TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 19.n.0
PAGE SIX
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
Uy Harold Gray
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE Th Sacrifice
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Chapter 23
A TRAIT OB IX CAMP
At lour o'clock that afternoon,
Glenn was still working side by
side with the men In the tunnel
he and all the foremen save the one
who stood on guard. They were all
dog tired, at the breaking point
physically and nervously the men
threateningly sullen and hostile.
"Another half-hour and it's
done," Glenn said rncourainiily,
as they started sfcoveiintc uv;uy the
debris from the last explosion but
one that would be neces.:ary. The
next iuse lighted would let the wa
ter in from tlw other side.
The men only muttered sullenly.
Glenn, tired to the dropping point
hur.se If, turned his back for an in
siant. One of the men leaped,
bearing htm to the ground. The
others rushed up.
a brief, but desperate struggle
ensued. The foreman arrived with
a revolver but Glenn, regaining hitf
leet, signed to him not to fire. The
insurrection was over as abruptly
aa It had begun. The men went
back to work still sullen, but with
no hope now save that of finishing
the work.
A half hour later, Glenn threw
down his shovel and turned to the
rebellious workmen. "Get your pay
at the office," he said. "The book
keeper will give you double time
then get out. Don't ever show your
laces around here again!"
They went, muttering threaten
ingly, but lie knew that they were
whipped to a standstill. After they
had gone Glenn lighted the final
fuse. Something less than a min
ute after he had gained the bank
of the reservoir outside, a great ex
plosion shook the earth. A moment
more, and the river, which had
been pressing hard from the other
side against the thin wall of rock
and dirt, came pounding, tumbling,
gushing through.
Glenn and the foreman swung
open the control gates and the wa
ter came pouring into the (Treat
reservoir, surging and swelling,
beating with mighty hands, at the
wall of cement and stone which
vlone held it in check.
Glenn stood for some moments
motionless, watching the inspiring
spectacle. - . 5
Presently he gave the necessary
instructions to the foremen, then
with a aih of relief went off in
tho direction of his office. Here
he wrote a few hurried line to
Morne advising him. to warn the
aettlers the water had been turned
into the reservoir.
He handed the letter to one of
the foremen to deliver, then strode
towards the cabin.
Anne was sitting near the table
In the living room, half-way
through with the huge pile of
mending, when she heard Glenn's
step on the porch, 3he put down
her work and ran quickly to open
the door.
"Don't dare come near me until
I've changed and washed," he said,
indicating his mud -covered clothes
and hands. ' , .
Laughing, she tiptoed to kiss him
anyway. "Is it finished?" she
askrd eagerly.
He nodded and went to the bed
toom. "We turned the water In 20
minutes a?o, and I dispatched a
rote to Morse to warn Btirk halter
nut the ranch owners."
When Glenn came back into the
room a little later, he was clean
end freshly shaven, but he still
looked tired. He threw himself
across the couch with a heartfelt
eigh of Joy. "No, dearest, I don't
want anything to cat yet." This
. to Anne, who perched solicitously
on the edge of the couch. "Be sure
to wa'.-d mo at 7 sharp, will you?"
ns he stretched out for a nap. "By
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thing you and Delphine can con
coct in the interim "
"You're not going back tonight
tired as you are," Anne protested.
He nodded, his eyes already half
closed. "Yes, I can't take any
chances Never you mind," he went
on drowsily, "once this confounded
rumpus Is over." In a minute he
a3 sleeping.
At 6:30 Anne, who had spent the
time sewing, slipped out to the
kitchen to see how Delphine was
coming on with dinner. The snip
py Frenchwoman had taken over
the cooking and dishwashing for
the entire establishment without a
word simply as a matter of course!
Soon It was time to rouse Glenn.
Anne paused to powder her nose
and pat. her hair carefully into
place before the crazy little mirror
over the "washstand" in the corner,
and then went in to awaken her
husband.
To her surprise, she found him
already awake and sitting on the
edge of the couch bending over a
sheet of paper in his hand. i
"why, you look as if you had had
bad dream," she said lightly.
stooping to look at the paper, too.
The room was growing dark, and,
she could not make out any of the
words.
He laughed briefly a harsh, un
pleasant laugh which fell gratingly:
on Anne's ears. "I have," he said.
"but I'm awake no thjknka to
this." He crushed the paper in his
fist and let it drop on the floor.
"Where did you get this other?"
he added dully, indicating a bit of
Jagged, discolored stone in the
palm of his hand.
"What that little old piece of
rock?" she asked doubtfully. She
bent closer to examine- as Glenn
explained. "When I lifted your
sweater there, It rolled out of the
pocket along with the letter."
He let the fragment of rock fall
too inertly from hie open palm. His
head sank forward. Anne was
frightened; he looked really ill. "Of
course. I had no right to read it,"
he went on; his face buried between
his hands, "but after I caught the
firsftffords " - .-
Anne sank down on the couch be
side him, her anus about his shoul
ders. She understood only that
there was something desperately
wrong. "What Is it, dear, I don't
--understand" Her voice sounded
Taint and chlU even in her own
ears.
Glenn pushed her away, got to
his feet, steadying himself against
a chair, "It's all plain enough," he
muttered dazedly to himself, "the
gold, your coming your aunt,
He little dreamed, poor old fool,
that he was babbling of our find to
one who could spend all the gold
that ever was in these mountains.
It seems from this," he ground the
paper deliberately into the floor
with his heel, "that Morse wants
lyou after all!"
... He -straigntenea mmseii and
moved towards the door. With 'a
painful effort, Anne roused herself,
followed him, caught his hand in
both her's. "What Is it?" Her
words came In difficult, uneven
gasps. "Sit down here and try to
tell me."
He drew his hand away and took
down his hat and coat "You with
all your cant about honor I might
have known" he had turned and
was looking straight into her eyes
with bitter acorn, "if you had had
any honor, you would have stayed
by your own kind in the first place
instead of betraying them to me!
Well, you can go back to them now
back to Leon Morse. Don't let
me find you here when I come
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