The Detroit times., 1912-08-12
FiiIuPSTEELE
MISUNDERSTANDING
y JAMES OLIVER CURwOOD
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What can't see" Philip was
stopped by the doctors lifted hand
You see. ! am relying on your
word OF honor, Phil" he explained
laughing softly at the amazement
which he saw in the others face. Its
sll so wonderful that want you "a
know the end of IL, and how happily
. II has turned out for me-and the
little women waiting for me back
home. II vas | and not Falkner who
cried out just before you turned the
lamp-wiCk down. A letter had fallen
from his coat pocket. and It was one
OF my letters--sent through my agent
Understand? | sent you for the ice
and while you were gone | told him
who ] was. and he told me why
had never heard from him, and why
he was in Pierre Thoreau's cabin. My
agent had sent him north with Ave
hundred dollars as first payment.
To cut long story short, he got into
card game in Prince Albert-as
the best of Us do at times-and as a
result become mixed up in a quarrel.
in which he pretty nearly killed q
man. They've been after him ever
since, and almost had him when we
found him, injured by blow which
he received In an ugly fall earlier in
the night. It's the last and total
wrccking OF my theory"
But the girl" urged Philip.
Were going TO see her now, and
she will tell you the whole story as
she told II to me-" said the doctor,
as calmly as before. "Ah. but It's
wonderful. man-this great, big, hui
man love that fills the world. They
planned they should, and four
months after that they smashed my
theory by being married by mis-
sionary from York Factory. | mean
that they smashed the bad part OF II,
Phil, but all three couples proved the
other-that there exist no such things
az soul afilnities, and that two nor
nal people of opposite sexes. II
thrown together under certain envir-
onment, Will as naturally mate as two
birds, and will fight and die for one
another afterward. too There may
not be one in ten thousand who be-
lieves II. but | do-still. AT the last
moment the man in Falkner triumph
ed over his love and he told her what
he was, that up until the moment he
met her he Drank and gasbled. and
that for his shooting a man In Prince
Albert he would sooner or later get
q term in prison. And she? | tell
you that she busted my theory to
frazzlel She loved him. as | now be-
lieve every woman In the world Is
capable OF loving, and she married
him, and stuck to him through thick
and thin fed with him when he was
compelled TO run-and her faith in
him now is like that OF a child in it's
God For time they lived in that
cabin above Pierre Thoreau's, and
perhaps they wouldn't have been
found out If they hadn't come up TO
Fort Smith for n holiday. Falkner
told me That his pursuers would sure
ly stop ct Pierres, and SO we fixed
up that little scheme 10 get rid of you
so that you would in no way be 10
blame for what happened He told
me where I'd find his wife. By this
time he has a good start for the
states, and will be there by the time
| get his wife down."
Philip had not spoken q word. Al
most mechanically he pulled the
photograph from his pocket.
And this" he said.
The doctor laughed as he took tho
picture from his hand
is Mrs. William Falkner. Phil
Come in. I'm anxious TO have you
meet her"