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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER. THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 1929. It they bad rested I gazed unbelievingly. sickening sense of loss and failure crushed me. For the scow was gone. A TIME TTIDADLL (DIP A 9Q8 Northland Romance by ROBERT W. SERVICE Illustration by Irwin Myers W?ru Service Ton coward I "Oh, you blind J Couldn't you see? Couldn't you feel? That day on the scow it came to me Love. Do you know what I wished as we went through the rapids? I wished that it might be the end, that in such a supreme moment we might go down clinging together, and that in death I might hold you In my arms. Oh, if you'd only been like that afterwith love. ward, met love open-armeBut, no! you slipped back to friendship. I feel as if there were a barrier of ice between us now. Leave me, leave me, for I never want to see you d again." "Yes, you will, you must, you must, Berna. I love you so, I love you so." I crushed her to me, I kissed her madly, yet she was cold. "Have you nothing more to say than fine words?" she asked. "Marry me, marry me," I repeated. "Now?" Now! I hesitated again. The suddenness of it was like a cold douche. God knows, I burned for the girl, yet somehow convention clamped me. "Now if you wish," I faltered ; "but better when we get to Dawson. Better when I've made good np there. Give me one year, Berna, one year and then" . "One yearl" The sudden gleam of hope vanished from her eyes. Then she turned to me in a sudden spate of passion, her face pleading, furrowed, wretchedly sad. "Oh, my dear, my dear, I love you better than the whole world, but 1 hoped you would care enough for me to marry me now. It would have been best, believe me. Well, be it so, we'll wait one year." "Yes, believe me, trust me, dear; it will be all right I'll work for you, slave ior you, think only of you, and in twelve short months I'll give ray whole life to make you happy." "Will you, dear? Well, it doesn't matter now. . '. . I've loved you." .,.-- All that night 1 wrestled with myself. I felt I ought to marry her at once to shield her from the dangers that encompassed her. She was like a lamb among a pack of wolves. I juggled with my conscience. I was young and marriage to me seemed such a terribly step. Yet in the end my better nature triumphed, and ere the camp was astir I arose. I was going to marry Berna that day. A feeling of relief came over me. How had it ever seemed possible to delay? I was elated beyond measure. I hurried to tell her. Love words trembled cn my tongue tip. It seemed to me I could not bear to wait a moment Then as I reached the place where Knmmpr rlrpw $100.- banks. It 000,000 out of savings wouldn't be so bad if a fellow could acquire an overcoat of tan. Dr. Wm. Eli Hawkins Chriopractor and Masseur Bank Building Office Hours: 9 to 12 and 1 to 3 When You Think HARDWARE THINK WILSON "Everything to Build Anything! Phone 11. It was three days before we made a start again, and to me each day wag like a year. Why ber sodden departure? I had do doubt it was enforced. I dreaded danger. Then In a while I grew calmer. I was foolish to worry. She was safe enough. We would meet In Dawson. At last we were under way. Once more with swelling sail we drove before the wind, ferbaps the rich ground would all be gone ere we reached the valley. Maddening thought after what we had endured 1 We must get on. The days were insufferably hot and mosquito-curs- t ; the nights chilly, damp and mosquito-haunted- . I suffered agonies from neuralgia. Never mind. It would soon be over. We were on our last lap. The trail was near Its end. Yes, It was Indeed the homestretch. Suddenly sweeping round a bend we raised a shout of joy. There was that great livid scar on the mountain face the "Slide," and clustered below it like shells on the seashore, an army of tents. It was a gold-borcity. Trembling with eagerness we pulled ashore. Our troubles were over. At last we had gained our Eldorado, thank God, thank God! A number of loafers were coming to meet us. They were strangely calm. "How about the gold?" said the Frodigal; "lots of ground left to n stake?" One of them looked at us contemptuously. Ue chewed a moment ere he spoke. "You Cheechakers better git right home. There ain't a foot of ground to stake. Everything in sight was staked last fall. The rest is all mud There's nothing doin' an' there's ten men for every job I The whole thing's a fake. You Cheechakers better git right home." Yes, after all our travail, all our torment, we had better go right home. Already many were preparing to do so. This was the end. CHAPTER VI - I will always remember my first day in the gold camp. All was grotesque, Back of the makeshift, haphazard. main street lay the red-ligquarter, and behind It again a swamp of the breeding place of fever and mosquito. Till midnight I wandered up and down the long street; but there was no darkness, no lull In Its clamorous life. I was looking for Berna. My heart hungered for her; my eyes ached for her; my mind was so full of her there seemed no room for another single thought But it was like looking for a needle in a strawstack to find her So with in that seething multitude. spirits steadily sinkiug zerowards 1 waited. After a session of debate, we decided to reserve our rights to stake till a good chance offered. It was a Like all the rest bitter awakening. we had expected to get ground that down. was gold from the grass-root- s But there was work to be had, and we would not let ourselves be disheartened. n had already deThe' serted us. He was off up on Eldorado somewhere, shoveling dirt Into a sluice-bofor ten dollars a day. I made up my mind I would follow him. Jim also would get to work, while the Prodigal, we agreed, would look after our interests, and stake or buy a good claim. The country was at the mercy of a gang of corrupt officials who were using the public offices for their own enrichment Franchises were being given to the favorites of those In power, concessions sold, liquor permits granted, and abuses of every kind practiced on the free miner. All was venality, injustice and exaction. "Say, boys, I guess I've done a slick piece of work," said the Prodigal with some satisfaction, as he entered our tent. "I've bought three whole outfits on the beach. Got them for 25 per cent less than the cost price in Seattle. I'll pull out 100 per cent on the deal. Now's the time to get in and buy from "Locasto came to Dawson from bis claim yesterday. It is said that before leaving the Forks be lost a sum ranging la the neighborhood of $5,000. Last Bight he began playing in the Malamute with Haw and Terry In an effort. It Is supposed, to recoup bis losses at the Forks. The play continued nearly all night, and at the wind-up- , Locasto, tia stated above, was loser to the amount of $10,000." Jack Locasto! Why bad I not thought of him before? Surely If anyone knew of the girl's whereabouts. It would be he. I determined I would ask him at once. So I hastily finished my coffee and Inquired of the waiter where I might find the Klondike king. "Oh, Black Jack." he said: "well, at the Green Bay Tree, or the Tlvoll, or the Monte Carlo. But there's a big poker game on and he's liable to be in Once more I paraded the seethins Women were everywhere, street smoking cigarettes, laughing, chaffing, strolling In and out of the wide-ope- n saloons. A libertine spirit was In the air, a madcap freedom, an effluence of disdainful sin. I found myself by the stockade that surrounded the police reservation. One of the constables, a tall, slim Englishman with a refined manner, proved to me a friend In need. "Yes," he said, In answer to my query, "1 think I can find your man. He's downtown somewhere with some of the big sporting guns. Come on. we'll run him to earth." After a short walk he pushed his way through a crowded doorway and I followed. It was the ordinary type of combined saloon and gambling joint. In a corner, presiding over a stud poker game, I was surprised to see Mosher. My companion pointed to an Inner room with a closed door. "The Klondike kings are in there, hard at it There's Black Jack and Stillwater Willie and Claude Terry and Charlie Haw." Eagerly I looked in. All but Locasto men. Stillwater were medium-sizeWillie was in evening dress. Haw was man with shifty, una sandy-haire- d easy eyes; Terry of a bulldog type, stocky and powerful. But It was Locasto who gripped and riveted my attention. He was a massive man, heavy of limb and brutal in strength. There was a great spread to his shoulders and a conscious power in his every movement. He had a square, heavy chin, a grim, sneering mouth, a falcon nose, black eyes that were as cold as the water In a deserted shaft His hair was raven dark, and his skin betrayed the Mexican strain in his blood. Above the others he towered, strikingly masterful, and I felt somehow the power that emanated from if d at SPECIAL PRICES Them - Utah His black eyes pierced me, his black brows met savagely. The heavy jaw shot forwnrd, and for a moment the man, menacing and terrible, seemed to tower above me. "You lie!" like explosive steam came his lips the words, and wolf-likparted, showing his powerful teeth. "You He!" he reiterated. "You followed me. Didn't I see you from the hotel? Didn't I determine to decoy you away. You would try to cross me, would you? You would champion damsels In distress? You pretty fool, you simpleton, you meddler" (To Be Continued) fr stock market, price $1: 2. in the Buy at money Sell 1. at a higher price. 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"Mr. Locasto." twful restless agony in my heart He turned and gave me a stare from Where was Berna, my girl, so precious now it seemed I had lost her? I his brooding eyes. "Jack Locasto's my name," be anvisloned evils befalling her; I pierced dagger-thrust- s swered with of fear heart carelessly. my I walked alongside him. for her. Oh, if I only knew she was "Well, sir," I said, "my name's safe and well! If I could only find Athol Meldrum." her I The land was a great symphony; "Oh, I don't care what the devil she the haunting theme of It I bought a copy of the Nugget and your name Is," he broke in petulantly. went Into the Sourdough restaurant "Don't bother me just now. I'm tired to read It. As I lingered there sip- What do you want work?" "No," I said, "I Just want a scrap ping my coffee and perusing the paper indifferently, a paragraph caught my of Information. I came Into the couneye and made my heart glow with try with some Jews by the name of Winklestein. I've los track of them sudden hope. and I think you may be able to tell me Here was the Item : "One of the largest gambling plays where they are." He was all attention now. He that ever occured in Dawson came oft last night In the Malamute saloon. turned half round and scrutinized me Jack Locasto of Eldorado, well known with deliberate Intensity. Then, like a flash, bis rough manner changed. as one the Klondike's wealthiest Claude Terry and Charlie Ilaw His eyes were bland, his voice smooth were the chief actors In the game, as cream. the sum of which cost the "Winklestein," he echoed reflective$19,000. ly, "Winklestein; seems to me I do claim-owner- Tremonton stroll." ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT JOHN J. SHUMWAY 69.a-2- LOOK! 5 FOR IOC on Irrigated Land. 6Vfc per cent. No commissions. Phones: B. R. V. ' YOUR PHOTO' LOAN " a certain price. Mel-dru- Come In and See g them, I'll let you know. Your name? Athol Meldrum all right, I'll let you know. Good-by.He was gone and 1 had fulled. 1 cursed myself for a fool. The man had baffled me. Nay, even I had hurt myself by giving him an inkling of my Bearch. Berna seemed further away from me than ever. Home I went discouraged and despairful. Then I began to argue with myself. He must know where they were, and If he really had designs on the girl and was keeping her in hiding my interview with him would alarm him. He would take the first opportunity When of warning the WInklestelns. would he do It? That very night In all likelihood. So I reasoned; and I resolved to watch. I stationed myself in a saloon from where I could command a view of his hotel, and there I waited. I was beginning to think he must have evaded me, when suddenly coming forth alone from the hotel I saw my man. He was walking swiftly and he took a path that skirted the swamp behind the town. I had no doubt of his mission. My heart began to beat with excitement I followed breathlessly. There were few cabins hereabouts; It was a lonely place to be so near to town, very quiet and thickly screened from sight Suddenly he seemed to disappear, and, fearing my pursuit was going to be futile, I rushed forward. I came to dead stop. There was no one to be seen. He had vanished completely. Blindly I blundered forward. Then I came to a place where the trail forked. Panting for breath I hesitated which way to take, and It was in that moment of hesitation that a heavy hand was laid on my shoulder. "Where away, my young friend?" It was Locasto. nis face was Mephls-topheliahis voice edged with Irony. 1 was startled I admit, hut I tried to put a good face on it. "Hello," 1 said; "I'm just taking a Recipe for making r, Watches good-mornin- LOOK! Unlimited Money to e By-by.- Reliable remember the name, but for the life of me I can't recall where. Was theie a girl with them?" "Yes," I said eagerly, "a young girt." A young girl, ah ! He seemed to reflect hard again. 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