Show r TRAIL OF IA V A e 7 W d k lomance robert W servi 63 I 1 ay Y amrit stony FROM THE START athol fitall rum young scotsman who tells the atory leaves hla his mother an and 1 brother garry to reek meek ble bla f fortune at san Francl practically tie takes a tabo laborers retla lab job and doets a fellow adventurer w whom h m tie he dubs dub tile tie brodt it f the prom gat gal Is anxious to J the rush rueh or of gold mockers into alaska ana meldrum orrea agrees to in go with him after he ha the ha prodigal carnev back bach froma roni a visit to hla wealthy father in the mast athol lr ir brent areat need IB befriended by jarr 11 u abard salvation jim whon I 1 the h e prodigal returns re turna the three me men n loin join the stampede into the arox froden en north on the boat oat Is a youna sir girl ob obviously bously ou out t of place she bhe Is traveling with tier liar grand and a haril hard courne couple named who agu be her uncle and aunt t CHAPTER III HI continued 3 poor old be beggar agar 1 thought 1 wonder it I 1 cannot connot do anything for him P and while I 1 was thus ling debat ins ang a knock came to the he door it and there was wan the girl herna berna there was a nervous anxiety tn in her ber manner oin and n muto mute interrogation lu lo tier ber gray eyes eye wim im afraid hes a little sick today I 1 said gently lut but come in wont you and see aee him film V thank you with some words of site fell on her knees ha be sloe side him and her small white eilind sought bought his thin gnarled one As A s it if galvanized into life the old roan an turned gratefully to her blayle tie he would care anre for or some memo coffee I 1 said 1 I think I 1 could rustle him some soine stio she gave tae ine a queer sad look ot of r 1 A tit ia jou coul could safi answered when hen V I 1 cretu returned she ha had the old propped jp up with till pillows she fatt the cottee coffee frow from me ine arid field tile the cup to tits hla lips but after a tow sips alps we tie turned anway wen wearily rily im afraid he care for that 1 I 1 bald sald no vin im afraid tie he wont take it t oil oh ir if only find some soine fruit trul tIll then 11 it was i I 1 bethought deot me ot he box vt of kronen graves 1 I 11 and ad bought bough them just juit before leaving thinking aber would bo be a grateful su surprise to my mv ns obviously I 1 had bee been it inspired and tiow I 1 produced them in big plump glossy tel let butted burled in n the trag fragrant rapt bedur dp dust I 1 iho shook k clear a largo bunch and onee once more we ve tried the old yon as aa ifko if WB had hit on the one thing needful kir for he ate angerly en gerly ebyn he had f and wais reathia gul quietly etly she bhe turned to me 1 I dont know how flow I 1 can thank you or clr forvour for your kindness ivery very easily I 1 sald quickly it you win will yourself accept home of the fruit I 1 shall be more than 11 she bho gave cave me a dubious took to 0 it then theil such it a bright bryght merry light flashed cashed in tober to tier eyes that sho he was radiant tv in ariy riy it if you will share thern them with mol ine she bald simply tao so for the lack of chairs clin lra we squat ted led on the narrow stater ooin floor boor under the tha old muns mans kindly eye she ate daintily andas and RS we talked I 1 satui ted lel tier her face na as it if I 1 would etch it on my memory forever it must bo be remembered lost I 1 ap pear to be tatting taking tt a too ager inter at in the itri girl that up till how now UK tilt world of woman had been terra ulta to tue me that I 1 hod had lived a bliar barly cloistered life and that first anil and last I 1 was an idealist Ideall fit this girl bal bait distinction mystery and charm anti W in not to be wondered tit dint 0 found a joy in her presence tier mind seemed nimbly to outrun mine handshe and behs divined my words ere i 11 bad them thein uttered altered yet she never spoke of herself here elf and when I 1 left thera them together I 1 was iraa full of unettas log it wits wan on the third day I 1 round found the th old man up slid and dressed and hema bema with olm she looked brighter and an happier alinn I 1 had yet seen een her and she ebe greeted me eno with a smiling face then after a little she said my grandfather plays the you inloe tf it he played over s bome 0 me of out our old country songs tl 11 would comfort him no fo co ahead I 1 said ald 1 I 1 wish he be would so 86 she st ou ancient violin and the old piao pian cuddled it ii and prayed soft weird melodies bonga 0 ot the Czech race that ninde me think of romance ot love ove and hate and pas slon clon and despair the wild music throbbed with pas paa sweetness and despair unobserved observed the pale twilight stole into tha little cabins tile ruggedly tine fine faa ace of the old man tins was li like keone ona inspired and with clasped hands the girl eat very white faced and ic n 1 gleam un tin let her cheek the alft falling failing of 0 tears team I 1 felt na an it 1 I 1 bait bad been allowed to share with them a few moments omenta ni consecrated to their sorrow borrow and that they knew I 1 understood vint day na as I 1 was leaving I 1 said to tier berna this ts to our last on board yes tomorrow Toi our trails divide maybe never agul nto to cross crosa will you cow up tip on deck for a little while I 1 flaut to talk to you talk to mev me she bile looked startled incredulous she hesitated I leAss viorna its ita the last time all right iha eh answered in a tow low tone a 4 0 0 0 0 0 she came en roe to meet me lily white and sweet she was but thinly wrapped and shivered so that 11 I 1 put my Iny conf cont around her berno berna I 1 yes youre not happy berna youre la in sore trouble little girl I 1 dont know why you come up to to this god baken country or why you are with those peopled people I 1 dont want to know but if theres anything I 1 can ao do for you any way ay I 1 oin can prove myself a true friend tellmae tel telf loae me won wont you she did not speak ai at once indeed she was quiet for a long time so BO that it seeri seemed led as if she must be stricken drumbor dum bor as if some feelings were con within tier her then at last fast very gently very quietly very sweetly as if weighing her words she spoke no theres nothing you can do da youve been kindness itself to grand fattier and tile me and I 1 never can chault you enough 1 Non nonsense 1 don conf talk af pf of thanks hanks berna you dont know what a happiness its been to help jau you im fro sor V ry y ive done so tittle little cant I 1 be real I 1 y find and truly your friend berna your friend would do much tor for you fat let mei me do something anything to show how earnestly I 1 mean it yes yea I 1 know well then you are my dear true friend there now Yes hut but berna I 1 tomorrow go alii well likely never see sec each other again the good of it all well what do you want we we will both huva hava a memory a very sweet nice mer memory nory wont we wet believe me its better so BO you dont want to have k anything to old do with a girl like me you dont afinow anything nebout me und aid you see seethe the kindol kind of people im go ina with perhaps I 1 am lust just as aa bud bao ns as they dont say any that berna I 1 interposed stern pt ernly lil youre all good and pure ana sweet 11 no IM not either cither were all ol of us ua pr pretty e tty mixed but tm im not so had a and d its nice of you jou to think those things ohi oh if 1 I 1 had never come on this terrible I 1 I 1 dont men know where we are and in afraid afraid well weil berna ait if its ts like that dont you and your grandfather turn bacal why go on ony I 1 ile he will never turn back uell go on till he dies ua tie only knows one word ot of kintli and bats klondike Klun klondike dike lie ile mutters it a thou thousand sund times a day ile I 1 a tike like ri A man trazy crill zy ile he tanka he has heen been chosen and that oat to hlin hink will a great treasure bo be repealed yo yon u wight as well we ren sou son with a stone all ail I 1 can do ts Is to follow him is ii to take cure care ot of him what about the Winkl estelas bean bernay I 1 1101 oh at the bottum bottom ot 0 it all it ts is they anc who have bla mind lie ile has a little money the savings ot ol a life lifetime tImp aboul two thousand dollars and ever since be come came to this conn coun try been trying to get it IL rob and kill him in the end cud and the cruel part Is hes not greedy lie he want it tor for himself but bot for me that what breaks my coy heart surely youre mista mistaken ken derna berna they cant be so ao bad as aa that cadi bad I 1 I 1 tell you vile I 1 should know it I 1 lived with them tor for three yeura chere cherer in new york fork I 1 came from the tb old country to them they worked me in the restaurant at first then utter after a bit I 1 got employment in a shirt patst factory I 1 was quick and handy and I 1 worked early and tate late I 1 at tended a night school I 1 read till my eyes ached they said I 1 was clever the teacher wanted me to train nad and be a teacher toot too dut but what was the good of thinking of jtb t I 1 had my living to get so oo I 1 stayed fit at the factory and worked and worked then when I 1 saved a few dollars I 1 sent for grandfather and he be come came and we lived in the tenement and were very happy for a while out but the never gave tw oa any peace they knew he had bad a little money laid away and they itched ditched to get their hands on it I 1 afraid in new york tork up cp here it ita Is different its nil all so shadowy and sinister 1 I mean to tell you all this but now it if you wont want to be bd a true friend just jost go away and forg t me Y you ou dont want to have to do with me walt waitt I 1 ill tell you something more im called berna wiloa fh the to wild M Us I 1 0 Th r rubbed e d with pa iona to 03 a land jand despair my name dame aay IS mother run ran away froni from home two years later inter she came back with rne me soon after she died of consumption she would never tell my fathers name but said he was a Christ christaan lan and of 0 good family my illy grandfather tried to find out lie would have killed the man so you see I 1 am mi a child of shame and sorrow and you are a gentleman and proud mond of bf your family now see bee the kind of mend friend youve made you dont want to make friends with such as L 1 I want to make irle friends IS with such as need my friendship what Is k going to happen to yon bernal berna god knows 1 it MUM pr oh ob ive always been in trouble im used to it its what I 1 was made tor for I 1 suppose what she had told me had somehow stricken me dumb there seemed a stark soundness sordidness in the situation flint repelled ane she had arisen when I 1 aroused myself Iner peran nn I 1 sald what you anle told roe me wrings my heart I 1 cant tell you how terribly sorry I 1 feel eel oil 01 I 1 note hate to let you kou go like this her fler voles voice was full of pathetic reals nation what can yuu you dol it if we were ere guins guing in together it inight le be when I 1 met you at til hist st I 1 hoped uh oh I 1 hoped well 11 lues nl what I 1 hoped hill believe rue me IM be ti till hll right you wont forget rue me will you yon forget you yiu no bernal ill nevel forget you it rutx ruti me it to flip heart I 1 van fun do nothing no now but well meet up there we vacit he fo foi if liing ug and be off nil right hellevi inc ne too little girl be 94 kinal d id swea and true trite and every one will love an help you ali ah you must 0 gu go well well God bless you flerna and I 1 wish you JOB happiness happl nees and sue rac cess dear friend of mine adam suddenly a great gnat impulse of tenderness and pity vity came over me and before I 1 knew it my arms were around her slit she struggled faintly but her bey race ace was uplifted her eyes ayea then tor for a moment of bewildering ecstasy eix tasy her lips lay on mine and I 1 felt them faintly answer poor yielding lips I 1 they were cold as ai lee ice CHAPTER IV never neier shall I 1 forget the last I 1 saw of her a forlorn pathetic figure la in black waving a farewell to me as aa I 1 stood on the wharf the gray eyes were clear and steady as aa she bade goodby good by to m me and from where we stood apart her face had bad all the pa sweetness of a lit madonna adonna well she was going and sad enough her going seemed to ok BW they were all tor for dyed dyea and the grain old chit coot with its oil blizzard zard beaten steeps w white bile we had chosen the less precipitous cip Ip itous but more drawn out skagway trall among them eisaw the inseparable twins the grim tl ewson the silent mervin each quiet and watchful as it if storing up power for a tremendous effort ef orl there was the large unwholesomeness of madam winkle stein nil all jewelry smiles and coarse badinage and benr her her perfumed husband squinting und smirking abbio abai 13 there was wn the old man with 1 his is face of a debrew seer hla his vision nry R ry eye now aglow with enthusiasm thusia sm his lips over ever muttering klondike klondike and lastly by tits his stole with a little wry smile on her lips there was the white faced girl how my heart ached for bierl her I 1 but the tha time for sentiment was at an end the clarion cull to action rung rang out the rhe reign og 0 pence peace was over the fight was on Uund hundreds reds of scattered tents a few trania frame but buildings idt rigs mostly saloons dance halls and gambling joints un tin enger excited mob crowding on the loose loos sidewalks floundering knee deep in the mire of the streets struggling and squabbling and cursing over their out Us fits that ta is all I 1 remember of sang way the prodigal olev developed eloped a wonderful executive ability he be was a marvel ot of activity seemed to think of everything and to glory to in his bis responsibility as a leader always cheerful always thoughtful he ha was the brains of our party lie ile never abated in his efforts a moment and was an example lind and a stimulus to us all I 1 say all tor for we hadl had added the jaro jam wagon A tarn jam hagob was the fhe general name riven given to an englishman man on the trail toll to our number if was the prodigal who discovered him ile da was a toll nil dissolute englishman gaunt ragged and ver but with the earmarks of it gentleman A lost soul in every sense of the word the north was to him a refuge and an unrestricted stamp ing ground so partly in pity partly in liopo hope of winning back ills his manhood we allowed him blia to join the party pack animals were in vast demand demana for it was considered a pound of grub was wag the equal of a pound of gold we were lucky locky in buying a yoke of oxen from a packer for tour four hundred dollars on the first day we hauled halt hall ot of our outfit to canyon city fly jand and on the tit e second we transferred the balance this was our plan till all through though jn n bad places we I 1 had to make many relays it was stir simple ale enough yea oh the travail of III it all days we rehard all exasperating till all crammed with discomfort rt yet bit by bit we ive forged ahead tile army before us ug and the army behind never faltered it wits an endless procession in wech every ninn man was for himself there was waa no mercy no humanity no fellowship all was blasphemy fury and ruthless determination it la Is the spirit of odthe the gold trail at the canyon head was waa a large camp lind and ther there C very verv much in evidence the gambling fraternity on one side of the canyon canyon they lind established a elmp it was waa evening cud we ne three the P prodigal jim and illys elf str strolled piled favero overt n where a thre shell aimasi was holding forth forte 11 was mother mosher with his bold bald head hl alls q crafty tie e ayea es his out nose h hla Is alack heard beard I 1 saw jlius face harden ile he hait binl loil ways shown a 0 hattei 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