The Forrest City times., 1894-02-23

No. 16 related to me how and why she occupied the shack. It was rather | romantic story, but yet one full of sad- ness from beginning to end. My father said No. Is, in a voice full of pathos, is Scotchman, and is
 factor of Fort Policy, belonging to the
 Hudsop's Bay company. Before the northwest territories were taken over he ruled the country for hundreds of miles around He was magistrate, | too, and of course administered the | law
 When No. 16 reached q certain age she was sent to Scotland in one of the company's ships, which leave for New York or Fort Nelson couple of times | each year. This was no easy trip in ] those days For hundreds of miles siie | had to cross prairies, and then by ca l noe and other conveyances, the great | rivers were traversed until Hudson's
 bay was reached. where authorization took place. 1t took some months to do this.
 ''When Scotland was reached she en- tered a university and remained there
 until she graduated. These were pleas ! ant days for the young western girl. She became acquainted with an intel ligent young Scotchman, and the at tachment became so strong on both sides that before she left the land of heather for the lwiids of Canada they
 had plighted vows.
 ''One of the company's ships bore her | away from her pleasant associations in i Scotland to the higher latitudes of Davis straits and the Hudson's bay
 where the iceberg is familiar in Au, gust, there again to rough it over lords and stretches of swamps, up vast wa | ter courses, and along bewildering trails, in company with the trappers | and porters of the company, for months, 1 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 1 land of cakes and follow her to the
 northwest. where she pictured to her self the kind reception he would re- l ceive from her parents, and where the 1 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- 1 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 a husband chosen for her. The person was an employe of the
 company, and was stationed at Fort
 Garry.
 Here was an obstacle that she did
 not count upon. She debated the sub ject with her father and finally as
 serted her prerogative of accepting as her hus pan d the man she had chosen,
 while the father was just as determined that she should marry the man he had l chosen
 l Thus matters stood for long time.
 It was mpos sible for her to let the
 young man ia Scotland know how
 matters were. In the meantime. how i ever, he had determined to reach the
 northwest
 | 'He came out to Chicago. and from
 there made his way to Fort Garry,
 where he joined party who were go-
 ing to Fort Policy. The journey be- tween the two forts-some three hun
 dred or four hundred miles-was made,
 but his reception at Fort Policy was
 cold one. The father would not allow
 him to see his daughter. He was or
 dered to leave the country at once.
 This order was supreme and had to be
 obeyed.
 "He could not reside in the country
 an hour without the factors knowl-
 edge Even if he could there was no
 means for young man like him to
 gain a livelihood The forts held all
 the necessaries of life and none could
 be purchased elsewhere. Then, again,
 there was the danger of being killed by
 struggling bands of Indians. | With reluctance he turned his back
 to Fort Pelley and all it contained l that was dear to him. He retraced his
 steps as best he could. and reached the
 border of the United States, where all
 No. i6 was concerned.
 By some means she learned that her transatlantic lover had been in the
 country, the reception he had received,
 and how he had been banished by her
 father. This, of course, caused her 8
 good deal of grief, and consequently
 widened the breach between herself
 and father.
 At this time Fort Pelley contained
 a large number of employees belonging
 to the Hudson's Bay company. and the
 factor lived like a baron of feudal
 times. Meals were served in large | hall while hnflerS attended to the or