| Show api skim fief 9 4 R MB wm w m A romance 04 4 foy by W service BY IRWIN 4 STORY PROM FROM THE STAAT START athol meldrum Mei drum young scotsman r starts out 0 ut to seek hla ble fortune ue ile tir arrive r ives at pan ban pran fran cisco practically broke and meet a fellow adventurer whom h he dubs the prodigal with jim clubb II ard they jola join the gold rush to alaska on t the il a boat athol meets horns berna a young w cornali n b traveling with her grand grandfather fam th er and a aa hard looking couple named nam a WInkl finklestein estein who fleur figure as a her aunt and uncle landing Land lnE at way athola party a at t once take the arail trail in a ano on the chilcoot trail which dorna and her corn compan lanjo long s had taken hun dreda of lives are losta fearful tor for bernas safety athol hasten to the scene lie ile brids the oil man dead and learns that berni berm to la prostrated A at t sennett aerna comet comes to attic 1 confes ge hr h r love 10 ye and begs him to marry her to 10 sav her bar from the harsh tale ate she foresees he is ig unwilling to take such a decisive step and tells her they must wait sonic soni SAB days afterward serna berna tells aahl madam winkle stein plans to r sell 11 her to wark jack ocasio JOcas lq io millionaire miner of evil tion while realizing how grent IV y he loves the girl bin ll eldrum from the idea of ion ini mediate marriage and they agree to wait a year reaching tit the go bold I 1 d ludds fielde athol and lils his party find the claims all talt taken n and th the cump camp crowded with idle men athola party decides to stay and await developments unable to locate verna cerna athol seeks information from locasto black jack disclaims knowledge other whereabouts and later evidently aware of the rivalry between them lures uree to a lonely spot and bests beats him into unconsciousness selous ness through tt lucky chanc eAthol bindu nerna bern a CHAPTER VII continued 9 and so you found me dear I 1 knew you ou would could somehow soine luw in it mt ms heart I 1 I 1 knew you would not tall fall rue me so I 1 waited malted and waited it waa crup we left so suddenly riot not even een time to say say good hy by but I 1 could nut not help w my self they dropped dragged me abdy they began to be afraid of you iou an and tie bride bade them leave leae at onte 1 I see I 1 se see 4 I 1 looked into tin pools of her eyes I 1 sheathed her white hands in my brown piea les thrill ing greatly at the contact of them tell me ilie about it child ila iu bothered you oil not so much math lie thinks lie has me safe enough trapped await irig his pleasure sure but lies taken up nil with some woman of the town tomi just now ky by and by hell kurn urn ills atten alon to me but berria beina surely nothing in this world would ever eer make you yield oil oh its she leaned to me tenderly ten deily she put tuy my arms anna around her neek sh looked at me till I 1 saw my luce mirrored in tiar her ekes ei es belleve Hel leve rue me and trust tile nie I 1 would rather airow myself from the babilt here than let him pat put a hand on n rile me arid and so long ions as I 1 have your love d diu til im safe enough hunt fear oh ob its been terrible not seeing youl joul 11 I 1 v craved for you ceaselessly le ive neve neui been out since we amme here bore tiles let me they kept in tb tapin dij belies lie ile badet bade bipin ti bein pin but bul for fr soi boine iiii reason tie he has bus i aliey n going to open it a din town and im to wait on balile 11 1110 no youre nota I 1 cried I terrin 1 cant hear to of of you it in that fiat garit garbage tige heap heal of corruption con flown there you yon must marry me now now she rile echoed her eyes wide with surprise yes xea right away dear TIe there reF nothing to W prevent present us MS aterna I 1 love IP you I 1 want you i need you vou I 1 I 1 call i bearnt benr it dearest have pit on tile me marry me lite now I 1 want you nw now I 1 wull ahe looked nl at me gravely avely Kr tier volee voice was very ery soft very erv tender 1 I 1 think it butter better we slimily all dear this I 1 Is a blind outpour your ihrl I 1 lilke in of 01 it you me feat fill ui cifa dij anil nij im haf known so few i g girls I 1 r Is vin ito nut not worth it II ill I 1 in not i ill a atwol girl lr if there were near you almli cover of if me 11 terria I 1 said it you wera atilo ni pg a thousand und arid they were tile the jinxi till ill the hie world I 1 witult puss over nil alf ani nril turn with I 1 i aad to im ah tio tin ache he emild sadly iou wise etive I 1 aw taw t it set het t ter r one vear site went vent in it very ery quietly qu letl full ol 01 1 you yon know ive IP been thinking n m greut breut ideal deai since then in taw he loute ions duys abid longer nights nl lits when I 1 bulted liere in misery alt ery hi higlin ilin sit nl chuia you iou emild come in n me I 1 hilti rin 1 time to ret leit tet 1 fiur boril ril thimas toils Is june next julie if you lindt nt net atit ide up ul your yo ur intuit you foolish till blind nit hot sty I 1 will ft evl mv sell self to lo vou aiu with all the le in tho ali worlie you sou will chonge she smiled a pet lillor littles lihle mlle never hii apier ser fear chaj I 1 will t li Iral M fsr you yoa fir yuu lin ing you vu more and more ever y day let jsn all boy ji ciata ata auf I 1 saw the pathetic c wisdom of her words 1 I know you fear so something methling wil huppen to fi me nul I 1 think I 1 hlll be quite clift I 1 can withstand him ahli o arid and it if it should tili come to the worst J can call on in you you go too to tar far away I 1 I 1 will die rather than let lei him iny it a hand un on iiii me till next june auoe dear not a city longer we will both ho he the better for the walt wait 11 I 1 bowed my head very welt well I 1 wild huskily tint nd what will I 1 dc tn n the toj I 1 tin ro what you would have hav done other ot herse voge work I 1 it will bo be better beater tut for yiu to go BU away it will make it easier for me bin alere we will both tor or ture each other oilier 1 I too will work and live quietly and long for you you will fonie come unit und see me some thries ves I 1 answered my bly voice choked with will emolion nollon ei now we e must go home she said im afualo they aliey will be back she rose und and I 1 followed her ber down the ganow trail trad we reached the cabin and an on th tho threshold she paused tile the others hit lind not yet returned site she held out both hands to tile me und her eyes were glittering with tears ke ite brave my dearest its till tor for my sake bukels ir you love rue me 1 I love you yon my darling anything for your ill go tomorrow 1 were betrothed now arent we deare daniest de niest st 11 were ere betrothed my love she swayed to me and seemed to tit fit into my iny arms as a sword alts into its sheath my bly lips lay on hers and I 1 kissed her with a passionate joy 1 I love you I 1 love loe you she murmured next june my darling next inell june 1 I une then slie site gently slipped away front rom me tind I 1 wits was gazing gassing blankly at the closed door next june I 1 heard beard a voice echi antl and there looking at me with a smile wits locasto Lo vasto 1 hate was far from my heart and when I 1 saw tile alie nian man hiru himself self was regarding me jtb no particular iun un friendliness I 1 wits disposed to put aside for thi the moment all feelings of enmity the alie generosity of the victor glowed within me As tie he advanced tome tile 1 ana I imort urbane urbaine in n its geniality you iu must forgive me lie he said bof without dignity for overhearing you iou but by chance I 1 was passing and dro dropped pled upon you before I 1 rea realized it ile he extended tended es his hand frankly 1 I trust iny on houi good luck will not be entirely obnoxious f 1 know that my conduct in is tills this amelr cannot have impressed you in it 11 very favorable light but I 1 am a badly beaten runn cant you be gen emus arid and let bygones be bygones 7 wont you I 1 had ool not yet come down to earth I 1 was still soaring in the rarefied heights of love and inclined to it genei gell erni al ani amnesty nesty towards my iny enemies As lie he stood there quiet und and compelling there was an ol of frani mess ani honesty about thi tills stunt it was hard to withstand loi foe the nonce I 1 was us persuaded ot of his sincerity and weakly I 1 surrendered my hand blind ills g lp ip mails maide rile me win yes agulan I 1 congratulate you I 1 know nud and admire ailin lre tier they duni don t inake thein at better belter ashes you mind noe DP un UD interest in your sweetheart tm im old tc lo lie tier her rather you enow alad ami efie clip ties me strangely api dont tile die I 1 want to he a friend tit you hoth doth I 1 want to att jwj in to tie he happy jack Lonist ns riot nol a had lot as nna warr you kni hmil I 1 tillit him Is there anything I 1 can do for youa you I 1 what ore are you going to do in ill athla country 1 I 1 dont quite know yet I 1 said bald 1 I 1 hope to stake a good claim cairn when the cheave chit tue cornes comes meantime im go e ins ing to gat work ori an the creeks well veit ill toll you what ive got laymen wording on my edorado chalm ill give you a note cote to them tf it you VAU like I 1 I 1 banked him oh ob nil right he said vm im sorry I 1 played such a mean part in the past and ill do ariy anything thing in ma m power to straighten things out believe roe I 1 mean it your english friend pave gave me the ati worst norst drubbing 0 of f roy my life but three dius after I 1 went round and shook minds with him fine fellow that were good friend ft there I 1 was H a n g ing desperately on the lowest rung of the udder ladder now I 1 always own up when im beaten and I 1 never bear ili will it I 1 tin inn heip help you in any way and hasten your marriage to that little egirt girl there well wel you can just bank on ja ck bioco afo nil I 1 must soy say the nun man could be most conciliating when he chose As lie talked to me my fears ears were dissipated my suspicions lulled arid and when we parted we shook hands cordially ID dont 3 nt forget he said it if you want help bank on me I 1 mean it now I 1 mean it 0 0 0 arwas early in the bright tint and cool of the morn morning frig when we sani teo for eldorado dorado ni aliu art and 1 1 had a tetter letter from levasto Iri casto to and floor man tile the lay trien and I 1 showed it to jim he frowned frow nad you dont tilean to suy say youve pulled ur up with that devil lie said oh hs nut not iiii ho bad ll 11 I 1 exposto anted ile he came to me like a man und and offered we trip his ilan hand in friendship ive no reason to doubt his st ricer lly fly sincerity be danged inKed di iles hes about its as sincere as a i tagne rattlesnake put tile his letter in tile the creek but not no I 1 I 1 refused to listen to td tile he old 1 well go your own gult gait tie he said but dont say that I 1 warn you following the trail we struck up florinza flow inza a arnall muddy in to narrow valley alu about noi aron w we e tie do lintn antl tle tile creek lipil ano ann came to the forks it wits a B little town a cawson in with all sordid aspects infinitely there in the din awl arki daze and dirt we tarried awhile then after eating eatna heartily ve e struck up eldorado at the forks I 1 inquired regarding and Elo noo froan coln to work for or them are you youl well got a blamed haird name if you get a job elsewhere dont turn it down wood was a tall tail gaunt cornish nan mail with a narrow jutting faie face and a gloomy air a burly beet beel colored australian with a bulging sto loinch yes well put you to work said Hoo fiann rending reading the letter get your coot coat off and shovel in so right away I 1 found myself in the durni dump pile jamming a shovel shekel int 1 the pa j dirt and swinging it into a sluice box live die feet higher thin than my mv head keeping tit at this hour after hour was tio no fun for three duya days I 1 made tha dirt ly fly but toward quitting terue I 1 must any its alight was a very uncertain one again I 1 suffered alt all the tortures of becoming UH toti broken the constant hol hoisting sLing into the overhead sluice bo hot somehow worked that had never gone into notion action before and I 1 ached elaborately I 1 was vaa glad indeed when on the evening of tho the third day ludwood cumo cattle to me and said paid 1 I guess better work up nt at tile the shaft tomorrow we want a nuin man to wheel muck they had a shaft sunk on the hilt hill side they were down some forty feet and were veto drifting in nv heeling the any pa dirt ddn a series of planks placed on trestles to the dump after the first day I 1 became quite an expert at the tha bus my aly spirits rose I 1 was on the way of becoming a miner turning the windlass over the shaft wits was ti a little tough mud rat at who ex cited in tile tile liveliest sense of ave aversion pat doogan boagan was fits name but I 1 will call him film the worm lie ele was the most degraded type of 0 man I 1 had yet met on oil tuy my travels it degenerate dirty drunken diseased one day told me he wanted me to go down the shaft and work in the drift accordingly Actor next morn in ins I 1 rind and a huge slav by nume dooley tilley vich were lowered cowit down titto gotlie tile dar dark Knea the shaft as almost r forty arty foci t deep for the first ten feet a ladder ran down lt it then st stopped r suddenly as it if the excavators excava tors had decided to abandon it I 1 often looked ati at useless tilt bit ot of ladder and wondered why it had been left unfinished every morning the worm hoisted hol sierl us down into the darkness and at night drew us up tip once he said to m me say it be do de tough it if I 1 wits wis to take a fit when I 1 wils wim holstin holst ln youse up su such ch a nice bit bir it a boy bov too an I 1 guess id lose oi iu job over oer do hond of it j I 1 said IT rut ut thor out or limy have we nie sti so scared I 1 wont po go down lie he grinned unpleasantly arid and said nothing more yet somehow he was gating on my nerves terribly I 1 one evening we were ready to he be hoisted up dooley went list first und I 1 watched him blot out the hit hl af pf nf blue for a while then slow blow ly 1 down time nine the bucket for me I 1 got in I 1 ans nus feeling uneasy nil kill of a sudden arid and devoutly de outly wished I 1 I 1 were anywhere else hut but in that hide ous oua hole I 1 felt myself leave leae the ground and rise sten steadily dlly I 1 wits now ten feel fee from tile the tup lop the ducket was rocking tiK a little so I 1 put out linand arid and grit clasped sped the lowest runs rung of tho the ladder tx to self thop tho tit lit that enst instent nt it seemed th weight wel slit of the bucket pr esping up my feet was suddenly rr re moved and my arm wits nigh elsh arby lr by itil out of nf its socket there iaus was hana ing ina desperately ort on the lie lowest nitie tot tins rite adilor adil sr while with a crash alint cautle my heart tile the bucket dallied to the boll Aill A ani t I 1 reul real laed izod alie worm had find hid his t ts fit quickly I 1 gripped with both hand ti it great effort I 1 raised myse 1 1 rung hr by rung on lite lie ladder r I 1 hunn hung till sill it d calr i alf A neff like a 0 yett r atil ahl there was the ane of v Y looking down on rue me ile ie MW lite iw i there he its wits niu bously to 0 o me to rottie come urt up alaster ing in tin an overpowering I 1 rizw ruts 41 myself at dinst I 1 felt film f strong tt iriki lj aroutin rile me and I 1 wilson inn firm arotin round I 1 ameo more the worm vorm wits lying stift arid rl io without a word file still wart slav took him tin nn hlo his browny the creek wit down hill hui but lifty ere we ri li ii the had agun tx km tf in allow signor of nf reviving consciousness Il leave mp me alop ile fie saive to riley cilc vit bi you Slavo ninn swine lemmi gaj K 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