The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-09-14

The FreDchman stopped for me
ment. The glare mad faded fror
HOwland's eyes The tense lines
his face relaxed.
IL believe understand every
thing nov. Jean" be said "Yo
traced the wrong John HOwlanC
that's all love Meleese Jean.
would kill John Rowland for her.
want to meet her brothers and shak
their hands don't blame them
But somehow It hurts TO think of he
of Meleese-as-a almost muir
derer"
mon Dieu. mseur. has she no
saved your life? Listen TO this. 4
| was then-when she knew what haC
| happened-that Melpese came to me
! whom she had made the happiest mar
in the world. because II was she who
brought my Mariane over from
Churchill on a visit especially that
might see her and fall In love with
her. m'seur- which did. Meleese
came to me-to Jean CrOisset-and in
stead of planning your murder. m'seur
she schemed 10 save your life-with
me-whO would have cut You into
bits no larger than my finger and fed
you to the carrion ravens. who would
have choked the life out of you until
your eyes bulged in death. as ! choked
that one up on the Great Slave. DO
you understand. m'seur? II wns Me
leese who came and pleaded with me
TO save your life before you had left
Chicago. before she had heard more
of you than your name, before she had
learned
Croisset hesitated and stopped.
"Refore what. jean
"Refore she had learned to love you.
mseur"
God bless her" exclaimed How.
land
you believe this, m'seur"
"As believe in a God.
"Thpn | will tell you what she did,
m'seur." he continued in low voice.
The plan of the brothers was to make
you prisoner near Prince Albert and
bring you north. ! knew what was TO
happen then. 1t was To be beautiful
vengeance. m'seur-a slow turturing
death on the spot where the crime was
committed sixteen years ago But Me-
leese knew nothing of this. She WAS
made to believe that up here, where
the mother and father died. you would
be given over to the proper law-tO
the mounted police who come this way
now and then. She is only girl,
m'Seur, easily made to- believe strange
things in such matters as these. else
she would have wondered why you
were not given to the officers in Prince
Albert.
lit was Meeese's eldest brother who
thought of her as a lure 10 bring you
out of the town into their hands, and
not until the last moment, when they
were ready to leave for the south, did
she overhear words that aroused her
that they were about to kill
you. 1t was then, m'seur, that she
came to me-"
And you, JEAN
ION the day that Mariane promised
to become my wife. m eur. ! promised
In our Blessed I.ady's name to repay
my debt to Meleese. and the manner of
payment came In this fashion. Jack
pine. too. was her slave, and so we
worked together. Two hours after
Meleese and her brothers had left for
the south | was following them. shaver
Of beard and so changed that | was
not recognized In the fight on the Great
North trail. Meleese thought that her
brothers would make you a prisoner
that night without harming you. Her
brothers told her how to bring you to
heir camp. She knew nothing of the
ambush until they leaped on you from
cover.
mot until after the fight. when
n their rage at your escape the broth
,rs told her that they had intended TO
Kill you, did she realize fully what she |
lad done. That Is all, m'seur. You
Know what happened after that She |
Jared not tell you at Wekusko who |
,our enemies were, for those enemies |
NtlS VI uti O"b hSNu DioNu anu
learer to her than life. She was be-
ween two great loves, mseur-the
owe for her brothers and
Again Jean hesitated.
"And her love for me-" finished
Rowland.
Eyes, her love for you. m'seur." said
can.
The two men rose from the table
nd for moment stood with clasped
ands in the smoky light of lamp and
avn. In that moment neither heard
tap at the door leading TO the room
eyond nor saw the door move gently
lward and Meleese. hesitating, fran
d In the opening.
1t was Rowland who spoke first.
81 thank God that all these things
ave happened. Jean" he said earnest
;. al am glad that for a time you
,ok me for thar other John Rowland
nd that Pierre Thureau and his broth
IS schemed to kill me at Prince Al
ert and Wekusko. for If these things
nd not occurred as they have would
ever have seen Meleese. And now.
aan"-
His ears caught sound Of movement.
nd he turned in time to see Meleese |
inning quietly out III