The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-31
A Romance Of
Moosehead Lake
By F. A
By F. A MICHEL

Axoossnead lake Is In the
northern part OF Maine. The other
Maine lakes farther south have for
pie during the summed season. but
Moosehead, being farther away, still
retains much of its wiidness.
There once lived a trapper on Moose
head lake, 8 widUwer with a daughter
who was his housekeeper and com
panion. Gertrude Fleming was the
only comfort of the old mans life.
She grew up In the wilderness, but
her mother was d refined n and
had kept her child from that uncourh-
ness common among backwoods peo-
pie. Her father was aware that some
young man might pass that way and
pluck his wild flower. leaving him In
solitude.
Gertrude occasionally accompanied
her father In his hunting and trapping
expeditions. She would take a gun
with her, and several of the heads of
animals that decorated their cabin had
pOGh btoGSAl dSNa 0S ICl- Dull SlG
was more fond of the lake than the
wilderness and in her canoe would
ride its waves like q duck. She dress
ed much like an Indian girl-that is.
in gaudy coiors, with her hair hanging
down her back
Arthur Brewer, a New York boy,
was 4 of the first city men to dis
cover the hunting grounds adjacent to
Moosehead lake. He was q handsome
youngSter and q thorough sportsman.
One October day-he always took his
outings In the hunting season-he was
standing on one of the arms of the
lake wishing for some way to get
across when q vision of loneliness shot
on from beyond a point Of land. 1t
was Gertrude Fleming in her noe
About her shoulders and fastened un-
der her chin was q many colored blan-
ket, a circlet Of wampum bound her
temples and held the feather of a bird
that swung the paddle were adorned
with bracelets made from the antlers
of 8 beast Of the forest
"HeIlor'
The girl stopped padding and looked
about her.
VIII you put me across hereg"
Without q word Gertrude recon-
menced to paddle, turning her course
toward the man on the shore. On
reaching it their eyes met, the mans
expressing admiration for this human
feminine contrast with the desolate
region. the girl unconsciously revealing
through her eyes that she had beer
suddenly caught by the engaging smile
with which she was greeted.
Brewer got into the canoe, and Ger
! trude pulled him across to the spot be
wished to reach. She told him thai
she lived near by and that her father
had gone into the woods for skins
Brewer had put up a tent at the point
on which they landed, and there be
made his headquarters, though he fire.
quently slept in the open. He had
game in his larder, but no vegetables
Gertrude cultivated a little kitchen
garden and had left from her summer
stores carrots. potatoes and other vege
tables designed for winter use. Sht
offered to supply him If he would com
for them.
There was a great difference be
tween this daughter of the forest ant
b young girls to whom Brewer hat
been accustomed. Perhaps it was thi
difference. this novelty, that aroused
his interest There is no doubt that th
picturesqueness, the unity of a Singl
woman in a wilderness. contributed t,
his enslavement At any rate, he real
lied at once that his passion was IRE
sistible. Possibly similar Isl al
fected Gertrude. They met near tn
beginning Of the day, and at its en'
each was conscious of the unbreakabl
bond that had suddenly united them.
When Fleming returned that evenini
he saw by the flush in his daughter
cheek that he had lost her. His onl,
expression of the pain the discover
gave him was u suppressed groan.
At Fleming's invitation Brewer too
his meals for the remainder Of his out
ing in the cabin. There was no effor
W SoAISdi Lie S1IOdlAoh. AL ~
ognized, though mutely. that two XII
dred spirits had met. Before Brewer
return to the city he asked Gertrud
if she would go with him.
His words produced a sudden realiz;
ton OF the fact that she stood betwee
a love on the n hand and her fathe
and the life to which she had bee
reared and loved on the other. ST
gave no answer. Brewer did not urg
her. He waited till it was time Il
him to go, then said:
will you come with me?"
Gertrude was standing between HI
lover and her father. The latter spoil
no word. She looked first at her love
then at her father. Suddenly she can
to her choice. Running to her fathe
she threw herself into his arms.
Brewer. who had taken up his b
longings, threw them on the ground.