The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-08-06

strong souieu men or the mr north.
and JAMS lips did not beg. He IN.
wrapped the bear skin and whispered;
"For the museek Of the violon-some
ting to eatr'
He played even as the words fell |
from him. but, only for moment. for |
the bow sliped from bis nerveless
grip and his head sank forward upon
his breast
In the half Cree's eyes there was
something OF the wild beauty that
cleaned In JAMS For. an instant
those eyes had met In the savage rec
ognition Of blood. and when JAMS
head fell weakly and his violin slipped
to the floor Mukee lifted him In his
strong arms aud carried him to the
shack 10 the edge of the spruce and
balsam.
And there was no one who noticed
Ian the next day. except Mnkee. He
was fed. His frozen blood grew
warm As life returned he felt more
and more the pail of gloom that had
/ settled over this spark Of life IN the
heart NJ the Wilderness He had seen
/ tAp woman In life aud IN death. aud
~. too. loved her and grievpd that she
was no more He said nothing. ne
asked nothing But he saw the spirit
of alteration In the sad tense faces OF
the men
II was not hard for Ian to under
stand, for he. too, worshiped the mem
DRY Of white. sweet face like the one
that he mad seen In the cabin He
knew that this worship at Lac Balm
was pure worship. for the honor OF
the big SHOWS was u part OF his soul
II was his religion and the religion Of
these Others who lived 400 miles or
more from a southern settlement
Ii meant what civilization could not
notwithstanding and slow starva.
ton rather than theft and respect for
, the Tenth Commandment above all
other things II meant that up here,
under the cold chill Of the northern
ekies, things were as God meant them
to be and that few Of his creatures
could live In a love that was neither
possession nor sin.
A year after Cummins brought his
wife into the north, n man came tc
the post from Fort Churchill. on Hud
sons bay He was an Englishmar
belonging to the home office Of thu
Hudson's Bay company In London. III
brought with him something new, al
the woman had brought something
new, only In this instance It was al
element OF life which Cummins' PEG
pie could not understand.
Cummins was away for month Of
trapline that went into the barrel
lands. At these times the woman fe
as a heritage to those who remained
and they watched over her as paren
might guard It's child. Yet the keel
/ est eyes would not have perceived this
; this was so
With Cummins gone the tragedy pr
crossed swiftly toward hnality. III
Engllshman came from among wome
For months he had been In former
of desolation Cummins' wife was
him like n flower suddenly come to r
ieve the tantalizing Darrenness OF
desert, and with the wiles and wal
of civilization he sought TO breathe !
llubIuuNt
AS yet there was no suspicion 10 III
soul She accepted the Englishman
friendship. for he was strang
among her people. She did not he'
the false note. she saw no step TIL
g." promised evil Only the men at Il
post heard and saw and understoo
Iy But they were quiet, evaded the En-
~ lishman as much as possible al
nt watched-always watched
no One day something happened. Cu'
N, Minis wife came into the company
~ store, and a quick flush shot into b
II. cheeks and the glitter Of blue dl
.I monds into her eyes when she saw {
stranger standing there. The maj
red face grew redder, and he shift
w his gaze. When Cummns' wife pas
,vn ed him she drew her skirt close
IA her.
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