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Show ' POOR . y yt y16i 'MAN MAN P > ' ! ) 16i 1 t 601.0 6010 . COURTNEY CU T N Y COURTNEYRYLEY 4 RY RYLEY LEY LEYr RYLEYCOOPER r\ r ll4 rll4 \ COOPER , , i i , RIGHT-COURTNEY RIGHT COURTNEY RIGHT-000RTNEY 000RTNEY - RYLEY ' COOPER . ' . W.N.U WN.U WNU . . . SERVICE 5 ER VICI ! BATIER AJ1TIR giFTER : VI-Continued VI Continued VIContinued9 VI - - Continued -9- 9 - 9trange 9trange - & - , trange madness overpowered overpoweredond overpoweredand ond and He did not hnow know why whylstcd whyIstcd Esistcd lstcd Istcd ; he only reahzed realized realized that thatace mat'ace matace ; , ' ace was hot and his veins vems veinsing veinsSing Sing mg ing mgtt 1 Singve [ dfe ve fe me that paper paQI { , " , ' tt " h he e sal saidThere said d ' . ' . There was Voas something somethmg teIrl teiri- teiri teiri1 feiri-b'out feiri b'out bout . - - ' 1 ut out bis Ius his eyes Slowly the gIrl gIrld girld"it girldit ' ; ? d- d dit d-it d it " - it over to bun hun him His Hls handsas hands ; as he unfolded it , revealmg revealing revealmgurt revealingurt revealingirt urt message : "IOU IOU "I I " 0 U . . Lew Lew"thought Lewthought " a aought ought so , " said Hammond Hammondturned , , urned timed for the door . . Jeanne Jeannedesperately Jeannedesperately JeanneEl desperately , , catching catchmg hIm hime e arm . ckl clel dk ! Wait Walt I ! Walt Wait Waif\y Waif y ' " " \ y wait ? " he asked "I'm Im " ' ' ' go- go goter goter go-her go her - - - ter Sergeant Terry Terry"she Terryshe . . " % she blocked him hun , frantic , both bothagamst bothagainst bothagainst agamst against bis hIS chestdon't chestdon't chest ' , don't dont ' ! ! " she gasped "Please"please "Please Please "Pleaseplease " 'please please "please please " ' don't dont ' " ' " -please please - c Hammond could not believeu're believe beheve - u're ure 1re ' not going gomg to let Lewget Lewget Lew ? get a"ay aay away a " ay with a robbery robbery"lon't robberylont ? " on't ont ' see an anything ) thmg thing else to do , , " e answered hopelessly . gt t- t tva tvaguely - " va vaguely ely Jack reahzed realized realizedie reahzede realizede e was discussing dlscussmg a sItuation sItuationch situationlich ch be he really knew nothmgcan't nothingcan't nothing nothmg nothingcan't can't cant ' do that He stole sourgirl sour our . .1 1 ? ' "girl girl " gIrl sank against agamst the counter . . [ imply can't cant ' go to the police pollce policess pollce5S ; ss 5S that's thats ' why he left thatso thatso that . -so so - so ' I'd Id ' know who die dit dl " ' " it andake andeke and andlake lake ake eke a report " by y not not7"rubbed not7rubbed ? ' " rubbed her hands handsestill e/still e still .st1ll st1ll .still : . / uses his own name . . " That at of It it7 ? " " e smiled sInlled faintly famtly . . ve e changed mine mme , " came at"If at'If at at"If -"If "If If - "If If " 'If If ' I had to prosecute hun him huney himicy himhey icy ey took him out to Fourcross Fourcrossit Fourcross't 't t * ' you understand ? " PlaInly PlaInlyond Plainlyand Plainlybond ond and did not and eVIdenced eVIdencede evidencedlie e girl added , , m In a colorless : - 'If If * ' If it should ever get back backthat backthat backthat that Lew Snade had been are ar- ar arefor arfor ar-1 ar 1 - for stealing stealmg money from a aomebody aomebody atomebody omebody would figure flgure out thename the thename thename name of that girl " , in there was silence At last lastond lastand lastnond ond and began to pace the nar nar- nar naronfine nar-ionfine nar ionfine - . - onfine between the door and andunter andenter andunter ) unter enter . . Then Jeanne saId saIdhoped saidhoped saidI hoped you'd youd ' never have to toabout toabout toi about him rum " ion't iont on't-l on't ont l on't-if if ' ' uC ! it "she she " - you put that way sbe she had straightened now , her herted herted herifted ted with determination1 determutatlonfeel determinationfeel determutatlon determination feel better if l ! 5 y ; } ou do know " ' caught her by the anns arms armsung , g them tIght tIghtk tighthere tightok ) k here " I ' " he asked ashed "Do Do " youanythmg youanything you anything anythmg could change mygs mygs my ? gs s about you-my you my you - my frIendship friendship7rou7 ? ' ou ' It If that's thats ' the case , don't dont don'te don'tae dontae ' e . . I don't dont ' want to know know'ou knowou . " ' ou Cu , of all persons , ha\e ha e hae ha\ ha hay \ e a theto the theto theS to know know"e knowe . " freed treed herself and walked past pastto pastto pastito to the door , closing closlDg it . . Then Thened Thened Thenumed ed , with her back against agalDst It it ithough , , ough the support would giveleeded gIve gIveceded giveeeded ceded eeded strength Suddenly she sheback sheback she\ she sheback \ back , . A voice had come fromde fromde from fromae ae de : fey ey Y , Jeanne ! What's Whats ' ' the Idea idea7 idea7tin ? ' tin tm ' that door7 door ? " " roluntarily oluntarily she opened it . . Ar Ar A AT T r entered from Kay's Kays ' claImh claim claim'h 'h h ' , " he exclaimed " ' , , "I I dIdn'tyoU didn'tYou didn't didnt ' , you were here , Mr . Hames Ham- Ham Hamd . - - d " 4ft * es cs , I'm Im ' here " It w was s banal- banal banalere banalere banal banalthere - there ere was nothing nothmg else to say . . say.Iis sayIis forgotthem s Kay thought you'd youd ' ' forgot forgotem forgotem em nails nalls " Fo o-but o but abut - but while whlle you're youre ' here , take tak takel < . . " Hammond clawed a double doubleul doubleul doubleItui ul of o1 spikes from the keg and andd andd anded d them on to the miner minerell minerell minerell ; ell Miss Kay ' I'll Ill ' ' be down alter after altere aftere afterlie e , , " he commandedure commandedlire commanded commandedWe We ure lire , " the miner mmer answered and andcd andd andped cd cd3ay d a\\ay a ay 3\\ay 3 away \ \ . . eanne Terryit Terryt , why can't cant ' I go to Terry t this ? ' ' ' . man man7 He'd Hed handle it con con-itially con itially - hally filly . Certainly Certamly , we've weve ' ' got to toomethmg toomething toomethmg toomethmgr ; omethmg omething " \r r \ f ' t ' gu-1 gu 1 gU'1 gU1 girl ' - leaned wearily agamst against agamstounter againstounter againstcounter ounter . Tot ot of necessarily " ? 7 y not not7 ' What right fIght had he to toe tohere here and take money ? " " money7"t money7t t gets ; ts to be a habit after aftere after"e aftere " e " There was no 110 iso sarcasm m in inptatement tatement mtatement intatement , only resIgnationcan't resignationcan't resignation you'vete youvete ; can't cant ' see it Look here , , you've youve you'vea ' ' a start tor for yourself up hcre here hcree heree here"e heree " e North This fellow can'te can't cant ' ' [ e < s out of your past and wreck wreck10 wrecko wrecke o e matter what the trouble- trouble troubletrouble troublee trouble - - "F"e Fe " trouble"F"e " e trouble is , " she supplIed suppliedr ' ' . , that ' I'm Im ' tied to him "lamed lamed " frledZ used ? " orse than that " hat'i hati at ' , ' none 'lone lone of my busmess business businessme , " " e r counr e reited rested her hands on the coun coun- count . - . t is . , Jack The ' ' subject's subjects been beened beened beenleu ed itLew ItLcw You Xou might as well have It Lcw Lew togethere and I were kids hIds togetherI together I e Pas Pa . . you know v/hcre v hcre where / that "Yes Yes " - in Northern Marntoba Mamtoba MarntobaQUIte MamtobaQuite ManitobaQuite QUIte a town now1th now , \ with \\1th 1th \ all those thosemines thosemines thosemines mines opening open111g up " "My My " father ran a trading tradmg store storethere storethere storethere there " It was as though she were werem werein werein m in a witness chair . Neither 'NeIther ' * ' Fa- Fa Father Fa Father - . ther nor Mother . liked llli.ed lllied Lew . I Iworked Iworked worked \ orked in the tradmg trading store , espe espe- especially especially . - , cially clally when Father was up North NorthWell NorthWell Well , , this time tune he had to go into intothe Intothe Intothe the Arctic Arche circle to trade with the theEskImos theEskimos theEskimos EskImos Before he left , he told toldme toldme toldme me that I was to go to the annual annualfUl annualfui annualfm fUl fui auction auchon in m Winnipeg Wmmpeg for tor him hun ; I Iknow Iknow Iknow know furs . . So I \ went ent and took took$3,000 took3000 $3,000 3000 $ , , with me . . " "In In " currency currency7 ? " " Hammon had hadbegun hadbegun hadbegun begun to sec see ahead"Yes ahead"Yes ahead ahead"Yes "Yes Yes " Father likes cash Lew Levi Lewfollowed Levifollowed Lev/followed Lev followed / followed me down there I was wasteulbly wasteiribly wastcinbly teulbly teiribly m in loveIth love \ with \\Ith Ith \ him hun " She must musthave musthave musthave have caught the look in m Hammond's Hammonds Hammond'seyes Hammond'seyes Hammond'seyes Hammondseyes ' eyes "Oh Oh " , he's hes ' ' changed so much- much muchan muchall much muchall - all an m in a year . . I guess getting gettmg hold holdof holdof holdof of that money did something somethmg to tohIm tohim tohim hIm " "Evidently Evidently " . . So , after he met you youin ) ou ouin ouin in Wmmpeg- Wmmpeg Winnipeg- Winnipeg Winnipeg'Sowell Winnipeg - 7 ? " " WmmpegSowell , ' So-well- So well 'Sowell Sowell Sowellshe So - well - " " she spread her herhands herhands herhands herhands"I hands hands"I "I I " know " Hammond was trymg trying trymgto tryingto tryingto to make mahe it easier for her . "You You "You"ere "Youwere "Youwere Youwere " "ere ere were " away where nobody would wouldhr wouldkrowand wouldkrow hr krow-and krow and ow-and ow and - and you loved hIm-and hIm and him - and We life Wescemed lifeseemed lifeseemed scemed seemed something sometlung terribly precIous precIousthat preciousthat preciousthat that wouldn't wouldnt ' last- last last"Thanks last"Thanks last - " "Thanks Thanks " , " the girl answered"And answered"And answered answered"And "And And " , , too , I suppose he pulled theold the theold theold old gag-what gag what gag - what was the use of wor wore wor- worerymg worrying worrying - rying rymg your parents by getting mar mar- married married . - ried , to say nothing nothmg of his lus poor old oldmother oldmother oldmother mother who'd whod ' never survive the theshoch theshock theshock 'i i ' " ! ' shoch- shoch shock - shoch"In "In In " this case , it was his crIppled crIppledsIster crippledsister crippledsister sIster , " Jeanne supplied supphed v/.thout v.thout v .thout thout w.thout wthout / . bit- bit bitterness bit bitterness . - terness ' Oh , " she supplemented supplementedsuddenly supplementedsuddenly supplementedsuddenly suddenly , "I'm Im " ' ' ' not trying trymg to say I Iwas Iwas Iwas was led around Did you ever spend spendthe spendthe spendthe the best part of your life We in 1D a aplace aplace aplace place like hke The Pas Pas7 ? ' Not the town townthat townthat townthat that it is now-but now but now - but the one . like llli.e lllie It Itused itused itused used to be be7 ? " " "How How " did Lew Snade get hIs hIshands hishands hishands hands on that money ? " Hammond Hammondasked Hammondasked Hammondasked asked bluntly . . He felt queerly fe- fe feverish : fe feverish . - verish . . The girl \ went ent on : ' There wasn't wasnt ' ' anything anythmg at the theWmmpeg theWinnipeg theWinnipeg Wmmpeg Winnipeg auction worth buymg buying buymgLew buyingLew buyingLew Lew argued that we ought to go on onto onto onto to Edmonton-there Edmonton there Edmonton - there ' \ would ould be an anauchon anauction anauction auchon auction there in about ten days . I Iwrote Iwrote Iwrote wrote home what had happened happenedabout , about the auction auchon I mean . Then Thenwe Thenwe Thenwe we ' \ went ent to Edmonton Lew's Lews ' mon mono monoey mon- mon money money - ey \ was \ as gone I began to cut mto into mtothe intothe intothe the cash ' I'd Id ' brought along ; then thenone thenone thenone one afternoon Lew pretended to tocount tocount tocount count the money to be sure it was wasall wasall wasall all there . . I wasn't wasnt ' looking lookmg . He Heshouted Heshouted Heshouted shouted that a hundred dollar bill billhad billhad billhad had flo\/n flo n flO\ffi ffi fiom \ , / out an open window wmdow " " "Of Of " course you never found fOW1d it . " She smiled faintly famtly . "I I " found the place later where he hehad hehad hehad had lost it gambling gamblmg Of course , I Idldn't Ididn't Ididn't Ididnt dldn't dldnt didn't didnt ' ' know that then . I began to toworry toworry toworry worry about making mahmg up our ex ea e expenses : > . . penses and that hundred dollars dollars.Lew dollarsLew . . Lew said he had bad a n friend m in Van Van- Vancouver Vancouver . - couver who wanted to sell out hIS hISstock hisstock hisstock stock of furs . . I let him lum argue me memto meinto meinto mto into believing believmg that be he knew enough enoughabout enoughabout enoughabout about the fur busmess business to go nnd and nndbuyout andbuy andbuy buyout buy out this stock and make enough enoughon on it to cover all our losses " She was silent . . Hammond waited waiteda a moment moment"Well "Well Well " , , " he asked at last"That's last"That's last last"That's "That's Thats " ' all , , " came tonelessly . "He He " stole the money and deserted desertedyou desertedyou desertedyou7 you ? " " asked the man His hands handswere handswere handswere were trembling tremblmg . . "I I " worked at anything anythmg I could couldget couldget couldget get in Edmonton until unbl I earned earnedenough earnedenough earnedenough enough for second class fare to toVancouver toVancouver toVancouver Vancouver . . The man in the fur furstore furstore furstore store said he'd hed ' ' never even heard heardof heardof heardof of Lew Snade . I couldn't couldnt ' find a ajob ajob ajob job in m Vancouver , finally I got one onefor onefor onefor for a single smgle trip on the Prince Prmce Ru Rupert Rupert Rupert pert boatorkmg boat , working \/orkmg orkmg \ / in 111 the dmmg dining dmmgroom diningroom diningroom " room "You You " kept on looking lookmg for Snade7 Snade ? " " "I'd Id " ' ' been to every dance hall In InVancouver inVancouver inVancouver Vancouver and every gamblmg gambling gamblmgJomt gamblingjoint gamblingjoint Jomt joint Someone remembered hun him hunand himand himand and said he'd hed ' gone North So I Ikt.pt Ikept Ikept kt.pt ktpt kept . on asking askmg questions after I IgOL Igoi Igo gOL goi i on the boat One of the gIrls gIrlssaId girlssaid girlssaid saId she knew hIm-that hIm that him - that he'd hed ' got gotten . ten her to sneak out after hours hour > and andmeet andmeet andmeet meet him on deck When I got to toPrmce toPrince toPrince Prmce Prince Rupert , . , I asked about a law law- lawyer lawyer lawyer - yer and someone suggested Mr MrBarstow MrBarstow MrBarstow Barstow . . I was afraid to go to U1e the U1epolice thepolice thepolice police " "Yes Yes " Because Becausc of your peo people- people people"I people le- le leI le"I - - " "I I " told Mr . . Barstow ' I'd Id ' pay hIm hima hImI I I a percentage on any money he hecould hecould hecould could get back for tor : me . But he hesaId hesaid hesaid saId no- no noBarstow's noBarstow's no - " , ' Barstow's Barstows ' that kind " "I I " lived where I could , for awhIle awhileI I worked in Al AI Mon&on's Monons Mon.on's Mon.ons Monson's Monsons & : . ' store I Iwas Iwas Iwas was there for nearly two months monthsbut , but Mr . . Barstow couldn't couldnt ' get any anytrace anytrace anytrace trace ot of o Lew Then one day , he hecalled hecalled hecalled called me and said Lew was m in mtownhe'd intownhe'd intown town-he'd town he'd hed - he'd hed ' been m in A1a Ala&ka Alaka Alaska & ka and nnd Just Justcome justcome justcome come back I don t know how he hefound hefound hefound found out " Barstow 'Barstow ' knows every ship cap cap- captain captain . - tain tnm and cabin cabm boy in m |