Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-29
The Silver Horde By Re-! Re- Beach !s,


sion of fear. malice. and curiosity.
OUGHT" said Fraser. showing back
from his plate. Don't look at me
like that before I've had my coffee
Maybe you know him In San Flai-
cisco, eh ?"
mo, mol We never heard of him I'M
til last night
II guess you liel" She smiled at
them wheedlingly, but Boyd treasured
her.
mol We don't know him at all"
Then what for o speak his
Nance"
Miss Malotte told us about him at
dinner
"Oh!"
"By-the-way, What kind of a looking
Teller is he? ?" asked Fraser.
Hes fine, handsome man." said
Chakawana. mice fat man. Him got
hair like-like fire"
He's fat and red-headed, eh? He
must be a picture
Yes" agreed the girl, rather vagu~-
ly.
us he married? 2"
az don't know. Maybe he lie. Maybe
he got woman
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like a band of horse-thieves with this
dame,' Fraser remarked to his COM
panion. l"She thinks we're all liars"
After a moment, chakawana con-
tinued, Where you go now"
."ro the States; to the outside, "
Boyd answered.
"Then you see Willis Marsh. sure
thing. He lives there. Maybe you
speak, eh?"
"Wel, Mr.. Marsh may be a big fell
low around Kalvit, but l don't think
he occupies so much space in the
United States that we will meet him."
laughed Emerson; but even yet the
girl seemed %unconvinced, and went IN
rather fearfully: Maybe you see him
all the same.'
Perhaps. What then %
you speak my name?"
"Why no, certainly not"
IF | see him I'll give him your love"
offered 'Fingerless' Fraser, banter
ingly, but Chakawana's light-hued
cheeks blanched p%erceptibly, and she
cried, quickly;
No! No, Willis Marsh bad, bad
man. You no speake. pleased Chaka-
wanna poor Aleut girl. Please?"
LIT dldli III hoo ~ 60AA'iAAC AHN 49,
treasured her, and having completed
their meal they rose and left the room.
Outside, Fraser said: ''This .cannery
guy has certainly buffaloed these sav-
ages. lie must be a s~lave-driver."
Then as they filled their pipes he add
ed: "She was plumb scared to death of
him, wasn't she?"
'.Think so?" listlessly.
"Sure. Didn't she show it?"
"Um-m, / suppose So"
\ They were still talking when they
heard the Jingle of many bells. then a
sharp command from Constantine. and
the next instant the door burst open to
admit Cherry, who came with a rush
of youth and health as fresh as the
bracing air that followed her. The cold
had Redeemed her cheeks and quickened
her eyes: she was the very embodiment
of the day itself, radiantly bright and
tinglingly DIV
"Good-morning, gentlemen" she
cried, removing the white fur hood
which gave a setting to her sparkling
eyes and teeth. oh. but it's a glorious
morning! II you want to feel your
blood leap and your lungs tlngle just
let Constantine take you for a spin be-
hind that team. We did the five miles
from the village in seventeen minutes"
"And how is your measley patient?"
asked Fraser.
"He's doing. well, thank you" she
stepped to the door to admit Chaka-
wanna, who had evidently hurried
around from tho other house, and now
came in, bareheaded and needless of
the cold. bearing a bundle clasped to
har hraaSf ar hro11pht tha IiffIa fall
low home with me. Sect
The Indian girl bore her burden to
the stove, where she knelt to lift the
covering from the child's face.
"Iiey there! Look out" calculated
Fraser retreating in alarm. 81 never