‘It isn’t healthy down here, sergeant—not ny more. It just isn’t natural, after living away up there. Nobedy’s sincere here. Nobody cares for anybody but themselves. Ya! I guess I'll hike for home soon.”

Stewart was looking at her in moist-eyed -ympathy. “Gee, Jean—you need a drink,” he ex- laimed, reaching over to help her. She sushed his proffered glass aside, as she ‘urned inquiringly to the sergeant.

“Does Dan know?” she asked.

“Yes!”

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“Well then, I don’t have to talk by signals. But it’s like this,” she said. ‘‘Since I told you about Jim Durridge and his gang, I've been terribly afraid. I feel I am always being followed and watched. Jim wasn’t arrested with the others, nor was his pal. If they had been, I'd feel better. Jim always swore he'd kill me if I wouldn’t promise to marry him. His crowd knew the Cana- dian police were investigating down here, in spite of your trying to keep it quiet. Jim knew I was acquainted with you, ser- geant, and with other members of the force. He knew Td been with you, although I protested it was all simply a matter of friendship. _But he wasn’t to be fooled. That gang knows everything. He was sus- picious the last time I went out with him.”

“Why in heaven’s name did you take up with a mug like that?” put in Dalgleish testily. “You ought to have known he was a rotter and not fit company for you.”

“Really, Sergeant—I didn’t know at first that he was a thief and a crook. He was always a gentleman when with me. Oh,” she went on anxiously, “won’t you please get me away from here. I want to go home.

I want dad, and Dave Protheroe, I always feel safe with dad and Dave.”

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“There, there!” sympathized Stewart. “That’s okay.” He turned out the contents of his trouser pocket—a very small remnant of what had been a wad of bills. He counted them over carefully

“Gee!” he whined, ‘just one hundred and fifty bucks. Well—that’s enough any- way, although I sure hate to leave all this fun down here.”

“What's eating you, Dan?” asked Jean.

“Well—it’s like this, Jean. My time’s up and I've got to get back. How about your old Uncle Dan seeing you safely back to the cabin up North?”

“You really mean it, Dan?” cried Jean, brightening up.

Dan gulped and looked around him once more.

“Sure!” he answered.

“Of course he will, Jean,” put in the Sergeant. “You'll be better out of all this anyway. Besides, it is time you were back home; your old dad is not so young as he used to be, and he needs you. He wasn’t any too well last time I saw him. I'll help Dan, if he needs it, in arranging for your tickets. But, say! How about your con- tract here with these birds?”

“T can break it any time,” replied Jean. “I'm only filling in, although they want to sign me on for a long period. Boy,” she exclaimed ecstatically, “Tomorrow! Home! The forests, the old trails, and the wild ducks in the sloughs. All my old friends, and dear old dad. Oh, gee!—but it feels good just to think of it.”

Jean was her bright young self again.

Old Dan felt the contagion and immedi- ately became gay and skittish.

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