Show J r d a I t. t 1 l t J I. I PS f r i r. r o 1 THE SALT LAKE J TELEGRAM d SUNDAY MORNING JULY 4 4 19 i I I I Author of By The y ROBERT Spell of the W. W Yukon SERVICE and Ballads of a THE T H E TRAIL T R A I L OF 0 F 98 9 8 A Northland Romance i New Copyright York Crosset 1910 by Dodd Dunlap Mead Publishers Co i j 1 SYNOPSIS The rho hero her who is 18 telling the story of ot othis his life sets out to seek eek adventure adventure and lre goes KOe oe to the gold f fields of Alaska On the te ship going up he meets Bern Berna BerI aroun a ft young roun Jewish girl with whom he falls taUs in love lo get Into the power of or a couple of Bt Jews Jew Jew et th the and once naka neki him to morn her to tare cave her herrom from rom om them but h he ho mol tells telie tell her they had best ut wait 21 ns CI Al neither Is 18 II absolutely sure euro the love ove Is II for a lifetime rato ft n typical bad character character- of the gold tola old fields Is 11 tri trying to get Iet her In his hl power r randi and ind knowing that Athol thoI thol- thol the hero her I. I andi In love O with wlL her makes mau several at i At temps temp on his is life le He Be Ne and nd goes CoR and with wih his hla friends The ThI uT Prodigal Salvation Jim Jm to work out ot a claim caim on ona ona ona a partnership basis bule He has baa found that he truly loves Bern Berna Bera but bt when he now no Insists Insist I upon marriage murle she makes him promise to wait walt one year yurt He la Is asked aked to act as al night watchman watch watch- watchman I man to c some robbers on Locasto's Lo- Lo L- L casto's claim and finds that It I Is theman the theman te man who has ha tried to kill JI Mm bim for to the miner r who has hu te been ben doing the stealing He and his hla partners decide to try a anew new creek which ha hu haa been ben opened up It ItIs Itis I Is creek and promises a fortune for many The three arrive at the new cre creek k and each fach Stakes toke n a claim cAim The They then than return to Dawson Dawson to register them They are I part done of the a t avast tIt same vast It crowd alt all a of whom have em Athol has ha staked one of or the b but best t. t claims but when he finally gets getz ta neathe near nea ner nerthe the clerk who Is registering he is il told that No 8 8 his cam claim ha ha has aru alread of someone someone some some- put been put down to the account Aunt ben one else Corrupt officials are r contle- contle 1 is I. worth a nil all the ground which woth anything H He finds Berna Brn In a cafe caf cre run by hY tho the Ho He has JUlS a R talk with her and nd she tolls tell him that she Bhe has become accustomed t to the life me and that the better beter class ela o or of miners all ail protect protect her he against th the one ones who would could mistreat her She dots does dOs no riot not ne now so ao much muth mind waiting on table In Inthe Inthe the te cafe Cre muc He Ho gets mAn mall for tor himself himsel and his part partners erl and returns to the camp But But I was still sun aglow with wih m memo memo- morles mo- mo rles rice of orthe the last few ho hours houm rs Once more I h had d ien seen Berna Berna spent moments with wit her herot of perfect bliss left lef her with m my mind full tul of ot exaltation and bewildered dered derd gratitude She was va I the per per- f feet fc answer answer to my hearts heart's herts hert's call a mirror that seemed to flash nuh back the challenge of t my JO Joy I saw the love mists mist gather Rather In her eyes eu I felt her heri sweet i et lips mould themselves to mineI mine mint I thrilled wih with the sheathing ardor of ot her arms Never Xe In my fondest fondes Imaginings had ha I conceived that that such sucha a ft wealth of ot affection would ever evor be for me mt Buoyant she was brave brac Inspiring and always with her bu buoyancy buoyancy buoy buoy- yanc y- y anc ancy so wondrous tender I f felt lt that tha willingly would I die for her Once again agin I told her of my fear tear my Inh anxiety for tor her safety among those thos rough men in that cesspool of Iniquity Very earnestly earnesty she strove to reassure me S Oh my der dear it I Is in those rough men the un uncouth uth big hearted heare miners that I place my trust Th They y know Im I'm I a good god girl T They oy wouldn't say saya sy a coarse corse thing before me for the world Youve You've no no Idea Ide the chivalrous respect they show for me me and the are are the finer their in- in te to be U HB the others the so 8 cl called d gentlemen who would like to lae to take advantage of ot me if I they could could L She looked at me with bright clear cear cearey ey eyes s fearless In their acorn of ot sham and pret pretense nl Then Ten th there c are the women I. I Its It's strange but no matter how ho degraded they are the they try to shield and protect protect pro pro- fro fro- me Only last lat week Kte Kate made a a fearful tearful scene with wih her escort escor because he said something bad before me Im I'm Im getting tolerant Oh youve you've no idea until you know them these what whit good go qualities some Iome of at women women have have Often Ofen their hearts Ir IrIS IrIS' are areas as Its Its' IS' IS bl big as 8 all an outdoors outdoor they would nurse nurse you devotedly if I you ou were sick they wo would ld give gl e you their last lut dollar if i you ou were in want Mn Many of ot them have hive old mothers and little children they're supporting outside and nd the they would rather rather die than that their dear ones onea should know the life the they thee are living It Its It's JJ the men the men that are ae to blame T J shook m my head hea ul sadly I 1 dont don t like Uke it i. i Berna Bera I dont don't like Iko It at a all 11 I hate you to know the like of oC such people such things I just juet want you ou to be again the dear der sweet lItle girl 1 I first knew all al maidenly modesty modesty- and shuddering aversion of ofel evil el Im m afraid dear der I shall never be that Igan again she said sorrowfully b but ut am mI amI I any the worse orse for to knowIng knowing knowing know know- ing Why should you ou men want to keep ali aU such knowledge to yourselves your your- selves elves Is s our our innocence simply to tob tobe tobe be b another name for Ignorance She Sho put her arms round my neck and kl kissed ed me fervently Oh no my dear my dear I have seen sen leen th the vileness lenea of things thing and It only makes me more in love with wih love lov and b aut aub Well We'll go you ou ad and I to J Italy ery very cry soon and forget forget Even tn P If IC we e have to toll toil tol like Uke pe peasants away way Ir in vineyards well we'll eU go far tar far So I 1 1 fel felt streng strengthened stimulated gladdened gladden and as t I I lay on my bunk listening to the merry crackle of oC the me wood fire I I. I Iwas wa wu in a a. purring g lethargy letharAY of- of content Then I remembered something tsay boys boys I for forgot ot to tell tel you I met McCrimmon cCrimmon down the creek You ou remember him on the trai trail the be l Ho Re was M ft asking after you ou both th tien then n all al at once he said he wanted wante t to see aee us on on Important busi bust ness nus He has a a. a proposal to make mako he says MY that would be greatly to our ad advantage Hea He coming along one this evening W What's ts t's the matter Jim Jimr r Jim wa was wa staring string blankly at ot one of the the- letters letter loter he had ad received His Hla HIl face fae yas asa wasa a picture of dl distress tres misery de de- de Without replying he went and and knelt down by hs ii bed He le sighed deeply Slowly his face tace grew calm again then I saw aw that he was WI praying pray lag ing- We were wee silent in respectful sympathy but when In ma a little Ute he got up and went out I him Had ad bad news new old man Lve had a a letter that that's mn 5 upset me me I Im I'm Im in a terrible position If I ever I wanted strength and guidance I want it now i Heard about that man manI tYes t. t Yes its it's it him all al right its it's Mo- Mo sher sher I it a all al along n Heros Hero's a. a aletter letter lete from my brother He Heays says ays theres there's no no doubt that Mother Mosher is Ie Mosely Hi Hiss HII eyes eye were stormy storm his hil face tace tragic In Its Us bitterness Oh you don dont don't l k know h how I t worshiped wor that tha woman trusted Her would have havo bArke banked my life Je on her and when I W was wei l away kway way making morley money morey f for r her she up ups up and nd nd goes away with wih th that l slimy reptile In the the old days I would uld ha e have torn tom him to pieces pies but now He sighed distractedly Wat What am amIto m I to t do What am a I fodo to fo todo do The good b book says say If your I tn enemies but bul K howl how can C I forgive a a wrong like Uk that 1 Aid And my p or girl h he he- deserted her droVe droYe her hir to the Jl Ugh h tJ if I could kill km him by bylow low slow low tort torture n gloat 1 0 at over his hi aon agony agony- but I cn t. t cn can ir cant can't do anything No Jim Im you Vengeance Is J. the urd Lords Yes Yu I know I kno know But Bul its it's IR hud hard It its it's hard hard Oh my girl rl my girl T Tears rl oV overran rn hi hIi hi cheeks He eat lal down o n on a ft log burying burng his face taco In his h hands Oh Oh God b help lp and ad ad sustain me in inthis this my hour of need I was wae at a loss how to comfort him hm and it i was W while hie I was wa waiting there theN that suddenly we saw aw the coming coming up the trail trai Beto Bettor Better come In In Jim I said laid ald and hear har what hes he's got Eat to say IY CHAPTER CHAPER XVI We We made McCrimmon comfortable We k kept pt no whisky in the cabin but we g gave ve him some hot coffee coree which he be he drank with great reat sl Then Thenh h he twisted a cigarette lit l it i. i and end lo looked ked at us UI keenly keeny On his brown face were remarkable the Impassivity Im ira- passivity of ot the Indian and the astuteness of ot tho Scot We Ve were re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding him curiously Jim had hd re regained regained regained re- re gained his calm and was quietly watchful The prodigal seemed to tota ta o l' l his ears ar cocked to listen There Ther had hadr vj n ft feeling eUng among u us ac u if It we I r reached a a crisis in our fortunes The halfbreed lost no comIng coming corning com corn comI I ing to the p point paint I I 1 like you boys Youre You're square and above board boord Youre You're workers worker and you dont don't drink drink that's that's the main maln thing Well Vie Wel to get right down to cases Im I'm Im a bit of ot a a mining man Ive I've rained mined at Cassiar and ad Caribou and I know something of ot the tho business Now Ive I've got next to a good thing I dont don't know how good Bood yet but ln Ill I'll swear to you It its it's a a. a tidy bit bU There may be only in it I and end there may b be I. I Its It's a gambling proposition and I want parner that'll work like blazes blue and keep their faces tace shut Are you on 1 got us said ud the prodigal Were that sort and if It i sor the proposition looks look good goto to ui us were we're with wih you Anyway were we're clams clam clas at keeping our tight All right listen You know koW the Arctic Transportation company ha hu claims calms on upper Bonanza well Bonanza wel well a month back bk I was Wa working for tor them We were down about twenty feet and nd were drifting In They set Bt me ma to work in the drift The roof root kept sloughing in on me rue me and it Jt was wu mighty might dangerous So far w we got pay PI dirt dir but their raining mining manAger manager man man- Ager wanted us UI to drift in a little further If we wo didn't strike good rood pay payin payin pay payIn in a 0 few more f feet et we were er to quit Well el one morning moring I went down and cleaned cee away the ash of ot my fre fire The first tnt stroke of at my pick on the thawed thawed face flo made me jump stare stare stand thinking hard For there right in the hole I had ha made made was the richest pocket I ever seen You Tou dont don't M say sayi re Are you sure lure Why boys boys ns as ns Im I'm Im alive e aJ there wa was wa in it Il thick raisins nuggets as ns as Ina Ina in ina a a Christmas plum plum plum-duro I could see aee seethe seethe the yellow gleam where whee the pick had had grazed them ard and the longer I I. looked the more mor could I see see Good God Lord What at did you do doT What hat did I do I 1 just stepped back Ick and nd picked at the roof rot for all al 1 I Iwas was wa worth A big bunch of muck came camo down covering up the face tace Then Then like a crazy man I picked wherever the dirt dir seemed loose all al the way down the drift Great Grea heaps heps of ot dirt dir caved in on me I was WM stunned nearly burled buried but I 1 did the trick There Thero were tons of ot dirt dir be between between between be- be tween me and my find We Ve gasped with amazement The rest ret was ea easy I went up the shaft shaf groaning and cursing I pretended pretended pretended pre pre- tended to faint I told them the root roof root of ot the drift had fallen in on me inc It I was as rotten roUen stuff anyway and and they knew it It They didn't mind me riskIng risking risk risk- Ing my life le I cursed them said Mid I would sue ue the company and went off ot looking too sore for words The manager maager was Wn disgusted ho he went down own and took a look at things de declared de- de elaTed ho hc would throw up the work at that place the tho ground was as no good god He made mado that report to the company The Tho halfbreed looked round tri tn- tri tri- Now heres here's the point We can cn get a lay lay on that ground One of ot you OU boys must apply appl for it It They mustn't know Im I'm Im in with wih you or orth th hey y would suspect right away They're none too scrupulous themselves them them- selves in their dealings He paused pause impressively Impressive You that la lay a agi cement Get Gett it t signed right away AV 1 ll go in and work like Old sick Nick Ick Well We'll el make moke mae abig a abig big cleanup by spring Ill I'll Il take you tight right to the gold Theres There's Ther's thousands and thousands lying lying- lyn snug in the ground Just waiting for u us UR I. I Its It's right In n our mit ml Oh its it's Ie a n cinch a cinch The halfbreed almost grew excited Sending Bending Bendin forward he eyed ced us US- US keenly In a f. f breathless silence we e stared at I each other Well Wel I objected seems to be putting potting up rather a a job on the compIn com corn pIn pany I Jim JIm was wu silent but the prodigal cut In n Job nothing Its It's lt I a e. square quare We Wo dont don't know for certain certin that golds gold's there Maybe Mabe its it's only a piffling pocket and well we'll wel get Ket d for or our r o pains pain I. I No it seems to me its t's Is I's a a fair tall gambling proposition Were We're taking taing all al kinds of ot chances chances It I mens means awful hard work ork It means mens privation and maybe bitter biter I Its It's a gamble I tell tel you and are ar we going to be bo such poor sports spora a as turn It down I for tor one am strongly in favor tavor of it it What do you ou 5 s A big sporting chance chance- are aro ora you OU there thee boys are are you there there He H almost almo t shouted In his excite excite- ment excie- excie Hush Some ome one might hear her you warned warne the halfbreed Yes Ye that's that right Well Wel it I look mighty good to me me end and ad if I you boys boy bOI are willing well we'll just jut draw wel up papers paper and end sign sig an agreement right right- away way II it I a go 10 T We nodded so he got ot ink and paper and drew up a form for of ot partner partnership lp Now said ald ho hOt hi his eyes dancing now mow to secure that lay before any one ne else elio cuts in on us UI |