The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-05

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1t almost deprived him Of speech. and
he stammered:
mo. ~ Then he fell silent
What little I did ! did because |
love you." said the girl in a tired
voice. "You may rs we'll know, for
1t makes no difference ncw.s
~ am sorry" he said. gripped by
a strong emotion that made him 90
hot and cold. II have been a fool"
mo: you were merely wrapped IN in
your own affairs. You see, | had been
living my own life and was fairly con-
tented till you came. Then everything
changed. For long time hoped you
might grow to love me Us I loved you.
but ! found 1t was no use. When
saw you so honest and unselfish In
your devotion to that other girl
thought 1t was my chance to do some
thing unselfish in my turn. 1t was
hard. but l did my best. l think I
must love you in the same way you
love her. Boyd. for there Is nothing in
all the world l would not do to make
you happy"
The girl stood for moment with her
| eyes turned toward the river. Then
| she said:
II must think. IL want to 60
away. Goodby."
''Goodby." he returned and stood
watching her as she hurried away.
half suspecting the tears that were
trembling amid her lashes.
1t was not until supper time that
Boyd saw "Fingerless" Fraser and
questioned him about his quest for an
heiress
Nothing doing in the heiress bust.
ness" replied the adventurer. II
couldn't stand the exposure"
'"They were cold. eh?'
yep! They weathered me out"
did you really meet any of those
people?
sure! l met 'em all. but l didn't
catch their names. l made one he.
fore Id gone mile-tall, slim party
with cracked ice in her voice."
Boyd looked up quickly. Ibid you
Introduce yourself?"
LAS CLANCY De Benville that's all.
How Is that for drawing room mon.
aker? She fell for the name all right.
but there must have been something
phony about the clothes. That's the
trouble with this park harness. If Id
wore my soup and fish and nv two
gallon evening hat I'd have passed for
gentleman sure. I'm strong for those
evening togs. l see another one later
a little maduro colored skirt with a
fat nose."
Miss Berry,"
I'm glad to meet her. of1ced
her out OF rowboat and told her
was Mr.. Yonkers of New York. We
was breezing along on the bit till Clyde
broke 1t up. He called me Fraser. and
1t was cold In minute. Fraser Is a
cheap name anyhow. I'm sorry
took it."
DO you mean to say it isn't your
real name?" asked his companion in
genuine bewilderment.
Nav! Switzer is what I was born
with. Say 1t slow and it sounds like
an air brake. don't It? l never won
a bet as long as l packed it around,
and Fraser hasn't got it beat by more
than a lip"
"Well" Boyd breathed deeply. "You
are the limit"
speaking of clothes, I notice you
are dressed up like fruit salad. What
Is 1.-THE yacht"
Eyes,"
You'd better hurry. She sails at
high tide"
"Sails!
"Alton told me so and said that he
was going along"
Thank heaven for that, anyhow, but
Il don't understand about the other"
Boyd voiced the question that was
foremost in his mind.
did you know Cherry in the uppcr
country:"
"NOpe."
''She said you did"
"She said that:"
"Yes. She thought you had told me
who she was"
"She might have known I'd never
crack. Its her own business, aud I've
got troubles enough with this cannery
on my hands,"
Il wish you had told me-" said En-.
erson.
wayne Wayland was by no means
sure that Boyd would not make good
his threat to visit the yacht that even.
ing. aud in any case he wished to he
prepared. A scene before the other -
passengers of the Grande Dame was
not to be thought of. Besides, If the
young man were roughly handled it
would make him a martyr in Mildred's
eyes. He talked over the matter With
Marsh. who suggested that the sight.
'eers should dine ashore and spend the
evening with him at the plant. With
only Mildred and her father left on
he yacht there would be no possibility
II scandal. even II Emerson were mad
enough to force an interview