Mac Murdo, a Bookkeeper

Mac murdo had obtained a temporary job as bookkeeper, for he was a well educated man. This kept him out most of the day and he had not found occasion yet to report himself to the head of the lodge - mike scanlin. He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley. And ettie listened, her dark eyes gleaming with pity and with sympathy,. those two qualities which may turn so rapidly and so naturally to love.