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


four feet Of cloth to the yard This
meant action among william. and his
people, and the factor himself. his aon
and all his men plunged into the VII.
| derness.
The exodus left desolate nfelessnees
at the post
In the silence and iifeiessness Jan
Thoreau felt new and ever increas
ing happiness, To him the sound Of
Iife was thing vibrant with harsh
ness: quiet-the dead. pnlseless quiet
of lifelessness-was beautiful He
dreamed In II. and II was then that his
fingers discovered new things In his
violin
He often sent Maballa. the Indian
woman who cared for Melisse TO Cos
sip with williams Chippewayan wife
SO that he was alone a great deal with
the baby. At these times. when the
door was safely barred against the
Thoreau who cronched upon his knees
beside the cot His face was atame
with greet. absorbing passion which
al other times he concealed
An re sweet leetle white ANGER
he would cry rs she tugged and kick.
ed II luf you SOL luf you an will
stay always an play re violon! All.
you will he re gr.r.reat bea .utifui
white angel lak-herr'
He would laugh and COO like moth
er and talk. for at these times Jan
Thoreau's tongue was rs voluble as his
violin His voice grew soft and low.
and his eyes shone with n soft mist ms
he told her those things which John
Cummins would have given much to
know
'Sone day you shall understand
why it happened. sweet Me.isse." he
whispered. bringing his eyes so near
that she reached up an inquiring finger
to them "Then you will luf Jan Tho
reau.'
Once. when Melisse Strengthened her.
self for an instant and half reached
up her tiny arms to him. laughing and
cooling into his face. be gave glad
cry. crushed his face down TO hers and
did what he had not dared TO do he.
fore-kissed her There was something
about 1t that frightened the little Me.
lisse. and she set up walling that
sent Ian In panic Of dlsmay for Ma.
balla 1t was long time before he
ventured to kiss her again.
1t was during this fortnight OF desc.
iation at the post that Jan after a short
absence one day discovered the big
problem for himself and John Cum
Minis
cabin lie saw Maballa. lndustriously
rolling the half naked little Melissa
about In n soft pile of snow and doing
her work. as she firmly believed, In a
most faithful and thorough manner
With Il shrek. Jan threw of his pack
and darled toward her like a wild
thing
'Sarre bleu you keel-keel re le.tle
Me!lSSG." he cried shrilly spatching up
The half frozen child. Mon Dieu. she
ee~ not papoose. she ees ceevilize-cee-
N!"r' and he ran swiftly with her
INTO The cabin, ainging back a torrent
~ Cree anathema at the dumbly be.
wild,red Maballa.
Al last Maballa went into an ecstasy
of understanding. Melissa was not to
he taken out and rolled In the snow
80 size brought In the snow snd rolled
II over Melisse
When Jan discovered rhis his tongue
cd ,,t
and his face writhed so hereby thai
Mabnlia began to comprehend that
thereafter no snow at all. either out
doors or in, was 10 be used In the phys
ical development of the little Melissa.
This was the beginning OF the prob.
lem, and it grew and burst forth IN
all Its significance on the day before
Cummins came n from the wilderness
For week Maballa had been drop
ping sly hints OF wonderful thing
which she and the factors half breed
wife were making tor the baby On
the day before Cummins arrival Ian
came In from chopping wood Melissa
was smiling ana making queer friend
ly little signals to him from the table
She was standing upright wedged ID
coffin shaped thing from which only
her tiny white face peered ouI M hiu,.
and Jan knew that this was Alaballa' =
surprise Melissa was 10 papuuse
sling.
''Meiisse. ! say you shall he no pa
poser he cried. running 10 the table
You ees ceeviliZc lou shall DE no
papoose, not II Iwcn t'ousnd devil
come TAX Jan rhorpau"
And he snaTched her from her prison
nung Maballa Gandiwork out mo
the snow aud waited miatiently for
the return OF John lummins
Cumnins returned the next day. DOT
that his work among the wild trap.
pers to the south was finished. but D4.
cause he had suffered hurt IN falling
from slippery ledge When Jan
from his wood chppplng In che edge ~
the Ia,