Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-02-11
THE MAN
SHE DID NOT
MARRY
BY H. M. EGBERT


MI she was boy until she was
Nv l. nine years old. Then she
learned the truth about her
fathers obsesslon.
Ten years before Andrew Renfrew,
tired of the struggle for life In the
cities of eastern Canada had taken
his wife and household goods and
moved to the north of Saskatchewan.
There he had become trapper.
They lived entirely alone In the
wilderness. Their little sod cabin held
a good deal Of happiness, none the
less. Both were satisfied, the woman,
because she loved her husband, the
man. because some primitive strain In
him came out and answered to the
call of the Far North. Besides. there
was Marie, their only child.
Then Maggie Renfrew closed her
eyes forever upon the earthly scene,
leaving the desolate man alone with
the child. And because he had always
longed for boy, he brought her up
as boy.
Her only companions were the In
dams who came, rarely enough, to
tba little nlace m offer furs--for An
drew had started small trading most
now that be was eating too weak to
trap. Once In great while, too, some
oa,cer of tho nolIco ,youId ofr.soddIe
at the little cabin for day or so and
bring news of the outside world.
"You ought to send that girl south
70 scbooln eoid Rohort MocUorlone
tbe second fine he came IooltIng at
Marie who now s,vtoon st,lI drossod
In hov,s s,,rs ana ,yoro hor ohort-
cronned Gaxen boIr about ber oars
Old Andrew thumnod bIa Act mon
,ho tohIo
"rvo hrouoht hor nm M n hovp ho
sotd "Sha,S hoon a son 90 MO Thot,s
enough I'm nor omen 70 ARGUMENT"
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hagon 10 ross thot wov rnoro ostor
rocb t,p,o N mas cIooror ,hot Andro,,
couId not 1.-Two vary Iopo uo nod
maont 10 hroach ,ha suhioct ooo,, hut
whom no came tho ,ourtb t,mo NorJo
ho,no novn noorIv o,ohtoo, 30 h,s o,,r-
n,,se a. wos mo GA tronnor who
hrouoht mn Tho not,or
ar bovep,t lone 20 lIvo pohor, - ho
so,d "rvo hoon thtnt,ng ovor what
no,, so,d 30 mo end oross vor,ro
r,aht Doh pnt sho don,t noed No
scIoo,tno pooLo sho,s hod onIantv
T o,,oss sbo couId hold bor own With
90 90 ,han, 90 ear as sohoo,Jnn,s oon.
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IT,, oono9n
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MocFor,one
aSha ,nor,ar, uon+ % no sorthn
a,,,onoa tho ~, ,aar ct. 80, 80
nodo a ,,Io,ol,a in ht,raIn. hor mn
t. ~ ,,,Ida d.. ,,,s haeoneo na,rrp
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,noned
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Soad bv ,bnn
whao .hon ho, mana Ao1ro,, oa,,oo
uorio.
sTIou ,,orId 90, mo 90 r,orru
poh%
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49,. eho,o,h, -, r,arr,,,n0 9Th. -
aho ons,varad
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cn,d" no onswored no gently 40 no
oorId Ana yo,, cont Itvo oIona haror
en- haaan 90 orv and Andrew aatd
M 80 mi ,ha navt dov sho oanna
b t,,,, o,,d o,nson,od
Tho foIIowIng airing Rob cana
ho1d, with him was a YOUNG man -,
twentv.two whom be introduced 10
mo ola tronner ue d,d not tbInk ~
nacoSsary ~ introdrco him 90 Mar,o
"Tbts 10 Mr. uIvoine an EnoIloh.
mon - bo soId "Io taLea Tho roetor,.
n,ooa ~ ,bo ,ort novt ronth n,n
sho,,,na btn, ha ooun,r,"
ola Andraw ornntad ana noddod
uonTorIano con1nnad.
Az thn,aht auar tho, ,.oo.t.,on
4, rovra al n,intor pon,r paD' omd !,
III. go 80
hannv ana sortvNono tsn,, tao ia
natn .p INV " ''' 30" wv o'u'
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~ ~ 'ay ,""' ~ u u'ouk,t
heart had gone out toward the girl