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PERVERSITY OF FATE
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"Tel, you love me, don't you?" he asked. "To-morrow we will go and see the priest. Father Raoul shall speak the service. Shall it be so ? "
Wonderingly the girl stole toward him and raised his rough hands reverently to her lips.
Rose laughed loudly, mirthlessly, as he rose and took her in his arms, and presently he went in search of Pierre, to whom he repeated his proposal.
As if to emphasize the irony of fate, promotion came quickly to Rose, now that he no longer cared. From foreman of the gang to superintendent, he rose with a rapidity that caused Pierre to smile and murmur softly to himself:
"That girl Tel is mascot sure, and Jack Rose she is ver' lucky that she has ol ' Pierre 's daughter for her bride. Her gran' pere was a big chief. She is of blood royal."
Surely it seemed as if Jack was lucky above his fellows, for Tel worked wonders in making the simple hut a home, and only the gnawing
thought of Marion saddened his content. He had thought to marry Tel and forget his faithless love ; but, the more he strove, the more she seemed to dominate his thoughts.
And so it was five years later when Le Blanc and Frangois paddled their light canoe swiftly up the river to the lumber camp. There was a third figure in the frail craft and John Rose's heart gave a great leap as he strode down to the bank to welcome the voyageurs.
"Mrs. Elrood!" he cried in surprise as he lightly lifted her to the shore.
"Not Marion?" she asked gaily as she shook her skirts, wrinkled from long sitting in the canoe. ' ' Surely you should have a warmer greeting for one who has traveled thousands of miles up this horrible river just to see you. I thought the Mississippi was the longest stream, but I know better now."
"To see me?" echoed Rose. "Then Mr. Elrood "
"Is dead!" she completed, as a
'AND WHEN I SE'3 ROYSTON AND HIS FAMILY I ENVY THEM.