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that his hosts should kno important a person he was in the

colony of Red River To his mortification, he frequently observed in

the irl's

eyes were abstracted He was certain that she was not interested in

him, or in his exploits

"Can she have a lover?" he asked hi at his heart, and vibrating through his veins "No, this

cannot be She said in hera sad song if she were to go to the South

Stop! She may love, and not find her passion requited I shall stay

here until theI shall reveal who I a the course of the evening the audacious stranger was somewhat

confounded to learn that the father of his fair hostess was none

other than Colonel Marton, an ex-officer of the Hudson Bay Co all the Metis people, and one of the most

sturdy champions of the half-breed cause Indeed he are that

Colonel Marton was at this very ti forces, and preparing to strike a blow at the

authority of the Government in the North-West