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Had he not avowed his affection for her at the dance, and had told her that he would run any risk to meet her again? How glad she had been that night when Sconda came for her, and she could free herself from her unwelcome and insistent suitor. And Curly was now a prisoner at Glen West! She shuddered as she recalled the look on his face when he saw her and Reynolds together. And his language!
"What would daddy say if I shirked my duty?" "But you are not going alone!" "No. I have given Sconda orders to get twenty of the best men in the village to accompany me. We shall go by way of Crooked Trail, and should reach Big Draw by night. God grant we may be in time!" "But it isn't safe, Glen," Nannie urged.
Sconda at once gave the wheel a sharp turn to the left, and the boat swinging obediently to its master's will, rushed rapidly forward. A stiff breeze was now blowing dead ahead, and this Glen thoroughly enjoyed. It suited her nature, especially this evening, and she longed for a tempest to sweep upon them.
And, oh, Sconda, you should have seen what a shot he made! It was wonderful! I am sure you never did anything like it." "Greater than Sconda made at Saku, when he shot grizzly, and saved Injun, eh?" "Greater? Listen, Sconda. That white man shot the grizzly from the other side of Deep Gulch. He was way up on the hill, and he hit the bear in the heart."
At first Weston stared in amazement. Then he called and ordered him to come back. For the first time in his life Sconda paid no heed to his master's command, but sped rapidly forward, and in a few minutes was entirely hidden from view. It seemed to Glen as if the morning would never wear away as she sat and guarded her prisoner.
You knew that Dan and Curly had plotted together, and that when Curly was not out there he must be here trying to harm me. How can I thank you, Sconda, for what you have done for me to-day? I do not know what would have happened had you not come just when you did." "Missie Glen hold up Curly, all same man, eh?" and Sconda smiled. "Indeed I did.
"He has been gone for nearly a week now," Glen continued, "and I wonder what can be keeping him. Do you think he will come to-night?" "Sconda doesn't know. Big white chief alone knows." Glen laughed and stroked Midnight's neck with an impatient hand. "I guess you are right, Sconda. Daddy alone knows what he is going to do, for he never tells me, at any rate.
I thought it best for Sconda to go." "And mighty fortunate you did. Why, the villain would have shot us all if Sconda hadn't been on hand." "Do you intend to stay here a while, daddy?" "Long enough to look after my patient. But you must go home, and Natsu will go with you. Reynolds has to hurry down to Big Draw to record our claims." "And so you found the gold?" Glen eagerly asked.
At first she was tempted to ride forth toward Crooked Trail and await Sconda's return, but changing her mind, she launched her light canoe, and was soon skimming out over the water of the big lake. She generally took an Indian girl, or Sconda with her. But now she wished to be alone, that she might think as she drifted or paddled.
"I suppose I might as well go," and again Glen sighed as she rose from the table and looked out of the window. "Sconda is on the wharf now, and that will save my going after him. Won't you come, too, Nannie? A spin will do you good." "Not this evening," was the reply. "Your father may come at any minute, and it would not do for both of us to be away from the house."
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