Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-24
forehead.and carefully examined

forehead,and carefully examined
him for other injuries.
Cutting a quantity of young
spruce-boughs she fashioned them
into a bed close beside where he
lay, and filled all the interstices with
springy moss, laying owed all
blanket. That done. she turned once
more to Stane, to find him with eyes
wide open, watching her.
The ordeal of getting Stane to bed
was certainly a painful one, but by
no means so difficult as the girl had
anticipated. Making a sling out of
the pack ropes, Helen held the in
jured leg clear of the ground. whilst
Stane. using his arms and his other
leg. managed to lift himself back
ward on to his improvised couch.
Stane was too done up to eat
much, but he swallowed a fair guam
tity of coffee, whilst the girl forced
herself to eat, having already real
lied that the welfare of both of them
for the time being depended upon
her and upon her strength. When
the meal was ended, she found his
pipe, charged it for him, and pro-
cured him a light, and with a mur-
mur of thanks, Stane began to
smoke.
II thought I was done for ht
said as he looked towards the tam
gled trunks. II slipped and plunged
right into a sort of crevasse,
didn't II"
"Yes," answered Helen quietly
at was a little time before l could
find you. There was a kind of den
made by crossed trunks, and you had
slipped between them into it."
"How did you manage to get me
out?" he asked his eyes on the amaz-
ing tumble of trunks and branches,
WELL" was the reply, given with
little laugh, "as I told you this
morning, I am fairly strong. But
it was a hard task for all that.
had to cut away quite a number OF
interlacing branches, and hoist you
out of the crevasse with the pack
ropes, then slide you down the dead
fall as best 1 could. When / got
you to the ground, went through
your pack and found the brandy
which 1 saw you place there this
morning. The rest you know"
Stane looked at her with eyes that
glowed with admiration. You make
it little thing" he said gratefully
"but l know what it means. Yot
have saved my life, Miss Yardley."
The girl flushed crimson, and then
laughed little to hide her embar-
rassment. "Oh, as to that-we are
! quits, Mr.. Stane."
He looked at her and noticed fol
the first time that her blouse wal
badly torn. Half of one sleeve was
| ripped away, and there was a long
| tear through which he caught the
| CLEAN of q white shoulder. Hel
| skirt he saw was in no better case
| She caught his glance and laughed
I'm a perfect Cinderella! 1t viii
| take me hours to sew up thes'
| rents"
do you think it is worth while?'
| he asked with a faint smile. TN
| not much of a tailor myself; and
/ should look at that job as wasted
| effort"
but what else can do?" she de-
manded. II can't get in a taxi and
run down to Bond street on shop
ping expedition"
| NO" he answered slowly, "bu
| you might look in the pack you car
ried today. There's habit there
that is better suited to the wood
than the one you have"
Divining that his advice would h
accepted he turned to a fresh sub
ject. "Where are you going II
sleep? You ought not to have givei
me the tent
She waved a hand airily. "Outside
There isn't much room here. Lili
r. l.. S. sleeping out with his don
key l shall discover a new pleasur
J for myself"