looked
out Nothing stirred anywhere.
either IN The forest OF lakeBards
He turned and looked at his com
paniOn Iho had Just emerged from
her sleeping place.
Il think we have cur little world
10 ourselves again"
When breakfast was finished and
the necessary morning tasks fin
ished. Stane. who had been in and
out Of the hut frequently and had
kept a careful watch on the wood
and lake. looked al Helen.
DO you feel equal to facing the
possible danger. Miss Yardely?"
Il am not afraid. answered Helen
quickly, and If 1 were / wouldn't
own it-or show il. I hope"
Il don't believe you would" re-
piled Stane with a smile We vii
go out. first on the lake where we
can survey the shore; and then
/ along the path in the woods where
we saw that man yesterday"
They walked forward for perhaps
half a mile and halted at point
whence they got a vide view Of the
shore. Stane looked up and dowI
! the lake.
In due time they reached the cabir
/ without mishap. They had found nj
sign of the enemy of the previous
night. If he still lurlsed in the wooC
he kept himself hidden and Stan,
hoped that he had withdrawn 70
good. But he determined to take n,
! chances, and busted himself in tn
next few hours with cutting a goot
| store of wood which he stacked II
tho cabin. He also chopped a con
| siderable amount of ice which n
| stored as far away from the stov
as possible. Some cached moose
meat, which was frozen solid as
board, he hung on the rafters c
the cabin. which themselves wer
white with frost.
The short day had almost ende
when he had completed these task:
and he was about to enter the oabir
when through the dusk he caugh
sight of a figure, standing anon
the trees openly watching him. TIL
garb proclaimed the figure to be tha
of woman and for a moment h
was utterly startled. Then, actin
4 on impulse, he started to walk to
wards the watcher, his unmittene
hand on the butt of the pistol at hi
hip.
CHAPTER XVII
The Attack
The watching woman made n
attempt to escape, but some
what to Stances surprise, awaite
his coming. As he drew nearer II
was again startled to find that
was the girl whom he had talke
with at Fort Malsun.
''Miskodeed," he cried in surprise
"You. What are you doing here =?
II come to warn thea" said tn
girl in her own dialect. "Once befor
l did that and j was too late. Blu
now 1 am in timei'
''To warn me?'' he echoed still to
surprised TO say more.
Yes answered Miskodeed "Ther