Evening star., 1935-09-08

Dtl LlN HNdI was OOiit, dliO oIlC LIuSL LlQy
her house, and ne went to the cabin she had
assigned him for his use. In the twilight he
came back again. and they sat together on
the wide log step and talked. The woman sat
with her arms around her knees and looked
out to the coming darkness under the forests
roof, and her lovely face was grave as none
had seen it there. Her eyes were black now
with some strange excitement of the spirit y
How far do you 60 to the north7" she
asked presently. land whom do you hunt
poor devil?"
II cannot tell as TO the former, he replied.
holding match to his cigaret in his cupped
hands. The light showed the lean lines of his
face, its strength and earnestness. "The
latter, "a woman.
"Oh, IA woman" said Ma 'amsele,
and after pause, mot nice job
The worst job on earth. A thousand times
since last fall / have wished had any other.
But the law is the law, and women must
not break it any more than men,"
What did she - do -- this woman?''
She was glm-nan's moll, across the line.
She stuck to her man through raids and riots,
through series of robberies. through death
itself when his own gang got him. She made
spectacular escape shot her way clear.
though she didn't happen to kill any one in
doing it,"
Ma a'amsel]e Sandra, sitting close beside
him on the step, seemed to sink curiously in
upon herself at that as if the spine in her
body ran to water, and strange whisper
died on her lips Thanks Mary" it seemed
to breathe. =.
''Eh?" said the man. -
/ am glad - for that woman" she
answered, death is so - so sudden and final.
And there would be blood on her hands,"
Conwell smoked in silence.
And what - what sort of woman was
she?" she asked presently what did she look
like?"
"A splendid creature so the u. S. Service
tells us, though they have no picture of her -
tall woman. handsome quick as man with
arms courageous. She has a white skin and
long black hair, beautiful hair 1t was her
pride. they say. And her eyes are black, too,
an odd brilliant black that shines and sparkles
like black diamonds. Excitable eyes, She was
never seen except on occasions calculated to
engender that - driving flying car for the
gang to rob bank. getting out of close spot,
shooting out of that last close spot when they
got her man. She got away with all the loot
and we've been asked to find her, for the
U.SA."
There was a long silence, while loon
laughed, as if at some joke of its own.
Then the woman moved, shivered, though the
night was only COOL She looked at him side
wise under her dark lashes where the gold
curls on her forehead made blob of shadow.
And if you find her - Conwell of the
Mounted -" she said slowly, what will you
do with her?''
"Extradite her to the United States" he
said. "And now I'll say good night and thank
you for a pleasant evening. I'll see you in the
morning."
''Yes. Good night
1t was strange how friendship ripened be-
tween them through the long day following,
and the following evening. The man told her
of his youth in Montreal, of his mother dead
these seven years, of his sister and her chill
dren. He was ambitious to make name for
himself in his chosen work. had already begun
to do so.
And she,-h how long had she been in the
country here on Deer River?
year, almost She - she - had come
from across the Line from the West -