The Coolidge examiner., 1934-05-11
CODE
of the
NORTH
by
HAROLD TITUS
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CHAPTER xIII-Continued

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shoulders
She sat close beside him then FOR
long Interval II seemed. tie want.
81 10 talk further but could not
The Cow and ebh of his strength
WAS marked by definite sensations.
Tie felt il reach q low point and
I commence 10 build again
Has she landedT- be wills
pered.
Just now. -. she's drawing out
her canoe. )" Another moment
of silence. "Shc's looking back.
now Good luck. Mary - He
fel, that she was waving her hand
shes going into the timber. now.
She's gone
Kate rose and went 10 the ere.
Here's a broth made % smoked
meat and meal" she said Take
Il now. and then more coffee Mary
said Il was the thing to do She
knows felt 50 helpless. :"
Obedlently be slipped from the
cups she held FOR him. his head held
against her side. and after that be
slept Tor a time. II was a deep
sleep lie was conscious of the
girls presence all the time and
when he finally reused she was
standing under the dy looking down
al him. He smiled weakly.
More 10 eatY'
II It's from your hand" be an
swercd.
He was definitely better by then.
but stlll events and people were
tangled In his mind.
Things are all j,mmled up" he
{ confessed. "Of course. / remember
getting shot at Was that righ,
hcrel Was. eh7 And re-.
+ call about Franz trying to get away
and knitting me and then drowning.
+ But after that It's It's kind
81 Ike a photograph out of focus.
Fuzzy. How'd Mary get here. for
ius,anccf~
The girl sat cross. legged beside
I him and told all that had trans
pired during his period OF uncon.
E sc!ousness
and you ali hlonei" be mur
F INJURED Holding my lie inside my
body With your hands" lie looked
a. her hands They're So small.
+ he said Il Ire won
dcred loi about you. Why. a girl
Ike you all alone and thinking you
had dying stranger along !"
Not a stranger" she said gently
1t was hard. bat chiefly because !
felt owed so much 10 you.
+ lie experienced an odd emharrnss-
ment al such polniedly personal
talk. lie was not strong enough for
that yet. be found.
Nobody showed or. I'll bet they
went down river was so SO
up In the air that ! never left any
warning al the landing
she told him Of her futile at
tempts 10 send up smokes
Rain, eh7 That explains IT.
Z Chances are some of 'em went right
by US yesterday and never guessed
we were SO near. It's clear as . bell
now and there's no wind Hadn't
we better try the smoke signal
7 againF"
Certainly, I'll get the fres 90
Ing. now"
Wish could help You're no
( girl TO be Juggling fire wood for
big hulk Ike me-
III you never help another per
son In your lie. and II sou live 10
be older than the hills. you've done
I your share" she said soherly and
turned away to hide the emotion In
f her eyes.
When the fires were going she
returned TO his side For an IN.
terval she spoke no word and then.
when be smiled lnqulrlngly. she
Z asked:
who are you?"
I'm Steve Drake. | knew your
dad when | was kid. Kind
OF rotten deal. pulling wool over
/ your eyes the way did But :.
I'll tell you how II was"
lie went back 10 that day when
Old Jim Flynn saved him and his
/ father from perishlng In a blizzard
He told IL all. just as II had hap
/ pened. from that time on. Kate did
not interrupt When he narrated
how LaFane had handled Young Jim
tears came into her eyes.
Breaks marked the story. OF
course: twice she made him stop
4 and sip food and stimulant
"Well. that's H." he finally ended,
"rye been an imposter. but Il
seemed TO be the only way II you'd
have known about the kid before
he got Strengthened out. you'd have
been frantic; II the men realized
was a stranger. they never would
/ have stuck to the job. Now. II Mary
/ gets to the Laird's on time, we're
SET II mt