Show i I A AI Ar I r 4 e n Romance Romance I Robert mops mops' DY 1 e al' al t FROM TH THE START STARr i TORY STORY ihM Meldrum young Athol tills story leaves leave ho tells teUs t the liD fh r ind and brother brother G Ue rry ry molher is At P n nt nto to 10 leek 11 III his practice fortune a laborer jot 01 and an re takes ukel adventurer whom a fellow the I I. I The dub f to t the rush fill rl 1 Iou anI-Iou Into Alaka aryl an t f sold seekers to tl go with him agrees come the ht h Inu vIlli to bl from a tack Ick Ir In the East Athol ir utter rest t aa reed Is I. b befriended by JIlT Hubbard I Sal JIm When returns In the three thre prodigal the hi he Into th thoi the th tamped stampede loin nee ea North On the th boot boat U is a girl obviously out of place 51 with her grand hi h. h U I. di traveling utter liber and nd nd a looking hard im amed d who ho figure n R as aser and aunt r er uncle in Continued Ill Continued 3 Poor 3 old eld beggar r I 1 thought I Ider Ifor Ilet let for It If I 1 cannot do all anything forAnd fur for furt t And Aud while I 1 was na thus debut I a timid knock en came me to the door met ned It and Hit there re was wall the girt girl aa 31 here bere was a nervous anxiety In tier her oer Her oer and a mute Interrogation In to gray pay eyes Im I'm afraid hes he's a little sick to 1 I said ald gently hut but come Ini In itU i it t you U and see him 2 Thank Flank yon on With some worth words of eminent she fell on her tier knees he hint him and her small white hand til ht his thIn gnarled one A As Ap If Into life the old roan ronn Pi ed gratefully to her tybe toe lie would care ore for nom soni rt ee I soft I 1 think I 1 could rustle wm some Mine he lie gave me a II queer sad end look ot of Is Ike 1 8 II f f yon yuu could she answered hen ben I 1 returned she sloe had hOl the old a 1 propped up with pillows She i the toffee from frum rite me and held then th to In his lips hut but utter tier 0 a few sips sip turned away III wearily Im I'm afraid he doesn't care carl for fort forI t I to I said sold o Xo Im I'm afraid he wont won't take toke it lt I If I only oDly hud had some SOUle fruit 1 l hen beD II it was I 1 bethought me of ot the th theof of if grapes 1 I h d bought them before leaving Icu thinking tb they T told dId be a grateful surprise to m my Obviously Oh I hail had bern ben llred and now I produced them triumph big plump glossy feli fel fel- i S S. S burled In ID the fragrant cedar t. t I shook clear a large lorge hunch bunch lonee once more we tried the old man as If we had hit on the one oruI I it needful for he ate eagerly en he be had finished and was resting ml sloe he turned to me I don't dont know how bow t can thank you for lor your lour kindness Very easily easily- I said quickly Hll is will yourself accept Rome some of th the th it t I shall be more than repaid te ite gave me me a dubious look took then b II a bright merry lI light ht flashed In Into to her eyes eres that she was I radiant insight In sight light U Ii you lou will share them with witt me said Mid simply Pimply o 10 o for lor the lack laek of chairs we squat I on n the narrow stateroom floor fluor Ier der t the old mans man's kindly eye Slit Sale daintily and as 88 we talked I stud I bed ber fa fate e as It If I would etch It on DIem memory forever It I oust mast he toe remembered lest les I ap If t to o be te taking Inking a too eager intro I In the girl that Clout up till flow now the theold rid old 9 of ot woman n had been hlen terra term Im InI s Ito 1 to me that thit I had lived 1 a IJ I 1 life and that thol first an II i I 1 was Will an Idealist This Thia girl ha hlll m lon mystery and und charm nod mid It 1111 Is II nut not tu to be bet wondered at ut that i r ina rad na ad a J Ju joy y In her presence lieu Her td seemed to outrun nine mine j I M she ahl divined my words word ere I 1 hud had ID muttered uttered red Y Vet Tel tl she never spoke herself end and w when n ho-n I 1 left lett them to tn her I 1 wa was 88 full of uneasy QUI question lIou 1 i it gas I on the third du day I 1 found th the th B man n b up and dressed and llena him Piro She e looked un nfl bled than I 1 bad ye yet el seen her and treated me with a stalling fare en 0 arler afler 11 a little she eM said 81 oil Jul aid Plays the ne you mind II If he het pl ed over ove aId III of out OUI old country songs It Comfort tango Ci jo EO ahead I 1 uld said MW i 1 hI he heb e io b she old gut an aD ancient violin and nun mun cuddled It fN 10 one itt t PCb weird melodies songs ot of race mode mp me think t an anI rind in a sad Ind hate pos pas r. r fb he slid lid lc throbbed fobbed with pas pal Isle Clale fInes an and 1 de despair Unlike Un UD- the pale e tWilight stole stille Into little cabin cUNn t Of t the obi ruggedly tine Une moo man was ns like Ilke one une in tn In tin with 1 III t clashed hands thet t the ht k very I 1 faced and motion saw II a gleam un ua tier bel cheek the floe ift falling of tears I 1 fell tell ns Its It If I 1 hud hid been allow ed to share with III them theta a II row few moment consecrated to their sorrow and that the they knew I 1 understood orld Tint That day as D I was len leaving I said to tu her erna this his Is la our last night on board Yes ls our trails divide maybe ma b neer et again to cross I. I ill 1 you come CUInI p on de deck k fur for a II while tonight I unlit to talk tn to you you Talk to me mer She Sloe looked startled I Incredulous She hesitated Its It's the list last time Ill All 11 right sli II slue answered ered In fn a low 10 tone She tame carne to meet melt me one white while and sweet swI She was amts but thinly wrapped and shivered so that I put pUI my coat coit around her Ill I IYe Yes Ye Youre not happy huppy Berna Verna erna Youre You're In In sure sore trouble little girl I 1 dont don't know why wll you come up to this God Godforsaken forsaken country or why you yon are ure with those people I 1 don't dont want to know hut but If theres there's anything I 1 can do for fOI you rou any on way 11 1 I I can COli prove pro myself a atrue arue true tree friend tell me time wont won't you your She flit did not nut speak at nt once onre Indeed she sheat was at quiet quill for a long time so that It seemed us liS If she ate must be stricken dumb or ur no na If it some scone feelings were con n within her Then at last tast very ery gently erv very quietly Ir very ery sweet sweetly sweetly ly Iy ns os If weighing her words word she spoke Nil Ku theres there's nothing you Jou ran can do doY Y Youve You've been en kindness nel s Itself Itsel f to grand grandfather fattier father and me and I 1 never neler can cun thank you enough II Nonsense I 1 Dont Don't talk of thanks Benin You dont don't know what a happiness hap Its It's hE been to N help you Im I'm sorry sor sort ry Ive I've done dune so lit little tie Cant Can't I 1 be real really ly Iy nod and truly your friend Berna Berra your Jour friend that would 1 do u much h ht t for you i I Iet Let me do elo something anything tt to show how earnestly I mean meun It 12 Yes Tea I 1 know Well Welt then you yon are areray my ray dear true friend there frIend there now DOW Yes Yes hut hut Berna t 1 Tomorrow f you'll go and well we'll likely never nefer set Sll each other again oguin What's the good goodof of It all Well what do you want wann We will both buth have hUle a memory a aery very ery sweet nice memory wont won't we Believe nelle meLts me Its It's bell better er so Y You dont don't want to hit hoot f anything to do flo with a girl like me DIe You loll dont don't know anything shout me und and you see the kind of people Im I'm go goIng goIng going Ing with Perhaps I 1 am lust as bad badas badas as liS they T ont say that Berna erna I Interposed sternly y youre all nil that's tho ts t's good and pure and sweet No No 00 Im I'm not either Were We're all of 01 ofus ofus us pretty mixed But Im I'm not so had bad und and Its It's nice of you to think thus 1 things Oh I 1 If I 1 had never ne come on this terrible trip l I I t donIt dont don't t. t even Ien know wh where re we are going and Im I'm afraid afraid Well Berne Berna If IS Its It's like that wb why grandfather turn dont don't you yon and your hack 2 Why go on t tUp lie He will never ne turn buck back Hell He'll go gu goon goon on till he hI dies lie He oal only knows one word of l h end and that's i Klondike Klondike I He Ile mutters It a 0 thousand times a day dllY lies He's like a nun man thai that's crazy He lie thinks he hI has hUs been een chosen arid that to III him tutu will a great greul treasure lurt h lie be revealed re d You rou might as us well reu son pan with n a stone glone All I can cun do Is II to follow 1110 him tutu Is to take care of ot him What about the Berna the bottom hottum ot of It all Oh I they're at ut have his mind It Is they who thee the savings of vf little money motley lie has Ims a thousand dollars n la lifetime about two and ever since he came ramI to this thle nun coon try tr th they're they've e Peen been trying to ct cut I It It They'll rob and Ind kill him In to the end and the cruel part Is is-he's is he's hes not greedy he doesn't want wont It II for but elf for roe me That's what hilt breaks my nn heart Surely youre you're mistaken Berna they Ibel cant can't b be so 80 had bad us ks that that- Dad Bad I 1 tell you they're there tile vile I t should know It I 1 lived with them thew for three thre years ye Where here In New ew York I 1 came curne from theold trip the old to them They hl worked me ore In III the restaurant at al first Then a hit bit I got gIlt employment tn In a shirtwaist shirt waist factory I was OS quick and thardy and I worked ork d early and late I 1 ut lit tended ended a night school I 1 read rull till m 11 yes eyes ached They said I 1 was clever The teacher wanted me 1111 to in train and allt be he a teacher too But what was 1 the good nod of thinking of It U 2 I 1 toad had my living to get so 80 1 I stayed nt lit the factory factory fac fac- tory and worked and ond worked Then when I 1 saver saved a few feIY dollars I sent ent for fr grandfather and he be came and amI we WI lived In the tenement and were wre try ery happy lY for a while But nUl the never ne gave us any peace Th They y knew he had a little mODe money laid 1011 away a am aril they Itched to get Iet their hands on It II it I 1 wasn't nt afraid In ID New Nework York ork Up here hereIt's hereit's Its It's different Its It's all so 80 shadowy and sinister I 1 didn't mean to 10 tell you yon all nil this hut but now nov If it you want lInt to be he a n true friend Ju just JUI t go o awny and forget tote me You ou dont don't want to have anything rodo to ro todo todo do with me one nit 1 l I Ill I'll tell you sonic some something thing more Im I'm called s sit it The Wild Music Throbbed With Pas Pal I Sweetness and Despair Irh That That's my grandfathers grandfather's name My mother another ran away from home Two years yeara later she came back with back with me Soon Sonn after atter she died of consumption She would never tell my m fathers father's name but sold said he was a Christian and ol of I good gond fa family II y My grandfather lither tried to III I find out Ue lie would hare hale killed killel the man mun So you yon ou see I 1 am nameless achild a 8 achild child of ot shame and sorrow And ADd you are ure a gentleman and proud of nf your family Now see lieI the kind nf of friend youve you've made mude You Yon dont don't want to In snake make friends with such as I. I L LI Ll I l want to 10 mu make e friends with such II as need m my friendship What hat Is 18 going to happen to you Happen I God knows I It t I matter Oh Ive I've always I. I been he-en n In trouble Im I'm used u ed to It Its It's what Iwas Iwas I 1 was made for I 1 suppo suppose e What she had told me rite h load d somehow stricken me dumb There seemed II a stark sordidness In the situation that repelled me She Sloe had a arisen risen when hen I aroused roused myself Reran Berna I r said Bald what you ou h have he e loin told me rue wrings my heart I 1 cant can't tell you how terribly sorry I 1 feeL Oh I 1 to ro let you yon go goo like this tier Her voice was tall full of ot pathetic rella nation What Whal can you do dot It we were go gu goIng tog Ing In together It might lit be different When ben I 1 met you yuu at Mrs I hoped ll oh ob I hoped well looped well It U doesn't mutter II 11 what I hoped hUlled But believe 1 me floe Ill I'll be tall oil right Y You WilD forget me ml will 11 you yu t Forget Furgel youl you YU I No Berna Ill I'll net el ea forget yon YIU It II cuts me In to I the he bell heart rl I 1 Ican Iun run can un do nothing now but bul well we'll meet up there We WI cant can't he be divided tot foi lung long And nd you'll ouli he be nil all right believe 1111 me Inc too tau little girl Be Re e good goal and on and tn true trill and efer every one will love lote an ant i help you Jou Ah Alt you yuu mutt must go o. o Well well well Grad God bless jou SU Berna AA And I 1 wil wish li you yon happiness and au success suc suo cess ens dent friend of af mine Suddenly a si great Impulse of tender ness and f pity came over m me ind and 1 be before fore fure I 1 knew kite It U. U my arms arme rm were around Iun her hr She Site struggled faintly hut hot lit her tore lore was at uplifted her eyes st rh n. n for fur a moment of bewildering ecstasy her lips I. I lay on mine and nd I felt fell them faintly answer Poor Ioor yielding lel lips i They were cold ns as Ice Ire CHAPTER IV l' l f shall I 1 forget the I 1 sac 1 m mt t of her M a figure In 10 bl k waving I a farewell to me rue ui as I II d I on nn the wharf The gray eyes were pre clear and nIl steady as she bode bade good Ild by to me tile and from Irum where we e I Mood apart tier face fuca had all sll the pathetic pa par I sweetness of s a Madonna M Well ell she hl was ns going and sail sad enough her going seemed lo to I tt They were re all III for nn and I the he grim old Call not coot with Its lis blizzard beaten steeps while we hud had chosen the II less s precipitous precipitous pre pre- but hut more ut trail Among Amona them I saw In the Inseparable arable twins the grim the silent Mervin each quiet anti and watchful watch ful ns u If it storing up UI power for H II tremendous tremendous tre tre- effort There was n the large unwholesomeness of Madam Winkle Winkle- stein nil jewelry jl smiles stalls end and coarse badinage und and near her her perfumed husband squinting un l smirking There w ns nl the old man w with his lots fare of a n Hebrew seer his hll ury n ry eye now aglow with financial enthusiasm en tn his lips ever r muttering i Klondike 1 Klondike I and und lastly b by his side wll with whim h a II little wry smile on her lips III's there therl was 08 the the white faced girl How lIow my heart ached for hori her I But the time for tor sentiment was at lit an nn Pili end The Time clarion call oil to action runs rate out The reign of ot peace was W over the fight was fUll on un Hundreds of scattered tents a II few from frame buildings mostly saloons dance halls and gambling joints un an eager excited mob moh crowding on OD the loose sidewalks floundering knee deep In themire the themire themire mire of the streets struggling and squabbling and cursing over nr their outfits out fits t lint la is oil nil I 1 remember of ot Skag Shag way The Prodigal developed a wonderful executive ability he was wo a II marvel monel ol ot activity seemed to think of eur everything every thing and to glory In his bis responsibility as a lender leader Ah Always aYI cheerful always thoughtful be te was the brains of af our part party lie He never nefer abated lo In his efforts a moment and was an on example and a I stimulus to us UI all nil I 1 Ilia say all nil for fot we e had added the wagon Jam A tarn Jam wagon was the general name nome given to toan an on on the trail In to our number It was the Prodigal who dl ell dla |