Show I BOOKS I OUT Ul 0 or 01 TILL TIlE HEART Hl or oJ YOUTH Garland a n Story of or time tile teal teal- l of his Illy The rime of The rue TheLong Lung Long Trail tun I Is a curiously I interesting human document nt tom for It pictures tile the realization of the Iho l lu boyhood u huud dream of one lUO of the tile best best- known American Hamlin Gar Gar- Gar I land Jand It H is tl a aston story stor out iut of ur the tIme heart and longing of or his his youth The hue l h Long Trail it Is the time realized I fancy anc amle of r a a. ho boy told out of the lie cx- cx of oC a man and with the thc lit lit- I j ez skill of ol a taun trained ti writer It pic- pic Ic j I Lures ture-s UI S tho limo long bug and weary trail to tu tho time muting mining regions regions- and thou then time the fierce search carch for Cor goldIn gold ol In his boyhood dream lie he not only searched for gold but found It In ht his story ho makes his hl boy thc the Ir Garland arland of uI the tile vanished past find It 11 And Jn lii reality as a Ii man mall he lie also found It it But nut such uch are arc the tile un un- happy quirks of lh the Ja law Ian he f found u nd It near a boundary line an and amid aM assuming po possession es lon according to the customs which he ime ml mistakenly supposed to tu be In force lost Jost his hll title through h not having tire the h laws which actually held But nut the c essence of hl his dream was wal realized realized the the vital Hul vigorous vigorous- life hife th tIme the adventures and 1101 the dangers flangers the wild wilLI strange experiences the tile mingling with fevered d men in a u fevered search earch for trea treasure and to so recognizing all this us the tho coming true hue of his hili never for gotten am ho searched buck into Ith Ithe i th the thu heart and und mind of himself as a aboy aboy aboy boy and wrote this book bool Infusing ln- ln fiction tic lie tion lion Into Inlo fact and mingling dreams with their reality In cs essence therefore this tub book I Is I quite as much the book of oC tile the lad Hamlin as of oC the time mature Hamlin Gar Gar- land I Hamlin Garland was a LOIn born In iii WIs- WIs IS' IS ce In iii 1860 At tho time Jl age O of ur S 8 the time family removed cd to Iowa Iova nn and amid in the thu I years of ur his imis Iowa hl life lite tile the lad had attained a a striking development C In Tim the time conflict of or impulses the eASt cost won and Hamlin Garland became a writer Instead of ota a 1 cowboy and miner But tho the e east cast tit did dill not win until after man mall many a struggle Young YounS' Hamlin sa- sa saw prairie schooT hooi hoo- hoo I J T i i in E. E r. r I HAMLIN GARLAND j S SA i I I A dl t S 0 I. I S f L i 4 i d S S f i. i S r I I e 4 r S 'S sJ 0 i Sf a 4 5 s' s S L. L S S i l 4 l 5 i 4 11 nets ners tt trail 1 by his Iowa Io homo with Pikes es e's Peak Pl or Dust Bust and his hi- IJO boyish i h blood was aSinine Lal Later r. r lit he- saw sate man after man start for the thc Black Hills anti and he lie longed eagerly to lo join in ill that mad rush for fot gold Sold But atlays al always at- at ways was theio were cre circumstances to re restrain re- re strain him Pikes Peak waxed and waned and tho ho Black lulls Hills fever waned and Garland came camo east cast and L became became- camo an ana a author U t Ii 0 i- i But in tim 1898 thero ther was wild willi Klondike Klondike Klon Klon- dike like excitement and amid all nIl his early eally impulses impulses im im- pulses Jon long dormant wore were aroused and h ho hl eagerly and Joyously joyous struck trail the time time- the the long Jon Telegraph trail to the north Ho lie was vas living again ain his vanished youth he youth he was wa realizing the dream of that youth An And so so the time adventures of his Ills hero heroIn In tills this book hook in his vi W woks f ks nf of lure ture and amid hardship on oh this hits s- s sJ sTe J long Te role c Tanh trail are ale what came caine to Garlands Garland's Gar Cam Jan lands land's s 's eyes or om imagination on that very velV trail 11 flu made his notes in the he saddIe saddle sad sad- die dle and at camping places beside roaring roar roar- inS ing livers and by 0 thc mile blaze of ur camp II res And then ru fusing in fact and fancy Cancy i visualizing himself us IS the bo boy of or Ills his own past long year lie he wrote rote this Ills story It Is h of if what Garland the thc boy would lint ha e e done and amI seen on the tho t trail all that Hamlin Garland Gailand the time man followed The beginning beg of the thc trail Is thus pr presented I They went Into camp on a little narrow space of cleared land hand at the time c edge of a lurk dark forest which covered o the Ume rolling hills to the time west as faras far faras faras as tho tue eye cye could see ee Into 1110 the time shadow of this forest tho time little path which led Jed to the Golden river 11 entered a as ob obscurely cuel as a snake make It seemed Impossible Im Im- possible that so gO small a road should be so long Jon and so famous Throughout a as the thc troll trail Is Js f followed ved o there is fascinating f de dc descriptive I nar- nar rn la 1 One lIa day Ia th tile passed a I I lake lako on whose hanks banks the tile tass g stood tood high enough h to ripple In iii the time wind ini and strange flowers flowers- yellow and purple put lit Ht the lie greeli en slopes with vivid flame It was well vell that Jack Juk enjoyed to the time full those thos days along time the BlackWater Black BlackWater Water a tel and arid beside th the lake for on the ery cr da do day following their camp on Oil its Us bank Lank clouds began iegan to clo clove clow c down upon them Thus far tile they had been een troubled b by little rain lain and the tile trail was no now dry and lust dust dusty All AU that day lay the the heavens behind them seemed to thicken and to threaten Avast Avast A Avast vast cloud clou of smoke ascended ascend from a burning for forest l far fal to the west heating the sky till It glowed like brass and bronze mingled Time The wind hot and dry roared round the lie little train of horses and amid Jacl Jacks Jack's s 's face was wal covered us as with a ma l k Time The land teemed seemed RuLl suddenly to have become as dr dry as asp p s and amid nd In iii ncr danger of bursting into flame A wild chase after two murders murder I adds additional zest to the tale talc and anti I there Is the tile dramatic linding o of one S i ml md a grimly suggested ested cause for Coa the disappearance of uC the other At length tin tIll end ond of or the trail draw nearer and the time final days darM are arc described ed cd with tremendous force I Tor Foi ol eight days das with scarcely a moments moment's resting space under this gloomy sic sky through this r-o r sodden den tom forest ole t of firs Hr- where only Jill writhing writhing- diabolic shrubs and pOisonous plants Is grow rw time they drove e des des- lJ their theil clothing wet vet their thell limbs Imbs stiff nUll and sore soie O th their ll horse horse- g growing each da day more gaunt and wen weak k I. r g hour homo on the tho trail was torurO tort torture tor tor- t ture u urO rc to to toma ma man 11 and to b beast ast hut hu t th the I c colonel plodded on in Iii dogged I il i In n ii a land empty of or If every 1 living li thin timing thing l jut hut toad toads No o insect sang sahig an no bird a n I utu roil a n Cr cry cn and anti no beast beasl was seen I to move e I After adventure nd and hal hardships the 1 at length i la is reached reache and once there there Is Js thou thought ht for Cor nothing noth ing log but gold 1 But for a time no imo chance for fur fortune fortune for for- tune tulle offers All promising claims seem to he ie secured Money lone fast and courage threatens to vani vanish h also Then Jack and Mason 1 and a new new- made fri friend ltd named Carne Carney learn in ju thou their camp beside a lake lalie that thul a nc field has imas been discovered ll and amI tile the they art aie to make their Va la way through h the tile darkness with him some men who are aiming alining to secure it html but who Ivilo must remain re rc- re- re main in iii Ignorance of the fact that the they are mo followed I Stealthily the they tiley crawled out of time the tent anti and Joined Carney Carnei Vho ho ho was waitIng wait wait- Ing In the shadow of u Ll big his rock Ioel a afew afew few fewS S rods away Taking Jacl Jacks Jack's hand he whispered Not a sound now it itou ou can help it They've landed It was the moment Just before dawn still crisp invigorating Silently Carney stole stoic up th tile the bank into th the i deep forest and so W by a c circuit circuit approached ap ap- ap- ap d the thc spot where the incoming boat lay beached They were vere walking walk walk- lug ins swiftly In tn single tile flip when tile they came in iii sight of a group of shadowy shadow forms Corms sitting in a cit circle around a faint light t. t The man wearing the tue sombrero rose put nut out h his hiis s light and antI turned tub into the time forest silently followed b Ly by six of his friends Carrey Carne struck in after them as silently as as' as ashe he lie could COUll und mid all traveled for Cor a time In perfect n silence save e for 01 the crackling of or twigs under thick their feet and tile Uie of willo vs as ad tile they threaded a cI creek cli bottom At once no now It a a. literal rare race for fur gold ohl each man 1 of everything c but the he desperate Importance Import ance anee of fIrst reaching the tho end cud With no JIll further precaution as tc fer i o ho hn started oft off ill running In iii n it u tell direction 1111 fl followed Import Import-I clu el by Jacl Jack ho hl c e was las shortened by hy his illS excitement For a a. mile their lint way la lay In Imi a a. thicket of black pines a forest furest quite clear cleal of underbrush and tiey made muade good time Jack came tl to I a t vall valloy y of deep grass g dotted with clumps of ff w willow wil l- l low how and Carney nearly tell foil limbo Into a lei tit pit a dan dangerous erous place pInel but hut was vas S saved t tC C 11 by Ly the time white chalky banks Lanks of thc lie pool which gleamed in the tue faint light lis-ht of thaw dawn ii Carney earne ma made e no iia pause but I h l l straight ill for Cam lali dark forest A small maJl stream Jay lay near the northern Lank batik and amId through this tImis lie Ill splashed j but bUl Jack mindful of the lie law that a I runner Is no swifter than thin his feet ran I I S up UI the creek creel until he lie found a a. place narrow enough h to tu jump This caus caused l him hint to lose Jo-e sight of or it Carne Carney for the moment hut but he lie could COUIl hear heal hIm him crashing crash ing log through tile the bushes of uC tho tIme other side He lie ran man on on bearing a little to the time left His IUs breath was roaring now acid anil his ils side ached painfully but butt hu Ime lid did not nut slacken Ii his is stride How could he lie when t-n t much depended on un keeping his leader In iii view ie Down till tile slope ho lie bounded followed fol fol- lowed h by the he man maim from Idaho and auth two WI of f the thc other part party tearing through the willows like u mu frightened fleeing heal bear Tho The branches blanches slashed his mice and lore toc his hat lint aWn away aa but he lie could not stop to tn regain Il it He lle xa v iw the tile man lIlan in iii the tue white hat hint standing upon a It heap of dirt in Iii a willow willow millow wil mil low nat lint and pe cd the thue theoal goal oal of fr the till race ace The Tue creek made a wide bend at 1 this ibis point and amid Jack stopped a n few hundred feet Clet a unity WH and said said- Ill Til take this Carne arney came eum up Lull a nt mome-nt lat Intel l H Ills quid lYl measured the distance n Youre YoUie ahl alright h hu ho hoj Drive your Otil stake slake Cutting a aillo illo libow wand anti Ja Jack k split spill it and a i sheet of paper Impel Into ItI itI it I claim this hi the tIme s claim Lei below disco cry on Oil this time HIP th of August 1898 1598 and signed it Jack Henderson 1 Pine City Cily X N. W. W Te Ter Jei As he stood there Le be his pio- pio tile the buys boys heart swelled with wilh lo and satisfaction I It L n WIH s sall all quite a as line hue U as stirring Ib us at- dramatic dra it'lL- matic malic n as he lie had dreamed I Ci I It I Jul might ht t heThe he he- The rue golden g sand was under hl hs his fc feet ct and auth he luc had hod won it by tIme the speed sliced of or his own wn limbs thu tho power of hi his Imis own pulse iUie uJ e. e lt It It ns mas in Icu 1 18 8 that hint Hamilton Gar Car laud land follow followed oil time tho Telegraph Trail Trull to the Klondike I It t was waH a quarter of or a u century later inter than he lie hall hail planned to go 0 And 1111 this his book records time the ud en ture tUle as ILS it H would hav I been hail had it carried out In accordance with his ils dreams of or boyhood I Allen lien Lowe Lowe- to revive 1 time Mimic and the Maid laid |