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Show -- HK C:-n.r- v mfftoni zoldjwospcqtor, returns after a apraa in Beattie as fold nnlria-BtartliiftEJL that acarries remarks ha. had ffJStiS soma di- a sold I 2 concerning party Ha bd Out hi, partner, McXtO: to protect ha Sana fiidSoa-Beriesad.. JUmipand decide would-b- e prospectors bow to h LTb dd Arid. Around the World K2 Stontiwdanco hU proprietor, ha trauna of Sirls and i bant oa iSIeVdanee haU at the new camp. Jack SSJout-KrJoy- . thasw ta fcattia and to whom ho confided the strlknr.Ckriac to hialaw-!STaha paae a youns Ctrl on th ask Bar tow the lawyer about and Wsnia that aha is a volunteer tell him about Kay. Timmy JrTT a mutual acquaintance, had brought Vmm together- - KV vU chilly at flnt, but ha saw soma of. hi Sold nuggets along bdautUidly. Be: had met her j3Lmand a friend of the family, Bruce a geologist Sergeant; Terry of tha gST-mdis- n Mounted' Petit Join the on their trip- north. Jack an- tm girl. Jaanna Tourer, and she rrrtm to lend her a team of dog and that he go back Be suggest EL .bid ha say rite can't He let her and supplies. The next day kgm the teamnew bonanza begins. tiek to the ' SL.gupert Srihiald Jrljjk 52 Prt Si. -- CHAPTER p.mmond X S;, g . ' kv'rj III Continued fclTin,bcide' her. For moment, there was little sound mre the quick, breathing of, dogs, and the.ciufT the glide Of toboggan & gnowshoes, punctuated by quick tapping noises as in ushers hit their ftbs on the rising step with light t the shre ,and h0,d hne. ,r-V- . L- I - I U ! into camp'?' Hammond toward the rear, more qulck! f hln' only las he rohej t ;e lpai!,:,r atlJ strode :'-Sla,ir the At Lk snow Somebodys missing, nmh' I!1' try t0 flnd fcy out a gang o 1.? told W R'" hold lVk I'm canu-andstar- t t- - f- -r Tbn down the line he again, finally to drop behind. No one him; all eyes were straining straight ahead. Hammond moved swiftly on the back trail. It was deep dusk before he picked up a clear trail. Ife shouted and went on. Again, after a period of search, he called, and for a tierd and fourth time. He he heard a faint answer. thought He began to run, as swiftly os his sticky snowahocs would In the distance, a faint,permit. gray smudge appeared. He shouted anew and went forward. At last they faced each other. Jeanne Towers no-uc- the air. "Better not wait too long to make to one of the old-time- to- morrow on the crpst, But late that night, when the rest of the camp was snoring, Ham- mond - -- became early afternoon. The ky grew heavier, more ominous. No loafing! he shouted, as the trek started anew, following the noontime halt And no hanging ing bads. A man turned d nls head; skin raw from pelting ice blood particles, eyes like balld-- of from snow burn. .Howll we ever keep in line and "nge wet moccasins? he queried. Keep em cm, I suppose, and let frostbite? 'Well make stops for that. The nrst slash of snow' had begun to .dnve down out of the high reaches the mountains. Keep moving nd tay together. The flakes had become .thicker now: like a sticky white shield. All n instant, the mountains began - - to fade. Stay together! he shouted, as ne worked back along the line. Stay together!" .They had come out of a valley to wide lake and were now well upon it- On his lumpy snowshoes. Jack wade the end erf the line, shouting us caution,- and hearingit echoed - - the more experienced men of J long serpentine of gold seekers. The sound of clubbing as sticks webs against n general now. The world had 5com'! a fog of white. Once again mmond started forward, hurry- t the blurred sight of a laggard beside the trail. With some mrprise, he saw it was Jeanne TowJjJ! - snow-eumm- ed ers. ' What's wrong? brusquely. he queried lead dog broke his trace. I I've got it fixed. ' Tarrnond examined the harness, looks all right, he decided, we re going to camp as soon as trike the end of this lake. J then how far? asked r Jeanne. Hammond had heard that a hundred times, in the last jrrT ew Wy tbmk days. ; ft well over the worst of l'e're 'N There Aint Nothin Crasiern a Bunch m Bushed Placer Min- ers. , tried to cover her weariness with a smile, meanwhile wiping the welcome, cold moisture of a hand across her forehead. Am I lost? she asked, with an attempt at cheeriness. "You were. Relief at finding her had brought a certain reflex. Why did you drop out? That trace broke again. I suppose I worked on if longer than I thought. Then, when I was through, I couldnt see anybody. And noises seemed to come from all directions. Hammond scowled, but not at her. I knew, damned well that shepherd husky would ne' er make a lead dog. The girl laughed weakly. Im glad Im not the only one to blame. Reaction had passed for Hammond; he was only glad he had found her. A good lead dog would hare been able to pick up the trail. Suddenly he said, Too tired to go on? "Can we reach camp? "We'll have to make our own in camp. He looked about him, the lowering dusk. One chance was as good as another memory told him that they had been working for some time to the left- - Certainly shore could not be so far away. "We haven t much to kick about. to cat on Everything in the world n sleeptliere's and that toboggan ing bag for you." fur-glov- 'Hut you? He grinned. It won't be the t time I ve piled in with the dogs. There was a different spirit now; concern for her safety had plaj ed them on a new basis. Siler.t.y they worked forward, bent against the drive of snow. Going was increassticky ingly difficult ; the white, pack fall had covered the harder snow-shofor a full si inches; ihcir sank deep and came up A half hour e t. heavy. leaden. world exertion followed. Tnc but now. black was urged tier forward. "I think 1 see the ahead, he Commanded sturdy '"niCoToinB. was herwithin a ended search The answer. - boughed low in hundred yards, line, and tumspruce, a roekv slwre es have a tough time for after we get out of this lake. country have to hit for the planus the winds are pretty bad Then We'll drop down, to the Ijfvl fiver going should be fairly . cnafter that" i.i.w tar? the girl asked again, JSiaw that She had told Irli,e- - A man could make ft had two days with a fresh team. the truth when she jrjjrf Slw did nrt jjiamniond went on toward the i'ueslions. no hi1c :i asked the line, ttii. Tn do w get to the end of lake?" shouted Mvln' A note of ': was in his panic v Hammond ' turned swiftly, -the ..v,,,,wn , : . . Olson p he shouted. "Take the .1, i 222.WiThrflfsti '? 'w, I'. ' t t- - eration. Sturm und drang. (Ger.) Storm and stress. Vlllegiatura. (It.) A summer vacation. Vetturino. (It.) A harkman. 'lammond much of woodsman-K-;he knew that she was search-;n- g .m- - a birch tree ar.d its infiam-""n- -i bnjk' but there was none. ie spruce needles crackled into a feeb.e blae as he fed them with a second match. Jeanne handed a crushed bunch of fine dead twigs. Then he took the larger fuel roi - her, stvk by stick, until the c'aie leaped high. At last he and looked down at tier. ''You're pretty game, aren't yen?' he asked. It seemed to electrify her. An almost tomboy ish expression came into her eyes. She laughed, her while. vcn teeth gleaming in the firelight. "Honestly, am 1?" she queried. There was a wish in her voice for bun to tell her again. But she added quickly, "I hope I can cook something that's fit to eat." It was. With the dogs snarling over their fish and mush, the man and woman sat beside the campfire long after the meal was finished. At last. Jack unrolled her sleeping hag and bedded it down witli a canvas windbreak. They said goodnight. Hammond went back to the ll er-w- th "What I mean," he added hastily, "is that I'm not trying to butt in or ask questions. You understand that, don't you? "Yes Ive known that." Just the same, the man went on, Tve thought of something funny. Suppose, for instance, I lent you a little money you know, to build a shack with. And then he added, stilling her exclamation suppose I did what I could to get things going for you. Ive Just been thinking that it really would be a whale of a Joke on somebody, if you'd take this bunch of supplies youve been dragging through for me, and really start that grocery store. Five minutes later, Jack Hammond turned away, witli a hand at his throat. I didnt think shed cry about it, he mumbled, once more back at the fire. He sat there a long time. Then at last he stretched, went over to the dogs, disturbed them with a moccasined foot, and rolled in with them. The sun shone the next morning. They were back at camp in an hour. The endless journey began anew. 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Men were shouting, and hurrying about, mushing their dogs to the first open space unoccupied by the tents of other gold seekers, and tearing at their toboggan loads as though they had only a matter of minutes in uhirh to begin life in a new land. At this distance, they looked like so ants, outmany black, lined gainst the white of the Sapphire lake. McKenzie Joe took off his thick cap and rubbed heavy fingers through matted, gray l,air There ain't nothin crazier'n a bunch of bushed placer miners, he said at last. "Lets clean out that the day." pit and knock off work for "Sure, said Hammond. "Then find out how to go down to town and make a million. He glanced toward the bed of the frozen Big Moose. Great fires burned there, dozens of them, where men. and the few women who had made the galling journey, worked at a dream of fortune. It was tough murt be mi'tig now. The gravel limned out. Water tor panning must comiiui.o bv dog team from the the munity water hole, cut through four-futhickness of lake ice. (JO UF CUMlMLDi solAt- Rus in urbe. (L.) The country in town. Sub judice. (L.) Under consid- K Finally he rose, and moving toward her faintly outlined form, knelt there. he said quietly, "are "Jeanne, you asleep?" The voice fought dull fatigue. "No, Mr. Hammond. My name's Jack. "Oh, came with an air of surprise. "Listen," he cut in. "I've just thought of something funny. You're none of my business Tommy kins. y fire. He sat there a long time. days; grimy windows, carpets gritty with dirt, soot on one's face, a black .taste to mow. Hammond nodded and. went onward. He would have a Job today. It was hard enough keeping this line moving in thd sunshine. Morn- : (F.) A private Plouplou. dier; the French p: spent . and Phrases to her next self appointed task, the diiriTi'-.iunder old drift or to wind- f"r dry bits of pitch wood, for '1j',1"pife:'.ed cones and a handful iv. c pruce needles, meanwhile wce;M.g neur-i-surroundings with a,T.iu:s,,:g glances In that she told J3- - . saw that there was to be no crust on the mornings snow. The Chinook had continued, veering slightly toward morning. Dawn was gray, lowering, cheerless. Then the wind shifted. A bite came into the ' sir. It was "Yah, well have snow. Olson, the man with the hewed out face whom Hammond had met in Prince Rupert He' paused a moment as the long line began to move. Yah, well have plenty of j , to' free them from chinook-gtick-y snow. The shouting an4 excited conversation long ago had passed. This 'Was gruelhng effort. r.ika foeNorth?" he. asked. ... Something' like' a tomboys hhppf-Bf- a blazed in her brown eyes. "Oh, I do. Its so clean." Jack went, wondering, about the remark. After a long time, he began thinking of some of the city morning houses in .which he had Well get out early Foreign Words ; - chibs, camp, he shouted I'TAII Parading the Fashions Courtney Ryley Cooper C SYNOPSIS SMITH FI K 1.1) SEXTINEl,. SMITH F1G1D, , 14,17.) |