Part 30 (1/2)
McTavish lost color
”You can't uis,” he said, earnestly
”I do mean it,” was the inflexible reply
Donald reflected for aout of his hands He must dominate matters at all costs The plans that he had set in one on to their inevitable, crushi+ng conclusion It was evident that the half-breed was equally detero,” he said, resolutely
”Is that final?” asked Seguis
”Absolutely!”
”Well, then, to-uis rose fro left to discuss,” he added, and began to walk back toward the cahastly with the resolve that had co voice, which arrested the other ”You must not do that It would be murder”
”How so? You have your opportunity to avoid it”
”Would you uis, would you do that?” The voice was still even, but the eyes that searched those of the half-breed were bright with an intense fire
”What do youcrazy, McTavish?” de, he knew not why, a mysterious fear uis--only too far from it, I sometimes think!” was the spoken reply But over and over to hi: ”He doesn't know it! He doesn't know it!”
”Well, what do you mean then?”
”Just what I say; that, if you sendyour own flesh and blood Good God! man, don't you knoho your father was?
”No--she never told uis, in a dazed manner, indicated the camp where Maria still prowled about ”Wh--as he?”
”The--the same as mine! The man who sits in the commissioner's chair to-day--”
”Not McTavish, _the_ McTavish?” cried the half-breed, tre from head to foot ”No, no, it can't be! Don't say so!”
”But it is, and that's all there is about it,” growled Donald, grimly ”Why? What difference does it make to you?”
”Then you--you, Captain McTavish, you are my half-brother?”
”Yes”
”And I was about to kill you, and I have already tried once, and my mother has tried, and Tom--oh, why haven't I known this before?
Why didn't she tell uis seehts andupon his breast, while his lips moved in self-communion Then cao over the ground with hi to end Concisely and briefly, Donald outlined the whole march of events that had led up to this inevitable revelation