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Show 6 HOh, you don't know how 1 worshiped that woman, trusted her, would have banked my life on her; and when I was away making money for her she upa and goj away with that slimy reptile. What am I to dof What am I to dof The Good Book aaya forgive your enemies, hut bow ean I forgive a wrong like that! And my poor girl he deserted her. drove her to the trecta. Oh, my girl, my girl! Tears overran his cheeks. lie sat down on a log, burying bla fact la his 1 TOE TD3ADL IT98 A Northland Romance bands. by ROBERT W. SERVICE IUuatratlocu by Irwin Mjwi WNUSvrvIe SYNOPSIS l MMBMi CHAPTER Xulet Ilf L with the Dlutlfl4 aurroundlnae. la kla bom Meldrum, young Scotaman who bl motbar and tail tb atory, lav bla fortun. At brother, Garry, to an Francleco, practically pannlleaa, b taka a laborer Job, and maata a fallow advanturar whom h dub. and who la baraaflar known aa. tb Prodigal. 'CHAPTER IL-- Tha Prodigal I kaxlpaa to Join tb ruah of gold aaak-ar- a into and Meldrum agraaa to go wltkAleak. him aftar h (tba Prodigal) aornaa back from a vlalt to hi wealthy father la the Kaat. Athol, la groat aaad, la bafrlandad by Jim Hubbard (flelvatlo Jim"). Whan tba Prodt- rataraa, tba three man Jola tba tamped Into th Froaan North, the Piwd'ial and Hubbard flnannlng tb QHtafll CHAPTER 1IL Among th moUeF crowd oa tba boat la a young girl out of placa. 8ba la traveling wltk bar grandfather and. a couple named Wlnklaatala. .who bar unci and aunt Athol flgura ' baa aa opportunity to befriend bar, and aha toll him a Bad atonr of bar 8b la Journeying. Into Alaaka to lfa. oar who la of taka obaeaaed with tba Idea of MttlM fjrk la Klondike. Her name, ah talla him. Is Berna CHAPTER IV. Landing at Ikagway Athol's party at one tauaa tba trail. In a anowalld on th Cbllcoot trail, which Barna and bar oompanloaa bad taken, hundrada of llvao are lost Fearful safety, Athol haatana te tb aoana. Ha flnda tba old man dead and learna that Barna la prostrated. Madam Wlnklaatala rafuaaa to lot him aaa th glrL but h laavaa a latter for bar. At Baanatt Barna aornaa to Athol, confeaaaa bar love, and baga him to marry bar, to aav bar from th karab fata ah foraaaaa H la unwilling to taka auch a daclaiv atop, and talla bar they muat wait. CHAPTER V. Soma daya afterward Barna talla Athol Madam Wlnklaateln plana to aall her to "Black Jack" millionaire miner of evil reputation. While reallalng bow greatly h love th girl. Meldrum, In a mixture of emotion, fllnebaa from th Idaa of Immediate marriage, and they agree ta wait a year, though Barna la fearful gold Holds, Reaching tb Athol aad bla party And the claim all taken aad th camp crowded with Idle ak - . aly bard-looki- ng a Lo-can- to, man. Athol's party decide to atay and await development. Unable ta locate Barna, Athol aaeke Information from Locaato. "Black Jack" of bar wheredlaalalma knowladg abouts, and latar. evidently aware of th rivalry between them, luraa a to a and beat him CHAPTER VI. I wna at a Ion how to comfort him, and It waa while X was waiting there that imldeuly we saw tba halfbreed coming up tha trail "Better coma In, Jim, I said, "and hear what bt'a got to say. We made McCrlnunon comfortable. Jim regained his calm, and waa quietly watchful The Prodigal seemed to have his ears cocked to Itoteu. Thera waa a feeling amongst ua aa If we bad ranched a crisis In our fortunes. The hallbreed lost no tlma In coming to tha point Tv got next to a good thing I don't know how good yet, but 111 swear to you It's a tidy bit It's a rambling proposition, and 1 want pardners, pardners that'll work like biases nnd keep their faces shut Are you onp ' ' "Tlints got us kodaked, said tha Trodlgal "Were that sort, and If tha proposition looks good to us we'ra with you. Anyway, we're clams at keeping our tight" ; "All right ; listen. Ton know the company have claims on upper Bonansa well, a month hack Z was working for them. Well, one morning I went down and cleaned away the ash of my lira. The first stroke of my pick on tha thawed fare mud me Jump, stare, stand stockstill thinking hard. For there, right In tlio hote l had made, waa tha rlcbeat ' pocket I ever seen. Boys, aa I'm alive there was nuggets In It as thick afl raisins In a Christmas plum-dnf: "Good Lord I ' What did you do? What did I- dot I Just stepped hack , and picked wherever the dirt seemed loose sllthe way down the .drift Great heapa of dirt caved In on me. I was stunned, nearly hurled, hut I did the trick. There were tone of dirt between me and my find. We gasped with amassment "The rest was easy. I went np the shaft groaning and cursing, I pretended to faint I told them the roof of the drift had fallen In on me. It wee rotten itaff, anyway, and they knew It The manager was disgusted, Jhe went 'down and took a look at things; declared he would throw up the work at that place: the ground waa no good. lie made that report to 'the company. The helfbreed looked round trium, food-trap- a f. phantly. - "Now, bere'a the point We can get a lay on that ground. One of yoa boys must apply for it They mustn't know I'm In with you, or they would ' suspect right away. We'll make a big clean-u- p by spring; . Ill take yon to the gold. There's thousands right and thousands lying snug la the ground Just waiting for us. It's right In our mlt Oh, it's a cinch, a cinch I If yoa boys are willing well. Just draw up papers and sign an agreement right away. Ia It a gefV . We nodded, so he got Ink and paper and drew up a form of partnership. - Mel-dra- m lat lonely pot unconaelouanaaa CHAPTER VII. Through a lucky banco Ataol flnda Barna. Bha - talla him ah baa ao far evaded Locaatg and will dla before ah .yield to him. They aat a data, for thalr marriage, tba II rat of June Maldrum hoping to have made a ataka by then aad part CHAPTER FIIf-Th- a Prodigal M cum a claim and ha, "Salvation Jim, and Athol begin work on It Tha Win klaatalna have opened. a queatlonabl mart known aa tba Paragon, an I,h1?1r- waitress. Ath ". tb Idea of th gli graatly dlellkea la auch an environment.1 hat thar aaama no balp for it $ It vu about two monthi I returned from a V: . Daw- - MR. - - to secure that lay before any- -. one else cuts In on ua. Gee I hnt Its getting dark and cold outdoors these deya Snow falling; well, I muat mush to Dawson tonight ' a later wiien flying vlalt to aald be, hla eyea dancing, "Now. L"now, ' CHAPTER IX v - e a a It was late next night when he turned, Bred, wet dirty, but . re- lrre--presslh- ly Lota of mall for you two." I cried, Jubilant he cried. Tve "Hurrah, hoyal exultantly, bunting Into the cabin. Jim and the Prodigal who were Ip (inched It I saw Mister Manager of lng on their bunka, leapt up eagerly. the big company. He wai very busy, For two whole month we had not very Important very patronising. We ) heard from the ontald sparred round a bit like two fake I threw myeelf on my hunk volup- fighters. Finally he agreed to let me . have it on a 50 per cent basis. Dont my tuously, end began There were some from Garry faint, hoys Fifty per cent, I aald. and some from mother. While atlli .'Im sorry. It was the best I could do, unreconciled to the life 1 wae leading, land you know I'm not slow. That they were greatly Interested In. my meant they get half of all we take out We signed the lay agreement end wildly cheerful account of the coun1 too was For my try. only glad everythings In shape. Weve got the part Mother was well enough to write, ' ground cinched, so get action on your--, even if she did scold me sometime. . selves, liens where we make our Aral But I was still aglow with mem- : real stab at fortune. neres where we ories of thq last few hours. . Once even upon the hard Jabs shes handed more I hud seen Berna, spent moments ns In the past; here's where we scon or 1 miss my guess. We'ra with her of perfect bliss, left her with a bulls-eye-; my mind fall of exaltation and begoing to work for all we're worth wildered gratitude. 1 saw the love and then some. Are you then; hoys, mlati gather. In her eyes, 1 felt her are you there?" aweet lips mold themselrea to mine, "We ere, we shouted with one acI thrilled with the sheathing ardor of cord. her anus. Never In my fondest ImThen was no time to lose. Every aginings had I conceived that auch a hour for us meant ao much more of wealth of affection would ever) be that precious pay-dithat lay under j. for mo. the frozen surface. We ran np a little Then I remembered something.' cabin and hanked It nearly to the low Oh, say, boys, I forgot to telf you. eaves with enow. By and by more fell 1 met McCrlmmon down the creek. on the roof to the depth of three feel .Ton remember him on the trail the so that the place seemed like a huge halfbreed. He said he wanted to see white hummock. In this little box of ns on Important business. lie baa a a home we wen to put In many weary proposal to make, he says, that would months. be greatly to our advantage, nea Not that the time seemed long to coming along this evening What's the na; we wen too busy for that Indeed. often we wished It wen twice matter, Jim?" Jim was staring blankly at one of as long. We didn't talk much In those the letters he' had received. Ills face days. We Just worked, worked, .was a picture of distress, misery, worked, and when we Aid talk It was of our work, our ceaseless work. despair. Had had news, old man?" Neither cold nor fatigue could keep TTve had a letter that's upset me. ua away from the shaft and the drift Pm in a terrible position. If ever I We had gone down to and wanted strength and guidance, I want were tunneling la to meet the hole It now." the had covend np. So "Heard about that mnnr ' far we had found nothing. Wo wen working two men to a "Tea, It's him, all right; ita Mosher. I ausplcloned It all along. Here's a tliaft burning our ground overnight letter from my brother, lie lays Our meals wen hurriedly cooked and there's no donbt that Mosher Is bolted. We grudged every moment of our respite from toll Surely we would Moseley. His eyes were stormy, bis face tragic strike it aoon. In Its bitterness. Then, oneafternoon, the Somethlng let-te- n. -- . rt . - , half-bree- d bed-roc- k, looks sweeter IBin ever. Pby. n wes off, leaving a very sinister happoitedT Ifwaa chosen one About three o'rfcick he Impression on my mind, to bla partsignaled to be hoisted up, and when ing smile there was a trace of mockI he appeared he waa carrying a pan ery that gravely disquieted me. Berna of much during of dirt "Call the others. ha aald. bad thought All together in the little cabin we the past few month, bat as the gold stood round, whlla Jim washed out the fever took hold of me I put her more pan In snow water melted over our and more from my mind. I told mystove. We could ee gleams of yellow self that all this struggle was for her. In the muddy water. We bad got the In the thought that she was safe 1 thing, the big thing, at last calmed all anxious fear. Yet at die of III "or I said, words all my old longing and "Hurry, Jim." suspense." heartache vehemently resurged. was It on. went Then he In spite of myself, I was the prey Patiently at last lo the bottom of the pan, gilt of a growing uneasiness. I began to Intaring, gleaming gold, fine gold, enure worry, to that I knew only a trip Acgold, nuggety gold. me. to Dawson would satisfy "Now, boya, yon can whoop It op," cordingly, I hired a big Swede to take said Jim qulelly; "for then's many out my plare at the shovel, and set and many a pan like It down then In once more on the trail for town. the drift. My strange, formleu fears for BerSolemnly we ahook hands all roam!. na were soon, set at rest She wee It was the night of the discovery awaiting me. 8be looked better than when the Prodigal made us an address I , bad ever seen her, and ahe wel"Look here, boys; do you know whai comed me with an eager delight that this means? It means victory; It kindled me to rapture. means freedom, happiness, the thing We crossed the Tnkon to the green we want the life we love. We'n gogladea of North Dawson, and there, ing to get every cent of It boys on a little rise; we rat down, aide by Then's n little over three months to side. Never was lad ao happy ae 1. do It In, leaving about a month to I spoke but little; for love's alienee and clean up the make slolce-boxe- e are tweeter than ail words From dirt We've got to work like men at time to time she would give me a glance so full of trust and love that my heart would leap to her, and wave on wave of passionate tenderness come sweeping over me. Yes, alie was raying, doesnt It seem aa If we were dreaming? You know, 1 always thought it wan a 'dream, and now lt'n coming true. You'll take me away from this place, won't you, hoy? far, far away.. I'll tell you now, dear, Fve borne It all for your rake, but I don't think I I don't could tjpar it any longer. know what I'd have done If It hadnt been for the rough miners They're been so kind to me. When they saw 'I was straight and honest they couldn't he good enough, She looked at me archly. And you know. I've bad ever no many offers of marriage, from hon eat rough, kindly men and Ive re fused them ever so gracefully. "Has Locasto ever made any more overtures V Her face grew grave. "Yes, about . a month ago he besieged me, gave me no rest made nil kinds of proposals end promises. He wanted to divorce his 'outsider wife and marry me, ne wanted to settle a hundred thousand dollars on me Then, when he raw It wae no use, "There's Many and Many a Pan Like he turned round and begged me to It Down There. let him be my. friend. He spoke so of you. lie raid he would help For my part I'm nicely homing barn. ue In any way he could. Hee everywilling to do atunta that wlll make He thing that's kind to me now. my pnvloua record look like can't do enough for me. Yet someplugged dime. I guess you boys nil how, 1 don't trust him. feel the tame way." "Well, my precious, I assured her. "Ton bet we do." all danger, doubt, despair, will aoon "Nuf led; let's get busy. be over. I'll take you away from It Bo, once more, with redoubled en all, soon. We'll go to my home, to ergy, we resumed our tense, unre to mother. They will love you Garry, mlttlng round of toll It proved a as I love you. moat erratic and puzzling paystnak "Im sure 1 will love them. What one day rich beyond oar dreams, another too poor to pay for the pan- you have told me of them makes them seem very real to me. Will you not ning. We swung on pendulum of he ashamed of me?" hope end despair. ' I will be proud, proud of you,' ni , Looking back. there will always seem to me something weird and Ingirl On the first day of June, be1 will come to you, and we In those comprehensible twilight loved, days, an unreality, a vagueness like will he made man and wife. You will some dreary, feverish dream. For be waiting for me, will you not? three months 1 did not see my face Yes, yes, waiting ever so eagerly, In a mirror. Not that I wanted to my lover. but I mention this Just to show how I kissed her passionately, and we little we thought of ourselves. held each other tightly for a moIt waa when we finished ment 1 raw come into her eyes that working ont onr ground. We had look which cornea but once Into the done well not so well perhaps, as eyes of a maid, that look of Ineffable we had hoped for, hut still magnifiof passionate abandoncently well. There were our two ment. dumps, pyramids of She rested her head on my shoudirt at whose value we could only lder; her Him lay on mine; and they guess. ' We had wrested our treasure moved faintly. from the ley grip of the eternal frost. Yea, lover, yes, the first of Jane Now It remained and Oh, the aweet-nesDon't fall me, honey, don't fail me. of it to glean the harvest of our We parted, buoyant with hope, In toll an ecstasy of Joy. We were working at the month of 1 got back to the claim. Everya creek down which ran a copious was going merrily, but 1 felt thing little stream all through the springtime. We tapped It some distance little desire to resume my toll I above ns, and ran pnrt of it along waa strangely wearied, worn out somehow. Yet I took up my ahovel our line of stulce-hoxeI remember how I threw In the first shovelful of again with a body that rebelled In tissue. Never had I felt like dirt and how good It was to see the every this before. bright stream discolor as onr friend with me. I Something waa wrong waa weak. At night I the water began hla magic work. For sweated greatly. I cared not to eat. three days we shoveled In, and on the raid the Prodigal one day. "Well, fourth we made a clean-uover "It's all but the shouting. From When we ran off the water there , calculations we've cleaned up two my were some of the boxes almost full hundred and six thousand dollars. of the yellow metal, wet and shin) n hundred and three between Thats in the morning light gloriously agleam us four. It'a coat us about three to Day after day we went on shovelout the stuff; so there will be, ing In, end about twice a week we get roughly speaking, about twenty-fivmade a clean-uThe rionth of May for each of us. thousand waa half over when we had only a How Jubilant every one was lookthird of our dirt run through the boxes. We were terribly afraid of ing every (me but me. Somehow I the water failing ua, and worked felt as If 1money didn't matter Just was sick. sick. then, for hurder than ever. whats the matter?" said the "Why, One afternoon I waa working on ' at me curiously. Prodigal, staring the dump, Intent on shoveling in "You look like a ghost much dirt as possible before supier. "I feel like one, too." 1 answered. when, on looking up, who should greet "Pin afraid I'm In for a had spell. I me but Locaato. He held out Ids want to lie down awhile, boya . great hand to me, and, as 1 had no . . . The first of June. tired. Im desire to antagonize him. I gave hliu on the first of Jane. Ive date got a. own. my 1 I must keep It must . . . Dont rvo Just beoo visiting some of m creek prqertles." he said i beard let me sleep too long, boy. I mustnt fall. Its a matter of life and death yoa fellow had made a good strike, first of June. The . 1 and thought IV come down and conon first the Alas, of June I lay In gratulate you. It la pretty good the hospltul. raving and logging in the Isn't clutches of typhoid fever. "Yes." I Mid; not quite so good (Continued Next Week) as we expected, but we ll all have a sum." MONEY TO LOAN tidy Tin glad." Imt BrWMit keee it half mr trrrtoam Ml $5 ta ltoe.0. He was turning to go when, PEOPLES FINANCE AND he stopped. THRIFT CO. 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