The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-01-14

saw Joe Tracy come round The c
e Of the house in his Sebastla
dress. The old mar muttered Pre-
fanely-why wasn't the id Gu
getting ready? And as the boa
made its landing, he called out
Say, you'd better be gettin' then
togs off. I'll be back here for yo,
at q quarter TO seven"
The boy, leaping lightly from rocl
10 rock, grinned without answer
ing The picturesque dress suit
ed him. he looked almost hand
some, and with the feathered car
on his golden wig set rakishly
aslant, he moved downward Will
a haunting debOnair swagger. Ga.
briel didn't like him, anyway. and
To- his i%mpudent face, framed by
the dropping blond curls, looked
10 the launch man Indignantly
spiteful.
But Gabriel wasn't going to 40
till he'd made things clear. He
appealed TO Bassett, whom he had
privately sized up as the only one
Of the outfit who was like the ra-
tional human males of his expert
ence. Besides he had seer that Joe
Tracy respected. If not feared. the
director:
"I1l be back here at quarter TO
for the Tracy boy, and I'm
tellin' him he's got TO be ready. |
cant waste no time settin' round
waitfn'. and IL he's NOT here on
the dot"
That's all right" Bassett put q
comforting hand on his shoulder
and turned TO Joe. You heard
that, Joe?"
The boy answered with his sheer
ing grin:
What's got the old geezerf
Does he think I'm as deaf as he
Is?"
Gabriel's weather beaten face
Redeemed. He WAS not ia the habit
Of being called al "old geezer," and
he was not deaf. But the actors,
all in the boat, we're. clamoring TO
start. They had a train 10 make
get IN. ancient servitor, and turn
On The current. In a chorus of
farewells the boat chugged of.
The three men left on the wharf
mp the path to the doorway
where Shine and Mrs. Cornell had
'esumed their seats. Shine was
truck by their difference Of type
I you went the world over you
:ouldn't find three more varied
pecimens. The only one he liked
vas Bassett, something square and
old about him and a good, !
look In his eyes. And
led a lot of authority-the way
e managed this wild eyed bunch
bowed that.
They stopped at the steps. and
0e Tracy made his good-bys. He
going camping in the woods
18th his friend Jimmy Travers,
tho was 10 meet him at Bangor
They'd stay there TWEEN
f-four hours getting their stuff to-
ether, then be off for the north
III solitudes-no beaten tracks for
lem. He left, jauntily swinging
Is Killed skirts, a whistled tune
] his lips. Soon after. Stokes de
arted, saying he was going to
lange his clothes.
A door TO the right opened into
le entrance hall. Here he and
Is wife occupied a ground-ioor
He listened at the panel be-
he entered, then softly turned
re knob, and, inside, as softly
osed the door. Shut in and alone
is languid pose fell from him
a cloak. An avid eagerness
arpened his features and direct
his hands. pulling open his va
'e and taking from it a small
lther case. Moving back from
2 window he pushed up his
.eve, took the hypodermic from ,
2 case and pressed in the needle. ]
hen he had restored the bag to
place, he threw himself on the Z
d and lay with closed eyes feel {
; the ineffable comfort, grateful
an influx of life, vitalize and I
Dthe his tortured being. !
Mrs. Cornell and Shine rose up |
d followed him. Mrs. Cornell [
d her packing to get through |
d wanted Miss Pinkney's help. n
inc IA going to see if the pan u
would do for a dark room, in 5
ding TO take some hashlight D
Otographs Of the company that z
He had found In a cab "
Fl all the fashlight requisites $
/ thought 1t would be an inter Il
ing memento Of their visit II
n of them to have a picture. II
They've got everything here" he K
d.. as he pointed TO the corner O
ere he had made his find. Not W
ne all the supplies, but W
t-clasS cameras and a protector. q
oppose some of the family took Ct
up as a fad" al
.hine, who was domiciled in the
bedroom, disappeared into W
adjoining pantry and Mrs Cor al
trod resolutely on into the rf
hen, being one of the few mem-
5 of the company who was not
aid of the houSekeeper. IA
Hiss Pinkney. who was sitting y
light in a stiff-backed chair, rose OF
Dectfully. She was a lean,
woman of fifty, with W
lt-drawn hair and a long horse Sc
2. She had disappIoved bit
Y of the intrusion of the actors Oh
n the sacred precincts of Gull WI
nd, and though she had been bi
dly polite. hoped that her dis at
rOval had got across. an
lrs. Cornell preached her re- ga
st and Miss Pinkney agreed. ju
was even yerv rleasant about Sh