The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-30
CHAPTER vIIr-con,inusd


should 20 back to school You are
smart You cau ieara n great deal
from teachers aud maybe they can
learn something from sou. You're
tae b~si qu.li worker know of.
You're an uJ.bway aud should De
proud - O.. You should keep 90
he.nz Ojibway 20 the things your
mother did: marry au Ojibway boy
have plenty 81 oJ.bNay papooseA
I,'s our trails. remsmbcr. You 20
thc iul.an way. 50 ihe white mans
way. They cant cruss uuderstand
fhaf1~
No.~ she said and looked away
and a suggestion % dlsappolntmeul
rested about her ved mouth II was
uo, palm. nor despair; just an &C.
cefsHncc ~ Illustration. perhaps.
and .t touched Steve profoundly.
4 wou't b. here very lonx. now.
MARY De said Z may De going
any slime now wliI so perhaps.
etvu before yuur father dies. I
don't know where. haven't any
plan. Bui before ! 60 I'm going to
hook you up and see how your "a.
iher T. and nx u some wuy so Franz
wont hogher you even after TN out
% the country. You'd better gct
along hack. now. Want q canoeY-
No. ! walk fast ln the woods. :"
Aren't you hungry p
She bad risen and looked al him
ln a maunar which made him vince
u WIS not conscious glance ~ re-
preach. bot her face reflected n
hunger such as be had uoi had 10
mind when be pui the quesilon She
was starved. silently crying Tor
nourlshment. bet i was Got a hun.
ser of the body. not meat and drink
wh'ch she needed
4 have bread she answered 4
80 new. Goosi-by. jim
~Goodhy. Mary
she walked down the trail 10
where another branchcd OF 10 take
her along the lake shore aud Drake
stood alone. feeling small and hn.
inflated.
lis sense of having failed 50 mis-
srabiy 90 meet 4 situation elung. II
bothered him and that was why
be gave the arrival " McNally's
team no heed Tor the moment
When be glanced up McNally was
clamberiuE down over the wagon
wheel and. standing where she had
risen from her place on the seat.
was a girl Outlined there against
the sky. she vas Diana. Her laced
Tacs we're trim the riding hreeehes
eucased nueiy nodded legs A gay
shirt niisd vel over a slender torso
and square. boyish shoulders. Her
throat rose IN hue column and
her head. Hung back with the brisk
breeze blowing tendrils OF fair hair
about Il. seemed ike n posture OF
brave defiance 10 the white bandage
which covered her eyes.
Kate Flynn Kate Flynn. holding
ia both hands n worn brief case.
Kate Flynn. coming herself as
saving messenger for Polarisl
Strength trickiea out og Sieve's
body. She was more fair 10 look
upon than be bad ever dreamed in
all those dreams he had had OF her
fairness through these feyerIsh
weeks and Il was this beauty which
weakened him. not the thought that
here was the person whom he could
not deceive. that his prelense OF
being Young Jim must end now and
the truth about that individual AT
last be told
The girl talked softly and rapidly
and laughed as one will In excite
meut. and old Mac. seeing Steve In
the doorway. called out 10 him:
jim. Oh. Jlml Here's Katie
herselfi'
The girl stopped talking as Nc
Nally. taking her in his arms, swung
her 10 the ground The narrow
handage covered her eyes, the win
dows TO the hearts expression. but
h could not wholly hide the high
eagerness which possessed her. She
started forward eagerly. leading
McNally toward the store rather
than being led herself.
~Jlml" she called. and her voice
was as lovely to the ear as her body
was to- the eye "Dufter. I'm here
-. DufIer. couldn't send anybody
else. I had 10 come myself"
Steve moved down the steps and
halted awaiting her approach In the
deepest confusion he had ever ex-
perienced.
where are you Dunrer?T she
cried. breathiesSly.
She stopped Withdrawing her
hands from McNally's.
~Jim. Jimmy? Where are your
Steve stepped forward. then. swal-
lowing drily. and took both her
sp'all hands. She clutched his con
vulsively. drawing herself close.
touching his body with hers.
lie went slightly giddy She was
freeing her hands. now. lifting them.
letting them creep about his neck
sungrlly and her breath was uneven
rs she whispered 10 him: