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It was little Johnny Gale who first saw Necia and Poleon on board, for he had recognized Father Barnum's craft at a distance, and stationed himself at the bank hand-in-hand with Molly to bid the good, kind old man welcome. The men inside the house did not hear the boy crying Necia's name, for his voice was small, and they had gone to the rear of the store. "Understand!
Well I'll marry some one, I don't care who!" Then, with a sudden inspiration, she cried, "I'll marry you you said I could be a wife to you." He uttered a sharp cry. "You mean dat, Necia?" "Yes," she declared. "Why not? You'll do it for my sake, won't you?" "Would you stan' up wit' me 'longside of de pries', lovin' dat oder feller all de tam'?" he asked, queerly.
During these stirring weeks of unsleeping activity Burrell saw little of Necia, for he had many things to occupy him, and she was detained much in the store, now that her father was away. When they met for a moment they were sure to be interrupted, while in and around the house Alluna seemed to be always near her.
The night suddenly became heavy with the hint of unspeakable things, and he grew fearful, suspecting now that Gale had told him but a part of his story, that all the time he knew Stark's identity, and that his quarry was at hand, ready for the kill; or, if not, he had learned enough while standing behind that partition. Where was he now? Where was Necia? What part did she play in this?
They held to the bed of the stream, for its volume was low and enabled them to ford it from bar to bar. Necia had been raised in the open, with the wild places for her playground, and her muscles were like those of a boy, hence the two swung merrily onward, as if in playful contest, while the youth had never occasion to wait for her or to moderate his gait.
You're different, but the army is just the same. I told you this to show you how it is out in the States. It don't apply to you, of course " "Of course!" agreed Necia again. "But what would happen to Lieutenant Burrell if if well, if he should do something like that? There are many half-breed girls, I dare say, like this other girl, or like me."
To-night the spell was on him again, and he sat bulked up in his chair, rocklike and immovable. From the open door of the next room he could hear Necia and the little ones. She had made them ready for bed, and was telling them the tale of the snow-bird's spot. "So when all the other birds had failed," he heard her say, "the little snowbird asked for a chance to try.
His eyes were blazing and his face livid. Necia cried out, but he dropped the ornament and seized her fiercely, lifting her from the chair to her feet; then, with one swift, downward clutch, he laid hold of her dress at the left shoulder and ripped it half to her waist. A hoarse sound came from his throat, a cry half of amazement, half of triumph. "Let me go! Let me go!"
Necia had cried Poleon's name, but her companion saw no resemblance to the Frenchman in this strange-looking voyager; in fact, he could not quite make out what was peculiar about the man perhaps his eyes were not as sharp as hers and then he saw that the boatman was naked to the waist. By now he was drawing opposite them with the speed of a hound.
'Biccause I'll tak' 'im down to Flambeau for Necia Gale, w'at never had no dress lak' dat in all her life. Wal, sir, dat Marie Bourgette, she's hear of you before, an' your dad, too mos' all dose Cheechakos know 'bout Old Man Gale so she say: "'Wat lookin' kind of gal is dis Necia? An' I tell her all 'bout you. Wen I'm t'rough she say:" "'But maybe your little frien' is more bigger as I am.
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