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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 100?.
A Meeting in
the Wilderness
A
44 Ud swiftly, ti olli'iitlv, a deftly, no
ono of tho muws In (ho stout
i(al, whose ohloC iirld,. h, whs, lould
hiwo ilono. lioinMih iholr ooml'ln.nl
nMII (Ho makeshifts of (lt wlUloruc
wore tnuisforntod Into InNtnmiinU of
hoaltiiK. The hrokon leg was sol.
Waller oaino nr.iduiilly from under the
tnllueih'e of (ho aiiosshellc whloh h.id
deadened him (o pull), it m.I (ho hro
thers looked aKala. long und all'ootloii
a(oy, at eaoh other.
"IHilele." said Waller, Kontty, t (he
Klrl tu'sUI,. (ho tlreiliieo, ajfiiln a Ukuiv
of aiuaijniilMiu, "this Is my (not tier,
whom 1 have not seen for - ton yearn. "
"1 will Ko into i he otlU'i' room." She
answevoit toe unspoken tviiiMt with
Instant doelllty, ami went elosln th
iloor hehliul her.
"Who Is slo', Walter',, The .loo
tots votee was stern.
"I'lllele; She's (he ilamthter of the
1'oople who live here- (ho l-VrBtisons.
PTER the day's fishing the
men '.verc disporting them
selves according to (heir
various tastes. The Incor
rigibly civilized were, m (ho cook's
phrase, "sllekln" up." Withers was
picking at his hinjo. and Lorinier was
adding a few words concerning; the
day's catch to the diary which he re
ligiously kept for his wife they had
gabble on. I'm a garrulous old woman,
Hermann."
"Come on to supper," growled Her
mann, translating a babel of yells from
(he younger campers into a summons.
The sunset light had faded from the
marshes and the camp-llre was paint
ing (he long, pale twilight of the North
with ruddy color when a new sound
i added Itself to (ho distant call of (he
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not tteen married a year, me noeu.r, ; fas abve them, the whimper of the
his back against a tree, legs stretch- j brfda and the leaves, and the tinkle of
ed before him, smoked and watched the, wither's banjo. It was (he steady, in-
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Plain ami fancy sowing, nlo diesa-maklng.
L
ITTI.K Bister Wllkeraon
W handy with th nemlle.
Tucks and dart and hems and
gores
She eortalnty coul'I wheedle.
U''s a Scotchman a idem, sour ol.lj
reflections of the sunset across the
river as they touched a twisting creek
with opalescence and gave a celestial
shimmering; beauty to the fresh green
of the reeds, Hermann, his eldest
friend, his hair shining and his face
red from a recent plunge Into the wat
er basin, dropped upon the ground be
side him and gave the scene the ap
proval of a long survey as he filled ills
pipe.
Across the river the marshes and an
upland stretch, with wooded patches,
crept to ihe blue line of the hills. But
on the ennip side there was nothing
but a narrow crescent of beach be
tween the water and the gloom and
mystery of unbroken rising forest.
"Not bad, eh, Todd?" said Hermann
finally. The doctor nodded.
"Admit you've muffed It not coming
up here before. I tell you, these two
weeks each spring make a new man of
me, make me able to go on with the
grind in the city"
, "Until July and Southampton,"
laughed the doctor. Then he added
quietly, "It is a good place: I I knew
It before."
"What: And never come?"
''JCo." The monosyllable was abrup
ter than even the taciturn doctor's
usually were. After St he relapsed Into
a fit of musing undisturbed by Her
man's stare, until finally that gentle
man forgot his surprise and the theme
that had occasioned it Then Todd
spoke again.
"We came up here three seasons
running, when we were boys," he said,
"Walter and I, with the governor. That
is, Walter was a boy .of seventeen the
last time twelve years ago. I was
older than I've ever been since twenty-four
and just out of the medical
school. He knew how to give boys a
good time, Hermann, our dad."
Hermann hid an amazed face in a
cloud of smoke. When before had
Todd ever spoken of Walter?
"Of course," he ventured after a
minutti, "you've never come upon any
trace of him of Walter?"
"No. It was that that killed the
old man, Hermann. He was only fif
ty-eight when he died, and there was
no earthly cause for it but just that
one brooding upon Walter."
"Young scoundrel!" growled Hermann.
crAHing cttck!e, f an upproach through
the woods, l'lerre, one of (he guides
arose and advanced cautiously. The
men ceased their talk and raised their
heads to listen. The noise came near
er, and nearer and. with a final burst
of the detaining underbrush, a woman
appeared on the edge of the camp.
In the golden rosy glow of the fire
she was seen to be young, with the
slim grace of youth and w lldness; her
uncovered head was a glorious tangle
lie had tils ivasons
' woods like most of
fellow. I fancv
for taking to :li
us."
"Kon't- Walter," begged his broth. -r. !
"I came up here to-day (o see the
old mill on business, Hut he and
Mum I'Vrmismi uviv Loth gone in
to Caribou Corners. It was u I start
ed to 1'iive :!!- ei.lu'l show up ,i
I couldn't stay alone with her- that I
teoompitshed this," he uodd-.l (.'ward
his bandaged leg. "It's all right, Jim.
I've known her Mince she was a little
of ruddy darkness. Her eyes, gassing! ,hin l; "as :ht' l'vi'Ktis..iis took ne
at them all with a look which was " " 1V'S,,,! 1 came awry. Now (e
par; fear, part defiance, seemed black.
From her head swung an unlighted
lantern.
Is there- Is there some one here w h
could help a sick man?" she quavered.
"Where?" asked Hermann ,as Dr.
Todd pushed toward the front of the
group.
"Back in the woods, in our cabin.
It's about three miles."
"I didn't know there was a settle
ment anywhere In this district," said
Hermann.
"There ain't. There's only our place.
Will anybody come? He's hurt he's
broke his leg he goes out of his head
with the pain an' talks crazy. An'
there's no one at home but me."
"How did you know we were here?"
asked someone.
"They said, down at Caribou Cor
ners that Pierre had taken out a par
tjf of fishermen, an' Pierre always
camps here. Will anybody come?"
she asked, impatiently.
"I am a physician," said Dr. Todd;
"I will go with you. Is there a good
trail r
"Xo trail at all, but I know the
clearest way. Please come quick."
Hermann offered to accompany them,
but the girl cried out in a fever of
anxiety, "The more that comes the
longer it will take," and Todd nodded
his comprehension of he Impatience.
He ran Into the tent, seized the case
of instruments and remedies which long
experience had taught him to make as
His
l:;de-
me cNcrythmg aboutl - homo "
! voice caressed the .Td with
: scrihable affection.
Jim told his s-ory brokenly; repeat
ing, dwelling upon all that colli. I so-tae
his brother. Finally he wa.s tin. .ugh.
"Now you talk, "he said. "Where
have you been ,' What have you done?
How have you lived?
Walter then laughed Innlshly.
I've risked ami I've !um;.-,. I've
been lumberman and guide. And now
I've a shack of my ewn-lu! It my
self, It beats this hollow, and this is
a good deal of a mansion. 1 can tell
you. Mine Is down ..n Lake M,.,!, .
coneag-you don't know where that
Is, of course. Am I experiment a
little In sub-artlc agriculture"
vtuuer -tne doctor's volco was full
f tenderness" do you know what'
waiting for you at home? a de.ent
little fortune, a decent place In the
world, a lonely brother, and you haw
not forgotten Christina ?"
"Forgotten Christine? Hardly:"
cried the patient emphatically.
"She has never married. She you
remember how fine and gay und sin
ceie shy lias""
"Christine was a bully good fellow."
"She's Just the same just as gal
lant, just as whimsically merry and
her ml hi and her h-art are the bit
ges(. She runs a kindergarten set
tlement place; but she's no sentimen
talist Just a Ijig-souled woman"
"Jim. why haven't you you're the
Newsi
from
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Out of, Into, any goods.
Bhe always dressed most tasty.
Hrnther Wllkeraon. ha died,
Pneumonia-rather hnstyt
All the sinter of her church
F-xchnnged surprise and wonder,
Aa to how she'd tot along.
She got along by thunder1
Went to live In Want-Advllli,
Where ritmtrs wore wantad,
Never once by poverty
Was Utile Sister haunted.
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"You don't understand," said the
doctor quickly. "It it was an ugly
affair. Walter was only nineteen
when it happened, and it wasn't his
fault. You remember him, Hermann
the most impulsive, sensitive, high
spirited young fellow. You know the
kind of pride he had three pans
youth and a conviction that the world
was made for him. Well it was a
money mix-up a nasty thing. He'd
been pretty wild and idle and spend
thrift at college the year before, and
the old man thought to sober him down
by putting him to work in the office
that summer. There was a big mis
appropriation, and Sears father's old
head clerk proved it on him on Wal
ter. I don't know why I am talking
like this, Hermann. God knows I nev
er opened my lips about the affair be
fore. I suppose it's the place, and
remembering him as hc; was then the
gayest, the warmest-hearted boy, cra
zy over the woods "
Hermann, at the sudden break in his
old friend's voice, developed an in
terest in the farthest ridge of hills
across the river. By and by he growl
ed out something that might be in
terpreted as "Go on."
"Walter took it Lord! can't you see
how he would take it, Hermann? You
know boys' heroics. I think father's
disbelief in him not his anger broke
Walter's heart. And the promise flung
at him that it would all be hushed
up that was the final blow. He walk
ed out of the house. Father said, bit
terly, "Let him go,' and made no effort
to get him back, to look for him any
thing. I looked everywhere couldn't
find a trace. Then when Sears was
found out the thievjng hound we did
try: all the regular channels friends
and college, and finally detectives
But no one knew not even Christine
Lelland they were rather sweet on
eacW other, a sort of boy-and-girl
chumship. I've always thought that
was why she never married"
"Oh, you have, have you?" interjec
ted Hermann. Dr. Todd noddel ab
sently. "Man alive half the town believes
she's only waiting for you to ask her
these ten years!" cried his friend.
"Half the town doesn't know Chris
tineor Walter," retorted the doctor,
hotly. "'Oh, well; I don't know why I
I OnlV follow Ih.lf ..V.ir ,,,,,1,1 K .-.I,..
invariable part of his outfit, and start- of her ,.umi;,,. j vv,llI,,,
"I should have tried," n-pllj his
brother, simply, "but I always thought
(Continued on Page 7.)
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ed with his guide.
They picked their way through the'
tangle of the woods, the lantern's little j
bar cf light just before their feet throw!
ing all the world beyond into deeper j
blackness. At first the doctor essay- j
ed to ask questions, but not only was,
the girl reticent but she led him along i
the ascent at a speed which left no!
breath for conversation. He only
learned that it was not one of her own
family whem he was called upon to
aid. Yet he gained an Impression of
her tense ar.d passionate interest in
the patient.
They came by and by to a clearing
with th square of a cabin bulked
darkly in it. Through the window cut
In the logs and through the cracks in
the door a rudy light gleamed. She
the door a ruddy light gleamed. She
found himself in a spacious square
room. At one end a fire glowed In
the great fireplace of unchiseled stories.
The walls were of rounded logs, strip
ped of thedr bark, their interstices fil-j
led with the same gray cement that,
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Dr. lodd stepped quickly toward it,; Should to very glad to let others know
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figure a young face, pale through Us
brown with the pallor of pain, its lips
compressed beneath its brown beard.
A pair of frank blue eyes, that seemed
to contain all the brilliant sapphire of
the northern skies and lakes in their
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his hands across his own eyes as though
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The girl came close to the cot as
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when their hands unelanned we
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assistance. The ter.aion of her dread
relaxed. She obeyed his Instructions
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