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The formation of the rocks is in general basaltic, but white, black, and green marble, red porphyry, jaspar, red and grey granite, abound east of the Buonaventura.
Jaspar looked up from the floor, upon which his eyes had been fastened, and gazed with a fixed stare upon his companion. "You do not understand me," insinuated De Guy. "I do," said Jaspar, sternly; "I do; you have come to plunder me." "You do me injustice, my kind friend; I come to save you from the doom of a felon." "To put your foot upon my neck, and leap out of the pit your villany has dug!"
There was nothing for either of them to find out, and with a little smile, like the smile of knowledge itself, Jaspar Bellew and Helen his wife looked at each other. "Well," she said again; "what have you come for?" Bellew's face had changed. Its expression was furtive; his mouth twitched; a furrow had come between his eyes. "How are you?" he said in a thick, muttering voice. Mrs.
"Certainly," replied De Guy, who was congratulating himself on his success in conciliating the "bear of Bellevue," as he styled him among his boon companions. Jaspar closed the door upon the attorney, and was in the act of lighting a cigar, when Dalhousie entered.
The overseer endeavored to discover in the countenance of his employer some indications of his motive in sending for him; but Jaspar maintained a perfect indifference, which defeated his object, Neither spoke for several moments; but at last the overseer, embarrassed by the silence, said, "You sent for me, Mr. Dumont?"
Let me beg of you not to be discomposed by anything I may say to you." Jaspar sneered, but ventured no reply. "I have served you faithfully, you must acknowledge." "I will acknowledge nothing," said Jaspar, testily. "The steamer exploded, you remember," returned De Guy, with an expression of sly humor, which Jaspar did not appreciate. "I do remember it, by Heaven!
They might, however, be in the employ of Jaspar. They might be engaged in watching over his captivity. He approached nearer. He had never seen either of them before. They did not look like men whom Jaspar would have been likely to select for such a purpose as he apprehended.
The Indian, Cloud-in-the-Sky, though by word never thanking his rescuer, could not be induced to leave the fort, except on some mission with which Jaspar Hume was connected. He preferred living an undignified, un-Indian life, and earning food and shelter by coarsely labouring with his hands.
Jaspar took up the packet, and was about to snap the seals, when, quicker than thought, the window through which De Guy had entered flew open, and Hatchie leaped into the room.
"That was the leader of the White Guard, the man who saved me, Rose." He paused a moment and then solemnly said: "It was Jaspar Hume." The wife came to her feet with a spring. "He saved you Jaspar Hume! Oh, Clive!" "He saved me, Rose." Her eyes were wet: "And he would not stay and let me thank him! Poor fellow, poor Jaspar Hume! Has he been up here all these years?"
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