Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-30

" NNt""N NAtl ANl IdLNNNSt SllahpSN To
her back, and il. TOO, was sucking a
piece Of nlaehStrar very black ,o.
bay,o'
The scene u,Sidc was quiet and
peaceful: the tugs lay moorei AZ the
Ntglt wharf, canoes lay here and ,hcre
alons the waters edge from the top
" The wiswams round about the smoke
ruylca blue against the dark curnm
passing woods, no farther on than 4
stones throw.
rs he stood admitting The pictur-
csGucuCsS Of the scene he SAM man
yomlNg toward him With the two half
breeds with whom, he had Travelled
jkilher. The man, who WAS the
brother AMI counterpart Of Joshua
Myers looked nj Alee somewhat du-
b,ously An older man, one more
likely to I've Injured to cold and hard
ships. would have been moro 20 hts
mind However, Joshua had recon-
mcudrd him and Joshua would RECON-
moud no ona without substantial rra-
sons therefor,
He therefore gave AlCr a hearty wei
come. took him into his house and be
tnvc the week was out he had written
home to his brother chat although the
man he had sent to him was Younger
than he would have liked he seemed
a fellow with sand In him.
That Nlcc had sand in him he very
soon proved. With natural adaptahtl-
ity he soon took to the life The
French he had acquired at school in
Ed,uburgh stood him in good stead in
, his intercourse with the halt breeds,
o},u though thrrc WAS AN occasional
, hitch at times. where gesture supplied
, tn, place of speech, tie had duties IN.
doors and outdoors The new life Of
, adventure after the winter fairly set
, in. when there WAS Euuning, trapping.
, suowshocinE EomG ON, made THIS
, lor.a rrEio9 sort Of arctic ElySium
to his energetic nature.
llimsclr and Pierre Michel, u half
breed in the companN's employ, stood
, unhuckling their packstrNpS one even
, inp ON their return from y three days
| trapping tramp " carly April, when
, they were electrified with the news
: that gentleman had arrived during
their absence one of those ubiquitous
/, Euaushmcu nomads Of civilization
!, who are continually turning up al
times and place, the most unexpected
= Evidently he was n man of means
: Noue but a man % means could have
j, induced the mail slcdEcs to have
. brought him up hithor before spring
4 With canoeing or the lakes had set IN
And no hint Of spring had nature Ne'
thrown ont in that great frozen land
except that the suns rays had begun
| 20 fall warmer on the trappcl's h% k
! than a few weeks ago.
Guess he must be some o ,hcu
| English big bugs; directors or suthin
| come out to have game Of snowfall
| Never fear he'll have his eyes skinned
| to see how the company's servants ar,
spending their time and money Bet.
/, ter lay low till wc sec what he's NJ
, to
, So said the Canadian VINO announced
/, tho new arrival Tor surprise was no
/ pCarancc of Il stranger at this time of
the year. II was rare indeed that other
than the COMPANIES servants. half.
breeds or Indians traNcrscd these Wild
retreats Of nature even In summer,
where the route lay through region
literally honCycomhcd with small and
CNQuistCly beautiful lakes. with a few
necessary TO pack ca"o cs and make
pCrtaRcs over these intervening spaces.
The! were discussing tn" matter in
the long, low dining room of the log
house where some squaws were
squattcd on the floor making bead
work, when John Myers came In from
the other apartment and looked at Alec
with more than ordinary interest
Had good luck see, Alec, he
remarked, CHANGING at the dead game
they had thrown down
Eyes, rairish. answered Alec by
the bye, Mr. Myers, We met some In
dians the first day We were ont and
from what / could get ont Of them
believe these goods Of the company's
hat went astray last fall are in an In
dian village on the other side Of hat
lake with the w-breaking name
what is # Kuw
neutrality-suspicious." said Mr.
Myers, with mclodious tlucncy
That's the name. The Indians
were Crcrs and though ! can't say
know much Of Cree language yet
gathered enough TO understand that
the things had been sent hy a wrong
route and when winter set IN they
were left at this village, possibly with
tho intention Of but who knows what
they may have intended? Anyhow,
am certain The goods are there"
Mr. Myers eyes gloWcd. II vas one
Of the things he liked Alec specially
for, the personal, enthusiastic interest
he took in his employers interests
The goods he mentioned were part OF
a large quantity OF store goods and
other articles which had unaccount
a Il,t anu, .l#f fs,y it tbat prpttt ttaib tEpg