Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-22

"a ana was sun acc:=s - :>:S @s:gu.
Of evidence z<.;ast them both. The
presence OF the ranger or the super
visor himself could not now save Berea
from the gossips.
She brought his breakfast to him.
and sat beside him while he ate.
chatting the while of their good for.
tune. lit is glorious outside, and l am
sure daddy will get across today. and
Tony is certain to turn up before noon
He probably went down to Coal City
to get his mall
II must get up ut once" he said. in
panic Of fear and shame. THE s,l.
! pervisor must not find me laid out on
my back. Please leave me alone for q
moment
She went out, closing the door behind
her. and as he cr;lwled from his bed
every muscle in his body seemed to
cry out against being moved. Never
theless he persisted and ut last sue
| ceeded III putting on his clothes. even
his shoes. though he found tying the
laces the hardest task of all. and he
was ut the wash basin bathing his face,
and hands when Berrie hulriedly re
Snte rcd. Seine ttcur::ss.s are coming"
she announced in an excited tone. "A
party of five or six people. Il woman
among them. is just coming down the
slope. Now. who do you suppose it can
be-? 1t would be- just our luck if it
should turn out to be some one from
the MILL
He OWNED at once the reason for her
dismay. The visit Of woman at this
moment would not merely embarrass
them both. it would torture Berrie
what is to be done?" he ASKED. reused
to alertness.
Nothing; all we can do is to stand
pat and act as if we belonged here"
VERY WE'LL" he replied, moving stiff
~ toward the door. Here's where /
can be of some service. l am an ex-
cellent white liar
The beat Of hoofs upon the bridge
drew his attention to the cavalcade.
which the keen eyes of the girl had
detected as it came over the ridge to the
east. The party consisted of two men
and two women and three pack horses
completely QUILTED for the trail.
One Of the women. squirting her
horse to the front. rode serenely up to
where Wayland stood and called out:
Good n4rning! Are YOU the rahger?''
mo: I'm only the guard. The ranger
has gone down the trail
He perceived at once that the speak.
er was an. alien like himself. for she
wore tan colored riding boots. di
vided skirt Of expensive cloth and Il
juunty. wide trimmed SOmbrero. She
looked indeed precisely like the hero
inc Of the prevalent western drama
Her sleeves. rolled to the elbow. dis
closed shapely brown arms. and her
neck. bare to her bosom. was equally
sun Smit. but she was so round cheek
ed. so childishly charming. that the
most critical observer could find no
fault with her makeup.
One of the men rode up. Hello.
Norcross. What are you doing over
here?"
The youth smiled blandly. Good
morning. Mr. Belden. I'm serving my
apprenticeship. I'm in the service
now
The mischief you are!' exclaimed
the other "Where's Tony?"
Gone for his mail He'll return soon.
What are you doing over here. may !
ask?"
Pm here as guide to Mr.. Moore.
Mr.. Moore. this is Norcross. one of
McFarlane's men. Mr.. Moore is con-
nected with the tie camp operations Of
the railway"
Moore was Il tall. thin man with a
gray beard and keen blue eyes
where's McFarlane? We were to
meet hin-here. Didn't he come over