The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-15

CHAPTER IL-At the hotel where
Anderson stops. a girl, obviously out
of place In the rough
appears. A halfbreed whom Anderson
Hears called Pierre, and a companion
shorty" annoy the girl. Anderson in
terferes. earning the enmity of the two
men.
CHAPTER III.-The girl sets out for
Siston Lake, which is also Anderson's
objective. He oVertakes her and the
two men with whom he had troubls
the night before.
CHAPTER IV.-Pierre and Shorty"
ride on, Anderson and the girl follow
ing. In the hills the road is blown up
with his horse, is hurled down the
mountain side, senseless.
CHAPTER V.-Recovering conscious
ness, Anderson finds the girl has dis
appeared, but the finding of her hair;
where 1t had been caught by her fall
ing horse, assures him she is alive
and probably in the power of Pierre
and Shorty" On foot he makes his
way to Siston Lake. There he finds his
companion Of the day before, and
Railway, with a girl, Estelle, a former
sweetheart of Anderson's, who had
abused his confidence and practically
wrecked his life. Railway strikes Es-
telle, and after a fight Anderson, with
Estelle's help, escapes with the girl.
CHAPTER vI.-Anderson's compan-
IONS mind is clouded and she is suffer
ing with a dislocated knee. Anderson
sets the knee.
CHAPTER VII.-Memory of her past
life practically gone, even to the extent
of remembering her name, Anderson
and his companion go on.
She wrinkIed ner forehead. do
you know" she said, 81 don't quite
remember falling. l was riding, you
say? Were we both riding? Then
where are our horses?'
"They were badly hurt" Said Lee.
ut became necessary to u e out
of their suffering"
The girl was trying hard to remem-
Der. "a bad fall, then? How did it
happen? A bad fan in this forest2'
"a little distance back, | carried
you here. We fell down a rocky
slope"
"OhW She remained silent a little,
evidently trying to remember, Then
she smiled.
''You have been wonderfully good
to me. You know I trusted you the
minute l saw you, and l wasn't the
least bit frightened, waking NJ and
finding myself alone here in the forest
with you.'
= no." ,re you will be able to bear the
waiting here" said Lee. We'll go on
lust as soon as it's possible"
But I'm not really in any hurry,
the girl answered. 1t was odd how
r~econciled she seemed to be now, and
how the future had ceased to trouble
her. ITS so glorious to be in the
woods again, and at this time of the
Year above everything, It's such a
long time since l was in the woods be
fore. I've been living in a big city,
you know-nothing but blocks OF
6ouses and asphalt and stone. / felt
like a prisoner there"
And Lee wondered again at her &C
ouiescence in this ley turn of fate.
{ Now-may I wash that cut in your
head and tie 1t for your"
Tes. DOCTOR" she smiled at him
He boiled the b~andage, washed the
cnt in boiled water, and retied the
etrin of cotton about 1t. The girl was
st,ll too weak to talk very much. But
n was the most wonderful thing tha'
had ever happened to him, SITTING
tbara with her in that intimate com
nanionship. forgetting that she mao
heen at odds with him, putting ASIDE
oil the memories of conflict, forgetting
TOO that she was q woman, seeing ii
her only a comrade.
After awhile Lee made some cakes
in the ashes of the fire, and cooKet
Some bacon. The girl was able to ca
q little. and he felt his appetite re
turning. Undoubtedly he had gone
through the worst of 1t. Again the!
cot In silence, till the girl said:
DO you know, I have forgotten you
name!" =.
He had no told her. but he saic
Lee Anderson"
Anderson was a common enoug
nome IN thed district. and would conve
nothing to her.
And as she seemed still to be ire
ing or puzzling, Lee laiu HIS haiu =
hers and said:
"You mustn't worry. We shall 6
on Just as soon as It's possible to-"
"That's just what I've beer wonde
ing about" she answered. It's ver
s,lIv of me, but-where is 1t that W
are going?"
And, as Lee looked at her In a
constituent, she went on;
oIt,s curious, you know, Mr.. Ande
son. but / don't seem exactly to =
member where we met, either, or wi
left that ~place-where was it? IN
big g. city whose names slipped ga. VI n
memory for the moment. Nor VI
we came to the woods-came back
the woods, you know" she CORRECTED