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He was not sure that he altogether succeeded, for now and then his head fell forward and he roused himself with a jerk, but did not think he really went to sleep. For all that, some hours had passed when he moved his chair and looked at his watch. It was quieter outside and the roar of the river had got distinct. Then Thirlwell heard a blanket thrown back and glanced at the bunk.
Only a few minutes had gone since her last glance and she tried to conquer her impatience. Her heart beat when she stood beside the platform gate as the long train rolled in. The cars were crowded, but she thrilled when Thirlwell jumped down from a vestibule. He looked thin and tired, but smiled when she gave him her hand. "I'm here," he said.
"What have you to say to that?" Allott asked Thirlwell, with a twinkle. "It looks as if Evelyn knew my character I suppose I am obstinate. But I don't think she has stated the case correctly. It isn't that I don't want to come. Unfortunately, I can't." The other guests were leaving the tables and Mrs. Allott, getting up, gave her husband a meaning glance. "Then I must let Stephen talk to you.
The way the man turned his head indicated that he was looking about the camp, and he must have seen that I had nothing but my blanket. But he was silent and did not come forward." "An Indian?" Thirlwell asked. "No," said Father Lucien. "He was white." Thirlwell started. "A white man? It looks impossible. But why didn't you ?" "I did not speak.
You bought a ticket and a gasolene launch took you up the lake. Then the men wore smart flannels and the girls new summer clothes. In the evenings one sang and played a banjo, another a mandolin." Thirlwell laughed. "You don't like music?" "I love it; but not ragtime and modern coon songs in the bush.
I daresay he gave the agent all the particulars he could recollect when he saw the fellow doubted his tale. His memory was, no doubt, pretty good, since he'd seen the lode a week or two before." "They have pulled down the factory and I expect the agent's dead," Thirlwell replied. "If not, he must be an old man and I don't know where he is.
He knitted his brows and a curious fixed look came into his eyes. "I know it's not far off, but I miss it when I'm just getting on the track." Thirlwell left him and smiled half impatiently as he went back across the rocks. He had sometimes been puzzled, and sometimes amused, by Agatha's confidence, and now Drummond, who had given him no help so far, talked about an elusive clue.
A mine, for example, is remarkably unpicturesque." "But it stands for endeavor, for something useful done." "Not all mines. A number stand for wasted money." "And vanished hopes," said Agatha. "Do you think I shall find the lode? I want you to be frank." Thirlwell hesitated. "On the whole, I don't think so, but my judgment mayn't be sound and my employer, Scott, does not agree.
Drift-ice churned in the rapid and broke with jarring crashes upon the rocks. Once or twice Thirlwell thought the sound disturbed Driscoll, because he moved and muttered brokenly. Thirlwell, however, could not hear what he said, and getting drowsy with the dry warmth of the stove, struggled to keep awake.
In the meantime, they had drifted fast, and Thirlwell saw that that patch of shingle was now up stream. "That's awkward," Scott remarked, and the canoe rocked as Driscoll dipped his paddle. "Drive her! You have got to make the beach," he shouted in a hoarse voice. There was something contagious in the man's alarm, and knowing his physical courage, Thirlwell made his best effort.
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