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Truly, as the Bible saith, `Hope deferred maketh the heart sick." Not one of the party slept much on this night. There was much to do, and much to be looked after. Captain Sinclair, as it may be supposed, was fully occupied with Mary Percival, of whom more anon.
It occurred to him, however, that by waiting patiently he might see the young lady at dinner. He kept watch, therefore, till he saw Ben entering the dining-room, and then, entering himself, secured a seat near-by. But the young lady, greatly to his chagrin, did not appear. Ben observed his vigilant watch, and after dinner reported to Miss Sinclair. The young lady smiled.
What would happen Arizona could not guess, but Sinclair had assured him that something would happen, and he trusted implicitly to the word of his tall companion. Sooner or later he would learn that they were hopeless, and Sinclair dreaded the breakdown which he knew would follow that discovery. In his heart Sinclair knew that there would be no hope, no chance.
She actually brought the Sinclairs to agree to the liberal terms she had promised the young people. The hauteur with which Stanley Sinclair received her at his office the following day, and the explicitness of his statement that he was not anxious for her advice concerning his domestic affairs, proved unavailing before Persis' matter-of-fact bluntness.
A hurried conversation of a few minutes took place, but time was too precious, and Alfred, embracing his father and mother, who, as they shook hands with Captain Sinclair, expressed in a melancholy way their hopes for their success, the party of seven which had been collected set off to rejoin Malachi and the Strawberry.
But well, well if Mr Sinclair will forgive flattery to his face I should say he has many fine qualities for an Indian career, should he be inclined that way " "Thank you, sir. I'd no notion " Roy murmured, overwhelmed, as Elton seeing Miss Garten stranded moved dutifully to her rescue. Miss Arden glanced again at Roy. "Are you inclining that way?" The question took him aback. "Me? No.
You can lay to that, and long odds!" Sinclair waited, but the other changed his tack at once. "If you ain't from Sour Creek, I guess you can't tell me what I want to know." "Maybe not." The brown man looked about him for diversion. Presently his eyes rested on Cold Feet, who had not stirred during all this interval. "Son?" "Nope." "Kid brother?" "Nope." Cartwright frowned.
Campbell, "but we knew what we had to expect before we came here, and we must make the best of it. So you have lost Captain Sinclair, Colonel; he is a great loss to us." "Yes, he is to go to England for a short time," replied the Colonel, "but we shall soon have him back again. He must be very fond of his profession to remain in it with his means."
He agreed with me, of course, but I could see that it irked him a little just the same. He volunteered, however, to assist his pupil as much as he could." "That was very decent of him, I think," Hamilton said, "lots of men would have borne a grudge. But did you say his name was Sinclair?" "Yes," the supervisor answered, "Gregory Sinclair. Why?" "And you said he had been in the mountains?"
Sinclair started to his feet, and with one arm still clasped around his daughter, stood between her and the worse than murderers before him, prepared to defend her with his life. For the first time he thirsted for blood, and looked around for some weapon of destruction but his was the abode of peace no weapon was there.
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