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The Clinton New Era, 1920-1-1, Page 31 eoive bn It here and spend our Honey- moon, eh?"; , • ` She nodded assent.' "' "Are you game to start in half mi- lieux?" he asked, holding her off at arm's length admiringly. , "I'm game for anything, or 1 wouldn't be here," sire retorted,' All right., You just watch an en- hibition of Speedy- peeking," 13111 de- elared—and straightray fell to work., Hazel' followed him about, helping to get the kyaks packed with food. They caught the three horses, and 1}111 ,stripped the pony, of Haeol's; riding dgear and,placed a pack on him, Thea o he put•her saddle on Sllk. "He's your Private. mount hence- forth," Bill told her laughingly. "You'll ride him with more pleasure than you did the first' Hine, won't you?" 'Presently they were ready to start, planning to ride past Limping George's camp and tell him whither they were ,s, .bound. Hazel was already mounted. Roaring Bill paused, with ti1s'toe in the stirrup, -and smiled whimsically at her over his horse's back. re "I forgot something," said he, and went back into the cabin—whedee'he shortly emerged, bearing to his hand a sheet of paper upon which some- thing was wrttten in bold. angular characters. This he pinned on the door. hazel rode Silk close to oro Whitt it Wright be, and lneghed amused- ly, for *Bill had written: "Air. and Mrs. William Wagstaff will be at home to their friends on and after Tune the twentieth." He swung up into his saddle, and they jogged across the open. In the edge of the first timber they pulled up and looked backward at the cabin drowsing silently under its sentinel tree. Roaring B111 reached out one arm and laid it across Hazel's shoul- ders. "Little person," • he said soberly, "here's.) the end of one trail, and the beginning of another—the longest trail either of ns has ever faced. low does it look to you?"' She' caught his fingers with a quick, bard pressure. "AU trails look alike' to me," she said, with shining eyes, "fast so we. hit them together." "What day, of the, month Is this, 131117" Hazel asked. "Haven't the' least. idea," he an- swered.lazily: "Time hi of no conse- pence to me at the present apoment." They were sitting fen the warm earth before their cabin, their Melte propped comfortably against .a •.log, watching 'kite sun sink behihd a 'distant, skyline ell' notched with • perpie mountains Spon which anew atlItlIngered' 13eAi'de tbenx amndge dritbred a 1,441 '0 :coke. eii cleet to ward' off a 'wide ieetiai swarm ogat eea'n'nd black uioa. In' the etear, tufa: aft .ot .that •eltitnde the teecaatonal"voices oe What bird and.aniinel•lltb wsui.abroad.ln fire wild broke into the•evening hush -With estentshtng distinctness --a 1oneegnose "Ringed above. in wide circles, uttering harsh and ' solitary • ery. He had test'hlif maid Bill -telt bet. 11'ateoff in tbe'bash a fez•' barked:''The' evening Might ,et the `wild ddtek 'troke Crooked like- to a shalt) of :wgteps •paese'd In• tei'lnittently. . oyer ,the .c1te!arhpg Beeth, ft sibilant ghistle of wings„ Tie all, the nvald, •thinge,eno .leas 'than to the two who watched: and.listeaed to:the forest Ieafite, it was , a land of peace,:and p1 ty u9110 Might to, go u t¢ ttie swamps bipoerove and rustle sons duck veggie" t. p It; d colli aesorved tiretevnnrly—;us eyes leaf- lowing the arrow fight of a mallard hook. But his wife was counting au- dib1y, :peeking the flay: off 'aa ,lien aggers, "'This is July the twenty-tlftlt, Mr, Roaring 13111 SVagstritf," she announced. '3 e've been •' married exactly one tallith." "A.' whole month?" he 'echoed, in meek astonishment. "Yoft don't;say so? Seems Bice It eves only day before yesterdny, little peiaon." , "I' wonder," .she snuggled tip a little :loser to him, "Lf any two people were ever as happy as we've been?" '13111 put his ares across' her shoulders ind tilted her head back so that he topld smile down into her face: "They have been n' bunch of golden lays, haven't they?" he whispered. 'You won't forget this joy time if we 'ver do bit real hard going, will. you, Bezel?" "The bird of ill omen croaks again," she reproved. "Why should we come. :o hard going, as yen call it?" "We shouldn't," he declared. "But most people' do. And we might. One never can tell what's ahead. By and ey when the novelty wears off—maybe you'll 'get sick of seeing the same old 13)11 around and nobody eise. You see, I've always been on my good behavior with you. Do yon like.me a lot?" Ilio arm tightened with a quicr and powerful pressure, then suddenly re- lexed to let her lean back and stare up at him tenderly. ' "I ought to punish `you for saying Whigs like that" she pouted. "Only I can't think of any' effective method. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof—and, there Is no evil In our days." "Amen:" he whispered softly—and they fell to silent contemplation of the rose and gold that spread in a wonderful blazon over all the western sky. , "Twenty-fifth of July, eh?" he mused presently. "Summer's half gone al- ready. I didn't realize it. Wp ought to be stirring pretty soon, lady: These northern seasons are so blessed short. We ought to try and do a little good for, ourselves -make bay while the sun shines. We'll needa de moa." ".'Needs fiddlesticks," she laughed "What do we need money furl 1 costs practically; nothing to live u' here. Why this sudden desire to put sue the dollar? Besides, hoar nee 'you ',going.. to pursue It?" '"Go prospecting," he replied prompt-, ly.' "lilt the trail' for a .piece -I know where there's Oodlesofcoarse gold, if you can get toit at low water. Uow'd ' you !Ike tee ge into. the •Upper'Naas country ,this. tall, trap, all winter, work ....the: iendbate;Id: the tiering. and come • out next full .with a sack of gold it would tate a horse to pack?". °, . 140 clapped her haisds. ,tIt,'Oh.Blll, Wouldn't •that,be•flnet";she, srieds .-rd love. to." ' - , ...; e/e won e':be all smooth sailing," he warned ;t'Ite'along trip.and'a hard • one acid the winter will be longer and ' herder "than the trip. Stith there'd a chance lar ' el! gaol '..1 stake,'• right iin, 'that one trice" , '..1i134'Why, •the„ neeessifi for. making le, stake?: ,site .inquired"thoughtfelly, I •after, a; slap.eff^ eye minutes. " ' thoughtyou-didn't,care anything about nneney so Jong as. you had. enough, to get slong*on1 And^we :surely 'have ,that. We've over twosthonsi1 d'dollars :hi real' money and -no place tospend• 1t—s0 'we're compelled to •sav'• 'e. ''' tilt blew'a stnelte rink over hls bend ati`d watched It vanish up toward the dusky roo$ beanis,hefore he answered. "Wen, ut,tle.:nerseq,,' said h5, "that's yer', true,, and we onnt truthfully,„gay • Hint stern,ereoesetty l,s trending on pur ,heeis, -The possession of Mono' has never bean „a • crying eneed. with ,me. 1 Luis I hadn'.t•many wants when 1 was playing e lone hand, end -I generally let the future take*eare, of itself. • It was alwey s easy to dig up money,enoufi1t to buy hooks and grub or nnythleg, I Wanted,. Now that. I've ee iltned 5 cer- tain responelh111ty;' ft fere iiagu'ri'to. lawn on me ,that we'd enjoy,,l1fe :bet- ter if we were assured of a compe- tenee. We.won't stay , here elways. Pen pretty much Contented just 'now. So are you. - But I -know from past ex- perience thin •;the outside will, grow more alluring •aa time passes.' You'll 'ret lonesome for civellzation. It's the most natural. thing inithe world. And when Vie go out to )nix kith our fellow humane we want to meet theist on terns of worldly' equality. Which is to any weth good clothes on, and a' fat bank roll In our pocket. And last, brit. not least, old girl, while I love to loaf, I can only loaf atbut so long in con- tentment. Sebe?, I've got to be doing something;, whether' it•,was profitable or not has never mattered, just so 1t was action':' "I Babe, as you'cnhl It,” Hazel smiled. "Of course I do. Only lazy people like to Loaf all the time. I love this place, and we might stay bete for years and bo satisfied. But—" "But we'ff be better satisfied to stay if we knew that we weld leave it whenever we wanted to," he inter- rupted. "That's the psychology of the human animal, all right. We dgn't like to be coerced, even by cltcuinstance". "If you made a let of money renew, we could travel --one could do lots of 'things," ehe reflected: "1 don't think rd wont to live in a city again. But it would. be nice to go there, some times." "res, dear girl, it Weald," SW *reed 'lWith a clout** leer yen • Joy things. We eon So thing* together 1 that 1( couldn't do along, and theft couldn't do alone, Itematns only tie get the wherewithal. And since 1 IIsine bow is aatwk. *at Wilb. t Irlln1Ss1i414 1 And His Faun Medicines IMIOST people first knew Dr. Chase through his •.lie• ceipt Book. Its reliability and usefulness made him friends everywhere. When he put his Nerve Food, Kidney -Liver Pills andother medicines on the market they, received a hearty welcome, and their exceptional merit has kept them high in the public esteem. Take Dr. Chas's Kidney Livee Pills for example. There is no trent-, meat to be Compsred to tliaao n.e 4 tnsn:no ofrelesdatieg the USK, kide neys and bowels *ad earn* oonetie Patron, bllfousness, kidney dteeai* and Indigestion. Oite.p111 rt dew, 25e a box et 4 deateri6 etl >gdaaalto3i; adtee 4 0.0., l«td y Tett cat* ' T`HE CLINTON NEW ERA OWES HER LIFE i0 "FRUIT-A-iIVES° After Years of Suffering with Dye- pepsin, thus Fruit Medicine Gave Relief Thursday, January 1st, 1920, 5 * 5 tC k •k +r :K SCIENCE NOTES Japan is the only country in the Ori- ent in which sheet)!lass Li made., •Added to the list of pneumatic tools Is n scraper for finishing coestings. • Limestones with which cement can be Inuit: ')ins been discovered in the PhiJippines, Alaskatl'prgduction of 75,606 tons of Coal last year was IIIc 'greatest pa re- cord.. , • MLLE ANTOINETTE aouc sEn 917 Dorton St., Montreal. "1 ani writing to toll ypu that ,Ielee my life to'fruit'a-tives' for this remedy rolievedme when I had abandoned all hope of ever recovering my health. I suffered terribly. with Dyspepsia. I bad it for years and all the medicines I took did not do me any good. I read something about 'Fruit -a- tiros' being good for all Stomach Troubles and Disorders of Digestion so I tried. them. After finishing a few boxes, I was entirely relieved of the Dyspepsia and my general health was restored. - I thank the great fruit medicine, 'Fruit -a -fives', for this wonderful relief." Mlle ANTOINETTE BOUCHER. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 250. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa, Ont. amount of effort, ed like to oe anew It before somebody else gets ahead of me. Thought there's small chance of that." "We'll be partners," said she. "How will we divide the profits, Billum?" "We'll split even," he declared. "That is, I'll make the money, and you'll spend It." They chuckled over this conceit and as the dusk closed in slowly they fell to planning the details. Hazel lit the lamp, and In its yellow glow pored over maps while Bill idly sketched their route on a sheet of paper. His 0 '6161 `Jacttua3a Pored •RYer Maps While Bill Idly Sketched Their Refit* gn a Sheet. of ' Paper :? ; 'obiecttves.lay east of the head of the Naas picker, wbere amid a w lid tn'11ole• of motiptillns and meuntain'tot•rogttr three th bnlent rivers; the Stikine, tin; Skeane fie"ad the Nene, took their rise. A Godytorsaken region;' he told her, where teal white men had penetrated. The pert s flirted with the clouds, and their sit �'s were scarred with glaciers, t. A loneeotlie, brooding land, the hotne of a etch nd •Seldom -broken sl!ence. ' "BfttC:4rere'8'74.1l kinds 'of grune and. fur itt ltttere," 13111 remelted thoti{;ht• fully,,'•02end gold; Still, i't's a flerece country 'for a man to take hie best girt Into I;r on't know whether ;I ouglop.. to faclle!it." ' "We teOuldn't be mere isolated than: we ar 'here," Hazel at geed `if wt>, were in'�he Arctic,' Ldok tilt that poor'• womaur)3t Pelt House Three Mihir+: horn sln1;e she saw, a doctor or annthe, womani4:8i: her own color! What's r winterthy ourselves'cnrnpared to' that • And silt, didn't titian .it en. grant t: hardship'{ Dotu't you worry about me (Continued 'next Week.) . 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