Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-12

At the thought. he SAW I,ina
again, standing in that winy-coloryI
robe. facing him with level eyes,
and the light touching her hair. lie
heard again the quiet voice, I'm
not frightened" Tomorrow
Colin was asleep.
lie woke to the cracklc of flames
IN the stove and the sound of water
Simmcring. Alec had gone. Througn
The window Colin SAM Smokc ri+iu:
from the other cabin. and br."ht
sunlight s,rcamcd down across the
lake. In its warmth the snow WAS
melting from every trcctop, and the
smell of moist earth came to his
nostrils, bearing the promise Of In-
dian summer - those golden DAYS
when the northern World baSkS
briefly i'll the warmth and surl!"ht
OF bclatcd autumn before the lev
hand of winter closes.
About the edge of the littlc clrar-
ing the berries of saskatoon had
already turned purple. and beyond
the lake shore stretched the old.
familiar sky line: the one ,,narlrd
pine that rose above the others. TIA.
yellow spcarhcads Of aspen. breath
takingly brilliant in autumn color
ing.
With Il great sense of wcll-hc:nr,
Colin dressed and hurried arru-s
the clearing. Blair had ALREADY fin
IShcd breakfast and WAS drawing
ON her mittcns when he entered.
ALEC and | are going on ahrad."
she told him. Its just possible
they may radio Lcarmonth that |
left yesterday. and Father Will
start worrying"
Better stop by the post AMI tell
Rodney that Miss Meredith is here"
Colin advised. We'll bc right after
you"
At the table Trina sat a!::iost con-
ccalcd behind Il huge TIN cup Of
coffee while Colin helped himself
generously to hammock and smui.vi
fish. He looked nj her untouched
plate.
"Bcttcr take something substan-
tial, he warned. "rhrrc'a 4 Six-
mile hike ahead"
I'm not very hungry" she an
swcrcd and lit Il cigarette.
n half hour later they were on
the trail and, in spite uf the suns
warmth, the wind from the north
whipped the blood To their che. Ks
AS they bent To face it along tie
lake shore.
At the first turn a frantic bark
ing burst upon them. and Colin sayy
A!ec's dogs. chained to pine sap
llngs, gaunt and still suarllng over
the remnants of food Alec had
thrown them.
Keeping back within the partial
shelter OF the trees, they walked
for nearly an hour along the wiudv
tral, and at last emerged upon tie
gr%nltc-iibbcd banks OF Play Lake.
Ducks and innumrrahlc mccsr dotted
the waters surface. and the thin
ice crust rose and fell. moving be-
fore the wind, filling the air with
faint tinklc as OF broken glass.
10 the north Colin Saw the ont.
line OF Drunken Island and. farther
away, Forestry Island, with its fire
tower looming high against the sky.
But now his eyes fixed with new
interest on the group of buildings
that lay directly across the lake
the Indian school, headquarters of
Jonathan Dove.
Three large buildings. barn. n
dock, and a fence SUrrouulium Them.
Set we'll apart from the others and
screened by thick Growth of trees.
stood another building. 4 lon". two
stored structure almost imii.t;u-
GuiShaD!e except that sun had
touched to fire the upper windows
Something unobtrusivc and dis
arming about those low. squat
buildings in the suu-diSarmir,. ~
Dove himsclf--and Colin wondered
if within their walls might lie tbn
answer to questions that had borne
hlm unwclcomc company through
many SlccplcSs night.
Go be continucD
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