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CHAPTBR XX. It H»pp«iw In Boefca. r Is said tbat men remember many things wben death Is imminent, and for days and
 days sometbing bad been dy¬ ing hard in Stephen O'Mara's breast. Hia step was slow that afternoon when he drew apart to tjike up bis position alone upon n l)lt of higher ground, his ¦houlders heavy and drooping, yet his brain was feverl.shly active.
They came slowly at first—Wicker- sham's logs-tlmdilinK henvlly, one liy one, Into tho underpinnings of the bridge, sliding tn\> or lodging cross cm- rent, as the caso might be, tben lu a thicker and thicker tide tbat ground and up ended and settled with the weight of tbe coffee colored flood be hbid it. In tbe beginning tbe handful of men who bad put those tindicrs intp place .set themselves doggedly to save their completed structure until the man who had worked with them sbouldc;' to shoulder through the night called them with a nod back to the bank. Obediently then tbey collected In a small knot behind him, murmurnns, gutturally grumbling.
The coming of Wlckcrshani's men was not a thing of degrees. Thoy poKr ed Into view through the brush fring!' at the north edge of tbe marsh and halted, but only for an Instant.
"Who is your friend at tbe tim ¦ when you need a friend? Iluvrigaii. that's mei"
"Harrlgan, that's me;" And there came a lull in tbe valley at Thirty Mile, broken only by heavy lireathing and the erunch of logs .lamming lie- neath the bridge and the ugly swirl of backed up water.
And then Ilnrrlgau stood forth. I>jng arms dangling, paims back, almost t» hia knees, that red headed one minced forward on the- balls of his feet. Har¬ rlgan was redeeming a promise many weeks overdue. It was spring, nnd Harrlgan had come back!
"I'm here." he spoke to that bowed head, "If you are afther carln" to wel¬ come mei"
"I've lieen expecting you, Harrignn."
Again thut startling mildness.
There is little wonder that It deceiv¬ ed the riverman. Usten.'ng, watehln.' O'Mara's slack form, even Fat Joe's face burne<l, even Archie Wickersham's dared flash in triumph. And Harrignn's went savagely exultant.
"Vou talked out loud to me once," he taunted. "Is it so diflicult you flnd It now to sppiik up so I can hear?"
"Would you promise to listen to ar¬ gument, Harrlgan?"
VlUflcatlou t4ire at the other's lips un¬ til friend and enemy marveled at what Steve took In silence.
"You have begun many things In this counthry," the long tirade end¬ ed. "Tou came out of these wocxls with rags on your back and started at bein' a gentleman when we were only bboys. You've made a gr-rent suc¬ cess av It with the ladles, we'll gr-rant you tbat. Dnt you should have stuck to your soft and Illy wblte pastime, foi' when you aimed to turn this river into a gentleman's proposition .vou started something too big for yoa to finish. I'm taking It off your hands now. Can't you even talk back Uke a man?"
"Maytie you are rlgbt, Harrlgan," Steve said. "You may be—I do not know. I have started big tblngs and left them unfinished But you aro wrong for tbe rest of it, Harrlgan, (or I am golng^-to—flnisb—you!"
Like a blast of wrath O'Mora lifted and StlU a biui. Ilarrigan's handa bad not left his hlijfi liefore he met tbo ground, aud be was liack on bis feet Uke a bounding Imll, only to go down again before the smashing Impact of those blows, t'aiitlon be tried to use iu rising, und tlioy seurclied o;it bis face, his cbiu. aiul lUove hlm hilUer and yon. Oiieii lighting wus not tbo river style of llgbling, and be closed tbis time n||l wrupin-d bis gorilla arms about this lury wbo fought with light¬ ning strokes to keep bim off. llis greater weight o'erbore them both. He broke away, and his hobnailed boots lashing out bit the flesh of O'Mara's temple-they tore the tuif where his face bad been.
Tbere was madness In Harrlgan's hideous roarings of bate, madness In his blind rushes, and bis bull strengtii availcld at flrst. He weathered destruc¬ tion and managed to close again. This time the lighter man was ready for the scuff of those armed boots. He twisted ond covered bis face with his ¦boulder, and only his shirt ripped opeu to let blood stream from the rent. Ou their feet they rocked—to their knees! Faces grinding into tbe earth, they ¦trained and broke away. And alwaya Harrlgan came back and found hlm blindly. Once his hairy hands search- ad O'Mara's face, and O'Mara's fore¬ head went wet witb tbe agony of fln¬ gera tearing nt his eyesockets. Prop¬ ping, be escaped tbat gouging grip. Coming up. he caught Harrlgan's chin and turned btm over backward. HorrUon squandered his strength lu
uruiiKcii rr.sae.-i. nis nre.'iiii iii wreMrus of hate. Ami now Steve was lautrhbr.' aloud. ITe i;new that sin; wus watcb¬ lng, knew what loatliing was In her eyes. .\nd lie—be was u riverman: Sobbing for uir. dripiibig (¦rlm^^(JIl from forehead ami shonlder, be >et himself and .swung from tlie waist. Llhe ;i pole axed ox Harrlgan stopped as tic was lurcbing In. Ills moutn sai-'geil, his eyes flew wide In a fixed und stui.id Stare. Tben bis legs foidetl under hlm and he swayed limply down. But tbat blast of wrath would not let him lie! It raised hlni and beat bim down again; raised him nnd bent bim down. By his throat Steve swung bim up—by throat and buckled belt. High over hLs bead he swung tbnt bulk nnd lashed forward from his heels. And Harrl¬ gan went bnck to his panting follow¬ ers. Twisting and spinning, his IxkIv swept Shayne and Fallon to the ground.
Allison had not stirred, nor putty faced Wickersham, nor tho girl who stood with hands at breasts. And now toward them Stephen O'Mara wheeled. His legs would fall him, nnd he steadied them. Blood blinded him, and he willed it away. Swaying giddily. be managed somehow a smile.
"Wickersham, I have met the man wbom you hired to flgbt for you." be called clearly, "and he bas earned his wage! Are you man enough to step forward now und flgbt for your.s«'lf';"
Wickersham clucked drily in hi-' throat and lifted an elbow to shield bis face. Shrinking buik behind tbe first shelter that cliaiiee afforded liirn, b> put the girl betweeu him and lils fear And then weal;ne-:s seized ui»on tti.r sick and swaying man. but be spolce to her—to tbe unspeakable horror In lii'. eyes.
"Barbara." be called tliicklv, "Bar bara!" ^"
He groped toward ber, und she crle 1 out and drew buck frum such han.l ^ as those. Then a black wall rose be fore him and shut her from bis siglit Fat Joe caught him as lie fell.
Like huddled sheep u'Mura's men and Wickersham's watclied .Toe bear
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him up the hill. Shayne and I'allon were bending over Harrlgan; by the others he lay Ignored. It was u nxili without a leader until, as is tlie way in all crises, a uew leader arose. Bl:: Louie, stolid face no longer stoliil, strode between those two factions and achieved the unknown heights for which his eyes had always hnngered.
"I work for no man but Is a man!" ho boomed. "That bridge—she still Is hold!"
Steve had bidden Hartlwiek Elliott watch these men if their big moment ever came. -Vnd Elliott and .\.llls<m watched now. They were sheep U'' longer nor malcontents nor misled tools of cunning. Like wolves tbey followed that nameless n^in who was out upon the jam. Wickerslmra's men were back on the river, but that bridge would continue to hold. .Vud wbilv they worked, while Elliott and her fu ther watched six-llbound. blindly Bar bara Allison turned, wlili no tlioiight of what she wus doing, and walked Intn the brush.
The river wns running clear by du^^U wheu they ralced the liist liue und I'ly for her. It wus darlv w lieu a runner bore tho news to the i-aliln on the hill¬ side that she was missing. And when men had been beating the woods for her for twelve hours as lic>-t they could in the dark and uo word came tbat she was found Kut .loe no longer dared let lie in sleep his friend, whose bo<ly he bad cleansed and baiulai:ed. At day¬ break Joe waked him and told him Barbara was lost. Tbey tried to argue With him, for his knees weie still un-. ¦teady. Even Allison, whose Jovlul body seemed to have shrunk during his hours of waiting, tried to convince him that the meu now lo<^>king for her would find ber soou or liud alread.v found her perhaps. But he brushed them away while he was dressing. He threw oir tbe bands that tried to detain him. And it was Steve who fotmd her, ¦s he had known It would be. Just be¬ tore a second uight of dread was clos- t&f in npon her.
In circles of ever increasing radius he traveled at a fox trut, which thoughts of Fallon and Shame and uarrigan wouia not let him abandon. But he had run her down when hi' caught sight of ber, for sbe fleil like a wild thing before bim. Floundering in ¦ l^edar swamp, aoakeil to the knees, Uttle blue befurred suit heavy with black muck, be came up with her. She was kneeling, shaking with terror, fuce bidden by her loosened hair, when he bent over her and raised her to her fee*
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Ha  Carried   Her   Now  to  That   Cabin Which Stood on the Baleam  Knoll.
"I'lease," sbe whimpered, "oh, please"—
Yet wben be spoke her name her head leaped back, and she recognized him instantly.
"I tried to wait." she chattered with all the voice she bad left. "I tried to sit still until some one came for nie, but I thought I knew the wny. I tried not to listen to tlie noises. I remem bered atxmt the stars, and 1 knew I shouldn't run. But I thought you wei>e—I thought you were"—
Rememliered terror clioked her. Con sclousuess slli'iK'd away.
By the s.ame trail which on' e bad led hlm to the "city" of .Morrison be car¬ ried her now to that cabin which stood on tbe balsam kiioli in the crook of the west brnnch.
His head was spinning from fatigue and the throb of the jagged tear above his temple when the log buiidiug. streaked white with clay chinking, loomed up uhcad, and. yot Invcluutarily be stopiied there a moment with his burden.
He bad pktured many times a night when he should bring ber there, witli both of them watching the moon In the rnpids and listening to the waves lipping tlie bunks. Tbis w.is iii-t tluit night. That nigbt would never be. But the rebellion and bitterness were gone from his heurt. After he had removed her wet 8lK>es and stockings and brush wbippetl suit and sheer black blouse and sbe slept the sleep of oshaustinii Into which she had sliiiped from un¬ consciousness without even oiJfiiing her e.ves be built a fire and sat before It until morning came. Ami when it dawned und she waked dazedly while he was prepnrhjg breakfast he had fiu- Isbcd ieoon.stn>cting many things.
Ber eyes weiK from wall to wall, frightened still nad iiuestiuulng nt tirst, so Ije merely iwdded nnd went outside aiKl teft licr to reineml.ier aloue. Ke- tumfng with wood ou his arm, he found reeollectton of much In her gaze. SlK was looking at the thin heeled. buttoned l>oots before the firer>lace, the stockings and ^lrred garments cleaned of mini und dried on the backs of chairs. A ckiud of color stole up from thl' blantiet edge at her throat to tbe line of ber hair.
"You were wet" he explained sim¬ ply, "and you were too spent to help youRH'lf. I louVl not let you sleep in ttiem."
"1 understand." ber answer faltered a Uttle. "I was J)ist thinking. I knew stK'h things lnvppt'ned. but I thought it was only lu t>ooks."
Drowsily she watched bim bendinu owr frjdng pan and colTcepot, content bersetf to IW aiul rest. But aftor a time, with fuller awal;euing, the bund aae abont hts IrnkI claimed her atten tion. To her it seemeil impossible that tbls smoothly shaven man in clean blue shirt conld tw the same one .who had etnergetl from a struggle still sicken Ingly brutish to tier. Inviduntarily she shudilertM a little without kiiowin:; that he watchetl.
"I am gobrj to the -^iiring I'or fresh water." Ite told Iier thon. '•There will be tillie f')r yiiu to dress, and breakfast wtil tK> reaily wlK^ii 1 come back."
Submissive before bis tone ~he tv piled that she was hungry; that she Wuuld Ul ivmly too. .She luul donneil blou.sc   ml   skirt   and   stockings   anil
¦hoes and  flnished  braiding her halt
When he re-entered,    lie -showed her a tin bashi outside tilled  Willi icy watcf' for her face and hands.    .Vnd then tbey ¦at down In silence to breakfast
"1 told yoai tli.it .V"U wouM linJ out some day," Barbara niiirmurd iinali.v. "I wariMKl you you uiiild wake su'l- denly and see how sli.illow I am."
"Wuliing has liecii no sudden thing with mc. 1 tinished with dreams a long time liiiilf. but you are what .-•ou have lieen always in my tb'iuglits. lis conditious I've wuked to. not .miuI"
With unwitting gnuTness lie had sometimes sixiken to her, but never with such constrained velieiuence.
"Why should 1 iind fault in aiiythiii',' you havo douo or tailed to do?" he demanded of Imth her and hiniseli "Why shonld you be apologetic or re¬ gretful? .Such a tiling as 1 bad to do two days ugo has beld no place In your world und never could, liut 1 can't flnd It In niyself to be apologetic either, liei-uu.s«' it Is a iiart of mine. 1 meant to kill him- wanted to kill llim —because I was ceri'iin of your scorn: That was vlniili'ti\e; that was fo'ili^h for a man. But as for the rest of it I know 1 uia.\' have It ail to do nvei again uny duy. it was a vulgar bniwi to you; to me"—
"Noi: Just a brawl. " she contradicted quickly, anxious to bo undei stoml "Just—oh, so needle-isl.v lirnial At flrst It left me only daze<l and iiauM' ated, but after I had bad (ime to think I made myself see ynur side of it. You must crush insubordlnatiua.   And
Slill  It  seems  ns  tnougu  iiiere  iiii;:;c have beeu a less hnrrible way."
"He had bulked my work," lie told her sternly. "He has fired upon uie from cover when he dai'ed not come out Into the open. He has tieen takiiii;- money for liis work from u man wli.i wns bent on beating me at any co.-t. Could 1 nsk hini jib'^ixc not to spoil my bridge? Is lhat your Idea of a mans wa.v? This is tny work, and whiie I continue in it men who ojjpose me with their bruins 1 will fight with my luain. But men wbo force me to meet tbem with fists I must beat with like weap ons. There Is no altei'uative. I have no choice—unless I (juit. And that is the reason T know that this is the end for you nnd me! My ways would have hnd to be your wu.vs, and we huve lenrned at last wbat I have feared for long and long. Tbey He too fur npnrt for them ever to meet.
"I promised to touch you to love me. and I've failed. And knowing that my failure Is not all my own fault is not going to make It nny easier for me You've tnuL'lit me loneliness I'm never going to forget us lung us I live, but I don't love you nny the less for that. I dreamed big dreams for both of us." His voice was dreary of a sudden. "I proinised I'd make those dreams come trne. because I thouglit my life could be your life. I've not dono so. Tbat thing could never bo. I've talkoii big¬ ger tban I could practice, and that is not going to help my self confidence any, but as it stands now I can earn it liack. I couldn't have done tbat If I hud married .mui nnd wuked some day to Qnd yoii slirinklng from me. It would huve killed it und my self re¬ spect, too. to hnve lenrned too lute that you believed still In your own greater fincBoss."
"I tell you it is not tliatl" she cried out.    "Can't I make you understand"-
"You havo made me undorstund till I um snre," ho stated. "I um no lunger vexing mysolf with trivial things. You have been uncertain. I huve seen that. You ure certain now. .\nd tbe funda¬ mental thing remains unchanged. In tno there is t'la* man who orce T.na:i- handled Ilarrigan—and you di'ln't want mo to touch you! You don't have to tell me an.v more tbat you can't luve me. Wben you drew nway from mo. tbat was enough."
Sbe sat and watched him put the room in order, and that hurt her more than anything else, for he would not let licr belp. He made her change her liigh heeled boi.its for moccasins, which he brought and iaced upon her feot. But the remainder of tbe day it was the old ^!to^¦<.¦ v,-ho helped ber over the bad ijlts of going und talked discon- noctedl.; of many things meanwhile. .Vnd yet no lunger the old Steve, who had boon su entirely her own. Hers was the sail fa-e when they entered lhe clearing at Thirty Mile, and a Iiuarse shunt saluted her return. In lier father's embrace she clung aud wondered that she did not cry. Anil twu pages had turned for her that day. fur .¦•lie sent WickerBlium back his riug the same nigbt the private car rolled d"Wn to .Morrison.
Harrlgan was xvitli Archibald Wi'k- ersham when the iiackai:o. unaccom¬ panied by explanation, reached the lat¬ ter in his liutd roum in town.
"Go out and get him." said Wicker sham. ".Vnd soo that you get him— for good."
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UolteU. But l!ig Louie never iic'iTlected his team—they were not wet—they hnd not been running fur. .Viui their fright became less when she dismount¬ ed unil apiiroiiciii d them, southing tliem with her vuli o until they let iicr touch their sleek sides without rearing away. Iiusii had come aud i;one. for it was growing dark. T'ncertain. more and more unnerved os she stood and gazed at the forbidding, blai 1; shadowed ridges beyond tier, the girl h.id to fight suddenly ai-'ainst ati iiiijiiilse to turu and nice back to tlie lower country and Mrirrisoii and hotne. Even then the rille shots meant nothing to her— and i>rlde would imt let her run. She rcmoutited aiid rode un a rod or two and stofijied to louk back at the team which wns watching her. She pressed ou and rounded the curve, itagtime reared and snorted there, ati.i bhe bare¬ ly stilled the cry w hicij his stran...'p be- haviur bruught to her lip-^. Because of lier senseless  jianic she iiunished hI_V.
CHAPTER XXI. You  Cannot  Leave  Me  Now."
F~(ii: twu days and twu nights tbe girl fought ou alone ngalnst the outin-j- of her heart until she recognized tbe futiiiiy of It. uud then slic ordered Ragtime to be saddled. And Miriam Burrell. sighting Barbara's fuce as tbe latter whcelo'l toward the hills, flew from ber window to scratch off a note Iu Garry—her third note that day, for she seemed always omitting must im¬ portunt thiugs which needed saving,
¦•It's como," slic scrawled in delight¬ ed haste. * * * When are we going to be married',"
Om e before Barbara had ridden that road with him .ilune in her tliuuglu>. Xow she realized that sho hud loved him then as sbe must huve loved him always and marveled at such blind¬ ness. Oil'e. un tha,t other day. s!ie had lold hersell lliat all ignoble and unworthy com|iarisons jf herself and llim were done and goae. Xow she did not need such reassurance, whoii hev lips were tremulous.
sne grew pensive tw. times. At timc-i In an abandun of gayety she chattered buck at a quarrelsuuie siiuirrel In the thicket. She could rest later, and if she could not go to him immidlate'y at least every steii the horse took was bringing them fur a little while closer together. And lier tuuiori'ow was only one twilight and uno dawn away. Her tomorrow would tie liis as utterly ns was she herself. ]
Dusk came, and regretfully slie ti.ill herself that she must be turning back home. Two ritle sliut.s. sharp and star- tlbigly close, whli'ped tbruugb the'lul'.'-t of that lazy afternuun, but thoy meant nothing to her. She had reached the beiglit of land, where he had found her tho day her ruan mare strayed oft whilo she sat mooning on a log. She was holding out both arms toward the simt Whire the valley of Thirty Mile must lie when a team of hoavy burses bruke nround a turn in the road, slowed to a trot at the s:-:lit of ber aiid came tu au abrupt standstill. \\ hen tlio girl rmb' nearer tu them, merely suriirlsinl and curiuus ut tirst, they snorted and shuw- eil the whites, of their eyos and shied back nervously.
Soraetliing chill eluiclied at Barbara s heart while she spuke iiereniptoril' to nnptlme who was dancing In sym¬ pathetic pniiic. There was nothing I i tell her. but slio knew tiiat these were Big Louie's horses. .Vnd Big Louie wus a dreamy incumi'etcni. He h.i 1 left them for a moment, that was all. nnd  thev  had  bocume  trlL'htened  aud
the niuro severely and sent him on. And tiien sbe saw wh;it the hurse had already seen.   '
A blue sliirtod ligure lay hulf in the ruad. li.ilf in tho undergruwtli that fringed it. oiio arm ci-oiikod under him and bis face prone in the dust. A bulkier muss was stretched wholly within the truil-and she recognized liiiii too. I'.ig Louie's face was u]i- turned. and the exiil.ination of the two litle reports and the driverless team was here, for Bii: Louie's hand still clutched the handle of a canvas pail. They had stopii'd to wuter the burses: thoy had been >hit duwn from behind. .Vnd tirst of all, unable to move, whiie horror parched her lips, the girl re¬ membered words which the limp oue. half in tho road and balf in the under¬ brush, had siiokeii tu her iu a moment of sternness.
"lie has tired upon mo from cover," the m.in who loved lier bad said. "He has been taking money from a man who was bent on beating me at any pril e!"
"Bloud sickens me!" sho whimjiored aloud. "Blood sickens me!" But she managed to turn hiiu over upon his back. With bro-.vn head against his heurt she listened—listened and would not lielieve that her tomorrow might come too lato. And then she caught the slack pound of his pulse.
From there on she wa-i less panic stricken. She gained control uf facul¬ ties shocked for a time into useless- ncss. .Motliud marked her acts—delib- erutiun mechanical, but sure. She wns hurribly afraid "f Big Ivuio. bnt she finally disentungled the handle of the jiail from those loose lingers and ran to tbe brook wljich ba.bbled noar ul hand. lieturnin-. she drenched Steve';-. face wlMi icy water. She lifted hi- head and |iroi,]ied it as eomfurtably as -he might upon une tliigli und opened his fianiiel shirt. The ball had pa.ssed thruush. fur i.ai k and frunt tho shirt became Immediately wetter with fresli blu.id. Bl"0(i si.-kened her, but she wbipjied uff the coat of her boyish rid¬ ing habit and wrenched the sleeve-: from ber linen 1 lou.so. Thoy were des perately s nnt, ycX they provided pud> with which to <heck that dreadful ooz ing. .Vnd when they were in place she tuniod .iLr.iin to bathiiiL- lii< fore¬ head.
A folded slieet of puper came to view when she tried once to ease liis heavy body from the position which was numbing her leir. und she seized upon it liercely. It was only a brief Une. bidding him cme to her, but it liore her name. With instant, bodiless clari¬ ty which had niaiked ui! her menta! lirocesses so far, its purport wus hers. She hud nut vv-ritteii—the hand that liad traced her signature had been tin >truug fur once. She understood, though such knowledge -leemed of lit¬ tle moment i..uvi-.
Sbe kept the pads cold and wet.    She went   fur   fresh   water  and   stumbled and fell m'>re thuu once because of the treacherous   footing  in   the  doeiienlia' I shadows.     But   she   was   no   longer i afraid uf the dnik.   She had grown to I fear Big Lmtie less, even though there ; was no help for Big Louie any more. j It was the first time rhat Barbara had looked uiion the fai e of a mnn whu had died in viulenco.    Big Louie's face was growing indistinct now. but she knew that  be  ¦"a-  smiling—knew  that  his eyes  were <'      'ny and mild.    I'eath. like life,  Uad  ' een a ipiite incompre¬ hensible puzzle to that sluw witted ono who hud no name    But lie li.td smiled seldom in life.    In iloath his -mile was
almost childish, almost sweet and questioning beyond all else.
Alone with him who still lived, the pallid gir! sat und waited und wouder¬ ed how baig—or how suon—it would be. When sbe bude hini wail until she could bring the team he nodded his comiu'ehonsiivn lie was watching for tier return. Aud he came to his feet with a readiness tl.at made her Iieart leap witb hujie. But he fell twice be¬ fore she lifted him. half wilh her hands, half with her vuice. to tlie seat
She crawled in beside- hltu. and the uext iiiument she had to struggle mad¬ ly   to   prevent   his   returning   to   Big
Tonle
(to he Continued)
Too Muoh For Him.
•1 thooght he WBB going to marry that girir-
"Well, he did think of It But It seems when he called the other uight sho throw him down"
"^\ell, if she's as good as that at wrostUng I dm t blame him for quit 'lug"—St. Luul.s Post Dispatch.