The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-15

INC, i i've at AldHlSlFee- IHdt II
long distance away. I've just come
here on business"
won't you tell ms what your bust
ness isl"
Lee hesitated. "Well, it's secret in
a way, though I'm not under any
pledge" His instincts were 10 tell
her. and yet the training of eight years
seemed to seal his lips against her
you see, I'm acting for Others
"Why. then of curse / wouldn't ask
YOU to tell me, Lee she answered
"Only | have Il curious sort of feeling
that your business may be bound up
with me in some way, that perhaps
it means your going into danger
81 don't think there's much danger
attached to it."
But she caught that much with
alarm. "A little danger, Lee? You
know, | couldn't bear you being eX-
posed to danger. But-what is there
beyond. the range? You see, I've been
talking to you about the range ever
since l first heard you speak of it, and
vet | don't really know where we are.
It's curious, too, because for the first
week after my illness, didn't seem tc
care. Is there a city beyond the
ranger"
mo, thank God, all the cities lie
behind us. Nothing but forest"
"But are you going to see someone.
meet someoneY
There's a Moravian mission three
or four days journey away"
"Oh, are you going there?' She was
still unsatisied, still looking at him
in that wistful way.
"Yes, 1 am going to take you there
dear, and leave you in the care OF
Father McGrath, who is in charge OF
it, while l am away. He will take
good care of you. He is a fine man
and well known for his work among
the Indians. When the old priest dice
last winter, Father McGrath was sent
for, all the way from Labrador to take
his place.
81 think" he added, that we shall
be able to start in three or four days
now. We want to be off before the
weather changes"
How long will you be away, Lee?"
perhaps a week-or longer"
And he wondered, as he spoke
whether it would be a week-or q
whole winter.
He held her hands and looked into
her eyes. Have you faith enough in
me to be willing. to wait quietly there
even Tiff l should be gone for more
thar a week?' he asked.
"Till you return, no matter how
long, Lee" she answered simply.
Even If you remembered? No
what you remember?"
Even if l should remember. But,
Lee1-the note of fear came into her
voice agaiD-"when the time comes
that | remember, l want you with me.
| am so oppressed sometimes-when |
awake in the morning, always.
seem to have been travelling in my
all night in horrible places,
among hateful people. | seem to have
some terrible duty laid upon me,
something that l must carry out, al
it kills me. And then-I awake
to you.
But one thing l Know beyond ev-
erything in the world, and that is that
there could never have been anyone
but you, Lee, dearest; never IN the
whole world. SO take me, Lee, and
shield me with your love, and be all
in this world to me, for l shall never
love anyone but you"
'Ill take you to the mission, DEAR
and when come back, l shall take
south with me, and you shall for
get all your fears" answered Lee.
SO they put their troubles aside, ana
all the uncertainties of the future, ana
were sublimely happy in their Y
Yet, happy as he was, Lee realized
that it would be well for them when
he had placed her in the care OF
Father McGrath at the mission. only
then would the load Of anxiety be re-
moved from him.