Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-11
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Indian John appeared. running after
them and waving his hands as II in
warning.
"Gol" he exclaimed In a cultural
voice and with a look that was by no
means ~reassuring. Must o come
here! Big bears here! Eat your
AS he spoke be laid his brown hand
on Miss Grayman's shoulder. Indig-
nantly she shook 1t off. A placadng
but he continued his i~nsistence and,
finally placing himself In front OF the
girls, pushed them back.
Must goF' he repeated. Cant stay
here! Much danger! Much bearl Go,
quickp'
What have they been digging here
for If there is dangery'
Indian Johns face assumed a most
menacIng expression, ana ne exciah
ed hercely, go, gow
He NO longer hesitated to lay hit
hands upon them, and they were pow
eriess In his grasp. Besides, his meu
look now terrified them.
AS he hurried them along he sudden
ly asked, What here forT
"Oh, l have only been gathertn,
1owers!' replied Miss Grayman, nov
DESTROYS to pacify him. Look q
them" and she showed those that SHIT
bad collected.
The Indian scarcely glanced at them
PLENTY flowers" be said, near lodge
Dangerous to come here. Bad bears"
Then he urged them on still faster
and before they were aware OF theh
|. approach to the stream they founc
themselves beside the canoe. Indian
John unceremoniously pushed them II
and without another word took tn
paddle and carried them swiftly back
to the lodge.
Mrs. Williams hurried down to meet
them, while the two women stood in the
kitchen door curiously regarding them
"Oh, dear" she said; Il have been
so alarmed on your account! Indian
John came and told me that he hao
seen the canoe on the shore of the
creek and your tracks leading off into
the wilderness. 1 was so afraid that
4 you oAAo bS iOStJ aLo thS bSoL DASh
In the woods are very dangerous.
sent him after you as fast as he could
run. I'm so glad that you're back
safe"
! Indian John has been very rude"
said Miss Grayman.
But, please, Miss Grayman, don't
blame him. protested Mrs. Williams
HE is only an Indian, and he was act
ing under orders that were intended
for your safety. Dear mel If you
had been killed, what should / have
said when Commodore Brown and his
friends returnedT
The good lady actually shed a few
tears at this terrible thought. But she
was not so perfect a dissembler as her
master, and Miss Grayman still had
doubts. Her suspicious, once aroused,
were not to be so easily put aside.
What are they digging out there In
the woods for?" she asked.
Mrs. Williams was not adroit enough
to conceal the startled look that fash
ed over her face, but in a moment she
said, with assumed concern: "Why,
Miss Grayman. Did you go as far as
that7 It's the place where they've
been burying the carcass of an i'm
mense bear that one of the men shot
the day before yesterday. The skin Is
In the drying shed now. Indeed, you
were in dangeri"
Miss Grayman only tossed her head.
She was getting more and more sus-
picious, and yet without any definite
ground that she could explain to her
self. Why should the fact that m
body had been digging in the woods
concern her? She couldn't tell, and
yet somehow she couldn't help think
Ing about 1t. 1t was a strange place
for such a thing to be, If she a
known what that digging meant! She
did not even guess, and yet her wo-
mans instinct had warned her that
something wrong lurked there.
Come" she said to Susan; well go
to our rooms, where we shall be safe,
since the forest Is so dangerous"
And without another word she left
the crestfallen Mrs. Williams and as
cended to her apartments. Once there,
she sat down and tried to think it out.
Why had she been SO disturbed in
mind? She couldn't tell-it was all
too confused and indefinite. Then the
thought of her friends required, and
she glanced at her watch. 1t vas after
1 O'Clock.
Good gracious" she exclaimed,
springing to her feet. They ought to
be here now. They may arrive at any
moment"
And she threw pen the window.
But her watching was in vain, and in
a little while Mrs. Williams knocked
at her door and announced that the
midday meal was on the table.
at must be a great strain on your
patience that they do not come" she
said. land it is dreadfully annoying.
But sometimes when an aero breaks
down 1t takes a long time for repairs.
Commodore Brown had an accident
happen TO the Chameleon a few weeks
ago, and they were two days fixing 1t
up"
Indeed" said Miss Grayman, Il
hope they won't be so long this time.
But, tell me, why do they call the aero
the Chameleon Its a queer name
and yet It seems to ME I have heard
II before"
II don't know really" replied Mrs.
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