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It seemed a pity out of all proportion. . . . He held the tiny breathless thing tenderly, as if it were a dead child. . . . So he laid it down reluctantly, at last; and straightened to see a hunting cheetah coming toward him, not far away. He glanced down, Nels was not there. He looked all about, Nels was not in sight. Then the reserves in Skag's nature came up.
His face flushed, his eyes hardening. "Ay ban Nels Swanson!" he exploded, beating the air with clenched fist. "Ay ban Lutheran! Ay ban shovel-man by Meester Burke. Ay get two tollar saxty cint! Ay not give won tamn for you! Ay lick de fellar vot ask me dot again!" The sheriff stared at him, much as he might have examined a new and peculiar specimen of bug.
One glance brought from him a sigh of relief. He had an intelligent man to talk to now one who could be reasoned with. "There's the watch that has brought suspicion upon me in a way I cannot understand," said Rodney, nodding toward Nels, who promptly handed it over. "Will you be kind enough to open it and read the inscription you will find on the inside of the case."
"I thought you said those men were living in the house," he queried, turning to Nels. "So Aye tenk," Nels assured him. "Queer," murmured Marsh. "No fire, no food, and no signs of cooking." "Mebbe in basement," suggested Nels. "Well, we're going there now," said Marsh. "Do you know the way, Nels?"
Far away by the river a lonely coyote set up his quick, howling yelp. "Dere's been seven kids oop dere," said Nels at last, glancing up as if for corroboration. "Yes, seven," agreed Charlie. "Say, do ve need Seigert's team very pad?" "Well, now that depends," said Charlie. "Why not?" "Nothin', only Ay vas tankin' ve might tak' some a das veat we vas goin' to sell and and " "Yep, what?"
"Wal, as Nels says, I wouldn't be in that there ottomobile right now for a million pesos," remarked Stillwell. "Why? Is Stevens driving fast?" "Good Lord! Fast? Miss Majesty, there hain't ever been anythin' except a streak of lightnin' run so fast in this country. I'll bet Link for once is in heaven.
The sun beat down white-hot, the dust arose, there was not a breath of wind; and no sound save the slide of a rock now and then down the weathered slopes and the labored chugging of the machine. The snail pace, like the sand at the wheels, began to drag at Madeline's faith. Link gave over the wheel to Madeline, and, leaping out, he called Nels.
The Emergency men and Rodney arose also, for of course it was useless to think of sleeping longer with so many pairs of heavy boots pounding the dirt floor on which their blankets were spread. One of the wood-cutters set off for the river with a bucket in each hand to bring water for cooking and washing purposes, others went to feed the stock, and Nels, at Mr.
I saw a big, open fireplace in the library. Build a wood fire there and we'll warm my friends up." Nels nodded and started off. "We haven't any time to lose," announced Marsh, turning back to Morgan. "I expect to find my final evidence in this house, and we've got to get back to town pretty soon. You fellows can warm up a bit and then we'll start a systematic search from the garret to the cellar."
The Deputy capitulated: "Mitha Baba, yes; especially since she knows the Hakima and oh, I say, that's a strange tale, you know " He glanced from Deenah to Nels, to Skag; but received no encouragement to narrate same.
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