Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-22
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here ana there over the face Of the
globe. So when Mr.. Malcolm present.
ed his card in the Office anteroom the
young woman at the machine gave him
one favoring glance and did not say
Mr.. Trevor was out.
$50 you are going to penetrate the
wilds Of the Cumberlands. are your
inquired Mr.. Trevor in his pleasing
voice, as he grasped his visitors hand
Tell me just where you mean to 60
and I'll tell you how to do it with the
least difficulty The least difficult down
there is plenty"
"My objective" replied Mr.. Malcolm,
els place at the headwaters of q
creek called Tribulation, some thirty
miles from town called PERIL"
II know the places-and theiz
names fit them. I'd offer to go with
you, but I'm afraid I wouldn't prove a
benefit to you. I'm non grata with Bad
Anse Havey. Esquire, and Mr.. Milton
McBriar. who are the local dictators.'
Mr.. Malcolm laughed.
In passing" he said. Il dropped in
to talk over the coal development
proposition which you said would in
terest me-"
Mr.. Trevor reached into his desk
and brought out several maps.
THE tentacles of the railroads are
reaching in here and there" he began
with the promoters suave ease of man
ner. ut is q region which enterprise
can no longer afford to neglect, and
the best field Of all is as yet virgin and
untouched"
"Why did you drop the enterprise
yourself?" inquired his visitor.
Il didn't have the capital to swing
It. OF course. If it interests you and
your associates it can be put
through"
Malcolm nodded. II am going pri'
marily by way of making visit" he
said. Il meant to go before you reused
my interest in your proposition. and 1t
occurred to me that might combine
business with pleasure"
The promoter looked up with shade
Of surprise.
"You have friends out there in that
God-forsaken tangle?" he inquired.
God help them!"
"a lady whom have known for q
long while is establishing a schoo,
there"
With the mention Of the lady Nal
coins voice took on an uncommun!ce
tive note. and Mr.. Trevor at once
changed the topic to coal and timber.
The girl from Philadelphia had for
some days been watching the road
which led In tortuous twists from Peril
to the gap. She herself hardly realized
how expectantly she had watched It.
She was thinking of the man she
had sent away and wondering what
their meeting would be like. And the
girl Of the hill sitting near by would
look on, her fingers gripping them
selves tightly together and an ache in
her own heart. Deep in Dawn's nature,
whic1 had been coming of late into q
sweetly fragrant bloom. crept the ran
cor Of . fierce jealousy for the man
from down below" whom she had
never seen, but whose letter could
make Juanita forget present things
and drift away into world Of other
days and other scenes-a world In
which Dawn herself had no part.
Juanita was wondering If, after all
she had not misjudged Roger Malcolm
She wanted to think she had, because
her heart was hungry for love. She
had written to him. sternly forbidding
his coming, and II he obeyed that man.
date he would, Of course, prove himself
weak and lacking in initiative. So she
was waiting with = 1uttering heart.
But on the day that he came she
was not watching. He had pushed
on at rate Of speed which mountain
patience would not have countenanced
and had arrived in two hours less than
the journey should logically have re-
quired. The heaving sides Of his tired
horse told almost as much Of the Gag
erness that had driven him as did the
frank worship of his face.
At the front fence he hitched his
mount and walked noiselessly up to
the larger house. Two feminine fig
ures sat sewing In the hall as he silent
~ opened the Unattached door and lei
himself In. One Of them was figure
he knew even with its back turned-a
figure which. because Of something
distinctively subtle and wondrous
could belong to no one else. The other
was . mountain girl Of undeniable
beauty, but, to him. Of no interest.
twas Dawn who saw him FIRST and
with glance that brought . resentful
fash to her eyes. she rose silently and
slipped out through . side door. Then
- Juanita came to her feet with Z
little gasp and held out both hands
the mans heart began to hammer Wild
~, and he knew that the fingers he
held were trembling.
He would have taken her at once In
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