The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-18
George Marsh
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| 10 sure rdlHer goes, 100 Dut Ine man
is wonder with the Indians That
excuses a lot"
when did you leave winnipegr
Stuart changed the subject.
in June II took me three weeks
TO get here, but 1t was wonderful
that trip"
you like 1.-THE wilderness?''
Il love it OF course I'd tire of II
| after a while"
"You go back in the autumn?"
Lifting her chin she slowly exhaled
| cloud of smoke, her half-shut eyes
| on the spruce poles of the ceiling
tilted head barring the round throat in
| its loose flannel collar caught by its
scarf of crimson silk.
YES" she answered, after space,
my father seems bound 10 marry me
off in Winnipeg, you know. And
Paradis worries him, with his moon
ing around ever since came. Imag-
inc" she laughed, that monkey, Paul
| Paradis!'
Hes quite beautiful" objected
Stuart 81 met him ar Medicine Stone
lake. last November"
Without turning her tilted head. she
| flashed at him a sidelong look from
| under her long lashes. he seems TO
hate you; what have you done to
himf"
Nothing. absolutely nothing" pro-
| tested Stuart, except TO knock him
down when be tried TO hog the trail"
The girl Strengthened in her chair.
her vivid face alight with interest.
What? You dared do that-to the
great Paul Paradise" she demanded.
There was no trouble" drawled
Stuart. 1T was nothing. He stayed
down. What did he tell you, Miss
| Aurore?"
"He told me you had had trouble on
a trail-that he had been compelled to
choke you"
eff you ask Black Jules Renault,
your fathers head voyageur, be might
tell you that Paradis has poor men,
ory."
"Oh, when I saw you, today, know
| It. Paradis chokeyou" Her dark
eyes fingered significantly on the wide
shoulders. the corded column of his
neck, the evident power in the brown
hand which held his pipe But why
waste time on other people when we
are so interesting. ourSelveS|
Her frankness was exhilarating.
Imagine Mary Christie. he thought, so
| far forgetting her sense of the proprie-
ties! Mary Christie. with whom Stuart
through the evening had been con-
trasting this raven-haired daughter of
his rival. He could see Mary's blond
eyebrows lift in scorn of the sheared
hair and the whipcord jeans; of
! Aurore LeBlonds unembarras sed &C.
| ceptance of the situation which made
| her his guest; of her complete candor.
Lead on. Miss Aurore."
So she led on while he listened:
| amused. startled. now charmed, now
| puzzled by the direct thinking and
amazing sophistication of this grad
uate of a convent school in Winnipeg.
Her education completed. she was liv-
| ing life to the full-tasting its thrills,
exploring it's by-ways, testing what
ever of interest il had to give.
Little as this country can offer to
a young woman curious of life" he OBJ
served. sit managed TO provide you
with one frst-class thrill this after
noon"
'Twor' she corrected, her eyes sud-
| denly grave with sincerity. 81 was
both drowned today-and savedi"
You mean you were saved from
| drowning"
1 ha
"No. l learned what ii is to despair
and learned what II means to have
life given back to me-" The eyes Of
| the girl misted. In the intensity Of
her feeling her lower lip trembled.
"You did that-gave me back my life!
I did not hank you-made light of it.
But | do thank you now!"
His face flushed; his gray eyes
shifted uneasily under the poignancy
| of her dark gaze.
cit was easy enough-nothing," he
avoided. I'VE were lucky to see you
that's all"
She shook her head. 81 saw how
with a shrug she shed her gravity as
| one sheds coat. Now tell me about
yourself. Mr.. Jeem Stuart"
But Stuart did not dwell long on
/ his early life in Hudson's Bay posts
with the father who had died at Gods
| lake. Avoiding the girls live interest
| in his three years with the Canadian
Expeditionary Forces, he talked OF the
coming of the Hudson's Bay company
to the Lake OF the Sand Beaches, and
| the building of Sunset House.
1T sounds rather like forlorn hope,
I, doesn't #? I heard that your father
thought IL a great joke-said knew
what was doing when named IT. II
wouldn't last any longer than the set
| ting sun"
Il don't think father knows you
very WELL" she said with conviction.
Their talk was checked by a knock
on the outside door.
what is It. Omar?" demanded the
trader, with some irritation, for his
evening with the daughter Of his rival
was proving most agreeable.
Come outside; I show you some
ting"
Leaving his guest, Stuart went out
into the wind with the half-breed.
Look And Omar pointed through
the murk up the lake shore
On a point, far up the shore, like
frefiies in the dusk, light flashed
then another.
.Dey hunt for her," added the half
breed. significantly.