The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-05

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derstand the, mechanism of a dress
suit. even if I'd never seen one" said
the man. amused. yet impressed by
her argument
I've always had visions of women
dressed in this kind Of clothing. white
women. never natives. not dressed like
this exactly. but in dainty. soft things.
not at all like the ones l wear. | seem
to have memory. although it's hardly
that either: it's more like dream, as
If | We're somebody else. Father says
it is from reading too much
"A memory Of what?"
Its too vague and tantalizing to tel,
what it is. except that l should be
called Merridy"
''Merridy: Why that?''
III show you. See" She slipped her
hand inside the shawl and drew from
her breast a thin gold chain on which
was strung band ring. TT was
grandmother's. That's where | got the
fancy for the name Of Merridy, l sup
1ose.''
MAY lookT'
"Of course But darent take 1t of.
I haven't had it off my neck since l
was a baby" She held it out for him
to examine. and. although it brought
his head close to hers, there was no
trace Of coGuetry in the invitation. He
read the inscription. From Dan to
Merridy." but had no realizati of
what it meant. for he glimpsed the
milk white flesh almost at his lips and
felt her breath stirring his hair. while
ed to loose every strong emotion in
him. She was so dainty and yet so
virile, so innocent and yet so wise. so
cold and yet so pulsating.
sit is very pretty he said namely.
st the look in his eyes as he raised
his head her own widened. and she
withdrew from him imperceptibly. dis
missing him with mere infection.
Il wish you would send Poleon here.
It's time he saw his present"
AS Burrell walked out into the air he
shut his jaws grimly and muttered:
Hold tight. young man. She's not
your kind-she's not your kind
Inside the store he found Doret and
the trader in conversation with man
he had not met before. a ragged non
deScript whose overalls were blue and
faded and patched, particularly on the
front of the legs above the knees.
where shovel handle wears hardest:
whose coat was of yellow mackinaw,
the sleeves worn thin below the ell
bows, where they had rubbed against
his legs in his work AS the soldier
entered the man turned on him a
small, shrewd, weather beaten face
with one eye while he went on talking
to Gale
at amt nothin' to git excited over,
but it's with follerin'. If l wasn't so
cussed unlucky I'd know there was
pay streak sOm'ere close by"
"Your luck is bound to change. Lee"
said the trader. who helped him to roll
up pack of provisions.
"Mebbe So Who's the dressmaker"
He jerked his bushy head toward Bur-
rell. who had stopped at the front
door with Poleon to examine some yell
low grains in folded paper.
Hes the boss soldier"
Purity. amt hep
eff you amt good he'll get you,"
said Gale trifle cynically. at which
Lee chuckled.
The one eyed man snorted derisive-
ly. ut amt with considerin'~
"Why not?" insisted Gale guardedly.
Maybe I've got a record. You don't
know"
"If you have, don't tell me nothin'
about it, hastily observed Lee. I'm
God fearin' citizen myself, leanin' ever
toward peace and Quietudes, but what's
past is dead and gone. and I'd hate to
see a lispin' child like that blue and
yeller party try to reezureck it"
He's got the American army to
back him up. at least five Of them"
give agin a hundred He aims to
overawe US, don't he?" snickered the
unregenerate Lee. but his wrinkles
changed and deepened as he leaned
dCEOSS TIC toQ4lltl {
"You say the word, John, and I'll
take some Teller along to help me, and
We'll transfer this military post"
'Pshaw! I'm just supposing." said
the trader.
"All right. It's up to you. How
ever. if happen to leap down on this
pay streak before it sees me comm
I'm goin' to put my friends in first
and foremost and shut out these dress
makers complete. So lOng!
Having given Necia's message to PO-
leon, the lieutenant took up his bust
ness with the trader. 1t concerned the
purchase of certain supplies that had
been omitted from the military outfit,
and when this was concluded he re-
ferred to the encounter of that morn
ing.
81 don't want you to think l bungle
everything in that manner" he said,
"for | don't I want to work with