Show r Fk 1 George s Marsh J p 1 SERVICE D STORY FROM THE START Garth Carth Guthrie Canadian war w veteran basing ha Ing to live IIvo In the open n on Recount account or of o c vc ll It factor of ot a Hud onn II e enay nay y post at t n lie He came back from the th conflict with Ith a permAnently taco fac which ho be re cost him the th love lov or of ofhie hie Falconer Sir Chance II t Ij la brother Is a millionaire war profiteer R Ith Savanne halfbreed hie arm friend end Corth Arth moot Doctor Quarrier c geologist t and end his Is lster ter Joan Jo n Their Th lr schooner choon r has hili drifted a hore QuarrIer Qu r corn com he h has bu been b n robbed by e a aman emen mn men known as os Laughing Donald Uc-Donald Mc- Mc McDonald Donald At Al an n Indian girl hinda victim whom horn hom Garth has haj befriended If le III I dying CHAPTER Continued II-Continued II Continued 4 Because at r resent r nt my duty iv 1 1 h here re as aa J jou ou can con s see e Then the man whose those ho e Intimate knowledge of the Inanimate had bad s seemingly taught h m little of men laughed rawly lour lour duty Yes Tes I suppose when you fur cople- cople i get yourselves s 's Into a amess amess amess mess of this tills 1 I Ind he nodded nod toward time tile door you ou feel eel you bo Lave have fe to see ee It through rough Joan ro rose e from her chaIr stunned by the Hie stupid brutality of the remark fearful remark fearful o of the retribution It de deserted descried rn ed Lies L es black with anger GuthrIe glared at his guest who ho sen of his mistake grinned sheep sherl- sheepishly sheepishly then flushed Hushed to the tLe roots of his stiff hair The muscles In the face nce ot of ottI tl tI e a factor actor knotted knotte the veins In the trow Crown n neck nee above e the flannel shirt welled swelled with blood In his efforts nt at self control I I-I I I went too far ar Quarrier mumbled I dl diem t mean of course course- course Cut But he was cut oft off short with our lour our bed Is In the trade house I You rou know the way The long Ions arm of or Guthrie pointed to the door For a space Quarrier stared Into the cold eyes erts then stuns stung by the outrage e to hl his dignity got cot to lis 1 I Is feet In angry prole protest L liat hat do you mean mem You Fou dare In suit order me-order roe order me we out of ot your house lIke an Inferior But lut there t ere was that In the face ace of or the min whose arm still the door which wrung the bluster ter from rom the geologist as wa water water ter Is wrung from a rag souli m 11 II hear from this this-this this this conduct conductor or of ours Iii I II report this to your su sur r verb protest protested Quarrier as he stormed out of the room Guthrie turned to the lime girl eirl who ho was as visibly swept by stirred shame shame hame- hame stirred by an emotion which left her wea weak eyes eres fled fixed on the man who said In lu a voice foke still thick with anger aner 11 1 I m iii Miss so Quarrier-so so sorry went too went too far for lou sou were right right-he right he was Impossible stile sible she he agreed In a voice olce raw with dIsgust with a slow nod noli of ot the dark darb I cad ead lie IIo has ha always blundered blundered- always failed to understand I I want wont to tell you about herShe her tier She he turned on hl n lil-n n almost fiercely Do you iou OU think I also do not under un understand understand stand she slie he demanded For Por a space he lie searched cd her ten tense e wille Ite face ace then replied cryptically You rou have served with the wounded It ll enough lie He went to tu the door and whIspered to old Anne Then he began becan She came here In June with some ns from rom far for beyond the headwaters for or tills this Is a Cree country coun country try They were not her own oun people r I am nm convinced com but one ono of ot the men to be her father She was not sure for she had gro grown crown n up with them them-didn didn t even eten 1 I now her Iler age but butle EJ ate le e an cant t be more than eighteen Old Anne found her sick In a halt tirl-halt tir halt I-halt 1 red neglected neglected e took her In and for tor a time tl tI e a canned milk and ana the broth worked corked a miracle Ste was wasI I ai al ton tO pi tin tint Hint 1 1 I ell eli edI ed edlen len slen I en the trade was 0 over er and the Indians started for tor their summer carat s 11 ey demanded t and erand er- er and the she could hardly walk a hundred ell yards will ott out resting Of Ot course they didn t really want her tl tI cir purpose was to I 1 old ola me rip They asked for fir everything 1 every everything cry thing In the store They hey always s ay du aylon when lon 1 en such a R thing ling happens happens happens-an an Indian In indin din lIlon gIrl cirl behind at nt the factors factor's quarters ou sou see se they though t Ills tl Ii Is was the theold theold old situation so situation so did the In Crees-In spite o of Anne told tl ll O c cm eta They couldn t ell I finally lot got rid of t ler ter er people kicked people kicked them nut ut For weal s she sho was vas so happ happy Guthrie tiptoed to the sickroom door looked In and ond returned In her lost conversation with the IndIan who called himself t ler ter er father futher I 1 l Bird eird her repeatedly say Mn Ain do doNo danin No 1110 da a She he was us so fO earnest about ItI It ItI itI I n I I J what It meant and he Ir heI I l I rye It K was 01 OJIbwa for I 1 stay tay t r l J here I retty Isn t It Ain da I dive l I here She Slie his chosen her homo home Su So Sowe we called herInda her Inda She Slie was one ono ot of ofus ofus us Miss Quarrier went on 00 tine the man whose faro faco had ball softened grown softened crown boy boyIsh boyIsh Islet Ish It fairly tore my time the heart hap happiness pInes time the gratitude of ot that sick child Those big eyes of hers followed Ted me melike lIJe a dog dogs s I had rescued her no doubt doubt from rom un unspeakable misery ery It was sins only natural I suppose After a few ew weeks she ale began to fall all and In August when hen they called me to Albany I couldn t throw v ot oft the lire memory o of the de despair In her e tS when Len I left lou ou see ee she feared she would not live until I returned returned- returned wanted wanlee me there when hen It came tier lIer eyes haunted me-every me me e roc every ery mile of the coast This last time when I went she he bade me mt good b was bras bi ras was sure that It was the end Cut But we needed the geese we we had to go I ve e seen men dIe my die my friends but those wistful eyes eres I It Its s a tragic and she he so young Guthrie stopped his pacing to run his fingers nervously through his dark hair Oh tl U e a dumb misery here In to the north 1 I I 1 think link If It she II d stayed with her ber people to die In a neglected I i m thankful If It I ve fe en eased ed the lonely lonell ne the ness the s-the the tor for one lime I 1 he sound o of coughing followed by Old Anne Annes s frightened face ace In time the doorway doom ay summoned them to the other room The effects of the opiate had worn off The woman who hid served sen ed with Ith the wounded wiped the crimsoned lira that moved mored In vain fain attempt at utterance AS os the rime lie large larco eyes eres bright with fever efer clung dune to the face of theroan the theman theman man who sat beside the cot coL cotou lou ou go to bed Anne said GuthrIe to the wrinkled Cree I I will be buc the rest of the night muttered protest the old woman shuffled from the room Presently the dry lips of the sick gIrl again moved She wants to say something said the nurse and left them Guthrie bent over the v pillow lou no go-no co no more he Ile faintly heard He tie smiled Into the questioning eyes eres as he shook t Is head o l o o mote mote- Inda Tune The Th Betsy Y lids slowly ly drooped Through the slow hours liours of the night they sat beside the wait waif wal who out of the wilderness had come to andas and was as returnIng now now And In the intervals between her min minIstrations I tra to the life which was as slip slippIng slipping pIng a away ay the guest of GuthrIe learned much o of the man with whom hom she shared tl U tie e night vatch atch In the time candor o of his explanation ot of tine the presence pre o of the Indian girl at LIL IU I Ie le e had unconscious re revealed resealed to the curious woman who studied tl hIm Intimate glimpses or of heart The emblem of the DIstin Sen Service Ice order which he tore In the photograph In his bedroom vouch ed cd for his Lis caliber as a soldier But Dut why h she slie mused did the brother of the rich Charles Guthrie lInger Unger In Inthe inthe the wilderness of the west est coast when a girl eirl of ot such lo loveliness as ns her three photographs suggested waited for or his return lor I or the nature of their thelt rein rela lions was established beyond doubt by time the written sentiment ou the photo photographs photographs graphs ret Yet his health turned returned r turned he seemed to be d deliberately staling Ing on It In IttLe Inthe Inthe the tLe north tat t at was bel Ind It nil all allwon won f red Joan Quarrier not pity for or orthis this poor child who In the manner of her kind had hall given him worship forthe for forthe or orthe the only kindness life lite had vouchsafed her That clearly would have hafe anchored on an shored Guthrie at while lived but In face of the fact tint that the tir was de desperately III could not live IRe 11 e Into the autumn he Le hind had prepared to winter Inter on the west est coast w h hi f So o together they ber kert t their watch atch where through the halting hours bours the spIrit of the waif calf al of the forests hovered hov bo ered cred a awaiting release Once after a ar r arox of coughing the veil ell ell of d de- de delirium de delirium lifted nn an J there was a mo IDO IDOm m nt of consciousness lie to her and the fea fear r which looked from tI tie e groping eyes e es faded od d as she r cog tho the scarred cheek the llie 1 he wraith of a smile touched the drawn dra mouth A As the stars paled above aboe abo e the Ie tundra of ot again aln she the the face of Guthrie Her lIer lips eu DO DOeu eu Ills straining ears enra caught a hint Lo Lojo Jo the Ojibwa tan 11 rhen a crimsoned froth from the tortured lungs luus Joan Joau QuarrIer left him with nith hIs dead When sl c e returned with Old Anne crooning her grief ale ohe touched him himon himon himon on the shoulder lou ou must go now e Se e will care for or her For n a space he be stood beside the tho th then n said Good by NInda NIDda As Aj you IOU wL wished hed It It 6 l 4 c It you will here slay may here with lIh friends lie turned turn ell cryptically cr to the nursE El SI e a was as a soldier slip she did lid not flinch from re wounds wound and went ent out out followed ell by oy the puzzled e eyes es of the other Then outside In tI tl e a cool du k of the clearing ro rose e a 8 wall nil mournful un ly followed ell by another and er Join Jomn QuarrIer s face ace api nf l circa Inthe In Intile Inthe tile the doorway of the Ih living In room Its It s II too loo ghastly c she said with n a r II lion 0 do they know r They I 1 h hey y ah aha always a s al know always know ars wall sor or the dead Arid And Ie le went out to the dogs doca dOl At the gate te of the stockade Blockade stool all joining tl ll e 1 u kle In their threnody under und r tl tI o e fading alling stars At Guthrie s command the lIo dog topped stopped and und trotting trolling up with a muffled lied fled whine thrust his moist nose into luto hIs masters II hani hon loda l s gone Shot CHAPTER III Daylight found man and do dog on the high rh river er flor sl el ore At times tI ll tic e a man maD spoke to the lie airedale who ho sensing lils hl master masters s mood repeatedly returned from rom short e excursions ns to Guthric shan s han liani g Again and again r 1 e tort orl the tine light came the huskIes lead had Ill til en up theIr walling to be checked ly Iy I y tha man on on guard whose ho e thoughts traversed tra the s swift CC seeks o of the summer Out of ot the silent places place this doomed child of ot the valiant heart hind hod come come and find Into row now Into tune the silence Hence had bull gone What must have hafe been her de despair pair t Ie to e thought to have hn left her herI I eople and sought sanctuary among strangers nut Cut It ft had ball been friends she had lead hum UI L Cut But what u II miracle to hive re had schooner driven on bI kl ki with the girl who lind shared lima watch with hum hIm himl I IS S lut ht hat a solace ni nt I rack rach sl e a hind hall been been tho those e fine str ht gazing dirk eyes e es and hulls Inn IsIt It was because e she slie had bad ad un sin had resented his Ills thinking It necessary to explain esplain the tho situation at nt r rAf Af 1 r rA AI A I II p y r c 4 df f d i ij j h i ih J r VIo If d You Vou You See He H Found Two of ot Us that he had been able to talk so fre freely ly lyof of She bhe hind had proved her motile mettle she she too was n a soldier lIe He pictured with her horror of the ugly thrown Into the lie situation which Joan halt had calmly met net with delicacy and skill That afternoon tIenne and anti GuthrIe erected a n spruce cross 0 over er the fresh grave grae gra e In the llie little post cemetery and andon andon andon on the white wood of ot the arm Guthrie burned burnell with a 8 hot hint Iron the InscrIptIon In Memory of o t Soldier which for elI s was as to bethe be bethe bethe the cause of much Ing of I 1 heads nm am JOg ing the whites and the Crees who saw row it It At damn d 1 n the lie follow follo lug Ing morning GuthrIe s York lorl bolt with will a Peterboro canoe In tow law slowly Iy ticked licked r Its why Iy through the river mist of the delta In the time stew stern steering with Ith I a sweep hewn n from a si ruse ruce sapling stood the wiry who knew new tit till channels of ot the lie rh river er mouths and time the depths of ot the shoal coast co from the th thI I aft oft to Albany To give gl the craft steerage way on the first of o the cub the tho sailors of ot II the Ir ed aoe tr manned d four long lone oars In the thebo bow bo bothe the geologist still sin fromI from lis I Is humiliation talked In ID low tones to his Ius master the tir niao steers steers- steersman moo man stood holding a corn com cornI piSS rass ass for the shores were ere In lor 1 him with forefeet on 00 the tir rail ht veered Into tit tin while ot of n 1st hl his black nostrils ns as asle le 10 cau lit at ut Intervals on ou time the moIst air scents vague Illusive enticing You are arc losing valuable time from your four goo goose e hunt by taking us to Al LIny my In your lour our boat sU suggested lef tell Jono Joao Quarrier to GuthrIe who ho hall had found a seat t t I eside her After Afler hut chat you ou oue ve e done I could not send you ort oft Io is tint th ships s boat sou might have ha e been days dais s making Al had had lind serious trouble getting ashore to make malic camp If It the wind channel change J It Its s a tricky coa coast t loure 1 ou re not much like lIJe your our br ther Ie I e answered lie I Is t faco ico lighting In amusement as h te Ie e glanced to toward arll the t QuarrIer lIe lies s hardly worry orry worryIng lug IlIg about our goose sup I for the thew w Inter The clenn clean cut mouth mount of ot the man be beside beside side her curled In tI tl e a smile she slie hud hind come cOllie to associate with th the factor ot of w mn In Then her e eyes s shifting to the dim ribbon of ot spruce edging the marshes hes saw time the face faca of or the girl ot of the photograph at the post 1 o t and she chat hot was as behind It nil nillIe nillie lIe He studied time the r rome of ot Joan Quarrier rl r time the musing ees eyes with time the strongly marked brows the half hair parted lips the th frame of ot chestnut hair shot with gold goldrIne goldFine |