Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-08-10

gineer. 1T may be all right for thos
who like II, but II wasn't on my cul
riculum. In England. when a ma
~misbehaves. we take out a summOn
against him"
"Where'd you serve III"
THAT is a problem" admitted Dig
by. I've thought over that. But
this sort Of thing wasn't what sIgne,
ON for. That's all there Is to It. /
you'd told me what was expected o
me, l might have signed with you Of
! might not. I'd have thought abou
IL. / object to my rights being In
vaded. So l wish to offer my resIgna
tIon."
"All right" said Wilton shortly
Then, feeling that the other had
sort OF justice In his attitude: I'll
is rather tough TO expect you TO dc
police work" he acknowledged. "Bui
l don't think there will be any more
OF It"
Digby looked at him In frank as
to iment. "Why, | like IT." he said.
Il nad the time of my life last night.
It's simply the principle of the thing.
But I'm afraid | didn't quite make
my position clear"
mot altogether" answered Wilton.
However, I'm sending some special
mail down this noon. and you can go
In with the Sleigh"
Digby's detection was a serious
blow. for IT would be necessary to
make arrangements for a man TO take
his place. However. Wilton decided
to take no steps TO hat end lmmedl-
ately. He inspected the camp. saw
that a good job was being made of the
cleaning up. and went to look at
Kitty's house.
This was built substantially Of logs,
and had already been half completed.
II consisted OF four rooms and an out
kitchen, and stood at the edge OF the
new road near the ridge. about five
hundred yards from the nearest bunk
house.
That afternoon he made his first
examination OF the Muskeg. He took
soundings In several places, but the
peat seemed bottomless. Nowhere
could he reach rock bottom. except
within a few feet of the shore.
The underlying bed of peat was
everywhere. He went two-or- three
miles up and down the stream without
discovering any way OF bridging the
Muskeg.
He was o busy now to see Molly
more than an hour daily, but he al
ways went TO the portage for a short
visit after supper.
The factor. who had learned to ex-
pect his coming at the same hour each
day Withdrew upstairs before he
arrived. once or twice, when they
face TO face. he turned his head
away In sullen anger.
As a prospective fa~ther-in-iaw, Nc
Donald seemed about as hopeless a
proposition as could be conceived. but
the time to consider his eFvH and Mol
ly's future would not come until the
line was on It's feet. Big Muskeg was
the giant In the way. Often Wilton,
down at It's sullen depths from
the top of the ridge. would feel 1t
as a personal enemy. defying him TO
II.
One evening Wilton was sitting in
his shack. utterly disconsolate. He
lad sounded nearly every possible
place without result, and even Molly
had failed TO cheer him. He saw no
alternative before him except to re-
urn to Clayton and confess himself
Andersen tapped at the door and
laid that a man wanted to see him.
rose up and. to his surprise, sd-
Lee Chambers.
The engineer was roughly dressed
md wretched-looking. He told Wilton
hat he had tramped In from Cold
junction. thirty miles southwestward,
he present terminal point of the New
Northern.
~ thought maybe you would give
ne a job" he said. "Tve left Mr..
for good. We had some
He wanted me to make a
report. and | would not do
t. I'm through with him and his
Iirty schemes"
Wilton gave him q chair and looked
In over coldly. He did not like
'hambers, and he suspected that he
'as lying. and that Bowyer had sent
I'm to him for his W purposes
Digby's disappearance had left him
} a hole. but that hardly justified his
aking on Lee Chambers. though he
'as one of the ablest Of his profession
/, Manitoba. 4
"well. Mr.. Chambers" he said. I'm
or my work here on the lines
by Mr.. Bostock. Joe BosE
,ck had two maxims. The FIRST was:
Never lay on q mar IL you a help
The second WAS: Never take on q
ian who's left you, And to be quito
rank-f feel about the same way. Yeu
1T the MissatIbi. which had treated
GU well, and we have reason to be-
eve you rave useful information to
Ir. Bowyer." 4
al swear | didn't" shouted Cham
efs. s~pFinging 20 his feet. prove
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