Show THE it M TRAIL rr JIL RAIL OF 11 STORY stony FROM TJ TE 19 stant athol meldrum rn young scotsman m n who tells tell tho the story glory leaves his hi mother and brother garry carry t tn ti I seel ete hit bl fortune at san francisco practically penniless he be takes th ii laborers job and meets maata a fellow adventurer whom he duba the rodgal rod erod lal lical the prodigal la in anxious to loin join the rush ruch of bold seekers into alatka alaska ard and Nl meldrum eldrum agrees to KO go with hirn after tie he the prodigal al cornet comos back from a visit to his hi wealthy rather father in the cast athol in trent great need it Is befriended by jim hubbard salvation jim when the prodigal returns re turna the three me men i n join the stampede into the frozen north on the buat boat Is IB a young earl obviously out of place she to s traveling with her grandfather and a d a hard looking couple named Winkl finklestein estein who fis figure urea ar her uncle and aunt athol tin has an opportunity to befriend her and she ah tells ells hm him a sad ead story of her ufa life she Is journeying into alaska to take rare care of her herbrand Krand rand uther father alio to la obsessed aft with h th the idea of getting rich in klondike tier her she bhe tells tella him Is berna Lo riding at skagway Sk agway athol athola party at t once take the trail CHAPTER IV continued good joh you lilt hll him wor pe walt wait a while sonny wall a while theres soni ethIng pral lint about joke alisher Ilesi like a certain sidro sam mosely im Inte in ive just waltter n letter outside to see no an if its himmell him im well im cm saved im a good Christ lart hut hit and help blin 11 anil and who was sam Sl jim sara Sl sam sain hosely was tho the that busted up lip my iny homo hom nn an stole my iny wife blast him dimill I 1 0 day after day each ronn mun of na poured out on tho lie trull trail tile the last of 0 his strength and tile the coining ol of night found us utterly pinked outs out salvation jim was full fall of device slid and resource tile tie prodigal n dennino 0 0 ot of eager energy but it was the JI jam angon who proved his mettle in a magnificent andre and relentless way brann his barnt name a world tramp a derelict at orthe the seven seas ile he must once have been a magnificent fellow and even now with strength and will power impaired he wile a man among ag men full of quick courage and of a haughty temper lemper it was ever a word and ami a blow with him and a tight fight to the tha desperate finish taciturn and morose with men the jam jain filgon showed a tireless affection for or rini mals from the first tie took f charge nf our ox but it wils for horses til fon fondness duess was most ex en pressed pi essed so s tant hat on n the he trull trail I 1 ahert was so much cruelty tie he wai var on the verge of it combat Thi Ili its ats a great man 1 sold th prodigal to tile ine a tighter fron anim I 1 heel to ii liend Ili tires pres one he cant tight though and flints old fild man klooze 11 one day vie e were iti altIng a arit will H I 1 loid ol of alit stuff when jus eivend there voia win chech tn in the so I 1 find tile hie baill want dorwart fir for wart warl to r it 1 lutour lu sour old fri emi Illier in tic ile haq rather a line hurse uric in passing it ti anle le tits hla sled RIO find skidded arfi slipped downhill inlo tile water anter drw lip was belaboring the unifier acting like a crimp mun man in a freny frenay of ruse rage the horse was finking the most kill gal ant efforts I 1 ever saw hut but with i frash nt tit tempt its strengths rind 1 down wn on in its knees harps which were rave ra and hie eding it t wits stil finx will sn that there wits nii a dry halt nn it its batly and it ever a dunah ruef eyes spoke of agotta tind fear ahm homes did lint grew brew overe more AvIT 1104 ing ln lip illguth orid heatlie it ever fhi iund with it oiin it wits it i alb mild alst j us as I 1 wila tr to tile the tn tit of n the trail fiill I 1 hint interfered lind linart rint not the liun in UP WHY wn pule ill lila 4 yes vc buri ltd you it talk that hirse fio r elv ill ID brenk nur ecilio ver V fiut put irmil ti tin in litin ott iau prize paralyzed tho antin mcf tholo li ifil d him the alp both wit huilt fel low iowa and they fliey idrew iiii aitt face to forc tire rhen fiare vorse you pint 1110 1 11 0 loter tere with me iw ill besil hl h 11 i l ill t the lie horse it I 1 alle nn an you toil wont sat agn one nc word rrt set willi tint that tie ie ilia corso nn other her 04 tilia ni thel wits a tho hub WM Ivrene hed I 1 salv it cortie tl bliwn wix wire the ivan on n lit ill till anch ovel iv till the jair widin wm idnia veri ver gritti ti norse allt ived clil lelly hil harn into tilt iviller you ligia le ive a gowl tr lit ahful YI Y I wit hill nn 1111 uve lice of 04 ienir or life mil hul anite rot not it lie ile iroe gave t H R klek th man imn g KI gl l on ion tits his teet eol lie he wits wi a cm ard hit tits a lu in ira ini alige rite tie lie ti lo bihl hl ill i ll ili 11 airy lang shivering in n tile ley icy r nel tile lie horsa out ut yourself therl lin li n curse you pt do what Y witts with him lint mark yu you ll ill tit get eveia vei wath you fur for tills ill get evett hf allodi III allf oft listi and with will hll attl nov oath ui awk wal at abaly the howk in tile lie arnt clr wo woo rol rollend leed the trail wu vaa aili i ili tit in when we kill KI it like ali bea imrie se me c I 1 iu tile the ox arld hat illy it out MCI and the he caiti i agon proving to tuv 04 nd rylance Ry mance h robert W service illustrations by irin myers WI WIM M service no little veterinary skill in a few days it was fit to work again 0 another week had gone and wo we were still on ills hie trull trail between the head bead of tho the canyon and the summit of the aass day after day was the tha sattie same round of unflinching effort under ton COD dillons that thai would daunt any but the stoutest hearts Kino klondike dike or bust anis tile the slogan it was ever on the lips ot of those bearded men won klon ake delse or bust the strong marl man with lint lutte patience righted his overt over turned sleigh and in the face of the blinding blizzard pushed on through ahe the clogging snow klondike or buat bastl tle the weary trail worn one raised himself from the bole bale where be IN 1 I alt I 1 klondike or bust was wa the slogan I 1 had fallen arid and stiff cotil cold racked with pain gritted gritter hla his teeth doggedly nil n staggered on a fe few w fe feet et diore klon klin dike or bust the fanatic of the file trail crazed with the gold lust just performed mad feats of 0 till nature future re belled and raving and howling he waa carried away to tile die we were camping in paradise valley before us and behind us ua tile great Chee chuko army labored along with infinite travail we had suffered put the trait trail of the lund land was near its ili lid anil and what an all endl end I 1 with every pille mile tile the misery und and difficulty ol 01 0 tbt vay seemed to In increase veenie then we anille to tile lie mil of if witting horses 1 poad dood animals gehad we had seen all alj along alora hie aie trull trall in ili great axi numbers ta tiers hut but in the as we cum clime on this nine hesKi ired there were thousands of them one night we liag ged awny als ot t them before we could tilt tand room ronni to put pu up tile tent filiere they lay iny horribly their bilm protruding through theli their fildes eyes putrid in n the ou gun 1 fil itne it was like ilke a br Ittlefield haunt t angly hideous hh leous it was a sunday and we were in th tent indescribably aind of ii a days lay rest the thiu annon wits was ni mending ending u tilt ot of ani fesq the Prod ignI was piny llan had lust hist liturri I fiort a rip to here ile ho hnz hokett to tn find fl a from flip hp outside rp garding tine one jaap sm mustier 0 ps it v r ills visually hale alad kandl kl nril lace wui wit drazil ond troubled 1 I 1 always gilld say there was curls urse on oil this hits 10 abold he lidil now nov im milre n tit it theros Th fra 0 shoo o tui don on in it 11 what its agolli a golli if to qs bat t what IV its siti glin t to whal hii tiit lies I 1 I 1 ia a coln to wreck no man I 1 I 1 aver know lirt god only silv anna what loot ff aily lint but this lust lost Is the worst yet Wh itts the matter ox itter jim I 1 inid what ins why avent li stitt tn wet II 11 haeb iti eres just been a on tit tin nn evarae hundred ftp pt oile e dundr eibe of it po ir cut cat IT ill rt it ell lare to repent ile he wit wiling tu to improve on n lie ills oe calm ns when tile hie cueli loir devils I 1 I 1 guess we must kaisim wini iti 1 them too tie lie nie me 1 1 I wonder w idar it conr little hl ni ull nil liilie ln ilie my thoughts had just flown tip lo bierna lierna among tits the sit 1 i lie fie trail bhea alifi we ow to tn out oui mindi on the he trouble of the tind noid every coment had its there little vale for benj alon nevertheless I 1 had folla ul al nil it ill visions aliina vl of her 1111 ting before rn ernp ct of her cor altig to tile when I 1 wast least empet led thein vity city rites lind n good iid dent ot of anxiety were it n my m mind I 1 suppose 1 I was chent grave rind it nuiet have been anine tit nl iriv inv that thai matis oll ii say liiv to 1 ne me soy old lit ninn man it if yuu you would acke t take mke a rtin ran over the eyen 11 ill ll I 1 kiipus I 1 can n spare sim for a day or nr so lye id 11 tike like to see the I 1 trull ra it oil 1 ye yes weve observed pitr el eh interest In teresi in III trillia liL stiv why diuri I 1 aiu till tile alti well wel ell cail old id cauls he anne 00 ions so 0 o next us its its I 1 snarled for 64 1141 r r t I 1 was 1 atouk past the ad vanes guard of the oncoming army when who should I 1 see but iler aln aud and howson they locked thoroughly sfa eva coned find had made record bitae with willi a barim larim loutit la in contrast cont rusl to tie the worn weary eyed men inen with faces pinched slid and puckered they looked in solent ly tit fit and full of tight they abe had heard of the but bauld give tue nie no ao particulars I 1 inquired for or berns and the old wan loan they were somewhere behind between and Un unyemon demon yes tes they were ably lix buried tried under the slide goodby good by I 1 I 1 hurried forward full of apprehend slon A black stream of were surging across arif then I 1 realized the greatness of the lie otier other advancing army and the vastness vast ol 01 1 I the impulse that hat wres was urging these in atoms to the norro it 11 was blowing quite nule hard and many had put up stills on their sleds with gope effect why was I 1 so anxious about bernal I 1 did not know but with every billis my anxiety Inc increased reused A ilin dim kunren uni cn roding henr possessed me I 1 imagined that if anything happened to her I 1 would forever blame myself I 1 hurried forward I 1 met it the e twins they had just vs raped tile he slide they told tile me and noo not acl yet rec recovered overe 1 I froin the A little way barb back on the lie trail it wua waa I 1 bouli see men inen out the bodies bodle 3 tiley chey hild lua dug oni nal seventeen eliat morning some simle wie weis crushed op BP ilat ns pal p leake with a pain tit my bual lv iti t I 1 after perna nerna and tier lier tiler twin number one calif they were b anth th hurled under the ahr sallile I 1 gasped POd tind MIS seized with sudden no sold twan two lie llie old mno man ts Is missing but tile the girl hns has escaped and Is nearly crazy with grief good goaby by 11 once more I 1 hurried on guilds tit i men vre shoveling for the dpn dand lv every cry now and then a shevel strike a hand or a al skull nil then n about would be raised and the liol pr misshapen hody turned out oat again I 1 put my inquiries A illgner il ager paused in his work ya yes clini must tune been tile old guy with tit whis kert they dag tit lit earlyon ear early lyou 0 o he lower end of the mildd slide It name flarrie of toot tool charge ol nl tonk him to the test tent yonder wont let anyone go near tie ie pointed to a tent on the and it was wn with a heavy heart I 1 ani forward the pont old man ann so an so dig ruffied rif fied with his dream of 0 it 11 golden treasure that might bring brans happiness to others othera it wasi was cruel L ruel say what dye want here get to ji I 1 outa this the words tamp with a snort I 1 inoke augh er 1 up in surprise there tit at the door ci of the tout tenth nil tx belstle alte allm a cutter ared red cur wits was I 1 felt deft grow suddenly sujune ly angry I 1 measured tile ninn man for a and determined I 1 could handle mint him 1 1 I want I 1 sold soberly tr ste st e tit alie jody of my nit alil friend you yon du do do 0 o you von well you tod well 11 ll wont wint Ile sides there aint no jody here youre a liar I 1 I 1 observed hii itano ts no use 19 words on you im 1111 gollip on anyhow wath that I 1 gripped mm n lind threw him film with gwint force rr e one fit i the tant tool two y his hip feet lilen tl and thre th re ii tile lie aliw pe ie prowled glower lim at juel jue with eval NI eyes eves imy salt sald 1 I ive got a gun bun nm imo jt it you n try anny monkey business 1 HI 11 tex you yin so s quick you wital tin fl know e the worked tie he gathered will pelf belf up and followed inu inq into lie fie tent eni lo bloking king the picture tire of ily lin Im lence on the file round lay iny to ti lon gisli coverer opi ert etli alth a blanket VI 1 i i feeling tit f belu trint horion I 1 1 fled ills he ro verIng ng it laj ty flip body tit of tile the old man ni in lie fie wits lying Is in on tits back nuil and hild arid heel been squeezed out of all erp blance lilt ilk aa so many or of flit ali r I 1 nevertheless wit iva glin enough velh lh lila fits fute fuce and nl bulging huls ln eyes I 1 I 1 felt around tits his waist 1111 tile lie money belt bell wa was fittl Winkl estela I 1 said gald turning suddenly on the little little jew 1 VI I was this dead mans friend vim still ids granddaughters friend im ila going to see justice done this man had bad two thousand dollars in a gold belt round his it belongs to the girl now youve got to glie givert gi veIt it up WInkl estela or by Pr prove ovelt it prove idill it I 1 he spluttered splutter ed youre a liar jai sties dies a liar youre youra all a prick pack of liars trying to blackmail a decent man ue had no money I 1 9 aahl y 1 oh you vile wretch I 1 lA 1 cried ive iva a mind to choke your dirty thront throat but ril ill hound you till I 1 make you yon cough up that money wheres berlint 1 suddenly ho he bad become quietly malicious find her tie he jibed find tier lier for COP yourself and take yourself out of my lay sight as quickly as you youl please I 1 saw he had me ins over a barrel so with a parting threat I 1 left leff him A tent nearby w was aa being run as a restaurant and there 1 hod had a cup of coffee coff odthe of the runn who kept it a tat fat humor ous us cockney cor kucy I 1 made inquiries ins ing the girt girl yes he knew her she sha liia v its living ir in yonder tent with madam I 1 thanked him gulped down my coffee ond and mode made for the tent the flop was down but I 1 rapped nipped on the alvus and presently the lark dark face ot of appeared when she saw roe me it ir grew darker what d au ou wont want she demanded 1 I 1 want to see gleinn let nix I 1 said then you cant cant you hear iier her that enough surely I 1 could hear a very low ditl fill sound coming from the tie tent sonio a soli sob and a ann nn HIM the walling tit nt tin an indian woman over tier dead only infinitely subdued arid an I 1 ans shocked owed lin fill grieved cinnic hin nIc you I 1 said tin im sorry borry t dont want to intrude on oil tier her in ili lier her hour of ill come coine again all right she laughed tauntingly colip I 1 had failed t bledl at a a bunkhouse that night and next tu I 1 again made a |