| Show 01 I V l J Io I i t ht n- n 1 f S i 2 1 r r Y i i r K PT I I I I t 1 I r f j f l I 1 i I l f A J t 0 r i t c 1 cj t t K 0 T 1 J YU YUKO nj e l 1 J 1 k 1 0 j 1 8 J r r w. w Jt 4 1 l a AR ARY Y ST LEY sal at si silently si- si I really by the Uh camp lire holding l a letter leUr f l Why 1 did lId th nl c reproach It him m f Did she sho not know that gold Jold was all he hi sought Had she not known It II r i before be ore she married him For Fot years cars he had wandered through tho gold cold ranges ran u sweating starving freezing freezing freez freez- In ing In his search for the beloved yellow lodes odes And Am why should shoua she him about her Was as not his life Ufe without one single gleam of color or pleasure She envied I I I him the joy and freedom of or the Use mountains moun moun- J tarns and prairies the she wrote Little she ahe knew of or them or their hardships hardship's hard hard- ships ship's If she he only onh Knew his sufferings I He lie took look the letter from his pocket glanced at It Jl t once more and threw It angrily Into the die fhe What did she him for If she t 3 marry many couldn't be happy happ iii Suddenly a sense of his cruelty occurred r to him as ho snatched at tho the letter leUer with q i r ti to vain endeavor endel to save sa It from Cram the flames Only tho ashes awl and he he could not help exclaiming Poor little girl Pleat Ilease c e come com home Car Gary Cary Im I'm so ISO lone lono- ono 1 ly Iy I thought ht I could stand It II Iii but hut it has been so no long since you ou left leCt Dont Don't you youIt It understand Yes he understood She wanted him ham back She hated haled the city But Dut what did f he lac care for green grcen Holds nehls fair Cair skies or pc Llo blo blossoming flowers flowers' f lie He wanted sold gold gold Jold lie lay that night for a lon long time lime unable to sleep ff watching through the moonlight as ns it tt fir sifted sifted through h the trees and amI when he ho fell fells s f asleep at last It tl was only to dream of gold sold sold gold He lie arose at al dawn but slightly refreshed and he lie made ready to Io return in n a little while All Alt day lie he tramped slopping occasionally oc oc- to study rocks that Indicated s. s precious metal But disappointment nt was wasat wasat 61 at all t II sides l I At nl night ht he pitched camp built bu n Ore fire and cooked his frugal supper He Ile would back hack backi 3 Ills His mind initial was waH easier go ge i ro and take lake her away and maybe maybo she would r understand Then he could come back L r and resume his hs search March and find I his beloved helo gold old Soma Somi- distance away u a mountain ro rose e and on a u little plateau at al Its has bas bass was an camp at of w r i a to i n v wl wigwams As he hl la lay there re he hc hoard a u um smothered m I e dJ rum rumbling h f n il I th the t rattle ruttle or ur slon S und And Ilu lUg ii I Ht iii u b th l until 1 The if great dark maser inase starting starling at nt the summit summit summit sum sum- mit of or the mountain tore out great In Its descent napping oft off what pines blocked Its Us way wax way and landed its Us aw awful awful aw- aw ful rul confusion In a huge mass upon Ulon the the- Indian camp CaT Gary Cary leall leaped leaked d up Ul and rushed across to where the little camp had bad been He lie found the lodges ruined and the Indians Indians Indians In In- killed or burled alive In hr the debris Only one of or them was left left left-an an Apache squaw Her tier leg was broken and she was suffering suffering suf suf- fering intensely Cary Gary carried her to his I camp canal out of or dan danger er of further slides that threatened to occur at an any moment n lie set let the broken limb and made her as comfortable as as' possible Then he re returned returned returned re- re turned to where the wigwams had been but everything e was ruined and there was nothing of or the Indians Indians' simple possessions 8 that he could I Pave ve When rhen he ho went back bick to Ills his own camp Cary Gary was puzzled what to do He lie had hod started home out of pity for his girl wife and begrudgingly too and now he ho found himself In a a. quandary He lie could not leave this Indian woman alone and helpless to lo starve But Dut much muchas ab as he knew Helen wanted to see se him he felt she would not grudge crudge him this delay delay delay de de- lay and ho he decided to remain until the squaw was able to proceed to her tribe With practiced skill he fashioned tepees for tor himself and his bin charge and went went forth in search of or provisions among the tho rivers and forests He lie attended his patents patent's patients patient's pa pa- tents lents wants and the squaw appealed more easily to pity th than n Helen although perhaps ps the tho white girl n needed eded it more Time wore on and the squaw soon Boon became able to be about One night as us the thc they sat part aid ng of a a. forest supper r before their U wigwams Gary Cary Car addressed cd her in broken English as was h his s custom Yuko to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow me so go o back back home homo You go gl to your our own people hesitated for forlong i S long lime time as she gazed min into the fire ire and at length look looked a up at Cary Gary pleadingly ly and said Paleface no leave Injun Vom woman n No go so away Injun woman man want you stay Gary Cory felt Celt sorry for or her lice and said ab- ab bI b- b enily How long Jong you Y watt want 1 i mo too t y I h leaned across the tho firo fire UT and anil her eves i y s M 1 to burn h the low us H BV shit said lIld White man limn stay ail aul tiro Injun woman love lo o e him him Cary Gary o t y r. r t f 9 at t r lu-r i a mulo ls tU What h ht t wJ 1 lH IIA K do T 1 law t v ti wield could he rl rid himself of oC I llo HO 10 had hall found it it difficult at tl s i ro l. l for to n a no white wh O J iT os nU osor forr or enn for tor an n In Indian ne nor now no cr er r They rhey were simply and that vis WH nil all tie lic lJ erlon on h he hall hail h l ever given Kivell them The answer decided Nomo No mo mu 0 go o tomorrow Yuko Me Ie got bot wife at home She sick too You go RO back your our people pl But Dut tin the squaw pleaded that she sial was without people that thu they thuy had laad hadil il II been killed In the landslide that had so EO nearly cost her her life Besides she said paid he had been good to her and she shi loved lovd him tend Mid she could not give him vp up Jur Sur ur Cal Cary Y insisted he hc must go so home and finding her equally persistent persistent persistent persis persis- tent he at last went into his wigwam and to nil all appearances appearances was 50 soon on asleep But Bul Yuko would not give him up All night she sat by the fire swaying to and fro moaning and catching catching- at nt some possible means to hold the whito man or H fY b be repulsed pulsed I II I t at y r r dawn daw w hen the I t. fl s she aha arose went wont to CurY CarYs wIgwam and wakIng wak wak- Ing him him told said Hilte lle mon man stay star Xo No Xo me go o today answered I Cary Can The Indian woman bent low and whispered per d 1 White hUo man imm like gold huh hull Car Gary Cary gazed guzell at her questioningly IY Look long time for gold sold no find Iliad him huir Gary Cnn grunted Yes for 01 ho had told her hr that In their talks and he could not deny it now Yuko know big plenty gold gollI Car Gary Cary sal sat up Interested Was sh she telling him the truth he wondered d or orvas was vas this merel merely a plot to lee keep p him from going awa away from rein her 1 White man mun marry Yuko she take lako him wh where re plenty gold way off ort down canyon way vay off arC where Apache hold war wor dance heap dance heap plenty gold Cary Gary leaped leape to his feet teet He had forgotten J I everything o Helen his promise Yuko dry Iy at i 1 1 a L j gat gatof of it Al him hlin fled aud id ho ha slap over O tho this rooks repealing over over and andoY andor 1 oY of or jr r again plenty gold heap plenty gold V uko he scold Yuko fiercely If ft you Ito llo to me I will win kill you OU She Sho smiled and answered Me Mo 0 tell ll truth white m man 1 How lIow big Is this place Inee and how far off Tho The squaw stretched her arms far apai apart t an and 1 pointed point point- ed down the tho canyon canon from tram the wigwams Little she he knew or cared carel of or tho trio helpless wistful little wICo wearing ncr her soul out in fo waiting in the tho sun-baked sun city she haled and Cary Gary thought not of oC her I IlIo Ho lIo only thought of the gold Come 1 on on ho said impatiently wo must be beon beon beon on our way The squaw embraced him affectionately kissing his faco kind hod hands ov over r and over again with still unsealed lips My Aly man she muttered Yes yes es he ald Together they started down the river r bank and on through the canyon Cary Gary dl did not even t nl rat t. t to 0 S Cor meal or st t aft add r. r t d squaw struggled on obediently What 1 cured cored ho If It site sho were wera exhausted 1 what cared she If IC shO wore were tired ho no nother not her man now rho They followed tho the creek for tor miles down clown the canyon till at last las they came to the place where the tho Apaches lie lie-Id their heir dances of or war wu with their terrible results that struck terror to to to- the white settlers settler's heart Yuko stopped suddenly as 08 if JC scouting scenting something some some- something thing then she crossed over to a L little space between two rocks rocles that loomed like huge huse walls walls- on either side aide She stepped Into the space stooped down and away the earth carth Carys Cary's face was drawn drawn- as If Ie In pain Her face tace her letter In fn the tho ashes her waiting wafting arms all came back to him but he set his hits hard lips together clenched his fists and amI knelt knell beside tho squaw lie He hated her and he ho want wanted to kill her but he lie loved the gold Jold and there it was his precious gold soIl She lifted a lock rock and thero there It ft was the yellow yellow yel yel- ellow el low glinting In tho sunlight All 11 wa a way down creek she bhe said There a at of least was tho the gold Jold l Piles lles of at it it Just as Yuko had said and all aJi his but oh oh God he lie had bartered his soul for It Ho lIe snatched a piece of oC tho the yellow streaked aked rock out of her hand and almost kissed it H. Again tho the squaw embraced him My Sly man man ratan my man man s she sho ho said Suddenly Sudden Sudden- ly a n look of oC suspicion camo caino Into his handsome dark eyes Ho Ito broke off oft a a. apiece apiece piece picco of It it held field It In the trio light scratched scratch cd It with his knife and then with n a heel deep muttered cur curso o ho threw it far down tho the canyon canon God oh God such gold He lie took out of oC his bosom tho the faded worn picture an and kissed it passionately The fhe taco faco he lie had bartered for Cor gold gol Oh Helen lichen Helen ho I f p I |
