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THE FARMER: AUGUST 30, 1912
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(Continued.)
He advanced, his white teeth still
gleaming- in a smile, and not until he
launched himself like a cat at Dixon's
throat, was the Englishman convinced
that he meant attack. In a flash Dix
on stepped a little to one side and sent
out a crashing blow that caught Jean
on the side of the head and sent him
flat upon his back in the trail;
Half stunned, Gravois came to his
feet He did not hear the shrill cry
of terror from the twist in the trail.
He did "not look back to see Melisse
standing there. But Dixon both saw
and heard, and he laughed tauntingly
over Jean's head as the little French
man came toward1 him again, more
cautiously than before.
.It was the first time that Jean had
ever come Into contact with science.
H darted in again In his quick, cat
liks way and received a blow that
dazed him. This time he held to his
feet.
."Bah; this is like Btriklng a baby!"
exclaimed Dixon. "What are you fight
ing about, Gravois? Is -it a crime up
here to: kiss a pretty girlT'.., -
"I am going to kill yon!" said Jean,
s coolly as before.
There was something terribly calm
and decisive in his voice. He was not
excited. He.- was not afraid. His fin
gers did not go near the long knife in
his belt Slowfy, the laugh faded from
DIxOns face, and tense lines gathered
arbunil" his' mouth as Jean circled about
him. , - ' . " .
"Cotne," we don't .want trouble like
this he urged. "I'm sorry if Melisse
didn't like It,"
"I am going to kill you!" repeated
Jean. ': a. . " - . . .. . - -
It was the.sclence of the forest man i
pitted against that of another-world:
For-" sport Jean had played with
wounded lynx. Hi's was the quickness
of. sight, "of instinct without the oth- j
er s BCtenee-tne quickness oi'tne great
Ioo.ti that had often played this same
gaine,wlth: bj&ilfie flreof "the sledge
dog whose ripping fangs gcarried death
so-quickly that eyes could -not follow.
third and a fourth time he J came
within striking .distance and escaped.
He half drew his knife, and at the
movement T)ixon sprang back until his
shoulders touched the brush. Smiling
ly Gravois unsheathed . the blade and
tossed it behind him in the trail. His
eyes . were like a ; serpent's in . their
steadiness, and the muscles of his body
were drawn as tight as steel springs,
ready, to loose themselves when y the
chance came. ; . r
There were tricks in his fighting as
well as In the other's, and a dawning
of It began re grow upon Dixon.-, He
dropped his arms to ' his side, Inviting
Jean within reach. Suddenly the little
Frenchman straightened. His glitter
In jeyss ehot rfom the Englishman's
face to the brush behind him, and a
piercing' yell burst from his lips. In-'
rojaBtartly Dixon started,' half turning
his face, and before he had come to his
guard G ra vols flung -himself under his
arms, striking with the full force of
hLs body against his antagonist's knees.
Together they went HowriU in the
trail. - There was only one science now
that of the forest man. The lithe,
brown fingers that could have crushed
the life of a lynx, fastened themselves
around the Englishman's throat, and
there came one, gasping, quickly throt
tled ry as they tightened In their neck
breaking grip., ; r i
"I will kill your' said Jean again:
Dixon's arms fell limply to his side.
His eyes bulged " from their, sockets,
kls mouth was agape, but 'Jean did not
ee. , His face was buried en the other's
afiouMer, the whole life of him in the,
grip. He would not .have raised his
head for a full minute longer hahere
not come a . sudden Interruption the
terrified voice of Melisse, the frantic
tearing of her hands at his hands,
r: "He", 1 dead!" she' Shrieked. "You
have killed him, Jean!",
Jean looked into - Dixon's eyes.
"He is not dead," he said, rising and
folng to her side. "Come, my dear
run home to Iowaka. . I will not kill
bjm ' Her slender .form' shook with
agonized sobs as he led her to the
turn In the trail. "Bun home to Io
waka," he repeated gently. ' "I will
not kill -him, Melisse." . :; : ;'
He went back to Dixon and rubbed
snow over the man's face. 7- -
"My. God,. but It was near to itr.he
exclaimed, as there came a flicker of
"I will not kill him, Melissa."
life into the, eyes. "A little more and
he would have been- with the mis-
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He dragged - the Englishman to the'
side of the trail and set his back to a
tree. When he saw that fallen foe
man's breath was coming more strong
ly he followed slowly after Melisse. A
Unobserved, he went into the store
and washed the blood from his face,;
chuckling with huge satisfaction when
he looked at himself in the little glass
which hung over the washbasin.
"Ah, my sweet Iowaka; but would
you guess now that Jean de Gravois
had received two . clouts on the side
of the head that almost sent him into
the blessed hereafter? I would not
have had you see it for all the gold in
this world." ' : ' '"' ; ' . . '
' , A little later he went to the cabin.
Iowaka Nnd the children , were at
Croisset's, and he sat down to smoke
a pipe, i Scarce had he begun sending
up blue clouds of smoke when the door
opened ;and Melisse came in. , ,
"Hello, my dear," he cried, gayly,
laughing at her with a wave of his
pipe. .. -- 1 r
' In an instant she had flung the shawl
from her. head and was upon her
knees at his feet, her white face turn
ed upNto him , pleadingly, her breath
falling upon him In panting, sobbing
excitement. .
"Jean, Jean!" she whispered, stretch
ing up her hands to his face.- "Please;
tell me that you wilt never 'tell Jan
please tell me that you never will,
Jean never, never, never!" .
"I will say nothing, Melisse" ' ''
For a sobbing breath she dropped
her head upon his knees. Then sud-'
denly she drew down his face and
kissed him. ' '
' "Thank you, Jean, for what you have
done!" 7 . ' ,
"Whew!" "gasped Jean when she had
gone. "What if Iowaka had been here
then?"
The day following the fight in the
forest Dixon found Jean de Gravois
alone and came up to him.
"Gray ols1, will you shake' hands with
me?" he said. "I wanit to thank you
for what you did to me yesterday. I
deserved it I have asked Miss Melisse
to 'forgive me and I want to shake
hands with you." ' ' '
Jean was thunderstruck. ' He' had
never met this kind of man.
"What the deuce!" he ejaculated,
when he had come to his senses. "Yes,
I will shake hands'." y f
' For several days after this Jean
could see that Melisse made an effort
to evade him. She did not visit Iowa
ka when he was in the cabin. Neither
did she and Dixen go again into the
forest. The young Englishman spent
more of his time at the store, and
Just before the trappers began coming
In he went on a three days' sledge trip
with Croisset. ,
The change delighted Jean. The
first time he met Melisse after the
, fight his eyes flashed pleasure, ..
"Jan . will surely be coming home
soon," " he greeted her. . "What if the
birds tell him what, happened out there
on the. trail?" . . , - , , .
She flushed scarlet
"Perhaps the same birds will tell us
what has happened down on the Nel
son House trail, Jean," she retorted.
"Pouf ! Jan Thoreau doesn't give the
snap of his small finger for the Mac
Velgh girli" Jean replied, warm in de
fense of his friend.4
"She is pretty," laughed Melisse, "and
I have just learned that is why men
Eke to like them, I mean."
Jean strutted before her like a pea
lock. 1
?Am I pretty, Melisse?" . , . j
"No-o-o-o." " I
"Then why" he shrugged his Shoul
ders suggestively "in the cabin"
"Because you were brave, Jean. I
love brave meu."
"You were glad that I pummeled the
stranger, then?"
Melisse did not answer, but he
caught a laughing sparkle in the cor
ner of her eye" as she left him. !
. "Come. home, Jan Thoreau," he hum
med .softly as he ,weht to the store.
"Come home, tome. h6me,' come 'hpme,
for the. little, Melisse has grown 'into a
woman. and is learning, to use net eyes."
Among" the 'first of the trappers to
come in with his furs was MacVeigh.
He brought word that Jan had gone
south to spend the annual holiday at
Nelson House, and Cummins told Me
lisse whence the message came. He
did npt observe, the. slighjt change that
came into her face and went on:
,"I don't understand this in Jan. He
is needed here for the. carnival. Did
you know that he, was going to Nelson
House?" " . ""
Melisse shook her head. "
"MacVeigh says they have made him
an offer to go down there as jchief
Big Snows !
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99
man," continued the factor. "It is
strange that he has sent no explanation
to me."
It was a week after the big caribou
roast before Jan returned to Lac Bain.
Melisse -saw him -drive in from the
Churchill trail, but while her heart
fluttered excitedly she steeled herself
to meet him with at least an equal
show of the calm indifference 1 with
which he had left her six weeks be
fore. The coolness of his leave taking
still rankled bitterly in her bosom. His
hair and ' beard had grown, covering
the smooth cheeks which he had al
ways kept closely' shaved. His eyes
glowed with dull pleasure as she stood
waiting for him, but there was none of
the old flash and fire in them. There
was a strangeness in his . manner, ah
uneasiness in the shifting of his eyes.
"Jan!" she said." v.
Her voice trembled; her Hps quiv
ered. There was the old glorious
pleading in her eyes, 'and before it Jan
.bowed his unkempt head and crushed
, her v hands tightly in his own. For a
half minute there was silence, and in
that half minute there came a century
between them. At last Jan spoke.
"I'm glad to see you again, Melisse.
It has seemed like a very long time!"
He lifted his eyes. Before them the
girl involuntarily shrank back and Jan
freed her hands. In them she saw
none of the old love glow, nothing of
their old comradeship.
, "You will come to supper, Jan ?"
"Surely, Melisse, if youre prepared."
. CHAPTER XI.
Her Promise Kept.
AN. -went from .the cabin. . Jean de
Gravois and Iowaka were watch
ing for him, and Jean hurried
across the open to meet him. .
"I am comiug to offer you' the loan
of my. razor,"r he cried gaily. "Iowaka
says that you'will be taken for a bear
if the trappers see you." . i
"A beard is good to keep off the black
files," replied Jan. "It Is approaching
summer and the black flies love to
feast upon me. Let us go down the;
trail, Jean. I want to speak with you"
Where there had been wood cutting
In the deep spruce they sat down, fac
ing each other. Jan spoke in French.
- "I bave traveled far since leaving
Lac Bain," he said. "I went first to
'Nelson House, and from there to the,
; Wholdaia. I found them at Nelson
House,4 but not on the Wholdaia."
"What?" asked Jean, though he
knew well what the other meant ,
"My brothers, Jean de Gravois," an
swered Jan,! drawing his Hps until his
teeth gleamed in a sneering smile.
"My brothers the carrion! I saw the
two at Nelson House. One of them is a
half wit, and the other" he hunched
his shoulders "is worse. Petraud,
one of the two who were at Wholdaia,
was kUled by a Cree father last winter
for dishonoring his daughter. The oth
er disappeared. So you see, Jean de
Gravois, what sort of creature is your
friend Jan Thoreau!"
"I see that you are a bigger . fool
than ever," Jean said quietly. "Jan
Thoreau, what if I should break my
oath and tell Melisse?"
' Unflinching the men's eyes met A
dull glare came into Jan's. Slowly he
unsheathed his long knife and placed
it upon the snow between his feet
with the gleaming end of the blade
pointing toward Gi'avois. With a low
cry Jean sprang to his feet. v
; "Do you mean that, -Tan Thoreau?
Do you mean to give the knife chal
lenge to one who has staked his life
for you and who loves you as a
brother?"
; "Yes," said -Jan deliberately. s "I
love you, Jean, more than any other
man in the world. And yet I will kill
you if you betray me to Melisse!" He
rose to his feet and stretched out his
hands to the little Frenchman. "Jean,
wouldn't you do as I am doing?
Wouldn't you have done as much for
Iowaka?" '
' For a moment Gravois was silent.
I "I would not have taken her love
without telling her," he said then.
'That is not what you and I know as
honor, Jan Thoreau. But I would
have gone to her, as you should now
go to Melisse, and she would have
opened her arms to me, as Melisse
"would open bers to you. That Is what
I would have done." 1 ' 5
"And that is what I shall never do,"
eald Jan decisively, turning toward
the post. "I could kill myself more
easily. That is what I wanted to tell
you,. Jean. No one but you and I must
ver know!"
"I would !?kev to choke that fool Of a
Croisset for sending you to hunt up
those people at Nelson House and
Wholdaia!" grumbled Jean.
"It was best for me." . ;
, They saw .Melisse leaving Iowaka's
home when they came from the forest.
Roth waved their hands to her, and
Jjin cut across the open to the store.
Jean went to the Cummins cabin 'as
soon as he was sure that he was hot
observed. There was little of the old
. vivacity in his manner as he greeted
Melisse. He noted, too, that the girl
was not her natural self. There was a
redness under her eyes which told him
that she had been crying. . , , . , ' , ,
"Melisse." he said at last, speaking to
her with his eyes fixed oh the cap 'he
was twisting iu his fingers, "there tias
come a great change over Jan." '
, "A very great change, Jean. If 1
were to guess I should say that bis
'heart had been broken down on the
Nelson trail." . " 1
Gravois caught the sharp meaning in
. her voice, which trembled a little as
she spoke. He was before her in an
"instant his cap fallen to the floor, his
eyes blazing as he caught her! by the
arms.
To Be Continued.)
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