The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-11-23

found himself wondering where
these new acquaintance were,
and wishing that he could have
been sitting near when they en-
tered the dining room. His world
of pretty thoughts was all broken
I'D when he heard his compan-
ions voice.
I'VE sure got a hell of a load
this time. This Is my third sea-
son with Marsh and we have the
heaviest load this trip of any so
far. You must be a company
man, amt yuh?"
Company man! What do you
mean, company mani"
"W. C. Baker man. Do you work
for them?"
"No, I don't work for nobody.
I'm Just goin' upriver."
"You any relation to the Old
Mann"
"What old mani"
"The skipper, Captain Marsh"
mo, why?"
There must be a catch some
place. First, l see you talking
to Galloway, his daughter and
the Old Man. Then the Old Man
takes you up to his quarters.
The first thing / know, he calls
me and tells me to show you
around. The Old Man just don't
do things like that without you
rank someplace." The two had
Just started to leave the table
when Harris made that last re-
mark. Tom began to say some
thing but did not finish until
they were outside of the cabin.
He turned and faced Harris.
"Just what do you mean by
them words catch and rank?
They don't sound just right to
me. You are actin like you don't
want to be seen with me. Well,
that goes for two of us, il that's
the way you feel. I've had too
much of you, too. / never asked
you to show me anything and
don't 60 blattin' around about
me talkin' to those Galloway peo-
pie. / talk to who / want to, and
I'll go to the captains quarters
when I please. II you don't like
1t, just say so right now"
Nov look here, you got me
wrong. / just mean that the cap
tain don't put in any time with
anybody, without he is one of
the big boys or some of their re-
lation. Naturally, when / seen the
Calloways. the Old Man and you
together, / thought maybe you
had come on up from st. Louis
and was waitin' at the Hook to
pick up the Sioux Lady"
Il amt no relation to nobody
on this boat and if you didn't
mean anything by what you said,
it's all right. If you did, don't
back down"
"I'm only doin' what the Old
Man told me to, and | didn't
mean anything. Is that clear?"
81 reckon II is.
"All right. Let's 60 back to
the engine room and see how
the wood is holding out, for we
sure are burning a lot of that
stuff" concluded Harris.
CHAPTER FOUR
Late the following evening the
Sioux Lady pulled into Indepen-
dence and stopped for the nigll.
The time had passed fast Tor
Tom. He had stood near the rail
most Of the time, apparently ao-
sorbed in the landscape as they
moved up stream. He talked to
no one, with the exception of
Captain Marsh or Carlson with
whom he exchanged a few words,
as they passed him in going about
their work. Tom had constantly
watched with what he had hoped
was an unnoticed sideglance, for
the Calloways. Only once though
had he seen them since their
meeting the day before. That
morning they had stopped little
while to pass the time of day
with him.
About half an hour after the
boat locked, Tom stood on the
port side and watched the steam
winch lift some heavy boxes. Cap
tain Marsh appeared during this
onarat;ar and inuitad him IN