The Bottineau courant., 1912-03-15

1912 ! Il
|A4d Spscial student of mines ana
mlnins mining engineer, she o.
|sctdSd With y glance st those inStrik
n1snts and applfance1 of s. scisntifc
character plainly, but of whose actuaj
use she was ignorant.
y a rapid inspe ction of the other
books confirmed her III the conclusion
that the man Of the mountains Was
indeed the owner of tho collection
There were = few well worn volumes
iof poetry and essays, Shakespeare. u
Bible, Bacon. Marcus Aurelius. Epicte
Eus. Keats, small dictionary, i com.
pendious encyclopedias. just the books,
she thought, smiling at her conceit
that man Of education and cuMure
would want to have upon ! desert 10.
land where his supply Of literature
would be limited. =
III The old ones were autographed as
the first book she had looked IN; 9TH
ers, newer additions to the little liz
brary, II she could Judge their condi.
tion. were unsigned. q
Into the corner cupboard and the
drawers, Of course, she did not look.
There was nothing else In the room
to attract her attention. save some
piles Of manuscript neatly arranged
on one OF the shelves, each one cover
ed with Z square Of board and kept
In place by pieces Of glistening quartz.
There were four of these piles and m.
other half the size Of the drst four
on the table. These, Of course, she did
not examine, further than to note that
the writing was in the same bold.
free hand as the signature In the
books. II she had been IN expert she
might have deduced much from the
writing; as it was, she fancied It was
strong, direct. manly. .., l5
Having completed her inspection Of
this room. she opened the door and
went into the other. It was smaller
and less inviting. It had only one
window. and a door opened outside.
There was cook stove here, and
shelves with cooking utensils and
graniteware, and more rude box re-
ceptacles on the walls which were fill
ed with bountiful and we'll selected
store of canned goods and provisions
Of various kinds This was evident.
ly the kitchen, supply room. china
closet. She saw no sign Of q bed in
1t. and wondered where and how the
man had soent the night.
BY rights, her mind should have
been filed with her uncle and his
party, and In their alarm she should
have shared, but she was so extremely
comfortable, except for her foot. which
did not greatly trouble her SO long as
she kept it quiet, that she felt GER
tain degree Of contentment, not to say
happiness. The adventure was 30 TO
mantle and thrilling-sav for those
awful moments in the pool especially
to the soul Of conventional woman
who had been brought up in the most
humdrum and stereotyped fashion OF
the earth's ways, and with never an
opportunity for the development of
the spirit Of romance which all Of ua
exhibited some time in our life, and
which, thank God, some Of us never
lose, that she found herself revelling
In It.
She lost herself in pleasing imagina.
tions OF tales Of her adventures that
she could tell when she got back to
her uncle, and when she got further
back to, staid old Philadelphia. How
shocked everybody would be with It
all there! OF course, she resolved
that she would never mention one epj
isode Of that terrible day, and she had
somehow absolute confidence that this,
man. in spite Of his grim, gruff tactl
turnity. who had shown himself 80 ex-
ceedingly considerate Of her feelings
would never mention it either.
She had 80 much food for thought
that not even in the late afternoon Of
the long day could she force her mind
to the printed pages. Of the book she
had taken at random from the shelf
which lay open before her, where she
sat In the sun. her head covered by an
VAO 0I0S0OA %A0S 0AV A00 VVASOE0V
to appropriate. She had dragged q
bear skin out on tho rocks In the sun
and sat curled up on It half reclining
against q boulder watching the trail,
the Winchester by her side. She had
eaten 20 late breakfast that she had
made rather frugal lunch out of
whatever had taken her fancy In the
store room. and she was waiting most
anxiously now for the return Of the
man. ri Z, ssss s 't3SFsF
The season was late and the sun
sank behind the peaks quite early in
the afternoon. and It grew dark and
chill long before the shadows fell upon
the dwellers Of the lowlands.
Enid drew the bear skin around her
and waited with an ever-growing APP
prehension. If she should be com.
pelled to spend the night alone In that
cabin, she felt that she could not en-
dure 1t. She was never gladder of
anything In her life than when she
saw him suddenly break out Of the