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The fact is that Vane made a bargain with a sick prospector, in which he undertook to locate some timber the man had discovered away among the mountains. He was to pay the other a share of its value when he got his Government license." "Is the timber very valuable?" "No," broke in Nairn. "One might make a fair business profit out of pulping it, though the thing's far from certain."
Cratchit, and that, so arrayed, Miss Meredith had proceeded to the platform and had read out the term's marks beginning with Five A. First, Judith Benson; second, Joyce Hewson; third, Nancy Nairn.
From Blair Athole the little army moved on to Perth. Here they were joined by powerful friends, of whom the principal were the young Duke of Perth, Lord Nairn, and Lord George Murray, the younger brother of the Marquis of Tullibardine.
"Miss Celia Hartley, the daughter of the prospector who sent Vane off to look for the timber, and Miss Kitty Blake, who, as you have probably heard, once came down the west coast with him, in company with an elder lady and myself." Mrs. Nairn started, then she looked thoughtful, and finally she broke into a smile of open appreciation. "Now," she ejaculated, "I understand. I did no think it of ye.
Carroll, however, consoled himself with the reflection that Evelyn would probably have something to say upon the subject if she were given an opportunity, and he felt certain that Mrs. Nairn would contrive that she had one. "I can't see any benefit in making things out considerably worse than they are," he objected. "Nor can I," Vane agreed.
"On the other hand, I hardly think that even one of your suppers would quite have put right the defect in my appearance you mentioned. You see, the cause of it has been at work for some time." Mrs. Nairn regarded him with half-amused compassion. "If ye'll come over every evening, we'll soon cure that. I would have been down sooner if Alic had not kept me.
I'll pick up a few men along the waterfront." Nairn rose and went out of the room. The tinkle of a telephone bell reached those who remained, and a minute or two later he came back. "I've sent Whitney round," he explained. "He'll come across if there's a boat to be had, and now ye look as if ye needed lunch." "It's several weeks since I had one," Carroll smiled.
Vane would have had even more trouble in floating his company had not Nairn been satisfied with him. "So ye are meaning to stay with Chisholm!" the latter exclaimed. "We had Evelyn here two years ago, and Clara said something about her coming out again." "It's nine years since I saw Evelyn." "Then there's a surprise in store for ye.
She now felt glad that she had promised to look after Celia Hartley, for that, no doubt, would necessitate her consulting with him every now and then. She endeavored to dismiss the matter from her mind, however, and exerted herself to interest Mrs. Nairn in a description of a function she had lately attended.
"I was surprised at the girls' manner," she concluded. "It must have been embarrassing to them; but they were really so delicate over it, and they had so much courage." Mrs. Nairn smiled. "Although one of them has traveled with third-rate strolling companies and the other has waited in a hotel? Weel, maybe your surprise was natural.
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