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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1909-8-26, Page 5R Pv13'rrF .St ll TH SIGN A I.: QODERIOH. ON TA l t I O The Barrier ane $y Rex Beach COPYRIartrog 13,uy HAAMMR at BROTHERS CHAPTER IS. - courted by every-wrtngte- hats -or -MO presalon. "R - Was flfongbttegc - and TUE •w+Yirttnu. wllew rrouud. She ors pretty and full wrung, lend wrong but I've lucid you A11LY the next morning Colpo ibrr sad they was troth of an age to better than any dauglitee w'aw ever ral Thomas came into the lobe hard, r" Jefferson swore he'd loved lu this wide world, and I've worked and starved and froze and Lstore and found Neela tending wake the other women take her, but it while Gale was out. Ever +!linin' feu heap different from any ;Ince the day she bad floe/Booed blur other proteesluu, and the army has gut about Burrell this old wan had ileo its nam traditions. The !ohmwould:et every occasion to talk with the girl, work. turf when 6e asked her this wurnlug "By and by the captalu gut tired of 1',uut 1.b. reports eaueeralag Lees tryin' and gave up the attempt -Just strike she told him of ber trip and all devoted, himself to ber-aud then we :batt bad occurred. was trauaterred, all but biro. We/hitt- -You re, I'm a mine owner now," bd to a better post, but Captain JeIIer- .hc concluded. "If 1t hadn't been a ran was cbaugud to weather company secret I 'would hays told you before 1 and had to stay at Supply. Gee, 1t •tent, so you could have been nae was a rutteu'bule! Jn.ueuce had bees !,e first" used, and [bell he stuck, while the "I'm gotta' anyhow," he said, "If the new utdcer' eye b1113 out cumplet.ly, i,•utenaut will let tie aud it It's not sou Jurt like the others hard slues, so 1 was ,re..• told, and It drifted on that way for a Then *be told blur of the trail by long time, him forever makln' as Sp- Black lifer el*k which would save 4111 dllhl to +p4 bJ+t true m4/141844 4°4 him several holm. always (pilule' loser. Ria folks back he observed. Rasing et her abr*wdly. • old, •tailor' hint a squaw nun, and the "So that's how you and 5. mad. its' Pnet waw """d"1" and fro" bim et .e.Apn...t -ia -snot wT1r1_ v.= fa- wwN'sll-she agb -she tinny, till thee?" niu 1;r ine1 nitl'(sp* Liao 10 treat ®C raved, and so has Alluua, so that you might have something to lite' un wbcu l'm gone and be different from us. It won't be loam now, I guess. I've gtveu you the best schooling of auy girl on the river, and I'd bale seut you out to a cuuveut to the Sbitb,b but I couldn't let you go so far away... 1 loved yon ton much fur that! 1 couldu't do 11, girl. I've tried, but you're ail I've got, and I'm a selfish wan, 1 reckou." "Net nu! ivirM, taut!" hie daughter cried impulsively. "You're everythtug that's good and dear, but you've lived a differeut life from other wee. and you see things differently. 1t was mean of me to talk as I did." She put ber arms around 51s neck and -hugged bio. "taut I'm very uubappy. dad." "Don't you alto to tell what started odor he said geutly, caressing her »_his cwt., herd- timid as -softly tor a mother. But *be shook her head. 'Ott no! We beat biro tn" she safe acid In order t" keep enough warmth !I1at blame to live by, ons-.tWug lesdl0' aies d be euutlnued, "I'll take the nt IU1d tell to musing at (b. memory of itawe hours W timelier tall be Unail) resented 1.t boat duwu to the mis,lub and '[airy pawed alone with Heade, vlseuly After that be dldu't last lou your ma If you want me to.'• white her eyen shone and her cheeks g "That wonWu't do an glowed. The corporal saw the look. and 'l'bry made 11 rt' maples/suetshot 6e y geed. -sad It bore out a thedry he bad funned dur quit the service crowded him out. she. "We'd better leave things as that's all. He was a buru soldier, too, they aro." Then she drew away and Mg the past mouth, et' us b,ta 1.w -alts lingered ----ht�srt+%amt-a ta+Nt twat bad laand didn't know 0otbin' else Dor etre smiled at him bravely from the dour. for uothln' dirt,; ail due a man as T `"}m y- .-4�'� tbir--_- wlud for some time. As •rule, he way not u careful man In his %tweru, and ever served under, but 1t soured him 1 mi.'s?' led, and sbe went out. tar el.11eaey of this ymnettrer tared bis eu that a rattlesnake couldn't bare Ile ingenuity to the utmost, for be loved 'frtsd wtt-htm' w s° o- -\stir w� n.a seatless env' al* thr girl and feared to sal tow r.ncb same kind of business after be quit the remembering that Alluaa and tbe ctit- you'd have a hard time breaking '1n awuug the ametanuers.' But what're the ore of thinking about It? 'fits Is yuur country, and these are your peo- ple." .t morbid desire was upon her to track duwu this lutaugible racial dla tlucUuu, but rhe saw ItuuuIou, whole rhe could not bear, cowing toward them, so thauked Stark hurriedly arid went tau her way. "Been waking frieuda with tient squaw, eh?" rewurked Itu0ulon vase 011117. "Yes," replied Stork. "She's a nice little girl, and f like her. 1 told her I didn't have any port In that miners' meeting affair" "Hub! What's the matter wItb you? It was all your doing." "1 know it wt'., but I didn't aim It at her. 1 wanted that ground treat to Lee's. and I mooted to throw a ,lot. Into Old Mao Gale. 1 couldn't let 11.'• girl stand in my way, but now tl It's over l'm willing to be friend,' 1.n. 1 her." "Me too. Ry heaven, rhe'. es ...•.. ful'as a fawn. She's White t. body would ever know she wan a breed." •'She's a good girl," said •Stark 100 s lugly to a gentle tone that Uuuulou bad uever beard before. -a "Getting 'dud of mushy, unit y'ou2 1 thought -you had passed that stage. old roan." "No; I don't like her In that way" "I'll lay you a little eight to five that Burrell has tbruw•u her down." chuc- kled Itunnlou. "i never thought of that. You may be right." _ If Ifs true 111 ,lustre% up a band lt.. that soldier." Meanwhile Necia bad passed on out 'of the town and through the Indlau village at the meutb of the creek until high up on the slopes she saw AIluna 'and the little ours. Sbe climbed up to them and seated herself where -Rhe could look far out over the westward way .alley, with the--greet-*trpete fiotvi.ttt halt n tulle beneath her. She stayed there all the morning, and. although for gay was hrt}jl.t omit Ike bending with their'burdeu of'blue, she pkked do bert•les, but fought resolute- ly et ' n t p thmagh a &men nr) I g moods tl►at mirrored thems*Ices In her deti� ;tae face. It w•aa ber tient Rout stria .1. but In time the tioyaney M youth met - the alntlyhtp opt:wlam of early love prevailed] And so sbe WAN 1n 11 11:11t- pier op poet_ frame. of -mind when the little conany trade their descent at mid 19he lieutenant lira smart army, but be wasu't cut out fur 1t and' dreu bad gone berrying on the slopes �� . y brit the ole In In ell v eIndian village. she form 1 never e good .w1 sg1. fellow," he began, "and It was slick B a long as 1 knew of elm. Thr fart time 1 aero hlw ons her way thither. All at truce a frac of work Juwp10' all those clninis. If, Just litehien to befriend a girl (lite duwu on the border, and be had sure seeing Meade Burrell come upon her. sou._ lie seen Llmit.l •f" grown coitus. lie bad quit the squaw, fibs wanted to titlark 151. out, w timid rc„-.. who -war suit• with a greaserip goes a he= site. attod, befell." he .bad 1vord "What!" exclaimed Neela. '"Befriend me" -with ber. She bad been led to observe -ether girls?'.' "And cid you think I'm trite that 1.r 'wen a strange uugle and must'ver things Just like It IIe's *twee s man?" sola Necla in user, strutted verify her vlelon, as It were. What it _lulu' favors that get him into true q isle" "This couldn't cause bim trouble, ,..old it, outside of Stark's and Itun- 1,1nu'* grudge?" "Nn. 1 reckon not," assented the cor• ' .poral, groping blindly fur some way of expreising what he earthed to say. "Ete.pt, of course, 11 might cause a l.1 uf talk at headquarter. when It's mows wllkt hell done -Tar you and 'bow he dune it. I heard somethln' ilrwt It down the street this mora - 1°', so I'm nfraid It 'will get to St. )4i.'hael's and then to bis folks." 1 don't understand," maid Node. "11e hasn't done anything that any -tame-wettldn't do under the same ele- rllmetaneelr." "S i mane got a right to make folks talk about • nice girl," Bald the cor- poral, "and the feller that told me ah int 1t said be reckoned you two was to love." 11e hurried along now without offering hir n chance to speak. -�: ettnt� liens guts k; you're too fine a girl for that." "Too finer' laughed Necla, ail.*- yea're too doe and goal to let httn put you In wrong, juut a. be's , oro tine a fellow and gut ton lunch abcid of him to make what Ida Peo- ple would call a mes'yalliance" __A'uuld his people object to -to. Mich n thing?' queetiuued the girl. They were elope Its the ■tore, and so they • mold talk freely. "I'm Jost sttppee• Ing, you know." '0 i.ord! Would they object?' Pot, t °rnl Thomas laughed 111 s highly artl• (Sia! manner that made Necla bridle and draw herself up Indignantly. G•i abeed and tell me: I won't be offended," Insisted tbe girl. "Tun met. 1 don't know much about ouch thiugit, for I've tired all my life with men Ulm 'fathelr and Polon and the priests at tbe mission. who treat me ;wit Ilk* one of themselves. But ,um.budy-wet-want to marry me.owe day. '1 suppose, so I ought to know what is wrong •w Ith me." She dashed up darkly under her brown cheeks Corporal Thomas began to persptre uncomfortably, but went on doggedly: goln' to tell you a story. not hecauxe It applles,to Lteutenant Bur- rell" -- "Of course," Raid the girl. -"but Jn*t to show you what 1 mean. It vans a good long spell ago. when I ons at Port Supply. which was the frontier In them days. like file is now. We freight/whin from Dodge City with bull teadnpaild It was sure the frluge of the ftontIge-no women, no society, 0otbla' much except a fort, a lot of in - 40u* and a few officials with their valves and families. Now, them kfnd of places is all right for married men, hut they're tough deddin' for single ones, anti after awhile a feller gets awful careless about himeelf. He seems to go backward and run down, tni,bty quick when he get, away from .'I.illsation and hlm people and restau- ratws and such things. Ile gets plumb reckless and forgetful of what's what. There was a captain with us, it young feller that looked 111te the Iieutennnt bere and a good deal the game sort - high temper(d and chtvalrlou.s 00(1 all that sort of thing, a West Pointer, too, good family and all that, mud, what's more. 11 captain at twenty fi&P. Now, our bend freighter wag married to a squaw, or lenatwnys he hall been, but In them days nobody thought much of It any more than they do up here now, and pRrtkettarly b(reuie lw'd lis(! • government contract for n lone while, ran a lrlg gang of mon and critters and hail mode n lot of money. Likewise he hail n girl, who lived nl the fort and w'a4 mighty nice to look at rind restful TO the eye after a year or nn of cactus trees and mesquite and buff*lo grass. She was twice as nice Ind twice as pretty An the women at the post, nail '*m for money -well, her deli could have 1"'light rind sold All the officers In a 1°rap, but they and their wives looked down lin her, and *he didn't mil with them none whatever. To make It short, the contain married her. Perm- ed Ilk. be got disregardful of er.ry- roanhe had 6 ed that h orporal'sshow.r, but be had purposely *10110 std had hid time to thiol? It c avoided her ekes aud could not tell would 1.111 her 1f she saw auy differ - how uSa was to ug It.•sot's in him, and .he knew site would "No: You're di • erect, but the army he obis to trod it lu ht. eyes. Is Just the same. 1 told you this to A* air went through the main street •Sbe had listened luteutl) to the (' aug now t n e was show, you bow 1t It don't apply to you, "Of course!" * "But who would hap ant Burrell It -If -wet something like that? half breed girls. I dare sa other girl, or --tike the." She did not flush now an stead ber chicks were pale. "it would go a beep worse wi than it did with Captain Jerre said the corporal, "fur he's got ahead of him• and be rum*' from ter stock. Why, tila family Is way up. "I never thought of myself as an In- dian," said Necla dully. "In this coun- try It's a person's heart that counts." "That't how 11 ought to 1.s•." said the out 111 the States. of the ramp she saw Stark occupied of sasses near the water front, where lie Ney'IA again. fought a bullring lot. Ile spoke to ber 0 to I.luten- as 'Me vole about to pass. "-hbeed-mori*Jng, mum. Are you rest. .d from your trip?" She an.wered that she ran' Itnd *mild have condoned on her way but he stopped ht•r. • "I don't want you to think- that miu• lugmatter was my doing," be said, "I've got nothing against lou, Your oke man haul wasted any affection on 111P, and 1 can get along without biro, all right, but i don't make trou- ble for girl' if I can help It." The girl believed that be meant what e Bald. He. words rang true, and he 01..• seriously. Moreover. Stark wan run already: lu the camp as a man wI, t did not go nut of hl' way to make frlonlly or to render anccounting of his (feeds, ao It wars natMi1 that when be made her a show of kindness Nec•la should treat him with les. eolduess than might have been expected. The man had ('1.1(1..d nu occult Influence tdey "3beftis *eIbisik /a -44.wd to upon bee from the time she first saw be a*bamed n1., ■nd 111 ,07eat} le Mm at T.ee: cabin, int It watt too" Sbe struck Ler insane fiercely. "If a vague for definite 10411ug, and she had man loves me bell tale We, 110 nuttier been too Rtrongl Rwapeul by I'oleon what It meant[ to bim."•and her father in their attitude toward The corporal .11.1 down from the him to be conscious of It. counter whirr he had been sitting I'm going to build a big dance ball "1.'m golu' to huut up the lieutenant and saloon help.," .old Start, showing see get hlw h, let me off. me!". 1 her the crakes that be hod drlvyu. can stake n (Oahu and sell it." ".00. soon n' the rush to the creek 1. The moment be was gone the girl's over I'll hire a gang trf men to get out a lot of hour lot. i'll tlnl'h It In a composure vanished. and she gave vent to Err [fenny!. week and be open fur the stampede." "It's a 11e! It's a Ile!" she cried "1M you think this will be a big aloud: and with her tilts .be ',cat the romp?" she *sled. boards lu flout of her. "Ile 1'",. nue! "Nobody can tell but 111 take a I know 6e dew•m"' 'i'he n +.1.t( b, y au fu - chance. If It proves to be a tains tremble and subbed, "1'm Just like nlurm 1'11 route on other girl.." "You've beet' In a great many camps. She was st111 wrestling with [herself 1 suppose." when Gale returned. tool he started nt 1•le said "'Ill he bed: [bat for twenty the look In her titer as she approached years he hail been on the remake and Mut knew it from west Texas to the circle. "Why did you nigrry'u17 mother?" "Fre never known anything escept *be asked. "%%'by? why y do Ibis." She .wept the p,inM of the 11.' magnetspwith her arm. "And there 1s He saw that she nam In a rage mad Ro much beyond that t want to know answered bluntly, "1 didn't about. 05, 1 feel so Ignorant!. There la She shrank at this.• !'ben why uonletbtng now that petition you could didn't you? Shame! Shame! That tell me. 7.044 have traveled so much." makes me worse Than I thought i was "Let'. hove it," salol he, smiling n1 be aliOuTd do are many like tills ore. ID• bim a," re 1. ry if I've hurt you. little girl. I'm a rough old roomier, and I never thought but what you understood all tbl.. Up here folks look et it right, but outside It's • mighty different. Even yet you don't half understand." "I'm glad I'm what 1 um," cried the 05, why did you ever tura squaw men? Why did you make me a breed?" "loud. het',! 'What ails you?" said the trader. -z - "i've But begntr-to-realise- whet -1 am. 1'w uut respectable T'w not like •other women and peter can lie. I'm a squaw a squaw"' "You're not!" he tried. "No honest man CUD marry me. I'm a vagabond! The best l can get 11 my bed and board, like ray mother." "By beaten! Who offerer) you that?" Bale's face was whiter than hers now, but she disregarded him. "He can play with me, put nothing more, mud when Ire Is gone another one can have me, mud then another and another and another." "That's all internal rot," he •old. "There's Atty gond men In this comp would marry you tomorrow." "Bah! I we:rn real men, not miner' i wont to la• a lady. I don't want to p1111 it hand [ltd hurl wenr tnoecn'Inv n11 my life and rak, rhlldr'en for men welt wht.kerm. I want 10 he Inved--1 wan to 1w loved! 1 wont to Marry n gentleman." "Burrell!" said 1))1 le. "No," elle flared up -"not him nor anybody to mirtlenlnr. but somebody Ilke him, come nevi with r'tenn flng.•r Holl.." Ife found nothing hmnn•rnn' or ern - tPtque In her measure of it gentleman. for he realised (hent .he erns sting to * pitch , • unreason and unnatural ex. (*Bement and That she vine to terrible earnest The old man hesitated. "1'l1 own 1 R. end the hanger to have a wont- was wrong," he sold fln,lly. staring air filet overpowered Mm. She'd been out into the su0shlne with an odd es - 14'st".Irj} l;' it l `(.ia her nerlou.ne.s. She hesitated, of a lugs for word', finally blurting nut what was In her mJgd: "My father le a squaw man, Mf. Stark, and i've been raised to tptni-- that such things ere customary." "They are in all new countries," he assured her. "But how are they regarded when civilization comes along?" "Weil, they aren't regarded, as a rule. Squ,Iw mPt' are pretty shiftless, and people don't pny much attention to them. 1 gue.a If they weren't they wouldn't be squaw men." "My father isn't ehiftleee." she chat• lenged, at whtrh he remained silent, refusing to go on record. "isn't a half breed Just as good at a White?" "Look here," maid he. "What are you driving s1.?' "i'm n 'bin(.I,' " she declared reck- lessly, "and 1 want to know what peo- ple think of nu•. The men around here have never made me feel conscious of 1t, but" - "You're afraid of tbeee uew people who are coming, eh? Weil, d(te't wor- ry about that, mise. It wouldn't make any difference to ole or to any of your friends whether you were red, white, block or yellow." "But It would make n difference with some people,' In*1Rted the girl. "oh. i reckon It would with en'tern people They look nt things kind of funny. But w'e're not In the east," '•'Pini', whnt 1 wanted to know. Nlee people back there wouldn't t erste a girl like me for a members would they?" He shrng¢ed his .,•.•alders. "I gimes I1p L'siel. rel».(t hltu with Moore ut friendlltress until lie sherd tears from Ills tome good eye.. 1'auti,.ur;1y at first lie let out hi< wit, which was logy from long, dletwe and nv 11k•avy un Its ft•1•t mutt', Jump Ing frog of Calaveras, but whet' Ih.y laughed nt its l'abor'ed leaps and ratites his ...mildewy grew. With the reel' tartly of n clock he planted clgara n1.1 ordered "rt I!ttle more troll Mill." while his rutin,' eve K,toleed lir laehry mole profuslUI, its Werbulden holm ttaett 110 the Wee rf "In earehae, be rd. Iby amid l,y h6 wruulerc,l through the town, trailed by a troop of tenderfeet, 1111 the w011a01 uiar•kt d him. whereupon he tied back to Gm post and hugged the bar, for he Ivan u bashful mew. When Stork's new' place opened It offered flirt amottier retreat, of wbkeh he availed himself for swine dole. But late In the even- ing be reappeared at 01d Mau tittle's store, walking a bit uusteudily, and ate he au/runlet, the flight of logs to the door he metered w1m•e 1.t., ofq'ti. • " Wbata , be.•.alle of that fourth step?" be demanded sharply of I'uleoo -Dere she Ie," lutist the Frenchman. - "I'iu blunted u It 1s. You moved 1t duce i W1,1 here." "I'll have 'itu put back," laughed the. btbej.. _ - "Say, it's a grutd thing to be rich. ain't It?" "1 dou't kuuw_ 1 alt'' uever try IL" "Well, his, and now that I've arriv- ed i'11, gultl : to (•hauge ray ways com- plete. No more extrrlvagnlime 1t' mine. T'll uever lend another eons." ' "1\"al's dat?" ejaculated Floret in. r Here is Something of Real Value Tnolwnav, AUtir4T 31e, 191A1 To Those who Should have But Haven't Done So Yet. If prices will do it Pt` Will not carry' true of the articles enumerated helots' t!%'t'r two weeks, as we are�practically • cleaned lilt ;l5 it 15. AVE MUST HAVE THE CASH AT. THESE PRICES. • weGu*Iantet•Satidlu•tion, IIERE WE Aim- ' only (1a.uline Stuce, regiaar price .$:,.lab, eloard'out at f only Ievw,Iu• Stoves, 1e5nlar prier $7,1Rt, Oohed out at....$ only New I'1vs'ess Gasoline Stove, regular price Itl!'d,111, closed out al ,$15.71 1 only New Pines,,,, Oven, regular price $5.1al. Mowed out.......... at ..$3.i:, 1 only 1 (teeny, regular price $3,1sb, elnacd out at......... ,liLall 1 only Enamel tinct Het l•igelator, regular price $,-,,111, closed nut na ... .. ... .prl1,U) only llbnb•l IROt. 1.'l sl.............1,•oind tree, regular prier $Itl.1D, clureel..u( *t $13.:rU 2 .r'l' till,,. Ihorktith•-1.^wli M"wvrs, hr•gul*rprice *1.11',- rhnrd uul al . $1.411 1 only ttiu,. 1k.,,.•k%:.!4' Lawn Mower, Regular. price *Oil, closed nut,',,, :sunk. S su'en fits.;. ", e,• ides price tsar. complete, chased out at. Mc. 1m only Scree.. I hes regular price $1.'3; complete, closed out at k1M('. lltuly.l+tarittlt u.-irJrulat•-pr'iwltl:eloi,ot�elu,ohnedeutat$1.Ili i *11 $. i s.,•'i It nal '%% regul0i' pI ter $2.'••,;, a eared out *1$1./15 Kxpr' . \Yagots•, Sprinklers, and anything that is espw•ially Summer gu.wla, 1'. o will get the 1w•.1 'fgo,.(141q' buying your HARDWARE of The Nowell Hardware Co. A.) mare WIriflwg arfille 'iltld"oor= ry ups' for thine. Il^ the stony heart• ed Jailer. 1 ate, from now, henceforth, World 'shout end. ninon! No busted sal ors need apply. I've been a good [hitt •, but touti'ht 1 turn nn the time lock. trent inued on lyase ' Kellogg's Acid is Antiseptic qa)•. As they approached the 'town they Mord the familiar cry of "Steam-. bii ri mot^' and by the ttme they had reached home the little eatnp was nolo)' with the plaint 'uf Wolf dog'. There were few men to Join In the welcome having di*appear(•d Into the hills, but the animals came trooping luzlly to the rank nmol eat d wi' ',u tl•..ig 1. •oa. �t waptilltg the approaching steamier,• 1» :heir (oft eyes the sAdoess of a canine nos. of eleven. - The dew•rted aspect of,the town putt- (', d the captain of the steamer, and upon landing he wade his way at once t.. ,lobo bile'* store, where be learned The Acid in Kello 's Toasted Corn Flakes Antiseptic, germicidal, and deadly'eo all disease producing germs,caused - by impure foods you have been eating. 11 TALCUM PQWDERS • \\f• Lave a large as.ortntent of nice Talc mils, the finest nran.rfactttret , and have thrill in different tadorss, \I( 1.iiir o Violet, \+ulruco Rose, Nat1t•uco ••Flesh .!'eine, Titylor s \'alley Violet, Williams' Coronation, All the above at 2.-x• *lin. Alan I'ul,u,•r's Garland of Violets, -at Mc a tie. \\'e also have cheaper Talcum*, from l(k up, at F. J. BUT LAND'S Drug Store Goderich "THE STORE THAT PLEASES," Now you understand why the name on that delicious, appetizingly- dainty Cereal Food you always wished for should be from the trader 4.f the Rtrlke and of 1 LOC. ' Made tiro 1ampele,that had resulted. Be- ,0,/ fore the recital .was 11111411n1 11 man All nr muse bed and spoke excitedly: All Groc.r. "Captain, ley ticket reads to Daw- son, but Ens getting bff here. Won't you have ray outfit put ashore?" Ile, was followed by a group of fellow passengers, who made a similar re- quest. "'Phis place is good enough for me," - - one of thegaleT •- -� - , "Me. loo," another volunteered. "TI11s strike; 114 new, and we've bit- her just in time." Outside a dozen men hn.l crowded u -f erre Tee ngnln't the wait lir Mt store mid were clamoring to hear about his find. Stark wasted no time. with money lu his hands, he secured a dozen men who were willing to work for hlre, fur there are 014111)'t those who prefer the surely of ten coined dollar" to the hope of u hundred. Ile swooped duwu with these helpers on has pile of mnerrhan- disc that had lulu beneath tarpaulinti on the rhes Ik since the day he and Mannion landed, and by midafternoon a great tent had Ix'eu stretched over IC franlcw"rI, et peeled IN.lenbuilt on the Int wbcu lie and Nerin bad stood earlier in the day. Before aft 111114 u.leon was running. Tu 1*' sure, there was 0o floor, and his polished fixtures luokesl_suaugelp new and int'utrt;ru- oue, but the town at Tapas had mo- urned n sln,llar air of lncumple'lem.'sa n d crude Immaturity. Anil 111(1•won- de for 11 had grown threefold In half a y: Stark 41101)' unpacked his gam,. Ing -implement., keen to .rent every dcnntrage, and out of the hand- ful of +.le, faced jackal. who follow at the he v of n healthy herd he hired men to ren them and to deal. 117 nlpht 'lamI,eau wart n mining (•n tup. 1.'B KR R. ititinh-lit :r. - 110003 Unit,- ••� * O ('REEK' 1.1EE had mole into his oat at last and 0',' it hero, for t ' story of 111 long PH fuck are fannmot gossip .ova, cud men ort .ed hlm-'for 1tIi eoiirag7r: bad never ' -' m Enol. e!t1, for nn)thl before not *no til, certain Just boa to take 1t. "Say, are theme people klddlt be Inquirers t•mfldentinity of fol "4444"c? Ira you mean?" "B'ell__ teres a Seller_. nankin' n speech nt.mt me down l.y the lam In', "Wet he say?" "ft ^fn's anthfrl' i5 fight over • 11,' *aye I'm nnrtlier i/au't, Room,. h'adln' the nnrt111 of rnipfre %vesta•nrd. Cer- tainly 11.0041' g,v.d. hilt Is 1t ow .the level?" "Waal I cc vet ort," admitted !`.Horn 1 The pros; e. ter 'welled with indlgnn- tloa, "Tion *b7 In h--1 didn't gen feller.'tell nor long ago?' The mcenty miner or two of gold tram his elsl:n hp In the Reales at the host, where every newcomer might es- nmine It, mud, renllsing that he was a never ending emirce ok information, they fit weed on blot for h1, tips, brib- ing him with newepepers worth 11 Pitch or with owing, which he wrapped up carefully and placed. la 51, macki- naw 11H every pocket of the ratty garment bulged so that be coold not alt withnnt maths them. They dwelt epee bra lightest word abd stood Ills Toasted orn Flakes 1.1 LONDON DIRECTORY Pateretwat iketrually Mumbles 1raderm.thrung hold 1 he to cotsuuluticate direct trill) English MANUFACTURERS and DEALBitS in each clam' of goods, Resides Ling a 0 plebe rumt^rt•rird guide to Lon- don anti its. sul,auiw, the Din'et('uy contnilt' Ibis of EXPORT MERCHANTS ' with thrgrn.ts 1hev ship, and Ibe Col - moist] aud roteigu Market ythr' 'supply; STEAMSHIP LiNES arranged udder the Ikons 11 whi'• h they sail, and indite ing 110• approxi luau wtilings : PROVINCIAL TRADE NOTICES of leading Mena/trimmer.. Merchant, rte , in the prinripal provinrinl towns; and roles trial centres of the Kingti . - A ropy of the current edition will be furw'ai'lled, freight palet,-rit rer,tt}R-mit postal order for 20s. 1 • • 1 healers Reeking agenr•ics ran adver- tise their resist.' e,ards fere_ 4h_t/r.1at•lrer advertisements from L'3. The London Directory Co., Ltd. L; AI.•hurrh Irene, 1,1 .1. n. P. 1'. .i f you wish your prosperity to be coin -inn, us, )'ottf adti•er- i.sin III 1 1Ik ,-.SI.t..NA 1. \Monti(! h(• :0n,ti n tout:. i THE M�LAUCH LIN iasti. If you .M thinking ��� buying . Buggy this year, n:naw�°"n�. AnePNu4� � ei••��ial�.�w �, �� �m �M �wetel- Talking About Buggies If *r. of a new this year, -Jae 'inulol la. pplrra..d, tie ham* - talk wittl -�:ou. We i handle the bret'Huggy un 11.'. market - ONE GRADE ONLY and THAT THE BEST. The 1000 models are dathliea. Leo 1e. • how 1111 Ole 11m• 1•0411m ref HI'J(Pw Boggle. We hal l• i,l.t pl,l.''.l. In atme•k. N. 11. - 1 lyses token the igeuny for the Me('orrniek 1n*ple- nu•ot. and min now supply Heeding and Harvesting Machines ul:unuftteinted by this well kni.w•n company to anyone desiring 111-11-c1•t.e Partin Mind ' •rs. Wm. Knox, Newgate and Hamilton Streets, Godench AIIAMS: WAGONS. ('ocKSHUTT PLOWS. asp, 111Q?" r0. Picnic and Camping SUPPLIES T1rt us Ht you omit with'11te pitlVlsions for ytmr • .tmmmei• ' outing. We Aglow find what yon wont•_ :l sna have the tight ;I good. to supply your rt needs, whether it 1st {j only for an after- noon picnic or fob a mirth's camping. It r the people wtat home we 11 hsv Fresh Fruit and Vegetables and everything in the line 4.1 (Irowetiex that i' gond. Sturdy & Co. THE (IROOERtt. Phone 91. West Side Square Prince Rupert 'YOUR OPPORTUNITY 1'lif?►( h: iii I'4iW1', (he• 1-ayei tie coast terminus of the Grand Trunk 1'11 111e ltailway. is destined to become one of 1lo' greatest co eclat and in1.i.ttlal centres of population on this continent. Nn city in its i•p making eveee•...wed to the world greaterpn.sihilit.ies than Prince Rupert. Investors throughout. the United !Metre and Canada, IDPII with foresight, keen diseeetunent e.nd Hnanrial exJperieww, are inve.tingand inventing heavily in 11114 now city of the Laat Great Wed. Prince Ittlp'rt offers *not her npport,ur.ity for making a fortune in Real I':Mate; for which the Nellie t7t.a...1 . Ili1'•.i limits torp the wonder sit the world. The nm• Is's( way, the one snrn way for all to .•Rtes in the rapidly in crrmsing vetoes, and par(ie•ipu,.s in the wealth pertain to le• made in Prince Rupert. ie through *tiv.•et•wwrit in the shares of THE PRiN('li It11l'1•:It'1' IREA1. ESTATE IN7.'EMTMENT 131., LTD., organized to combine the savings of in%Pstor•te, troth Wale nod small, for permanent invr.lnse1il in Prince Itup„rt reit.' estate, upon the same than that has created all.renl.. . estate for'unes. Yon entre live right where you are, stay by yinr •r pr(lnt tank, (told y( all- benefits will pile up month after trrmttir users mites• yrrr, �.4rr rifler +.s ihtv?"'"'"4. rl.+e 4 0 Bnt110d nnmtt*t' at mbnnt s ..i 137111.5k (!nnlpany n1 par $I(l,lsl per vial•., p*ynbla 1U {{wr ce01. dawn 0nd 1t' p•r rent, nttortIly, on it dime melt tsf :, ,pwr rent. for cash. The man whnis alone unable. (l, p uveha.e well 'sleeted property may InveNt hie armpits' f to in the NIA mss of This 1' tinny and share pro Mata in the barge preftly eertain 111 acenm' from the unhnikllng of its Nosiness and the inet•es.inw cider .of il. realty holtiingt• To the small investor who desires sumerping int ,re. than Just RafPty inr hla nirteen'. we after here ,aheolute safety end s high earning nn fhr inveetttt.t. Every detail of the lstsinerw iv :, 11w tttrl• of public record and has the indorsement of the heat. 1 sines. int errata in the Northwest. Best hank refet•Pner,, Vour business( soli, iter.. Write The Prince Rupert Reil &tate Investment Co., Ltd., 411 Leto Buildlug, Vsncoaver. B. rC, Prince Rupert, fl. /'