The Lady of North Star (Paperback)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: Macmillan Co. of Canada, Ltd. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V A REVELATION JOY GARGRAVE did not begin her story immediately. For a full two minutes they walked on, environed by the solemn pinewoods, and enveloped in the strange, white silence of the North. The corporal waited, and at last the girl spoke. "You wonder why I was sitting on the bank, crying?" "Yes," he replied frankly. "I am wondering why you should do that, though I may tell you that I already have an idea." "You already have an idea?" the girl's tones, as she echoed his question, betrayed surprise. "Yes," he answered, and thrusting a hand inside his fur parka, he produced the note which he had found, and held it towards her. He saw from her face that she recognized it, and he continued slowly: "You see, I found this last night -- not far from the place where Roona Dick was lying. I did not know to whom it had been written; and if I had known, I am afraid duty would have compelled me to read it. If I am not mistaken, it was written to you; at any rate it bears your Christian name." "It was written to me," answered the girl quickly. "It is mine." "And the writer of it ? Was he Koona Dick ?" "Yes," was the reply. Corporal Bracknell glanced at the note, and his eyes were fixed upon the half-erased signature. "Tell me," he said, "what is Koona Dick's name? -- I mean the second half of his name which he had begun to write apparently from force of habit, and then crossed out?" "I am afraid it will be something of a surprise to you," said the girl. "Perhaps not so great a surprise as you think," was the reply. "I think I have already...