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MacLEOD RAINECopyright, HOT, by WlllUm MacLeod Rata*.

Slowly Macdonald Moved Toward It

that In the North are likely to be foundIn the wake of every widespread bliz-zard. Some unfortunate traveler, blind-ed by the white swirl, had wanderedfrom the trail and had staggered up adraw to his death.

With a little digging the Alaskanuncovered a leg. The man hnd diedwhere he had fallen, face down. Mac-donald scooped away the snow andfound a pack strapped to the bnc)( Qfthe burled man. He cut the thongsand tried to ease It away. But thegunnysnck had frozen to the parka.When he pulled, the rotten sackinggave way under the strain. The con-tents of the pack spUled out.

The eyes In the grim face of Mac-donald grew bard and steely. He hadfound, by some strange freak ofchance, much more than he had ex-pected to find. Using his snowshoe asa shovel, he dug the body free andturned It over. At sight of the face hegave n cry of astonishment.

? ???«??

Gordon overslept. His plan had beento reach Kuslak at the end of a longday's travel, but that bad meant get-ting on the trail with the first gleam oflight. When he opened his eyes Mrs.Olson was calling him to rise.

He dressed and stepped out Into thecold, crisp 'morning. From the hillcrotch the sun was already pouringdown a great, fanlike shaft of lightacross the snow vista. SwlftwaterPete passed behind lilm on his way tothe stable and called a cheerful goodmorning In his direction.

Mrs. Olson had put the stove outsidethe tent and Gordon lifted It to thespot where they did the cooking.

"Good morning, neighbor," he calledto Sheba. "Sleep well?"

The little rustling sounds within thetent ceased; A face appeared In thedoorway, the flaps drawn discreetlyclose beneath the chin.

\u25a0 "Never better. Is my breakfastready yet?"

"Come and help me make It. Mrs.Olson Is waiting on Holt."

"When I'm dressed." The smllinffface disappeared. "Dublin Bay" sound-ed In her fresh young voice from thetent. Gordon Joined In the song as helit and sliced bacon from afrozen slab of It,

The howllilflfof the huskies Inter-rupted the song. They had evidentlyheard something that excited them.Gordon listened. Was It In his fancyonly that the breeze carried to him thefaint Jingle of slelgh-b&l*? The sound,If It was one, died away. The cookturned to his Job.

He stopped sawing at the meat, knifeand bacon both suspended In the air.On the hard snow there had come tohim the crunch of a foot behind him.Whose? Sheba was In the tent. Swift-water at the stable, Mrs. Olson In thehouse. Slowly he turned his head.

What Elliot saw sent the starchthrough hi* body. He did not move onInch, still But crouched by the fire, butevery nerve was at tension, everymuscle taut. For he was looking at ?

rifle lying negligently In brown, steadyhands. They were very sure' hands,very competent ones. He knew thatbecause he had seen them In action.The owner of tho hands wos OclbyMacdonald.

The Scotch-Canadian stood at theedge of a willowgrove. His face wasgrim as the day of Judgment.

"Don't move," he ordered.Elliot laughed Irritably. He was both

annoyed and disgusted."What do you want?" he snapped."You.""What's worrying you now? Do you

think I'm Jumping my bond?""You're going back to Kuslak with

me?to give a life for the one youtook."

"What's that?" cried Gordon, sur-prised.

"Just as I'm telling you. I've beenon your heels ever since*u>u left town.You and Holt are going back with ine

as my prisoners.""But what for?""For robbing the bank and killing

Bobeft Milton, as you know wall?aough."

Ts this another plan arranged forme by you and Selfrldge?" demandedElliot.

Macdonald Ignored the question andlifted his voice. "Come out of thattent, Holt?and come with your handsup unless you want your head blownoff."

"Holt Isn't In that tent, you Idiot. Ifyou want to know?"

"Come now, If you expect to comealive," cut In the Scotsman ominously.He raised the rifle to his shoulder andcovered th« shadow thrown by the stin

on the figure within.Oordon flung out a wild protest and

threw the frozen stab of bacon at thehead of Macdonald. With, the same mo-tion he launched his own body acrossthe stove. A fifth of a second earlierthe tent flap had opened and Shebahad come out.

The sight of her paralyzed Macdon-ald and saved her lover's life. It dis-tracted the mine-owner long enough

for him to miss his chnnce. A bulletstruck the stove and went off at atnngent through the tent canvas nottwo feet from where Sheba stood. Asecond went speeding toward the sun.For Gordon hnd followed the footballplayer's Instinct and dived for theknees of his enemy.

They went down together. Eachsquirming for the upper place, theyrolled over and over. The rifle wasforgotten. Like cove men they fought,crushing and twisting each other'smuscles with the blind lust of prlmor-dlnls to kill, As they clinched withone arm, they struck savagely with theother. The Impact of smashing blowson nnked flesh sounded horribly cruelto Sheba.

She ran forward, calling on each byname to stop. Probably neither knewshe was there. Their whole attentionwas focused on each other. Not foran Instant did their eyes wander, forlife and death hung on the Issue.Chance hnd lit the spark of their re-sentment, but long-banked passionswere blazing fiercely now.

They ®ot to their, feet nnd fought toeto toe. Sledge-hummer blows beat uponbleeding and disfigured faces. Nothought of defense as yet was In themind of either. The purpose of eachwas to bruise, malm, muke helpless theother. But for the Impotent little criesof Sheba no sound broke the stillness

; save the, crunch of their feet on thehard snow, the thud of heavy fists onflesh, and the throaty spsrl of theirdeep, Irregular breathing.

Old Holt, from the-window of thecabin, watched the battle with shiningeyes. He exulted In every blow ofGordon; he suffered with him whenthe smashing rights and lefts of Mac-donald got home. He Bhouted Jeers,advice, threats, encouragement. If hehad had ten thousand dollars wageredon the outcome he could not have beenmore excited.

Swlftwater Peter, drnwn by thectles of Shebn, came running from thestuble. As he pnssed the window, Holtcaught him by the arm.

"What are you almln' to do, Pete?Let 'em alone. Let 'em go to It. Theygot to have It out. Stop 'em now andthey'll get at It with guns." 1

Shebn run up, wringing Mr hands."Stop them, please. They'ro killingeach other."

"Nothing of tho kind, girl. You let

! 'em alone, Pete. The kid's there every

I minute, ain't he? Gee, that's n good

i one, boy. Seven?eleven ?ninety-two.'Attaboy I"

Macdonald had slipped on the snowana goue down to his hnnds and knees.Bwlft as a wildcat the lounger man

?was on top of him. Hampered thoughhe was by his parka, tho Scotsmnnstruggled slowly to his feet again. Hewus much the heavier man, and Inspite of his years the stronger. Themuscles stood out In knots on hisshoulders and ncross his back, whereason the body of his more slender oppo-nent they flowed and rippled In round-ed symmetry. Active us u heather cat,Elliot was far the quicker of tho two.

Half-blinded by the hammering hehnd received, Gordon changed hismethod of fighting. He broke awayfrom the clinch and sidestepped thebull-like rush of his foe, covering upas Welt as he could from the onset.Macdonald pressed the attack and wosbeaten back by hard, straight lefts andrights to tho unprotected face.

Tho mine-owner shook the mattedhair from his swollen eyes and rushedagain. caught an uppcrcut flush onthe end of the chin. It did not evenatop him. The weight of his body wus

Liks Cave Man Thay Fought.

In the blow he lashed np from hisaide.

The knees of Elliot doubled up un-der him like the blade of a Jack-knife.He sank down slowly, turned, got tohis hands nnd knees, nnd tried toshako off the tons of weight thatseemed to be holding him down.

Macdonald seized him about thewaist and flung him to the ground.Upon the Inert body the victor dropped,his knees clinching the torso of thounconscious man. '

"Now, Pete. Go to him!" urged Holtwildly.

But before Swlftwater could move,

before the great fist of MRcdonaldcould smash down upon the bleedingface upturned to his, a sharp blowstruck the flesh of the raised forearmand for the moment stunned the mus-cles. The ScotchrCanadlan lifted scountenance drunk with rage, passion-tossed.

Slowly the light of reason came backInto his eyes. Sheba was standing be-

fore him, hi* rifle In her hand. She

had struck him with the butt of It"Don't touch him! Don't you dare

touch himI" she challenged,

| Ho looked at her long, then let his

I eyes fall* to the battered face of hisenemy. Drunkeoly he got to his feetand leaned against a willow. Hl*

fornes were spent, his muscles weight-

ed as with lead. But It was not this

alone that made his breath come shortand raggedly.

Sheba bad flnng herself down beside

her lover. She nS3 caugat film' tightly jIn her arms so that his disfigured facelay against her warm bosom. In tileeyes lifted to those of the mine-owner Iwas an unconquerable defiance.

"He's mine?mine, you murderer," jshe panted fiercely. "If you kill him,you must kill me first."

The man she had once promised tomarry was looking at a different wom-an from the girl he had known. Thesoft, shy youth of her was gone. Shewas a forest mother of the wilds readyto fight for her young, a wife ready togo to the stake for the husband of herchoice. An emotion primitive nndpoignant had transformed her,

His eyes burned at her the questionhis parched lips and thront conldscarcely utter, "So you . . . lovehim?"

But though It was In form a question

he knew already the answer. For thefirst time In his life he begun to taste

the bitterness of defeat. Always hehad won what he coveted by /brutalforce or his stork will. But It was be-yond him to compel the love of a girl

who hnd glveh her heart to another."Yes," she answered.Her hair In two thick braids wos

flung ncross her shoulders, her darkhead thrown back proudly from tho

rounded throat.Macdonald smiled, but there was no

mirth In his savage eyes. "Do youknow what I want with him?why Ihnve come to get him?"

"No.""I've come to take him back to Ku-

slak to be hnnged because he mur-dered Milton, the bank cashier."

The eyes of the woman blazed athim. "Are you mad?"

"It's the truth." Macdonald's voicewas curt and harsh. "He and Holtwere robbing the bank when Miltoncame back from the dance at the club.The cowards shot down the old roanlike a dog. They'll hang for it IfItcosts me my last penny, so help meGod."

"You say It's tho truth," sjie retort-ed scornfully. vDo you think I don'tknow you now?how you twist and dis-tort facts to suit your ends? How longIs It since your Jackal had him arrest-ed forassaulting you?when Wally Sel-fridge knew?and you knew?that hehod risked his life for you and hnddnved yours by bringing you to Diane'safter he hod bandaged your wound*?"

"That was different. It was part oftho gnme of politics we were plnying."

"You admit that you and yourfriends lied then. Is It like you cou|dpersuade me that you're telling tlje\truth now?"

The big Alaskan shrugged. "Be-lieve It or not as you like. Anyhow,he's going bock with mo to Kuslak?-and Holt, too. If he's here."

An excited cackle cut Into the con-versation, followed by a drawling an-nouncement from the window. "Yourold tllllcmn Is right here, Mac. What'sthe uso of waiting? Why don't youhnve your hnnglng-bee now?"

CHAPTER XXIII.

Holt Frees His Mind.Mncdonnld whirled in his tracks.Old Old Holt was lennlng on his el-

bow with his head out of the win-dow. "You better come and beat meup first, Mac," he JeeretV. "I'm allstove up with a ?busted lalg, so you canwallop me good. I'd come out there,but I'm too crippled to move."

"You're not too crippled' to go backto Kuslak with me. Ifyou enn't wnlk,you'll ride. But bnck you go."

"Fine. I been worrying about howto get there. It's right good of you tobring ono of these here taxis for me, astho old sayln' Is."

"Where have you cached the goldyou stole?"

"I ain't seen the latest papers, Mac.What Is this stuff nbout robbln' a bankand shoot In' Milton?"

"You're under arrest for robbery andmurder."

"Am I? Unload tho particulars.When did I do it all?"

"Yon know when. Just before youleft town."

Holt *hook hi* head slowly. "No,sir. I enn't seem to remember It.Sure It nln't soine one else you'rethinking about? Ilowcotne you to fixon tne ija 4ne of the bold, bad bandits?"

"Because you hnd not sense enoughto cover your tracks. You might Just

B* well hnve h ft . :.ofe saving von dICIt First you ? >ii ? I.i town nnd bujone of the fnslcst "log teams In AlaskaWhy?"

on easy one. I bought Ihill((\u25a0hi to win the Alaska sweepstake*from yon. And I'm gi )' to do It. Th»

team wasn't handled right or It wouldhave «%i«inst time. 1 got to mullin' Itover nnd figured that old Old Holt wn>

the dog puncher that could land tho**huskies In front. See?"

"You bought It to make your get

away after the robbery," retorted Macdonald.

"It's a difference of opinion makes

horse race*. What else have you gotagainst ns?"

"We found In your room one of the

sacks that had held the gold you tookfrom the bank."

"That's right. I took It from the

bank In the afternoon, where I had badIt on deposit, to pay for tho tea' ? 1

bought. Milton's Iws.k* will showBut you didn't find any sack I t .-.i

when your hank was robbed?lf It wasrobbed," added the old man signifi-cantly.

"Of course, I knew you would havfan alibi. Have yon got one to explain

why you left town so suddenly the

night the bank was robbed? Miltonwas killed after mblnlglit. Before

morning you and your fflend Elliotrouted out Ackroyd nnd bought a lotof supplle* from him for a hurry-up

trip. You slipped around to the rorroland hit the trail right Into the bllzxard.Will you tell me why you were In suchn hurry to get aw ay, If It wasn't to es-cape from the town where you had

murdered a decent old fellow whonever had harmed a soul?"

"Sure I'll tell you." The black eyesof the little man snapped eagerly. "I

came *o p. d. q. liecanse that side fiard-ner of mine Gordon Elliot wouldn't letme wait tillmornln'. He had a reasonfor lenvln' town that wouldn't wait aminute, one big enough to drive blmright into the heart of the blizzard. Me,I tagged olong."

v SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I?As a representative ofthe government Gordon Elliot Is on his\vay to Alaska to Investigate coal claims".On the boat ho meots and becomes In-terested In a fellow passenger whom helearns Is Sheba O'Neill, also "going In."Colby Macdonald, active head of the land-gvnbbing syndicate under Investigation,comes aboard. Macdonald Is attacked bymine laborers whom he had discharged,and the active Intervention of Elliot prob-ably saves his life.

CHAPTER IT?Elliot and Macdonaldbecome In a measure friendly, though ttielatter does not know that Elliot Is on amission which threatens to spoil plans ofMacdonald to acquire millions of dollarsthrough the unlawful exploitation of Im-mensely valuable coal fields. Elliot also"gets a line" on the position occupied byWaly Selfrldge, Macdonald's right-handman, who is returning from a visit to"tho States," where he had gone In aneffort to convince the authorities thatthere was nothing wrong In Macdonald's'methods.

CHAPTER lll?Elliot secures an Intro-duction to Miss O'Neill and while theboat is taking on freight the pair set outto climb a locally famous mountain. Theyventure too high and reach a positionfrom which it Is impossible for MissO'Neill to go forward or turn back.

CHAPTER IV?Elliot leaves Sheba andat imminent peril of his life goes for as-sistance. He meets Macdonald, who hadbecome alarmed for their safety, and theyreturn and rescue Sheba.

CHAPTER V?Landing at Kuslak El-liot finds that old friends of his, Mr. andMrs. Paget, are the people whom Shebahas come to visit. Mrs. Paget is Sheba'scousin. At dinner Elliot reveals to Mac-donald the object of his coming to Alas-ka, The two men, naturally antagonistic. ,now also become rivals for the nand orSheba. /

CHAPTER Vl?Macdonald, foreseeingfailure of. his financial plans if Elliotlearns the facts, sends Selfrldge to Ka-ir.atlah to arrange matters so that Elliotwill be deceived as to the true situation.

CHAPTER Vll?Elliot, on his way toKamatiah, wanders from the trail. Heloses his horse in a marsh and is com-pelled to throw away rifle and provisionsand all unnecessary?Clothing. After longstruggles he realizes that ho will nevferreach Kamatiah, and resigns himself todeath.

CHAPTER VIII?At Kamatiah, GideonHolt, old prospector and bitter enemy ofMacdonald, learns of Elliot's coming anddetermines to let him know, t'.e truth.Selfrldge has Holt k!dnaped and taken ona "prospecting" expedition. Elliot, bare-ly alive, wanders into their camp and Is

cared for.

CHAPTER IX?Holt recognizes Elliotand tho two overpower the kidnapers andreach Kamatiah. Holt gives Elliot the

real facts concerning the coal lands deal.

CHAPTER X?Having all the informa-tion he wanted. Elliot, with Holt as guide,

goes back to Kuslak. On the way theymeet a squaw, Metcetse, with her child,

who Is Macdonald's son. Reaching Kti-Blak Elliot becomes convinced that Diane(Mrs. Paget) is doing her utmost to in-

duce Sheba to marry Macdonald. He de- <termines to win her for himself.

CHAPTER Xl?Macdonald confesses toSheba that he had wronged her fathor in

a mining traction and makes financialrestitution. Macdonald and Sheba be-come engaged, and Elliot is sent downiho river on official, business.

CHAPTER Xll?Genevieve M&ltory,adventuress, who has determined to winMacdonald, learns of Meteetso and herchild and sends for them to confrontMacdonald. They visit Sheba end shelearns tho truth. Macdonald blames El-liot for bringing tho Indian woman toKuslak. Sheba breaks the engagement.

CHAPTER Xlll?Convinced that Elliot

had induced Metcetse to visit Sheba Mac-donald sends Selfrldge to warn him to

leave Kusiak at once, threatening toshoot him on sight. Elliot refuses to go,and purchases a revolver.

CHAPTER XlV?Macdonald. carrylniilarge sum of money to pay employees, la

BHsaulted and badly hurt. Elliot rescueshim and cnrrles him to Kuslak. Elliot Isarrested, charged with attempt to murderMacdonald.

CHAPTER XV?Sheba and Diane visitElliot and assure him of their belief inhis Innocence. Macdonald's attitude puz-

zles Dlano.

CHAPTER XVl?Elliot learns that pa-pers have been taken by Selfrldge from

his room at the .hotel. He breaks Jail |and recovers them, and Is again arrested. .

CHAPTER XVTI Macdonald glveibonds and arranges for Elliot's release. ,On a business trip. Elliot Is compelled to,stele shelter In a miners' camp. The men ;seeing in him an enemy of their Interests,attempt to kill him. He escapes.

CHAPTER XVlll?Official orders fromWashington suspend Elliot from govern-ment service, flhoba leaves Kuslak for

o visit at a camp near Katma. Gideon

Holt comes to Kusiak and purch«UK»s fin-

est dog team that can be bought.

CHAPTER XlX?Mrs. Selfrldge enter-tains all the 'socially elect" of Kuslakat a dinner-dance. That night Macdon-ald's bank Is robbed and the cashier, Rob-ert Milton, killed. Elliot and Holt leav«Kuslak hurriedly. Macdonald, believingt hem the murderers of Milton, pursue*.

CHAPTER XX?The party with whichSheba Is Journeying I* caught In a btls-zard, and they take refuge in an aban-doned cabin. " "

CHAPTER XXl?Etllat and Holt, whebnve learned of Bheba's dnnger, hurry to

rescue. Holt breaks hi* leg, butconvey* him on Hied to where thejnpneetSheba and her companion*. Elliot learnr

that Sheba love* hl:n.

CHAPTER XXII.

A Menage From the Dead.Macdonald drove Ills team Into the

teeth of the storm. The wind came Ingtiwls. Sometime* the Bale wus ho gtlff

that the dog* could (scarcely crawl for-ward against It; again there were mo-ments of comparative stillness, fol-

lowed by »<|tia!l* that slapped the

driver In the face like the whipping of

a loose sail on a catboat.High drifts mnde the trail difficult.

Not once but flfty time* Macdonaldleft tie gee-pole to break a waythrough snow-waves for the Hied. The

best he could get out of hi* dog* vcm

iJarec mile* an h>,ur, and he thatthere wn* not another team or driver

in the North could have done so well.It was close to noon when he reached

a division of the road known a* the

Fork. One trail ran down to the riverand up It to the distant creek*. Theother led across the divide, struck theYukon, and pointed a way to the coast.White drifts hod long since blotted outthe trnrk of the sled that hal pre-ceded him. Had the fugitives gone up

the river to the creeks with Intent to

"hole themselves op for the winter? Ofwas It their pnrpose to cross the divideand go out over the Ice to the coast?

The pursuer knew tLat Old Holt waswise as a weasel. He could followblindfolded the paths that led to everycreek In the gold-fields. It might betaken as a certainty that he had notplunged into such a desperate venturewithout having a plan well worked outbeforehand. Elliot had a high gradeof Intelligence. Would they try toreach the coast and make their get-away to Seattle? Or would they digthemselves In till the heavy snowswere past and come back to civiliza-tion with the story of a strike toaccount for the gold they brought withthem? Neither gold dust nor nuggetscould be Identified. There would beno way of proving the story false. Theonly, evidence against them would bethat they had left at Kuslak and thiswas merely of a corroborative kind.There would be no chance of convict-ing them upon It.

To strike for Seattle was to throw'away all pretense of Innocence. Fugi-tives from justice, they would have todlsuppear from sight In order to es-cape. The hunt for them would con-tinue until at last they were unearthed.

One fork of the road led to compara-tive safety; the other went by devious'windings to the penitentiary and per-haps the gallows. The Scotsman puthimself In the place of the men he wastrailing. Olven the same conditions,he knew which path he would follow.

Macdonald took the trail that leddown to the river, to the distant goldcreeks which offered a refuge fromman-hunters In many a deserted cabinmarooned by the deep snows.

Even the Iron frame and steelmuscles of the Scotch-Canadlnn pro-tested against the task he had set themthat day. It was a time to sit snuglyInside by a stove and listen to thehowling of the wind as It hurled Itselfdown from the divide. But from day-light till dark Colby Macdonald foughtwith drifts and breasted the storm. Hegot Into the harness with the dogs. Hebroke trail for them, chaerad them,soothed, comforted, punished. Longafter night had fallen he staggered intothe hut of two prospectors, his parkaso stiff with frozen snow that It hadto be beaten with a hammer before thecoat could be removed.

"How long since a dog team passed?seven huskies and two men?" was.his first question.

"No dog team has passed for fourdays," one of the men answered.

"You mean you haven't seen one,"Macdonald corrected. ,

"I mwn none has passed?unless Itwent by in the night while wc slept.And even then our dogs would havewarned us."

Macdonald flung his Ice-coated glovesto a (able and stooped to take oft hismukluks. His face was blue with thecold, but the bleak look In the eyescame from within. He said nothingmore until he.was free of his wetclothes. Then he sat down heavily andpassed a hand over his frozen eye-brows.

"Get me something to eat and takecare of my dogs. There Is food forthem on the sled," he said.

While he ate he told them of thebank robbery and the murder. Theirresentment against tho men who haddone It was quite genuine. Therecould be no doubt they told the truthwhen they said no sled had precededhis. They were honest, reliable pros-pectors. He knew them both well.

The weary man slept like a log. Heopened his eyes next morning to findone of his hosts shaking him.

"Six o'clock, Mr. Macdonald. Yourbreakfast Is ready. Jim Is looking outfor the huskies."

Half an hour later the Scotsmangave the order, "Mush I" He was offagain, this time on the back trail asfar as the Narrows, from which pointhe meant to strike across to Intersectthe fork of tho road leading to the di-vide.

The storm had poased and when thelate sun rose It was In a blue sky. Fineenough the day was overhead, but theslushy snow, where it was worn thinon ttie river by the sweep of the wind,made heavy travel for the dogs. Mac-donald was glad enough to reach theNarrows, where he could turn from theriver and cut across to hit the trail ofthe men he was following. He hadabout five miles to go before he wouldreach the Smith Crossing road andevery foot of It he would hava tobreak trail for the dogs. This was slowbusiness, since he had no partner atthe gee-pole. Bnrk and forth, backand forth he trudged, beating down theloose snow for tile runners. It was ahill trail, and the drifts were In mostplaces not very deep. But the Scots-man was doing the work of two, andat a killingpace.

Over a ridge the team plunged downInto a little park where the snow wasdeeper. Macdonald, breaking trailacross the mountain valley, found hisfeet weighted with packed Ice slusb sothat ho could hardly move them. Whenat last he had beaten down a path forhis dogs he stood breathing deep at thesummit of the slope. Before thein laythe main road to Smith's Crossing,scarce fifty yards away. He gave adeep whoop of triumph, for along Itran tfco Traverlng tracks left by a sled.He was on the heel* of hU enemy at,Mt

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As he turned back to his Siberianhounds, the eyes of Macdonald cameto abrupt attention. On the hillside,not ten yards from him, something

stuck out of the snow like a signpost.It was the foot of i nut

Slowly Macdonald moved toward it.ne knew well onn«ieb wh«» '

'T can guess his reason," Jeered theScotsman. "But I'd like to hear youput a name to It."

Holt grinned maliciously and waveda hand toward the girl who was pillow-ing the head of her lover. "The nameof his reason Is Sheba O'Neill, but It'sto be Sheba Elliot soon, looks like."

"You mean?"The Uttle miner took the words tri-

umphantly out of his mouth. Heleaned forward and threw them Intothe face of the man be hated. "1 meanthat while you was dnncln' and phllan-

derln' with other women, Gordon Elliotwas buckln' a blizzard to save the lifeof the girl you both claimed to love.He was mushln' Into fifty miles offrozen bell while you was flllin' upwith potted grouse and champagne.Simultaneous .with the lame goose andthe monkey slnglestep you was doln',this lad was wlndjammln' throughwhite drifts. He beat you at yourown game, man. You're a bear forthe outdoor stuff, they tell me. Youchew up a blizzard for breakfast andthrottle a pack of wolves to work upan appetite for dinner. It's your spe-cialty. All right. Take your hat offto that chechncko who has Just whaledyou blind. He has outgamed you, Col-by Macdonald. You don't run in Ills

class. I see he Is holding his hald upagain. Give him andther half-hour andhe'll bo ready to go to the mat withyou again."

The big Alaskan pushed away a feorthat had been lingering In his mind eversince he. had stumbled on that bodyburled In the snow yesterday after-noon. Was his enemy going to escapehim, after all? (JoulTl Holt be tellingthe true reason why they had left townso hurriedly? He would not let him-self believe It.

"You ought to work up a better storythan that," he said contemptuously."You enn throw a husky through theholes In It. How could Elliot know,for Instance, that Miss O'Neill was notsafe?"

"The some way you could a' knownIt," snapped old Gideon. "He phonedto Smith's Crossln' and found thestage hadn't got In and that there wasa whale of a storm up In the hills."

Macdonald set his face. "You'relying to me. You stumbled over thestage while you were making your get-away. Now you're playing It for analibi."

Elliot had risen. Sheba stood besidehim, her hand in his. Shu spoke quietly.

"It's the truth. Believe It or not asyou please. We care nothing about

Sheba Had Gone Over to the Enemy.

The stab of her eyes, the carrloge ofthe xliin, pliant figure with Its sugges-tion of line gallantry, challenged herformer lover lo do his worst.

On the hnttcrcd face of Gordon wasa smile. So long us Ills Irish sweet-heart stood liy him he illilnot care Ifhe were charged with high treason. Itwas worth all It cost to feel thewarmth fit her brave, Impiil hlvo trust.

The deep-set eyes of Murilouald

clinched with those of Ills rival. "Youcached the rest of the gold, I sti|i|>ose,"he said doggedly.

Willi a lilt of his shoulders theyounger man answered lightly: "Thereare none so hllnilus those who w ill notaee, Mr. Macdoniild." He turned to

Bheb«. "Come. We must'inukc break-fast."

"You're going to Knuluk with me,"his enemy said bluntly.

"After we liuve eaten, Mr. Maeilon-ald," returned Elliot with an Ironicbow. "Perhaps, If you have not hudbreukfast yet, you will Join us."

"We slurt In half un hour," an-nounced the lulne-owiicr curtly, und lieturned on bin heel.

The rifle lay where Khchu haddropped It when she run to gather herstrl'-k'-rj 'over Into her arms. Macdon-ald picked It up and strode over thebrow of the hill without a backward

Icok. nc wim too proud to slay andwatch them. It was Impossible to en.-,

cape him In the deep snow that Oiledthe hill trails, and he was convincedthey would attempt nothing of thekind.

The Scotsman felt for the first timeIn his life old and S|>ent. Under tre-mendous difficulty he had mushed fortwo days and had at last run his mendown. The lust of vengeance had saton his shoulders every tnlle of the wayand hud driven him feverishly for-ward. But the salt that hud lent asavor to his passion was gone. Eventhough lie won. he lost. For Sheba badgone over to the enemy.

To be continued.

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Graham Baptist Church?Rev) L.f|U. Weston, Pastor. . JrM

Preaching every first and thiraffSunday* at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00

Sunday School every Sunday asm9.45 a. m. W. X. Ward, Supt. ,

Prayer meeting every Tuesday at*l7.30 p. m.

Graham Christian Church?N. Main jStreet?Rev. P. C. Lester.

Preaching service* every See- |und ano bourth Sundays, at 11.00a. m.

Sunday School every Sunday at10.00 a. M.?W. R. Harden, Super-intendent.

New Providence Christian Church *?North Main Street, near Depot-Rev. P. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach- >»ing every Second and Pourth-Sun-day nighfs at 8.00 o'clock.

Sunday School every Sunday at4.45' a. m.?J, A. bayliff, Superin-tendent.

Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet- itng every Thuruday night at 7.15,o'clock.

Friends?North of Graham Pub-lic School, Rev. John M. Permar, jPastor.

Preaching Ist, 2nd and 3rd Buo-?days at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00 p. m.Sunday School every Sunday at

i.45 a. m.?Belle Zachary, Superin-tendent.

Prayer meeting everyevening at 7.30 o'clock. .

Methodist Episcopal, south-cor.Main and Maple Street*, Rev, I).E. Krnhart, Pastor.

Pxeaehing every Sunday at-ll.oti. m. and at 7.30 p. m.

Sunday School every Sunday at1.45 a. in.? W. M. Green, Supt. JM. p. Church?N. Main Street.

Sev. R. 8. Troxler, Pastor.Preaching first and third Hun- !days at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.Sunday School every Sunday at}.45 a. in.?J. L. Amiclc, Supt.

Presbyterian?Wst Elm Straet?,Hev. T. M. McConneli, pastor.

Sunday School every Sunday at9.45 a. m.?Lynn B, Williamson, Su-perintendent.

Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)?I. W, Clegg, pastor.

Preaching every Second andfourth Sundays at 7.30 p. m.

Sunday School every Sunday at1.30 p. m.?J. Harvey White, Su-perintendent.

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