Show THE TRAIL OF 98 t STORY FROM THE START Athol Meldrum rum young Scot Scota man who ho tells telli Ih the ator tory story In leave hi hla hi mother and brother tarry Garry In neck erok hl hl hi fortune At San Slin practically he ne t lake kea a laborers laborer Job and meet netta a fellow tetlow adventurer whom he ne dub the th t roll The Prodigal frodl Ifa gal la le to 10 Join the Lb run rum of or RoM gold seeker Into Alaska aed ad M agree gree to KO ItO with him after Arter he h. the Prodigal Come Deck bick from a visit to hi hi ble wealthy father In the th Kaat EaL Athol In great need nud la 1 befriended b bv by Jim JI Salvation Jim When the th Prodigal returns return the he three men Join the tamp tamped l Into Inlo the Ih Fruen North On the Ih boa boil I la 1 a ayoung ayoung young obviously out of 0 place the She e Ira traveling lIna with her an grand grandfather grandfather nd father and end a hard looking couple named who n figure Kure ure ap e. apher h. h her uncle and aunt Athol ha hasen hu has huan en an n opportunity lo to befriend her arid and he h he tell him a Pad nad story atory of 0 her lire life She la Is Journeying Into Alaska Alarka to 10 take lake care cars of or her grand grandfather father who ho I. I obed with th the th Idea Idu of getting rich In Klondike Her lIer nil name me she ebe tell tella hIm la lie tier Her na landing at el Skagway party pari at et one onre take lake the trail mil CHAPTER IV Continued IV-Continued Continued 4 Good flood jot joti you jou didn't hit hll him worse Walt a while sunny wall a while Theres There's something mighty familiar about Joke blusher Mosher lies lie's might mighty like a III certain Sum luBel Im I'm interested In Ive I've just written n II letter outside to see nn an It If Its' Its him well well Im I'm Im I'm roved Im I'm a II good hut but and find help hIp him I And who was Wat Sam Sain Mu el Jim Sam Muel Sam Mosel wu was wu tte me that busted up my home borne an un stole my wife Ue blast him I IDay Ie e e s On Day after day daj each man mon ot of as u. poured out of on o the trail troll the lust last heel tuI tap of his hll strength and ond the coming ol of found foun us utterly pinged out Salvation Jim was full tull of ot device anti and resource the a D dynamo of ot eager eDger energy but bUI It was the Jam Jam- wagon who proved his hili mettle mellie In a magnificent and relentless WilY ways his mi nitrite me a II world tramp u II derelict of ot the Seven seas sens He lie mn must t t tonce once have been ben a III I fellow and even now with strength and willpower will power Impaired he was Willi o a man among tile men full tull of quick courage und of 0 a II haughty temper It II was WOl ever er a 8 word and a II blow with him and oDd a fight to 10 the desperate finish Though and ond morose with men life in showed Id a u tireless n Tec t Inn fur for 1 rut the II first rill he took tick charge of lit our nur ox lint hut It II 1111 for horses horse hh hi fondness was Willi most Joust ex to So Hint that on nn the where there Iller wits Will so an much cruelly he w way wn nr I on the IIII f verge rge of f ola n II great jUlit mini said Tilt the lo to nee me n n fighter from heel to III head bend flares rue one IH lit he cnn cant Mehl though und Units Unit's old 1111 nian I One diy day e wP were making H II tr with H a loid lutt o III if inn our when III Jas' Jas il- il ahead there II wit u II clink check In lit the inn id iden en sit I nod the tie linn went cut forward to tn n It II tyre our old frint In III UH lie hurt hilt rather a tine ittie hurt o und nod In III M a sump 8 tits Ill tied steel hod II nodded IIII ard downhill Into 1111 the Nut Now he hI hen n wn the Ihl animal II cling lU 11 I like a crazy In than man II 0 shouting In a y fren of nt ruge rage The horse horte e roils Willi nuking making the 1111 most mOSI gul gill efforts I ever rr 1111 but bat withe with will e Ier every ery fresh Us Its strength weakened Time nn and It II came I IIII VII down on It Its I knees kIS which were erl mu and bleeding II It Will was shining will with S' S so Sll Unit that there Will was nut not a 8 dry Hall Hallon on tin Its lis body and If ever er a dumb brute e eyes ejes spoke ot of agony and fear that horses horse's did ul I grew w every een III in III Ing g ill It Ito mouth and 1111 beau hug It 11 e ever e ei the lilt head with a dub club It II wn s a II r j und used as os I was to lh the tn to Immunity humanity of 01 the Ihl trull I Willi would lei hll rune hove Interfered had not the him VIII wagon J n in I if d In n lie Ile was deadly pule unit his hla o 11 burned You 11 III Infernal I brute 1 It If you yuu sulk that another blow Ill I'll break l your club over liver your shoulders turned on him Su Sur prize ted the man num rage roe choked him hlin 1 The he were ere Irl both hll hu husky ky fel idl lows lous nod and the IIII hey drew IM up fure fore to 10 face t Then Tien Iii oke arse you II VIlY l I ins I Interfere with tad lilt Ill I'll ht beat nt hl hi x dy Ii II-I II I I out ol nl the horse P It If I 1 like Ilke 0 nn you lU wont won't s sty s one word see sleM With 1111 that lie he struck the norse hurst nn other le blow nn on the tilt head hal Ill I'll r. err Will was WillI H I quirk k The Ill club was II w n n bed fl Aunt Lurid huud i sit saw v 1 a It II 1 t t toine COlli 1 11 down wn tulie 1 e Tile The l e an dint a on nh his lilo hook buck while over n l tutu rte Ilse 1 In lain in wagon it looking auk log very er grim I l he horse hrs e slipped hock hark In Into int III tI the You arty 11 IlIn Ill I'll I Ive I've a g mind Ii to III I beau heil you SU un an rite tu-e ul aI your life nit vou 1 re not nN worth It ht He Ile tave ate e a II kirk rue man gut 1 on un hIli feet lie Ill w was WIIl a II cue cou url lint inn lil his hIli pit pip eyes eyed In Im Ili Impotent pilI potent flit rII ruse e. e He lie l at al his nort hurte e et t III shivering In to the flo Icy k-j wilier nuter ei Jet the horse out ul yourself II rs II then euree you ou 1111 l Inn o w hut you SOli with tutu film Hut nUl you you-I'll you III get gel even eteh t with 1111 you yu for this n III Ill I'll get even He lie Ids his till tUt II und lit with willi un an U ugly I out oath h went II The pluck In the Ihl was relieved relle The trull was n ii fill n In motion we gui KOI abreast of f tile the lie horse hore we Me hel on nn the lie ox and hastily pulled It II out nut and aud the aLe Jaw Jam to nn nave 04 ct h Robert W. W Service Illustrations by 11 Irwin Im Service Ie no little veterinary skill skid la In a few rew days It woe was fit 01 to work again e Another week had gone and we were still l on I Die Ilse trail between tt tile tl-e e head bead of ot the canyon and the summit of ot the lasa Oil Dui after litter do day was the la same Je round of unflinching effort under con coo that thai would daunt an any but the tbt stoutest hearts heart Klondike or bust was the slogan It was ever on 00 the lips of ot those bearded men Klondike Mon Klon dike or bust the bust the strung strong man maD with Infinite righted his hIe over oer overturned overturned turned sleigh sleight and end In the face tace of the blinding buzzard blizzard pushed pitched on 00 through the chugging snO snow Klondike or hu the hust t the weary trail trall one raised himself from the hole where be r I tit 1 r s f If f I 1111 I or 01 Bust Oust Bust wai was th the Slogan hud had fallen and ond stiff f cold rocked racked with pain loin Drilled grilled III his tooth teeth cl doggedly o nl I staggered on nn a II few tew feel dike lIke or hU the butt I the fanatic t of ur the trail trull wll with h the gold lust performed m iliad d feu feats Is u ol of endurance t till nature re rebelled rebelled belled mid raving nod and bowling howling he WI wits was carried d away to 10 tile Ille e We WI were camping In val vol ivy icy before us Uit and behind us the arm army labored aping along with Ii iii te IIII Ve We hod suffered hut but the trail trull it nf fIr the land WH vas near It Its II end Illel And nil what hat nn end Ind I With 1111 every rry mile the Ihl misery miser and Ilits ol of th st t to lab Im rei e. e Then w. w nine ID to Hit the troll of Colling Horse r t we WI hail had seen slen all 1111 along the itie 1 trail In hl grout numbers hut hilt ti tilt MM- sight u a. a S we rime came on un this I IH de ci In n There were thousand ot of I them Diem One Olle night vve WI I drugged u away s Ills sli Il ot of them before we t 11 thud rul muni to 0 put up III the tent 1111 I rl- rl flit Ity III sprawling lIol hot hili theft ribs protruding through lh th their hides Miles II their I yes IS I'S putrid In the Ihl mm sun shit It I. was n like n battlefield haunt hideous u i. i II It wins Willi n a Sunday and we vve were In tilt the tent glad chin of n II III luj lays lay's n rot roil I. I I 1 l lie w Oils mis IS I n it tilt hll ul ill hill Inline a the Prodigal wits In Ing Sal hart hl n i 1 runt a 0 trip rip to 10 where Ift h h h. hud hart hoped hUI ti to ft find n a from the outside one nf take lake Mother I. I hr Ills 1114 usually hale hule net and kindly hate fine 1 war 11 and troubled I II did say 1111 there Ihrl was nUll m dr i U lirse rue ii in 11 IIi hl Dili ls Klondike gold he hI sal said hula no Im I'm ore ure nt 01 II There ThereS a II him hwi dun on It it II hlll II's a II gulp tn to cost h li Its It's gain coin to iii homes ii Its It's gain lIln to wreck no n mini no II over ever rr know God OUlI only know 1 U Il liV mst IIRI already Hut Bu this last hUI l Is II the III worst vi I I. I hats M the matter Jim I ill said I. I what I n si 7 r rY Y haven't you heard 11 il a just been a u sin snows hie on uti tin tin- an un le people hurled nt tit poor cut CUI lilT iff without a u chance to III repent lie was suing going to III Improve t on tin n 1 the Itle w fl when the cut CuI Ir it Ioor devils 1 I I guess we 1 must ki 11 w some ot tit them too lOll He Ile turned ii 1 w. w I 1 w. w winder ler If your jour little k ft D I 1 nil all my lily thoughts had Just flown to II lierna Among the lie ell exigent u III oi the Ilse trail when w we w. P had to Mi Its ow UI 1 Is OD no the Ihl t trouble u of the Ihl m nt i. i III in iino et ij evi-ij ery moment hail had Its 1111 trout e ethere there here was Willi little lime f for er e I hint had found HI al ill all II sti of It her hl totting before me ot nt her to lu u ni III when I 1 Ihn Itai least hn t ex 1 peel id i'd d them Illy und anti a It good ol of were 11 inay n In my nay mint mind I 1 suppose e I WitS was silent trine grave and ami It II have r been une 11 in i ot nt III Iny thought its that mud mild i h h. h sits to In me IIII Say Oa old own mull If you Jon 1 would ul d I. I ike kl I h IIII III take ke a run rum fI over cater Ir the IIII n tl ill II I IGuess Guess I IllIO cnn can spurt sIuro you vou fur for a lay or 1 o o oYes Yes Inured Indeed Id I'd like lIe lo to see 51 the I trail II Oil Oh yes yea 1 weve we've observed v 11 et cu III In trolly Wh dont don't 1111 u marry the IIII Vt dl ll II till cut ii al i ng Jig old alit hup I ion I he III gone loo lu nil Ii long longSo ig So 11 next Irn Ira ling n n. n 1 IS i I stinted for fin 1 Iti-i Iti II I 1 I 1 was waa Jugging joking alai pu past t the ad Vance ranee guard of ot the oncoming army then who should 1 lieI see but Mervin anI and Hewson They looked thoroughly sm era Boned and end had made record time with witha a large lorle outfit lo n contrast to the worn weary eyed men with faces pinched and puckered the they looked Insolently In tn fit III and oDd full tull of fight light The Hie They had hod heard of ot the but give ghe me no particulars I Inquired for Cerna Berna and oDd the old man maD They were somewhere behind bel between ol oland and Lindeman tea Yel the they were ably burled under uDder the slide Good Good by I hurried forward full ull of ot slog slon A black block stream of ot were surging across Lindeman then I 1 realized the greatness of the other oilier advancing army orm and the vastness fastness J ot of the Impulse that W was I urging the he these e In In- atoms to the North It 1 Will was blowing quite quill hard end and man many had put pUI up sails lIs on their sleds with z Ilont cw x d effect Wb Why was I 1 so 80 anxious about Heron Berna rDO I f It t I did not Dot know but bul with ever every tulle m my anxiety Int lor Increased reused A dim coning fear possessed toe me I Imagined that If anything happened to her I t would forever blame bilime myself I 1 hur hur- vied forward I met mel the Twins They had hO Just e es 11 the slide they told me rue mid and had Hurt hadnot not yet yel reci recO erell ered from the shock A II little way 0 back burk on tin the trail It II wait v.-u. I 1 would see fee men digging out the bodies rite They had dug out OUI seventeen that thai morning Some wore were crushed at DP flat lIal lIalAS ns ne pancakes Again with a pain at al m my heart I asked after Bernu and her Iber her Twin number one said suld they were Vere both bolh burled buried under the slide I 1 gasped and wili seized with h sudden sadden Inel No said suld twin twill two IWo the old ohl man maD Is ml missing hut hilt the has bas escaped eloped and Is nearly crazy with grief Good loud loud-by by Once more I 1 hurried on fin Gun Gangs ot of otmen II men were shoveling for tor the dead Ever Every now 1 and then a shovel would strike a hand band or a skull Then ashout n a shout would be raised and the poor misshapen bOIl body turned out Again I put my Inquiries A Du DO busty y digger unused paused In 10 his work Yes Yu tint thai must have hafe been the old guy with the hf whiskers they dug dUll out early on nn rom rain the IIII lower end of ot the slide Ihle name ot of took look ch charm tr nl of him Took Tank him to the tent lent yonder Wont Won't let anyone go near lie III pointed to 10 a tent on nn the 1101 mid 1111 It II was with a I heart I 1 wi wr ni III forward The poor old aid man so an nt guntli so sit dignified with hU his of II H s gulden rea treasure sure that might bring happiness to others It II was cruel cruH cruel tuel Soy what dye want here Get to ton n l 11 11 I outu this The lire I came cume with a II snarl I 1 nuked up I In ID surprise There at III I the he door ot of the till tent nil all nila alli a II i bristle like 1111 a II cutter bred cur ur wu Will was I rl felt grow suddenly sin suture uge ly Iy angry I 1 measured iii the IIII e min man fur fr H s und and determined I l could handle h him 1111 I 1 want I said soberly tf tr sie s.-e tile the hI of my old friend You do du ii do n you Well you yua hi 1 tell lj tellwell well wont Ilene no nobody fiod hI body here inure Youre a n Hurl Ilan I I observed i i Its It's no nn UM use washing words on no you von Im I'm wing III on nn With Willi that I nun ri liI i and ind threw him sideways will 1111 forie One fit of f the tile tent ropes ropes' Ie rook HI away iwuy his hili feet violently 1111 II and there n it 10 the III saute he hI sprawled glow at II atme me n wll with h evil ell eves ejes Now I stud I I. I Ive got Kilt a S gun Iun nul It 1 you try Iry inv monkey hn hll business iness Ill I'll fix you yon so 80 quick you won wont won't I know V what It a put n d The worked He lie gathered him turn himself self celt up iii mid lilli followed me nie lute Into the tern teat Ii looking the fie picture of ut niale Im Ins On In the ground a II 1115 coveted co wIth lIh a WI i ii a i feeling felin of lit honor r I the fo covering h It II lay the lilt holly Imily n of I tin the old 11 inin He Ile w Will ns I ly l In tug mi his hla bin hii k arid and nail had hadnot not ins he hertz ben II squeezed out nut of till alt Ii n tuna Ilk Ilk so Sit tunny or ur I the Ihl lie other older I e s he hI was 1111 ghastly tIl Iu h li h Ids his hi utah rill fire and 11 hul fn yes es es I 1 ft felt r It mutual hl his his' waist lie J I the Ill he e hill hell wits gone l I I said Bald turning suddenly IUd sud- denly on OD the |