The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-22

missing wind" seemed impotent to
restore him. The three days storm
which bore down upon them a week
later found him still tossing in his
DUNK, sleeplessly, in the night time,
shlVerlng over the fire by day The
/ third day of the storm was still suffi-
} GENTLY severe to keep all the men in
the shanty. Toward evening Big Bill
I lie, the camp giant and humorist or
ganlzed the men into a company of
lmpromptu actors. hurlesquing the
! dance parties so common in the home
regions.
All men not dancing were ordered to
the hunks, for the sake of room. Jona-
than Newling, for the sake of spite, &C.
cupied portion of the bunk under
Arches, and enjoyed himself hugely,
chattering easily of Genevieve Dixon
and past good times-most of them
wholly maginary-enjoyed in her COM
pany. Archie, at last enraged, and
half mad with irritation, leaped from
the bunk and insisted on fighting. He
was all the more angry when the other
men interfered. big Billie" sprang
to the rescue of peace in most charac-
/ teristic fashion.
Circle threes, in gallop and
waltz" he shouted, naming a figure
universally popular in Muskoka- And,
SSlSllS ATCIlle WIFI one manu- anu JOI-
athan with the other, he whirled them
around with him. The noise of their
waiting and of the other mems
amusement quite drowned the soft
pounding of approaching hoof- beats.
Jack Dixon, younger brother of Gene
We've. was in among them, pale, half
frozen and exhausted, before they had
dreamed of visitor.
/ Come quick if you want to see Gene
+ Ill III 1, 1sa4 IL
She's terribly ill-sort of fever-and
tlaer doctor don't think she'll see to-
morrow. It's awful outside. but I got
over somehow. l think you can ride
| back"
! Hands rough but kindly reached out
! on all sides to encase Archie in his out
| er garments. The boy Jack was sup
! piled with whisky sufficient to kill him
twice inside of two minutes. When
Angus McAdams best team came
around for Archie and to replace Jacks
exhausted Dobbin, Jonathan Newling
came, too, riding the horse borrowed
from a team owning cousin. Straight
over to Arches shoulder he leaned
/ tensely, and rested a shaking hand on
the other mans shoulder.
I'm goin' with ye,' he said, in
hoarse excitement. It'll be a wild
night, an we're not over yer bruises
yet. Their lads dead weary, an l know
ther trail better'n we both. An, Arch
ie," raising his voice to a hollow rum
BILE that was a lie l told We about Bill
tons party and Gene goin' home with
Sam Bailey. Both on 'em was sick that
evenin', and neither on EN- was nigh
Their party at ALL"
Archie made no answer; he was
dumb and dazed from the shock of
Jacks nervous summons. The boy him.
self seemed to hear nothing. But eager
listeners nodded hearty approval of
Jonathan's conduct, and big Billie
shouted: "Well donei"
Then off into the night and storm
rode the three men together, off upon
the long journey which the good God
+ rendered so miraculously safe and
rapid. And never word was spoken be-
tween them until Jonathan, who had
led the way and breasted the storm all
through it, refused to enter the Dixon
home.
"Tll come to the wedding breakfast,
instead" he called back, grimly, as his
tired horse plodded down the road. For
Genevieve's father had met them at
the gate with the news that the girl
was better, and it was Jonathan's turn
to feel sick at heart and dispirited as
Archie hurried in to greet her.
But at the wedding breakfast Gen
evieve noticed that he paid great at
! tention to the younger sister, Alice,
whose eyes and smile so strongly re-
sembled her own; aEd since Alice has
been heard to remark, recently, that
she doesn't think crooked smile at
all important, so long as the eyes above
and the heart beneath it are tender and
straightforward, it seems not at all I'M
likely that Jonathan, too, will watch
eagerly for Angus McAdams' weekly
mail-budget this winter.