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Miss Dering was plaintively facing the displeasure of the trio. The coachman's averted face wore a half-grin. The discussion ended abruptly as Rossiter reappeared, but there was a coldness in the air that did not fail to impress him as portentous. "I'm the elephant on their hands the proverbial hot coal," he thought wickedly. "Well, they've got to bear it even if they can't grin."
He was too much a man of iron for that. His soul had lost the plasticity of imagination. But he could not forget Breault's lips as they had seemed to grin up at him. There was a reason for it. On his last trip down, Breault had said to him, with that same half-grin on his face: "M'sieu, some day you may go after my murderer, and when you do, Francois Breault will go with you."
It brought two more marines, one of them a corporal. There were also two sailors. A cadet midshipman commanded them. "Mr. Somers," reported the cadet midshipman, "I am not intended to displace you from the command of this boat. I am here only with definite instructions in case you succeed in overhauling that white sloop." "What " began Eph. Then he paused, with a half-grin.
"Not nigh Zip's?" he suggested. The half-grin in Bill's eyes was becoming more savage. "Yep an' I bought it." His information increased the interest with a bound. Every man there knew, or believed, that Zip's claim was the only one on the Creek. "I didn't know there was any other but Zip's," said Joe Brand, his interest outrunning his discretion. "Ah, you buttin' in again," sneered Bill.
By this time Wowkle's soft tread had ceased, her duties for the night were over, and she stood at the table waiting to be dismissed. "Wowkle, git to your wigwam!" suddenly ordered her mistress, watching her until she disappeared into the cupboard; but she did not see the Indian woman's lips draw back in a half-grin as she closed the door behind her. "Oh, you're sending her away!
As he entered the office he found them all waiting for him Dan and Biddy in their best dress, and Eldred with a supercilious half-grin, half-scowl on his face. Clement nodded at him, but said "Hello" to Dan and "Good-evening" to Biddy. Conly, his trusted, discreet cashier, was at his desk, and the office was dimly lit with a single electric bulb.
But if Nick was slow to realise the situation, not so the Sheriff, who instantly awoke to the fact that the Wells Fargo Agent was on Johnson's trail. His lips drew quickly back in a half-grin. "Ashby's after Johnson," presently he said with a savage little laugh.
A half-grin formed over Johnson's face as he asked the question; then he said: "Well, I never heard before that my society was so desirable. Apart from the financial aspect of this matter, I " "Say," broke in the Girl, gazing at him in helpless admiration, "ain't that great? Ain't that great? Oh, you got to let me stand treat!"
I won't even bill you for repairs on my servo." "Bill me? I ought to sue you for obstructing the streets! And I just got through telling your robot that I didn't plan to waste any time gambling at your place." The other's lips curled into a half-sneer, half-grin. "Why not?" "My business," Alan said stubbornly. "Leave me alone."
Stacy stood around, fidgeting a little, but making no further attempt to enlighten them as to what his new idea was. After a time the rancher began to show signs of recovering. He gasped a few times then opened his eyes. "What kicked me?" he asked, with a half-grin. They could all afford to laugh now, and they did.
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