The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-08-31

said Iowaka softly. Jan rnoreau mas
waited too long,
A week later as they stood together
In front Of their door they saw Dixon
and Melissa walking slowly in the edge
Of the forest. The woman laughed
into Jeans face.
did l not say that Jan had waited
too long?"
Jeans face was black with disappro
baton. He was angered at the cool
ness with which Jan accepted the stu.
alton.
Deep down in his soul Jan knew that
each day wa' bringing the eud Of e.
all much nearer for him. He did not
tell Melissa that he had returned To-
Lac Balm to be near her once more.
nor did he conilde in Jean. Day after
day he saw Melissa and the English
man together, and, while they awak-
ened In him none of the fiery jealous
which might have ranked in the bos
ON of Jean de Gravois, the knowledge
that the girl was at last passing from
him forever added a deeper grief to
heart.
Dixon made no effort to conceal his
feelings He loved Melissa. Frankly
he told this to Jean one day when they
were on the Churchill trail In his
honest way he said things which broke
down the last Of Jeans hereditary
prejudices.
81 like him." he said to himself,
land yet / would rather see him in the
blessed hereafter than have him take
Melissa from JAM
The big snow decided. 1t came
early in December. Dixon had set out
alone for LedoQ's early I'm the morn
ing. BY noon the sky was a leaden
black, and little later one could not
see dozen PAGES ahead of him for the
snow. The Englishman did not return
that day. The next day lie was still
gone, and Gravois drove along the top
Of the mountain ridge until he came
TO the Frenchman's, where he found
that Dixon had started for Lac Balm
the preceding afternoon. He brought
word back to the post. Then he went
to Melissa.
1T is as good as death to go out in
search of him." he said. 1--WE can no
longer use the dogs. Snowshoes will
sink like leaden bullets by morning,
and to 20 ten miles from the post
means that there will be bones to be
picked by the foxes when the crust
comes.'
It was dark when Jan came into the
cabin. Melissa started to her feet with
little cry when he entered. covered
white with the snow. A light pack
was strapped to his back, and he car
ried his rifle I'm his hand.
Il am going to hunt for him." he
said softly. "If he is alive I will bring
him back to you"
She came to him slowly, and the
beating of JAMS heart sounded to him
like the distant drumming Of par
fridge wings. All, would he ever for
get that look? The old glory was In
her eyes. her arms were reaching out
her lips parted. He saw her face sc
near to him that he felt the touch OF
her sweet breath. and he knew tha
one of his rough hands was claspcd II
both OF her own and that after mo
ment 1t was crushed tightly agnins
her bosom.
"Jan, my hero
He struggled back. almost sobbing
as he plunged out into the night again
He heard her voice crying after him
but the wild waillng of the spruce ant
the storm in his brain drowned he
words He had seen the glorious Ugh
of love in her eyes-her love for Dixon
And he would find him!
He went to Ledoq's now, following
the top of the mountata, and reached
his cabin In the late dawn. The French
man stared at him in amazement whel
he learned that he was about to sc
out on n search for Dixon.
"You will not find him" he said slow
ly In French, "but II you are determin
ed to go ! will hunt with you. It Is
big chance that we will not come back.
81 don't want you to CO." obiectc,
Jan. zone will do ms much ms two III
to find If 1t had begun to snow bcfor
Dixon left"
"An hour after he had gone you coul
not see your hand before your face,
replied Ledoq, preparing his pack
"There Is no doubt but that he circle
out over Lac Balm We will 20 tina
far together and then search alone"
They went back over the mountai
and stopped when instinct told thcr
that they were opposite the spruce for
ests Of the lake. There they separated
Jan going as nearly as he could cues
into the northwest, Ledoq trailing sl""
ly and honelessly into tho south.
II was no great sacrifice for Jan hi
struggle with the big SHOWS Tor tn
happiness of Melissa. What II was
Ledoq no man ever guessed or knew
for It was not until the late sprin
SHOWS had gone that the people at La
Balm found what the foxes ana tn
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