Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 6, 1928, Winnipeg, Manitoba Continued from two Pord i declared Lingard with air of Good temper. Said d Aleacer reflectively then your Reserve is a matter of pledged Lyngard also appeared thoughtful for moment. You May put it that Way.-. And 1 Awe nothing to a Man who could t m my hand when i put it out to him As i came you have so much the advantage of am replied d Aleacer that you May Well be generous and forget that oversight and then just a Little More Confidence. My dear d Aleacer you Are broke in or. To Versi in a Calm voice but with White lips. I did not come nut All this Way to shake hands promiscuously and receive confidences from the first adventurer that Coines along. D Aleacer stepped Back with an Al most imperceptible inclination of the Bead at Lingard who stood for a moment with twitching face. I am an he burst out if i had t been an adventurer i would have had to starve or work at Home for such people As you. If i weren t an adventurer you would be most Likely lying dead on this deck with your Throat Cut gaping at the or. Travers waved this speech away. But others also heard. Carter listened watch fully and something some alarm ing notion seemed to Dawn All at once upon the thick Little Salling Mastor who rushed on his Short legs and tug Ging it Garter s sleeve stammered desperately "what1 he saying who s he what s Are the natives unfriendly my Book All along this my Book says Carter who had glanced Over the jerked his Arm free. You go Down into the pantry where you belong skipper and read that bit about natives Over he said to his Superior officer with Savage con tempt. Ill be hanged if some of them Ain t coming aboard now to eat and All. Get out of the Way and let the gentlemen have the first Chance of a then addressing Lingard he drawled in his old Way that crazy mate of yours has sent your boat Back with a couple of Visi tors in her before Hii apprehended plainly the meaning of these words Ingard caught bight of two Heads rising above the tall the head of Hess pm and the head of Emmada. Then their bodies ascended in View As though these two beings had been gradually emerged from the shallows. They stood for a moment on the platform looking Down on the Fleck As it about to step into the unknown then descended and walking aft entered the half Light under the owning shading the luxurious surroundings the complicated emotions of the to them inconceivable existences. Lingard without waiting n moment cried what news o Hassum s eyes made the round of the Schooner s decks he had left his gun in the boat and advanced empty handed with a tranquil Assurance As if bearing a Welcome offering in the faint smile of his Emmada. Half hidden behind his shoulder followed lightly her elbows pressed close to her Side. The thick fringe of her Eye lashes was dropped like a veil she looked Youthful and brooding she had an aspect of shy Resolution. They stopped within Arm s length of the Whites and for some time no body said a word. Then Hassim gave tji Gard a significant glance and uttered rapidly with a slight toss of the head that indicated in a manner the whole of the yacht i see no said Lingard looking Sud Denly confused. It had occurred to him that for the first time in two years or More he had forgotten utterly for gotten these people s existence. Emmada stood slight and rigid with downcast eyes. Hassim at his ease scrutinized the faces As if searching for elusive Points of Siml etude or for Subtle shades of difference. What is this new intrusion asked or. Travers angrily. These Are the Fisher Folk broke in the sailing master we be observed these three Days past flitting about in a a Niikoe but they never had sense to answer our Hail and yet a bit of fish for your he smiled obsequious by and All it once without provocation began to Bellow hey Johnnie Hab got fish fish one peace fish he Savee pish he gave it up suddenly to say in a deferential make them Savages understand anything and withdrew is if after a Clever teat. Hassim looked it Why did the Little White Man make that he asked anxiously. Their desire is to eat said Tangard in on enraged tone. Then before the Aii of extreme sur prise which in contingently appeared on the other s face he could not restrain Short and hopeless laugh. Eat repeated Hassim staring. You White people o you White people fish Why make that noise and Why did you Send them without after significant glance Down upon slope of deck caused by the vessel being on the ground he added with a slight nod at without you should not have come Here o said Lingard testily. Here no one understand. They take a Rajah for a a Wal a great i state for truly the chief of ten fugitives without a country is much less than the head Man of a fishing observed Hassim composedly. Emmada sighed. But you Tuan at least know the he. Went on with quiet irony then after a pause we came Here because you had forgotten to look to Ward us who have waited sleeping Little at night and in the Day watch ing with Hor eyes the empty water at the foot of the sky for Emmada murmured without lifting her head you never looked for us. Never never there rfcs too much trouble in my explained Lingard with that patient gentleness of tone and face which every time he spoke to the Young girl seemed to disengage itself from his whole person enveloping his fierceness softening his aspect such As the dreamy Mist that in the Early radiance of the morning weaves a veil of tender Charm about a rugged Rock in mid Ocean. I must look now to the right and to the left As in a time of sudden he added after a moment and she whispered an appalled so Low that its pain floated away in the silence of Atten Tive men without response unheard ignored like the pain of an impalpable thought. In. D Aleacer standing Back surveyed them All with a profound and Alert attention. Lingard seemed unable to tear himself away from the yacht and remained checked As it were in the act of going like a Man who has stopped to think out the last thing to say and that stillness of a body forgotten by the Labouring mind reminded Carter of that moment in the Cablik when alone he had seen this Man thus wrestling with his thought motionless and locked in the grip of his conscience. Or. Travers muttered audibly through his Teeth How Long is this perform acc going to last i have desired you to Trink of these poor whispered Lingard with a Quick glance at the Crew huddled up near by. You Are the kind of Man i would the Rescue be least disposed to any or. Tarvars. Very Low and with an inexplicable but very apparent tour Are Only wasting your time you you he stammered and stored. He. Chewed with growls some insulting word and at last Swal Lowed it with an Effort. My time pays for your he said became aware of a sudden stir and saw that mrs. Travers had risen from her chair. She walked impulsively toward the group on the Quarter deck making straight for Emmada. Hassim had stepped aside and his detached gaze of a malay gentleman passed by her As ii she had been invisible. She was tall supple moving freely. Her complexion was so dazzling in the Shade that it seemed to throw out a Halo round tier head. Upon a smooth and wide brow an abundance of Pale fair hair Fine As silk undulating like the sea heavy like a helmeted Low without a Trace of gloss with out a gleam in its Colls As though it had never been touched by a Ray of Light and a Throat White smooth palpitating with life round neck modelled with strength and delicacy supported gloriously that Radiant face and that Pale mass of hair in kissed by Sunshine. She said with animation Why it s a mrs. Travers extorted from d Aleacer a fresh tribute of curiosity. A Strong puff of wind fluttered the awnings and one of tie screens blowing out wide let in upon the Quarter deck the rippling glitter of the shallows show ing to d Aleacer the Luminous vast Ness of the with the line of the Distant horizon dark like the Edge of the encompassing night drawn at the height of mrs. Travers shoulder. Where was it he had seen her last Long time before on the other Side of the world there was also the Glit Ter of splendor around her then and an impression of Luminous vastness. The encompassing night too was there the night that Waits for its time to move Forward upon the glitter the splendor the men the women. He could not remember for the moment but he became convinced that of All the women he knew she1 alone seemed to be made Lor action. Every one of her movements had firmness ease the meaning of a vital the moral Beauty of a fearless expression. Her supple figure was not dishonoured by any faltering of outlines under the Plain dress of dark Blue stuff Mould ing her form with bold simplicity. She had Only very few Steps to make but before she had stopped con fronting Emmada d Aleacer remembered her suddenly As he had seen her last out West far away impossibly different As if la another universe u presented by the fantasy of a fevered memory. He saw her in a Luminous perspective of palatial drawing rooms in the restless Eddy and How of a human sea at the foot of Walls High As Cliffs under lofty ceilings that like a tropical sky Flung Light and heat upon the shallow glitter of uniforms of stars of diamonds of eyes sparkling in the weary or impassive faces of the throng at on official reception. Out Side he had found the unavoidable darkness with its aspect of patient waiting a Cloudy sky holding Back the Dawn of a London morning. It was difficult to believe. Lyngard who and been looking Dan fierce slapped his thigh and showed signs of agitation. By heavens i had forgotten All about lie pronounced in dismay. Mrs. Travers her eyes in in Mada. Pair haired and White she asserted herself girl of Olive face and Raven locks with the Matur Ity of perfection with the superiority of the Flower Over the Leaf of the phrase that a thought Fie cry that Only express an Emo Tion. Immense spaces and countless centuries stretched Between them and she looked at her As when one looks into one s own heart with absorbed curiosity with still wonder with an immense compassion. Lingard murmured warning by Don t touch mrs. Travers looked at him. Do you i could Hurt she asked softly and was so to hear him mutter a gloomy per that she hesitated before she smiled almost a child and so pretty what a delicate she said while another deep sigh of the sea Breeze lifted and let fall the screens so thar the sound the wind and the seemed to Rush in together and Bear her. Words away into space. I had no idea of anything so charmingly she went on in a voice that without escort glowed caressed and had a magic Power of Delight to the soul. So Young and she lives Here she in the where lives then faintly As she had been in the act of speaking removed instantly to a great distance she was heard again How does she Lingard had hardly been Edith travers till then. He had seen no one really but or. Travers. He looked and listened with something of the stupor of a new sensation. Then he made a distinct Effort to collect his thoughts and said with a remnant of anger what have you got to do with her she knows War. Do you know any thing about it and hunger too and thirst and uti happiness things you have Only heard about As near death As i at what is All that to and that she Sal. Der. I Imada turned upon or her eyes Black As Coal tin "5 in the wild animals of the West i by c. Vav. . E larger wild animals which Are not uncommon near Winnipeg Are a real asset to the the Western provinces would immediately lose a Good Deal in interest and perhaps in population if these Crea Tures and their cover were unduly molested. We Are coming More and More to realize How much Mankind stands in lose not Only economically but even ethically by the undue destruction of wild things. Their super sensitive faculties appear to have grasped some of the Subtle truths Aud manifestations which science is gradually Mak ing clearer to us. Socially we Are also learning from their clan organizations and tribal Laws. Their instinctive limitations a to Slaughter and general lawlessness Are also becoming recognized and copied by civilized communities. Of the larger Little Brothers of the wild which still continue to exist in numbers the jumper is perhaps the most popular and the most frequently observed. The millions of acres of Bush and Timber still happily pre served to us on our Ontario and North Ern Borders Harbor Large numbers of jumping Deer. Northern Minnesota is said to be a leading Breeding place whence Many move northward to the water line and beyond. Here i have been informed by a trapper with a License to kill for food that he has shot As Many is ten his season s sup ply in a single Day and seen at least As Mony More. To those travelling eastward either by train or motor the jumper is a frequent. If not a common object of the country. All visitors to the Laurentian District towards Lake Superior Are familiar with their tracks on the Little Sandy beaches where they come Down to drink. Though More often seen singly they appear to favor company and have certain spots in which to rest in Small herds. The Deer becomes Early aware of his Power to jump fences and to use his Speed to outdistanced men and dogs whilst his natural coloration is n help in hiding. Consequently Tho Deer is not disinclined to show himself in Hie open feel no Ftp self reasonably secure against the Al my Kun it is a sight not easily forgotten to watch one of these creatures jump unlike a mad thing across a stubble fluid his Long tall thrown up Over the Back and n frantic dog at. His heels. Many curious tales Are told of them by Hunters. In one Case an adult specimen was shot with the Rifle at a distance of five or six Hundred Yards. On coming up the Man found the creature dead. In it were fourteen other punctures in addition to Tho Bullet wound. These had probably been caused by a discharge of shot. It is doubtful whether the Deer would continue to jump if kept in a tame or Semi tame condition. Wild animals should if possible be studied in then native conditions. After All a Deer without its jump is about As interesting As a child without a smile or a scentless Rose. The Young jumper Here illustrated was tamed at Victoria Beach. The spots prominent in the first year Are Well seen. Hight glances of the two women similar and inquiring to touch clasp other with the grip of u Contact. They separated. What Are they come for you show them the Way to Tho 7 to asked Emmada. Faintly Lugard Shook his h poor said m they All so mumble in t another one like he to ransack the islands All ejaculated or t demonstrating acrimonious everyone gave him a look o prise. Then mrs. Travers asked who is us courted close i .1 id it in i a immediately he looked specion. No one smiled. Kius and nonchalant to mrs. Travers Elbow. If she is a Princess then Ihl is a he murmured with Vic ton. A Knight As i ascendant of the immortal errant upon the sea. It would for us to have him for a Friend Ousby 1 think that you the two stepped aside and Low and hurriedly. Yes. You ought How can a catching at the meaning like by saying is it really 5ne doubtfully. It would do no said cancer with udder carelessness Friend is always better thin j she repeated , but what could 1 some he answered 1 should think any words in v voice or. Or you could perhaps look once or twice As though he were i exactly a he sir. D Al Carcer Are you u he said stopping ugh pick up the fan at her feet. Thai a the reason 1 am so anxious to con. Ciliate. And you must not forget tit one of your Queens once stepped of the cloak of perhaps such a her eyes sparkled and she them suddenly. I am not a she said coldly. It unfortunately he adm Ltd but then the other t Vatu with no Charm but her at that moment Lingard to Vrbova Hassim had been talking earn Sui protested aloud on i never saw these people Leff Fli Emmada caught hold of her Bioti ii Arm. Or. Travers said harshly oblige me by taking these Nat Ltd never murmured Imondi n lost in ecstasy. D Aloot glanced at i a. Travers and nude i step Forward. Could not the difficulty wait i it is be arranged be to wit ii careful politeness. Observe Uii we Are not Only men Here let them cited Emmadi triumphantly. Though Lingard alone indented the meaning of these words 11 n Board Felt oppressed by the silence which followed her cry. A he is going. Now mrs. 5tof whispered d Aleacer. I said mrs. Travers the Puls Lovely. And stopped As if Al insert i at the sound. Lingard stood still. I she began again furl this poor girl will know happier ii t1 she hesitated. Lingard waited attentive i p1 serious. Pm under your she p1 and i believe you meant to Berle is by to thank said Lingard dignity. You and d observed my jew travers ouster Ely. Are Una detaining i i had forgotten what one is went on Lingard while to looked into mrs. Tiuan Violet eyes and Felt his mind Over 4li powered and troubled m if contemplation of vast distances. You Don t a it s All that Man s burst out. For a time As if beside Hemsell Tiwi glared at mrs. Travers. Then flip Al one Arm and strode off toward to v Gangway where Hassim and Faaao i waited for him interested fund pst185- with a single word be ceded them into the boat. W a sound was heard on the t8t-j Rieck while these three Dis Apps " on i5. Page 1 o u r i e c n Stokx Section free press Winnipeg october 6, 1928 ;