The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-01-13


saw him come with a pleased little |
sense of having broken down his re-
serve and a feeling of feminine vic.
tory.
moment later the mountaineer was
standing on the steps and shaking
hands with Roger Malcolm. whom he
greeted briefly and with mountain re-
serve,
81 was down at Peril with a couple
Of teams" he said, turning to Juanita.
"an' | found lot of boxes at the sta
tion for ye. ! lowed ye didn't hardly
have any teams handy, so | fotched
'em back to my house. I'll send them
over in he morning. but ! thought
Id ride over tonight an tell ye."
She had been wondering how, at
time of mired roads she was to have
those books. which she would soon
need, brought across the ridge. Now
he had solved the problem for her.
Anse Havey stood leaning against
| porch post, his broad shoulders and
clearcut profile etched against the
moonlight as he studied the Philadel-
|
Have ye found anything that inter.
ests ye in the coal an timber line?"
Roger Malcolm glanced up and
knocked the ash from his pipe against
the rail of the porch. He had not sus.
pected that his rambles about the hills
with a set of maps and a geologist's
hammer had been noted.
l.. 4. 4 4
swered with perfect frankness: Yes
and no. | came primarily TO see how
Miss Holland was progressing with
her work. It's true have thought
something of investing in mountain
resources, but that lies in the future"
Havey nodded and said quietly: Il
hope ye decides to invest elsewhere"
$50 far as a casual inspection shows,
this country looks pretty good to me"
rejoined Malcolm easily. Il may buy
here-provided. of course. the price is
right"
This country's mighty pore" said
the head of the Haveys slowly. About
all it can raise is little corn an a
heap of hell, but down underneath the
rocks there's wealth.
Then the man who can unlock the
hills and get 1t out ought to be well
come as a benefactor, ought he not?"
inquired the fastener with a smile.
HE won't be-" was the short re.
sponse
, "Why?"
"The men from outside always aim
to get the benefit of that wealth an
then to move us off our mountains, an
there amt nowheres else on earth a
mountain man can live. Developin
seems pretty much like plunderin' to
us. We centrally ask benefactors like
that to go away
And do they usually go?"
, mo; not usually. They always
goes"
DO you expect me to believe that
|, Mr.. Havey?" queried Malcolm. still
smiling.
81 don't neither ask ye to believe II
. nor to disbelieve It," was the cool re
:, joinder. I'm just tellin' it to ye, that's
ALL"
; Malcolm refilled his pipe and offered
the tobacco pouch to Havey. Anse
, shook his head with curt "Mucf
obleeged," and the visitor said casual
ly: well, we needn't have any argu
inert on that score yet, Mr.. Havey. NJ,
, activities, If they eventuate. belong t
;, the future, and when that time comes
perhaps we shall be able to agree
after all"
Il reckon we won't hardly agree OIL
/ no proposition for despoilin' my peo
q Pile, Mr.. Malcolm
Then we can disagree, when tn,
:, time comes" remarked the other maj
a with trace of tartness in his voice.
Then ye don't aim to develop Vi
Just now?"
!. Malcolm shook his head, the glow o
his pipe bowl for a moment lighting
a up a face upon which fingered al
q amused smile.
q mot this time. Another time. pei
a haps."
a "All right. then" Havey's voice cai
y ried very masked and courteous bu
very unmistakable warning. "Wher
It ever yet get good an ready-we1l al
I. que that"
o He bowed to the girl and turned int
It the path which led down to the gate
CHAPTER XVII.
n II was one of those nights unde
10 whose brooGing wings vague thing
* and influences are astir and in tn
making Dawn had gone back for
y. few days to her brothers lonely cabi
n on Tribulation to set his house in o.
st der and TO do his simple mending. Pc
haps in her own heart there was sr
r, other reason-an unconfessed unwi