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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929 Id you felt he was a man to be reckoned with. Bis mouth was firm and hig chin resolute. Altogether his face was a curious blend of benevolence TTIH IE and ruthless determination. "Feel better, son? Well, go ahead an tell me as much of your story as you want to." I gave an account of all that had happened to me since I had set foot TTLQADIL (DET A 99 Northland Romance by ROBERT W. SERVICE f Illustrations by Irwin Myers WNU Bervlc On arriving in Los Angeles I went to the post office. There was a letter from the Prodigal dated New York, and inclosing fourteen dollars, which he owed me. lie said: "I returned to the paternal roof, weary of my role. The fatted calf awaited me. Nevertheless, I am sick again for the unhallowed Meet me in 'Frisco about the end of February, and I will a glorious proposition unfold. Don't fail. Look for a letter in the General Delivery." There was no time to lose, as Feb ruary was nearly over. I took a steerage passage to San Francisco, resolving that I would mend my fortunes. It is so easy to drift. I saw that as long as I remained friendless and unknown nothing but degraded toil was open to me. Surely I could climb up, but was it worth while? A snug farm in the Northwest awaited swine-husk- me. on the new land. "Huh!- - he ejaculated when I had finished. "I'm glad by the grace of God I've been the iueaus of givin you a hand-up- . Ketter come to my room an' stop with me till somethin turns up. I'm goln' north in three days. I'm goin' to Join this crazy rush to the Klondike. I've been minin' for twenty years, Arizona. Colorado, all over, an' now I am to see if the North hasn't got a stake for me." In his room he told me of his life. "I'm saved by the grace of God, but I've been a Bad Man. I've been everything from a city marshal to boss gambler. I have gone heeled for two years, thinking to get my pass to hell at any moment. It's all over now, an' I've seen the evil of my ways, but I've got to talk once in a while. Fin Jim Hubbard, known as 'Salvation Jim,' an I know minin' from Genesis to Revelation. Once I used to gamble an' drink the limit One morning I got up from the card table after I'd hours. sitting there thirty-silost five thousand dollars. I knew they'd handed me out 'cold turkey,' but I took my medicine. 'Right then I said I'd be a crook too. I learned to play with marked cards. I could tell every card In the I went after the suckers. deck. There was never a man did me dirt but I paid him with interest Of course, it's different now. The Good Book says: 'Do good unto them that harm you.' I guess I would but I wouldn't recommend no one to try and harm me. I might forget." The heavy, aggressive jaw shot forward; the eyes gleamed with a fearless ferocity, and for a moment the man took on an air that was almost tigerish. I could scarce believe my x I would work my way back there, and arrive decently clad. Then none would know of my humiliation. I had been wayward and foolish, but I had learned something. What with steamer fare and a few small debts to settle, I found when I landed in San Francisco that once more I was flatly broke. There was no letter for me, and perhaps it was on account of my disappointment, per- - sight; yet the next instant it was the same cheerful, benevolent face, and I thought my eyes must have played me some trick. Perhaps it was that sedate Puritan strain in me that appealed to him, but we became great friends. He told me of the girl he married and worshiped, and of the man who broke up Once more I saw that flitappear on his face and ting vanish immediately. He told me of his wild days. "I was always a fighter, an' I never knew what fear meant I never saw the man that could beat me In a I was unscrap. common husky an' as quick as a cat, but it was my fierceness that won out for roe. I've gone up unarmed to a man I knew was heeled to shoot me on sight, an' I've dared him to do it. Just ' by the power of the eye I've made him take water. Then, as the drink got hold of me, I got worse and worse. Glory to God! I've seen the evil of my ways." I wish I could paint or act the man for you. Words cannot express his curious character. I came to have a great fondness for him, and certainly owed him a huge debt of gratitude. One day I was paying my usual visit to the post office, when some one gripped me by the arm. "Hullo. Scotty! By all that's wonderful. I was just going to mail you his home. tiger-loo- k rough-an'-tumb- a letter." It was the dressed and "Come, Buck Up, Kid, You're Pretty Near Down and Out." Prodigal, spruce-looking- I'm so tickled "Say, very well . we're going to start I got you; in two days." "Start Where?" I asked. haps on account of my extreme but I found I had quite lost "Why, for the Golden North, for heart. So I tightened my belt and the land of the Midnight Sun, for the of the Klondike Valsat in Portsmouth square, cursing my- treasure-troveself for the many nickels I had squanley." "You may be," I said soberly; "but dered In riotous living. I was drowsing on my bench when I can t" some one addressed me. "l'es you can, and you are, old look fellow, you pretty young "Say, sport I fixed all that. Come on, I want to talk to you. I went home well used up." man came and did the returned prodigal stunt An elderly, The old man was mighty decent when and sat by me. "Come, buck up, kid, you're pretty I told him it was no good, I couldn't near down and out I've been study-i- go into the glue factory yet awhile. He you two days. Let's go and feed." staked me handsomely, and gave me De took me to a restaurant wher a year to make good. So here I am, he ordered a dinner that made ray and you're In with me. I'm going to head Bwlm grubstake you. Mind, it's a business My benefactor was rather under proposition. I've got to have some medium height, but so square and sol- - one, and when you make the big strike you've got to divvy tip. Of course, if you're afraid of the hardSubscribe for The Leader. Only and so on " ships $2.00 a year. "No," I said quickly, "I'll go." "Ha 1" he laughed, "you're too much a coward to be afraid. Well, of When You Think we've got to get busy over our outHARDWARE fits. We haven't got any too much time." WILSON I bethought me of Salvation Jim, "Everything to Build Anything" and I told the Prodigal of my new Phone 11. friend. "Why," said the Prodigal, "that's Just the man we want We'll ask him to Join us." I brought the two together, and it was arranged. So It came about that we threeleft San Francisco on the fourth day of March to seek our fortunes in the Frozen North. shnb-bines- 1 s gray-haire- d n' THINK Ci Garland Milling Company Manufacturers of the Famous "PRIDE OF UTAH" FLOUR Also all Kinds of Mill Stuff. The Best Mill in the Bear River Valley. Highest Cash Price Paid for GOOD WHEAT Near the Depot :: :: Garland Utah CHAPTER HI "Say! you're looking mighty blue. Cheer up, darn you! What's the matter?" said the Prodigal affectionately. And Indeed there was matter enough, for had I not Just received letters from home, one from Garry and one from mother? Garry's was gravely censorious, almost remonstrant He pointed out that I was In a fair way of being a rolling stone, and honed that I would at once give up my mad notion of the South seas orth and soberly proceed to the west Mother's letter was reproachful. In distressful. She was failing, she said, and she begged me to be a good son, give op my wan derings and Join my cousin at once. Also she enclosed post office orders for forty pounds. Her letter, written in a fine faltering hand and so full of gentle affection, brought the tears to my eyes; so that it was very bleakly I leaned against the ship's rail end watched the bustle of departure. "I've just heard from the folks," I said, "and I feel like going back on parts almost you." "Oli, beat it," he cried; "you cant renig now. You've got to see the thing through. What you want to do is to get busy and make yourself ac quainted. Say! Of all the locoed outfits this here aggregation has got everything else skinned to a hard- boiled finish. They've got a notion they've Just got to get up there and pick big nuggets out of the water like cherries out of a cocktail. It's the limit" Our eyes roved round from group to group, picking out characteristic figures. Salvation men. Jim was talking to two "There's a pair of winners. I put Native-bormy money on them. See Americans, all grit and the tall one smoking a cigar and looking at the women? He's an athlete. Name's Mervln. See the other. Ilewson's his name; solid as a tower; muscled like a bear; built from the ground up. You can't down a man like that." He indicated another group. "Now there's three birds of prey. Bullhammer, Marks and Mosher. The one is big, He's in the saloon business. one In the plug hat The middle-sizeis Marks; calls himself a mining broker. The third's Jake Mosher. He's an gambler, a man, once was a parson." "A bunch," I said. "Yes, there's heaps like them on board. Just get next to those two Jews, Mike and Rebecca Winklestein. They're going to open up a sporty restaurant." n get-u- pig-eye- d Bull-hamm- heavy-jowle- d d out-and-o- sure-thin- g g The man was a small bandy-legge- d The voice was Madam Winkle- stein's, and the words, hissed In a whiner of Incredible malignity, arrested me as if I had been struck by a live wire. I listened. "See here, Berna, we're next to you two we're onto your curves. We know the old man's got the stuff In his two thousand In bills. Now, my dear, my sweet little angel, we ned the mon, seel" (Knock, knock.) "Aud we're goin' to have It see!" "That's (Knock, knock.) where you come In, honey, you're to get It for us. Ain't you now, gold-bel- t, The Bend In The Road UP to a certain spot, you move along1, strong and self reliant, with your little family about you. But even then, that little family needs protection against your untimely loss. Later, there comes a bend in the road. You are no longer strong. The years of toil liave begun to telL You need protection, then, from humiliating dependence. Let us take care of both emergencies. L. C. Christopherson go-i- n' darlin!" (Knock, knock, knock.) Faintly, very faintly, I heard a voice : "No." If it be possible to scream In a whisper, the woman did it "You will! you will! Oh! oh! oh! There's the cursed mule spirit of your mother in you. She'd never tell us the name of the man that was the ruin of 'er, blast 'er." "Don't speak of my mother, you vile woman!" The voice of the virago contracted to an intensity of venom I have never heard the equal of. "Vile woman! Vile woman! You. you to call me a vile woman, me that's been three times jined in holy wedlock. Oh, you brat! You whelp of sin ! You misbegotten scum ! Oh, I'll fix you for that, if I've got to swing for it." Her scalding words were capped with an oath too foul to repeat, and then came a horrible pounding, like a head striking the woodwork. Unable to bear it any longer, I rapped sharply on the door. Silence, a long, panting silence; then the sound of a falling body ; then the door opened a little and the twitching face of Madam appeared. "Is there somebody sick?" I asked. "I'm sorry to trouble you, but I was thinking I heard groans and I might be able to do something." Piercingly she looked at me. "Why, no! my niece In here's got a toothache, but I guess we can fix it between us. We don't need no help, thanks, young feller." "Oh, that's all right," I said. "If you should, you know, I'll be nearby." Then I moved away, conscious that hej eyes followed me male volenti v. (To Be Continued) PHONE 43-A-- GARLAND R. F. D. 4 Representing METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY MtUlMT. Off. COMBINED HARVESTERS ... creature, with eyes that squinted, a complexion like ham fat and waxed mustaches. But it was the woman who seized my attention. Never did I see such a strapping Amazon, six Not all of the peoples of the earth foot if an inch, and massive iu pro- are a menace to civilization. iSome of She was handsome, too, In them haven't been civilized yet. portion. a swarthy way, though near at hand her face was sensuous and bold. Dangerous, unscrupulous and cruel, I a shrew, a thought; a termagant ! But I was growing wear; of the crowd and longed to go below. I was After swimming, hiking, motoring, no longer interested, yet the volet of camping, be always well groomed the Prodigal droned in my ear. with the new Durart Permanent "There's an old man and his grandwave for daughter, relatives of the Winkle-stein$8.00 I believe. I think the old felat FULLY ENJOYING YOUR TRIP man-woma- i KM .jL. A Different Process Of Separation "Holt" Combined harvester saves more grain than combine on the market! 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Erect by his side, with her hand on his shoulder, stood a slim figure in black, the figure of a girl. Indifferently my eyes traveled from her feet to her face. There they rested. I drew a deep breath. I forgot everything else. Then for the first time I saw Berna. I will not try to depict the girl. Pen descriptions are so futile. I will only say that her face was very pale, and that she had large pathetic gray eyes. 'Twas the face, I thought, of a virlook gin martyr with a fear-haunte- d hard to forget. "Poor little beggar!" Then I cursed myself for a sentimental impressionist and I went bewas mine. low. Stateroom We three had been separated in the shuffle, and I knew not who was to be my Feeling very down hearted, I stretched myself on the up per berth, and yielded to a mood of penitential sadness. As I lay, there came voices to my door, guttural tones blended with liquid ones; lastly a timid knock. Quickly I answered it "Is this room number a soft voice asked. Even ere she spoke I divined it was the Jewish girl of the gray eyes. , "Yes," I answered her. She led forward the old man. The "This is my grandfather. steward told us this was his room." "Oh, all right; he'd better take the lower berth." "Thank you, Indeed; he's an old man and not very strong." Her voice was clear and sweet, and there was an infinite tenderness in the tone. Myrtle Holmgren Garland Bell phone 132 m "Youll go many mi:les tefore this Gar needs gas again!' OP0 forty-seve- n room-mat- e. forty-seven- ?' "You must come In," I said. "I'll leave you with him for a while so that you can make him comfortable." "Thank you again," she responded gratefully. So I withdrew, and when I returned she was gone; but the old man slept peacefully. It was late before I turned In. Every one had gone below, I thought, and the loneliness pleased me. Suddenly I heard a sound of sobbing, the merciless sobbing of a woman's breast Wonderingly I looked around. 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