CHAPTER XIII
The Priest's Story
They had their dinner that day at Nic'khal's,
at the Forks, eating in the shed that later in
the season becomes the "summer kitchen." The
meal was primitive in material and cooking, but the
sauce was hunger. An elderly priest, weary-looking
and sad, was their sole companion, and he
watched them through the meal, with a look that
Trafford read as expressive of a desire to have talk
with him. So, after the eating was over, Trafford
put himself in the way of the clergyman, who quickly
availed himself of the chance:
"You are from above?" he asked, and Trafford assented.
"Did you pass the logging camp at the first rapids?"
"I spent the night there," Trafford answered.
"Was the night disturbed?"
"An attempt was made to arrest a murderer, who
