Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-06-05

came back from the rushing river.
"You know so much about II, Curly,
I'll not butt in with any more misinfor-
nation" he answered with obvious
sarcasm
Curly flushed. "rd ought to know.
Jacks father and mine were friends,
SOS he and me-"
"How come you to call him.
Crumbs7
That's a joke. Steve. Jacks no or
binary rip-roaring. hell-raisln' miner.
He knows what's what. That's why
we call him Crumbs-because he's fine
bred. Pun, see. Fine bred-crumbs.
Get itY'
Sure get II. kid. I ain't no Eng
lishnsn You don't need a two-by-four
to pound josh into my coconut." the
rider demonstrated.
Jack Kilmeny followed the pathway
which wound through the woods along
the bank OF the river. Beyond the
trees lay clearing. AT the back of
this. facing the river, was large fish-
ing lodge built Of logs and finished
artistically In rustic style. II was a
two-story building spread over good
decl Of ground space. A wide porch
ran round the front and both sides.
Upon the porch were a man In an arm
chair and girl seated on the top step
with her head against the corner post
A voice hailed Kilmeny. II say. my
man."
The fisherman turned, discovered
that he was the party addressed. and
waited.
"Come here. your The man In the
armchair had taken the cigar from his
mouth and was beckoning to him.
Meaning meY inquired Kilmeny.
"0f course I mean you. Who else
could I meant"
The fisherman drew near. In his
eyes sparkled light that belied his
ncquiescence.
do you belong to the party camped
belowr inquired he of the rocking
chair, one eyeglass fixed In the COM
placent face.
"Then want to know what the
deuce you meant by kicking up such an
internal row last night. couldn'i
sleep wink for hours-not for hours
dash II. It's an outrage beastly out.
rage. whatr'
The man with the monocle was
Snug with the self-satlsfaction Of his
tribe. His thin hair was parted In the
middle and a faint straw-eolored mus,
tache decorated his upper lip. Alto
gether. he might measure Ave feet Ave
In his boots. The miner looked at him
grsvely. No faintest hint Of humor
came into the sea-blue eyes. They took
In the dapper Britisher as II he had
been natural history specimen.
$50 kindly tell them not to do Il
again." Dobyans verinder ordered In
conclusion.
IF you please, SIR" added the younl
woman quietly.
Kilmeny's steady gaze passed for the
first time to her. He saw a slight dark
girl with amazingly live eyes and a
lift TO the piquant chin that was ar.
resting His hat came or promptly.
1--WE didn't know anybody was at the
Lodge" he explained.
you wouldn't, Of course" she nod
ded. and by way of explanation: LADY
Farquhar Is rather nervous. OF course
we don't want to interfere with your
fun. but"
There win be no more fireworks AT
night. One Of the boys had a birth
day and we were ventilating our en-.
thusiasm. II we had known"
kindly make sure II doesn't happen
again. my good fellow" cut In verin.
der.
Kilmeny looked at him, then back at
the girl. The dapper little man had
been weighed and found wanting
Henceforth, verinder was not on the
map.
did you think we were Utes broke
loose from the reservation I reckon
we were some noisy. When the boys
get to going good they don't quite
know when 70 stop"
The eyes Of the young woman
sparkled. The fisherman thought he
had never seen a face more vivid.
Such charm as Il held was too irregular
for beauty. but the spirit that broke
through interested by reason Of Its
hint Of freedom. She might be a
Gagged bird. but her wings beat for the
open spaces.
Were they going good last night r
she Knocked prettily.
"Not real good. ma'am. You see.
we had no town to shoot up. 20 We Just
punctured the scenery. II we had
known you were here
You would have come and shot us
up" she charged gayly.
Kilmeny laughed. You're a good
one, neighbor. But you don't need to
worry" He let his eyes admire her
llazily. Young ladies are too seldom
in this neck Of the woods for the boys
to hurt any. Give them q chance and
they would be real good to you"
His audacity delighted Moya Dwight.
do you think they wouldT
I'm our own barbaric way. Of
course"
do you ever scalp peopler she
asked with innocent impotence.