The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-22

She kin make herself warm and comfble
in the cabin until we've got the runners
| ready"
You hear what our friend says, Amy"
suggested the gentleman, appealing to the
closed leather curtains of the wagon.
There was a pause The curtain was
suddenly drawn aside, and charming
little head and shoulders, furred to the
throat, and topped with a bewitching
velvet cap were thrust out In the OBJ
security little could be seen of the girls
features, but there was Il certain viii
fulness and Impotence in her attitude.
Being in the shadow she had the advan-
tage Of the others, particularly Jack, as
his figure was fully revealed in the moon
light against the snow bank. Her eyes
rested for a moment on the high boots,
his heavy moustache, so long as to min
gle with his unkempt locks which fell
over Inns broad shoulders, on his huge red
hands streaked with black grease from
the wagon wheels, and some blood,
staunched with snow, drawn from bruis-
es in cutting out brambles in the brush,
or-more awful than ala monstrous,
shiny specimen gold ring encircling
one of his fngers-on the whiskey bottle
that shamelessly bulged from his side
pocket, and then--slowly dropped her
dissatisfied eyelids.
"Why can't stay hereY' she said, Ian
guidly. Its quite nice and comfortable"
Because we can't leave you alone. and
we must go with this gentleman to help
him.
Miss Amy let the tail of her eyes again
creep shudderingly over this gentlman
Jack. i thought the-the gentleman
going to help u.s." she said dryly.
Nonsense, Amy, you don't understand.
This gentleman is kind enough to offer
to make some sledge runners for us at his
cabin, and we must help him.
But / can stay here while you so. +!
am not afraid
Yes, but you're alone here, and some
thing might happen"
Nothing could happen" interrupted
Jack, quickly and cheerfully. He had
flushed at first, but he was now consider
ing that the carrying of a lady as exDeI-
siyely Attired and apparently as delicate
and particular as this one might be some
what difficult "There's nothing that
would hurt ye here" he said, addressing
the velvet cap and furred throat in the
darkness, land if there vast couldn't get
at We, bein', so to speak, in the same sort
o. fix as you. So you're all right" he
added positively.
"Ineonsitently enough, the young lady
did not accept this as gratefully as might
have been exepcted, but Jack did not see
the slight flash Of her eye, as ignoring
him, she replied markedly to her father
'T'd much rather stop here, papa"
"And," continued Jack, turning also
to her father, "you can keep the wagon
and the whole gorge in sight from the
trail all the way up. So you can see that
everything's all right. Why, / saw you
from the first" He stopped awkwardly
and added, "Come along, the sooner we're
off the quicker the jobs over"
pray don't delay the gentleman and
the job" said Amy, sweetly.
Reassured by Ncl's last suggestion,
her father followed him with driver and
tho second man Of the party a youngish
md somewhat undistinctive individual,
but to whose gallant anxieties Miss Amy
responded enusiyely. Nevertheless. the
Young lady had especially noted Jacks
confession That he had seen them when
they first entered the gorge. And sup
nose" she added to herself mentally,
that he sat there with his boozing COM
panions, laughing and jeering at our
struggles"