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So deep was the apparent pleasure of the meeting that, when the interpreting was done and the ceremonies over, Ridgar went with the Indian among the tepees and no more did McElroy see him until he came to the factory at dusk. "Mother of Heaven!" he ejaculated, flinging himself down at the table in the living-room where Rette's strong coffee tempted the nostril; "such furs!
De Courtenay, his thin face between the curls thinner, was still facing the mob with the smile that would not down. McElroy was as Maren had ever known him, patient and strong, and from time to time he tossed up the light hair falling in his eyes. "We are none too soon," she said tensely; "tonight it must end. Go you around to the east, M'sieu, between the camp and the river.
The mental picture of the immaculate, devil-may-care Brent McElroy sent down in behalf of his father's corporation to develop coal fields, to run a line for the little railroad which Bob had just characterized as "dinky," and otherwise to put into practice college experiences not included in its curriculum chumming with this new child of nature, threw them again into peals of mirth.
Edmonton Ridgar, with that keenness which gave him such tact, had shut himself in the living-room, and the two clerks were off among the maids at the cabins. Once again McElroy had made himself ridiculous by that abrupt turning away because of a small red flower sent a maid by a man he now knew to be his foe and rival in all things of a man's life.
"Aye, I am ready now." "Then rise with me, swiftly as possible, when I count to three. One " The two men strained their bodies, leaning forward, for both had risen to sit facing the fire when the dance began. "Two, " breathed McElroy, "ready, M'sieu, three!" With one accord they leaped to their feet, and the factor in a flash was upon the Indian just passing behind him.
Cool blue dawn, hushed and wide-reaching, still with that stillness which precedes the sunrise, lay over the river, when the lone canoe rounded the lower bend and Anders McElroy, factor of Fort de Seviere, came back to his own again.
His own eyes took this opportunity to cast another sly look at the tell-tale goblet, hoping to light upon some method of spiriting it away. "Mr. McElroy," she suddenly exclaimed, "I have been talking to brother John, and have told him my views about you!" Brent's mouth opened a moment in surprise and then he frankly began to laugh. "I'm glad I wasn't in hearing distance!"
LIEUT. WESLEY K. WRIGHT, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. GILBERT T. SHILLSON, "K" CO., 339th Inf. SGT. HARVEY B. PETERSON, "M" Co. PVT. HERMAN A. SODER, "I" Co. PVT. THOMAS McELROY, "M" Co. CORP. BENJAMIN JONDRO, "M" Co. PVT. TOBIAS LePLANT, "K" Co. PVT. FRANK RANK, "I" Co. SGT. CHARLES V. RIHA, "M" Co. LIEUT. ROBERT J. WIECZOREK, "M" Co., 339th Inf. LIEUT. WOODHULL SPITLER, "M.G." Co., 339th Inf.
And Dupre, wondering, answered, "Aye, at the Athabasca," for it was to McElroy alone that she had uncovered her soul concerning the great quest.
Her red mouth dropped apart, showing the gleam of the white teeth between. She looked like a child rudely shaken from its sleep, startled, perhaps vaguely frightened at the strange shapes of familiar things distorted by the vision not yet adjusted. "M'sieu!" she stammered; "M'sieu!" And with her voice McElroy felt the arrested blood rush back to his heart again, for it held no anger.
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