Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-13
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SYNOPSIS

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fAS shower intercepts them and the 1iri
PAT riyes the youth her raincoat. There rs
rouVhs element at Meeker's, and Norcross
s chooses Landon, the ranger, as his COM
panion. Landon loves Berris'
3ss Gin notices Berries interest in the tens
xsAerfoot and warns him away. He also
takes his $betrothed to task. She resents
4 this and breaks their engagement.
.& Ncsh. the ranger at Bear Tooth, gives
ssFWayIand points on forestry. Berries Ia
II Their offers him place in the service
Berris decides to 60 with them over the
trail III 5g 4 III n, xg t3s NJ
/ e they climb tho high. rough tran .lsu
ssonly make camp when Wayland = onsthe
point sof 3 collapse. N. Night In the open
charms 5Wayland. Y {. I, Is. u 5@,.:
RI lWayland blunders repeatedly. Tho SUI
epervisor goes after the horses which have
wandered on. He Il. detained. Norcross
arranses to sleep. outside and Berrie In
u side q tent. @
u they reach tho empty cabin Of Tony; \
IN ranger Next day Mr.. Moore. q lumber
man, his daughter Siona and a notorious
gossip, Mrs. Belden, pass. Norcross adj
L Tnits he IN the son Of q wealthy lumber
man. ~ ~ 81
M Nash later comes upon them, helps an
range the camp and stays until morning.
Again on the trail Wayland tells Berrit
81. himself. Xxx 81 II Il:
#.,.s CHATTER xii,.
"a. ,s9 Berries Wight. .55sss .
Il s Wayland's mind cleared he be
came curious to know precise
" what had taken place, but
vi 4 he did n0tHf feel free to- ask
her. ..She viii tell me IL she wishes
ME to know" That she had vans
pushed Belden and sent him on his
way was evident. although be had not
q been able to hear what she had said
to him at the last. What lay between
the enemy's furious onslaught and the
II aid he lent in making the; camp could
only be surmised. II wonder II she
8 used her pistol?'' Wayland asked him
N self. Something like death must
! have stared him in the face"
That she loved him with. the COM
4 plete passion OF her powerful and sim.
ple nature be knew. for her voice had
4 reached through the daze OF his semi
II INCONSISTENCIES with thrilling power
The touch Of her lips to his. the close
clasp or her strong arms were OF ever
greater convincing quality. And yet
he wished the revelation had come In
some other way His pride was abrad-
ed. His manhood seemed somehow
lessened 1t was a disconcerting re-
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versal of the ordinary relations BE-
i tween hero .and heroine. and be saw
no way Of .re-establishing the normal
attitude Of the male.
Entirely unaware Of what was pass
Il ing in the mind Of her patient Berrie
! went about her duties with cheerful
ness which astonished the sufferer in
the tent. She seemed about to hum
song as she set the skillet on the
\ IRE, but a moment later she called out
I In tone Of irritation. Here comes
y Nash T.. - \.
..I'mlf glad of that" answered Way
7 land. although he, perceived something
Of her displeasure. ~. !.
!: Nash. on his way to fjoin the super
4 visor. raised a friendly greeting as he
saw the girl and drew rein. ex-
/ pectef: to meet you farther down the
hill," he said. RI Tony phoned that7yon
! had started. Where did you le1ve the
i supervisor r. 4 .tsgl 81,
~ .'Over at the station waiting for yon.
where's your outfit q ~ II II & #
.%Camped down the trail annie or
%. I thought I'd better push through
tonight. What about Norcross7 Isn't
Be With you r 3j s.
She hesitated an instant. Hes in
the tent. He fell and struck his head
on I rock. and had TO 50, into camp
here. . = II VI N 4 s.
Nash was deeply concerned. els that
so7 Well. that's hard luck. Is he bad
II hurtT' Al ~ \.
u. ..Weil, be had a terrible fall. Butt
he's easier now. think he's asleep"
May look In on him ?" gS
II, don't think you'd better. take the
time. It's a iong, hard ride from here
to the station. It viii be deep night
before yon cnn make IT,
Don't you think the supervisor
would want me to CAMP here tonight :
and do what could for you? II Nor
cross Is badly injured you will need
me- .55 3 3.2 s, t{s&
She liked Nash. and she knew he
was right, and yet she was reluctant
to give up the pleasure OF her lone
vigil. Hes not In any danger. and
well be able to ride on In the morn.
ing =.
Nash, thinking of her as Clifford Bel, I,
fdens promised wife. had no suspicion ion
of her feeling toward Norcross. There
fore he gently urged that to go on was
quite out of order can't thinksof
leaving syou here alone certainly not
till see Norrross and tind out how
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