Show THE FIGHT OF HIS L LIFE FE m w HAT you say and I 1 sold looked sharply from the I 1 trap he had been scraping and cleaning but the vis 1 aitor igors s face was only friendly and inquiring without sar gar cam or impertinence and the moment ar ary gleam in the trapper trappers s eyes died cut cat he had glown to like this stran gl er E r and had told him more things con concerning cernin his past life than he be bad ever divulged to any living man be fore but the last question had cut deep for a long iong time he bent beat over the trap his fingers trembling us as he scraped the rust from the jaws and shank all around were evidences of speedy departure his gun standing in a corner cleaned and polished until its barrel shone like t mirror his blan lets provisions all the rest of the traps eyen even his moccasins and snow ehos packed and fastened into corn com pac bundles tor for convenient carrying on a a few feet away the dog lay with his nose resting upon his outstretched paws motionless but with his eyes wide open watching he ile understood and was ready and walking waiting twenty four hours and he and the trapper would start tor for their winter in the far north where every day clay was in close companionship with life and death As he saw the shadow come to raoui s face and slowly fide the vis via aitor stepped forward to fo iward impulsively ing his hand upon the trapper trappers s der I 1 be beg your pardon raoul he said I 1 d d not know I 1 wis w is medely inter ested in your life and spoke without thinking you may tell me something else ion non son non in maleu slen I 1 been tell you bout dis it Is not dat I 1 be and raoul forced the last vestige of shadow from his face but he was still grave it ain alit ver mooch to tell in aleu he went on only jes one little part of my life an it happen long long iong time ago an all in ta two 0 tree week but young peoples like hear bout dose t tings ings an dis be so ver ter long time by drabin drawing i t hard breath which he forced into a mirthless mIr mirthless chuckle dat I 1 ain min tellin bout him you been t ink it funny I 1 ain aln like no girl dat I 1 ain aln nev be married dat I 1 ain aln nev make no home les if yon you don t mind my saying so the visitor answered 6 you are a strong handsome man even though your hair bair Is turning gray and you are scarred by encounters with wild ani ant mals and the elements and you are straightforward and fencer fenc er hearted and a gentleman in all your instincts enst such a person as any thoughtful girl might loam loarn to love raoul shook shock big his head IT T ante ank you in aleu he I 1 but aou you ain sin know all dit t ought ful ul girl been like man who stay in home an fix up t tings ings an ain aln nev car run roua roun I 1 been like run roun all de time when I 1 wis a boy I 1 run off to be hunter an when I 1 grow to be man I 1 like more is anat ing to go way oft off in de wood mong de big game I 1 be betiong man inin but I 1 long oil time ago go corp de do hiir turn I 1 be mooch stronger not in ain aln suit me so well in dose day as to fin de bl bagges es an wll VII es game in all de place roun an den see which de st him or me sometime I 1 been t row de gun down an roll up de sleeves jest to malc make de do wrestle more fair I 1 but you ain aln cai cal bout all dis his animation suddenly lavishing lani ani shing I 1 been goin tell bout de girl her fader come to worl work long iong me on de reever an him 1111 debever me be ver good frens fr en s I 1 aik oik say I 1 likely young man den simply TP strong an ver hansome ban some de fader III e me an say so an I 1 t ink de girl been like me some an I 1 he be stopped suddenly raising his leen keen deep set eyes to the visitor s taw face lou cv ev know a girl dat was an angel come down to show what heaven healen been lile beasker he asked sweeter den anat ing you ev dreim of in de do worl wort before closer in your heart den life an more tar far off as de stars you ev know her yes the visitor answered a tender almost rei reverent erent look coming into his eyes I 1 know her you un elstan den Raoul went wenton on I 1 life ain aln not in cep it goin make dit girl more happy an better off she not III II 11 e any girl I 1 ev see lefore an dere plenty ban some gill in can ada she be more III e some come greit gre it pidy j dat ain aln proud an ain aln know she been ban some only elise ain aln aducat she one queen drop down in de wood by mistake an grow up fore p oples flu out when I 1 t tink ink maybe she goin rome live long ne me til we ve both be dead I 1 ain aln baldly I 1 now how I 1 breathe brent li tt be bowon so won erf erful ul I 1 dr den n a couns 3 oun man come from montreal to see bout ut some iee er claim ah ail he alio me to show him how da dat current run dig dis way an dat way da how fur up de spring water ilse aa na den one day we me go past de cabin cab in ae u he see lilse I 1 well he fed feel bout her jos like me an ver soon I 1 see dat alise eel feel t to M glen de I 1 oame orme an me bout de do eime same when I X vv wn a go see her she like me bes los cauna I 1 ain aln nev arald not in an art go dohrl dow n de reever sta stan n in straight lit up on a log III li e no udder reever man ev dai to but when 31 glen de 1 orme ao 0 o see her den she like bim him I 1 eso es cawse cause he sot apol e an an aducat we ain both know her but two week an she like both de dd same two tree t ree more week an ari she coln like jea jes oue one mooch better an ail it goin pend on which de bes man and you proved yourself to be that of course I 1 been pret prot nerve dose day raoul went on without seeming toi to notice the interruption when I 1 start out for t ing in I 1 go on an it it broke my head I 1 jet let it been broke I 1 neal nev stop to count dat when I 1 eee see how t ings ggs goin I 1 slip off in de ae wood aher I 1 be by myself dat my way I 1 ain sin nev t ink good with p peoples roun well firs I 1 see I 1 use ilse m aled in me lookin out for her an I 1 know I 1 coln do de ver bes I 1 know how den I 1 eee see 31 sieu glen de I 1 orme lookin out tor for her an I 1 know he goin do jes de same I 1 been watch him piet close an know he be clean straight man who goin de do les jes what he say I 1 so dat ain aln settle it an I 1 go to 0 o montreal my tooth set haid laid to find out so ing labout men mon bleur de 1 orme the visitor aug bug faoul nodded out M slen ilef cadei ain aln bodder bout dat but when a girt girl get marbled she goin pona a might long time on de man moa mos likely I 1 been know bout myself an I 1 t ink I 1 know bout M fleu de I 1 orme but I 1 ain coln let ellse elise take colne feesl non 11 hen ben I 1 fin out if he been good man ps as me den I 1 coln back an say here ellse elise you pick out de one you been mos happy long with A slight grin twitched the cornera corners of 0 raoul s mouth I 1 seeing seems like I 1 be might fair he be con tinned but I 1 feel acs how t tinge fags comin conlin out all de time her fader like me an ellse elise t ink whole lot what her fader say an she like me too some much as de udder man mail I 1 11 t ink I 1 coln stan close up to him when she look an I 1 ten inch taller an fit fatt t pound I 1 ig ix ge an my voice gola drown him all out ills his voice got an quiet like cee once in a ion long time when his eyes flash den it still but cut like I 1 nife an male mal e de udder man jump out I 1 11 I 1 now jes how bow t ings comin out till I 1 go down to montreal den I 1 know jes de same only de worl been shit round I 1 he was silent so long this time that the visitor would have reminded him ot of the unfinished narrative I 1 ad it been upon any other subject aks s it was he waited I 1 been quire bout M 31 ten de I 1 or me I 1 ra ul said at length in a low voice in in fin he straight true man jes like I 1 t ink but moie I 1 fin he great lawyer with big house an servants an t tings in s like dat any folk who ion long to him goin gola ha lan e de ver best de worl got to give when I 1 aln dat out I 1 go off in de wood an fight de do bagges Z fight dat man ev live t brou trou rou de den R I 1 go buy trap an t lugs ings an start off on de longes an mos fur off hunt I 1 ev take I 1 been gone t ree year I 1 what and did not go back ta to ellse 1 I ain still dar maybe she start out tj talt like me bes an ail you know what a life been as trapper wife ellse elise ain meant for dat non she he made for de do bes best and forgive me haven t yori you ever seen her since non Is on I 1 ain aln t nev feel strong cough nough to go to montreal since dat time but I 1 hear bear she been on goin to school an study to bo be like him an dey haqq have a great house an she be like quee mons mong de do peoples dey have two an de I 1 been hear dey named baoni raoul II 11 11 1 1 the trapper rose impatiently also strode to the pack ot of traps over which he bent ostensibly flying to place th the I 1 one he had just cleaned with h the others the visitor glanced toward him the then turned abruptly and stole tron from the cabin new york lorl times |