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Show ' j. Romantic Tale From Lend of Midnight Sun Frcmi the frozen tundras of the Arctic Arc-tic reinti cumes u strange tale of love. Uciiiuii;nn endurance and a happy climax. A tp'oper of the Canadian Mounted police was in Inve with ttie ila'L'';n-i- of a IItn!-'on Bay factor. Father objected to the marriage. Eut tl:e uiri fell sick. An operation was ncre-iary, for all the medicine in the 'Id m m's cahinet was to no avail. The trooper hided his time. He called around every day. "Save my daughter :nd you can have her." Those were the word- for which lie had waited. Thou;:!i the nearest surgeon was TOO miles away, the trooper started with the jrrl packed in furs on his sleigh. I'a'f way the girl grew worse. They .Mopped at a di. scried cabin for a rest. There the team of huskies that pulled their sli igti bolted In the night. Food was getting low and the girl still grew worse. There was an infected swelling swell-ing on her shoulder causing much pain. The trooper operated on it with his service knife and bound up the wound. The last 300 miles he pulled his precious load himself. When lie arrived in the settlement where the surgeon live'! lie fainted from hunger ami strain. Three days after he was told the girl was out of dancer. Then t here was a wedding in the little log hospital, with the oil lamps burning brightly and the snow lncrusted on the window. |