Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-31

strong souied men OF the tar nortn.
and JAMS lips did not beg. He IN
wrapped the bear skin aud whispered
For the museek Of the eyioIon-some-
ting to 'eat.'
He played even as the words fell
from him. but only for a moment. for
the bow slipped from his 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 and carried him to the
shack In the edge Of the spruce and
baisam.
And there was no one who noticed
Jan 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 of the wilderness. He had seen
the woman In life and in death. and
he. too, loved her and grieved that she
was no more. he said nothing: he
asked nothing. But he saw the spirit
of alteration in the sad. tense faces OF
the men.
1t was not hard for Jan to under
stand, for he, too, worshiped the mem-
DRY Of white, sweet face like the one
that he had seen In the cabin. he
knew that this worship at Lac Balm
was pure worship, for the honor OF
the big SHOWS was a part Of his soul.
It was his religion and the religion OF
these others who lived 400 miles or
more from a southern settlement.
1t meant what civilization could not
notwithstanding and slow starva-
ton rather than theft and respect for
the Tenth Commandment above all
other things. 1t meant that up here.
under the cold chill Of the northern
skies, 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, a man came to
the post from Fort Churchill. On Hnd-
sons bay. He was an Englishman
belonging to the home Office OF the
Hudson,s Bay company In London. He
brought with him something new. as
the woman had brought something
new, only In this instance 1t was m.
element of life which Cummins peo.
pie could not understand.
CumnIins YVES away for month on
a t.apIine that, went Into the btf:ren
lands. AT these times the W0nlan fell
us heritage to those who remained.
and they watched over her as u parent
might guard its child Yet the keen
est eyes would not have perceived that
this was so =. s..s.. ssz
With Cumnins gene the tragedy pro
crossed swiftly toward tiln,ilty Fhe
EugIishnian came from among women.
For months he had been IN 81 torntent
Of deso!atidn Cummins. Wife was to
him like Il tiower suddenly come 10 re
lleye the tantaiizing barrenness of a
desert and with the wiies and ways
of civilization he sought to breathe its
fta,stu1l - - : :. : : Il
AS yet there WIS no suspicion In her
soul She accepted the EIsiiShnlahfs
friendship for he was stranger
among her people She did not hear
the false note. she saw no step that
promised evil. Only the men at the
post beard and saw and understood.
But they were quietSevaded the Eng
hshman as much as possible and
watched-always watched
One day something happened. Cum
Minis wife came into the comrany's
store and quick flush shot into her
cheeks and the glitter of blue dia-
monds into her eyes when she saw the
stranger standing there. The mans
red face grew redder. and he shifted
his gaze. When Cummins' wife pass
ed him she drew her skirt close to
her. :::,
That night Mukee, the half Cree,
skunk around in the edge of the forest
to see that all was well in Cummlns'