Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-31
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girls safety; yet he was not altogether
an unfair man, and In oalmer moments
he thanked God In his own rough way
that the oma he loved wat alive and
we'll, OF had been when the note was
written. He rejoiced that she had not
been swept away with the food or that
she had not been lost in the mountains
and forced to wander on finally to
starve and freeze and die. In one mo-
ment her nearness caused his heart to
throb- with joyful anticipation. The
certainty that at the first flush of day
he should seek her again sent the
warm blood to his cheeks. But those
thoughts would be succeeded by the
knowledge that she was with his en-
envy. Was this man to rob him OF the
latest love as he had robbed him OF
The frst7 Perhaps the hardest task
that was yer laid upon Armstrong
was to lie quietly in his sleeping bag
md wait until the morning.
So soon as the first indication Of
lawn showed over the crack of the
1oor, he slipped quietly out OF his
sleeping bag and without disturbing
The others drew on his boots, put on
his heavy fur coat and cap and gloves.
slung his Winchester and his snow
shoes over his shoulder, and without
stopping for a bite to eat, softly open
ID the door, stepped out and closed 1t
after him. It was quite dark In the
bottom of the canon. although a few
pale CLEANS overhead Indicated the
near approach Of day. 1t was quite
still, TOO. There were clouds on the
mountain top heavy with threat of
wind and snow.
The way was not din cult, the direo-
ton OF 1t, that ia. Nor was the going
very difficult at 1rst; the snow was
frozen and the crust WAS strong enough
to bear him. He did not need his
snow shoes, and. indeed, would have
had little chance to use them Ii the
narrow, broken. rocky pass. He had
slipped away from the others benauss
he wanted to be first to see the man
and the M He did not want any
witnesses to that meeting. They
would have come on later, Of course;
but he wanted an hour or two In pri-
vate with Enid and Newhold without
any Interruption. His conscience was
not clear. Nor could hs settIe upon q
course OF action.
How much Nawbold knew OF his
former attempt to win away his wife,
how much Of what he knew he had
told Enid Maitland, Armstrong could
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