Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-21

dark they were all three Teasing on
dried venison before cracking fire in
! the chiefs big wigwam. To AleC's
great delight he soon found that the
goods were in the chiefs keeping and
only waiting for the opening Of spring
to carry them over 10 the Hudson
Bays company's station
Here they also heard that some sur
Veyors from southern Ontario had
passed the village on their way north
toward the Lake Of the Woods regions
as early as ten days ago, The chief
showed them a small parcel wrapped
in a newspaper, which some of them
had left behind. 1t was a small par
eel of about six inches square a piece
OF clothing evidently, tied with a piece
of cord and afterward rolled CareleSsly
in newspaper,
i You may as we'll use ii" Alec said
to the chief; 1T will keep you warm
and they will never come round this
way again. Take the shirt and wear
/ it,"
As he spoke he unrolled the paper
and cutting the string with which the
package was bound he shook out a
comfortable-look gray flannel shirt,
/ clean and new and tossed ii to the
chief.
You may as we'll have the good Of
/ 1t" he said Il guess that has been
/ stuck into his pack as an atterthought
Anyhow, he won't be back for it and
~ fruy hun
! dred of miles after a surveyor with a
! shirt he left behind"
/ Their sleep that night was long and
/ deep, nor did they wake until the sun
was high
Alec was the first to open his eyes
and look around. There was no one in
/ the wigwam but themselves and the
! fire glowed and binked upon the floor
! Through the open door he saw a
suaw making beaded moccasins. He
began to feel hungry for breakfast
and, stretching himself, threw out his
arms above his head They fell upon
some paper-he clutched it and brought
it round to look at it. 1t was the paper
! he had unrolled from the surveyors
shirt the previous night He turned 1t
out to the light-it was Toronto
| Globe-dated March II. Here was a
! treasure-trove. A bonanza! ! friend
from civilization full of news!
/ He skipped the advertisements and
ran his eye along the headlines. There
/ was some political scandal announced,
! evidently being made the most of by
! the opposite party There was the
/ wreck of passenger train, with great
loss of life; and, standing out promi-
nently at the head of column on the
! first page, the startling line:
MURDER OF A FARMER BY HIS
DAUGHTER"
Alec read the list of the killed and
| injured on the passenger train first and
drew a long breath of relief He did
not think Loo was at all likly to be
travelling on the train; still, one can
never tell-she might have been.
! He scanned the political scandal and
came to the conclusion that It was
some get-np to damage the party in
| power; apparently the politicians could
not live without a scandal now and
then by way of keeping up the public
! interest in the existence.
Then he passed on to the murder
case while his father and Pierre
! slept on.
But he had not read many lines be
fore he started up into sitting posi-
! Ipyp,Ipi,,, -, ;,,s
eyes his face changing to the palIor OF
! death. Then he let it fall by his side
and held his head in both palms as If
TO keep his senses together. He sat
thus for some three or four minutes
staring straight before him. and then
he set his lips together and rose softly,
glancing over at his father and Pierre
as they slept.
In minute he was out of the tent.
with his pack on his back. and going
over to some Indians whom he saw
, smoking in the wgwam doors he
stPrtled them by demanding food for
journey back to the post and an In
dian with canoe to accompany him
And hustle, quick, | want to be off
before they awake" he added, pointing
back to the wgwam And while they
hGstily prepared pack with dried
yenison flour, etc, he took out his note.
book and. scrbbling in it note TO his
father, he stepped back INFO the wig
wan, where they still slept. laid II on
top Of his clothes, where h. could not
fail to see it. and in few more i'm
patient minutes was on the ice, an In
dian whom he had bribed with prom
Use of good pay striding along by his
side, with the canoe on his shoulder
He chewed a BIT OF pemmican as he
went, in order to keep up his strength 4
as for appetite, he had none There
was but one burning, consuming idea
in his mind now-to get back to Loo
Oh, heavens, that she, poor gi.l could
be accused Of such crime, This was
the Interpretation of his dreams, This
was why he saw her night after night
stretching mute appealing hands to
him, Not for one moment did ii oc