Chapter
1
know exactly where to begin my story. I will start t~
years ago， when I left New York City and journeyed we
on the Great Northern Railroad.
My cousin Minnie， mawkish， faded beauty of the Bro~
way stage， was getting married. Perhaps because we wq
both without family--there can be no other explanat
because we were never close--she came to me to talk ab
her fianc6. ， _~a ;，， fact almost
She seemed desperately conce~nvu， -\" _ . .
traught， Over her relattonshtp w~th her new beau t~u~
I queried her about the problem， she wouldn t tell
anything. Only that things could be worked out before 1
wedding took place that summer in a wilderness are
Lake Superior.
She insisted that it was， indeed， a shame I was so i
on starting my own dressmaking business in New
because she would adore it if I would come with her
own private seamstress.
I stared at her a moment. \"You mean come with ~.
Lake Superior ?.\"
\"Dear， I realize it s the end of the earth， but I tho~
might be good for both of us. You can keep me col
and make beautiful things， and well， as for your
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