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he might have influenced Frank Ar
mour and prevented the notable mishaI
and scandal. As it was. Armour tool
more brandy.
Then he went down to Eye-of the
Moons lodge. A few hours afterward
the missionary met him there. The next
morning Lali, the daughter of Eye-of
the Moon and the chieftainess of por
ton of her fathers tribe, whose grand
father had been a white man, was in
troduced to the Hudson bay country as
Mrs Frank Armour. But that was moi
all Indeed as it stood it was very little.
He had only made his comedy possible
as yet. Now the play itself was to come.
He had carried his scheme through
boldly SO far. He would not finch in
carrying it out to the last letter. He
brought his wife down to the great lakes
Immediately, scarcely resting night OF
day. There he engaged an ordinary but
reliable woman, to whom he gave in.
structions, and sent the pair to the
coast. He instructed his solicitor al
Montreal to procure passages for Mrs.
Francis Armour and maid for Liverpool
Then by letters he instructed his solic-
itor in London to meet Mrs. Francis Ar
mour and maid at Liverpool and take
them to Greyhope in Hertfordshire-
that is, If General Armour and Mrs. Ar
mOur or some representative of the fam
lily did not meet them when they landed
from the steamship.
Presently he sat down and wrote to
his father and mother and asked them
to meet his wife and her maid when
they arrived by the steamer Aphrodite
He did not explain to them in precise
detail his feelings ON Miss Julia Sher-
woods marriage, nor did he go into
full particulars as to the personality of
Mrs. Frank Armour, but he did say
that because he knew they were anxious
that he should marry "acceptably" he
had married into aristocracy, the Oldest
aristocracy Of America, and because he
also knew they wished him to marry
wealth he sent them a wife rich In viz
tues-native, unspoiled virtues.
He hoped that they would take her
to their hearts and cherish her. He
knew their firm principles Of honor,
and that he could trust them to be kind
to his wife until he returned to share
the affection which he was sure would
be given to her. 1t was not his inten-
ton to return to England for some time
yet He had work to do in connection
with his proposed colony, and q wife,
even o native wife, could not we'll be q
companion in the circumstances Be-
sides Lau-his wife's name was Lali-
would be better occupied in learning the
peculiarities Of the life in which her fu-
ture would DO cast It was possible they
would find her an apt pupil OF this
they could not complain that she was
untraveled, for she had ridden horse,
bareback, half across the continent.
They could not cavil at her education.
for she knew several languages-abo-
riginal languages-of the north. She had
merely to learn the dialect Of English
society and how to carry with accepta-
BILE form the costumes of the race to
which she was going. Her own costume
was picturesque. but it might appear
unusual in London society. Still they
could use their own judgment about
that
Then. when she was gone beyond 70
call, he CHANGED one day to put ON tho
coat he wore when the letters and pa
per declaring his misfortune came TO
him. He found his brothers letter; he
opened it and read it It was the letter
Of . man who knew how to appreciate
ct their proper value the misfortunes
a. the fortunes Of life. While Frank Ar
mour read he came to feel for the first
time that his brother Richard had suf-
fered, maybe, from some such misery
Is had come to him through Julia Sher-
wood. It was . dispassionate, manly
letter, relieved by . gentle wit and
limiting with careful kindness that .
sudden blow was better for man than
. lifelong thorn in his side. OF Julia
Sherwood he had nothing particularly
bitter to say. He delicately suggested
that she acted according to her nature,
and that in the seesaw Of life Frank
had had q sore blow, but this was to be
borne.
The letter did not say too much. II
did not magnify the difficulty. It did
not depreciate it. It did not even direct
~ counsel It was wholesomely, tender
ly judicial. Indirectly 1t dwelt upon the
steadiness and manliness Of Frank
character. Directly, lightly and with.
out rhetoric it enlarged upon their own
comradeship 1t ran over pleasantly the
days Of their boyhood when they were
hardly ever separated. 1t made distinct,
yet with no obvious purpose, how good
were friendship and confidence-which
might be the most unselfish thing In
the world-betweea two men. With
the letter before him Frank Armour saw
his act in new light
As we said, it is possible If he had
read it ON the day when his trouble
came to him he had not married Lali
nor sent her to England ON this-to her
involuntary mission Of revenge. It ID
possible also that there came to him
the first vague conception Of the wrong
he had done this Indian girl. who un.
doubtedly married him because she
cared for him after her heather fashion,
while he had married her for nothing
that was commendable, not even fol
passion, which may be pardoned. noz
for vanity, which has its virtues. He
had had his hour with circumstance
Circumstance would have its hour with
him in due time Yet there was no ex.
traordinary revulsion. He was still an.
cry, cynical and very sore He would
see the play out with q consistent firm.
ness. He almost managed q smile when
letter was handed to him some weeks
later, bearing his solicitors assurance
that Mrs. Frank Armour and her maid
had been safely bestowed ON the Aphro.
dite for England. This was the first act
in his tragic comedy.
ITO b Oosssiaua&l
The Value Of Labor.
Less than 100000 wage.earners
were employed in American manufac.
lures fifty years ago. To-day approx.