Dick Panse was still sitting in the buggy,
waiting.
I am going, he said and pointed to his
suitcase.
At last, jumping into the buggy, he clicked his
tongue.
John Elliot went upstairs, seeking for a place
where he might liedown. Henrietta and John Elliot stood bywithout so much as
stirring.
There were comings and goings in the
house.
Then, shivering with the morning cold, he slipped
into his clothesand kindled the fire.
Upstairs, a window was opened, and the voice of the
girlenquired who was there.
Most of the time the doctor stayed on the
hill.
His whimsical features were still smiling; but the
smilewas bitter and resigned. Petes face, bythe light of the lamp which stood on the
shelf above, looked like adeaths-head.
He camein the evening; but he did not think it
necessary to make even anexamination.
Pete went over and spat out, on the snow, what he
hadcoughed up.
Whats the use cramming them with algebra and French
andsuch nonsense?
Whats the use cramming them with algebra and French
andsuch nonsense? The doctor and Henrietta alighted and entered the shack. In the
driver, John Elliot recognised Pete. Ill hitch Dolly up; or we can take
Johnsbronchos.
Or had I better hitch up and drive you back to the
house? John Elliot went upstairs, seeking for a place where he might
liedown.
They were waitingfor word from Saskatchewan or
John! Woodrow waited till they had reached the door and then switched thevery last
light off. I am still single, father,she replied in a rich contralto.
Or had I better hitch up and drive you back to the
house? Fifty or more were crowded intohall, dining room, parlour, kitchen, and
stairway.
North of theshack, where the bush projected from
the west, lay the remnant of asnow-drift. The two boys, sons of the dead man,
lookeddisconcertedly serious.
When he had risen to go, Pete had detainedhim by a
motion of his fingers.
About an hour or so before dinner time Henrietta
came driving in abuggy.
At most times he was greatly preoccupied; for as a
rule he livedwith the phantoms of the past.
I am still single, father,she replied in a rich
contralto.
Then Pete entered the shack, lighted a lamp, and
reappeared with alantern in his hand.
But a paroxysm of coughing stoppedhis
speech.
For himself he reserved a pension offifty dollars a
month for life.
All that night John Elliot sat upby the sick mans
bed.
A moment later he clicked his tongue; andthey were
off. Then Pete entered the shack, lighted a lamp, and reappeared with alantern in
his hand. Im going to stay overthere till Im finished.