The Marshall republican., 1912-03-15

A Romantic
Story
But a Matter Of Fact Man
Spoiled 1t
BY WILLARD COOK
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.
BY WILLARD COOK
by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

around a trading post In upper Cana
On. There was Jacques Trudeau, JuleI
Marier and others, including Sllai
Hutchins. a Connecticut Yankee, VIII,
had come up TO trade miscellaneous
articles for furs. Jacques Trudeau hat
tue uame Of being n great story teller.
Often of al evening In winter. when
the trading OF the day was ended,
those living near HIS store would drop
To-, gather about tho stove. get out
thc,r pipes aud call on him for n story.
His yarns. IL they had been developed
into novels. would have made best
sellers today. for they were full Of
adventure, surprises and escapes. But
ahesc were favored with that rhapsody
which the French people love SO well.
On this particular evening jacques,
having been called upon for a story,
chose an especially romantic subject.
when 7 was a young man an
English gentleman named Beaverton
camc no hero with his daughter
Ciarissa. Ho bring gold monies to buy
furs. TIC was YER enc gentleman In
deed, nnd his daughter Mees Brewer.
ton was YER Emo young lady. Made
moiselle she Inf nothing to do here, 80
her father. whilc he buy furs to tax
all togcdder at ono time down to Mon.
frcai 10 scil. wish to 1nd amusement
FOR her. So no get a young skill
teacher named Antoine Brisson to
teach Mecs Beaverton 20 use skis.
| Antoine Brisson he YER fine looking
young man. His face handsome, his
hair ssir on his shoulders In long black
curis from under his fur cap. His
bucksiiu suit show n divine figure
LAX 70 Apollo Belvcdere statue. When
he speak his voice was lax bass notes
Of re organ"
"Sec here, T~rudeau." interrupted
uutchIns, "wasn't there some danger
o. them two fallin' In love and putin
| the ole man to a heap o. troubled"
The story teller and the listeners sit
ting around the stove all looked up re-
proachfully at the Yankee. They knew
that there was bound to be a love af-
fair between these two. but they
wished to have II developed In good
story FORM. Trudeau did not delgn q
reply, and when they had all recovered
from the shock OF the interruption he
continued his story without changing
IN the slightest the lines he had laid
down for It's construction:
"Mccster Brewerion he wish bis
daughter TO learn TO trap. SO he en-.
gage Edouard Rubldoux TO teach her.
Thces Rubidoux he YER handsome
man too. He hnf eye lax the eagle
"uook noseT" interrupted the Yar'
kee.
"No. sare. Why you ask zatf"
"Eagles have 'em. Go IN with your
yarn"
$50 Brlsson he teach Mees Clarlssn
20 walk on skis In re morning. and In
&c afternoon Rubidoux set 20 traps
for her. and another young man name
Peter Garnler some time teach her to
shoot 20 rifle. Thees way Meester
Brewcrton try TO gif bees daughter
something's 10 do that she not be lonely
In 10 dark Canada woods In VI winter,
when everything covered with snow.
She learn 10 shoot YER fine and ski
vcr' line. and she know how to sci
trap. One day she kill n bear. anudder
day she kill u deer. and In 70 traps she
catch enough mink znt her fadder say
he TAX We skins TO Montreal and hal
them made into cloak for her.
How much did he save" asked Silas
Uutchlns. ION the Montreal prlceT"
III dunno. Noes Beaverton want a
cloak made of re skins she trapped
with her beautiful hands.
Fly thees time she go alone on hel
skis and some time long distance
She tax rifle. so eef she see some
things TO shoot she can shoot them
aud when she come home somebody
go ont and bring In what she shoot
Fiery afternoon she 20 out In thres
way to set her traps. and In ~ morn
Ing sho go again TO see what she haI
caught.
some day she went out on her skis
with her rifle to set her traps. aud no
bodies knew she haf gone. That wal
20 day OF &c great blizzard. Eet be
gin to snow at 4 o'clock In &c aft
ernoon. and In hnlf IN hour 20 fakes
como down twisted by 20 wind so they
make one person dizzy. At q O'Clock
Meester Brewerton como in for hi
supper ana ask for his daughter. Their
he learn she Is not at home. and hi
YER much scare for be thinks she 81
set her traps and not get back FOL
10 storm.
lilo call on Antoine Brisson ant
Edouard Rubidoux and Pierre Gar
MGR ana say: You 60 find my daugh
ber. Go by different ways. and who
ever brings her home to me ! gtf HIN
hundred pounds
"rhees men so outside. and Brissor
nay, Il so to 70 nearest trap. and Rubi
IL