Show I 1 BEN AMES WILLIAMS WILLIAMS IN N if FEATURES THE STORT FRY SO 50 PAR FAR who when will me fin ahalt W leave to or moose bay tool robin pain dale 1 to tons follow him on he the way IV he meet 91 will i inelo brother oll anon I a d daur scot who inina bate women no he do daei not ot know on hat a he if encased ged g to no will and it robin real igei izei 1 that I ibe nose mast a not o ore come re fata between the no nv two men so boad instead of 1 teeing nal will kolila itaki y on board r when nee uie white queen aclo so rut will 1 operating bealh a chioe m an tee A 1 girl I on deck A he turns to in look tin be loses I 1 V in ahli balance and li hilled R that alien blamen h her robin eoe to boat IS ID the a hope ot or making in him understand a denno all she ap asleep and ei to find the me int boat at ia A va now ha 1 I ouk talking to on angus a now continue van with in ton the nary CHAPTER VII robin rabin said as one explains to a 1 child 1 I didat mean to stow away to make ake trouble for you I 1 was taking the cruise boat beat back to quebec tonight but it was late let slid and I 1 hoped to see so you so I 1 vv waited altee by your boat for you to come when it bag began to re ram there was no shelter on im the dock I 1 thought though I 1 I 1 rough might t as A well wait in the cabin so you c came ame into my stateroom and ad made yourself at home not quite quit like that she said patiently mr jenkins came aboard your boat beat just S after t I 1 did he was the man an on the dock at quai RI ri houski came down a on the white whit queen with us I 1 heard him on the dock and when he started down the ladder I 1 hid in the stateroom ile he and another man came into the cabin and started talking and there was no place to sit in the stateroom so I 1 lay do down before I 1 knew it I 1 went to sleep 1 I mcphail looked at he her with bleak eves jenkins came aboard my boat beat yes hed been pretty friendly and I 1 dian didn t like him so I 1 hid and lay down and slept tin till just now she she smiled in faint appeal 1 I hadn haan t sl slept apt much last night 1 I in afraid what time was all thise it must have been about half past six 1 angus opened a door that ae led it through c name engine room and galley into the fore forecastle a site he left her in th the cabin and went that way and n I 1 sh she heard hard the mur murmur or of f vol voices e then h he returned and closed the door and said simply romeo was here from six on he says jenkins come aboard she c colored 0 lored faintly but it if romeo denied having seen jenkins then R romeo me 0 whoever he might be lied she wondered why she asked who is Ra rannell romeo omeo my cook did you tell ell him what I 1 said saida no the they dont know yet that you re aboa aboard who is mr r jenkins mr me mc do you know him angus hesitated d c before he answered her I 1 rever never met him till this trip hes a salesman sells canned goods dry groceries th this north shore and the labrador is it his territory she realized that he was sufficiently puzzled by what she had told him to forget his anger for a momet moment m she said holding his attention once when I 1 was with him TO in mo moose ose B bay Y he stood asked a man whether he had collected the tickets and the man said yes and mr jenkins said to let them in what did that mean meana his eyes narrowed 1 I dont dmit know why are people afraid of huri without answering he moved th thoughtfully ought fully across the cabin sat down at his desk too took koff off his bata old hat and pres pressed h his he hands for a moment momen I 1 against ill his yes eyes F she b saw that III he we was do desperately EP state 1 tired brad somewhere he had changed his clothes since ce will W 11 a funeral led had rid ded himself of those these wet torn r garments in which he had returned from his two days I 1 in the wilder ne ness a he sat down and seemed to mg sag a little and she said 1 I in afraid of him A little she ad added d sit you see he wanted me to g go 0 with him down to labrador NIT mr mcphail with mr mrs freel freed as chaperone and after that hot when he be came aboard here I 1 didn dian t want t to 0 or see him a so I 1 hid he nodded in a weary way so now you re on my hands I 1 suppose 1 I ve got a 1 to take you lack back to moose bay if I 1 ido don I 1 they 11 turn out the police planes coast guard waste a lot of government money hunting for far you 11 1 I in not sure be missed 11 she reflected 1 I checked out at of the hotel betel tel so the clerk will think I 1 took the cruise boat but I 1 had no cb cabin engaged so an the parser purser didn dian t expect me wont on t won wonder er where I 1 lan am and I 1 ive ve no family to begin worry me ing Y you on don t need to take me back no one will ask where I 1 baat am lie he stared at her in a sort of wonder are you a fool to tell me that don t you realize that I 1 ve come as near as that he snapped his tin fingers 9 or to choking the rotten life out H t of Y you u she rim waited an instant dent to be sure tsun of her voice to teady steady her pounding pulse she a opened her hands with a simple go gesture I 1 a of I 1 surrender boti re quite tree free to do anything you like to on me of 1 course if your men man do don t know knew I 1 in aboard you co could ild easily kill me and drop me a a over or the stern she tried to laugh but if you re gomi goin to why his cheek burned darkly he made an ironic sound like laughter 1 I m H hotl if I 1 did someone would nna find your luggage luggage where did you leave a a it 0 on the pier at the head of your ladder just a bag and a pack seek sack there was a heap hasp of dun chin name nage against the bulkhead and she joked looked toward it instinctively and then en exclaimed ohl oh theres my bag og they must at have loaded it al aboard card with yours thought it tras was all yours yaws she looked at him so a there a really no reason you do what you will like with me you see as only I 1 do wish before you do anything you d tell me why you want to toa his tone was jaa dry with grief and weariness because you killed my brot brother hert astonishment made her cold coid 1 IV I the he mans man a face twisted with pain he threw up his hand in a helpless fashion yes he said in a weary mo monotone monotee noten curse your little soul she crie cried el dont I 1 tell me a quickly why do you say that what do you race meana oh I 1 suppose it was nothing to you will was run running ining the crane across the dock fron from the white queen you staged a private personal bathing suit parade on the steamer s bow so three or four hun him dred me men can could 1 it see your pretty little litile figure wi will H saw you naturally he forgot to watch his job forgot everything but you while he was a goggling at you instead of watching his job he swung the crane too IV 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I 1 hid in the stateroom qui quickly ekly and ad the load pulled him overboard you might as well have shot him her heart was squeezed in a v vise of pam pain she whispered helps helplessly silly 1 I client mean ind to I 1 dichia didn t mean ca any anything thing I 1 was just going swimming angus laughed but there was no mirth in the sound I 1 ve spent these two days alone in the woods in the te rain thinking what I 1 it do t to yo you u his tones were flat without infleCt inflection um she 11 watched him for a moment forgetting herself she a said aid qu quietly betly let s grow grew up mr M mcphail apha 1 there was something like seem scorn in her to tones as and his cheek burned red I 1 suppose suppose you think you re safe yo you think I 1 an a gentleman you t think ink I 1 ill 11 give up my cabin to you defor defer to you protect you yes she baet assented ed im sorry you re so hurt and so grieving but after au lj you re a an adult now h how ow can you get rid nd of me most e aas as ilya ay you do don t need to take me b back a c to moose eay bay do you there must be places u up acre here towns where you ba places U can land me fishing villages fishermen foolish h hospitable amiable 0 folk not wise enough t to tle tie a stone around your year neck and throw you yen overboard take care of you please don t go on being silly 1 I he cons considered I 1 dered her bar for a moment as dispassionately as L though h she were under der a criares microscope co P you re a so sure of your year chair charm in aren t you 0 of y your r p power er 1 to command men to C coquet u et w with th them hem make them fall in love with youa robin rose touched his arm 1 I an sorry mr mcphail ali she said I 1 didn dian t mean t to sp speak eak lightly to make a joke a of this y you ini must know it I 1 isn t a joke to in me t to ab be told I 1 ve caused a man mail t to die sh she held her voice steady I 1 suppose iam I 1 am blittle a little scared too probably any girl would be tier her voice vexes broke and she laughed like a sob and then dropped on the b bench h again go her head I 1 in hy her r arms crying hard it felt good S she a cried till aad after or some minutes his hand dropped croppe on her shoulder till he said angrily don t do that stop staff stop ili it take you back to M moose oo 00 se ba bay y she did stop after is m moment marit she lifted her head and wiped her bar eyes and gat fat wry very quietly thinking back to moose bay angus behind h her er s seemed romed to be waiting for or her a assent robin said slowly you can drop me somewhere surely she turned toward him and she thought he seemed smaller as though anger had gone out of him and left less of him he seemed small and weary and sad ad he sm said d hofele hopelessly as ly 1 I suppose so you take tak e the ate stateroom te I 1 II 11 sleep on the bench here tonight and I 1 can put you ashore at beaver rive to morrow afternoon you yen can get a boat there day after tonno tomorrow prow all right cal can n igo I 1 go to bed now we re a both a so tired fired he lifted her bags put them in the stateroom he came out and she looked at h him in uncertainly certainly thank you she said then she remembered something mr mcphail one of y your men did talk to mr jenkins I 1 tont dont know whether it was the one you can call romeo or not but I 1 heard him they talked french and I 1 don dont t understand french but h his a voice was CI clear a or high almost to feminine time he nodded she saw I 1 r th that a 1 all she 0 iva was believed I 1 know knew he assented sao anted his eyes clouding but why the devil should he lie to me about it if 1 I don t know but I 1 didn dian t lie he about it good night mr mcphail when she was half asleep she r remembered lared I a question she he trust must ask it him but it could wait tul till morning she felt drained and empro felt bruised and sore all over as though his bludgeon words had been actual blows her own grief for far will was forgotten in her pity for his brother thinking of angus she was suddenly deeply asleep all perplexities for forgotten gotte robin had elected to sleep in the up upper p or of the two berths in the cabin because be cause there was more room mom above it than above the lower berth so the that t she need not feel cramped and ad confined the berth was almost as high as her shoulders had and she slept till someone spoke near her she opened her eyes to look up I 1 nto into the countenance of a man she had never seen before leaning leang over her saying something la smiling this man had tw twinkling lkling eyes and ad h he wore a neat small must mustache elle and he was dafin definitely a handsome fellow with abood a good nose and a fine brown cheek and hair of a rich wavy brown which any girl might have evi e envied vi ad there was a scrubbed look about him and he was fresh shaven and his hair was brushed she saw open admiration in his eyes and a she he w was a rather glad that her pajamas 3 m as were sufficiently substantial a so that they might have served as well on the beach as in bed yet she was more amused than resentful she forgave his bold audacious eye and she thought S suddenly of will to whom it was S so easy as to forgive much will and this an man an standing beside her bunk with anno as a breakfast b reak fast tray in his hands hand were deeply alike women would always forgive them easily probably if will had lived and they had married she we would uld have spent the rest of her life I 1 forgiving r giving him his trespasses the man in is beside her he said something and a ad she h s said wh at and ile he spoke P at again ga m in french and by that tin time she was sufficiently wide awake to binelo emell th the a strong tea and the crisp toast on his troy tray she a said oh thank than herself you and then pleased with herself for remembering morel merci an sum she wondered how to toll tell him to put the tray down some sarre where she preferred not to al sit t up till he was gone she te tried d pa pointing pointing painting at the toot foot oi of her be bunk and groping in her memory and said tentatively ce jr ette t to la Is he H a laughed at al that at he had excellent e lien t teeth he laughed and chat to red something so fast she could get no word of it and she decided jette was probably the th wrong word jettison ettis or meant to throw something overboard and a jetty v as something thrown out from shore share late into the water like a pier jette must be wrong and he was telling her so she chool thool thought ah t it he be talked more slowly she m might 1 un der ders stand dand a so she said plus tard a s it il but that left him bewildered he put pt u the tray on the foot of her bunk abo bowed wed elaborately backed out and C closed the door she wondered about running water and thi things certain ly there was nothing of the sort in this small cabin but she was hungry too hungry t to 0 delay breakfast we vas it breakfast or lunch her watch forgotten last night had run rum do down through the port she saw that the day was overcast so she could no not t guess time by the sun am but w whatever h alever the hour she was hungry h so she ate first and dressed afterward ft erward when she emerged into to the cabin it was deserted but she opened the door chal that led through the abe athill opened a engine in room an 1 into I 1 the he galley and the handsome Fron frenchman claram saw her and ad emna came smilingly toward her bar she to realized I 1 he must list be romeo who might might eche be a friend of mr jenkins i she abbed ked C carefully ref tilly 1 I 1 qu pu est eat la Is she could re 1 me member aber no likely word a so she made a gesture of washing her hands and he laughed audaciously and opened the right door as and showed her how to pump the water and brought her a towel she said aid merci memi an stan sieu and his eyes t twin kled she thought she and romeo would get along PO if 0 lib al CONTINUED |