Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-22
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Boyd. who had listened intcntly.
The man who heats MARSH will
have done Something" Size paused,
then said deliberately. and believe
you arc III" one TO do II.
They had reached their destination
-th. mouth Of II deep crock. IN which
Cherry turned her dogs Emerson
lcaped from the sled md. running for
ward. seized the leader. guiding It Into
clump of spruce. among the bo'rs
of which he tangled the harness. for
this team was liko.a pack of "o've7
ravcnous for travel md intocrant OF
the leash
Together they assembled tho bank nna
surveyed tho surroundings. Cherry c%-
rGtiat.nE upon ever: feature with III"
fcrvor of land agent bent on wcav-
ing his spell about a prospective buyer
And in truth she had chosen we'll. for
the conditions seemed ideal.
1--WE watched you. and | know you
are down Oh your luck for some rea
son." the girl said. "Youve been mis-
cast somehow and you've had the
heart taken out Of you. but I'm sure
it's in you to succeed. for you're young
and intelligent. cool and determined
| ain giving you this chance to play
the biggest game of your life and erase
IN ciglt short months every trace of
failure. I'm not doing II altogether
uuNcliishiy. for ! 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 iinpulsively and
caught her tiny, mittened hand. His
eyes were shining his face had lost
the settled look Of detection and was
all aClow with II new dawn of hope.
Even nis shoulders were lifted and
thrown back as If from some sudden
access OF vigor that lightened his bur-
Den.
You're right" he said firmly "We'll
send for Bait tonight"
In the days that followed Cherry
was at Boyd's elbow constantly, aid.
ing him ut 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 a limit 70 his period
of action. for he seemed Obscssed by
an ever growing passion to accomplish
some end within II given time and had
no thought for anything beyond the
engrossing issue into which he had
plunged. She was d,imfounded by his
sudden transformation and delighted
at first. but later, when she saw that
he regarded her only as n means to
an end. his cool assumption of leader
ship piQued her and she felt hurt.
Constantine lad 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 DC
cupied their time largely In reconnoi
ter1ng the nearest cannery. permission
to 60 over which Cherry had secured
from the Waterman. who wns 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
AnnieT" he asked Cherry on one oc
casion. you must have fed him 9
speed ball. for ] never saw guy
gear up so fast. Why, he was the
darndest Grape hanger I ever met til
you got him Fingered up. He didnt
have no more spirit than n sick kit
ten"
F.! Fraser then eyed the girl keenly.
This Is a lonely place for woman
| like you" he said. land our mutua
friend aln't altogether unattractive
ehs"
Cherry's cheeks famed. but her toni
was icy. This is entirely a bushes.
matter"
"HN-m amt never heard 70,
touted none as q business woman.
said the adventurer.
Have you ever heard me"-the col
or faded from the girls face. and /
was trife drawn-"discussed In an.
wayT'
You know. Emerson makes me un
comfortable sometimes. he Is so d
moral" Fraser replied indirectly. I'll
won't stand for anything or color
He's real square guy. Ee ia. the kline
you read about"
you didn't answer my question
. insisted Cherry.
Again Fraser evaded the issue. "Now
If this Marsh Is going after you l!
earnest this summer why don't you lc
me stick around until spring and look
out your game? I'll drop q monke
wrench in his gear case or put spide
In his dumping. and It's more tina
an even SHOT that II him and &C
to know each other right well I'd ow
his canncry before fall
THANK you: can take care Of my
, self" naid the girl.
Late one stormy t-Constantin
, had been gone u week the two me
whom they were expecting blew ]
: through the binding smother. Ba
, refused rest or nourlshment until
had learned why Cherry had sen
, for him. As briefly rs possible sll
. outlined the situation. Boyd Emerso
saw a lslge. barrel chested crcatur
whose tremendous muscles bulged bt
meath his nondcscript garments, who's
red. outstanding bristle Of hair tOppe
leather countenance from whic
cleaned a pair Of the most violent eye