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Please go now, and remember what I've said, that you have the law. And remember another thing: if you do fight, I shall bring everything I can find against you, if I have to ask the aid of Governor Vandecar. I see no other course open to you. Good-day, Sir." Cronk glared about until his gaze rested upon the two girls. His eyes pierced into the soul of Fledra.
He seemed so little, so powerless in the vast expanse, that Fledra, forgetful of her skirts and the handicap they would put upon her, leaped from the scow. Lem saw the water close over her head, and for many seconds only little bubbles and ripples disturbed that part of the lake where her body had sunk. An instant he stood hesitant, then he rushed to the bow. "Lon, Lon!" he roared.
In the silence of arrested speech, he reached for her fingers, which were twisting nervously in the webby lace on her dress. With reluctance Flea permitted herself to be drawn from her chair. "Fledra, stand here stand close to me!" said he. Obediently she came to his side, hiding her face in one bended arm.
If you should become ill again, I think I should die." "Then, tell me about Flea. Has Pappy Lon " "Fledra went back to him last night of her own free will." With eyes growing wide from fear, Floyd stared at her. "I don't know what you mean! Did she tell ye she was a goin'?" "No, Dear.
Fledra left the little room and mechanically prepared the coarse food. When it was ready, she took her seat opposite Cronk, and Lem dragged a chair to the table by the aid of the hook on his arm. "Ye're feelin' more pert this mornin', Flea," said Lon, after drinking a cup of black coffee. "Yes," replied Flea faintly. "And are ye goin' to mind yer pappy now?" pursued Lon.
In his eyes Fledra had matured; for his masculinity had sought and found the natural opposite forces of her sex. These thoughts he modified and voiced. "Not quite from your standpoint, Ann; but possibly from Horace's." Pale and distressed, Ann got to her feet. "Then then, of course, she must go," she said with decision. "I can't have him unhappy, and Why, such a thing could never be!"
"Ask yer daddy, if ye don't believe me," grunted Lem. Fledra cast imploring eyes to Lon. "Yer granny went dead a long time ago," verified the squatter. "Then I can stay with you, Pappy Lon, just for a little time. Oh, Pappy Lon," tears rose slowly, and sobs caught her throat as she advanced toward him, "I'll cook for you, and I'll work days and nights, if I can live with you!"
"Your brother seems to feel," went on Everett, "that I should not have taken charge of it." "Neither should you have done so, Everett, unless you've other motives than we know of." She looked up; but lowered her eyes as Brimbecomb glanced at her furtively. Had Fledra told her of his advances? No, or she would never have received his kisses.
Suddenly, one morning, he took a great resolution, and no sooner had he made up his mind to take the one step that would change his whole life than he called Ann to tell her about it. "I'm going to marry Fledra," he said, catching his breath. Ann dropped her hands fearfully; but intense interest gathered on her face. "I can save her no other way," he went on, almost in excuse, noting her glance.
Brimbecomb threw out an arm with an impetuous swing; but Fledra darted under it. "Don't don't!" she cried brokenly. "Don't you never touch me, never never! I don't want you to! Let me go now, please." Everett stepped aside and allowed her to reach the door. "I shall help you, if I can, child," he put in, as she sprang out. "Remember " But Fledra did not wait to hear.
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