Show DEE F DC BEN N A MES AMES W WILLIAMS IL LIA MS L q M w U fill THE TORT SO PAR aner after ra cathe a tudd will am at A 9 kisr iaru lor A urn mer job jb a t sto moor B bay II I 11 I heba robin no dale be t wonder hua how career re let irl dould could be do 0 o 1 inept I off be I 1 reel a she know mis ol of win will except that b he I 1 fi as aa 1 and that A hat add a bob brothed named to act aneid time dour scot e who hate women ibm decide to Is I 1 follow will to B bay but the she oz ice him shortly 1 the white wens queen docks deki robin OM I ad A the standi no OD the deck will sice mcphail pd fee her in vda that moment he loiel ahli balance nd uie ba crane in which he li riding I 1 into the me water idar angui amus blakel roble robin for will I 1 due death now darms continue with 1 ur plod dy CHAPTER V the purser found a car and he was putting he her bags bag in it bea before she saw that 01 MT mr jon jenkes me we was driving mr jenkins said in a pleased e d tone decided to at stay a have you r say Y you change y your our mind don t you youa you to re right th though 0 tigh I 1 it its s a 8 gre great se place I 1 U to take ke you to the but hotel el MT mr lewis helped her into the car she thanked him and mr me jenkins started toward shore share she I 1 looked kd straight ahead n not at as a dlee defense against him but because she did not w want on I 1 to see what the wok workmen were re doing b but m I 1 almost at orace once he I 1 pulled over to the side of 0 the dock and stopped and pointed that a my boat down there she saw a gr gry gray Y mo motor t r cru cruiser I 1 ser long and low m with th a high deck forward moored beside the dock care I 1 to 0 go aboard her he asked she ashes s comfortable neat as a pin pat im rather anxious to get set fl tied ed do you mind 1 I have to stop a minute myself better come see what she a like ill wait here so mr me jenkins dropped down to the deck of the cruiser and disappeared into her cabin A man came purposefully across the dock to I 1 look it down at the boat find and the then at sudan robin and ad robin closed her eyes bud and we was verv e tv tired when MT mr jen k ams got in beside her again and she he opened pe ed her e eyes yea the man mail had a the disappeared ap pp ared we re pulling out cad monday MT mr jenkins told her drime on say I 1 in glad you re at staying show how you the town tora tonight syma you 11 get a Y t luck kick out at of 1 it they were cpr approaching ach the landward end a of I 1 t the he do dock C ck k tough about t y young thai g MCP mcphail hafl th the kid got at fare fancy y with that te crane and d it I 1 in killed 11 ed him you can t monkey with tho those e babies the car jolted d over th the e rough road and acl suddenly he be wed used the brakes and stopped bud and spoke to a man walking coard the tha dock the man bas vas dressed like a workman but he looked at robin in a way she felt he sal said it to mr J jen low 1 I was looking for yar you MT mr jenkins asked the man a curious man z question he asked got the tickets the man grinned grimed faintly and I 1 looked at robin again all e collect kolloc ed ad yeah he said mr me jenkins nodded then well let ena em in to tomorrow m rr he added 1 I be taking a walk a tonight I 1 might see you 1 okay the man assented ill be around the road with a raili railway tay along on one c side to carry freight from the pier head to the town rounded a r rocky point where the whole face of the precipice had been blasted away to I 1 let et it pass robin began to be inter interested e sted to ask ques questions tims wherever a trickle of water came do down the stee steep slopes there were signs warning warning passers assers not to drink the water handshe and she spoke of them he nodded th that ot s ail bog water he explained it 1 I 1 11 make site you sick they cut a tunnel six am feet square through that mountain up there and they bring water down from B bear or lake now they approached the first buildings and he pointed to one theres the police station pill five ime cops they 11 toy stay indoors door and have a lick poker or game tonight why saturday night three thousand men out for a good time can use ma up five cap cops pretty q quick luck oh at what do they do for a good it time movies he laughed liquor up mostly no women here hare drink and g gamble and ad fight she remembered a passage in will a letter which had bad puzzled her what a alky alcohol sure bm but why dont they drink whisky or beer or something eth g gert can so t get e it t alky k Y me means smaller 11 1 bulk so it a easier center to arism run it in and the men get quicker action when the they d drink mk it heres the rall mill they set up the machinery first and then b build ad d th the e mill bull around it here heres a the warehouse where store t the he P paper per yi you OR could play football in t it s big an enough h 1 I imagine im er e enough r h paper to fill III it where ere will it all come from T h a t tract r of spruce her here acs we two hundred d miles square tak take fifty ty years to cut it and by that time a filth fifth of it it will be big enough to cut again 91 9 he spoke pk as of a personal achievement this is big b business at el sister later spent a million do dollars 1 are a month here now for far over ever a year building churches freezing plants schools how houses th there s the b bank the car ancy bounced and nd rod groaned ro d over bumps in the raw mud or at the road weaving among trac free tore rs and ad w workmen and scrapers and teama in to a turn urn at last into a grav cled drive dr before the hotel here iley you N bags u are re sister I 1 U H carry your she followed him indoors A at the d desk ek mt mr jenkins said to the clerk clerk give her a good room dave that cornat corner r room second floor I 1 is empty it he winked walked but robin was registering did not see ba him the clerk named dave looked admiringly at lick her bowed head and nd P pursed cursed his lips in a soundless whistle he called a boy and robin turned to thank mr me jenkins but he went with her toward td t d the at stairs the boy with her bag bud and packsack preceding them at her room she thought for an alarmed moment that mr me jenkins was coming in but he pu put t a key into a door opposite hers im 1 TH just across the hall he S said Z if y you get 1 lonesome sing long ape out at want n t t to take ta a walk lit before I 1 think not 1 I li see you at dinner then the she locked her door and told herself that he was lust friendly she heard a steamer whistle and went to her window wadow and saw the white queen departing and ad that made her I 1 feel I 1 lost just and ad alone and she lay down clown bud and for a it while hil i A she cried lying a on her face across the bed she od cried 1 very I quiet quietly y fra for a long time then she began bega n to think about angus mcphail it was to find him and ad try to to comfort or h him that she h had ad come la ashore h he e w would old undoubtedly b be staying at the hotel so after a while she went do down to the office to enquire for him Is MT mr angus mcphail staying herel here she asked mr me mcphail he seemed sur in 0 P I 1 I 1 it mr jenkins said it give her a good room dave as though his preconceptions we were a somehow shaken he repeated stupidly mr me mcphail t the h fis fish it cries erl ce mana an why no me ma am i oh but where would he be likely to b bea 1 I don t know he has stayed here before this clerk nara d dave she cl decided was a little stupid she asked how soon are you serving dinner ready now he said the then he asked want to wait for mr jenkins oh no why should she he resent that quest question 9 7 it was natural enough since she and mt mr je jenkes irk had arrived to together g her but bat the clerk s tone annoyed her she len went j into 1 to the dining r room am but before she h e could order mr me jenkins appeared and with without at invitation sat bat down at her table we well U everything all righta he asked she hesitated 1 I want to see sea mr M mcphail h all the one who was on an the me white its queen do you know him hima met him today I 1 U find him for you he might be on his boat it 3 tied up out by mine we 11 take a look after dinner she could discover no good reason for far refusing his insistent help helpfulness ties and she needed help after dinner the clear twilight soft and beautiful the sunset no I a afterglow bright across the water below the them she and mr mi jenkins began their search they went in the car and robin was a little startled to see so many me men n everywhere milling to and fro shouting now how and then for or no apparent reason staring at her in the tills dusk angus gas mcphail proved pr ed hard to find they enquired drs first t at the barber shop fre freel 0 I 1 bean I 1 seen him he said well SIR tr try y the bunkhouse while he was inside d a fight started not at far oft if an and in men raced ed to form a shouting circle I 1 round around th the a combatants MT mr jerk jenkins g he had me news at t last th they say it went for a we walk he reported port er it he looked toward 1 it the yelling crowd want to see that fight she shook her head im really awfully d 4 anxious to find MT mr me mc phial phail hezz we II 11 catch C we him I 1 in at his in 3 boat when he comes to bed t he be there now please pleas well its easy to find out they drove out the long dork dok under floodlights flood lights men an were but busy Y at th the 1 spot where the barge and crane ne had ho d sunk mr me jenkins went down a ladder nailed against plies piles to the ack d ck of what he said aid was we boat but the cabin scuttle was padlocked bud and he climbed the leader ladder again nobody hurne home he reported but hell he 11 be along see here it if you don I 1 want to mix with that crowd of drunks in town let a wait a on my boat till he co comes a do you think he 11 come came here he a bound to either here or ce fl the hotel we might find him quicker if we A group of men singing as they C came am e out a along 1 ong the dock from town approached and saw roda robin mr J jenkins enkins was on an the other side of the C car C hidden from them they at upped stopped beside the car and pressed near ear and one a of them demanded c cheerfully h eur fully of his comp companions ons say d do a you see buhat I 1 see seea he spoke to robin kid youve come to the right I 1 place youre going to have lots late oi of friends friend here mr Jen jenkins juns moved around in fr front tint 0 of file the car so that the headlights struck him fair he said to this this man do I 1 know you buds buddy his I 1 t tone was a quiet sa enough ug I 1 but the ma man n ste stared red at him and imn mumbled sudden B I 1 apologies and he rod and his companions mp went hurriedly way away robin said in some surprise why they were afraid of youl 1 I told you I 1 d take care of you said aid mr me jenkins youre pretty enough to start a riot not you know but you don t want to do that we U keep you out of sight come aboard my boat while we wait for him in the end she consented his boat prove proved d to be almost luxurious he began to talk about the trip toward labrador upon which he was about to at start a rt said it A was a pir pity Y she could not and go a along 1 ong Y you ou d be mightily int interested e rested and you au if see a lot to paint up that way im sure I 1 would aay 1 I wish there was some wy way we could manage it he seemed to have a sudden inspiration se see here M marm arm freel has been after T me lot for 1 a yen year wanting to go up there a igo I 1 go once a a month selling my line she a dad freels freel s wife sixty odd a good go ad sport purpose suppose she came alonga you and she he could have hame the caban here to yourselves ther theres I 1 a room for me forward H he e saud said he was leaving monday A night g ht you do don n t have to decide now he added g before she could speak well see mrs freel tomorrow and talk elk it a over v er and it if you like he her you might de decide elde to come 11 there a no her harm in tg talking it over she acan admitted tt cd smiling a III little bit but t I 1 in afraid I 1 cant can t take t the he t time me who is mrs freel dad freel a the barber he told her and laughed quite a character do you suppose mr mcphail he has comeal the they climbed to the dock level gam again and ad she stayed by bv the car while h he e descended ended and ad went board aboard McP haus boat at th the C companion scuttle was open now and d mr J jeo ams it called got no wn answer ar too looked k Z up at her and then descended into the cab cabin A As a he did so someone spoke at her elbow what a wanted here she e turned and looked up into the ugliest h e countenance nance she had ever te ter she said hurriedly we want to see mr me Il were just trying to f find in d h him an I 1 the T h e aff righting man peered at her did y ye ever dive off the white queen u con a bowl bow tche he asked thickly eh b bad C cess to Y ye he gripped ber her arm with one hand jerked a I 1 thumb aurb over his shoulder ho ulder toward award the me men busy ball above the wreck of barge e an and crane crame if it its s will mcphail ye re IS wanting to se see yell not want to see him the th dixer divers last got him loose yonder they 11 be bringing him up now MT mr jenkins appeared beside them he spoke quietly hello bello pat the big man turned eh mr junk jenkins he t touched bed his forelock but robin saw that it was with respect not fear where a mcphail ur mr jenkins asked yon no his brother there was a wall wail ol of woo woe in the big mans an tall tone eli eh the poor man has as gone to walk the black hurt out of h him am back tonight back monday noon he said mr jenkins looked at robot miss dale here wanted to see aicia 1 him 1 the ugly man looked down at ro robin lot in again and he shook his head let her not mt he said grimly let her keep herself hid from the eye or of him let her keep herself herse 1 way away he turned and stalked a off along an the pier and robin watched I 1 him han strangely shaken shake there was so something in adial mystic and uncanny about the man an enigma gm in his tones tone a and a it an eerie re wait wail of prior grief when he it ae spoke of angus mcphail mt mr I 1 jenkins an kins beside her said aid aw well e 11 we re wasting time then who is that in man TO BE CONTINUED |