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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-10-01, Page 2our Grocer Sells EE - E Have 'T®u tried at? The tiny' rich' flavored leaves ;:.nd tips are sealed air=tight. Finer than any japan or Gunpowder. Insist upon SALADA. Loven t i I Itself ���ep1 f ME STORY OF A BLOOD FEUD BY ANNIE S. SWAN, k,• eLove gives itself and is not boughtr=Longtenee . CHAPTER XXX.—(Cont'd.) Arrived at his •journey's end, find - ins' himself timid the happiest condi- tions and the most exquisite sur- roundings, Garvock naturally found it difficult to realize the Klondyke in winter. To him it was now a region of enchantment and of dream; and whether or not he was to be success- ful in his search, he must for the remainder of his life be glad that he had penetrated so far into the heart of Alaska, On tate morning after his arrival he sallied forth from his comfortable hotel to find the Canadian Bank of Commerce, which was only a stone's - throw off. His inquiry for the. man- ager was courteously met, and when he was ushered into the private room, he was politely received by a thin, clean-shaven man whose appearance suggested that of a lawyer in prac- tice rather than a Klondyke banker. -J "The Klondyke?" repeated Garvocc questioningly. The banker nodded. "They're near one of the mining camps where the biggest run was on in 'ninety-eight, Yes—it's practically played out now. But there are still a few cranks mouching about the old dredgers, and making raids on the creeks. You don't know Affery, I suppose?" Garvock replied that he had never seen him. "He was here in 'ninety-eight, and he knows more about that queer page. in Alaskan history than any living man, I do believe; He made a hit himself; but what he's cranky on is a fortune he imagines was hidden by a pal of his called Arizona Red, who was one of the biggest boosters on the trail. According to all accounts he was a holy terror. He staked one of the first claims on the Klondyke, and it is a known fact that be was luckier than most of there; but nobody ever knew what he did with the nuggets. He used to come into Dawson and have a blow-out once in a blue moon, but he never exceeded a certain limit. Nobody ever cleaned out Arizona. Af- Eery and he were thick pals, and he's never been the same man since Ari zone's death. He nursed him through his last illness in the shack they shared together on Goldwater Creek. And he's there now with Rankine. They've been there since Rankine "Morning! And what can I do for you, sir?" he inquired, with an un- doubted American roll on the "r." "My name's Garvock. You don't know nye, and it would be hopeless to explain," said Peter quietly. "I've made a long journey. from Scotland to inquire whether you know the whereabouts of a malt named Affery —I don't know his Christian name, but I think l've got the surname right?" He added that because he saw the gleam of quick intelligence on the banker's face. "You have, sir. Mr. Affery is a client of ours, and I do happen to' know where he is at this very min -1 ute." "Oh!" said Garvock with a little gasp of relief. "Can you put me on, to him then? Is he anywhere in this district?" The banker nodded, and made his mouth into a long, queer line which( seemed to indicate that he knew much; more than he would put into words,1 even under severe pressure. "What do you want him for?—if it's a fair question," he asked as he pushed a chair towards Garvock, at the same time studying him keenly.' "Scotland, did you say? Affery's Irish —at least three parts Irish, He lras bought a place in his father -country in Donegal." "Well, as a matter of fact, I don't know Mr. Affery, and my only inter-' est in him is on account of a thirdI party—a relative of my own, who was et ono time in his company, and who, it is surmised, came out to Alaska with him." 'I see. Name of Rankine perhaps?"1 The blood rushed, full and hot, to Garvock's face. He knew now that though he. was in close touch, he had ;hardly expected this. "That's the name! He's my cousin. l'rn here really on behalf of his wife; and his other near relatives. He's! been lost to them for over two years." The banker nodded understand- ingly. I see. Weil—he's been here in the Yukon with Affery for the last six months—let me see—yes, longer. He came in October, just before the navi- gation was closed. I believe he came down the Yukon on the last boat of the season." "And isn't he here now?" asked Garvock feverishly. "Not in the city. But he's get -at - able. He's no further off than on one of the creeks in the Iilondylce." on. "Doing what?" The banker shrugged his shoulders. "Prospecting in the good old-fash- ioned way, I'm told. Washing out the dust m their panmkms on the creek when it happens to be there; and in their odd minutes hunting for Arizona's pile. Affery thinks he has a boost on it, and will find it before he dies." "But you don't think that?" said Garvock significantly, Once more the banker shrugged his shoulders, "I don't believe for a second that there's any treasure. I put it to you —is it likely, after all these years, and with the crew of prospectors that have been 'over every blessed inch of the ground a thousand times? You see, the story of Arizona's buried treasure got about, and a good many of the tenderfoots and some of the old hands as well have had a try for it." "You've seen and spoken with my cousin? He isn't the kind of man to be taken in with a fairy-tale like this, I should have thought" A queer, indefinable expression flit- ted across the banker's lean face. "A man is not rho same man here as elsewhere. There's something in the air that nips the blood. I loathe it, but, all the same, I'Il never leave it. And things have happened here that, if they were written in books, would never be believed. It's a land of mys- tery this! And it's my belief that it never was intended to be conquered by civilization—like the rest of the world—and that they few who have made good here will have to pay the price, sooner or later." "Queer idea! But it's a gorgeous country," said Garvock. "It's the fin- est in the world, surely. I've never seen anything to touch it!" "Nor anyone else. But don't for- get that you see it now under the most favorable conditions. We have eight months of an Arctic winter when the Yukon comes to its own, returns to its can't get over eight months of Arctic' I gold Probably one ' z� reason for thetw popularity :or WRIGLEY'S is that it Iasts so long and returns such great dividends for so small an outlay. e It keeps teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen, digestion good. Fresh and full -flavored always in, its wax wrapped package. issue No. 4.0—'25. Ing, and: some, things that were almost incredible, about the strange new land' to which he had come. He heard stories of the old Dawson days when the gold -born city was in the full grip, of lawlessness and hist; heard, .too, how the troops came ever the White Horse Pass to proclaim martial law; and many stories of personal heroism and adventure which put into the shade a' the fiction of adventure he had consumed in his youth. In fact, he felt inclined to ask himself whether he vies in his sober senses, and listening to tales of actual life. CHAPTER XXXI.. GREATER LOVE, On Friday, about ten of the morn- ing, he got on the stage once more, bound for the nearest point to Gold -water Creek. In the late after- noon, having left his small handbag at the rest -house, and received full in- structions, he set out on foot to find Gold -water Creek and the shack where Alan Rankine and Affery were leading the simple life. To the death, Garvock would rem- ember that day of heavenly beauty the entrancing blue of the skies, -,the vivid coloring on the mountain and wood, the glow of the summer sun on the snows, and the wealth of wild flowers—frail creatures of a day, many of them, but incomparably beau- tiful. The only living thing he encounter- ed on the way was an Indian squaw of unimaginable ugliness, who stared at him with the utmost stolidity and made no sign that she even recog- nized his existence. The sight of smoke a little distance off indicated the proximity of a wig-wam er shel- ter of semen kind. Presently he de- scended upon the left bank of the Kiondylse River, and began. to find more signs of life. Here and there he saw the ruins of a tumble-down shack, the remnant of a disused gold dredge, a heap of tin pannikins and cans, eaten through with red rust, and at rare intervals a thin line of smoke curling upward to the sky, indicating that humanity was to be found in these strange and desolate solitudes. Presently, low down upon the creek, he came upon an old grizzled man sitting on his hunkers;. a black and. foul pipe in the corner of his cheek, and a paunikin in front of him, in which he appeared to be washing the precious dost. The ice was moving out of the Klondyke now, and its mid -channel was clear, but at the edges it had to be broken and pushed aside to get at the running water—no difficult task,now that a sun of daily -increasing in- tensvensity was blazing high in the hea- To this dishevelled and uncouth old figure Garvock addressed himself civilly, asking for the location of Affery's shack. He stood up stolidly, and without uttering a single word, pointed with a skinny and blackened hand, from which two fingers bad gone in the frost -bite, to a little wooden frame house hanging sheer on the edge of the bank overlooking the river. It was about five hundred yards distant. Garvock thanked him, and pondered whether he might offer some honor- arium forservice rendered, but was restrained by the reflection that per- haps he might be offering alms to some Bonanza king, who would scorn it. As he walked away face to face with the fact that so short a distance now intervened between himself and the man he had made such a tremendous journey to find, he was overcome by that strange sort of reluctance which causes men of his nationality and tem- perament to shrink from scenes of emotion or personal feeling. It is within the mark to say that that was quite the most poignant moment in Peter Garvock's momentous under- taking. But pulling himself together, he advanced in a straight line towards the indicated shack. It stood alone in the midst of a clearing, with a hill rising behind it, every available inch of which was ablaze with flowers. In front lav the winding river and hills upon hills beyond, with snow -peaks rising to the sky. He marched on, stumbling now and again over some rut in the track, and keeping his eyes fixed an the half -open door. And, presently, it was drawn back from within, and a man came out—a long, gaunt man, in top boots into which his trousers were pushed, and a digger's shirt of grey flannel, open at the throat, and guiltless of a collar. primal silence and desolation. 'Iier. ou I,1' i But' the face, save that it was thin, 1 had hardly altered. ' At sight of its ineffable sadness, something gripped Peter Garvock by the throat, and he could have stood still in the roadway. and eried like a child, The beautiful head was quickly turned, a pair of startled eyes dwelt on the face of the approaching stran- ger, then ensued silence, absolute and profound, I Alan Rankine looked precisely as a' Mali might look who -suddenly found himself •fece to face with some Beni- zen of another world. In the last- week he had dwelt much among dreams and shadows, and lis- tened by day and through the silent night watches to the meanderings of a sick and dying man, and ho had, now no doubt that' his imagination had run away with him. But this wraith was very real, for , presently it stepped nearer, and with' outstretched hand spoke these words:' "It's Peter Garvock, Alan—come to! take you home!" "Peter Garvock I" stammered Ran-, kine. "But how have you come? How did you know I was here?" "I made it my business to find out, old chap," said Garvock, joyfully, for. now that Rankine spoke, the strain' of the moment almost anguished in its intensity, was relaxed. "I don't understand," said Rankine; dully. "It's the, queerest thing I've' ever heard—that you should seek and find me here!" "There's nothing queer about it, Alan," said Peter Garvock, still cheer- fully. "Let us ;sit'down here dud just talk it out." He made for a bench in front of the shack, but Rankine looked round at the door with a somewhat wavering smile. "There's a dead man. inside, Peter. Mir pal—the best pal ev€r man had in this God -forsaken world!" Peter looked aghast. "Affery?" Rankine noadedi then all at once, as if feeling the infinite comfort of a kent face and a friendly eye, he put his hand on Peter Garvock's arm. "Let us go into the scrub a bit, and. sit down. Peter Garvock in the flesh on the Klondyke! Gosh, but it's a funny world!" He laughed then, the strangest laugh! It was without mirth, and sounded, in Garvock's ears, sadder than tears. He cast a swift glance at his cousin's face, which Alan caught and fully understood. (To be continued.) Making Music ♦ Well -Balanced Feature in Sunday School. "A very essential feature in a -well - ordered Sunday School is the music," claims a superintendent who i$ in a goon position to judge. "There is a vast difference," be claims, "between jingle and music." "The very best kind of music only," lie says; "should be found in the school. There is so much meaningless stuff printed under the nine of good anisic, which is only jingles. There is no in- spiration to be found in words or tune. Music which causes the feet to move and the body to sway should be avoid- ed In the Sunday school service. This is characteristic of the jingle stuff, and is but another meansof adding; to the disorder of the` Sunday school life, For example. we have not infre- quently teen boys during the reading of the lesson and recitation period hum one of these catchy songs, and keep time by moving their arms and swaying their bodies and stamping with their feet, emelt to the amuse• ment of the other teachers and the an- noyance of the teacher. Such antics not only added to the disorder of the school, but at the same time prevent- ed revented serious study. We need bright music in the school, but worshipful, inspirational and dignified music which will instil within the soul that spirit of reverence." . winter. It'll effectually bar the way 1 to further progress—in the ordinary sense, I mean. Personally, I think the Yukon in its primal state is some- thing ome tiring nearer heaven and all the m s-! te,ries of eternity, than any other bit I of the earth! And I'm a hard-headed , Yonker from Albany—and don't you forget it!". "Well now," said Garvock,trying I / to shake off the singular spell he felt being woven about him, "this Gold- water Creek—how does one get to it?" "You'll have to go back on the trail about forty or fifty miles—nothing in this weather! The day after to -mor- row the stage starts on the return rni journey—probably the •test of the sea- son. Would you like Inc to go with you?" Garvock hesitated a moment, and the Yankee was quick enough to grasp the significance- of that brief hesi- tancy.. "No. Of course you don't want any strangers messing about the family gathering, I ought to have known better. Well, then, where are you stopping? Will, you come and lunch:'-. with me at my place? i m a bachelor, but I' can do you fairly well." 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Passengers in a second- class carriage` which has no door should take care not to put out their leg." These quaint pieces of advice wero,iseued to railway passengers 1850,