The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-22
CHAPTER Vl.-Contlnued,
A Meeting and a Clashina.

They were in tn last Of the party
to descend. On reaching bottom he sep
arated her with promptness and guile
from two solemn young men, copies Of
each other, and they were presently alone.
In the distance they could see the others
following ghostly lamps. From far off
mysterious recesses came the muffled mu-
sical clink Of the sledges on the drills.
An employe who had come down with
them started to he their guide. Percival
sent him back.
I've just been through; can find my
way again.
'Ver' well,' said the man, with the
exception that 1t don't happen something
--ycs?' And he stayed where he was
Down one of the ross-cuts they started,
stepping aside to let a. car of ore be
pushed along to the shaft
: DO you know" began the girl, II am
SO glad to be able to thank you for what
you did that night"
I'm glad you are able. I was begin
ming to think should always have those
thanks owing to me-
II might have paid them at the time,
but it was all so unexpected and so sud
den-it ratified me, quite
Il thought you were horribly cool
headed"
II wasn't ozs.. .zE T. ''~' ~
SS' Your manner reduced me to a groom
who opened your carriage door,"
But grOOmS don't often pick strange
ladies up bodily and bear them out of a
pandemonium of waltzing cab horses. I'd
never noticed before that cab horses are
SO frivolous and hysterical.'
And grooms know where to look for
their pay"
bestowing furtive side-looks upon each
other.
IF I'd not seen you," said the girl,
"glancing at you-before-that evening, I
shouldn't have remembered so well;
doubtless I'd not have recognized you to-
day"
II didn't know you did glance at me,
and yet I watched you every moment OF
the evening. You didn't know that, did
you?''
She laughed
"Of course knew it. Any woman has
to note such things without letting it be
seen that she sees.''
And I'd have sworn you never once so
much as looked my way
Don't we do it well, tho?"
"And In spite of all the time I gave to
study Of your face lost the detail OF
it. T could keep only the effect of its
expression and the few tones Of your
voice heard. You know took those on
the record so I could hear 'em play over
any time 7 wanted to listen. Do you
know, that has all been very sweet to me-
my helping you and the memory of it,
so vague and sweet
Aren't you afraid we're losing the
others?'
She halted and looked back.
mo; I'm afraid we won't lose them
come on; you can't turn back now. And
YOU don't want to hear anything about
mines; it wouldn't be at all good for you
I'm sure. Quick, down this way, or you'll
hear Pangburn telling some one what a
stope is, and think what thing that
would be to carry in your head fs-~
Really, stope sounds like something
that would get you in the night! I'm
afraid!'
Half in his pirit she fled with him dowr
a dinlly lighted incline where men were
working al The rocky wall with sledge anc
drill There was that in his manner
which compelled her quite as literally as
when at their first meeting he had picked
her up in his arms.
. AS they walked single file thru the mar.
moving ore drift she wondered about him
He was western, plainly. An employe ir
the mine, probably a manager or di.
rector or whatever it was they called those
in authority in mines. Plainly. too, he
was man Of action and a man who en-
gagged all her instructive liking. Some