The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-10-28

George Bait; no man dares to give
him bed: no cannery will let him
work. He has to take dory to Dutch
Harbor to get food. He doesn't dare
leave the country and abandon the
meager thousands he has invested in
buildings. and every summer when
the run starts he comes across the
marshes and sinks about the Kalvik
thickets like a wrath. watching from
afar just in order to be near it all.
He stands alone and forsaken. barking
to the clank of machinery, every bolt
Of which he placed. watching his
enemies enrich themselves from that
cleaning silver army. which he con-
siders his very own. He is Stunned
like leper. Some time l believe he
will kill Marsh"
Hmm! One seems to be forever
crossing the trail of this Marsh" said
Boyd. who had listened intently.
The man who beats Marsh will
have done something" She paused,
then said deliberately. "And I believe
you are the one to do It,"
They had reached their destination
the mouth of a deep creek, up which
Cherry turned her dogs. Emerson
leaped from the sled and, running for
ward. seized the leader. guiding it into
clump of spruce, among the boles
of which he tangled the harness, for
this team was like pack of wolves.
ravenous for travel and intolerant of
the leash.
Together they assembled the bank and
surveyed the surroundings. Cherry ex-
patiating upon every feature with the
fervor of n land agent bent on weav
ing his spell about prospective buyer.
! And in truth she had chosen well, for
the conditions seemed ideal.
I've watched you. and l know you
are down on your luck for some rea-
son." the girl said. you've been mis-
heart taken out of you. but I'm sure
it's in you to succeed. for you're young
and intelligent, cool and determined,
l am giving you this chance to play
the biggest game of your life and erase
in eight short months every trace of
failure. I'm not doing it altogether
unselfshly, for l believe you've been
sent to Kalvik to work out your own
salvation and mine and that of poor
George Bait, whom you've never seen.
You're going to do this thing. and
you're going to make it win"
Emerson reached out impulsively and
caught her tiny. mittened hand. His
eyes were shining: his face had lost
the settled look Of detection and was
all aglow with a new dawn of hope.
Even his shoulders were lifted and
thrown back as if from some sudden
access of vigor that lightened his bur-
den.
you're rightv he said firmly. well
send for Bait tonight"
In the days that followed Cherry
was at Boyd's elbow constantly, aid.
ing him at every turn in his zeal to
acquire a knowledge of the cannery
system. The odd conviction grew upon
her that he was working against time.
that there was limit to his period
Of action. for he seemed Obsessed by
an ever growing passion to accomplish
some end within given time and had
no thought for anything beyond the
engrossing issue into which he had
plunged. She was dumfounded by his
sudden transformation and delighted
at first, but later. when she saw that
he regarded her only as a means to
an end. his cool assumption Of leader
ship piqued her and she felt hurt
Constantine had been sent for Bait
with instructions to keep on until he
found the fisherman even If the quest
carried him over the range. During
the days of impatient waiting they &C.
cupied their time largely in reconnoi-
tering the nearest cannery. permission
to go over which Cherry had secured
from the Waterman. who was indebted
to her. The man was timid at first,
but Emerson won him over. then pro-
ceeded to pump him dry Of informa-
ton. as he had done with his hostess.
Fraser looked on in bewilderment
at the change in Emerson!
"What have you done to Frozen
Annie?" he asked Cherry on one oc-
casion. "You must have fed him a
speed ball. for l never saw guy
gear up so fast. Why, he was the
darndest Grape hanger I ever met till
you got him Fingered up. He didn't
have no more spirit than sick kit.
ten"
Fraser then eyed the giri keenly.
This is lonely place for woman
like you," he said. land our mutual
friend amt altogether. unattractive,
eh?"
Cherry's cheeks famed. but her tone
was icy. This is entirely business
matter"
Hmm! amt never heard you
touted none as a business woman
said the adventurer.
"Have you ever heard me"-the col
or faded from the girls face. and II
was a trifle drawn-"discussed in any
way"
"You know. Emerson makes me un
comfortable sometimes. he is so ID
moral" Fraser replied indirectly. "He
won't stand for ANYTHING Off color