The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-29

way went to Lake Misquash to confer
with them. As soon as he was gone
my father seized the opportunity tC
send me away south to a convent, to
be educated.
"He would not touch the hoard OF
gold which he claimed to possess-we
had never believed in it-but he had
made money by his furs. | was to be
well educated. | spent three years
at the convent, and then | went to a
missionary training school, to study
medicine, because 1t had always been
my dream to teach the Indian and
half-breed children In this district.
And then"
She stopped and looked at him
doubtfully. Father McGrath strobe
toward them.
Hes gettin' round vel" he cried.
~ can see the s~oftenin' in your face,
Mees PellyI"
mo, no, Fathert" cried Joyce
sharply. Leave us a few minutes
more !"
Father McGrath withdrew, mutter-
ing, after a doubtful glance at her.
"And then-and them can't re
member, Lee" Joyce continued.
"There's a blank, a terrible blank in
my mind still. The next thing l re-
member l was riding north alone, to
save my father, because that devil
Railway had betrayed hin. But how
was to save him? That | don't
know. / remember that | was half
crazed with anxiety. I remember see
ing you at a hotel, and those two
dreadful men.
"And-they had some power over
me, and I wanted you to help me, and
dared not ask you'll didn't know what
to do. Once, in my despair, / begged
you to kill Railway, to save my
father. But how could that have saved
him, when he was already b~etrayed?"
She looked at Lee in anguish. "Oh,
I don't understand I" she cried. IF I
could remember! 1t was something
terrible. something that I could never
go through again."
do you think" asked Lee, that you
had pledged yourself to marry Rath-
In order to save your fathers
IL couldn't have. No, never,
She trembled. Lee stepped to
her.
"Joyce, darling Joyce, nothing has
changed. You are still mine"
Lee, it can't be. My father stands
nc will o1ryoUC cfnnd-U
"Joyce, I've been thinking of something
on the way here tonight. We both
wish to do what is best for your
Let us work together. Marry
me!'
Lee, it can't be-not till"
But she swayed toward him. In a
moment they would have been in each
arms. 1t was a below from
McGrath, whom they had for
that forced them guiltily apart.
He's got round We, and I knew
twould come abootl' he. cried. Get
re back to your deIl's wurrk-"
ooh, Father" cried Joyce, half sob
ling and half laughing, this isn't one
if Railways gang. I've tried to tell
ou-"
"Aye, and We told me that We
vouldna see him, and moo ye'd have
,ussed him if l Radna stopped We!
Veel, | ken the pertinacity Of the
agents"
Listen to me, now! I" said Lee, TAX
ng Father McGrath by the arm. And,
oo,;-~ rho rood nrinct'C iInnII1ciTn
Interruptions, he told him their story.
he was half way through,
Father McGrath was listening in pro-
ound, perplexed establishment.
'Father, I want Joyce to marry me-"
ried Lee. "Once she is mine, we can
ace the future together, whatever it
nay bring forward. There is no real
ntagonism-"
Father McGrath shook his head in
,erplexity. 81 n understand It,"
said. 81 ken but little of what's
cen happening here. I'm a new man
a the deestrict. 1t isna as If I'd
nown Mr.. Pelly himself, you see. ]
anna imagine what Mees Pelly in
ended to do when she vas coming UP
O see her father. Was it your in
to warm him, do you theenk?"
asked the girl. "Or was 1t some
hing more?"
Joyce could not answer him, and
saw how it distressed her to try
o remember. 1t was from that r
# the problem that the mind had
withdrawn itself, refusing to re
member,
eye were going to the Free
rraders?" Father McGrath persisted.
ooh, | don't know don't know!"
.ried Joyce in agony.
Father McGrath cleared his throat
delivered his deliberated opinion.
TITS my opeenion," he said, that
until we d%eescover Mr.. Pelly, or learn
hat he's dead or ava fra the dees-
riot. 1t wadna be advisable for We and
Mees Pelly to marry unless her mem
,ry comes back to her. Mebbe I'm
too constructive, but a while agone
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