The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07

in five minutes the oxygen was bub-
bling furiously through the wash.bottle
into the India-rubber receiver. Ed
wards stood at the window scanning the
read towards Gager's with his telescope
until it grew dark, which in that lati-
tude was at about ten o'clock. Then
the magic lantern was removed to the
little grass-roofed stable, in which dwelt
solitary pony, and by Edwards direc-
ton the focus was carefully set so that
it would throw picture against the
house. Edwards selected two pictures
and adjusted them for use in the two
tvbes.
The half breeds were not in haste,
and in all the long hour Of suspense
Emilia, hid in the barn with her father
and young Edwards, was positively hap
py. For here was human companion
ship, and a hungry soul will gladly risk
death if by that means companionship
can be purchased 1t did not matter
either that conversation was out Of the
question. 1t is presence and not talk
that makes companionship.
But bark the bots Jrties are on the
bank OF the river below. Emilia's heart
grew still as she heard them swear.
The Sacr-r-r r.re rolled like the rattle of
ratflesnake. They were coming up
the hill, quarreling drunkenly about
the powder. Now they were between
the house.and the stable, getting ready
to dig a hole for the "poudre q
canon"
"rll give them fireworks T. said Ed
wards in whisper.
A picture Of Thorwaldsen basrelief
of " Morning" having been previously
placed in the instrument, Edwards now
removed the cap, and the beautiful fly
ing female figure, with the infant in her
arms, shone out upon the side of the
| house with marvellous vividness.
I" BY thunder y said Whisky jim,
steadying himself while every hairstood
on end.
Mon Dieu!" cried the Jois Jr1tleS, who
had never seen picture in their lives
except in the cathedral of St. Boniface,
at Fort Garry. " Mon DieW Non Dieu
La Sainte Vieryey' And they fell on
their knees before this apparition of the
Blessed Virgin, and crossed themselves
and prayed Justify.
But Whisky Jim Strengthened
himself up and hiccoughed and STAN
mered "By thunder!'' and added
some words which, being Sabon, will
not print.
" The devil I" cried jim, minute
later, starting down the hill at full
speed, for, 10y Edwards direction, the
light had been shifted to the other tube
in such way as to dissolve the Morn
ins" into hideous picture Of the con-
ventonal horned and hoofed devil.
The picture was originally meant to be
comical, but il now set Jim 10 running
for dear life
"Om, c'eSt le djaJle le dioJlG le diaJle r.
cried the frantic JaiS JruleS, breaking off
their invocations to the Virgin most
abruptly, and fleeing pell-mell down
the hill after jim, falling over one an
other as they ran. Quick as a flash
Edwards threw about him sheet which
he had ready, and pursued the fleeing
Frenchman. Jim had already seized
the reins, and on the plan of - the devil
take the hindmost," was driving, at a
pace that would have done him credit
in the Central Park, up the trail toward
Gager's, leaving the half-breeds to get
on as best they could. Bourbon STUN
bled and fell, and Edwards lavished
some blows upon him that must have
satisfied the boiS Jrule that ghosts have a
most solid corporal existence.
Then Edwards returned and captured
the keg of powder. He assured the
Lindsleys that the superstitious half
breeds would never again venture with
in five miles of house which was
guarded by the Holy Virgin and the
Devil in partnership. And they never
did. Even the Indians were afraid to
approach the place, pronouncng il
" Wakan," or supernaturally inhabited
They regarded Lindsey as "medicine
man Of great power.
But what a night that was For Ed
wards stayed two hours and made the
acquaintance Of Lindsey and his daugh-
ter. And how he talked, with Emilia
though she had never known how
heaven felt before; and the old man
forgot his inventions, and did not breach
more than twenty of his theories in the
two hours. He was so much interested
in the tall trapper that he forgot the
rest. Edwards ate supper set out by
the hands of Emilia, and left at three
o'clock. He was at Pelican Lake next
morning, and no man suspected hi.
share in the affair except eager, who
had sense enough to say nothing. And
Emilia lay dom and dreamed Of angels
about the house. One was like Thor.
waldsen's Morning" and the other
wore long hair and beard, and was very
tall
This abortive attempt to make sky.
rocket out of Linksley's cabin wrought
only good to Emilia at first. The father
was now wholly in love with the trap.
per. He praised him at all hours.
:" He is philosopher, my daughter
He understands chemistry. He lives
in the arcana of nature and reads her
secrets. No foolish study of the heather
classics; no training after medieval
fashion in one of our colleges. which
are anachronisms, has perverted his
taste. Here is the Emile worthy of my
Emilia he would say, much to the
daughters annoyance.
But when Edwards conoa tho J. ou,.