Smoke rolled from the Firefly’s stack, and blew about the river bank. The stern-wheel splashed and stopped when the ropes got tight, for the current ran fast and the engineer must satisfy himself all was ready to start. Fraser, talking to the captain, saw Helen land from a canoe, and when she sent off the boatman he went to meet her.
Firefly’s“David wanted to see ye. He’s at the house, making his pack,” he said.
“Is David going somewhere?” Helen asked with surprise.
“He reckons he’s going to Winnipeg,” Fraser replied dryly. “Seems to think he can hit a job, and when the steamer tied up he declared he’d start. I dinna’ ken what’s bitten the lad, but nothing much is doing, and since I saw he was obstinate I agreed to let him go.”
Although Helen was puzzled, she had for some time noted Gr
