Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-22

awaited him beside the fire.. For a
half hour or more Martin sat near It,
maturing his plans.
Levi" he asked at last, show far
is it to the nearest settlement"
bout three days goin', n mebbe
five gittin' back" came the answer.
after pause.
''Well," continued Martin, with q
laugh, Il thought of about everything
when we came in but pens, ink and
paper, and those l must have as soon
as possible"
''Well, I'll go fetch EN-" responded
Levi, with ready willingness; Il kin
go down the Allagash to Connors N
back in a week, mebbe, if you kin
spare JEAN"
"Why, of course" said Martin,
ashamed of his own thoughtlessness:
Il intended him to go with you.''
Then, as he thought of the long
trip these two must make, so easy
going, but steady up-current journey
coming back; he realized how costly
"A lapse of memory might be. He had
prepared himself with legal advice,
thought of and brought into the woods
all manner of extra clothing, stores and
even medicine this old hermit might
need if he refused to leave his hut;
yet now he was helpless, without the
simplest accessories of civilized life.
Then another thought came, and
when morning dawned, he peeled
strips of thin birch bark from an ad-
jacent tree, and with a charred twig
scrawled.a brief letter to Angie. And
of all the love-letters ever received
by waiting maid, none were more
unique.
"You must enclose this in an envel-
ope," he said to Levi, when they were
ready to start, land rewrite the ad-
dress ON it, And taking the fiat pack
age, now tied with fish-line, Old Faith
full pushed of and started on his hun
dred-mile journey for quarters worth
of stationery.
When old Cy presented himself q
little later the two held an important
conversation.
1--WE given up the idea of taking
AMI back to Greenvale," Martin said
at once, land if you are willing, I'd
like you to stay here for the winter
and take care of him. I've sent Levi
and Jean to the nearest settlement for
writing materials and while they are
gone we will make Amzi's hut more
comfortable, and if you want Jean to
stay here with you, we will build an
addition to it."
''That's my idee, exactly" exclaimed
old Cy, with delight, thar amt no.
body as wants me round in Greenvale,
'cept my dog, an Amzi does, n that's
all thar IS to livin' arter all. I wish
I had Bose here, though" he added,
after pause: 'Bose II miss me-"
I'll come up In the spring." re-
sponded Martin, also delighted at this
easy solution of a vexing question,
"and perhaps bring Bose. In the
meantime Ill take good care of him.
I've also sent for meal, flour, salt, cof-
fee and lot Of other stores for you
boys. I'll shoot You deer or two
while they are gone, and you can take
lot of comfort here this winter. I
wouldn't mind staying here myself.
There is game a-plenty, and when a
warm day comes, you can catch few
trout through the ice" Then. as an
other matter presented itself, he added,
did you show Angles picture to AMI,
and what did he say?'
II did," answered old Cy, with a
shade Of disappointment, n it's Gurus
how man kin so forgit his own child.
I said, DO you know who them picturs
u.s. n he shook his head. It's Ange-
line, yer little gal growed up I said.
but he kept lookin' n said nothin'.
Then arter spell he handed 'em back.
'Angeline's little gal,' he said, an
not like them picturs.' put 'em away,
kinder hurt, n it was two hours fore
he said another wcrd. Then he come
mp to me looking sober like. Cyrus,
he says, was them picturs Angelina? ?
! told him they was, surer n 4 gun