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o, A . R o h rer ' S,r,err • SPeci»Uy ( I j 09 Jwm o n Bid’s WMbington. friend eh?' \Tills la a lonoly place for a woman | like yon,\ he eald, “aud our mutual now you are u fr iend,” Hhu said stead- iln't altogether unattractive. lly. ‘‘One’s likes nnd dislikes grow rapidly when they nro not cliolioO by Cberry’o cb«l:9 Can»&, but ber ta&o ccnrentlon. I l!*;o you tw veil tn roc was Icy. “This b eallrely s Vjuslneas j you do Hu*>. s’mi are too s,vcd .1 t.v to become tlio y,rsy o£ i U ojo matter,\ \Hm-ml Wk ♦♦♦♦♦♦ |t K ringlen A r c h it e c t I ain't neter heard you tonted none as a business tald tbe adventurer. woman,\ ‘‘Have you ever beard we\—<ho col or faded from tbe girl's face, and It was a trtflo <lr*wn-*'dlsenssed la any w a y r “Yon know, Emerson makes me ua- comfortable sometimes, be Is eo d - d morel,” b’raser replied ‘ won't atand for For tecoma tU Remember ieorge BaU.” “BaU hasn't started yet flrst time he Is a real meu ace to wiill* Marsh.” “Won't you take my advice and re- consider?” urged the girl. \Listen said the young man. “I camo lo tbls eouutry with a definite ___ ....u u ui’unito uv is 10 a— d purpose tn tulud, and I bud three yenra lied Indirectly. “Ilo In which to work It ont 1 needed any tbt ne off color . 1 ©ouey—God, bow X needed money! He’a a real aquaro guy, he la, the U n d , They may talk about tbe emptiness of you read about.\ > ‘ Tou didn't matter Inflated Cherry tty question,\ Again Kraser evaded tbeltiue. “Now, ______ _ „m i me If thla Marsh ta going after you in It waa gold I needed, sold I bad to earnest thla summer why don't you le t . have, and 1 fllOu't care much im® » me atlck around until «™i»- — ■* * - ! riches and tell you thst meu V.ibw not for the 'UU,' but for tbe pursuit; not for the score, but for the contest Maybe sonic o f them do, hut wltii me • 4 ---- . . - - maid Hospital f t 34 Avenue E. . . M o n t j^ k a lC ia A ia t e Nanas h M ' [ |gss I . M. RYAN* Manager 1 Ym Want Any K i a J . R id srith Repair work fN i n tare ef a good fob a t C a r e y ’ s S h o p IM i 4th Avenue | i r t n K o i i a | A S p e c iality T . M . C a r e y INN * C O . O e n e r a l C o n t r a c t o r s M u m C h betweea M f t 4th W 9 H W IIJ M M ■■■ .■ IM..................................... .. M e o d L i v e r y C O O D R IG S ( M O D NORSES U U M IA B L E K I C K S M u NcCleed, F n f f i c l o r [ il Tit A llaid B a rn 4 ih f t • j w»a id . BBVPf IIDO I f ......... me attck around uutU spring and look-; got It so long ns i got It honestly. oat your gnmol I'll drop a monkey focused every power upoo my desire, wrench In his gear civsc or put a spider j but a com® — -- - |_ M . * --- ‘ a curse notbing less. ... - - r\« «■ *|>iWT In bla dumpling, and it's m o n than •a even ahot that I f Mm aud I got t« know each other right well I'd own Ua ctumcry before fall.\ \Thank y w , I can take care o t my* •elf.” eald the gtrl. Late one stormy nlght-Conatantlne bad been gone a week—the two men ■ ea ra, ot Onwson 1 found a prospect whom tbey were expecting blew in j that would have made moat men rich. through tha Minding smother. Balt . ................... refused reat or. nourishment until h t had learned why Cherry bad aent (or him, Aa briefly as possible slit outlined t b t situation. Boyd Itetrsot aaw a huge, barrel chested m a ture whose tremendous muscles bulged be neath hia nondescript garmeuta, whose rad. upstanding bristle of Imtr topped « leather countcnauco from which gleamed n pair o f tbe most violent eyea Emerson bad ever beheld, tbe dorol-. Sant tspftaaloD ef which wss n g t. Bis voice wns boarso wltb the echo of dramming ratlines. He might havo lived forty, sixty years. but every year M d been given to the sea; Ita foaming violence waa in bls blood. As t b t significance o f Cherry’s words sunk into bis mind the sfgna o f an un- was on me-a curse, At flrst l took ml»for tune philosophically, but when It cnuie and alept wltb me I began to rage n> I t It waa terrifying because my time waa shortening, nnd the last day of grace was rushing toward me. _ \Just to show you wbat luck i play ed lu. at Dawson I ' that wonld have m a _ _ ....... ... ............ and, although such a thing had never -happened tn tbnt locality before, it ptecbtd out 1 tried again and again aad flnnily fouiid another mine, only te b t robbed of It by tbe Canadian Mws In Bitch n manner that there wa> not the falutcst hope of my ever re covering the property. I Anally shtfte\ \<%& a tvs mr u n »> it.\ M y Joy overspread tbe fisherman's visage. and bis t a il? paws coutinued te open and dote hungrily. \Do you mean business'/” he bellow ed a t Emerson. * 10 »n you flgbt?” \Tee.\ \Tbla gang won't stop at anything,” warned B a lt \Neither w ill I , \ nfflrmcd (he other, Wttb « scow) and a dangerous down drawing of his lip corners, 'i'v e got to win. so don't waste any time won dering bow far 111 g o .' What I want to know ia I f you will join my enter- G W. Daggett C a r p e n t e r a n d C o n t r a c t o r P, O. Box 362 t GiB it Bell Hotel Evenings H O T E L P O L S O N ! Ewrythtnf First Class. totti $2. per day. I ft SCOTT, Proprietor. J . P . B I N D O N Modem Plumbing anJ Steam Fitting J obbin g a s p e c i a l t y [ Witw nuta, Work Guaranteed on. A ll \111 g ir t my llfie to it.\ “I knew you would,\ flashed Cherry. \And I f we don't beat W ills Marsh, I f t m 7 , I I I kin M m r Bait ahonted, fttlly capable o f carrying out bls threat, for hte bloodshot eye* were VI wltb bitter hatred. Tnraing to the fl& l i t M l d : \Now giro m t something to cat. l*va beet living on dogdsb Ull my belly la f a ll o f bones.” Lout after Cherry had gone to bed ebt beard tbo murmur o f tbelr voices. \It's a ll arranged,” tbey advised Iter a t the breakfast tabic. \W e leave to- morrow.” “Tomorrow?\ sbo echocd blankly. \W o start In tbe morning. We have no time to waste.\ She felt a sudden dread n t ber beart Wbat I f they failed and did not re turn? What If. some untoward peril should overtake tbem on tbc outward trip? It was a hatardous Journey, ond George Balt was tbe most reckless man on tho Bering coast Emerson's nest words added to her alarm: “W o ll catcb tbe mail boat at Kat- m a i” “K a tnw l!\ sbo broke in sharply. T o u said you were going by the iliam- ea route.” 8 be turned on Bnlt angri ly. \You know better tban to auggest sucb a tbing.\ \1 .didn't suggest It,” said D a lt \It’s Mr. Emerson’s own Idea; he Insists.” \1 sbalJ be dreadfully worried until I know you are snfely over,\ said the girl, a now note of wistful tenderness In her voice. “Nonsense! We’re nil taken bJgger risks before.\ \Do you know.\ she began hesitat ingly. \I've been thinking thst per- baps you'd better not tube up this ftom mining to other veuiures, nnd the town burned. 1 awoke In a mid night bllzxard to see my chance f o r a fortune licked up by flames, while the hiss of the wuter froui tbe flrcmeu hose seemed directed at me. and tbe voice of the crowd sounded like Jeers. \ I waa nmoug the tlrst lit Nome and staked alongside the discoverers who undertook to put me In right for once; but although tbo fellows around me nude fortunes in a day. my ground was barren aud my bedrock swept dean by tbat uuseen hand whieh I always felt, but could nercr avoid One* a broken snowshoe In u rare to tbe recorder's offlcc lost rae a for tune; at auothcr time a corrupt Judp plunged me from certainty to despair and all the while my time was grow Ing shorter uiul I wus growing poorer \Two hours nfter tho Topkuk strike waa made I drove past tbe shaft, hut tbo one partner kuown to me bad gone to tbe cabin to build a lire aud the otber one lied to me, thinking I was a stranger. I heard afterward that Just aa I drove away my friend caiue to the door nnd called after uie. hut the day was bitter, and my c a n were mu fled wltb fur, while tbe dry siiow beneath the runnera shrieked ao tlm* It drowned bls cries. Oe chased me for balf n mile to mnko me rich, hut tbe band of fate lushed my dogs faster and faster, whilo thnt hellish screech ing ontdluiied his voice. Six hours Inter Topkuk was hlstoiy. You've seen stnmpedos-you understand. ”My uanie became a byword and caused people to laugh, though they shrank from me, for miners and sail ors aro equally superstitious. No innn had more opportunities tlmn I. and uo man was ever so miserably UUfortuoate in missing them. In time I became whipped, utterly without hope. Yet almost from habit I foughi on and on with my cars deaf to the voices tbat mocked me. \And something tells me that I have left tliat ill omened thing behind nt fast, and I nm going to win!” “Bnt you're too late.\ suggested Cherry. “You say your time was up tome tlm t ago.” Hrerhaps.\ he returned, staring Into the distances. \That's whnt I was going out to ascertain. I thought I ml ght h a rt'll few days o f grace allow ed me. That's why I can't quit, now that you're set me In motion again, now that you're given me another chance: That's wby we leave tomor row and go by way of tbe Katmal credulous stare. “1 thought you were enthusiastic on the subject” \ I nm. I bcllero In the proposition thoroughly,\ Cherry l/mped on, “but— well, I was entirely Bcltlsh ia getting you started, for ft possibly means my own salvation, but’’- \It's my but chance also,\ Boyd broke in. \A few days ego you wen n stranger; past.\ C 1 IAPTKR IV. tJRING the evening Emerson left tho two other men lu the •tore, and. seeking Cherry out In the little parlor, ask**) her to play for blm, Agaiu tbe blend Ing o f tbelr voices brought them closer, bls aloofness wore off, and he became an agreeable, accomplished companion wbose merry wit nnd boy ish eympnthy stirred, emotions lu the girl tbnt threatened her peace ot mind. It was tbeir last hour together before embarking 00 bis perilous Jour ney la search ot tbc golden fleece, and bis starred affections clamored for sympathy, while the iron in his blood felt tbc magnetic propinquity of sex. For her part, she lay nwako far Into fbe morning hours, now blissfully floating on the current of half formed desires, now vaguely fearing some dread that clutched her. Tho gvotlbys were brief and com monplace. Tbere was time for noth- ing more, for tbo dogs were straining to be off and tlio December air bit fiercely. But Cherry cullcd Emerson aside and la a rather tremulous voice begged him again to conEldor well this enterprise beforo finally committing blmself to It. \ I f this wove any otlier country, if there were any law up hero or any ccrlafnfy of getting ■ snuare deal I'd never sity a word; a square I’d urge U V t t l 1 u ..v - . - _ you to go the limit. But”— Bo was about to laugh off hor te ars, as he had done beforo, when the plain tive wrinkle between ber brows couutry which Kiuerson ond bls com puulona had to traverse was particu larly (terllous owing to tbe fact that tbelr course led tbem over tbe back bone of the great Alnskau range, that desolate, skyscraplug rampart wblcb IntcriHiees Itself between tbe bate of tbo arctic seas and tbe tossing wilder* uess o f the uorth I'ncltie. A week of hard travel found tbe iKtrty camped iu tbe last fringe of cottouwood that fronted tbc glacial slopes, tbelr number augmented now by a native from a Russian village with nn nnprononneenble name, wb& at the price of nn extortionate bribe, had agreed to pilot them through. For tbrvo days they lay Idle, the taut walls of thetr tent thrumming to an Inces sant fusillade of ice particles that whirled down ahead of the b last while Bmerson ftiuied to be gone, Tbe fourth morolug broke still nnd quiet, but nfter a careful scrutiny of tbe peaks tbe Indlnn shook bls bead and sjtoke to Halt, who nodded In agreement \What's the mattcrf* growled Rm- trsou. \Why don't we get uuder w a y f But the otber replied: \Not today. Them tips are smok ing, see!” He lodleated certain gnusy streamers thnt floated like vnpor from tho highest pinnacles. \That's snow, dry snow, nnd It shows thut the wind is Mowing up t here. Wc dnsscht tackle it.\ \Do you mean wo must lie boro wait, Ing for nn absolutely calm day T’ \Ksactly.\ \Wby. lt may bo a week!” 'it may lie two of them; then, again It may be nil right tomorrow.\ \Nonsensoi That brwso won’t burr anybody.” \Ilreozo!\ Unit laughed. \It's more like a tornado up yonder. No: we've just got to take It easy till the right moment comes nnd then make a dash. It’s thirty miles to tbo nearest stick of timber, and once you get Into tbe puss you can't stop till you're 1 brought Tlie nest dnwu showed tbe mountain peaks (tinned like cleau cut IV 017 against tbo steel blue sky, and as tbey crept up through the deflles the air was so motionless tlmt tbe smoko of tbelr pipes bung about their heads, while the croak of tbelr soles upon tbc dry surfaco of tbe snow roused echoes from the walla 00 either side. At Ilrst their progress was rapid, but timo the drifts grew deeper and they camo to bluffs where they were forced to notch footholds, uupnek their load aud relay it to the top, then fret tbe dogs and haul thu sled up with a rope band over band. It was early lo tbe afternoon wlien the Indian stopped snd began test ing tbe air. 'Teels like wind,\ said Balt, wltb * sbntic of his bead. The native began to clmttcr excitedly, and us they stood thero a chill draft fanned their cheeks. Mttle wisps of snow vapor began to dance npon tbo ridges, whisk ing out of sight as suddenly as they appeared. Tbey became conscious of a suddeu fall In tbe temperature nnd they knew thnt tho cold of iuterstcliar spaco dwelt lu thnt ghostly breath which smoto them. Before tbey were well aware of the ominous signifi cance of these signs the storm wns upon them, sweeping through the chute wherein they stood with rapidly Increasing vlolenca The terrible un seen hand of tbo frozen north had un leashed Hs brood of furies, and tho air rang with their hideous cries. There was no question of facing the wluil, for It wns moro cruel than the fierce breath of an open furnace soar ing the first) like n fame. All Ihe morning tho air had hung In |>erfect poise, but somo change of temperature away out over ono of the rival occnns had upset tho aerostatic glance, und the wind tore through flils gap llko tho torrent below a bro ken reservoir. COFTIWED FBXIfWKBK ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ All Stock Require a Tonic at this Season of the Ye«r Capital Stock Food Makes Stock Thrive. Saves Feed. Tones up tlie System. Made to Suit Montana Conditions. Manufactured by C a p i t a l S t o c k F o o d C o m p a n y H E L E N A , MONT. Sold by S . L G R E E N , P o is o n , M o n t X \tiOODBTl THAT’S UV AX 8 WIR.\ the forlorn droop of her lips stayed him. Without thought of conso- queoccs and prompted largely by his leaping spirits, ho stooped aud, before sho could divine bls purpose, kissed her. \Gondliy he laughed, with dancing eyos. “That’s my answer!” And the next second he wns nt (be sled. The dogs leaped nt hU shout, nnd the cavul -1 cade was In motion. nut the givl stood without tonnd or gesture, bareheaded under tbe wintry sky, a startled, wondering light in her eyes which did not fade until tbe men were lost to view fnr up the river trull Then she breathed deeply nnd turned I Into the house, oblivious to Constan-j tluc and the young squaw, who held | the Pick baby up for her Inspection. Tbe hasnrds of winter travel In tbe | north are manifold at best, but tin* 1 G A N D I E S T h e F r e s h e s t a n d B e s t V a r i e t i e s A l l K i n d O f S o f t D r i n k s , P e a n u t s , P o p C o m a n d C i g a r s T H E C L U B B I L L I A R D P A R L O R S H u r d A v e n u e W e W a n t 2 C U B A C u s t o m e r o f O u r s A P l e a s e d C u s t o m e r I s a G o o d A d v e r t i s e r : : I f W e P l e a s e Y o u , T e l l O t h e r s I f W e D o n t , T e l l U s . R E T Z & H A R R E L THE GROCERS. P L O W S • W A G O N S • - P a n d 0 . M o l i n e J . I . 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The Lake Shore Sentinel
(Polson, Mont.), November 25, 1910
The Lake Shore Sentinel
(Polson, Mont.), November 25, 1910
The Lake Shore Sentinel
(Polson, Mont.), November 25, 1910
The Lake Shore Sentinel
(Polson, Mont.), November 25, 1910
The Lake Shore Sentinel
(Polson, Mont.), November 25, 1910
The Lake Shore Sentinel
(Polson, Mont.), November 25, 1910
