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He wa wai waf wafthe waithe wathe the Salmon Man . . , He tie came along alone alongthe alonethe alonethe the trestle to'her toher W to * ' her alda alde aide and aatd said In t tcold a acold acold cold politenesa poUteness politeness politenesa"Let politeness"Let "Let Let 'Let " ' ' me take the wheel I U backyou back badl backyou badlyou , you up to the turn around " Hia His Hie tone ton * was wa ao so polite poUte It was al almoat almost almoat moat most profane protane " ' Oh , . I U n do It ill IU ! " abe aht abetold ahttold ahetold told him Icily "I'm Im " ' ' torry lOrry sorry to be h hthe Inthe In Inthe the wayl ways " The Salmon Man aaid said uncomforta uncomfortabl uncomfortably uncomfortabiy bl bly ; If U ' I'd Id ' known there waa was an another another another other car up here , I wouldn t have havecome havecome havecome come You did that backing backin verywell very verywell verywell well " . She felt telt that waa was a treat great deal forhim tor tot torblm tothim blm him f t9 to lay say ay He waa was nicer than Ihe abs Ihehad abshad abebad had thought She left Madeleine Madeleinenext Madeleinenext Madeleinenext next morning moming and reached Rimouski Rlmou- Rlmou Rimou Rlmouaid Rimou-aki Rimou aki - aid ski at first dark . . , tired and hot andduaty and anddusty anddusty dusty from trom the road The lteamer ateamel lteamerwould ateamelwould ateamerwould would atop at Qua Qual Quai ! Rimouski Rimouskl aboutmidnight about aboutmidnight aboutmidnight midnight , ao so she went to the hotel hotelto hotelto hotelto to change and dine and relit rest re t . , and andabout andabout andabout about eleven o'clock oclock ' in the evening eveninl evenins eveninlshe eveninsshe she he checked out and arranged witha with witha a garage to home house her car The Theyoung Theyoung Theyoung young Frenchman in charge of the thegarage thegarage thegarage garage drove her bel ' out to Qua Quai Qual ! Ri Ri-mouikl Ri mouikl - . . mouskl mouski to leave her bel ' there on theend theend the theend end of the dock with her baggage baggllge baggageShe baggllgeShe baggageShe She walked to and fro lookinl looking lookinlhere lookinghere lookinghere here and there Two Norwegian vealeIs yesads vea yes leIs ads eli lay along alonl the north aide lide side of thedock the thedock thedock dock one preparing to take on adeckload a adeckload adeckload deckload of lumber , the other a cargo car cargo cargo go of coaL . Except tor for the few men menvisible menvisible menvisible visible on their decks the dock was wasdeserted wasdeserted waadeserted deserted A blinker bUnker Ught 11ght light at the en entrance entrance entrance trance to the harbor winked re reassuringly re- re - reaBBuringly reassuringly assuringly aBBuringly , . and the fog foC horn born waablowing was wasblowing wasblowing blowing at father Point four or five fivemUes fivemiles fivemile mUes miles * away 8way Robin wondered why whyfor , , . for there was no fog here where whereshe whereshe whereshe she stood and ahe she could see aee tee thelight thelight the theUght Ught light at Father Point flashing in mo mu- mu mo- mo monotonolJlI munotonous monotonous - notonous notonolJlI rhythm , but the great horn horntooted horntooted bomtooted tooted insistently She sat on the thestrlngpiece thestringpiece theatringplece strlngpiece stringpiece beside her luggage and andwished andwished andwished wished it were light Ught enough so 10 thatahe that thatIhe thatshe Ihe she could use a pencil , and a carcame car carcame carcame came bumping bUfOping out the long dock dockand dockand dockand and deposited depositeda a man and bis his bags a afew afew afew few paces off The car drove .way way away . awayand , and Robin thought hopefully thathere that thathere thathere here was company She Sbe said laid rais rais- raising raising raising - - ing her voice to be beard heard above the thepUe thepile thepile pUe pile driversGood driversGood drivers driversGood Good evening Going on the theWhite theWhite theWhite White Queen " " ' ' ' * , ' Sure Sur the man assented Hewore He Hewore Hewore wore a checked suit which the she he did didnot didnot didnot not particularly approve but be he beseemed heseemed heseemed seemed friendly I m crossing to toMoose toMoose toMoose Moose Bay flay BayOh BayOh flayOh Oh ao 150 so am I IHe IHe IHe He looked at her swiftly Thatao7 'That That 'ThatBoy ' ' 110 Boy " Your menfolks there ? She smiled happily Will McPhail McPhailwas McPhailwas UcPhallwas was certainly her menfolks menfolka menfoiki . , all ofthem of ofthem ofthem them but not even Will Wlll WIU knew shewas she shewas shewas was coming commg and it was wal certainly certainlyno no affair of this man in the checked checkedsuit checkedsuit checkedsuit suit . . No I m just going to see the theplace theplace theplace place she said Are you workIng work workIng workIng Ing there ? + Perhaps he knew Will WillHe WillHe WillHe He shook his head . No I'm Im rm ' ' go go- going goIng goLog - ing Log on down to Labrador My Myname Myname Myname name a . Jenklns Jenkins ? he added enquir enquirIngly enquirugly enquirIngly enquirInglyHow Ingly ugly InglyHow uglyHow How do you do ? * ' She wasamused was wasamused was'mused amused 'mused mused ' at herself berseU for feeling thatthe that thatshe thatthe she the was safer sater If he did not know her hername herlame hername hernameYou name lame nameYou lameYou You 11 U find flnd Moose Bay quite a aplace adace aplace place dace he told her "Three Three 'Three " ' ' thouand thousand thou thousand sand and men working there and nowomen no nowomen nowomen women a at t all e except cept a few wives wlvel ' 'He He ' He ie said approvingly " . ' A girl assretty as aspretty aspretty pretty sretty aa as you will own the townRobin townRobin town townRobin Robin had been told often enoughthat enough enoughthat enoughhat that hat the she was a pretty girl , but this thiswas thisvas was vas the first time she sbe had ever everbeen everteen everbeen been teen made uneasy by the telling tellingShe tellingthe tellingShe She the decided to stand IItand up , , and did didso dido didso so o and the she was relieved to find thatshe that thatshe thathe | she he wa was almost imost llmost ) as tall as he heBut heBut heBut But I abrador s a way beyond beyondMoose beyondloose beyondMoose Moose loose Bay . , she said at random randomIsn randomIsn randomIsn Isn t it If IfOh ' Oh 011 . . , sure ure I l m picking up myown my myown mywn own wn boat at et Moose Bay going downlong downalong down downalong along long the coast in Lkat that that , , ulllng selling ulllngcanned sellingarmed aellingcanned canned armed goodsIt goods goodsIt It must be interestingIt Interesting ; Its It II s wild country all right ri6ht . ? " " Heoffered He HeoITered HefTered oITered fTered her a cigarette ciearette She de de- declined deelined delined - clined elined lined it if it , , and be he lighted one himelf him himleU himself leU elf . ' I U 11 bet you d like it It , , , ' be he besaid heaid hesaid said aid I ve ye got a good boat . , , clean cleanand cleannd cleanand and nd roomy and dry I always takefriend takea take a friend along alongI I expect it s II lonely If 11 U you go b7 by b7yourseU byourself byyourself yourseU ourself she agreed , , and wJllbed wished wJllbedthe wishedhe wishedthe the he White Queen would come , . or orsomethfne orotnetbing orsomething orsomethingHe somethfne otnetbing somethfneHe otnetbinglie He lie said "We We 'We " ' might aa as well weD aitdown a1t sit a1tdown sitown down own : , ' The pile pDe drivers suddenly sudden17 fell feD ai ii ailen iia allent len a . . She exclaimed la In an unrea- unrea tmrea- tmrea unreasonable tmreainabie uarea-conable uarea conable - - sonable inabie relief reBef ' 'Thank Thank "Tbanlr Tbanlr " ' goodness goodnesstey've , goodnessthey've goodnesstheyve oodne . they'w theyw tey've teyve ' ' atopp atop stopped ed . L . That Tha ' noise la b Is tar-riblBl- tar riblBl ter- ter tar - terrible - rible bier ' - " " , ' " , Ha ne He chuckle chuckled * . ' ; 'They They 1'b 1b " ' Theihut hut t1t dori dow dowfrom ofrom from midnight mldnllbt to one ooe owe , to let Jet th thbablea the- the thehabte tb tbbabies < - bablea habte babies . CO go ( to aleePo sleep alee . " . A car cs car r cam came * out along . \ long n . the d6ck dOck fie fiePuppedpeaar am amstopped d dI I stopped pped near thenLbu thenLbuJ then ) * > " ( , no . * ' (6 6 (6dareal ( , at atout gi J . shta shtapl pl plded Puppedpeaar Puppedpeaarar out . ' , .eN eN ar . ge } . ab . o . dareal ded de . ; < d . , ' ' nl , . < " M * , 'I I , ' < - r , , Ra RaZ&r Vtr 'II II Z&r Zr ! . ' & ' Jenkb1 Jenkins Jaaklna . taugbed laughed laughed . . ; "I've Ive " ' see seefourfive a . .eu eu . .eutour.flve aitour-ay aitour ay tour.flve tourflve four-five four five - . car cara cars . out ut bere here her * . , . a ceupla couple i ieach In Ineach lieaca each one on * , . coma lome some . \ nights n\abt n abt . . " , " be h talk talk"It . aald"It's aaldIts .tet tet . . "It It " ' . a . tb the aea lea sea air . , I guess cue . Let'a Leta Let's Lets Let ' . a aU aUdown Idown ' down . . . Cold ? I'V IV X'ye Xye J ' e cot .ot ot got . a , w a . ! flask leak a.k ak . " . " "No No 'No " ' . really reaIb realise ' , , . thank 7 ' you u , " Robin Robinibid Rob RobliAid ! ibid told him hiIn Sh Sha Sled wished wbsbtd desperatel dflsperateb desperate ' ! : that someone aomean . would WOuhl coma come ' . \ Thia TI\1a TI 1a This wa we wea w . ; a lonesome place p1ace , . with tba the toghoriblowing tOlborn foghor tOlbornblowlne foghorblowing blowlne blowing on Father Fa\br Fa br \ , Point Pglnt P 1nt , , tea 11a be rumpb rumpt rumpting rumphIng . Ina ing co 10 ommousl1 ominously ominously'and ominouslyand ; ; sand ' and this tbla man .0 0 a . apersistently aiperaistently .0persistently persistently ftl friendly frietidhr dJ1 . She wlshe wisbe wlsh wisbesomeone wlshesomeone < someone lomeone would came come and a tax ! tai taicame came bouncing bounclns out ut the long lonl dockthe d dk dde -k k - . : . ! the shaftj Ihattl shafts of ot its headlights bobblniup bobbln8 bobbin bobbln8up bobbinup up and Bnd down . , . It stopped near them themand ther therand thenand and the paasenger passenler passenger alighted al1gbted It waa waatoo wa watoo waitoo too dark ark to see lee his face , but ab.e abe ab.erecognized ahrecognized sh ah shrecognized . < recognized hts his hat It was waa batterecand battered batterci batteredand batterciand and old and shapeless Ihapelel . , . a bat hat uniquand unlqwand unique uniqu uniqueand and unmistakable Robin no1)1n no11n ) knew 1at It Itat I Iat at once . , knew lUlew bun him Ha He waa was the theSalmon th thSalmon thiSalmon Salmon Man She moved toward towarr towardb1m towarrhim towarchim b1m him gratefully gratetully gratefully"Oh gratetully"Oh gratefully"Oh "Oh Oh " , , hullol " aha Ihe she aald laid said "I I " ' " 1 law lawyou sau sauyou aavyou you at tba the salmon lalmon pool at Gaspa Gaape Caspe * " ' She felt hurried hurtltd and breathlessp breathlessw breathless breathlessBe p w mss , Saii SaiiA t A 4 . _ t tr r ' Y YSaii kj kjw kjHe w Be De He ca came aleae alonat along the theaide trestle t to * heralae heralaeAnd her herside aide side sideAnd And last night up the Madeleine MadeleineRemember MadeleineRemember MadeleineRemember Remember l ? ' The Salmon Man did not speak ( peakand , . and Ind Mr Jenklna Jenkins protested prol sted Nowsister Now , . lister sister we were doing all an right rlght . , " " Robin said quickly "But But " this thJs len gee- gee geeeman gentieman * . - tleman ] eman and I are old friends frJends , you youlee youtee youaee ' lee tee teeHe He dont don t act it"The itThe it it . . " The Salmon Man aaid laid said quietly quietly'Old quietly'Old quietly'Old quietlyOld 'Old Old ' friends yes , , of course He He.aid Helaid Hesaid .aid aid . laid no more than that that , , but it it.eemed itseemed itseemed .eemed eemed seemed . to be enough enoueh Mr Jenklnalooked Jenkins Jenkinslooked Jenkinsooked looked ooked at him bim for a moment , , ap-praislngly ap praislngly ap- ap appraisingly ap - - praisingly traisingly Then he muttered some lame- lame some- lamething somebing something - - thing bing and moved away to the other otherside otherside otherside side of the dock The Salmon Man Manseemed Maneemed Manseemed seemed eemed uneasily uneasUy disposed to leave |