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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1935-03-21, Page 6SYNOPSIS: Young Ed. I1laitland, ,son of a New Engio.nd seafaring foul - D y, and the hardened gambler, Speed Malone, niet on a trip north to the Yukon .gold fields in '97, when word of the rich ores there first came down the Pacific coast. Maitland was 'de eterrnined. to win back his lost 'for- tune before he returned home, The two men became partners, Speed promising not to get tangled with th law if he could help it, and to clea out . from the partnership if he did Preachy, the fisherman whose smacl took the two men north; Lucky Rose the beautiful girl who had given a ring t� Maitland as a keepsake; Fal- lon, camp leader, resentful of Rose's attention to Maitland; Steiner, the money lender; young' Pete and his • d runken partner Bill Owens; Brent, old-time Prospector; Garnet, xwell-to- -do traveller who hired Maitland and Speed. to take his things over the mountains—these are the principal figures in the story. Malone, Mait- land' and Garnet hauled 'past of ,,his stuff from the canvas camp on the Skagway beach over the trail to the camp in the hilts called Liarsville. The trail was in bad condition. Speed wanted to close it and mend it. Fal- lon wanted to push on. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY • ".A bunch of us, said Brent, with a smoulder in his tired eyes, "aim to calla camp meetin' at- one o'clock— W hen the croWd's in and before the backtrailin' starts, so we can get a full vote. That's why I spoke to ye. Can we figure on you boys to stand in?" Speed looked at his partner. It was their one remaining chance of keeping Garnet on the trail. "You can count on us to vote," he said, "but that's alI." •Brent signified that he asked for nothing more, and leaving them, he went up the trail to collect more vot- ers. When they returned to Liarsville the camp was crowded. Here and there the dispirited faces of mud - draggled men showed that Fallon's decision meant the end of the trail for some of them, but they accepted it as the harsh law of the stampede. .Brent's chance, even of a hearing, was more than doubtful. The trail o f the partners had reached a critical impassee. Before they reached the cache, they met Garnet coming toward them, looking refreshed and clean as he stepped carefully along the river path. He listened in silence to Speed's tact- ful account of the trail, and agreed to attend the mass meeting. But he was visibly more interested in some sounds that came to them from the vicinity of the bridge. A metallic "come-on" chant rang strid- ently through the hollow, above a babel of voices and the river's brawl. "Not a game of chance, friends. A simple test of skill. The quickness of the hand deceives the eye. . ." "Suppose we give the game a spin while waiting for one o'clock," Gar- net suggested. "You need some relax- ation." ;If I had the jack it. wouldn't relax me none to give it to a shell rigger." The' sunlight that pierced the can- yon mist fell :on a noisy crowd around the dealer's,Pitch table, 'many of them not foilewing the ,game, but simply herding,,there to wait for the backtrail to clear. A,player had just placed a bet. From the higher ground at the bridge head they saw it to be e the . man with the sheepskin coat — ✓ fete's partner Bill. Noticeably drunk, "You can spin it," Speed declined, 13i11 was swaying on itis Heels. Fal- lon and one of his outfit stood near, watching him play, "1 guess we'll pass this," said Gar- net prudently, - Speed did not answer. His atten- tion had been arrested by the pallid, • narrow -eyed "face of the dealer, on which the sunlight fell squarely. "Scums like I've seen that bird some- iwheres" he muttered. 'While i his Bill stood shifttrrt,lrrs wealth between his hands, the yellow head of his young partner appeared •beside him. Fete was trying to pull him out of the game. Ignored by Bill, the boy said something to Fallon—not audible from the bridge. Fallon brushed him out of the way with an impatient, backward fling of his hand. The blow Might have been unintentional, but the hand was heavy and ringed. It cut the• boy's cheek and sent him stumbling. *IN GHAM AD VAN CE-1'1MES ey. , The dealer's eyes, which had re- turned to the game, quivered upward as a clear drawl. suddenly spoke over the ,heads of the crowd, "I'll bet a thousand • on Bill to whir • The discovery , that it was Speech who had spoken astonished no one quite as much as Maitlartd,.who knew the limits of his resources. The offer' had been made to the dealer, but Fal- lon wheeled around with a scowl that darkened when he recognized the speaker.' Cocking his cigar, he drew a large roll from his pocket and slap- ped down a counted sum on the table, "There's a thousand says you're a cheap four-flusher,' he said. "Look outl" The words fell from the dealer's lips in an 'involuntary murmur. "Oh he won't shoot," said Fallon easily. "He's one of them would -be - gunmen. Chews a lot but ain't got no fangs. Ain't got no money neith- er." Speed, in fact, had not moved ex- "What you ain't primed to answer," sept to reach into his pocket for mon- returned Fallon;' "is who you are and ey that was not there. He had not what you're din' here with that looked for this exact result, .and• -was bunch of money ,and no outfit." still framing his nett''move. None The outlaw ereased•a cigarette pap - the less, his composure remained per- er. "You're' switchin your het," he feet—even when, to his surprise, his said evenly. "Tire question is wheth- fingers closed over a wad of bills. er the boys want to make a trail., 'But Fortune sometimes favors the absol- if you want to talk personal -how does it come that a. man who's so 'all - fired anxious to see ever' one get to Dawson, 'spends his time makin' this miner drunk and persuadin', him to bust hisself at a skin game. Another is that •coward's lick you took at the kid awhile -back." The cool temerity of the challenge held the crowd in la spell. "You aslc'where I come from," Speed continued. "I come from a state where a magi low enough to do a thing like that would be booted out of camp of horse thieves." Fallon's hands flashed to his guns and stopped'"there, a puzzled seam deepening, between his eyes. He could not imagine anyone taking such a chance unless he were sure of. an ' ad- vantage. On Speed's part it was sheer Shrewd malice curled Fallon's eyes. "I'll take your bet," he said, "These men know what a delay would mean. If you think you can: halt 'em, the idea will cost yott a thousand and somethin' amore.. Now that it had an outlet, the -res- ponse of the crowd broke loose, "I'm with yon, brother," a man called ottt to Speed. "That's talkin' '• ." and Similar endorsements Mounted over the voices of dissent. "1-Io.ld on," barked Fallon, above the turmolli "and swivel your, mitt z-le-loadin' brains on What this crook's playing for. Who is he? Where's he front, 13lowed into camp two days ago a busted drifter; ,now he's flashin' money. Ever meet a `fixer' On the gold trails? Well, the inside crowd ,in the Yukon is workin' hard to plaster ever' good location before the stam- pede arrives, and here's a slick frame to freeze you out." • The argument was far -drawn, but cunningly gauged to an audience of credulous;• impatient, gold -fevered men. Speed—parried it promptly. "That won't hold gravel," he declared. "The river don't freeze till the first week in October, Four days won't hurt that margin and most of the canna will margin, t 1 gain time on a good trail." gambling—one ,of those reckless yet clear-headed gestures of which in- stances are not unknown in the an- nals of the West, where gunmen have sometimes been -challenged and held aJ t c without tlie. touching of ,a weapon. The hush tivas suddenly broken by Brett, who had arrived with his back- ers, and judged it time to cut this fuse. "Who's fer fixin' up the trail? Make it a showdown, boys!! The uproar forced Fallon to sus- pend dealings with Speed while he inet a different threat. Heads were counted in. a confused•.clin. A major- ity showed for' Brent's proposition, but many had not declared themselves either way. "That's no showdown 1" yelled Fal- lon. "To fix the trail you've got to bar it. Try that and you'll damn soon find how much of the camp's behind me.. You can't bar it." "We'll go to bedrock on that point right now," Brent shot back. "We're gat the ni.an who'll see the job done,. and the miner's committee sure needs. a' new. chairman, Get behind this, men." There was a tangled burst of en- raged and jubilant sltotits. In the edit - fusion it was a Moment before Speed could make himself heard. This was more than he had counted on. "I ain't the man for the job," he said, "I'rn a stranger and I ain't patient enough to argue with suspicions. Put up one of your own men." "Patience be damned," growled a sun -browned Arizona -miner. "Who all's askin' You to be patient?" Fallon,' sure of himself now, lit a fresh cigar , and flicked' the mateh, meclitatiyely in Speed's direction. "The man don't live,". he said dom-. placently, "who can bar a trail when my outfit gets ready to go through„ As for this nieddler, he don't amount to.a puff of ,smoke, and I'll show you he don't. -" and the camp boss put his hands on his guns. "I called hire yes- terday for a liar and a horse thief, whichever was his fightin' word. •But that was too mild, •i say now that lee's a sneakin' liar and a yellow :coy- ote, both?' (Continued Next Week) "No," said Speed, a slight twist on his lips, "the play ain't through yet, it's a new game." "Damned shame," said Garnet. Speed swore to himself. Pete broke away and went up the .canyon while Bill was oblivious to everything but the stakes he was vaguely count- ing. The dealer hastened to cover the incident. "... Not a game of chance, miners. The quickness of the hand —" Here the dealer's .,voice hung trailing, his cold eyes, roving over the crowd, suddenly encountered and locked with S;peed's. A look of in- credulous wonder pierced his mask. "A thousand," maundered 13111. "Shoot it, Bill," said Fallon. "I'll copper you some in case you lose," X3c laid a small stack of gold pieces on the table, as 1;i11 lurched forward and placed his double handful of mon- NOW TO RELIEVE YOUR COLD ALMOST AT ONCE 1. Take 2 Aspirin tablets. 2. Drink full tassa• Repeat treatment in 2 hours. 3. if throat is sore, crush and stir, 3 Aspirin tablets in e theft of a grate of wafer and gargle. This ease the soreness` d $'our throat &most itiganfly, Follow Simple Directions Here For Quick Relief When you have a cold, remember the- simple treatment pictured here prescribed by doctors as the quick, safe wap. . Results are amazing. Ache and dis- tress go immediately. Because of Aspirin's quick -disintegrating prop'. erty, Aspirin "takes hold"— almost instantly. Your cold is relieved "quick as you caught itl" A11 you do is take Aspirin and drink plenty of water, Do this every 2 to 4 hours the fust day—less often afterward .. if throat is sore, the Aspirin gargle will ease it in as little' as 2 minutes. Ask your doctor about this. And be sure you get ASPIRIN when you buy. It is made in Canada and all druggists have it. Look for the name Bayer in the form of a cross on every Aspirin tablet. Aspirinis the trade mark of the Bayer Company, Limited. DOES NOT HARM THE HEART on'y ute gambler. This time the means of her miracle was Garnet, who had quietly slipped the roll into his poc- ket. "I mean money," growled Fallon, at the first hint of delay, "You can't run a whisperin' bluff in this game." Doubt struggled, with fear in the dealer's face when the insult was ig- nored. Speed walked up 'to the table stripping a sheaf of clean one -hundred dollar bills from Garnet's roll, and laid it alongside Fallon's. Then his eyes pinned the dealer. "You can deal this any way you figure healthy," he said. "On'y remember I'in backin' Bill to win." The dealer's pale visage turned pal- er; he lowered his head to conceal a twitching of his mouth, There was a craning moment of silence. A hum ran through the crowd as the dealer lifted the shells. Fallon ripped out an oath of chagrin and .un- belief. Lill had won. Speed picked up his own and the other's stake, and was turning away when Fallon called loin back. "What I took ye for," snarled the camp boss. "A brag -and -run gambler; Pull up there, fellow. The play ain't through yet." A slight twist in the corner of Speed's mouth showed that this was not unexpected. "No," he said, "the. play ain't through yet, on'y it's a new game. They's a stretch - of trail be- tween here and the bridge up the: Eine that needs fixin' almighty bad. Hors- es and outfits has bean lost on it.. You're the boss of this camp, and you've blocked the move to fix it, be- cause you've a big string of mutes and can talke"a chance of lightin' through in one haul You don't give a'damn for the small miner who has to relay his pack over that slew 'with one horse or none. Well, some of us figure different. Four days' 'Work with thecamp drafted will pttt the trail in n shape. It's the on'y chance for a lot of the boys who've stink their last red to get here. You can't run a white miner's camp without takin' count of the common• prospector. That's rock bottom — stampede or none. If you doubt it, Fallon, and want to gambler I'll bet you this yer thousand th.e. camp ain't back of ye. The stillness in the canyon was complete, save for the gush of the river, Quietly as the words had been. spoken, they had touched every in- stinct of the crowd at once, : tili11.0.I wit.6lsa�utlww4•01 6400.1 ..ros0w1waelisewer THE SUNDAY SCHOOLESS N �, t3 .woaewasro..nnm ike011r,wWa+o419nnasum ngsoeiik PETER DESCRIBES THE CHRIS- TIAN Llai E•, Sunday, Mart 24—=1 Peter 8: 8-18 Golden Text: Sanctify the Lord God hearts (I meter• 3115). ur The Christian life described by Peter is a rniraeulotia life, indeed. It is an impossible life—utterly, hope- lessly impossible to any human being in their natural strength. Going through the lesson verse by verse, we find that, it is exactly the life that Christ Himself lived while 1-le'Was _oar earth as a man, And can any human being expect to 'live as Christ lived? The 'answer- to thisquestion is found in the answer to the, question, What is the Christian life? Paul an- ewers this in six one -syllable words "To me to live is Christ" (Ph1, 1:21). The Christian life is "the life that is Christ," Not,' the life that is Christ's or. Christlike; .but:that, is actually; lit- erally Christ Himself.; For the glory and miracle of the truly Christian life is in the •fact that Christ literally' takes into Himself those who receive Hint as Saviour, and He literally enters into thein, giv- ing them Himself as their new 'life. That is why the Chrstian can say, with Paul "I am crucified' with Christ: nevertheless I live; let not I, but Christ liveth in me" (Gal. 2,20). ` Those in whom this'rniracle'has oc- curred do not lose their own identity their will power, their freedom of choice, their responsibility for their own actions, their'pbssibility of sin- ning and.liability to sin; but a new, superatiural divine life is now theirs, and they can live in a way that is utterly impossible to the natural man who has not been born again, by faith. in Christ as Saviour and Lord. The fact that Christians often fall Woefully short of their ..possibility, privilege. and duty as members of the body of Christ does not alter the fact that they are mernbers of Christ, and that they can by His grace and pow- er live His very life'among hien here on earth. Some of the characteristics and ex- pressions of the Christian life given by Teter are: unity, or fellowship, of Christians one with another; com- passion; brotherly love; pity; tour- tesy; no relation for: evil, but bless- ing in return for evil. It is obvious that most of these characteristics or attitudes are direct- ly contrary to human nature. But they are hallmarks of the Christian life, Most people love life, and would like to live to a rape old age. Peter tells them how they can: make sure of enjoying life and living on. He quotes a passage from a Psalm. of David (Psalms 34: 12-16). "For he that will love life, and' see good days," says Peter, "must do cer- tain things. He must "refrain his ton- gue from evil," and his . lips from speaking guile. Hc must"eschew evil, and do good"; he must "seek peace, and pursue it." It takes rnothing Less than a miracle to enable any one to 'keep his tongue from evil• and to do the rest of the things named by Peter here.. But there is no shadow of doubt that let- ting our tongues run arvay with us, otlaisloallistaaccos Thursday, March 21st, 193 LAUREL WALKS OUT ON HARDY Stan Laurel will no longer stand for Oliver' I-Iardy's antics, according to Hollywood, which, announces the team has Split. Disagreement about screen story matters was given ley Producer Hal Roach as the reason. Above we see laurel giving Hardy*: the:. "go-by," dismissing hirer with a pointed gesture, a picture Which as sumes significance' in view 01 the re- ported break. flans for the. "Holly-. wood Twins" next feature, Laurel and. Hardy in India, are now held up. and speaking evil, fills our lives with unhappiness and bitterness, and liter- ally shortens life, Peter's advice is sound, for it is •in$pir.ed and divine. But it can be followed only by those who have received the very life of God in Christ as their Saviour, then who present their bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, and who trust Him Inomerlt by moment to empower there to live as He lived, to 'keep their tongues from evil, and their lives from sin. Peter tells how to get our prayers answered. "For. the eyes of the Lord are over: the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers. If our prayers are not being answered, the trouble is not with God -it is with us. Have we asked God, when our prayers go unanswered, whether there is anything ;in our lives not pleasing to Him, and if so, -to show us and to. cleanse our lives from it? When our life is really "the life that is Christ," perhaps we shall •not even pray for some of the things for which we are now praying. Then' Peter assures us that we shall not, as a role, be harmed if we are "followers of that which is good." Yet he goes on 'to say that it is quite pos- sible to "suffer for righteousness sake," and if we do, we are happy. That is one of the Beatitudes spoken by Christ in the Sermon on the Mount. We can, keep our conscience clear, at any rate ,and "it is better if the will of God be so, that ye suf- fer for well doing, than for evil do- ing." I-Iere again `the life that is Christ' is evident, for Peter reminds us' that Christ Himself, ,sinless, suffered for our sins, "the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God." And here is sensible, searching ad- vice from the`apostie. "Be ready al- ways to give an answer to any matt that asketh you a reason of the hope that 'is in you." If' we are believers ita • Christ, children of God by faith irk.. His Son, as our Saviour, we are God's: own heirs -"heirs according to the - hopes of eternal life" (Titus 3:7). Cam: we, as Christians,' give every one who, asks us the reason why we have this hope? . Christians ought to be intelli- gent, well informed about God's plass of salvation as revealed in His Scrip tures, able and ready to tell convinc- ingly, "with meekness and fear," ex- actly what they believe,. why they be- lieve, and, whom they believe." Wolves Near Owen Sound For the first time in many years•' wolves are reported to have been seem within a mile or two of Owen Sound.. Constable Adant Hamilton, who looks after the summer cottages on the east side of Owen'. Sound Bay 'during the winter 'season, reports having noted:' the tracks of atleast two wolves,, which have been killing rabbits. Con- stable Hamilton says they are large wolves, and are making their winter - home in the woods' north of Leith. --- Mount Forest Confederate. rofess!orial irectory J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan. .. Office -- Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes. IMNINAMOIRIONINIOMMOIMMOCt H. W. COLBBiORNE. 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