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going up the river in a canoe toward
old Fit. Winagog."
But We met no half-breed." said
Helen quickly. her distrust awaken
ing in full force.
You met no half-breed?" The
surprise in Ainley's face was quite
genuine, as Helen saw, and she real
lied that whatever was to come, this
part Of the mans story was quite
true.
Perhaps he was the man who stole
our canoe" said Helen.
Yes" answered Ainley, that will
| be it. But" he broke off without
finishing. "Anyawy," he continued
/ after a moment, following his state
ment, I went up to Old Fl. Wilma
/ gog. but found no sign Of you, then
/ back by another and a quicker route
/ that I might tell your uncle of the
| lack Of news, and organize a regular
! search After that, / started to beat
/ the country round about steadily.
1 For weeks I searched. and all in
vain. then one day an Indian girl
/ came with a story Of a white man
/ and woman living in a cabin on
/ lake. and though she did not know
+ their names she was able to tell me
that this man and woman were
/ stane and you"
Who was the sirl?" asked Helen
/ quickly
1T was that Indian girl who was
up at TT. Malsun.'
''AIiskodeedr' cried Helen
That believe was her name. She
looked on Stane as her lover, and
| she did you the honor Of being jeal-
GUS Of your Ainley laughed as he
| spoke.
And when you heard?'' asked
Helen prompting him as he fell
silent
when I heard, I did not waste
time. made a Decline for the cabin
on the lake. taking the girl with me.
arrived there last night"
How long were you on the way"
interrupted Helen suddenly.
-Four days"
and MiskOdeed was with you all
the timer"
'Of course," answered Ainley Z
trihe uneasily. "She was our guide"
I see answered Helen quietly
She made no further comment on
the Indian girl. but she knew now
that Ainley had departed from what
ever truth there was in his narr5s-
tive, for >AIiskOdeed. on the sure evil
dence Of her own eyes had been at
the Indian en3ampment when he
claimed she had been with him. She
listened quietly whilst Ainley con
tinued:
AS I was saying. 7 arrived in tne
neighborhood Of the cabin last night,
70 find you gone"
And Mr.. Stane?" she asked al.
most breathlessly. Did you find
him? Did you see him?"
Ainley shook his head NO, I did
not see him myself. but one of my
men turned a body over that was
lying in the snow. It was that Of a
white man, who could be no other
than Stanet
I'VE found an Indian in the snow
who had been wounded I'm the fight
as he told us, and on pressure he
gave me the information that YOU lad
been carried away by half-breed Of
the name of Chigmok who, as the
Indian averred, was making for the
lake Of the Little Moose. that is the
lake where we rescued you. We ar
rived there in good time. and-weu.
you know the rest. Helen"
Not quite" answered the girl in
a istless, tOneless voice. You have
not yet told me what this man CHG
mok proposed to do with me-"
We'll. the wounded Indian told ~
that he had fallen violently in love
with you, and that he proposed to
make yoB his squaw."
"Ahv'
Ainley interpreted the exclamation
in his own way. but looking at tie
girl was surprised by a look which
had come into her face. Her listlass-
ness had fallen from her. There was
a look Of absorption about her which
puzzled him, and he wondered what
she was thinking of. He did not
know what her captor had revealed 10
her, and so never dreamed the truth.
which was that Helen was thinking
that for the second time he had fallen
from the truth in his narrative.
Tell me one thing" she said, when
you arrived at the cabin the attack
was quite over?"
Quite" he answered.
And you did not take part in the
fighting? You fred no shots at the
attackers?"
No he answered. They had
gone when we arrived. all except the
wounded Indian who gave me the
information"
Then who was it?" she cried.
who was it? do not understand
what you mean, Helen"
Some one fired on the Indians
from the wood, and he kept on firing
as the Indians bound me to the
sledge, and even after we had begun
to flee"