News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-10-05

The travellers whirled to see. stand
ing out In. relief against the darkness,
of the passage whence the Indian hat
just come few seconds before. tn,
golden haired girl Of THE storm t
whom they had been indebted for theil
rescue. She advanced. smiling pleas
antly.
"These lnen no stop herev' cried Con
stantine violently.
T-I-beg pardon" began Emerson
1--WE didn't intend to take forcible pos
session. but we're played out-we've
been denied shelter everywhere-we
felt desperate"-
She addressed the Indian girl In
sAleut and signaled to Constantine, al
which the two natives retired.
"We're glad of an opportunity ia
THANK you for your timely service this
lsafternoon." said Emerson.
"Oh. that was nothing. I've been ex.
pecting you hourly. You see.- Constan-
l tines little brother has the measles
and had to get to him before the ma
tives could give the poor little fellow
Russian bath and then stand him out
in the snow. They have only one
treatment for all diseases"
IF yonr-er-father"- The girl
shook her head.
''Then your husband--I should like to
arrange with him to hire lodgings for
a few days. The matter of money
Again she came to his rescue.
~ am the man of the house. I'm
boss here. You are quite welcome to
stay as long as you wish. Constantine
objects to my hospitality and treats all
strangers alike, fearing they may be
company men,"
1--WE throwed Swede out on his
neck" declared Fraser, swelling with
conscious Importance. land | guess
he's Grabbed us with the other square
heads"
"Oh. no! They have instructions not
to harbor any travellers. It's as much
ms his job is worth for any of them to
entertain you. Now, won't you make
yourselves at home while Constantine
attends to your dogs? Dinner will
soon be ready
He murmured "Gladly" and then
lost himself in wonder at this well
gowned girl living amid such surround
ings Undeniably pretty. graceful in
her movements, bearing herself with
certainty and poise, who was she?
Where did she come from? And what
In the world was she doing here?
He became aware that "Fingerless''
Fraser was making the introductions.
"This is Mr.. Emerson My name is
French. I'm one of the Virginia
Trenches, you know. Perhaps you
have heard of them. No? Well, they're
the real thing"
Emerson forestalled her acknowl
edgement by breaking in roughly:
His name isn't French at all,
madam: it's FraSer-F ingerless' Fra
ser. He's an utterly worthless rogue
and absolutely unreliable. so far as
can learn. picked him up on the ice
in Norton sound with marshal at his
heels"
nat uldTSudl WISH dlleT me-
stoutly denied Fraser, quite unabash-
ed. why. he's friend of mine
we're regular chums. Everybody
knows that. He wanted to give me
some papers to take outside. that's
ALL
Boyd shrugged his shoulders indif
ferently:
"Warrants!'
Their hostess. greatly amused. pre-
vented any further argument by say ,
ing:
Il suppose you are bound for the
States!''
Yes. We intend to catch the mail
boat at Katmai. | am taking Fraser
along for company. It's hard travel
ing alone in strange country. He's
a nuisance, but he's rather amusing at
times"
81 certainly am" agreed that cheer
full person, now fully at his ease.
BY and by the girl rose, and after
showing them to a room she excused
herself on the score of having to see
to the dinner When she had with
drawn "Fingerless" Fraser pursed his
thin lips into a noiseless whistle, then
observed:
"Well, Pll-be-cussedw