Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-15

great, cl1nglng, drowsy, soft. slow
| moving fakes, and with their coming
| the roar died away and the forest be-
came as silent as grave of bronze
| Nothing moved save the thick falling.
feathery, frozen vapor. and the world
was again very beautiful and very
mysterious.
I'VE must keep the fire going" warn
ed the girl. 1T will be hard to start
! after this soaking"
He threw upon the fire all Of the
wood which lay near. and Berrie. TAX
| ing the ak, went to the big FIR and
began to chop of the dry branches
which hung beneath, working almost
as effectively as man. Wayland In
sisted on taking turn with the tool,
| but his efforts were so awkward that
she laughed and took it away again.
| you'll have to take lessons in swing
ing an AK" she said. "That's part OF
the job
Gradually the storm lightened. the
| snow changed back into rain and final
~ to mist: but up on the heights the
clouds still rolled wildly. and through
their openings the white drifts bleakly
shone
TITS all In the trip" said Berrie.
| "You have to take the weather as It
comes on the trail" AS the storm les
sened she resumed the business Of
| cooking the midday meal. and at 2
o'clock they were able to eat in COM
parative comfort. though the unlnelted
| snow still covered the trees. and the
water dripped from the branches.
isn't it beautiful" exclaimed Way
| land, with glowing, boyish face. The
| landscape Is like Christmas card"
1T wouldn't be 80 beautiful If you
had to wallow through ten miles Of It,"
she sagely responded. Daddy will be
| wet to the skin. for found he didn't
take his slicker. However. the sun
may be out before night. That's the
way the thing goes in the hills"
To the youth. though the peaks were
storm hid, the afternoon was joyous.
Berrie was a sweet companion. Un-
der her supervision he practiced at
chopping wood and took hand at
cooking.
He had to admit that she was better
able to care for herself in the wilder
ness than most men, even western men,
and. though he had not yet witnessed
u display Of her skill with rifle, be
was ready to believe that she could
shoot as we'll as her sire. Neverthe-
less he liked her better when engaged
in purely feminine duties. and he led
the talk back to subjects concerning
| which her speech was less blunt and
| manlike.
He liked her when she was joking.
for delicious little curves Of laughter
played about her lips. She became very
amusing as she told Of her visits
east and Of her advertisements in
the homes Of city friends II just
have to own up that about all the
schooling I've got is from the maya
zines. Sometimes I wish had pulled
out for town when I was about four
teen; but. you see. didn't feel like
leaving mother. and she didn't feel like
letting me 50, and so just got what
could at Bear Tooth" She sprang
up. There's patch Of blue sky.
Let's go see IL we can't get grouse"
Together they strolled along the edge
Of the willows. 1.-The grouse come
down to feed about this time," she
said. We'll put up a covey soon."
Within quarter Of mile they found
their birds. and she killed four with
five shots. This is all we need" she
said. land don't believe in killing for
the sake of killing. Rangers should set
good examples In way Of game preser-
vation. They are deputy game war
dens in most states. and good ones
too"
The night rose formidably from the
valley while they ate their supper,
but Berrie remained tranquil. Those
horses probably went clean back to the
ranch. If they did. daddy can't pos
siby get back before 8 o'clock. and he
may not get back till tomorrow"
Norcross. with his city training. was
acutely conscious of the delicacy Of
the situation. In his sisters circle a
girl left alone in this way with a man
would have been very seriously en-
barrassed, but it was evident that Ber-
rie took it all joyously, innocently.
Their being together was something
which had happened in the natural
course of weather, a condition for
which they were in no way response
BILE. Therefore she permitted herself
to be frankly happy in the charm of