The disfigured face of the half-breed HAD been a shock to her.
She could never speak of it afterward. Indeed, she could not
tell Uncle Henry about her meeting with the lynx, and her rescue
she shrank so from recalling Injun Pete's disfigured face.
Chapter XVII
SPRING IN THE BIG WOODS
That visit to the lumber camp was memorable for Nan Sherwood in
more ways than one. Her adventure with the lynx she kept secret
from her relatives, because of the reason given in the previous
chapter. But there was another incident that marked the occasion
to the girl's mind, and that was the threat of Gedney Raffer,
reported to her Uncle Henry.
Nan thought that such a bad man as Raffer appeared to be would
undoubtedly carry out his threat. He had offered money to have
Mr. Sherwood beaten up, and the ruffians he had bribed would
doubtless be only too eager to earn the reward.
To tell the truth, for weeks thereafter, Nan never saw a rough-
looking man approach the house on the outskirts of Pine Camp,
without fearing that here was coming a ruffian bent on her
uncle's injury.
That Uncle Henry seemed quite to have forgotten the threat only
made Nan more keenly alive to his danger. She dared not discuss
the matter with Aunt Kate, for Nan feared to worry that good
woman unnecessarily.
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