Show q I 1 I 1 I 1 11 ell 6 I 1 ora db d b 11 I 1 mao anif I 1 A j I 1 af george i I 1 marsh 4 1 jait I 1 j I 1 4 I 1 1 A k E yi I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 COPYRIGHT hajy atif ih PENN publishing G CO b I 1 SERVICE CHAPTER X I 1 15 the new years festivities and the trade were over or nt lit elkman tile dance in the sleep house for which etienne Etlen nc to high on oil a sugar barrel pro 10 d from an ancient and scarred violin had bad passed off without compelling the lie interference of tile factor actor as peacemaker the customary present of sugar and hour flour ten tell ind and pork had find been given to each family ly of hunters and the crees had pasted feasted and gossiped to their hearts lj arts content on tent oblivious of bitter moons to oine come on far trap lines when it if game were cere hard to find their children would whimper with hunger the last of the lie dog teams hod had jingled up the lip river ivor trail or down the delta hound bound for or thanks to it had been ican an unheard of trade which had find ome come to tile the little post not only had bad he ie brought brou glit across the ice the lie elkman oves aces but some from froin Kapl skau and i attawapiskat as well A good joke in graham and voucher boucher for a week garth and etienne were busy ausy sorting and pressing the fur which alch was to go by sled immediately immediately to 0 albany twenty eight thousand dollars aid d the factor as s he finished checking his ls list our little trips inland after douel and over to the island were ather worth while my friend etienne grinned no beetle post baw al dis evair dat trade on dis t bay aay dey geeve you bigger place soon fou on tak etienne savanne wid you youl I 1 take you with me you old villain I 1 low how could I 1 get along without you 11 youre foure responsible for this catch of fur ur and you yon know it savanne gravely shook his head bleet beet was you who tak de chance on de ie riviere to fin souci wen we go 0 albance I 1 tell dent dem dat tie de ew man at elivan ees hell on catch ie e fur guthrie stopped to laugh at the selous halfbreed half breed of the loyalty of 1 Is ils head man who had taught him film radically all he knew about pelts he lad had amle le proof down the coast over the sen sea ice ameled raveled tile the sled loaded with the christmas trade at Kapl skau where lie ie early january dusk overtook them hey turned up the he delta to the post 0 pass the night with the surprised boucher cher whose indians at Aki miski lad left him to trade with mcdonald starting the following morning un ler or the stars before the light died the he sled from elkman sighted the ull dIngs of fort albany As garth and etienne entered the rade room cameron curious of the esula of their mission called well veil ell the news from the island islan d ald to you get across the ice fee yes we got across a week before christmas but had find a tough time guthrie dissembled gravely nudging it tl lenne enne see bee how you could do tiny any good going over there your man failed ailed to hold any of the elkoun peo ilc de then surmised the disappointed ca ameron leron same way with attaway iskat and kapiskas kapiskau Kapl KapI skau they lost most of t their people went to tile schooner it t sure cure grinds me to think of that me onald donald coming in n here and taking till all that hat fur 11 well he outbids us ua for it and its aly human in the indians to let lei him film 1 tae bave it how much Is the whole island aland trade worth in an average year tear anyway iny way suddenly asked garth lets see suld said cameron Cn meron scratch ing ng his grizzled head urn um I 1 should ay that it runs about two hundred fox ox skins all kinds well air cameron Cu meron drawled the factor of elhann ive got half of it out ut on the sled then what cameron stared stara stupidly itil y uto into the twinkling eyes of the man afore him thought you said you half of it what druh men mean n anif of it elal of what sputtered the he puzzled trader wily why half of the trade ve ive got a hundred skins 11 you got a hundred wily why man ou said you hold field en em your people copl are you crazy guthrie Gu thrle ried the excited cameron I 1 unable to contain tits his mirth exploded at the for far end of the trade bunter as garth replied you took t for granted that we failed I 1 clori ay we ate fell down 11 1 for or heavens r sake man stop your boling oo 00 ieng rind tell me the truth do you oun to say bay that youve got a nun hun red ired fox from on that sled ut there demanded cameron 1 I d do 11 1 well I ill be skinned alive I 1 and he ue dazed trader stood flats fists on hips aping at the he grinning garth and St tienne lenne ilow how in Jehosha phat did you do tt I 1 you got em after all with soucia Ij arid and etienne Etl enoe here seared scored wn to death ahen wh the tar for pada had been I 1 I 1 brought brou glit lit in and the dogs fed guthrie told tile story do you ion realize major that this Is 8 the largest christmas trade ever made by a subsidiary post of albany your scheme and your our nerve nere in ili seeing it through make the rest up the coast look like pretty dead bend people my aty heartiest henrt let at lonal the fictor factor of albany grasped guthries Guth rles hand tile men who turned tills trick are Etlen ho and old protested garth 1 I dont want you ou to forget choln I 1 old did little cameron slapped mhd proud half breed on the buck back no fear ot of my forgetting E tien tio savanne lies iles norkeo with me too many years now I 1 wish asli listen to what they write alte from moose the albany factor went to his desk and returning with a letter rend read to guthrie Gu thrle tile the montreal office has got the idea that this free trader mcdonald may be tile the man mail wanted minted in nova scotia for it a murder committed about three years ngo ago A returned soldier struck und and killed it a man supposed to be hla his cifes lover ile he was traced to newfoundland according to me mann nt at CharI charita tn island the description of the soldier tallies with the appearance pe arance of tills this laughing mcdonald I 1 have written montreal that the schooner Is wintering on this coast I 1 expect the provincial police will show up here soon to investigate now what ayou think of that t 71 demanded cameron of the man whose thoughts were vere centered on tile the homecoming of a soldier with disfigured face a face repulsive unbearable to the tha woman whose weakness had caused the murder r there h must be ten en thousand men a canada with scarred faces cameron because laughing mcdonald happens to have one make him the murderer cameron sensed that the reply had a personal tinge was in the nature of a 11 defense of the malmed maimed legions legions and said quietly no of course not but this mcdonald Donnld Mc sailed out of st johns queer if he should be the bird after how many police will they send on this case oh not more than two im sorry for them then never come back do you think that two meu men can go to that schooner in seal cove and get mcdonald if hes hea the guilty man he be taken alive and ive a notion that life worth much to mcdonald hal ila I 1 ila I 1 why you seem to sort of sympathize with this pirate chos stealing our trade objected the other the te gray eyes of the factor ot of elk wan held those of cameron tn in a penetrating look as he sald said 1 I do tile the brooding face of the man with the scarred cheek sought the window the tragedy of the man at seal cove voe if lie he proved to be the nova soldier wanted by the police was he fie realized simply the story of gurth garth guthria in nn an exaggerated form the wife lie he had bad come home to like ethel cthel had turned from vie the mutilated face lucked lacked the womanhood to shield him with tier her heart from the mockery of an unfeeling koila how many of the canadian malmed maimed lie he wondered tle broken the crippled had walked in gethsemane with garth guthrie and laughing mcdonald how many had seen veiled horror in the eyes of those they loved well I 1 with any roan man whose wife goes wrong the voice of cameron Curo eion went on after a pause but that dont justify murder guthrie Gu thrle im not so sure was mia the quiet response when a men comes home with a comic mask for it face that lint ho ha justl justinea jus tined fled in killing both hla his wife and the tie man blie alic turns to rut put yourself in ills place cameron even the children on the ho streets must have mocked him film its HS lie he passed think of tile ho hell lie ho lived through then she ills his refuge and ills his anchor falls 11 again cameron felt that the man the unknown mcdonald was making tile case ills fits own that guthrie wits sensitive of ills scarred cheek check lie he already was aware tint tind it irritated tile tho older mail into blurting outright guthrie dont take of Terise at what im ill going to say but it seeing to me that you must be vain is as a girl to have that scar always on your mind why man youre yoiiro handsome enough to curry carry a dozen doxen scars ni int body ever thinks of it except to envy your war record 1 I 11 guthries mouth curled slightly in 1 ann ive forgotten till all about that sear scar but I 1 cant forget lie he men wild were not so luck lucky cy tint hut as camerons hand left tho the shoulder of tile the factor of Ul ulkowan kwan lie ho was sure that tile the furrow across tile cheek of the younger man had fiat played its part in a perso personal tint tragedy 0 As guthrie Gull irle left tile house to seel seek ills his room lit at hospitable quarters find and inthe himself ir present able for the supper on which mrs airs cameron Cui neron would spore spare no effort lie he turned for it short stroll across tile clear clearing hig ile he wits was approaching tile the mission motif lon when tile fur hooded figure of a woman passed him film at a short distance on a parallel path the face in the hood wits turned from him but tile the swinging stride of the feet aroused tile his curiosity curlo olty the white women residents of the post could bo be I 1 I 1 I 1 1 lit I 1 1 1 I ai 1 i A I 1 I 1 I 1 W I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 it sure grinds me to think of that mcdonald coming in here counted on the fingers of a hand it was a stranger a now new missionary teacher at the orphan indian school doubtless at the mission the paths met and guthrie turned witha with a good e evening V ening as the woman in the fur capote come came abreast to gasp with a furiously pounding hearth heart as he looked into the laughing eyes of joan aler youl herti here lie exclaimed gazing at the hood as it if at a ghost Wol bolcome come to albany mr air exile site ehe cried extending a hand ive just left mrs cameron and knew of your arrival witt with that fabulous amount of fur congratulations on your defeat of laughing mcdon bid aid you wintering at albany he be continued and yo you u never told met me I 1 the color rose to the dark hair on her forehead 1 I found a 0 job you see eee they needed a nurse terribly at the file school tier her eyes avoided his searching look now my aly brother returns in the spring so I 1 decided to wall wal for him here but when I 1 left you were leaving in a day or two for moose 11 lie relentlessly persisted and you wrote my christmas letter and never told me you were only ninety miles awny away tie he added reproachfully 1 I I 1 interfere with the your tight for the fox trade she replied weakly well the fact Is miss joan quarrier be said with a laugh that youre here at albany and im at at al tinny ano and 1 I hereby announce that ta rn going to stay a day or two twit or ahr thaw and talk to you im sure site she sold salt with a low bow hut you tire most flattering natt ering but you forget that my ein mr swan does not approve of you sir 11 all tile worse for swan then for im fin going to see you tomorrow morning afternoon and evening swan or of no swan I 1 am a masterful ninn mat and will hove have my way what time tonight do I 1 knock on the he loor door of the hitov alev berend swan with nil all ills his eyes garth was caressing tile tho face which had como come to blin aliu by tho the ore ire in the snow allow followed him film over tile the tundra of all alit inlaid tits his dreams the miracle of tier being hero to talk to loot look at when he had find thought tier her south across the forests I 1 and why had bad silo she stayed on lit in tile treaty dreary north 7 1 I 1 think you could coal come till lip tonight joans teeth hushed flashed in an alburl alluring ng smile anille ill try to reconcile air swan sann to the bitter dose of your presence lie ile needs tile nio here you know finds my experience valuable Ile moving his vil villien tien with ft quick movement garth slipped off the wit ten cu of the lie surprised girl and took tier her land hand 1 I 1 need you here lie ho said ns its well is as sann eight bight tonight I 1 and walked swiftly away mad hope in tits his brain his fits emotions out of hand why had site she stayed wily why had silo she stayed ho kept asking hilus himself elf its as he hurried to Cani crons house at supper at the lie camerons Cam crons guthrie said bald 1 I met tin nn old friend on tile the floating clearing tonight the kindly eyes of tile factors wife grew quizzical its as they mot met the glence glance of her guest site she was hero here when etienne came to the kitchen and told us of your success what did you do to that girl last september she and I 1 have talked a lot about you tills this winter guthries Gut Guth lirles rles heart warmed to the inference ile he felt the blood in tits his face I 1 and strove to cover his embarrassment with the question now how did she eho come to stay and help that cagy of a man swan mrs cameron smiled they were dreadfully in need of some one who had training half the children lind had some ailment and swan and his wife were at their wits end I 1 suppose joan resist the call as her brother was to return to the bay in the spring did you meet him asked garth oli oil yes they nto ate here several times very important person the doctor I 1 all ah h hl I 1 this from cameron Cam cron the matter lau laughed glied garth D you like him like him it was all I 1 could do to keep my hands oft that rooster growled the iford of albany ho he made a formal protest in writing to the company to the effect that he had been insulted by you and that you refused to get tits his stuff on but I 1 told thern them at moose what I 1 thought thou glit of him garth was grateful to cameron for his emission of other details of biers charges which he knew jonn joan had acorn scornfully fully demolished well miss quarrier to Is not responsible tor for her brother bouldi Could 11 bring tier lier over from the mission tonight swan almost kicked nice me out in september why of course major guthrie Gu thrle I 1 was going i to ask you to said mrs mra cameron Cn meron the poor child has a dreary enough time with the swans been worrying about her soul you know because of her liberal views on religion after supper garth hurried flurried over tile the trail to the mission at ills his knock the door was opened by the missionary if garth guthrie had been susceptible cep tible to withering looks from it a reverend gentleman whose meager framo frame stif stiffened fenet uneasily in the black cloth and clerical collar affected by mr air swan he fie would have been embarrassed barr assed at the chilly reception extended to him when lie he said good evening mr air swan I 1 I 1 have come to take miss quarrier over to the camerons for the evening you sir air IndI indignantly gantly replied the missionary have put yourself beyond the pale have no right to the society of pure women hands on hips for a spice space sp ice garth smiled good down on the greatly excited swan struggling heroically roi rol cally caly with the part his conscience bode bade him play then he be said quietly swan it if you |