New Britain herald., 1924-06-16

timately find in 1van's arms, they could never come again, Tears | flooded her eyes.
 She dropped down further on to her bunk The fire in the camp stove burned down to coals. She saw | Peter knock out the ashes from his pipe--lightly, so as not Co disturb her
 and for an instant he stood per- 1 fectly motionless, at her threshold. 4 faint, pale glow through the air | draft In the front of the stove showed him dimlN and something in the cast Of the homely face, tho haf-ob- scured, dim, sober curl of his lips, suggested a tenderness that she had Aever even in their most exalted mos monts, seen in the face of tho mag niiicent man and genius to whom to- day she had given hor promise. She had seen ardor, truly. longing and desire that bewildcrcd her by its say age intensity: but she bad never found real tenderness, innate instinc- tive chivalry.
 Good night, Pete" she told him simply.
 Good night, Mrs. Nowhaii." His answer came soft and moving from the darkcned threshold. Sleep good"
 He meant that she need not be afraid Of the dark. Though he him. self stayed in the dugout, this humble man would he on guard through the long, empty hours.
 CHATTER Xtv. Peter Injured This camp was home, but in Doro- thy's mind if was a very empty and desolate place when both Ivan and Pete were absent.
 So when Pete started to his hunt ing on the afternoon Of the second day Dorothy expressed a wish to a,- l company him. The mans delight knew no bounds; and soon they were tramping side by side over the tun- dra. IL was not the kind of day that one ordinarily chooses for walk abroad. The clouds were sulIen and gray, low-hunE so that the white peaks Of the divide were obscured. and the seas were gray in their shadow; a brisk inshore wind blus- tered at them as they climbed the ridge. chilling them, threatening them with the travail of the winter that would soon strike down. Once they saw black fox whose expensive fur was already long and dense in preparation for winter; and ! Dorothy found him cven more 10 be admired here in his naii,e setting as he raced across patch Of old snow and shimmered in living beauty than as a neckpicce in fashion able fur shop in her native city.
 on tho high. windy ridges and just below the long. white sweep Of the main range they flushed up 2 small herd of caribou. They were out of rife range before ever rste got sight or them. Tar across the gulch. and n was almost incredible to Dorothy how quickly they disappeared.
 Too had we didn't sec them in time" Pete commented. Were Eo- ing to need lots of dry meat for the trip out in the dory-and for my winter supply. And. by Gsorge. ue might ret them yet" Chase them 1orn?" ths giri asked.
 With an sirsHip. yssi 1hsts 2 blind canyon they are running up. and it's an old caribou trick is come swinging hack. Mrs. Nersal1. if you ~ant to be in st the death. youn have 10 travel quick" "Go on. II can't keep Bp. I'll wait for y0u."
 So they started at a fast pace down the steep slope Of the ridge with The idea of crossing into the valley and meeting the herd as it swept back. Almost al once Dorothy saw that she could not keep pace Pete was trateIinE down hin in long, swift steps.