The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-08-15


a word from him"
JAMS eyes spoke with a devotion
greater than words "a Jean de Ora
vols came and sat close beside him.
Gle knew that II was Jean who had
brought him alive into the post
"Ah. Il was wan be.e-a .ntifnl fight.
he said softly. "You are brave boy
Jan Thoreaur
"You did not see it, asked Jan.
UDconsciously the words came from
him In French Jean caught one of
his thin hands and laughed joyfully.
for the spirit OF him was French to
the bottom Of his soul
~ see itf No. neither | nor lowaka
but there It was In the snow. ms plain
not follow the trait that staggered
down the mountain. while lowaka
brought you back to life? And when
came to the lake did not see some
thing black out upon II. like n charred
Logo And when ! came to V was II
not the dead body OF the missioner
from Churchili3 Eh. Jan Thoreanr"
Jan sat up In his bed. with sharp
cry.
"The thaw will open up the lake In
the first slush." Aud Jean looked about
him cautiously again and whispered
low-"h you see anything about the
dead missioner that you do not under.
stand think of Jean de Gravois."
He rose to his feet and bent over
JAMS white face.
II am going the Athabasca way to-
day." he finished Perhaps. Jan Thor.
eau. you will hear after time that 1t
would be best for Jean de Gravois
never to return again to this Post Lac
Balm II so you will End him be-
tween Fond du Lac and the Beaver
river" He passed out.
When Cummins returned he found
JAMS cheeks flushed and the boy In a
fever.
Devil take that Gravoisr' he growl
ed.
HE has been a brother to me-" said
Jan simply. ~ love him."
On the second day after the French.
mans departure Jan rose free of the
fever which had threatened him for a
time, and 10 the afternoon he har-
messed Cummins' dogs. The last of the
trappers had started from the post that
morning. their sledges and dogs sink.
ing heavily in the deepening slush. and
Jan set off over the smooth toboggan
trail made by the company's agent In
his return to Fort Churchill
This trail followed close along the
base of the ridge upon which he had
fought the missionary, joining that of
Jean de Gravois miles beyond ian
climbed the ridge. From where he had
made his attack he followed the al.
most oblterated trail of the French
man and his malemutes until he came
TO the lake. and then he knew that
Jean de Gruvois had spoken the truth
for he found the missionary with his
face half buried In the slush. stark
dead
He no longer had to guess at the
meaning of Jeans words. The bullet
hole under the dead mans arms was
too large to escape eyes like JAMS. Into
the little hidden world which he treas
ured in his heart there came another
face. to remain always with hint the
face of the courageous little forest
dandy who was hurrying with his
bride back into the country OF thu
Atha basca.
From that night Jams eyes were M
longer filed with the nervous, glitter
ing flashes which at times had giveI
him an appearance almost of madness
In place of their searching suspicious
there was warmer and more com
panionable glow. and Cummins fel
the effect of the change.
A Cree trapper had found JAMS vic
lin in the snow and had brought 1t t
MabaIla. Before Cummins finished hi
supper the boy began to play, and b
continued to play until the lights a
the post went out and both the ma
and the child were deep In sleeI
Then Jan stopped. There was the fir
of a keen wakefulness In his eyes n
he carefully unfastened the strings o
his instrument and held 1t close to tn
oil lamp, so that he could peer dow
through the narrow aperture In tn
box.
He looked again at Cummins. Th
man was sleeping with his face to tn
wall With the hooked wire which b
used for cleaning his revolver ia
fshed gently at the very end Of tn
box, and after three or four effort
the wire caught In something sof
which he pulled toward him. Throug
| the bulge In the "F' hole he dragge
forth a small tightly rolled cylinde
| of faded red cloth
For few moments he sat watchin
the deep breathing OF Cummins, NJ
rolling the cloth as he watched, unit
he had spread out upon the table b.
fore him a number of closely write
pages OF paper lie weighted them
! one end with his violin and held the
down at the other with his hand