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Perhaps Maison did not reflect that his greed was attempting to justify him; that back of his growing championship of Dale was his eagerness to get possession of the Nyland property; and that behind his rage over Sanderson's visit was the bitter thought that Sanderson had compelled him to pay for the destroyed and stolen steers. Maison did not consider that phase of the question.
Her eyes were shining with an eloquent yearning that would have caused him to kill Dale if he had thought killing the man would have been the means of saving Ben Nyland. And then Mary Bransford was at his side, her hands grasping his, holding them tightly as her gaze sought his and held it. "Won't you please do something?" she pleaded. "Oh, if it only could be!
For I found that Ben Nyland didn't brand them cattle at all it was another man, living down the basin. That nester near Colby's. He done it. But he sloped before we could get a rope on him. Had a grudge against Nyland, I reckon. Sorry it happened." Thus he attempted to smooth the matter over. But he saw that Mary did not believe him, and his grin grew broader.
Nyland was afflicted with a premonition of evil when he got off the train at Okar. To the insistence of the owner of the livery stable, where he had left his horse, Nyland replied: "I ain't got no time to do any drinkin'; I've got to get home." The premonition of evil still oppressed him as he rode his horse homeward. He rode fast, his face set and worried.
Dale examined the back of her head, where it had struck the chair. He got up, his face ashen and convulsed with horror. "Good Lord!" he muttered hoarsely, "she's dead or dying. I've done it now!" Dale's first decision was to leave Peggy in the cabin. But she might recover, and she had recognized him. Ben Nyland would exact stern vengeance for the outrage.
Nyland took aim through the window, but just as he was about to pull the trigger of the weapon the man moved stealthily toward the door out of Nyland's vision. Evidently the man considered the many windows to be a menace to his safety, and had determined to go outside, where he would have an equal chance with his intended victim.
The provinces of which the Grand Duchy is composed are as follows, running from north to south: Finnish Lapland, Ostrobothnia, Satakunta, Tavastland, Savolax, Karelia, Finland proper, Nyland, and the Aland Islands.
The entire population of Finland amounts to rather over 2,500,000, including a considerable number of Swedes, who are found chiefly in the Aland Islands, Nyland, and Finland proper. Helsingfors, the capital, contains over 80,000 souls, and Kemi, the smallest town, near the northern frontier, under 400. Of the other cities, Abo has 30,000, Tammerfors, 25,000, and Viborg, 20,000 inhabitants.
He saw on the floor the rope that had encircled Dale's neck one end of it was tied to the fastenings of the kitchen door. The tied rope was a mystery to Nyland, but it suggested hanging to his thoughts, already lurid, and he leaped for the pantry. There he grimly viewed the wreck and turned away, muttering. "He's been here an' gone," he said, meaning Dale; "them's his marks ruin."
The girl's lips were stiff with dread anticipation and dislike. Dale's manner did not mislead her; his forced geniality, his gruff heartiness, his huge smile, were all insincere, masking evil. He seemed to her like a big, tawny, grinning beast, and her heart thumped with trepidation as she looked at him. "How's Nyland?" he asked, smiling hugely. "That was a narrow squeak now, wasn't it?
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