The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-08-20

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millions In that other big world beyond
the edge of the wilderness caught only
passing rumor OF what had hap.
pened.
Lac Balm suffered least of the far
northern posts. with the exception of
Churchill. where the icy winds. down.
pouring from the arctic. had sent the
Red Terror shivering to the west.
ward In The late SHOWS word came
that tunlminS was to take Williams
place nS factor. aud i'er.pr NJ once sci
OF tor the l'uud du Lac 10 hiring back
Jean de GravuiS ~ "rhlnf man," CroiS
set gave up his toy hunting to Ill Mu
KEGS yliicu
The changes brought new happiness
to MrlisNs troisSpi's wife was II good
woman wnn nrd slrut her girlhund In
Monirnni. Hud lownku. now the mother
Of Il tire rntiug little Jean and II hand
some dau=htrr was u soft cui,rd
young Venus. who had grown swpetet
and prpttIei with her wears. which Is
not usually the case with half breed
women
But it's good blood In her. beautiful
blood" Wanted Jean proudly when
ever the opportunity came. Her moth
er was princess and her father
pure Frenchman whose fathers father
was a chef de battalion. What better
than that, Ell? | say. what better could
there be than that?'
So. for the first time in her life, Me-
lisse discovered the joys of companion
ship with those of her own kind.
This new companionship, pleasant as
1t was, did not come between her and
Jan. If anything they were more to
each other than ever.
She no longer looked upon Jan as
mere playmate. a being whose diver
sion was to amuse and to love her.
He had become man. In her eyes he
was a hero who had gone forth to fight
the death of which she still heard
word and whisper all about her. Crois-
sets wife and lowaka told her that he
had done the bravest thing that man
might do on earth
Together they resumed their studies.
devoting hours to them each day. and
through all that summer he taught
her to play upon his violin. The warm
months were a time of ideness at Lac
Balm, and Jan made the most Of them
in his teaching Of Melissa She learn
ed to read the books which he had used
at Fort Churchill. and by midsummer
she could read those which he had
used at York factory. At night they
wrote letters to each other and deliv-
cred them across the table in the cab
In, while Cummins looked on and
smoked, laughing happily at what they
read aloud to him.
One night. late enough In the season
for fire to he cracking merriy IN the
stove, Jan was reading one OF tuese
letters whru Melissa cried:
"Stop. Jan-stop there"'
Jan caup himself. and he bushed
nightly Wnen he read the next lines:
81 think you have beautiful eyes.
love them"
"What is it," cried Cummins inter
estedly. "Read on, Jan"
DON'T commanded Melissa, spring.
ing to her feet and running around
the table. 81 didn't mean you to read
THAR
She snatched the paper from JAMS
hand and threw II into the fire.
JAMS blood filled with pleasure, and
at the bottom of his next letter he
wrote back:
81 think you have beautiful hair.
love It,"
That winter Jan was appointed post
hunter, and this gave him much time
at home. for meat was plentiful along
the edge Of the Barrens. The two con-
tinued at their books until they came
to the end Of what Jan knew In them.