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"Miss Sommerton, let me humbly apologise!" "I shall not accept your apology. It cannot be apologised for. I must ask you not to speak to me again until Mr. Mason comes. You may consider yourself very fortunate when I tell you I shall say nothing of what has passed to Mr. Mason when he arrives." John Trenton made no reply, but gathered another armful of wood and flung it on the fire.
I have brought things to a point where I can't go any further. The game seems blocked. I wonder if Miss Sommerton would accept ten thousand feet of lumber f.o.b. and call it square." "Really, Ed., if you can't talk sensibly, I have nothing further to say." "Well, as I said, the strain is getting too much for me. Now, don't go away, Jennie. Here is what I am thinking of doing.
Trenton sat with his back against the tree, smoking in a meditative manner, and watching the flicker of the firelight on the face of his companion, whose thoughts seemed to be concentrated on the embers. "Miss Sommerton," he said at last, "I would like permission to ask you a second question. "You have it," replied that lady, without looking up.
Trenton held in his hand, and the instant Miss Sommerton turned around, the little shutter, as if in defiance of her, gave a snap, and she knew her picture had been taken, and also that she was the principal object in the foreground. "You have photographed me, sir!" cried the young woman, with her eyes blazing. "I have photographed the falls, or, at least, I hope I have," replied Trenton.
I presume that is one of the things that has prejudiced me so much against the camera." "Those pictures, Miss Sommerton, are not genuine; they are not at all what they pretend to be. The prints that you have seen are the results of the manipulation of two separate plates, one of the plates containing the group or the person photographed, and the other an instantaneous picture of the falls.
I don't believe a man of such talent could be so conceited." "Then, Miss Sommerton, allow me to say you have very little knowledge of human nature. It is only reasonable that a great man should know he is a great man. Most of our great men are conceited. I would like to see Trenton's letter to you. I could then have a good deal of amusement at his expense when I get back."
You should have had a glass of sherry the moment we landed here. By the way, I wanted to say, and I say it now in case I shall forget it, that when I ordered you so unceremoniously to go around picking up sticks for the fire, it was not because I needed assistance, but to keep you, if possible, from getting a chill." "Very kind of you," remarked Miss Sommerton.
"I am afraid we differ on almost every point." "No, I differ with you there again. Still, I must admit I would prefer being your enemy " "To being my friend?" said Miss Sommerton, quickly. "No, to being entirely indifferent to you." "Really, Mr. Trenton, we are getting along very rapidly, are we not?" said the young lady, without looking up at him.
Mason will stir up the neighbourhood, and the men who are back from the woods with the other canoes will be roused and pressed into service, and some time to-night we will be rescued." "Oh, I hope that is the case," cried Miss Sommerton, looking brightly at him. "It is the case. Will you bet about it?" "I never bet," said Miss Sommerton. "Ah, well, you miss a good deal of fun then.
They were almost under the hanging trees when the four found themselves in the water. Trenton grasped an overhanging branch with one hand, and with the other caught Miss Sommerton by the arm. For a moment it was doubtful whether the branch would hold. The current was very swift, and it threw each of them against the rock bank, and bent the branch down into the water.
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