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Show THE NEPHI, UTAH. TIMES-NEW- S, WOMAN'S NERVES NORTH REE OF FIFTY-T-H L1ADE STRONG By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Winona, (Copyright: Little, Brown CHAPTER XVII & Continued. 15 "Anyway, here It la: You got the essentials, up to a certain point, from Brooks. But he didn't tell It all his kind never does, not by a long shot. They, the four of them, It seems, held a meeting as soon as I shipped out that gold and put through that stock-sellin- g scheme. That was legitimate. I couldn't restrain them from that, g a hopeless minority of one. Their . chief object, however, was to let two three friends In on the ground floor of a good thing; also, they wanted each a good bundle of that stock while It was cheap figuring that with the prospects I had opened up It would sell high. So they had it on the market, and In addition bad everything framed up to reorganize with a capitalization of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This all cut and dried before I got there. Now, as It originally stood, the five of us would each have made a small fortune on these Klappan claims. They're good. But with a quarter of a million In outstanding stock well. It would be all right for the fellow with a big block. But you can see where I would get off with a Interest. To be sure, a certain proportion of the money derived from the sale of this stock should be mine. But It goes Into the treasury, and they had It arranged to keep It In the treasury, as a fund for operations, with them doing the operating. They bad already Indicated their bent by voting an annual stipend of ten thousand and six thousand dollars to Lorimer and Brooks as president and secretary respectively. Me, they proposed to quiet with a manager's wage of a mere five thousand a year after I got on the ground and began to get my back up. "But they capped the climax with characterwhat I must ize as the baldest attempt at a dirty fraud I ever encountered. And they had the gall to try and make me a party to It. To make this clear you must understand that L on behalf of the company and acting as the company's agent, grubstaked Whltey Lewis and four others to go In and stake those claims. I was empowered to arrange with these five men that If the claims made a decent showing each should receive five thousand dollars In stock for assigning their claims to the company, and should have employment at top wages while the claims were operated. They surely earned It. Ton know what the North Is In the dead of winter. Tbey bucked their way through a hell of frost and snow and staked tb claims. It ever men were entitled to what waa due them, tbey were. And not one of them stuttered over be-In- J.r y 'I. III "That Was When ZFIi I mashed Him." hla bargain, even though they were taking out weekly as much gold as they were to get for their full share. gThey'd gives their word, and they tl ere white men. They took me for a white man also. Tbey took my word that they would get what waa coming to them, and gave me In the compaoy's name dear title to every claim. I put loose titles on record In Ilatelton, and niM bome. and Brooks "Lorimer deliberately proposed to Withhold that stock, to defraud these men, to steal oh, I can't find words strong enough. Brooks mid to me. with a grin: The property's la the company's name let the roughnecks sweat a while. They've got no come-bacanyway.' "That was when I smsshed him. Do yon blame met rd taken over those fellows claims In good faith. Could I go bark there and face those men and say: Uoys, the company's got your claims, and they won't pay for tbem.' Do yon th'ik for a minute I'd let a hunch of My fingered crooks put any thing Bke that over on simple, square dealing Allows who were too honest to prert their own Interests from shsrp practice! A qusrtette of soft bndle mongret who sat In Uphol stered fhre rbslrs while these others wallowed throurh tit feet of snow for three Weeks, living on bsmn and beans, to grab a txrt of gold for there I double tip when I It make my think eixrvt It k, nt mm By BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR Co.) "And I wouldn't be put off or placat ed by a chance to fatten my own bank rolL I didn't care If I broke the Free Gold Mining company and myself likewise. A dollar doesn't terrify nor yet fascinate me I hope It never will. And while, perhaps, It was not what they would call good form for me to lose my temper and go at them with my fists. I was fighting mad when I thoroughly sensed their dirty project. Any- Krlnor thorn frnv time.v. v v "71 "") When you take a man of that type and cuff him around with your two hands he's apt to listen serious to what you say. And they listened when 1 told them in dead earnest next day that Whltey Lewis and his partners must huve what was due them, or I'd wreck the bunch of them If It took ten years and every dollar I bad to do It. And I could have put them on the trump, too they'd already dipped their fin gers In where they couldn't stund liti gation. I'm Bure of that or tney would never have come through ; which they did. "But I'm sorry I ever got mixed up with them. I'm going to sell my stock und advise Lewis and the others to do the sume while we can get full value for It Lorimer and that bunch will munlpulute the outfit to death, no matter how the mine produces. That's all of that I don't care two whoops about the money. There Is still gold In the Kluppun Runge and other corners of the North, whenever I need It. But It nauseuted me. I can't stand that game. And Granville, like most other cities of Its kind, lives by and for that sort of Hiring. The pressure of modern life makes it Inevitable. Anyway, a town Is no place for me. I can stomach It about so long, and no longer. It's too cramped, too girded about with petty- larceny conventions. If once you slip and get down, every one walks on you. Everything's restricted, priced, tinkered with. There la no reul freedom of body or spirit. I wouldn't trade a comfy log cabin In the woods with a big fireplace and a shelf of books for the finest bome on Muple drive not If I had to stay there and stifle In the dust and smoke and smells. That would be a sordid and Impoverished existence. J cannot live by the dog' eat-do- g code that seems to prevail wherever folk get Jammed together In an unwieldy social moss. I have said the like to you before. "By nature and training I'm unfitted to live In these crowded places. I love you, little person, I don't think you realize how much, but I can't make you happy by making myself utterly miserable. That would only product' the Inevitable reaction. But I still think yon are essentially enough like me to meet me on common ground. Ton loved me and you found content roent and Joy at our little cabin once. Don't yon think It might be waiting there again i "If yon really care. If I and the old North sUU mean anything to you, a few days or weeks, or even months of separation won't matter. An affection that can't survive six months la too fragile to go through life on. I don't ask yon to jump the next train and follow me, I don't ask you to wire me. Come back, BilL Though I would Come quick enough If you called me. I merely want you to think It over so berly and let your heart decide. Ton know where I stand, don't you, llaxct, deart I haven't changed not a bit Tin the same old Bill. But I'd rather hit the trail alone than with an un willing partner. Don't flounder about In any quicksand of duty. There Is do 1 ought to' between us. "So it Is up to you once more, little person. If my wsy Is not your way I will abide by your decision without whining. And whenever yon wsnt to reach me. a message to Felix Fort George, will eventually find me. 111 fix it that way. "8o long, Uttle person. I like yon a heap, for all your cantankerous ways. "BILL." She laid aside the letter, with a lump In her throat. For a brief Instant she was minded to telegraph the word thst would bring hi in hurrying back But some of the truths be hsd set down In cold black and white cut her deep. Of a surety she hsd drawn her weapon on the wrong side In the mining trouble, Overhsstyf yea. And shamefully disloyal. Terhaps there wss something In It, after all; that Is to say. It might be they had made a mistake, Fhe saw plainly enough thst unless she could get back some of the old enthuwlssro for that wilderness life, unless the fascination of magnificent distances, of silent, breathless forests, of contented, quiet days on trail and stream, could lay fast hold of her again, they would only defer the day of reckoning, as Bitt had said. No. she would not attempt to call Mm bark. Phe doubted If he would come. And she would not go not yet Rhe must have time to think. Altogether, as the first impression of Bin's letter grew less vivid to her she considered her grievance more. Am she wss minded to act as she had set nut to do to live her life as seemed test to her, rather than pocket her pride and rejoin BilL The feminine Instinct to compel the man to capitu ,. cut-thro- Cour-volseu- r. late asserted Itself' more and more keeping one's end up In town gets terribly wearisome. I'm always glad strongly. to go to the woods, and sorry when I have to leave. But I suppose It's largeA month passed. period she re ly In one's point of view." During that thirty-daceived a brief note from BUI. Just a They chatted of sundry matters for a few mluutes. few lines to say: "By the way. Is there any truth In "lilt the ranch yesterday, little per son. Looks good to me. Went fishing the statement that this Free Gold row last night about sundown. Trout were has created trouble between you and your husband V Vesta asked abruptly. rising fine. Nailed a I dare say It's quite an Impertinent Woke up this morning ut daylight and y found a buck deer with two ludy friends standing In the middle of the clearing. I loafed a few days In Fort George, sort of thinking I might hear from you. Am sending this out by Jake. Will start for the Klappan about day after tomorrow." She had not answered his first let ter. She had tried to. But somehow when she tried to set pen to paper the right words would not come. She lacked his facility of expresHlon. There was so much she wanted to say, so little she seemed nble to suy. As the days passed she felt less sure of her ground, less sure thnt she had Dot sacrificed something precious to a. vagary of self, an obsession of ber own ego. And slowly but surely she began to view all the activities of her circle with a critical eye. Certuin of her friends had become tentative enemies. Kitty Brooks and the Bray womenfolk, who were a numerous and Influential tribe, not only turned silent faces when they met, but they made war on her In the peculiar fashion of women. A word here, a suggestive phrase there, a shrug of the shoulders. It all bore fruit Other friends conveyed the avid gossip. Hazel smiled and Ignored It But In her own rooms she raged unavnlllngly. Her husband had left her. There was a man In the case. They had lost everything. The first count was sufficiently maddening because It was a half truth. And any of It was Irritating even if few believed since It made a choice morsel to digest In gos sipy corners, and brought sundry curious stares on Hazel at certain times. Also Mr. Wagxtaff had caused the stockholders of Free Gold a heavy loss which was only offnet by the fact that the Free Gold properties were " producing richly. None of this wss even openly flung at her. She gathered it piecemeal. And it gulled her. She could not openly defend either Bill or herself against the shadowy scandal mongers. Slowly It dawned upon her, with a bitterness born of her former xperi ence with Granville, that she had lost something of the standing that certain circles had accorded her as the wife of a successful mining man. It made her ponder. Was Bill so fsr wrong, after all. In his estlmste of them? It wss a disheartening conclusion. She had come of a family that stood well In Granville; she had grown up there; If lifetime friends blew hot and cold like that, was the game worth playing T In so far as she could she gave the tie to some of the petty gossip. Whereas at first she had looked dubiously on spending Bill's money to maintain the standard of living they had set up, she Dow welcomed that deposit of five thousand dollars as a means to demonstrate that even In bis absence be stood behind her financially which she began to perceive counted more than anything rise. So long as she could dress In the best, while she could ride where others walked, so long as she betrayed no limitation of re sources, the doors stood wide. Not wbst yon are, but what you've got she remembered Bill saying thst was their holiest creed. It repelled her. And sometimes she was tempted to sit down and pour It all out In a letter to him. But she could hot quite bring herself to the point Always behind Bill loomed the vsst snd dreary Northland, and she shrank from thst On top of this, she began te suffer a queer upset of her physical eondl tlon. All her life she bad been splen didly healthy; her body a perfect working machine, afflicted with no weaknesses. Now odd spasmodic pains recurred without rhyme or reason In her bead, her back, ber limbs, sinking her with sudden poignancy, disap pearing as suddenly. She was stretched on the lounge one afternoon wrestling nervously with a particularly acute attack, when Vesta Lorimer was nshered In. "Tou're almost a stranger," ltszel remsrked. after the first greetings. "Tour cmtlng must have been pleasant. to hold you so long." "It would have held me longer.' Vest returned, "if I didn'l hsve to be In touch with my msrket I could live quite hspptty on my Island eight months In the yesr. But one can't get people to come several hundred miles to a sitting. And I feel Inclined to acquire a living Income while my vogue lasts." Tou're rather a wilderness lover, aren't youf Ilsret commented. 1 don't think you'd love It as dearly If yon were bnrted alive In It" Thst wtmld all depend on the ctr Vests replied, "One esIn a capes many disheartening thlnrs -thst Is still ; wirsrlvely The continual grind of I primitive. rnm-tsnces- ," . Minn." I suffered for more than a year from nervousness, and was deals us whether we will or not But If you care In the least for your husband, for God's sake make some effort, some sacrifice of your own petty little desires, to muke his road a little pleasanter, a little lesa gray than It must be now. You'll be well repaid If you are the kind that must always be paid fh full. Don't be a Idiot. That's all I wanted to say. stiff-necke- d Goodby I" She was at the door when she fin question, and you'd be well within ished. The click of the closing catch your rights to tell me It's none of my stirred Hazel to speech and action. business. But I should like to con'Vesta, Vestal" she cried, and ran found some of these petty tattlers. I out Into the corridor. But Vesta Lorimer neither heeded haven't been home forty-eigh- t hours; nor halted. And Hazel went back to her room, quivering. Sometimes the truth Is bitter and stirs to wrath. And mingled with other emotions was a dull pang of Jealousy the first she had ever known. For Vesta Lorimer was beautiful beyond most women; and she bad but given ample evidence of the bigness of ber soul. With shamed tears creeping to ber eyes. Hazel wondered If she could love even Bill so Intensely that she would drive an other womun to his arms that he might win happiness. But one thing stood out clear above that painful meeting. She waa done fighting against the blankness that seemed to surround her since Bill went away. Slowly but steadily It had been forced upon her that much which she deemed desirable, even nec essary, was of little weight In the bal ance with him. Day and night she longed for him. for his cheery voice. the whimsical good humor of him, his "You're Almost a Stranger," Hazel Re kiss and bis smile. Indubitably Vesta Lorimer was right to term ber a stiff- marked, After the First Greetings. necked, selfish fool. But If all folk yet I've heard tongues wagging. I were saturated with the essence of hoope there's nothing In It I warned wisdom well, there wss but one thing Mr. Wagstuff against I'aul." to be done. Silly pride bad to go by "Warned hlraT Wbyr Hazel neg the board. If to face gayly a land lected the question entirely. The blunt- she dreaded were the price of easing nes of It took her by surprise. Frank his heartache and her own that siteech waa not a characteristic of price she would pay, and pay with a Vesta Lotimer's set grace but lately learned. She lay down on the lounge again. The girl shrugged her shoulders. "He Is my brother, but that doesn't The old pains were back. And as she veil my eyes." she said coolly. "I'aul endured, a sudden startling thought Is too crooked to He straight In bed. flashed across her mind. A posslbil I'm glad Mr. Wagstaff brought the lot It J? yes. She hurried to' dress, won of them up with a round turn which dering why It had not before occurred he seems to hsve done. If be had used to her, and, phoning up a taxi, rolled a club Instead of his nuts It would have downtown to the office of Doctor Hart been only their deserts. I auppose the An hour or so later she returned. A picture of ber man stood on the manfuss quite upset youT" took It down and stared at It "It did," Hazel admitted grudgingly. tel. She with a tremulous smile. "It did more then upset me." "Ob, Billy-boBilly boy. I wish yon "I thought as much," Vesta said she "But I waa d knew," whispered. an Inflict slowly. "It msde you hurt on a man who should hsve coming, anyway. Bill 1" That evening, stirring about ber had better treatment at your hands; not only because he love you. but be- preparations for the Journey, she cause be Is one of the few men who paused, and wondered why. for the deserve the best that you or any wom first time since Bill left, she felt ao utterly at peace. an can give. "You've said quite enough," Hazel CHAPTER XVIII. cried. "If you have any more Insults, nlease ret rid of them elsewhere. 1 Heme Again. think you Twelve months works many of "Oh. I don't care what yon think frontier. Uaset change on a me," the girl interrupted recklessly. found thie so.changing When she came to plsn "If I did 1 wouldn't be here, Td bide her route she found the O. T. P. bridg behind the conventions! rules of the ing the last gap in a transcontinental game and let you blunder along. But system. Its trains westbound already I can't I'm not gifted with your blind wltbln striking distance of Fort egotism. Whstever you are, that Bill George. She could board a sleeping of yours loves you, and if yon care car at Granville and detrain within a anything for him, you should be with hundred miles of the ancient trading hi in. I would. If I were lucky enough with a fast river boat to carry to stand in your shoes. I'd go with post her the remaining distance. him down Into bcU ftself gladly If be Fort George loomed up a Jumbled wanted me tot" area of houses and tents, log buildings, "Are you frame structures "Oh!" lintel gasped. yellow In their new clean tnsdT" cess, strangers to paint as yet On "Shocked to death, aren't you?" band others stood la varying Vesta fleered. "Ton can't understand, every Dot I'm can youT I love him yes. " rr.1 " ashsmed to own It Fm do sentimen4 tal prude to throw up my hands In hor ror at a perfectly nstural emotion. But be Is Dot for me. I dare say TtmJ Mi I 'A3couldn't give him an added heartbeat j ri If I tried. And I have a tittle too much pride strange as It msy seem to you to try, so long as he Is chained hsnd J and foot to your ehsrlot But you're making him suffer. And I care enough to want him to live all his days hap pily. He Is a dud, and there are so few of them, real men. If you can make him happy, Td compel you to do so. If I hsd the power. Ton couldn't understand thst kind of a love. Oh. I could choke you for your stupid disloyalty. I could do almost anything that would spur yon to action. I can't rid myself of the hopeless, reck lew mood he Is In. There are so few of his kind, the patient strong, loyal, squsre- desllng men, with a woman s tenderness and a lion's courage. Any woman should be proud snd glsd to be bis mat, to ntber his children. And Hie Round Faee Lit Up With a 6m He yon " ef Recognition. She threw out her hands with a sud The blue stages nf erection. Folks hurried den, despairing gesture. eyes grew misty, snd she hid her face shout the sturdy beginning of a fuIn ber palm. Before thst passionate ture greatness. And as she left the outburst Hasel sat dumbly amazed. host snd followed a new-lai- d walk a Vesta In second uncertain. staring, of plunks toward a hotel, Jake Lsuer lifted her bead defiantly. out of a store, squsrely Into hsd no notion of breaking out tike stepped her path. tb!s when I came up." she said quiet His round face lit Dp with a smile ly. "I was going to be very adroit of And Hasel, fresh from Intended to give yon a friendly boost therecognition. snd lonesome Journey, wss long along the right road. If I could. But equally glad to set eyes on familiar, It has all been hobbling Inside me for a genuinely friendly far. a lorg time. Ton perhaps think It very (TO KB COWTIKUED) care much but don't t unwomanly Pound reason Is given to few, bet hst you think. My little heartache Is Incidental, od of the things life J those few exert Inflows ce. -- Inde-serve- are" m . ati night rest and would he awake so oaa couia no so nervous I get would have to get op and walk around and in the morning would be all tired out I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Com- Vegetable and rjund try thought it My nervousness soon left me. I sleen well and fee fine in the morning' and hie to do my work. I gladly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to make weak nerve jllll strong." Mrs. Albert Sultze, 608 Olmstead St, Winona, Minn. How often do we hear the expression ot among women, "1 am ao nervous, I sleep," er "it aeems as though I ahouldfly." Such women should profit by Mrs. Bultxe's experience and give this famous root and herb remedy, can-D- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a trial. 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