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CHAPTER I.
It appeared that Armour had made
the great mistake of his life. When
people came to know, they said that to
have done it when sober had shown him
possessed of a kind of maliciousness and
cynicism almost pardonable, but to do
it when tipsy proved him merely weak
and foolish.' But the fact is he was less
tipsy at the time than was imagined, and
he could have answered to more malice
and cynicism than were credited to him.
To those who know tho world it is not
singular that of tho two Armour was
thought to have made the mistake and
had tho misfortune or that people wast
ed their pity and their scorn upon him
alone. Apparently they did not see that
the woman was to be pitied. He had
married her, and she was only an Indian
girl from Fort Charles of the Hudson’s
Bay company, with a little honest white
blood in her veins. Nobody, not even
her own people, felt that she had any
thing at stake or was in danger of un
happiness or was other than a person
who had ludicrously come to bear the
name of Mrs. Francis Armour. If any
one had said in justification that she
loved the man, the answer would have
been that plenty of Indian women had
loved white men, but had not married
them, and yet tho population of half
breeds went on increasing.
Frank Armour had been a popular
man in London. His club might be
found in tho vicinity of Pall Mall, his
father’s name was high and honored in
the army list, ono of his brothers had
served with Wolseley in Africa, and
himself, having no profession, but with
a taste for business and investment, had
gone to Canada with some such inten
tion as Lord Selkirk’s in the early part
of tho century. He owned large shares
in the Hudson’s Bay company, and
when he traveled through the north
west country prospecting he was receiv
ed most hospitably.
Of an inquiring and gregarious turn
of mind, he went as much among the
half breeds—or metis, as they are called
—and Indians as among the officers of
the Hudson’s Bay company and the
white settlers. Ho had ever been credit
ed with having a philosophical turn,
and this was accompanied by a certain
strain of impulsiveness or daring. He
had been accustomed all his life to
make up his mind quickly, and because
he was well enough off to bear the con
sequences of momentary rashness in
commercial investments ho was not
counted among the transgressors. He
had his own fortune. Ho was not draw
ing upon a common purse. It was a
different matter when lie trafficked rash
ly in the family name, so far as to mar
ry the daughter of Eye-of-the-Moon, the
Indian chief.
He was tolerably happy when he went
to the Hudson bay country, for Miss
Julia Sherwood was his promised wife,
and she, if poor, was notably beautiful
and of good family. His people had not
looked quite kindly on this engagement.
They had indeed tried in many ways to
prevent it, partly because of Miss Sher
wood’s poverty, and also because they
knew that Lady Agnes Martling had
long cared for him and was most hap
pily endowed with wealth and good
looks also. When ho left for Canada,
they were inwardly glad (they imagin
ed that something might occur to end
the engagement)—all except Richard,
the wiseacro of the family, tho book
man, the drone, who preferred living at
Grey hope, their Hertfordshire home, tho
year through to spending half tho time
in Cavendish square. Richard was very
fond of Frank, admiring him immense
ly for his buxom strength and clever
ness and not a little, too, for that very
rashness which had brought him such
havoc at last.
Richard was not, as Frank used to
say, “perfectly sound on his pins’’—
that is, he was slightly lame—but ho
was right at heart. Ho was an immense
reader, but made little use of what he
read. He had an abundant humor and
remembered every anecdote he ever
heard. He was kind to the poor, walked
much, talked to himself as he walked
and was known by the humble sort as
“a ’centrio. ” But ho had a wise head,
and he foresaw’danger to Frank’s happi
ness when he w’ent away. While others
had gossiped and maneuvered and w’ere
busily idle, he had watched things. He
saw that Frank -was dear to Julia in
proportion to the distance between her
and young Lord Haldwell, whose father
had done something remarkable in guns
or torpedoes and was rewarded with a
lordship and an uncommonly large for
tune. He also saw’ that after Frank left
the distance between Lord Haldwell and
Julia became distinctly less. They were
both staying at Greyhope. Julia Sher
wood was a remarkably clever girl.
Though he felt it his duty to speak to
her for his brother—a difficult and deli
cate matter—ho thought it w’ould come
better from his mother.
But when he took action it was too
late. Miss Sherwood naively declared
that she had not known her own heart
and that she did not care for Frank any
more. She wept a little and was soothed
by motherly Mrs. Armour, who was
inwardly glad, though she knew the
matter would cause Frank pain, and
even General Armour could not help
showing slight satisfaction, though ho
was innocent of any deliberate action
to separate the two. Straightway Miss
Sherwood dispatched a letter to the
wilds of Canada, and for a week was an
unengaged young person. But she was
no doubt consoled by the fact that for
some time past she had complete con
trol of Lord HaldweH’s emotions. At
the end of the week her perceptions were
justified by Lord Haldwell’s proposal,
which, with admirable tact and obvious
demureness, was accepted.
Now Frank was wandering much
in the wilds, so that his letters and pa
pers went careering about after him,
and some that camo first were the last
to reach him. That was how he receiv
ed a newspaper announcing the mar
riage of Lord Haldwell and Julia Sher
wood at the same time that her letter,
written in estimable English and with
admirable feeling, came, begging for a
release fpm their engagement, and,
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toward its close, assuming, with a
' charming regret, that all was over, and |
that the last word had been said between
them.
Ho was sitting in tho trader’s room
at Fort Charles when the carrier came
with the mails. He had had somo suc
cessful days hunting buffalo with Eye
of-tho-Moon and. a little band of metis,
had had a long powwow in Eye-of-tlie-
Moou’s lodge, had chatted gayly with
Lali, tho daughter, and was now pre
pared to enjoy heartily the arrears of
correspondence and news before him.
Ho ran his hand through the letters and
papers, intending to classify them im
mediately, according to such handwrit
ing as he recognized and the dates on
the envelopes. But as he did so ho saw
a newspaper from which tho wrapper
was partly torn. He also saw a note in
tho margin directing him to a certain
page. The note was in Richard’s hand
writing. lie opened tho paper at tho
page indicated and saw tho account of
the marriage. His teeth clinched on
his cigar; his face turned white; tho pa
per fell from his fingers. He gasped; his ;
hands spread out nervously, then caught 1
the table and held it as though to steady
himself.
Tho trader rose. “You are ill,” ho
said. “Havo you bad news?” He glanc- i
, ed toward the paper.
Slowly Armour folded the paper up
and then rose unsteadily. “Gordon,”
he said, “give me a glass of brandy.”
Ho turned toward the cupboard in tho
room. Tho trader opened it, took out
“Have yon bad newst"
a bottle and put it on tho table besido
Armour, together w ith a glass and some
water. Armour poured out a stiff
draft, added a very little water and
drank it. Ho drew a great sigh and
I stood looking at the paper.
“Is there anything I can do for you,
Mr. Armour?” urged the trader.
“Nothing thank you, nothing at all.
Just leave the brandy here, will you? I
feel knocked about, and I have to go
through tho rest of these letters. ”
He ran his fingers through the pile,
turning it over hastily, as if searching
for something. The trader understood.
Ho was a cool headed Scotsman. He
knew that there were somo things best
not inquired into, and that men must
havo their bad hours alone. He glanced
at the brandy debatingly, but presently
turned and left, the room in silence. In
his own mind, however, ho wished he
might have taken the brandy without
being discourteous. Armour had dis
covered Miss Sherwood’s letter. Bcforo
ho opened it he took a little moro bran
dy. Then he sat down and read it de
liberately. The liquor had steadied
him. Tho fingers of one hand even drum
med on tho table. But the faco was
drawn, the eyes were hard, and tho look
of him was altogether pinched. After
he had finished this ho looked for others
from tho same hand. 110 found none.
Then he picked out those from his
mother and father. He read them
grimly.
Once he paused as he read his moth
er’s letter and took a great gulp of plain
bi’andy. There, was something very like
a sneer on his face when he finished it.
Ho read tho hollowness of tho sympathy
extended to him. He understood the far
from adroit references to Lady Agnes
Martling. Ho was very bitter. 110 road
no more letters, but took up Tho Morn
ing Post again and read it slow’ly
through. Tho look of his face was not
pleasant. There was a small looking
, glass opposite him. Ho caught sight
, of himself in it. Ho drew his hand across
, his eyes and forehead, as though he
was in a miserable dream. He looked
again. He could not recognize himself.
He then bundled tho letters and pa
pers into his dispatch box. His atten
| tion was drawn to ono letter. Ee picked
it up. 11 was from Richard. Ha started
to break tho seal, but paused. The
, strain of the event was too much. He
winced. He determined not to read it
, then, to wait until he had recovered
himself. Ho laughed now painfully. It
, had been better for him—it had maybe
[ averted what people used to term his
; tragedy—had he read his brother’s let
r i ter at that moment, for Richard Ar
l mour was a sensible man, uotvvith
s standing his peculiarities, and perhaps
, the most sensiblo words ho ever wrote
1 were in that letter thrust unceremoni
)! ously into Frank Armour's pocket.
, I Armour had received a terrible blow.
,! Ho read his life backward. He had no
; i future. The liquor he had drunk had
; not fevered him. It had not wildly ex
! cited him. It merely drew’ him up to a
i point where he could put a sudden im
pulse into practice without flinching.
He was bitter against his people. He
credited them with more interference
than was actual. He felt that happi
ness had gone out of |iis life and left ,
him hopeless. As wo said, he was a j
man of quick decisions. He would have
made a dashing but reckless soldier.
He was not without the elements of the
gamester. It is possiblo that tliero was
in him also a strain of cruelty, unde
veloped, but radical.
Life so far had developed the best in :
him. He had been cheery and candid, j
! Now ho traveled back into new avenues
l of his mind and found strange aborigi- j
, I nal passions fully adapted to the present |
situation. Vulgar auger and reproaches
W’ere not after his nature. He suddenly !
found sources of refined retaliation. He
drew upon them. Ho would do some
thing to humiliate his people and tho
girl who had spoiled his life. Some one
thing! It would bo absolute and lasting.
It would show how low had fallon his
opinion of women, of whom Julia Sher
wood had once been chiefest to him. In
that ho would show his scorn of her.
110 would bring down the prido of his
family, who, lie believed, had helped
! out of mere selfishness to tumble his
happiness into the shambles.
Ho w’as older by years than an hour
ago. But he was not without the facnl- ;
ty of humor. That was why ho did not
become very excited; it was also why i
ho determined upon a comedy which
should have all tho elements of tragedy.
Perhaps, however, ho had not carried
! his purposes to immediate conclusions
were it not that the very gods seemed to
play his game with him, for while he
stood there looking out into tho yard of
tho fort a Protestant missionary passed
the window. The Protestant missionary,
as ho is found at such places as Fort
Charles, is not a strictly superior person.
A Jesuit might have been of advantage
to Frank Armour at that moment. Tho
Protestant missionary is not above com
fortable assurances of gold. So that
when Armour summoned this one in
and told him what was required of him
and slipped a generous gift of the
queen’s coin into his hand he smiled ;
vaguely and was willing to do what he
was bidden. Had ho been a Jesuit, who
is sworn to poverty and more often ;
than not a man of birth and education, j
ho might have influenced Frank Ar
mour and prevented the notable mishap
and scandal. As it was, Armour took ,
more brandy.
i Then ho went down to Eye-of-tho- !
Moon’s lodge. A few hours afterward
j the missionary mot him there. The next
! morning Lali, tho daughter of Eye-of
the-Moon and the chieftainess of a por
j tion of her father’s tribe, whoso grand
j father had been a white man, was in
troduced to the Hudson bay country as
Mrs Frank Armour. But that was not
all. Indeed as it stood it was very little.
Ho had only made his comedy possiblo
as yet. Now tho play itself was to come.
Ho had carried his scheme through
boldly so far. He would not flinch in
carrying it out to tho last letter. He
brought his wife down to the great lakes
immediately, scarcely resting night or
day. There ho engaged an ordinary but
reliable woman, to whom he gave in ;
structions, and sent the pair to tho
coast. 110 instructed his solicitor at
Montreal to procure passages for Mrs.
Francis Armour and maid for Liverpool.
Then by letters ho instructed his solic
itor in London to meet Mrs. Francis Ar
mour and maid at Liverpool and take
them to Greyhope in Hertfordshire—
that is, if General Armour and Mrs. Ar
mour or somo representative of tho fam
ily did not meet them when they landed
from tho steamship.
Presently he sat down and wrote to
his father and mother and asked them
to meet his wife and her maid when
they arrived by the steamer Aphrodite.
Ho did not explain to them in precise
detail his feelings on Miss Julia Sher
wood’s marriage, nor did ho go into
full particulars ns to tho personality of
Mrs. Frank Armour, but he did say
that because he knew they were anxious
that he should marry “acceptably” he
had married into aristocracy, tho oldest
aristocracy of America, and because ho
also knew they wished him to marry
wealth he sent them a wife rich in vir
tues—native, unspoiled virtues.
Ho hoped that they would take her
to their hearts and cherish her. He
knew their firm principles of. honor,
and that he could trust them to bo kind
to his wife until ho returned to share
tho affection which ho was sure would
be given to her. It was not his inten
tion to return to England for some time
yet. He had work to do in connection
with his proposed colony’, and a wife,
even a native wife, could not well be a
companion in the circumstances. Be
sides Lali—his wife’s name was Lali—
would be better occupied in learning the
peculiarities of tho life in which her fu
turo would be cast. It was possible they
would find her an apt pupil. Of this
they could not complain that sho was
untraveled, for sho had ridden a horse,
bareback, half across the continent.
They could not cavil at her education, .
for sho knew several languages—abo
riginal languages—of tin; north. She had
merely to learn the dialect of English
society and how to carry with accepta
ble form tho costumes of tho raco to
which she was going. Her own costume
was picturesque, but it might appear
unusual in Loudon society. Still they
could use their own judgment about
that.
Then, when she was gone beyoncl re
call, lie chanced one day to put on tho
coat he wore when the letters and pa- 1
per declaring his misfortune came to
him. Ho found his brother's letter; ho 1
opened it and read it. It was the letter
of a man who knew how to appreciate
at their proper value the misfortunes
as tho fortunes of life. While Frank Ar
mour read he came to feel for the first
time that his brother Richard had suf
fered, maybe, from somo such misery
as had come to him through Julia Sher
wood. It was a dispassionate, manly
letter, relieved by a gentle wit and
hinting with a careful kindness that a
sudden blow was better for a man than
a lifelong thorn in his side. Of Julia
Sherwood ho had nothing particularly
bitter to say. He delicately suggested
that sho acted according to her nature,
and that in the seesaw of life Frank
had had a soro blow, but this was to bo
borne.
Tho letter did not say too much. It
did not magnify the difficulty. It did
not depreciate it. It did not even direct
ly counsel. It was wholesomely, tender
ly judicial. Indirectly it dwelt upon the
steadiness and manliness of Frank’s
character. Directly, lightly and with
out rhetoric it enlarged upon their own
comradeship. It ran over pleasantly the
days of their boyhood when they were
hardly ever separated. It made distinct,
yet with no obvious purpose, how good
were friendship and confidence—which
might be tho most unselfish thing in
the world—between two men. With
tho letter before him Frank Armour saw
j his act in a new light.
As wo said, it is possible if ho had
read it on the day when his trouble
came to him he had not married Lali
nor sent her to England on this—to her
—involuntary mission of revenge. It is
possible also that there camo to him
the first vaguo conception of tho wrong
j he had done this Indian girl, who un
doubtedly married him because sho
cart d for him uftcr her heathen fashion,
I while ho had married her for nothing
i that was commendable, not even for
passion, which may be pardoned, nor
for vanity, which has its virtues. Ho
had had liis hour with circumstance.
Circumstance would have its hour with
him in due time. Yet there was no ex
traordinary revulsion. Ho was still an
gry’, cynical and very soro. Ho would
see tho play out with a consistent firm
ness. Ho almost managed a smile when
a letter was handed to him some weeks
later, bearing his solicitor’s assurance
that Mrs. Frank Armour and her maid
had been safely bestowed on the Aphro
dite for England. This was the first act
in his tragic comedy.
CHAPTER 11.
When Mrs. Frank Armour arrived at
Montreal, she still wore her Indian cos
tume of clean well broidered buckskin,
moccasins and leggings, all surmounted
by a blanket. It was not a distinguished
costume, but it seemed suitable to its
wearer. Mr. Armour’s agent was in a
quandary. Ho had had no instructions
regarding her dress. He felt, of course,
that as Mrs. Frank Armour she should
put off theso garments and dress as far
as possible in accordance with her new
position. But when ho spoke about it
to Mackenzie, tho elderly maid and com
panion, he found that Mr. Armour had
said that his wife was to arrive in Eng
land dressed as she was. He saw some
thing ulterior in the matter, but it was
not his province to interfere. And so
Mrs. Frank Armour was a passenger
by tho Aphrodito in her buckskin gar
ments.
What she thought of it all is not
quite easy to say. It is possible that at
first sho only considered that sho was
the wife of a white man—a thing to bo
desired —and that tho man sho loved
was hers forever—a matter of indefina
ble joy to her. That ho was sending her
to England did not fret her, because it
was his will, and he knew what was
best. Busy with her contented and yet
somewhat dazed thoughts of him, sho
was too happy to bo very activo men
tally, even if it had been the character
istic of her race. Sho was not at first
aware of how much notice she excited
and how strange a figure sho was in
this staring city. When it did dawn
upon her, sho shrank a little, but still
yvas placid, preferring to sit, with her
hands folded in her lap, idly’ watching
things. She appeared oblivious that sho
was the wifo of a man of family and
rank. She was only thinking that tho
man was hers—all hers.
He had treated her kindly enough in
the days they were together, but she
had not been a great deal with him be
cause they traveled fast, and his duties
were many, or he mado them so, but
the latter possibility did not occur to
her. When he had hastily bidden her
farewell at Port Arthur, ho had kissed
her and said, “Goodby, my wife. ” She
was not acute enough yet in the inflec
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“ Goodby , my wife."
tions of Saxon speech to catch the satire
—almost involuntary—in tho last two
words. She remembered the words,
however, and tho kiss, and she was
juite satisfied. To what she was going
sho did not speculate. He was sending
her—that was enough.
The woman given to her as maid had
been well chosen. Armour had done
this carefully. Blio was Scotch, was re
served, had a certain amount of shrewd
ness, would obey instructions and do
her duty carefully. What sho thought
about tho whole matter she kept to her
self. Even the solicitor at Montreal
could not find out. She had her instruc
tions clear in her mind. Sho was de
termined to carry them out to the let
ter, for which sho was already well
paid and was likely to be better paid,
because Armour had arranged that she
should continue to be with his wife
after they got to England. She under
stood well the language of Lali’s tribe,
and because Lali’s English was limited
sho would bo indispensable in England.
Mackenzie therefore had responsibili
ty, and if she was not elated over it sho
still know the importance of her posi
tion and had enough practical vanity to
make her an efficient servant and com
panion. She already felt that she had
got her position in life, from which she
was to go out no more forever. She
had been brought up in the shadow of
Alnwick castle, and she knew what was
duo to her charge—by other people.
Herself only should have liberty with
her. She was taking Lali to tho home
of General Armour, and that must be
kept constantly before her mind. There
fore from tho day they set foot on tho
Aphrodite sho kept her place beside Mrs.
Armour, sitting with her —they walked
very little—and scarcely ever speaking,
either to her or to tho curious passen
gers. Presently tho passengers became
more inquisitive and made many at
tempts at being friendly, but these re
ceived little encouragement. It had be
| come known who tho Indian girl was,
and many wild tales went about as to
her marriage with Francis Armour.
Now it was maintained she had saved
his life at an outbreak of her tribe;
again that sho had found him dying in
tho woods and had nursed him back to
life and health; yet again that sho
was a chieftniness, successful claimant j
against the Hudson’s Bay company,
and so on.
Tliero were several on board who
knew tho Armours well by name, and
two who knew them personally. Quo
was Mr. Edward Lambert, a barrister
of the Middle Temple, and the other
was Mrs. Townloy, a widow, a member
of a well known Hertfordshire family,
who, on a pleasant journey in Scotland,
had met, conquered and married a
wealthy young American and had boeu
left alone in the world by no means
portionless 18 mouths before,
Lambert knew Richard Armour well, |
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and when, from Francis Armour’s so
licitor', ■whom Ire knew, lio heard just
beforo they started who tho Indian girl
was ho was greatly shocked and sorry.
He guessed at once the motive, tho mad
ness, of this marriage. But he kept
his information and his opinions most
ly to himself, except in so far as it
seemed only duo to friendship to con
tradict the numberless idlo stories go- r
ing about. After the first day at sea he t
canto to know Mr.-. Townley, and when 1
ho discovered that they had many mu- j
tual friends end that she knew the Ar- j
mourn he spoke a little more freely to i
her regardim; tho Indian wife and told f
her what ho believed was tho cause of i
the marriage.
Mrs. Townley was a woman—a girl t
—of uncommon gentleness of disposi- 1
lion, and in r ; he of her troubles in- (
cliucd to view life with a sunny eye. 1
She had known cf Frank Armour’s on- {
gagemont with Miss Julia Sherwood,
but she had ns v r board the sequel. If 1
this was the st cm I —well, it had to bo •
faced. But she was almost tremulous ;
with sympathy when she remembered •
Mrs. Armour mul Frank’s gay, fashion- J
able sister, Marion, and contemplated ,
tho arrival < f this Indian girl at Grey- ;
hope. Kin: 1 ;al always liked Frank Ar- i
mour, but this made her angry with :
him, for on second thought sho was
not more sorry for him and for his peo- 1
plo than for Lali, the wife. She had
the true instinct of womanhood, and
sho supposed that a heathen like this
could have f, clings to l> hurt and a life
to ho wounded as her ,If or another. At
least she saw what was po.-sible in the
future when this Indian girl camo to
understand her position, only to ho ac
complished by contact with tho now life
so different from her past.
Botli she and Lambert decided that
she was very fine looking, notwithstand
ing her costume. She was slim and well
built, with modest bust and shapely
feet and ankles. Her eyes wero large,
meditative and intelligent, her features
distinguished. Sho was a goodly product
| of her race, being descended from a line
of chiefs and ehieftaincsses, broken
only in tho case of her grandfather, as
we have said. Her hands, the two kind
ly inquisitors decided, were almost her
best point. They were perfectly made,
slim, yet plump, the fingers tapering,
the wrist supple. Mrs. Townley then
and there decided that tho girl had pos
sibilities. But here she was, an Indian,
with few signs of civilization or that
breeding which seems to white people
the only breeding fit for earth or heaven.
Mrs. Townley did not need Lambert’s
suggestion that sho should try to ap
proach the girl, make friends with her
and prepare her in some slight degree
for tho strange career before her.
Mrs. Townley had an infinite amount
of tact. Klie knew it was best to ap
proach the attendant first. This she did,
and to the surprise of- ther lady pas
sengers received no rein Her advance
was not, however, rapid. Mackenzie
had had her instructions. When she
found that Mrs. Townley knew Francis
Armour and his people, she thawed a
littlo more, and then very hesitatingly
she introduced her to the Indian wife.
Mrs. Townley smiled her best, and
there were many who knew how attract
ive sho could be at such a moment.
There was a slight pause, in which
Lali looked at her meditatively, earnest
ly, and then those beautiful wild fingers
glided out and caught her* hand and (
held it, but sho spoke no word. She '
only looked inquiringly, seriously, at ,
her new found friend and presently
dropped the blanket away from her and
sit up firmly, as though she felt sho
was not altogether an alien now and
had a right to hold herself proudly ,
among white people, as she did in her
own country and with her own tribe,
who had greatly admired her. Certain-’
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Those beautiful vihl fingers glided out
and taught her hand.
ly Mrs. Townley could find no fault
with tho woman as an Indian. Sho had
taste, carried her clothes well and was
superbly fresh in appearance, though
her hair still bore very slight traces of
tho grease which even the most aristo
cratic Indians use.
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