Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-11-24
fan- Dizzy and nick. shivering with
dread and cold. she turned back n

fan- Dizzy and nick, shiyerfng with
dread and cold. she turned back n
ways.
She let her fire die down, not MOTTO
ing It Then the cold reminded her.
and she worked long building another.
She knew where 4a-block of matches
was: she had seen King set II care
fully away. In her excitement she
struck dozens of matches, dropping the
burnt ends about her.
AT last her fire blazed up and she
warmed herself. Then she was con-
scious Of a strange faintness and real
lied that she was hungry. She opened
a tin OF sardines and came back 10 the
fire with 1t in her hands. She had no
clear conception of the deed when.
half of the fish consumed, re smelly
stuff revolted her and she hurled the
remaining part into the bed of Goals.
King stamped the loose snow from
his boots and came in. Gloria stood
confronting him, tense, rigid, white
faced, her hands stiff at her sides.
The surge of her relief, like a sud-
denly released current, impacting with
that other current of her unleashed
anger, made of her consciousness q
sort OF wild. Tuning whirlpool.
King was tired throughout every
muscle OF his body. Coming In from
the storm-cleansed open he shifted At
the closeness of the cave. Then he
noted the sardine can. With a stick he
raked 1t out Of the Goals.
In Gods name," he demanded,
what do you mean by a thing like
that7 Are you stark. raving mad7'
Fol a moment she was at q loss to
understand what had enraged him.
The act of tossing the dIstasteful food
Into the fire had been purely ~involun-
tary. She was not without reason ; In
their present predicament she was 4
fool to have done a thing like that;
she could hardly believe that she had
done 1t. And 30, with an elaborate
shrug OF disdainful shoulders, she
turned her back to him.
But King flung to his feet and set
his hands On her two shoulders and
swung her about
Listen to me-" he said angrily.
I am going to talk plain to you. You
are a fool, a downright. empty-headed
silly fool What you have destroyed
In wanton ea~relessness would have
kept the life in a man a whole day. BE
STILL" he commanded, as she sought
to wriggle out Of his grasp, to avoid
the direct blaze OF his eyes. Il am
going to do what ] can for you; to
see you safe through this, II l can
Not because you are anything to me.
but Just because you are Ben Gaynor's,
and he Is my friend. Understand
But / am moi going to have you throw
all of our chances away by dumping
grub into the fire. II you do one other
b~rainless thing like that, and / catch
You at 1t. / I'M going to tie You mp,
hand and foot. and keep you out OF
mischief"
You wouldn't dare.
But a knew better he would dare
anything. She went slowly to her bed
to hide her trembling. and lay down.
Then for the first time he saw the
waste of scattered matches on the floor.
From them he looked to her In an |
amazement 30 sheer that 1t left him no
word OF ex~postulation. The suspicion
actually came to him that the girl was
mad 1t was scarcely conceivable that
a perfectly sane individual could do
the things which she had done.
She saw him get up and begin
gathering up all Of the foodstur. He
1t to the back OF the cave,
where he passed out OF her sight In the
He made a second trip, after
which there was left on a shelf OF rock
half a dozen matches and enough
food for one scanfy meal.