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s en Adeptet on of This Story
CHAPTER XXXF—Contlnucd
For e moment Nepeese did not
enswer. She. too, wee looking into
the dre. Then she seid:
\“Tuboe meent to kill him when
the spring come. end he could
trsvel. When 'l‘nboe died I knew
thet it we's I who must kill him.
Be 1 ceme, with Tuboe's sun. It
wee treeh loeded—yesterdey.
And-M’sieu Jeem"—she looked up
et him. e triumphant glow in her
eyes es she edded. almost in e
whisper-“Yon will not so to Leo
Beta. 1 heve sent e messenger."
PA messenger-t"
'Yes. Ookimow loom—e messen~
ger. Two deys ego. i sent word
thet I had not died. but wee here-
weiting for him—4nd that I would
be lskwso now. his wife. Ooo-oo.
he will come. Ookimow Jeem—he
wilicorss test. And you shell not
kill him. Noni" She smiled into
his tees. end the throb oi Cervel's
hsert wee like e drum. “The gun
is loeded.‘ she said softly. "i will
shoot."- ,
”Two Guys ego.“ seid Cervei.
”And from Lee Bein it ie——P'
“He will be here tomorrow.” Ne-
peese enewsred him: “To-marrow.
es the sun goes down, he will en-
ter the clearing. I know. My
blood hes been singing it ell dey.
Tomorrow—tomorrow—for he will
travel fest. Ookimow deem.
Yes. he will some test.”
Cervel hed benthis heed. The
soft tresses gripped in his lingers
were crushed to his lips. The
Willow. looking egein into the
fire. did not see. But she felt-—
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" gall?
'Tomorrow _I will go to lac
Islet-'-
end her soul wee hosting like the
wings of e bird.
"Ookimow Jeem,‘ she whisper-
ed—s breeth. e nutterof the lips
so soft thet Cervel heard no
sound '
it old 'l‘nboe had been there
thet night it is possible he would
jheve reed stnnge wernings in the
winds thet whispered now and
then sottly in the treetops. it
wee such enight: s night when
the Red Gods whisper low emong
'themeelv'ee. e cernivsl of gloryin
which even the dipping shndows
end the high stsre seemed to
quiver with the life of .s potent
muse. It is barely possible
thet old Tubes. with his ninety
yeers behind him. would heve
leerned something. or thet et
leeet he would heve suspected e
thing which Genel in his youth
end confidence did not see. To-
morrow—he will come tomorrow!
The Willow, exultent. hsd ssid
.thst. But to old Tubes the trees
might heve whispered. why not
tonight?
'It wes midnight when the big
moon stood lull shove the little
open in the forest. In the tepse
the Willow wee sleeping. in e
belssm shedow beck from the iire
slept fierce. end still fsrther back
in the edge of e spruce thicket
slept Censl. Dog end men were
tired. They hed trevelled fer end
feet the: tiny. end they heard no
sound.
But the! bed travelled neither so
ternorsotestesBushMcTeg-
gert. Retirees sunrise end mid-
night he hsd come forty miles
when he strode out into the clenr»
in where Pierrot’s cebin hed
stood. Twice from the edge at
the forest he had celled: end now.
when he found no enswer. he
stood under the light of the moon
end listened. Nepeeee wee to be
here—wetting. He wee tired. but
exhe'ustion could not still the tire
thet burned in his blood. it bed
been bleeing ell dey. end now—-
soneer its reeiisetion end its tri-
umph-the old pension wee like e
Nepssse wee weitin‘g for him.
wetting tor him’Oece egein he
auedlhisheert beetinginederoe
esticipetioneshe listened There
.wes so enswer. '
thrilling intent his breeth step
ped. lie suited the sir-end there
sense to him teintly the smell u!
, . the tapes door.
clesring. Nepeese wee cit . - ,
—somewhers——sleeping beside it,
tire, end out of him there rose ‘i
low cry‘of exultetion. Es ~ 1
to the edge at the forest: ehen'
directed his steps to the 0
grown treil: he followed”.
the smoke smell csme stronger
his nostrils.
it wss the forest men's ins
too. thet edded the element of 3"
tion to his edvsnce. Thst. end
utter stillness oi the night.
broke no sticks under his 2
He disturbed the brush so cute
thetitmede unsound. When
ceme et lest to the little on ;
where Cervel's m wee still so :
ing' s spire! of spruce-scen’
smoke up into the sir it wee
s stealth thet teiled even to re" .
Bares. Psrhsps. deep down
him. there smouldered so old- ' j
picion: perheps it wee becsnse
wented tooometoherwhile‘
wee sleeping. The sight of -
tapes nude his heart throb tee .
it wee light as day where it s .
in the moonlight. end he
hanging outside it e tow bits »
women's eppersl. He edven
soft-footed es s to: end I --
moment later with his bend on .
cloth iiep at the wigwem d E
his heed bent forward to cstch . .'
merest breath of sound. He ..
hear the breathing. For en
stent‘his fsce turned so thet
moonlight struck his eyes.
were eiiame with a med -
Then. still very quietly, he -
eside the lisp at the door.
It could not have been ~
thet roused. Bares. hidden in
bleck balsam shadow e do
peoes sway. Perhaps it was -
His nostrils twitched first:
he awoke. For s few seconds
eyes glered at the bent figure
He knew the-
wes not carve]. The old .g
the men-beast’s smell. tilled ..
nostrils like e hated poison.
sprung to his feet and stood '
his lips snarling beck slowly -
his long fangs. Mc’l‘sggert‘ -
diseppeered. From inside the
pee there came it sound: e sud ft
movement of bodies, n st 0
eiecnistion of one awakening -
sleep—end then a. cry. a. low. - :
smothered. trlghtened cry. end ;
response to, thst cry Beree I
out from under the balsem '
esonndinhisthroetthet ..
it the note of death.
in the edge at the spruce .
Cervel rolled unessiiy. s
sounds were rousing him. .. j
that in his exhaustion ceme
him ss it in a. dream. Atlest ;;
.set up. end then in sudden ho
leeped to his ,loet and rushed ‘
wnrd the tepee. Nepeese wss
the open, crying the neme
hed given.him—“Ookimow Jee‘ “5'
Ookimow—Jeem—Oo' kimow J
—” She was standing' -
white end slim. her eyes with
blue of the stars in- them.
' whenrshe sew Cervel she flung
her arms to him. still crying:
“Ookimow Jeem—Oo-oo. 0
mow Jeem—J . '
in the tense he heerd.the :- ‘-
of e' boast. the mooning cries -
men. He forgot that it wes -
last night he lied come. end
e cry be swept the Willow to
breast. and the Willow’s".
tightened round his neck es~
moaned: '
“Ookimow deem—it is the --
beset-4n there! it is the --
beset from Leo Bein—end'
ree-—-" ,
Truth fleshed upon Cervel.
he caught Nepeese up in his
end ren ewey with her
sounds that had grown nick-
end horrible. In the spruce
st he put her feet'once' ---~,
the ground. Her erms were:
tight eronnd his neck; he tell
wild terror of her body es it _
bed sgeinst him:.her hreuh‘
sobbing. end her eyes were on
fees. He drew her closer. end'
denly he crushed his face -
close sgelnst hers end felt (-5
instant the warm thrill at her]
egsinet his own. ' ‘
“He is deed. Nepeese.‘ ‘,
“Deed. Ookilnow Jeeml“ ‘l.
“Yes. Beree killed him.“ j
She did not. seem to - ,
Gently. with his lips in her -
Cervel whispered his plsnsf
their perndise.
"No one will know. my
heart. To—night i will bury
end burn the tepee. To-mo
we will stert for Nelson .
where there is e Miseioner. 5“
etter thet—we will come ~ --
end I will built s new cebin ‘
the old one burned. Do yang;
me, he eekaheti” : 3
'i
“Oui-yes-Ookimow
love yon—” *3
Suddenly there an. en.”
ruptdon. Beree et lest wee ,
his cry et utensil. lt rose.
stern: it veiled over the g
skies—e wolfiqe: howl #i
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