The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-20

Z ltA..tt -e taa"t~ A#t"" f
uslax your brothers name and au-
ihor'y until today. did youY
~ua you think he'd try 20 deceive
mc1~ she asked. bound 20 betray
nothing
lie stared "a, her ln The darkaess
She could fecl his breath on her
forehead
You're lying. now what's he to
you. anyhow
My frlead -Etou.ly and hon.
esily. she felt sure of that much
Friend. h-l. Listen. Kate.
Handsome stranger comes 10 the
rescue ~ the operation and the lady
10 financial distress falls Tor him
That itT-
NO. of course not
surge 81 jealousy swept into
his heart tie laughed scorn'ully.
The idea - you falling for n
squaw man r
Il don't believc you she said
simply. Besides. svcn II did.
even n u were true. Il would be
beside The point. tie has done 80
many impossible thInEs this sum
mcr that finding you and taking you
back 20 answer for what you did
this evening should be a simple
l natter
Franz slung up bis pack with q
grunt
Devil with him :" be muifsred
uneasliy and glanced behind ~Bui
weIl Sc, on. regardless I'll leave
that gnr OF sor a while Screams
In here won't carry far and IN re-
turn I'll expect that youIl walk
faster Otherwise
lie left iha; threat unfinished
A. the stars began 10 fade they
reached the Mad Woman. walking
through long grasses. they came 20
The canoe on the river bank. Just
! below the swift water
"You stand here. Franz said
Hell have one more thing 20 guess
about. II be gets this far
lie launched the canoe. put the
darle In Il and. then. track Tine
over his shoulder. waded into the
rapid.
The glrl understood bis strategy.
E Followers of their trail would sec
this sign. would believe that they
bad gone downstream and would
waste days perhaps. In searching
the lower country.
The man turned about and called
~come on. now. Step into the "a.
ter there and wade up after me"
Swiftly. wlih firm drags os her
heel. Kate etched In the wet sand
a crude arrow. It's point up the
F river.
Before Franz had cause 10 call
again she was In the water. wad.
ing after him as be had hidden.
/ leaving an unmlsiakahie message
for any who might be coming 10
aid her.
And one was coming
Throngh the darkness Drake pad
died up the Good Eye. II was long
after midnight before he ap-
/ preached the Gaf where the trail
came down the divide which sep
araied Goodbye from Mad Woman.
lie landed az the foot of the trail.
and turned on his fash. And after
Z he had played the beam about the
Z trampled landing and examined the
birch he Knew what had happened.
( even 10 Kafe's tortured walt. bound.
helpless
Rage swept him and FOR the first
time In his life be was shaken by
the desire 10 naalm and XIII as.
canoe on his hack. he plunged Into
the trail. trorsing beneath his bur
den.
But only man tracks were there.
revealed By the shaft from his flash
light. IL puzzled him. Just the
man sign. indicating two trips. But
on one carry he had been weighted
down until he staggered and sank
deeply In soft places.
Then be saw where Kate had
been put down for the nrst time
and the thought that Franz had
held her slender body In his arms
made blood pound In his ears.
IL was broad daylight when he
reached the Mad Woman. He fol-
lowed the footprints down the
branch Of the trail that led to the
right. They had. stopped a few
rods from the waters edge: then
they had gone on and the girl had
stood waiting while Franz loaded
his canoe.
She had stood still but not Idly.
The Indicating arrow she had
drawn In the wet sand stared up
at him and he grinned and said
aloud: Good girl"
Where Franz would elect 10 leave
the Mad Woman. Steve could not
know. But he could not be SO far
In the lead now. These tracks left
In the silt were not old.
In a little bay OF the lake. as
dawn came up. Mary Wolf was
blowing up the breakfast are. With