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Gale uttered a great cry and went to meet them, but the soldier could move nothing save his lips, and stood dazed and disbelieving. He saw them dimly coming towards him, and heard Poleon's voice as if at a great distance, saw that the Frenchman's eyes were upon him, and that his words were directed to him. "I bring her back to you, M'sieu'!"
"It's the Mission, boat!" cried Necia. "It's the Mission boat! Father Barnum will be aboard." She waved her arms madly and mingled her voice with Poleon's until a black-robed figure appeared beside the pilot-house. "Father Barnum!" she screamed, and, recognizing her, he signalled back.
Prompted by their pride in her, and a genuinely unselfish interest in her future, the boys made guarded attempts to discover the true state of her feelings for the French Canadian, but they learned little. Every indirect inquiry was met with a tribute to 'Poleon's character so frank, so extravagant, as to completely baffle them.
I never see worse place for skeeters!" Gale fell silent, and "No Creek" Lee began to swear in little, useless, ineffective oaths, which were but two ways of showing similar emotions. Then the former stepped up and laid a big hand upon Poleon's shoulder. "That saves us quite a trip," he said, but "No Creek" Lee continued to swear softly.
Phillips declared, his face even whiter than before. "It's a plant, so of course it will add up." Defiantly he met the glances that were fixed upon him. As his eyes roved over the faces turned upon him he became conscious for the first tune of 'Poleon's and Rouletta's presence, also that Laure had somehow appeared upon the scene.
Then she told of her and 'Poleon's trip to the mines and of their success. "Pierce will be at liberty inside of an hour," she declared. "Well, I've learned the truth." Rouletta started; eagerly she clutched at the elder woman. "What? You mean ?" "Yes. I wrung it out of Courteau. He confessed." "It WAS a frame-up a plot? Oh, my dear !" "Exactly. But don't get hysterical. I'm the one to do that.
Bennett, or Stark, as the others knew him, lunged about with his captor, trying to get at his enemy, and crying curses on them all, but he was like a child in Poleon's arms. Gradually he weakened, and suddenly resistance died out of him. "Come away from here," the Lieutenant ordered Gale.
We'll pull her apart, limb from limb, and divvy the logs. It's a pest-house, anyhow. I'll burn my share." Tom's positive refusal even to permit mention of the cause of the quarrel rendered efforts at a reconciliation difficult; 'Poleon's and Rouletta's attempts at badinage, therefore, were weak failures, and their conversation met with only the barest politeness.
Cautiously she freed one arm, then raised herself upon her elbow. Reaching up, she struck the taut canvas roof a sharp blow; then with a squeak, like the cry of a frightened marmot, she dodged under cover just in time to avoid the frosty shower. The chopping abruptly ceased. 'Poleon's voice greeted her gaily: "Bon jour, ma soeur! By golly! You gettin' be de mos' lazy gal!
I'm going through." 'Poleon's brow was furrowed in deep thought; it cleared slowly. "Dawson she's bad city, but you're brave li'l gal and badness is here," he tapped his chest with a huge forefinger. "So long de heart she's pure, not'in' goin' touch you." He nodded in better agreement with Rouletta's decision. "Mebbe so you're right.
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