Part 16 (1/2)
Carrie gave him supper and when he joined the otherthey had leisure for rest and talk, and after the strain and bustle of the day, Jiot sharp when the sun sank, the fire they gathered round drove back the creeping shadows, and the pungent smoke kept the mosquitoes off
Soed in contented quietness, watching her while she sewed Carrie was generally occupied
”How is youron?” he asked when she put down the letter he had given her
Carrie s on very well My cousin keeps store satisfactorily, and I don't know if I'm pleased or not It's nice to feel you're wanted and people one”
”If there's ht, you are certainly wanted here”
”The trouble is, one's friends often say what they think one would like to know,” Carrie rejoined ”I'm not sure I'd have s and soo to the dollar when she s”
”You are never mean and I was quite sincere”
”Perhaps you found new buttons on your overalls and that accounted for so”
Jim half consciously moved his hand to his jacket and then stopped
”I'm afraid I didn't know the buttons were there After all, it ought to persuade you of my sincerity”
”Sometimes I' important in your letters?”
”One or two people want to knoe mean to pay our bills; I'm sorry we can't satisfy their curiosity just yet Then there's a letter froive us an extra five hundred dollars for the Bluebird”
”Ah!” said Carrie ”It's strange he e,” Jake broke in ”Almost looks as if the fello ere fixed But we're not sellers, and, for a clever crook, Baumstein is too keen”
”He states he has reached his liet another chance,”
Ji's puzzling I can't see why Bau a claim that nobody else wants, but you can reckon it a sure snap for him when he ood, but that's all We were kind of disappointed by the assay The specimens looked better than the analysis proved”
”I was certainly disappointed and surprised,” Jireed ”Suppose we ask the prospector about it? He has tested a good many mineral claims”
They waited until the prospector returned to the caave him some bits of broken rock
”Feel those and tell me what you think about the metal they carry,” he said
The other exahed theot ood claim”
”Do you reckon the stuff would co him the analyst's report