The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-12
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OR nearly an hour Boyd Elmer
s. sch sat alone on the deck cf
IL the Grande Dame. prey t"
49, conflicting emotions. the While
he waited fer Mildred to appear. There
was no enc to dispute his presence
now, fer the tourists who had followed
DR. Berry from the shore in hushcd eS-
element avoided him. and the sailors
made tie effort to carry out their ear
Tier instructions; hence he was allowed
opportunity to adjust himself to the
Sudden change. 1t was not SO much
the unexpected downfall of Willis
Marsh ana the new light thus thrown
upon his own enterprise that upset him
rs a puZzlin. alteration in his own
PURPOSES and incl.naiions He had
coine out to the yacht defiantly to
make good his threat ard to force an
understanding with Mildred Wayland,
but now that he WAS here and his way
made easy lie began to question his
OWL desires. Now that he thought
about it that note. instead of filling
him with t,ismay. had rather left him
relieved 1t was us if lie had been
freed of 4 burden. and this caused him
"A yawUe uneasincsS. Was it because
he WIS tired by the struggle for this
girl for whom he had labored so
Is:thfully? Arl,r :f1ree years of I'M
Tagging devotion vas he truly relieved
to have her dismiss him? Or was 1t
that here IL this p.ir:al country. strip
ped Of all cul,vc-..::.,..s. he saw her and
himself in Il new light? He did not
know.
The late twilight was fading when
Mildred came from her stateroom
She found Boyd pacing the deck. a
cigar between his teeth.
Where are those people?" she in
Quired.
They went ashore. Marsh doesn't
care to press charge against the In
dian"
=. hear he is not badly hurt. after
all"
THAT is true. But it was a close
shave"
Mildred shuddered st was hor,
rib!e"'
Il never dreamed that Constantine
would do such 4 thing. but he is more
Russian than AloUt. and both he and
his sister are completely under tho
spell Of the priest They are intensely
religious. and their idea of damnation
is very vivid"
'.TIave you seen fathcr?"
we had a short talk"
Did You make up?"
no. But | think he is beginning to
understand things bettcr-at least as
far as Marsh is concerned, The rest
is only matter of time"
What frightful situation! Why
did you ever let father announce my
engagement to that man?'
Emerson gaZed at her in astonish-
ment. II? Pardon me! How could
l help it?"
You might have avoided Quarreling
with him think you are very incon-
siderate of me-"
Boyd regarded the coal of his cigar
with slight CLEAN Of amusement in
his eyes us she ran on:
Even that woman took occasion to
hnmiliate me in the worst possible
way"
eft STRIKES ne th, she did you a
ve'y great service. l have no doubt
i WAS quite ne dista. teful to her as to
you."
Absurd. 1t was her chance for re-
venge. and she rejoiced in making me
Ridiculous"
Then it is the first ignoble thing
ever knew her to do" said Boyd slow
II. she has helped me in hun
dred ways. Without her assistance |
could never have won through. That
cannery site would Still be grown up
be a disheartened dreamer"
ITS very nice Of you. of course. to
appreciate what she has done. But
she can't help you any more You
surely don't intend to keep up your &C.
quaintance with her now" He made
no reply. and. taking his silence for
agreement, she went on: The trip
home will be terribly dull for me. I'm
afraid. think-yes. l shall have ia
Their ask you to go back with u.s."
But l am right in the midst of the
run. ] can't leave the business"
'Oh. business. Do you care more
for business than for me? l don't
think you realize how terribly hard for
me all this has been. I'm still fright
ened. shall die Of nervousness with
out some one to talk to-"
Its quite impossible! I-don't want
to go back now"
Indeed! And no doubt it was i'm.
possible for you to come out here last