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"To teach a lot of Galician children." "Well," said Brown, "I admit I have come partially for my health. You see, I am constitutionally inclined " "Oh, come now," said French, "as my friend Kalman would remark, cut it out." "Partially for my health, and partially for the good of the country. These people here exist as an undigested foreign mass.
To Kalman that surveyor's flag meant the opening up of a new world, a new life, rich in promise of adventure and achievement. French noticed his glowing face and eyes. "Yes, Kalman, boy," he said, "it will be a great thing for you, great for the country. It means towns and settlements, markets and money, and all the rest."
But to her," his voice sank to a hoarse whisper, "he was a murderer! No, Jack, it may not be." "But, Kalman, my boy," remonstrated Jack, "think of all " "Think? For these five years I have thought till my heart is sore with thinking! No, Jack, don't fret. I don't. Thank God there are other things. There is work, a people to help, a country to serve." "Other things!" said French bitterly.
He had had a good afternoon and evening; for with the Winnipeg men the colder the night the warmer their hearts, and these fierce February days were harvest days for the hardy newsboys crying their wares upon the streets. So the sharp cold only made Kalman run the faster.
The fierce lust for vengeance which had for centuries run mad in his Slavic blood, had died beneath the stroke of the Cross, and under the shock of that mighty stroke the loss of the mine had little effect upon him. Brown wondered at him. The whole colony was thrown into a ferment of indignation by the news that Kalman had been robbed of his mine.
Don't you be afraid of that Sprink; I'll knock his head off if he harms you." "Not yet, Kalman," said Irma, smiling at him. "Wait a year or two before you talk like that." "A year or two! I shall be a man then." "Oh, indeed!" mocked his sister, "a man of fifteen years." "You are only fifteen yourself," said Kalman. "And a half," she interrupted.
I want you to read that last page. It will show you my difficulty. It is from my sister-in-law, and, of course, her position is quite preposterous; but you know a woman finds it difficult to understand some things in a man's life. You know what I mean, but read. I think you know who she is. It was she who sent Kalman out here to save him from going wrong. God save the mark!"
"Do!" cried Marjorie through her sobs. "What more can you do? Oh, Kalman, you have saved me from an awful death!" "Don't speak of it," said the boy with a shudder. "Don't I know it? I can't bear to think of it. But are you all right?" "Right?" said Marjorie briskly, wiping away her tears. "Of course I'm all right, an' sair hungry, tae." "Why, of course. What a fool I am!" said Kalman.
Get up, you fool, or you will be smothered!" said Kalman, roughly shaking him. "Get up, I say!" He pulled the man to his feet and they started on once more, Mr. Penny stumbling along like a drunken man. "Let me walk, Kalman," entreated Marjorie. "I feel fresh and strong. He can't go on, and he will only keep us back." "You walk!" cried Kalman. "Never! If he can't keep up let him stay and die."
"Go away, Kalman. I am not hurting your sister. It's only fun. Go away," said Sprink. "She does not think it fun," said the boy quietly. "Let her go." "Oh, go away, you leetle kid. Go away and sit down. You think yourself too much." It was Rosenblatt's harsh voice. As he spoke, he seized the boy by the collar and with a quick jerk flung him back among the crowd.
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