Then, John Elliot replied as he turned away, let
ruin come!
To his father-in-law he remained a
stranger.
Heskeeping everybody from touching as much as a
charred spar. One day, irritatedly, John junior had said to him, Ill tell
you,father.
Sure, John would say with a magnificent gesture of
his hand. His sheep-skin coat hung unbuttoned abouthim.
In the kitchen, Pete was busy at the stove. The
first train west which you can get atBrandon leaves at seven oclock at night. But
John Elliot, seeing all this and interpreting it, would noteven ask his son to bring
his mail. His long experience made further elucidationsunnecessary.
Well, John Elliot said as if in self-defence, I
have alwayswarned and cautioned.
In the stable, John Elliot stood, shivering at the
thought of thecold outside. Harvey; for Kenneth hadgone to Kicking Horse to get the
doctor who arrived too late.
One day when John was in town Fred met him in the
street and askedhim to come to his office.
Henrietta left her husband for the second time and
went to livewith Gladys.
The reason was,of course, that credit exhausts
itself. During the winter that followed he aged greatly: he felt
verylonesome.
At five oclock, Pete having fed his horses, the two
of them hadbreakfast in the kitchen.
Theyoffer the exact amount of the premiums paid
plus four percent. For a long while, after that, hardly a word was said. All
shareholders paid in an additional forty dollars pershare.
As the mettle of a settlerbecomes known, it adjusts
itself automatically to his power ofproduction.