Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-12-28

After the olhcer iefs. Dupont sauiuA
Cd across the table 81 her ana 6eean
to scratch his head.
"You and Mr.. Van burned ! lot a.
coal oil last night. Ha didn't git ar
enough along to ask ron to hitch m
with him. did her
A red blush famed N the xirl.n
checks. Without looAing IN, ahs mur@
INJURED Z regretful mo"
'Guess he figures hon wait ana -
II Hardy II going 10 bust n %. like
- not he'll skip hack cost n Hardy
Etts sore and chokes on our hold on
the mine"
.what do ron meant He'd ssnd
Reggie away. Tho sti6. solemn old
fogy-I hate himi"
"Easy. easy. girli" soothed Dupont.
'No use plunging when you're hitchsd
to the snubhing post. Just now he's
got m roped. Hen have % all h0g.
tied II We 60 to hncking. Views rot
10 make him think we're gentled.s
~What II We act toward him @ ~
feelr'
"You don't savvy about that mine
Mo and NoKen discovered Il and paid
honest for developing II, ~ ron know.
Well, we let Mr.. Van In on Il. Then
Nogen up and gifts killed. That makes
II half and half between me and Mr..
Van. according TO MI that's fair and
square. But do you believe Hardy win
look at II that wayf Not BY a---con.
siderable. He'll talk about Il being tho
tribes. Just because it, on the reseN
vation."
4 seer The girls eyes flashed, an1
her nostrils dilated. "Ee win rob you
md ReEsis Of . fortuns-yet ron wisa
me to be nice 10 him r
"You bet dol Cant you git the
point1 He amt going % b blusSed
into quitting. That means W rot @
make friends with him or lcoe The
mime"
"Ohl 30 that = it5'
"Yep. Worst OF q % hos one ce
them there fellows what stand =
straight they lean backwards. We
talked 10 him about how Il would hsap
the tribe II he Joined 10 II &penlng tho
NINA. He was mighty o1lAA Guess
we'll have to give him Nosen's s1led %
get him Into our camp"
"What 4 6hamel The milne q 49,
and Reggie's. He hasn't done thio4
toward deveiopins Il"
y know. But he's the agent. leess
rot ~ roped. He can rob ~ e -
mine II We don't make friends With
him. Now do yos savvyf"
The girls thick black eyebrows 0et
In frown Of vexatlon. m 10 = )
man whose friendship must DO bounnt,
! do not wish to be pleasant to hllays =
Its business, Marie. There atost
no two ways about Il. Mr.. Vans has
ing IRE. awaiting TO see II ~ l0oe
the mine. II we do. he can't afford q
marry no poor girl on 1 reservatioa.s
VERY well. shall make myesG
agreeable to Captain Hardy. But watt
until ] an free to pay him ont Tor ltt~
"Nom dun chien!" muttered Dupsn3
1t sight Of her straightened llCs.
that's the Injun Ii you. Don't Fst
him see you look that way till afese
we git the mine cinched."
Il am not fool. mon perez
Dupont shook his grixxled head -
biously.
But ut midday, when Hardy cane
over for the noon dinner, Marie ~
ceived his courteous greeting with b
graciousness that soon lightened ~
pensive severity Of his look. Before
the end Of the meal they were chatting
In = manner that brought . twinkle
into Dupont's cunning eyes.
The girl proposed I ride up the vi.
ley. Hardy was greatly pleased. He
had already grasped the simple details
OF the agency business, and now, pend
Ing the absence Of vandervyn and Red
bear, had nothing to do except instruct
the police In his ideas OF cleanliness
and discipline.
Marie never looked more charming
than when on horse. She took her
new friend for long ride around one
OF the mountains. Every cliff and
rock and piney slope was familiar to