The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-03

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But they were around tho bend by
now. and nen's breath caught a. n
In triumphant gasp. Already all
opportunity for tho xsri 20 swim TO
shore was irremediahiy past. while
he could stiIi control the canoe with
comparat,vs ease. the river was a
swtft-moving sheet OF water that
would carry any one but tho strong
est swimmer rcmorsoieusly into the
rupsds below. Hem smiled. like man
who has come into a great hsppi-
ness. and rested on his paddle.
Push into SHORE the girl urged
The home shore-if you can Then
rn 80 and ma him and try Go quiet
him. Hen kin you II you don't"
A short pause followed the girls
words. The man smiled coldiy into
her syc.
Hell XIII me. win her he re-
psafcd
The response 20 tho simple ques-
ton was simply unmitigatsd terror,
swift and deadly. surging thru tho
girls frame II caught and twisted
her throat muscle. like q cruel hand:
and her childish eyes widened and
aarkened under his contsmptuous
Eare.
what DO you mean7" she asked
hrcathieaxly. ~What--aro YOU going
TO dor
He won't kin me-" ben went ON.
4 may kill hfm-and I viii n can
but he wont KIN me. see-we're
gcinE faster all tho time
II was true. Strokes OF the paddle
were no longer necessary to prcpsi
tho craft at tho breakneek pace. II
sped IKE an arrow straight toward
the periious catRrscts below.
The girl watched him with tran
scendfnS horror. and slowly the truth
went homo. Tho supplies In the boat.
her fathers Desperate attempt 20
rs.cu. her. even at the risk OF her
own life and the cost OF Ben's. this
white. exuitant face before her. more
terrible than that ~ the wolf be-
tween. the coid reptile eyes 40 FUN OF
some unhallowcd emotion--st last
she saw their meaning and relation.
Was II deash--was that what this
mad man in the stern had for her7
she remembered what she had told
htm the day before. her description
Of the catnracts that lay below. Hhe
struggled to shake off the trance that
l. -
Turn into the shore" abe told him.
haif-whispering. There was no plead
Ing In her tone: the hard eyes before
her told her only too plainly how
futile her pleas would be- You sfnl
have time 10 steer into shore. III
Jump overheard n you don't
He shook his had -Donr Jump
overheard. BsAfricA- ~ ansvsred.
eome Il ths harshnam gone from his
tssaA n iznr my purposs - hin
Sou-anA 70 jung svw int this
Gfzenm sn1y msans - a,s-fos any
80 szBspe a. usnse p0vsrfui swim
nsr. Yeu,d - enxrssd dsvn b n
Instant.
Ths mi INV - spoks shs truth
Only death dwsss n thoo cola and
rushing wAtsrA what DO you mean
70 dor abe asked
Her tone was moro quiet now, and
he waited an instant before he
answered Ths canoe gifded faster
ever faster down the stream. Some
what AFRAID. but sfiFi trusting IN the
imperial mind OF his master. the wolf
raised his head 70 watch the racing
shore line.
It's just . little dcbt ! owe your
father-and his gnng." Ben ex-
planned s'r-fl tell you some time, IN
the days 20 come. n was . debt Of
! Mood
The GIRLS dark eyes charged with
red IRE. -And you. . coward. take
your payment on q woman. Turn thu
canoe into the bank
TIE payment won't b taken from
you he explained sobsriy. You'll
be safe snough--even the fate that
Nelson fears for you won't happen.
I hate him too much TO take that
payment from you I'd die before
I'D touch this flesh Of his flesh 10
rninei DO you understand that7"
His FURY had blaxed up, for the in
stant. and she saw the deadly real Of
. fanatic in hts gray eyes A hatred
beyond all meaning. bitterness and
q rage such as she had never
dreamed could blast human heart
was written In his brown. rugged
face. Her woman's intuition gave
her added vision. and she giimpsed
something OF the fire that srnoidered