| Show TORY cz I 1 T A fa fly by FRANC FRANCIS LYNDE author of the graffe s etc 00 copyright IMS bj byj P CHAPTER X continued calvert acquiesced eagerly scenting possibilities but when they were out under the frosty stars he had the good sense to wall her up and down in the healing silence and darkness tor for five full minutes before he ven yen aured to say what was in his mind when he spoke it was earnestly and to the purpose not aitho t eloquence he loved her had always loved her he thought co lid ild she not with time and the will wili to try ry learn to love him hima not as a cousine she turned quickly and p it both hands on his shoulders oh cousin billy don dont t she fal brokenly and he seeing at once that he had played the housebreaker where he would fain have been the welcome guest tool his punishment p manfully drawing her arm in his and walking her yet other turns up and down the long platform until his pa tience and the silence had wrought their perfect work does it hurt in iche she asked softly after a long time you would have to cl ange places with me to know just how much it hurts he A answered and yet you haven t left me quite desolate vir ginia I 1 still have something left all I 1 ve ever had I 1 fancy and that is my love for you you know it isn t at all contingent upon your yes or no or upon possession it never has been I 1 think it has never asked much except the right to be she was silent tor for a moment then she said cousin billy I 1 do believe that you are the best in ta that ever lived and I 1 am ashamed ashamed what for if I 1 have spoiled you ever so lit nt tie tle for some truer worthier woman you haven t 0 i austri t take that view of it I 1 am decently in love with my work a work that not a few wise men have agreed could best be done alone I 1 don t think there will be any other woman you see there is only one virginia shall we go in now she nodded but when they reached the rosemary the returning engine was rattling upon the open siding virginia drew back I 1 don t want to meet uncle somer ville just now she confessed can t we climb up to the observation plat form at the other end of the car cara he said yes and made the affirms tive good by lifting her in ili his arms over the high railing once safely on the car she bade him leaie leave her she was shivering a little in the chill wind sliding down from the snow peaks yet she would not go in until she had made sure in a little time her patience was rewarded the huge engine came storming up the grade on the new line pushing its three flatcars flat cars which were black with clinging men on the car nearest the locomotive where the dazzling beam of the headlight pricked him out for her stood anton braced against the lurch ings of the train ovel the uneven track god speed you my love she mur aured softly and when the gloom of the upper canyon cleft had engulfed man and men and storming engine she turned to go in she was groping for the doorknob in the darkness made thicker by the glare of the passing headlight when a voice disembodied far for the moment said wait a minute miss carteret I 1 d like to have a word with you she drew back quickly Is it you mr jastrow 9 let me go in please in one moment I 1 have something to say to ou something you ou ought to hear can cant t it be said on the other si ie le of the doore I 1 am cold very cold mr jastrow it was his saving hint but he would not take it no it must be said to yoa alone vie ne have at least one thing in corn com mon miss cartere carteret you and I 1 that Is a proper appreciation of the sic s ic realities I 1 she stopped him with a quick gesture of 0 impatience will you be good enough to stan I 1 aside and let me go in ina the keen breath of the snow caps was summer warm in comparison with the chilling iciness of her manner but the secretary went on unmoved success is the only thing worth while in this world orld vv 11 inton w nill ill fai fall but I 1 shan shau t and when I 1 do succeed I 1 shall marry a woman who cin wear the purple I 1 hope you may I 1 in s ire she answered wearily yet you will ex cuse me if it I 1 sa that I 1 don t under stand how it concerns me or why 0 i should keep me out here in the cold to tell me abo it it dont dolit oua ou it concerns yol yo i er nearly you are the woman miss carteret indeed and ani if 1 I 1 decline tb th honora the was aas one for which the bultot seemed not pre pared iet et he evinced a willing willingness nessi to meet the hio hlo thess thesis in a spirit of perfect candor I 1 I 1 itou ou t do t atiat bat definitely I 1 fancy it would be tantamount tc to driving me to extremities if you will tell me how I 1 can do it definitely I 1 shall bo be mo t happ to drive yoi yo i to extremities or an anywhere where else else out of my way she said frigidly oh I 1 think not he rejoined you wouldn woul t w want ant me to go and tell mr darrah how you have betrayed him to winton I 1 had the singular good fortune to overhear your con vers atlon vours yours and winton s you know and it if mr darrah knew he would cut yo i out of his will with very little compunction dont don t you thinka and really you throw yourself away on that senti mental tommy of 0 an engineer miss virginia he 11 never be able to give you the position youre you re fitted for since french was a dead language to mr arthur jastrow he never knew what it was that miss carteret named him but she left him in no doubt as to her immediate purpose it if that be the case we would bet ter go and find my uncle at once she said in her softest tone and before he could object bhe she had led the way to the rajahs working workingmen wor kingden den stateroom mr air darrah was deep in one of the cipher telegrams when they entered and he looked up to glare fiercely at one and then the other of the intrude ers virginia gave her persecutor no time to lodge his accusation uncle somerville mr winton was here an art hour ago as you know and I 1 told him what you had bad done what I 1 had helped you do also I 1 sent him about his business which Is 1 to win his railroad fight it if be can mr air jastrow overheard the conversation pur purposely poely and as he be threatens to turn informer I 1 am saving him the trou brou ble perhaps I 1 ought to add that he offered to hoi hol I 1 big hi peace it if I 1 would promise to marry him what the icky jastrow might have said in his own behalf is not to be here set down in peaceful black and white with the final word of Vir virginia gialas s explanation the fierce old master of men was up and clutching for the secretary s throat and the working complement of the rosemary suffered instant loss ar 4 GO you 11 spy upon a gembeh of my family will you seh sell he stormed out with you bag and baggage bafo I 1 lose my kempeh and forget what Is due to this young lady you have in suited seh sell with your infamous pro fareh me instantly while you have a leg to run with go jastrow disappeared and when the door closed behind him virginia faced her irate clan chief bravely he was a spy and he would have been a traitor for a consideration uncle somerville bill bat I 1 am little bet ter 11 hat w will III ou do to mea me so it was as a case of the trapped trapped was it my deaha I 1 im in sor ry right sorry I 1 might have known how it would be a youngea man would have known but you have done no unpardonable mischief ailster winton would have found out for himself in a few hours at furthest and we are ready for him now oh ob dear she said then he will be inq estion ably fareh me by g go 0 ing to bed my deah yo ir roses will stiffen sadly for ill this excitement I 1 beah good night CHAPTER XI it seemed to virginia that she had but just fallen asleep when she was vas rudel rudely avak awakened ened by the lar jar and grind of the rosemary rosemar s wheels on snow covered rails drawing the curtain she foun I 1 tl at a new day was come gray and misty white in the gust serl of a mountain snow sq lall wilhoit disturbing the sleeping sleep inq bessie she dressed quickly and I 1 out to see what hat tho viria eirl bornn change of bas portended the cod con mon room was empty she en it bit before she could cross to the door the reverend billy carao came in stamping ohp snow from his feet what Is if she asked eagerly are we off tor for california iso no its some more of the war winton has outgeneraled us D iring the night he praed his truck track up to 19 1 the disputed crossing rushed the thi guarded engine and ditched it U virginia Virgl nii fet that she ought to be decoro isly sorry for relationship 3 sake but the effort ended in a little 4 paean of joy but uncle somerville what will he doa 11 he is with mcgrath on the engine getting himself and us to the be front in a hurry as you perc perceive elve isn t it too late to stop mr IN inton now I 1 don t I 1 now I 1 rom what I 1 coul I 1 al 44 overhear I 1 gathele ga there I 1 that the engine Is still in the way that they are trying to roll it over into the creek bless me mcgrath Is geutting gett ting terribly reckless this as a spiteful lurch of the car flung filing them both across the compartment say uncle somerville she amend ed dont charge it to mr air mcgrath can I 1 t we go out on the platform its it s as much as your life Is worth he asserted bit be opened the deor door for her the shrilling wheels were tracking around a cure into a scanty widening of the canyon to the left on the rails of the new line the big was heaving and grunting in the midst of an army of workmen swarm a ing thick upon the overturned er turned guard engine goodness its like a battle sh sha shuddered As she spoke the hose rose mary stopped with a ferk and me ale draths fireman darted past to set the spur track switch the points were snow snowe clogged logged and the fireman reman wrestled with the lever ever saying peirie mils the delay was meas arable in heartbeats but it sufficed the big coughed thrice like a mighty giant in a consumption the workmen scattered like chaff to a ringing shout of stand clear and the obstructing mass ot of iron and steel rolled wallowing allowing ant ana hissing into the stream ra rails alls to the front yelled winton and the scattered force rallied instantly but now the wrestling fireman had thrown the switch and at the command the rosemary shot out on ort the tire spur to be thrust with lockeet brakes fairly into the breach left de fenceless fen seless by the ditched engine with i a mob roar of wrath the infuriated track layers made a rush for the new obstruction but winton was bias before them hold on he shou shouted tedi bearing them I 1 lad acl with 4 ith ing arms hold on men for gods god s sake there are women in that car the wrathful wave bro brol e and ed died while a square dered old man with fierce eyes an I 1 t huge white mustaches and with an extinct cigar between his teeth clam bared down from the rosemary s en 4 gine to say j 0 hah halt a rasheh close connection eh ell I 1 ailster winton fareh me with a match if it you please seh sell may I 1 assume that you won t tumble my vate car into the ditche winton was vv white hite hot but he foun I 1 I 1 i light tor for the rajahs cigar easing his mint only as he might with vir ginia looking on I 1 stall be more considerate of the safety of the ladies than you seem lobe to be mr air darrah he retorted ted iou are taking long chances in this game sir the rajahs laugh rumbled deep in his throat not ot su so behy much longer f than you hae have been taking during the past fosnight fot to night tn deab deah seh but nedeh mind all a fair in love 01 war and we appeal to be having a little of both up heah in qua tz creek hah X inton fl 11 fished angrily it was no light thing to be mocked before his men to say nothing of miss carteret I 1 banding althin arm arms s reach on the railed rolled platform of the rosemary perhaps I 1 shall give you back that word before we me are through mr dar 0 rah he snapped then to the eddy ing mob wave tools up boys we camp here for breakfast flanagan sen I 1 the 15 down tor for the cook a 3 out fit TO BE |
