Part 7 (2/2)
He came back with the empty plates in about a quarter of an hour, for Canadian choppers do not loiter over , looked up anxiously
”Well?” she asked, ”were the boys satisfied?”
”They were I don't think I could have stood for it if they were not
One allowed he hoped Probyn would keep the cook we lost The others were enthusiastic”
Carrie blushed ”I'ht”
”The trouble is, you can't go on It's one thing to superintend, and cook a meal now and then, but quite another to cook all the time”
”But this is what I want to do”
”It can't be allowed,” Ji ”You look very firm and solemn, but you can't bluff me Are you and Jake very rich?”
”You knoe're not rich”
”If you want to put your contract over, you have got to work, and it's obvious you can't work and cook Then, if you bring in a h Aren't they high?”
”I suppose they are,” Jireed
”Very well! I came because I wanted to be useful, and if you won't let o back Then Jake and one of the boys would have to go doith me to the railroad That would be aard, wouldn't it?”
”It certainly would be aard Do youtwo of us away froive in?”
Carrie s to be obstinate, there's no other plan Besides, you see, the trail's rough and I couldn't go very fast”
”I'ood sort, Carrie, and if you find the job too hard, you can stop”
”I may find it hard, but I don't know if I'll stop Anyhow, your control is gone If you are not very nice, I'll spoil the hash, and then you'll have trouble with the boys”
Jiot up, moved by her pluck and yet half annoyed, for he had hed and reave way
Sometimes he bluffs mother; he never bluffs me”
CHAPTER VI
ROLLING STONES
Sweet resinous s and Jihtfully looked about The sun had just risen above the distant snow and a streak of blue smoke, drawn across the woods, marked the camp Breakfast would not be ready for half an hour, but he knew Carrie had been occupied for so to her
Ji as she had worked for the last week or two, and if he had stopped theyby this, for Carrie was obstinate and he admitted that he was now and then i for the hired ht to do Then he had been disturbed in the night by a rattle of stones, and no he rapple with a difficulty that orse than he had thought