Meade County news., 1917-04-05
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"Mine and ALI" repeated Wander
vyn. 1--WE told you why. I'll fix It
so we'll get the mine and maybe some
thing else-and I'll fix HarCyr
"Didn't know you was still so down
on him. Wasn't it all smoothed overf
You been acting that way"
"Wait and see me rub his fur the
other wayl I'll put over game on
him that" Vandervyn checked the
disclosure, and began asking Ques-
tions about the traits of the FIVE
chiefs chosen as tribal delegates.
Half an hour after sunrise Dupont
came jogging back home, his heavy
face set in a satisfied grin. The COM
placency of his look lessened when he
entered, and saw the Indian boy re-
moving the evidences Of someone's
solitary meal. He knocked at his
daughters door. After quite a delay
she called to him that he might enter.
He found her seated at the foot of the
bed, with little leather-bound book
in her lap. Though her eyelids were
swollen, she met him with her usuaS
look of quiet self-possession.
"You let Cap eat alone" he re-
marked. "Don't call that being hos
pitle, do you"
"If he had been more considerate,
Reggie could have remained until the
delegation leaves" coldly replied the
girl.
'Well, we got to keep in with him
till Mr.. Van gifts things fixed. You seer
If he gifts mad and reports on us to
Washington, we'll git kicked off the
reservation and barred from any
chance of the mine."
did Reggie say that?"
"Yep. It's why, he says, he leaves
1t to you to keep quiet about the en-
gagement. If you let on about it to
Hardy, he's likely to git jealous and
put Senator Clemmer next. That
would queer the whole deal at this
stage Of the game"
II do not believe that Captain Hardy
would do such a thing" declared the
girl.
"All right. Mr.. Van leaves 1t to-
you to tell him, if you want to. I
amt saying Cap mayn't be straight
laced in everything else. But when
1t comes to being dead gone on girA
like you, and at his age, too-needn't
! tell ME he won't do his level best to,
put Mr.. Van out of the running any,
way he can."
The girl sprang up, her eyes afireI
with flare of unreasoning anger.
'He shall not!" she cried. "Reggie
is coming back!"
"He won't have no chance to if 1t
leaks out about you and him going to-
git married"
"Marriedw The angry scarlet OF
the girls cheeks deepened to rose
Notes of indignation and joy mingled
oddly in her half-murmured predic-
ton: "He will come back! That med
dler shall not prevent"
'You won't 60 and git Cap down ON
us, will your" demonstrated Dupont
"Wait and see," she replied.
When, at the usual supper hour,
Hardy presented himself at the Du4.
pont door, his bearing was reserves
and somewhat diflident. Dupont, who
was alone in the parlor, genially badG
him enter. But Hardy fingered in the
doorway until Marie appeared.
'Pardon me, Miss Dupont" he said,
as he met her look of surprise. II
came to say that if you do not con-
slider 1t worth while to board me, /
can make shift for myself"
Indeed, but you shall not" ex~
claimed the girl with graciousness
that brought glow into his grave
face. "What should we do without
your company at tablet"
"You are very kind to say it."
She smiled. "Where have you been
keeping yourself all day2"
II rode up Wolf river to the falls.
A canal to irrigate large area could
be led down from there. and later on