American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-05-13

lowed rs to the shore and watched our
departure in silence. We swung round
| to the western shore and got my ca
noe, and there again the Italian sullen-
ly watched us. -,
Hes not so badly m~arooned." said
Gillespie. He can walk out over
here"
mo, he'll wait for Holbrook. He's
| stumped now and doesn't understand
us. He has exhausted his orders n
is sick and tired of his job. A salt
water sailor loses his snap when ne
| gets as far inland as this. He'll de-
mand his money when Holbrook turns
| up and clear out of this"
We passed close to the Stiletto to
| get a better look at her. She was the
trimmest sailing craft in those waters,
| and the largest, being, l should say,
81 feet on the water-line, sloop-rigged,
with a cuddy large enough to house
the skipper. AS we drew alongside l
| stood up the better to examine her,
and the Italian, still watching us In
tently from the island, cried out warn
ingly.
HE should fly the signal, Owner
not on board,'" remarked Gillespie as
we pushed off and continued on our
way.
The sun was low in the western
wood as WI passed out into the larger
lake. Gillespie took soundings with
his oar in the connecting channel, and
did not touch bottom.
you wouldn't suppose the Stiletto
could get through here; it's as shall
low as a saucepan; but there's plenty
and to spare" he said, as he resumed
rowing.
But 1t takes a cool head began,
then paused abruptly; for there, sew
eral hundred yards away. a little back
from the western shore, against a strip
Of wood through which the sun burned
redly, | saw a man and a woman SLOW
ly walking back and forth. Gillespie,
laboring steadily at the oars, seemed
not to see them, and / made no sign.
My heart raced for a moment as l
watched them pace back and forth, for
there was something familiar in both
figures. l knew that l had seen them
before and talked with them; l would
have sworn that the man was Henry
Holbrook and the girl Helen; and I
was aware that when they turned,
once. twice, at the ends of the path.
the girl made some delay; and when
they went on she was toward the
lake, as though shielding the man
from our observation. The last sight
l had of them the girl stood with her
back to us, pointing into the west.
The she put up her hand to her bare
as though catching a loosened
strand OF hair; and the wind blew
back her skirts like those of the
Winged Victory. A second later the
trees stood there alertly, with the gol.
den large of the sun shining like a
giants shield beyond; but they had
gone, and my heart was numb with
foreboding, or loneliness, and heavy
with the weight of things I did not nm.
derstand.
Gillespie tugged hard with the bur.
Va chC toW dt his DaCk. will not
deny that I was uncomfortable az
thought OF his own affair with Helen
He had, by any fair iudg.
a prior claim. Her eouivoca,
toward him and her inex.
plicable conduct toward her aunt were
| knew, appearing less and less helm.
Gus to me as the days passed: and
was miserably conscious that NV own
huty to Miss Patricia lay less heavily
upon me.
was glad when we reached Clan
arm pier. where we found lima hans.
ing out the lamps. He gave me q te,e-
gram 1t was from my New York ac.
luaintance and read:
iiolorook left here two days ago. dest,.
Come, Gillespie; you are to dino
win me- said. when he had read tho
telegram; and so we went I'M to tho
house together.
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