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Show ; - Y 4I ! POOR _ , POORMANS ! f ! _ i ir ,1 1 r I VSI , , ' ' ! + MANS MANVS MAN VS t at A aA a _ MANSGOlO GOlO Gou Goue , _ _ _ -e e - eCOURTNEY COURTNEY COURTNEYI I COURTNEYRYLEY RYLEY . 1 RYLE.YCOOPER RYLEYCOOPER RYLE.YCOOPERRIGHTCOURTNEY 1COOPER COOPER COOPERi i a aI I " . ! RIGHT-COURTNEY RIGHT COURTNEY RIGHT-COUR.TNEY RIGHTCOUR.TNEY COUR.TNEY - - . RYLEY COOPER . . . W.N.U WN.U WNU w.N.t1 wN.t1 wNt1 . . . . SERVICE SERVICI ! . : J ' JSYNOPSIS SYNOPSIS [ _ ammond , . gold prospector , re rePrince re'ia reia , ' Princo Prince Rupert after alter a spree spreeUe spreettle - ' Ue tie and learns that a gold rush rushg rushg rushfine g as a result ot of some care care- careih care-marks care marks . - - ih iharks arks he had dropped at a 8 party partyng party1 partyUng -1 1 - jag ng a gold discovery He finds findspartner findsI findspartner findsI partner . . MnKcnzie MtKenzle MsKenzle Joe Britten Brittentc , , I on north to protect their claimsHammond claims d , Hammond decides to tell the theprospectors theprospectors thee ? prospectors how to reach the thed thed theId d fields Around the World Annieller Annie , , er dance hall proprietor , bas has based hased hasBed ed a troupe of girls and is bentg bentg bent bentIng Ing g a dance hall ball at the new newack newack newkfack ack tells her to pass the word wordat wordat wordSat at he Is going to leave the next nextHe nextHe nextf He muses about Kay Joyce Joyce,1 Joyce1 , , In Seattle whom he loves lnd and andhe andm lndhe I Iin he confided the secret of o ( his hisc hise hisrikc c e Going to his lawyer s of ofpasses ofpasses ofpasses passes a young girl on the stairsI stairs stairsCHAPTER I C CHAPTER APTBR n II II2 n2 ' -2- 2 - 2m 2'in - 2 2i - , 'in in ' i m his lawyer's lawyers ' office , Hammanner Ham- Ham Haml HamI - - I l manner became becl.me beclme : . somethlDg something somethingat somethlDgat somethingd ? at of a way wayward vard boy , re- re refrom refrom re-from re from - - - d from truancy . lo La 0 , Barstow , " he said sl1d : , . as cas- cas casS cass cas-is cas is - - ' S possible , and eased into mto aThe aa a aThe a The attorney looked up He Hei I " , . roan man of middle age , witheyes . with v.Ith vIth witheyes ; eyes , which , this mornmg morning morningd , t < strangely troubled troubledlit'S troubledit's troubledit's troubledits | lit'S litS , it's its ' you Jack , " , " came qUlet quiet- quiet quietit quiet-Sit quiet Sit . - - It a minute mmute , will WJll you you7hurry ? " " | 'urry urry " ' " Hammond picked upof upof up ' of the Prince Prmce Rupert paper- paper papersed papersed paper paperSsed - Ssed sed it aside asade . It was not thehe thehe the > he sought The attorney attorney'a attorneyFa 'a a . - ' a mass of legal docwnents documents docwnentsontamer documentsontainer documentsfontamcr ontamer ontainer envelope envelopep envelopeI I 1 ' " " he asked qUletly-almost qUletly almost quietly-almost quietly qUletlyalmost11y quietlyalmostily quietly - almostlily 11y ily . 4frond mond frond mond eyed him Barstow was v.as vas v.asgood wasgood . 4 ' good for a Joke joke.nach jokenach . . ach out of order7 order ? " " ' b : ' He shrugged his shouldersat shoulders s at me ? " y 1 ? " . Jetting .lettlng lettlng this thing get out out7 ? " " | torney smIledt smiledis smiled smiledit's it's its t is : ' between you and McKenn MCKen-1 MCKen 1 McKen- McKen - n { Joe's Joes oe's oes ' takmg taking it all right rJght AustlC Austie A ABustic [ Bustic ustlC ustie , , but but- but buts butS - " ' s natural state " fc K Hammond laughed Thereawkward Thereawkward There awkward silence slIence The atwiped ' 0 at- at atwiped - - ' wiped .wIped . ; , his glasses , then satg satg sat satng at-I at I ng g the edge of a sheet of leer leer Ie- Ie le- le Iequite - - er . | quite myself myselt this morning mormng , " , , " ogized glzed gized Then , abruptly , * ' I'much I'much ' I'm Im I'miuch ' iuch uch good at telling tellmg peopleat people peoplethat ? that at hurt " \ news7 news " ? " | hmg mg ing that cpncerns concerns Joe orome orome or orSome Some ome one'who one \ ' who \'who 'who was in m herefore herefore here herefore [ fore you came . I 1 had to befrankand befrankand be [ 'frank frank ' frank-and frank and - and the truth m 10 in thISfaIrly thisfairly this thisi i fairly rotten " Hl's Hls 's s ' always alwa > ) stough s tough " t J , to cut the foundations outder outder out outaider aider der somebody-destroy somebody destroy somebody - - destroy illuamt illuaint illu illupaint [ paint amt aint things thmgs exactly as theyspecIally theyspecially they Ispccially theyIspccially specIally with WJth a woman " 'oung oung ' . woman , wasn't wasnt ' she she9 she9b ? b good - looking lookmg - poorly ? ? ? " ? you saw her her9 ' " " passed on the stairs Shepretty Shepretty She Shepretty pretty well cut up Chent ClJent Client Chents9 s9 ? " - - = " ' the attorney hesItated hesItatedxactlysort hesitatedxactlysort hesitatedicactly xactly-sort xactly sort - sort of a volunteer volunteerthat volunteerthat volunteerthat that IS- IS ISWIth is - " With an effort , he hed hed hed d an nn attitude of brusque in"What m m- m in- in m'What . - - 'What What "What " " ' are you yU ? , in here aboutin aboutin about ' hi in the mornmg morning morning7 ? " " lett lIeU left ! a note for me . Gone Goneuess Goneuess Goneuess ; uess you know that He's Hes He'sg He'sig Hesig ' ' g light lJght , , wIth withtut without ut many sup supraid supraid supAfraid raid somebody will Jump Jumpms jumpms lumpms ms Wants me to follow as asI asI 1 I can with a couple of dog dognd dogad dogmd nd ad a complete outfit . That Thater Thater Thatper er stuff- stuff stuffow stuffow stuff - " 3W ow smiled . 'it it systemhere ' it itall all out of your system systemere systemere ere in 10 Seattle , did you , 'd d 'dnond q qond fond ' nond ond stirred uneasily . , that depends on how youit youit you it youit Personally , I feel grea great greatt t tt t . . But someone else mightnk mightrile might mightnk nk rile I had been on an ordi ordJ ordJnk ordiink ordiunk unk ink nk . . . " , newspapers gave you quite quitey quitebeen y ' \ , been hearing about thatce thatice that thatce ice ce I landed . It's Its ' rotten init inif in if it I 1 started a n lot of te"lder telder te'ider teider tendero te"ldero te'idero " ' o that district dlstnct " , Barstow , elbows on hIs hIsecpled histeepled hisecpled ecpled teepled * his fingers , "I I " don't dont don'tt's don'tis don't-'s don't dont 's s ' ' t's ts is - ' done so much damage damagean ; an the rush a little lJttle carl1er- carl1er earlier- earlier carl1erhave earlierhave earlier earlierI - I have come anyway . What Whatd WhatJn Whatin Whatid d in Jn Seattle ? " it t a girl I was in Jn love with " "of of " of those first sight affairs9 afIalrs affairs ? " " , ' Hammond put out his Ius hand , , , it t a few feet above the floor flooreen floorten floorecn een ten crazy about her since smce I It It ] > t high Kay Joyce Her Hersed Hersed Hciised sed to be president of ot the thece thece theice ce Bank and Trust He Heout Heout Heout out a year ago We wed U6ed used to ton ton tcm n the street from each otherat otherat other otherat at an angle-I angle I angle - 1 lived l1ved by theooa the thedhooa dhooa ooa playmates9 playmates " ? " ' ! AseriOUS A serious expression hac had hadto hadto hacnto nto to the young prospector prospector's prospectors ' ' ! 1 eyes . "She'd Shed " ' never have anythingto anythmgto anythmg anything to do with WJth me . " "I I " don't dont ' quite qUJte und und3rstand understand rstand . . " "Her Her " father was the big banker banker.My bankerMy . My father was a switchman s\\Jtchman s Jtchman \ , out of ofwork ofwork ofwork work most of the time . . My mother mothertook mothertook mothertook took in m v . washing ashmg " Barstow looked out the ram rain ramsplashed rainsplashed ramsplashed splashed window wmdow . , "Oh Oh " , yes , I 1 remember . . The news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper - paper mentioned that-of that of that - of course it itwas itwas itwas was romanticized romantJclZed The poor boy boywent boywent boywent went away , worked his way waythrough waythrough waythrough through college , looked for gold goldfound , found it , came back to Seattle , and andaccIdentally andaccidentally andaccidentally accIdentally met the girl gul he had hadloved hadloved hadloved loved for years--- years years- yearsOnly yearsOnly years - " ' ' Only it wasn't wasnt ' accidental , " , " sup supphed supplied supplied phed plied Hammond "A A " friend frJend took me meout meout meout out there-TJmmy there TJmmy there-Timmy Timmy there - - Timmy Moon , he's hes ' an anaVJator anaviator anaviator aVJator aviator . Notorkmg Not w \ working \\orkmg orkmg \ orhing at it just now nowI , 1 I understand ; something somethmg wrong wrongWIth wrongwith wrongwith WIth bis hJS his plane But no matter matterwe'd matterwed , we'd wed ' met up and of course-you course you courseyouknow courseyouknow course - - youknow know , home for the first time after afterall afterall afterall all those years-I years I years - I asked him hJm what what- whatever whatever whatever - ' ever became of Kay Joyce " There Therewas Therewas I was a moment's moments ' pause . . Hammond HammondI Hammondrubbed Hammondrubbed Hammondrubbed I rubbed at his hot face . . Then he helooked helooked helooked looked up , a queer , burning burnmg light in inhIs inhis hihis hIs dark eyes e es . . "You You " know , Bar Bar- Barstow Barstow Barstow - stow , it was the funniest funmest feeling feelJng to tonde toride toride nde ride up to that old house m in an au- au automoblIe automobile au automobile - - tomobile tomoblIe and get out and walk nght right nghtthrough rightthrough rightthrough through the gate " "Where Where " you had played as ch chil children children dren " "Played Played " nothing nothmg , that old gramte granite gramteblock graniteblock graniteblock block of a father never would let letme letme letme me inside mSlde the yard You couldn't couldnt couldn'tblame couldn'tblame couldn'tblame couldntblame ' blame the kid for snouting snoutmg me- me meWIth mewith me mewith - with him hJm telling tellJng her not to assoclate asso associate ( ) ciate clate crate with ragtags rag tags . " "I I " 1 suppose not , " said the attor attor- attorney attor- attor attorney attorney - - ney , staring starmg at his law books ' ' It was funny in m a way . TJmmy Timmy TJmmyhad Timmyhad Timmyhad had called up the house heuse hcuse , but he hehadn't hehadn't hehadn't hehadnt hadn't hadnt ' saIdhom said \\hom hom whom \ whom he was brmgmg bringing brmgmgout bringingout bringingout out . . . Kay didn't didnt ' recognize recogmze me for fora fora fora a minute mmute , ' I'd Id ' have known her any any- anywhere anywhere anywhere - where " "Naturally Naturally " . " "Well Well " , for awhile I wished wJshed I Ihadn't Ihadn't Ihadn't Ihadnt MYou "You You " hadn't hadnt ' come . You see , I'd Id ' ' alwaysdreamed always alwaysdreamed alwaysdreamed dreamed of that house as the grandV grandIt grand- grand grand"I - \-V V \ It - f " ( l c t > 1 f , f fs fsMmdu Mmdu l d " i " 0 r t tr tfG fG fGr r 1 . - , 4 4x x < h4ti h4ti"I "I I " Suppose Not , " Said Sud : the At- At Attorney Attorney At Attorney - - torney . . est place in the world-one world one world - one of those thoseold thoseold thoseold old time hme building buildmg block placesl1th places , \l1th l1th tifith tifithturrets \ withturrets l1thturrets turrets and a slate roof- roof roof1 roof"I root - " "I I " 1 know the 1 I ind md " "And And " Kay was a bit distant at atfirst atfirst atfirst first , you know , hard to pick up thethread the thethread thethread thread after all these years Then Thenjust , Just for fun , Timmy TJmmy pretended to toha toha tohave ha\ ha hae ha \ . e forgotten his handkerchief handkerchJef So Sohe Sohe Sohe he reached for mine mme I had a cl moose moosehide moosehide moosehide hide bag full of nuggets in 10 that thatpocket thatpocket thatpocket pocket- pocket - " pocket"You'd "You'd Youd " ' fixed it lt up that v/ay v ay way / " "Of Of " course So , out came the thenuggets thenuggets thenuggets nuggets with WJth the handkerchief bandkel handkel chief and andsplIled andspilled andspilled splIled spilled all 0\ 0 o'c oc oxer 0er \ ' er the floor You Youshould Youshould Youshould should have seen us ' " ' Again Agam herubbed he herubbed herubbed rubbed fevcribhly feverbbly feverishly at his face f.lce flce . "Ev Ev "Ev- "Everybody "Ev- "Ev Ev "Everybody "Everybody " - - erybody down on the floor fioor , helpmg helping helpmgpIck helpingpick helpingpick pIck up those nuggets " Barstow eyed him , , a gentle ap appral.al appraisal apprai&al appraial pral.al pralal praisal pral.al'That & ! : . 'That That ' That helped considerably , dIdn't dIdnt didn'tit didntit ' It , . Jack Jack9 ? " " ' Oh , yes Naturally , it led to toqueshons toquestions toquestions queshons questions questionsmind ind md mind " : something somethmg I could couldtalk couldtalk couldtalk talk about Kay and nnd I 1 got tot fot ; along alongsImply alongsimply alongsimply sImply great after I'd Id ' ' ' found mytongue my mytongue mytongue tongue Queer , lon't lont l.n't l.nt lnt in't int . , ' it , ho how . a perion per- per peron per-s per s - ion , > on onill on111 \\ill ill \\111 111 trill \ \ have an idea all his lie life ! lifethat , , ' that if he could Just ] ust 'bo bo 1be be free to tot.llk totalk totalk t.llk tllk talk . to a certain certm . . person , all her herfalse herfalse herfalse false ideas of him would fade a\lay a lay away awayYou \ ? You know . , Everything Everythmg divided us uswhen uswhen uswhen when when'we 'weere \ ' we \'we 'we \ viere \\ere ere were kids , social soclal posItion positionmoney , money , and < . nl 011 .il il . that We didn't didnt ' even evengo evengo evengo go to th the ( . same school But I never neverwanted neverwanted neverwanted wanted anybody but her-I've her I've Ive her - ' I've Ive ' ' never neverthought neverthought neverthought thought about anybody but her AndI And I knew that it if I could just get to together together togcthcr gether with WJth her , without that old oldchisel oldchisel hlsel chisel ( , ! : face lce of a father around- around around - " "I I " judge from the newspaper accounts ac accounts . counts that you got along famous famous- famously famously . - ly . " . Hammond stared stared"Where stared"Where stared"Where staredWhere "Where Where " in the world did they theyget theyget theyget get all that stuff stuff9 ? " " he asked , then thenv thenwas thenwas was v . as silent . . . His Hls brain braID had spun for fora fora tora a moment , suddenly to halt halt , , high highlighted . lighted upon one particular partlcular recol recol- recollection recollection . - lection It was the Crystal Castle Castlein CastleIn Castlein in Seattle , with persons crowding crowdingaround crowdingaround crowdingaround around Jack's Jacks ' table . He could see seeKay's seeKay's secKay's secKays Kay's Kays ' outstretched hands as herfingers her herfingers herfingers fingers toyed with scattered , pebble- pebble pebblelJke pebble-like pebble like - . - lJke like nuggets , where be he ag ag-nn ag nn ag"un agun - " un had hadtossed hadtossed hadtossed tossed them from the heavy moose- moose moosehIde moosehide moose-hide moose hide - - hIde pouch to the tablecloth Per Per- Persons Persons Persons - sons were asking askmg questions , all sorts sortsof sortsof sortsof of questions queshons ; now Hammond re- re remembered remembered re remembered - - membered a B young man with a anewspaper anewspaper anewspaper newspaper stuffed m 10 in one pocket pocketwho , , who queried querJed him with particularity . "We We " did cUd the town , " he said . "I I "Iguess "Iguess Iguess " 1 1guess guess some newspaper man musthave must musthave musthave have barged into mto our |