The Holly chieftain., 1909-03-19
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and his dug team over \ short cut by
way Of Black Rear creek. You ses.. his
creek u,akeS great bend 10 tue south
ward aud heads hack toward the riv-
Ct. ~ by crossing the divide NJ the
source Of BLACK Rear you drop Int" 1t
q few uifles abDve bis cabin
While sh< Made rhin appeal Eurr~il
fought with himself Thsre were rea-
sons why he l0nged Ia take this trip
more than he had iOnxed for anything
since boy hood. These nien of Flam-
beau had disregsrded him and Insisted
on treating him with cOntemptuOus
distrust despite his repeated friendly
overtures, wherefore he was hungry
to beat them Mt their own game. hun
cry to thrust himself ahead of them
and compel them to reckon with him
a. an equal. preferrinE state OF open
enmity II necessary 10 this condition
Of Indifferent liberation. Moreover, he
knew that Necia was coveted by half
OF them, and IL he spent q night In the
woods alone with her It would stir
them up bit. he fancied. BY heaven.
that would make them sit up and no.
tice HIM! But. then. 1t might work =
wrong upon her. Aud yet would It?
He was not SO sure that 1t would She
had come to him, she was old enough
to know her mind. aud she was hut
half breed girl, after all, who doubtless
was not 80 simple as she seemed. 9th
er men had no such scruples In this or
any other land, and yet the young man
hesitated until. encouraged by his 81
lence. the girl came forward and spoke
again impulsively:
Don't be silly. Mr.. Burrell. Come!
Please come with me. won't your
She took him by the edges Of his
coat aud drew him to her Goa xingiy.
1t may have been partly the spirit Of
revolt that had been growing III him
all day. or 1t may have been wholly
the sense Of her there beside him.
warm and pleading, hut something
caused great wave to surge up
through his veins. caused him to take
her in his arms. nercely kissing her
upturned face again and again, crying
softly. deep down in his throat:
Yes, yes yes! You little witch! I'll
go anywhere with you! Anywhere!
Anywhere!!" The impulse was blind
and ungovernable. and 1t grew as his
lips met hers. while. strangely enough.
she made no resistance. yielding her
self quietly till he found her arms
wound softly about his neck aud her
face nestling close to his. Neither Of
them knew how long they stood thus
blended together. but soon he grew
conscious Of the beating of her hesrt
against his breast AZ she lay there like
little hutiering bird and felt the
throbbing Of his own heart swAyinx
him. Her arms, her lips and her whole
body clung to his in sweet surren-
der, aud yet there WAS nothing I'm
modest or unma idenly about 1t. for his
strength and ardor had lifted her and
drawn her to him as on the sweep Of 4
great wave.
She drew her face free and hid 1t
against his neck, breathing softly aud
with shy timidity. as II the sound Of
the words she whispered half fright.
ened her.
WV yVu. WV yUu, AhcAuG.
It may happen that man viii spend
months in friendly and charming inti-
macy with woman and never feel the
violence or tenderness OF passion till
there comes Psychic moment or
physical touch that suddenly inwraps
them like fame. So 1t was with
Burrell. The sweet burden Of this girl
IN his arms. the sense of her yielding
lips, the warmth Of her caresslng
hands, momentarily unleashed leap.
Ing pack Of mad desires. aud 1t was
she who finally drew herself away to
remind him smilingly that he was
wasting time.
"My lips viii be here when those
mines are worked out" she said. No,
mol" And she held him OF xs lie came
toward her again. insisting that II
they were going they must be o6 at
once aud that he could have no more
kisses for the present. But, of course.
1t IL long trip. and we will have to
sit down now and then to rest" she
added shyly, at which he vowed that
he was far from strong and could not
walk but little way at time. yet.
even 50, he declared, the trail would
be too short, even though 1t led to
Canada.
NThan vat voa,r nock mazda uu ~ha