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But most alarming and miserable was its failure to act in its moribund days, when it allowed, as we shall see, a mob to seize Fort Garry and bring in an era of disorder which made every self-respecting British subject blush with shame. The wild life of the prairie or mountain cultivates a spirit of freedom.
They pulled up at the curb of the Gresham home. As they did so Garry Gresham swung out of the gate, paused and his eyes widened in astonishment at sight of Carroll. Then he stepped quickly to the curb as Carroll and the girl alighted. "Hello, Garry," greeted Evelyn boldly. It was the first time she had ever called him by his first name. But Gresham did not notice.
"If you can keep a straight face and deny everything, we will have a few minutes of fun with Dick," said Garry with a wink. "Go to it, I'm on," laughed Phil. Garry proceeded to start the coffee and slice the bacon for breakfast.
Meanwhile Charley rapidly neared Fort Garry, and now began to wonder whether the stable door was open, and if so, whether it were better for him to take his chance of getting his neck broken, or to throw himself into the next snow-drift that presented itself. He had not to remain long in suspense. The wooden fence that enclosed the stable-yard lay before him.
"Stop running around in circles!" commanded Garry, thunderstruck. "What's it all about? Where are you going?" "I'm going," said Kenny with his chin out and his eyes defiant, "to hunt Brian." Garry stared blankly at the packing litter and the tall Irishman in the center of it wearily mopping his forehead. It was impossible to locate the crags he must have leaped to reach his spectacular decision.
Crowther, who made the All-American that year, shouted: "You all lose. I'll take it myself," and over the line he went with the ball tucked away under his arm. "Johnny Poe was behind the door when fear went by," says Garry Cochran. "Every one knows of his wonderful courage. The men were desperate and near the breaking point.
And when he frowned his face grew marvelously dark, like some wrathful god, for there was a noble, a Grecian purity to the profile of Henry Nicholas Reardon, and when he frowned he seemed to be scorning, from a distance, ignoble, earthly things which troubled him. "I know it isn't exactly easy for you, Garry," he admitted. "You have your own pride; you have your own position here in The Corner.
But the shadows for Joan, thanks to Kenny's lie, lay already dimly in the past. The merriment of the supper hour Garry thought of later with a pang. He ate but little, fascinated by the reckless spontaneity of Kenny's mood. It put them all at ease. The big kind Spartan will behind it brought a catch to Garry's throat. Daredevil glints laughed in Kenny's eyes.
As a matter of fact, the border line was but poorly guarded, as the meagre appropriation by the Legislature did not allow every foot of the country to be taken care of in the manner that it should. This announcement by Garry increased the respect of the old man for them. "Yes, sir, boys," he said, "that's one of the biggest things that's been done in this State for many a long year.
"I shouldn't like to believe so," her voice was faintly diffident. "And you you haven't accepted my invitation for Friday. May I expect you? I didn't tell you, but Archie Archibald Wickersham will be there, as well as Garry. So so you won't be entirely unacquainted." And then, at those words, his face changed.
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