Show DEEP WATERS WILLIAMS BEN AMES WILLIAMS WILL M I TIlE THE STORY STORY SO FAR After Afler a swift rift courtship Will WID starts for a sum sum- summer summer mer Job at Moose Bay Day leaving Robin RobinDale RobinDale Dale DaJe to wonder how a career girl could be so 10 completely swept off orr her feet She knows little of Will except that be he Is an all engineer and that he be has bas a brother named Angus Ancus a dour Scot who hates bates women Robin decides to follow Will to Moose Day Bay But Dut she doesn't see him film Shortly after the White Queen docks Robin goes roes swimming As she stands on the deck Will McPhail sees her h r. r In that moment he loses his balance and the crane In la which he Is riding falls Into the water Angus blames Robin for Wills Will's death Now continue with the story CHAPTER V The purser found a car and he was putting her bags in it before she saw that Mr Ir Jenkins was driving Mr Jenkins Jen s said in a pleased tone Decided to stay slay have you Say you change your mind dont don't you Youre You're right though thought I Its It's a n great place Ill I'll take you to the hotel Mr Lewis helped her into the car She thanked him and Mr Jenkins started toward shore She looked straight ahead not as a defense against him but because she did not want to see what the workmen were doing but almost at once he pulled over to the side of the dock and stopped and pointed my boat down there She saw a gray motor cruiser long and low with a high deck forward moored beside the dock Care to go aboard her he asked comfortable neat as BS a pin Im rather anxious to to- get set set- Do you mind I Z have to stop a minute myself You'd better come see what she's like Ill Til wait here So Mr Jenkins dropped down to the deck of the cruiser and dis disappeared disappeared appeared Into her cabin A man came purposefully across the dock to look down at the boat and then at Robin and Robin closed her eyes and was very tired When Mr Jen Jen- Jenkins Jenkins kins got in beside her again and she opened her eyes the man had disappeared Were pulling out Monday Mr Jenkins told her driving on Say Im I'm glad youre you're staying Ill I'll show you the town tonight You'll get a kick out of it They were approach approach- approachIng Ing the landward end of the dock Tough about young McPhaiL The kid got fancy with that crane and it killed him You cant can't monkey with those babies The car jolted over the rough road and suddenly he be used the brakes and stopped and spoke to a man walking toward the dock The man wag wad wa dressed like e a workman but he looked at Robin In Ina Ina Ina a way she felt He said to Mr Jen Jen- Jenkins Jenkins kins I was looking for you you- Mr Jenkins asked the man a curl curio curious ous question He asked Got the tickets The man grinned faintly and looked at Robin again All collect collect- collected ed yeah he said Mr Jenkins nodded Then well we'll let em in tomorrow He fie added Ill Til be taking a walk tonight tonight- I might see you you Okay the man assented Ill be around The road with a railway along lone one side to carry freight from the pier head bead to the town rounded a rocky point where the whole face of the precipice had been blasted away to let it pass Robin began to be Interested to ask questions Wherever Wherever Wherever ever a trickle of water came down the steep slopes there were signs warning passers not to drink the wa wa- water water ter and she spoke of them He nodded all aU bog water he explained ItU make you sick They cut a tunnel six feet square through that mountain up there and they bring water down from Bear Lake now now- They approached the first buildings and he pointed to one Theres the police station Five cops They'll stay indoors and have a poker game Why Saturday night Three thousand men out for a good time can use up five cops pretty quick Ohl Oh What do they do for a good time Ume Movies He laughed Liquor up mostly No women here Drink and game gam gamble ble and fight She remembered a passage in Wills Will's letter which had puzzled her alky alley Alcohol Sure But why dont don't they drink whisky or beer or something Cant get it Alky Alley means small small- smaller er bulk so its it's easier casler to run it In In and the men get quicker action when they drink it Heres Here's the mill They set up the machinery first and then build the mill around it Heres Here's the warehouse where they'll store the paper You could play football in It Its It's big enough Imagine enough paper to till fill Itt it Where will It all aU come from a tract of spruce here two hundred miles square It'll ItU take fifty years to cut it it and by that time timea a fifth of it will be big enough to cut again He spoke as IlS of a i per per- personal personal lonal achievement This is big busl busi business ness sister They've spent a million dollars a month here now for over a ayea ayears years year building buDding churches freezing plants schools houses Theres There's the bank The car bounced and groaned over bumps In the raw mud of the road ro d weaving among trac trac- tractors tracton tracton ton tors and workmen and scrapers and teams to turn cat at t last into a grav drive before the hotel Here you are are sister Ill I'll carry your bags She followed him indoors At the desk Mr Jenkins said to the clerk Give her a good room Dave That Tha t corner room second floor Is empty Isn't it He winked but Robin was registering did not see him The clerk named Dave looked admiringly at her bowed head and pursed his lips in a soundless whis whis- tle He called a boy and Robin turned to thank Mr Jenkins but he went with her ber toward the stairs the boy with her bag and packsack pre pre- preceding preceding ceding them At her room she thought for an alarmed moment that Mr Jenkins was coming in but he put a key Into a door do r opposite hers Im just across the hall haU he said If U you get lonesome sing out Want to take a walk before before- dinner I think not Ill see you at dinner then She locked her door and told her herself self that he was just friendly She heard a steamer whistle and went to her window and saw the White Queen departing and that made her feel lost and alone and she lay down and for a while she cried ly ly- lying lying lying ing on her face across across' the bed She cried very quietly for a long time Then she began to think about Angus McPhail It was to find him and try to comfort him that she had come ashore He would un undoubtedly un- un undoubtedly be staying at the hotel so after a while she went down to the office to enquire for him Is Mr Angus McPhail staying here she asked Mr McPhail He seemed sur- sur w. w wred I red rede e Tl M 1 J s 4 C 6 s y r t ir Mr Ir Jenkins said Give her a good room room Dave as though his preconceptions were somehow shaken He repeat repeat- repeated ed stupidly Mr McPhail the fish fish- fisheries eries cries man Why Why Why-no no maam Ohl Oh But where But where would he he be likely to be I dont don't know He has stayed here before This clerk named Dave she de de- decided de- de decided was a little stupid She asked How soon are you serving dinner Ready now he be said Then be he asked Want to watt walt for Mr Jen Jen- Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins kins Oh Oh not nol Why should she resent that question It was natural enough since she and Mr Jenkins had arrived together but the clerks clerk's tone annoyed her She went Into the dining room but before she could order Mr Jenkins appeared and without invitation sat down at ather ather ather her table Well Wen everything all aU right he asked She hesitated I want to see Mr McPhail The one who was on the White Queen Do you know him Met him today Ill I'll find him for you He might be on his boat Its It's tied up out by mine Well We'll take a alook alook alook look after dinner She could discover no good reason for refusing his bis Insistent helpful helpful- helpfulness ness and she and she needed help After dinner the clear twilight soft and beautiful the sunsets sunset's afterglow bright across the water below them she and Mr Jenkins began their search They went In the car car and Robin was a little startled to see so many men everywhere milling to and fro Ito shouting now and then for no apparent reason reason staring at ather ather ather her In the dusk Angus McPhail proved hard to find They enquired first at the barber shop Freel hasn't seen him bIm he said Well try the bunkhouse While he was inside a fight started not Dot far fa off and men raced to form a shout shout- shouting shouting ing Ing circle around the combatants Mr Jenkins returning had news at last They say he be went for a walk he be reported He looked to to- toward toward toward ward the yelling crowd Want to see that fight She shook her head Im really awfully anxious to find Mr Mc Mc- McPhaiL PhIL PhaiL I T. T l Well catch him at his boat when when he comes to bed he be there now please Well its it's easy to find out out out- They drove out the long dock Under floodlights men were busy at the spot where the barge and crane had sunk Mr Jenkins went down a ladder nailed against piles to the deck of what he said was boat but the cabin scuttle was pad pad- padlocked padlocked locked and he climbed the ladder again Nobody home he reported But hell he'll be along Sec See here If you dont don't want to mix with that crowd of drunks In town lets let's wait walt walton on my boat till he comes Do you think hell he'll come here Hes bound to Either here or orthe orthe orthe the hotel i We might find him quicker If if we kept we-kept kept hunting mightn't we A group of men men singing as they came out along the dock from town approached and saw Robin Mr Jenkins was on the other side of the car car hidden from them They stopped beside the car and pressed near near and one of them demanded cheerfully of his companions Say Saydo do you see what I see He spoke to Robin Kid youve you've come to the right place Youre You're going to have lots of friends here Mr Jenkins moved around In front of the car so that the head head- headlights lights struck him fair He said to this man Do I know you buddy His tone was quiet enough en ugh but the man stared at him and mum mum- mumbled mumbled bled sudden apologies and he and his companions went hurriedly away Robin said In some surprise Why Whey they were afraid of you youl I told you Id I'd take care of you said Mr Jenkins Youre pretty enough to start a riot you know But you dont don't want to do that Well We'll keep you out of sight Come aboard my boat while we wait for him In the end she consented His boat proved to be almost luxurious He began to talk about the trip to to- toward toward toward ward Labrador upon which he was about to start said it was a pity she s could not go along be mightily interested and you'd see a alot alot alot lot to paint up that way Im sure I would I wish there was some way we could manage it it He seemed to have a sudden inspiration See here Marm Freel Frees has been after me for a year wanting to go up there I go once a month selling my line She's Dad Freels Freel's wife sixty odd a good sport Suppose she came along You and she could coul have the cabin here to yourselves Theres There's room for me forward He said he was leaving Monday night You dont don't have to decide now he added before she could speak Well see Mrs Freel Frees tomorrow anc and talk It over and an if it you like her you might decide to come Theres no harm In talking 1 it over she admitted smiling a lit lit- tie the But Im I'm afraid I cant can't take the time tune Who Is Mrs Freel Frees Dad Freels Freel's the barber he be told her and aDd laughed Quite a charac charac- character ter ter Do you suppose Mr McPhail has come They climbed limbed to the dock level again and she stayed by the car while he descended and went aboard McPhail's boat The companion scuttle was open now and Mr Jen Jen- Jenkins Jenkins Jenkins kins called got no answer looked up at her and then descended Into the cabin As he did so so someone spoke at her elbow wanted here She turned and looked up Into the ugliest countenance she had bad ever seen She said hurriedly We want to see Mr McPhail Were We're Just trying to find him The affrighting man peered at her Did ye ever dive off oU the White Queens Queen's bow he asked thickly Eh Eft bad cess to ye yel He gripped her arm with one hand band jerked a thumb over his shoulder toward themen the themen themen men busy above the wreck of barge and crane If If its it's Will yere wanting to see see yell yell not want wont to see him The divers diver's just got him loose yonder They'll be bring bring- bringing bringIng ing lug him up now DOW Mr Jenkins J appeared beside them be he spoke quietly Hello Pat The big man turned Eh Mr Jenkins He touched his bis hi forelock but Robin saw that t at it was with re re- respect respect respect not fear Wheres Where McPhail Mr Jenkins Jenkin asked Yon No No his brother There was a wall wail of woe In the big mans man's tone Eh the poor man has gone to walk the black hurt out ut of him Back tonight Back Monday noon he said Mr Jenkins looked at Robin Miss Dale here wanted to see ee him The ugly man looked down at a Robin again and he shook his hi head bead Let her not not be he said grimly Let Lether Lether Lether her keep herself hid bid from the eye of him bun Let her keep herself away He turned and stalked off along the pier and Robin watched him strangely shaken There was some some- something something thing mystic and uncanny about theman the theman theman man an enigma In his tones and an eerie wail wall of grief when he be bespoke spoke of Angus McPhail Mr Jenkins Jen Jen- kins beside her said Wet Wel were we're wasting time then Who is that man no TO HE RE CONTINUED r |