The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-05-11

out ana Absolutely stafVed Whuool
she shouted In greeting, and the So
pervisor waved his hand.
There was something superb In the
calm seat of the veteran an he slid
down the slope. He kept his place In
the saddle with the air Of the rider
to whom hunger. fatigue, windfalls
and snowslides were all a part OF the
days work. and when he refined In be-
fore the door and dropped from his
horse he put his arm about his daugh.
ters neck with quiet word: II thought
I'd Hnd you here. How IL everythingr
IAN right. daddy. But what about
your Where have you beenr'
"Clean back to MIL park. The
blamed cayuses kept just ahead OF me
all the way"
Poor old dadi And on top Of that
came the snow"
"Yes. and a whole hatful. I couldn't
get back over the high pass. Had to
go round by Lost lake. and, to cap all.
Old Badly took notion not to lead.
Oh. I've had u peach Of time. but
here am. Have you seen Moore and
his partyY''
Yes. they're In camp up the trail.
He and Alec Belden and two women
Are you hungryr'
lie turned q comical glance upon her
Am ! hungry Sister. I am q wolf.
Norcross. take my horses down to the
pasture"
She fastened to interpose. Let me
do that daddy. Mr.. Norcross is badly
used up You see. we started down
here late yesterday afternoon. IL was
raining and horribly muddy. and ! took
the wrong trail. The darkness caught
US. and we didn't reach the station till
nearly midnight"
wayland acknowledged his weak
ness. II guess ! made a mistake. su-
pervisor; I'm not lifted for this strenu.
Gus life"
Mcfarlane was quick to understand.
II didn't intend to pitchfork you into
the forest life quite 50 suddenly" he
said Don't give up yet awhile. You'll
harden to IT.
"Here comes Tony" said Berrie.
He'll look after the ponies"
Nevertheless wayland went out be-
lieving that Berrie wished to be alone
with her father for a short time.
As he took his seat McFariane said !:
"You stayed In camp Till yesterday aft
ernoon. did your"
Yes. we were expecting you every
moment"
He saw nothing In this to remark
upon. Did Il snow at the lakeT'
"Yes. n little: II mostly rained."
1T etorned up on the divide like o
January blizzard. When did Moore
and his party arriveY"
About 10 o'clock this morning"
I'm ride right up and see them.
What about the outfit? That's at the
lake. I reckonT'
Yes. | was just sending Tony after
It But, father. II you go up To Moore's
camp don't say too much about wha,
has happened. Don't tell them just
when you took the back trail and just
how long wayland and ! were In
camp"
why notY'
/ She Redeemed with confusion. BE
cause You know what an old gossip
Mrs. Belden Is. | don't want her e
know. She's an awful taiker. and ouI
being together up there all that time
will give her chance"
A light broke I'm on the supervisors
brain. In the midst Of his preoccupa
ton as a forester he suddenly became
the father His eyes narrowed and
his face darkened. That's So The
old rip could make a whole lot OF cap
ital out OF your being left In camp
that way. At the same time I don,
believe In lodging. The worst thinl
We could do would be to try to blind
the trail Was Tony here last nigh
when you Gamer
mo: he was down the valley afteI
his mail"
His face darkened again. That,
another piece Of bad luck too. How
much does the old woman know q,
present.
Nothing az ALL"
Didn't she cross examine your
"Sure she did. but Wayland sid,
tracked her or course II only delay,
things. She'll know all about II soon
er or later. She's great at putting two
and two together. Two and two with
her always make Ave"
McFarlane mused ''Cliff win b,
plumb crazy II she gets his ear first."
IL don't care anything about Cliff
daddy don't care what he thinks Of
does II he will only let Wayland alone.
See here. daughter. you do seem T.
he terribly interested In this tourist"
Hes the finest man I ever knew
father"
He looked at her with tender. trust
ing glance HE isn't your kind. daugh
ter. He's a nice clean boy. but he''
different. He don't belong In ou
world. He's only just stopping here
Don't forget that"
I'm not forgetting that. daddy.
know he's different. That's why lik,
him" After u pause she added: "No
body could have been nicer all through
these days than he has been. He wal