Page 15 (1/1)

The thing that he had anticipated happened Her foot slipped from its insecure rock hold and she stumbled His arm was round her waist in an instant

"Steady! Take your tiirdled her slight figure It met with his approval that she had not cried out or dropped her pole, but he would not take the chance of an accident

The trout was tiring Inch by inch she brought hiain, but each dash for liberty was shorter and weaker than the last

Presently she panted, "My landing net"

It was caught in the creel Kilht it round where it would be ready for instant use

"Tell me what I must do now"

"He's hooked pretty fast Take your ti hi fellows are likely to squiro of the rod with her left hand to slip the net under the trout, but she negotiated it in safety

"Isn't he a whopper?" she cried in delight "He won't go into the creel at all"

"Then let illie to carry the gaill before he took the hook fro the trout in one hand and his pole in the other, he waded slowly through the sater to the shore

The girl's vibrant voice came to him as she splashed at his heels toward the bank "He's such a ripping good one I'h?"

The young h back frouess is six pounds He's the biggest taken this year so far I congratulate you, Miss Dwight"

"I would never have got him if you hadn't been there to help me with advice But I really did it all myself, didn't I? If you had touched the rod before I had hiloith the joy of her achieve fellows I saw you were tired But it's the sporting thing to play your own fish"

Her dark eyes flashed a questioning glance at hiht up in a society where class lines were closely drawn, but her experience gave her no data for judging this youngCasual inquiries of old Ballard, the caretaker at the Lodge, had brought her the information that the party of fishermen were miners from the hills This one went by the naht was the difficulty of reconciling him with himself Sometimes he used the speech and the slol of the plainsain he spoke with the correctness of one who has known good society In spite of his careless garb he had the look of class The well-shaped, lightly poised head, the level blue eyes of a race hich he carried himself, all denied that he was an uncouth rustic