The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-04-14

those days. For hundreds Of miles ST
had to cross prairies, and then by Z,
noe and other conveyunces, the gres
rivers were traverseI until Hudson
bay was reached. where embarlSatio
took place. 1t took some months to d
this.
When Scotland was reached she or
tered a university and remained tier
until she graduated. These were pleas
ant days for the young western girl
She became acquainted with an intel
li2ent young Scotchman, and the at
tachment became SO strong on boil
sides that before she left the land o
heather for the wilds OF Canadu the,
had plighted vows.
One OF the company's ships bore he,
away from her pleasant associations il
Scotland to the higher ATTITUDES O,
Davis straits and the nudson's BAY
where the iceberg is familiar in An,
gust, there agnin to rough it over fords
and stretches OF swamps, up vast wa
ter courses, and along bcwilderinp
trails, in company with the trappcrs
and porters Of the company, for months.
until Fort Policy was again reached
The journey was made in safety
OF course it was understood that her
young Scotch lover would leave the
land of cakes and follow her to the
northwest, where she pictured 10 her
self the kind reception he would re-
ceive from her parents, and where the
battle Of life would be commenced in
the married state. But this dream was
never to be realized. Aye the golden
web was to be shattered before it was
nearly completed
After due time the father was in
formed of her attachment to the Young
man in Scotland, of her intention to
marry him, and how he was coming
out for that purpose. The father be-
came angry and would not consent He
already had husband chosen for her.
The person was an employee OF the
company, and was stationed at Fort
Garry
Here was an obstacle that she did /
not count upon. She debated the sub I
jcct with her father and finally as
serted her prerogative of accepting as
her husoan d the nan she had chosen.
While the fat her was just as determined
that she should marry the man he had
chosen.
Thus matters stood for long time.
1t was impos sibIe for her to let the
young man II Scotland know how
matters were. In The meantime. how
,ver, he had determined to reach the
northwest
"lIe came out to Chicago. and frou
mere made his way to Fort Garry, {
where he joined Il party who were go s
ne to Fort Policy. The Journey be- {
ween the two forts-some three nun
red or four hundred nl,es-was made.
ut his reception at Fort pe,iey was r
old one. The father would not a,,oyy t
i'm to see his daughter. lie was Or |
cred to leave the country at once. c
ms order was supreme and had TO be t
beyed r.
He could not reside in the country e
q hour without the factors knowi- h
ige. Even if he could there was no ST
cans for a young man like him TO il
ain livelihood. The forts he'd all tt
lie necessaries of life and none could is
purchased elsewhere. Then, ngain, al
ere was the danger of being killed by ts
raggling bands Of Indians. fc
With reluctance he turned his back m
Fort Policy and all it contained pc
at was dear to hun. He retraced his
Fps as best he could. and reached the as
rider of the United States, where all of
ice OF him was lost forever, SO far as all
!. l6 was concerned. ch
by some means she learned that civ
: transatlantic lover had been in the tn;
intry, the reception he had received. In,
! how he had been banished by her is
her. This, of course. caused her a mi
ID deal of grief. and consequcnt.v osC
lened the breach between herself ora
| father pic
AT this time Fort Pe,,ey contained ain
irge numb of employees belonging he
The IIudson's Bay company. and tho wo
tor lived like baron of feudai Gre
cs. Meals were served in a large trit
|. while buffers attended to the or clo
ary duties cd ;
)ne morning, after the factor and are
retinue had taken their places 1t sup
breakfast table. it was noticed and
the daughters chair was vacant. hun
mother was asked the reason, ami tina
replied that the girl was ill and thci
unable to leave her room. wit.
The father, suspecting that she had viii
d OF his actions toward the young mar
Gilman and that she was feigning of
ness, determined to show her he he
lot to be trifled with. The mother and
requested TO tell her to come down, est {
the daughter obeyed the summons. w
Phen she entered the hall it was not
evident that she had recently witt
weeping. The father. letting his pies
on get the better of decorum, up ORIG;
led his daughter befure the en- philt
IS, using the most harsh language he h
I'd the young Scotehman. ship
or time the daughter listened 10 been