The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1925, Page 7

are emma teeta Published by Arrangement with First National Pictures, Inc., and Frank CHAPTER XXIII “Wal, w'at I tol eon Doret exclaimed, cheerfully, “Me, I'm cut off for poor man. If one dose El Dorado millionaire’ give me his pay-dump, all de gold disap- pedr biftore 1 get him in de sluice- box. Some people is born Jonah.” Despite this melancholy announce- ment ‘Poleow was far from de- pressed. On the contrary, he beamed | - like a boy and his eyes were spark- ling with the joy of again beholding his “sister. He had’ retuzned from the hills fate this evening and now he had come to fetch Rouletta from her work. This was his first “opportun- ity for a word with her The irl was not unmoved by his tale of blighted expe! 3 she re- fused, nevertheless, conclusive. briskly, “ou koe very well you haven't prospected your claim ‘for what it’s worth. You haven't had time.” “T don't got to prospec’ him,” ‘Pol- con asserted. “Dat's good ting "bout dat claim. Some Swede fellers above me cross-cut de whole dam’ creck an’ don’ fin’ so much as one color. Sapre! Dat's fonn She ‘ain't got no gravel.” The speaker threw back his laughed heartily. “It’s fac’! scover de only ¢reck on all de Yukon witout gravel. Muck! Twenty feet of solid frozen muck! It's lucky 1 stake on soch bum place, ch? S'pose_all winter I dig an’ don’ fin’ "im out?" “or a moment Rouletta remained sent; then she said, wearily: Svervthing is all wrong, all up- side down, isn’t it? The MeCaskey struck pav; so did Tom and Jerry But vou—why, in all your years in this country you've never found any- this Where's the justice you?” 'Pol- no! 1 fin’ ‘someting more tter as dem feller. T fin’ a sister; f fin vou. By Gar! 1 don't trade} you for tousan’ pay-streak !"" Low- is voice, “Poleon said, earn- don’ know how much T love ay and miled mis and likely spot. fo Wal 1 mak’ ho more de high sy Reproachtully the girl exclaimed, Reproachfully the girl exclaimed, - “You promised me to cut that out.” “You promised me to cut that out.” With a grin the woodsman reas- sured her: “No, no! I mean_ im in’ dig on top a mountains. Why, 'Poleon, old sinks. ‘Tr’s deep ‘down “It sink, sure ‘nougli,” he tiodded, “but where it sink from, ch? I don’ lak livin’ in place, anyhow—you don’ see no! Me, I mus’ have xood view.” “What are you driving at?” “I tell you: long tam ago I know old miner. He's forever talk "bout high bars, old reever-bed, an’ soch ving. We call him ‘High Bar’ He mak’ fonny story "bout reever dat used to was on top de mountain, By solly !T laugh at him! But w’at you tink? I'm cros in’ dose hill *pove El Dorado an’ I se place where dose miner is shoot dry timber down into de gulch. Dose log have dug up de snow an’ I fin’—what?” Im- pressively the speaker whispered one word, “Gravel!” Much to his disappointment, Ron- Jetta remained impassive in the face of this — startling mouncement. Kaguely she inquired: “What of it? There's gravel everywhere. What you want is gold—* “Mon Dieu!” "Poleon lifted: his hands in despair. “You're worse as. cheechako. Where gravel ts dere you. fo" gold, ain‘t you?” y—not always.” with a shrug. ‘the woodsman agreed. “Of course, not always, but—” s ea top Of a hill?" “De tip top. “How Pe aly absurd! How could gold run uphill?” “T don’ know,” the other confessed. “But, for dat matter, how she run downhill? She ‘ain't got no legs. I s'pose de book hexplain it some- how. Walt «I stake two claim—one for you, one for me. It’s dandy place for cabin! You look forty mile from dat spot, Mak’ you feel jus’ lak bird on top of high tree, Dere's plenty dry wood, too, an’ down be- low is de Forks—nice town’ wit’ saloon an’ eatin’-place. You can heaj de choppin’ an’ de win'lass creakin’ and smell de smoke. It's, fine place for singin’ songs up dere. “*Poleon !" Rouletta ti tried to look her-sternest. “You're a great over- grown boy. You can’t stick to any- thing. You're merely lonesome and NS. mAU MENT FORTY-ONE, Grand Forks, N. D.-While the dean of women, Beatrice Olson, eal that smoking is general among sfpHenteccat..fhle, Uajveriife,. AAR ARE VAR tee rereuanieas claim nearly every 4 fellow’s hand, where# Lloyd Productions, Inc. i you want to get in where the people are.” “Lonesome! Don’ I live lak bear when I'm trappin’? Some inter I don’ sce nobody in de lea: “Probably 1 made a mistake in bringing you down here to Dawson, the girl continued, meditatively. “You were doing well up the river, and you were happy. Here you spend fessed, “Nover I ad ‘uk I do late- ly. If1 don’ come in town to-day 1 swell up an’ bus’. I'm full of t'ing’ I can’t say. “Go to work some ‘or wag! M Doret shook his head positively. “I try him once —tookin’ for gang of rough-neck’— but I mak’ joke an’ I'm fire’. Dem feller kick bout my -grub.an’ it mak’ me mad, so one day I sharpen all de table-knife. J put keen edge on dem —lak razor.” The speaker showed his white tecth in a flashing smile. “‘Dat’s meanes’ trick ever play. Sapret -Dem feller cut’ deir mouth so fast dey mos’ die of bleedin’. No, T ain't hired man for nobody. I mus’ be free.” very well,” Rouletta sighed, re- signedly, “I won't scold you, for— I'm too glad to see you.” Affection- ately she squeezed his arm, where- upon he beamed again in the frank- est delight. “Now, then, we'll ha supper ard you can take me home. The Rialto was crowded with its usual midnight throng; there was the hubbub of loud voices and the ebb and flow of laughter. From mid- way of the gambling-hall rose the isy exhortations of some amateur mester who was breathing upon his dice and pleading earnestly, fcel- ingly, with “Little Joe’; from the theater issued the strains of a senti- mental As Rouletta and her companion “edged their way toward the, lunch-counter in the next room they were intercepted by the Snow- bird, whose nightly labors had also ended. vhere.” “All aboard for the big eats,” the latter announced. -“Mocha’s _but- toned up in a stud game where he dassen’t turn his head to spit. He's od for all night, but I'm on the Jo) “I'm having supper with ’Poleon,” Rouletta told him. + The Snowbird paused in dismay. “Say! You can't run out on a pal,” he protested, ou got to O. K. my Vittles or they won't hormonize” “But ’Poleon \has just come in from the creek and we've a lot to talk about.” “Won't it keep? I never seen talk spoil overnight.” When _ Rouletta smilingly shook her head Mr. Ryan dangled a tempting bait before her. “I got-a-swell fairy-story for you. T bet you'd it up. It's like this: Once upon a time there was a beau- tiful Princess named Rouletta and she lived in an old castle all covered with ivy, It was smothered up in them vines till you'd yamp right by and never see it. Along came a busted Prince who had been spend- in’ his vacation and some perfectly good ten-dollar bills in the next county that you could scarcely tell from the real thing. He was takin’ it afoot, on acount of the jailer’s daughter who had slipped him a file along with his laundry, but she hadn't thought to put in any lunch. See? Well, it’s a~story of how this here hungry Prince et the greens off of the castle and discovered the sleepin’ Princess. It’s a knock-out. I bet youd like it.” “I'm sure I would,” Rouletta agreed. “Save it for’ to-morrow night.” The Snowbird was reluctant in yielding; he eyed 'Poleon darkly, and there was -both resentment and. suspicion in his r glance when he finally turned away. Not until Rouletta and her com- panion were perched upon their high stools at the oilcloth-covered lunch- counter did the latter speak; then-he inquired, with a frown: Tell ‘me, is any dese “feller mak’ on you, ma sour?” «Why, no! Theyre perfectly splen- did like you. Why the terrible: black “Gamblers! Sure-t’ing uy s! Boosters! Bah! Better dey lef” you alone, dat’s all.. You're nice gal; too nice for dem feller.” Rouletta smiled mirthlessly ; there was an expression in her eyes that the woodsman had never seen. “ Too | « nice!’. That's almost funny when you think abont it. What sort of men would make love to me, if not gamblers, fellows like Ryan?” "Poleon breathed an etclamatia i Of astonishment. at- this ‘asse: “W'at you sayin’ ?”:he criedy “If dat loafer mak’ fresh: talk wit’ you I —pull him in two piece wit’ dese fingers. Dere’s plenty good*man. 1 ~-you—" He paused’ :uncertainly then his tone changed to one of ap- “You won't marry wit’ no- bogs. ch? Promise me dat.” jat’s an easy promise, under the circumstance “Bien! V never fink “bout you get- tin’ marfied. By gosh! dat’s fierce ting, for sure!s Wat I'll do if—” "Polecn shook his massive shoulders as if to rid-himself of such unwel- come speculations. “No danger !"* ‘Rouletta’s crooked smile did not go unnptfeed. ’Polcon studied her face intently; then he ‘inquired : ‘Weat ail’ vou, li'l sister?” ‘Why—nothing.” “Oh yes!. I got eye Jak fox. You seeck?” “The idea!” Miss ‘Kirby pulled}, herself together) but’ there was such genuine concern in her companion’s face that her chin quivered, She felt the aeed of saying-something divert- girl has smoked and a large number have made it a regular habit. industrial Pursuits in ‘Oklahoma, ing; then abruptly she turned away. Polco big hand closed over hers; in a voice too low-for any but her cars he said: “Somet'ing ts kill de sony in your heart, ma petite, give my lite for mak’ vou happy. | mn you care for tell mo, meb- | be 1 can he’ p dik bit.” The girl suddenly bowed her head; her struggling tears overflowed re- Iuctantly ; ina weary, heartsick mur- mur she confessed “I'm the most miserable girl in the worlds Inv so—unhappy.” Some instinct of delicacy prompted. the woodsman to refrain from speak- ing. In the same listless monotone Routletta continued : “I've always been a lucky gam- bler, but—the cards have turned | against me. I've been playing my | own stakes and I've lost.” “You been playing de bank?" he queried, m some bewilderment. “No, a gambler never Plays his own game. He always bucks the other fellow’: s. I've been playing— hearts.” 'Poleon’s grasp upon her hand tightened, “I see,” he said. “Wal, | bad Inck is boun’ to change.” | In Rouletta’s eyes, when she looked up, was a vision of some glory far beyond the sight. Her lips had parted, her tears had dried. “I wonder—" she breathed. Father's luck always tumed. ‘Don’t weaken; be a thor- oughbred tell me. He'd be a now, wouldn't he? I've told you my troubles, ‘Poleon, because you're all 1 have left. Forgive me, pleas, big | shamed of me brother.” rgive? Mon Dien!” said he. « Their midnight meal set out; to them it was tasteless, and neither one made more than a silent pre- tense of eating it. They were ab- sorbed in their own thoughts when the sound of high voices, a commo- tion of some sort at the front of the on, attracted their attention. Rouletta’s s were the first te cateh ity turned, then uttered a breathless exclamation, The nest ant she had slid down from her perch and was hurrying aw 'Pol- con strode after her; he was at her hack when she paused on the out- skirts of a group which had assem- bled near the cashier's cage, Dierce Phillips nd the scale: d Ben Miller, the proprietor, hotly. Rock, the Po- lice Heutenant, was ning to first one then another. he Count wa aceply, ieated ; Devertheiess, ne mana thing of an air, and at the moment he was making himself heard with»con- siderable vehemence. “T have been drinking, to be sure, he a , but am T deur No, There is the. dence.” all gold-sack, ntly under th ‘ou call that ei Task you. Woeigh i+! and he'was holding d this he officer's nose i i Rock took the little lexther bag an his fingers; then he agreed. “Tt’s short of cight hundred, for > ct, but—” In a strong voice T “T don't know what he HW there was jn the paid his ches The Count lurched forward, face purple with indignation. shame!” he cried. “You thought 1 was blind. these ot jis —cattle. But 1 know to dollar—" He turned to the crowd. | “Here! Twill prove: what T say McCaskey, bear me out.” With a show of Frank, the younger of the two broth Police lieutenant. “He's giving you the straight goods. He had eight hundred and something on him when he went up to the cage.” Rock eyed the speaker | sharply. | “How do you know?” said he. “Joe and I was with him for the nd the smaller nodded to the | sets hour-and a half. "t that | right, Joe Joe verified th state- | ment. “Understand, this. ain't any of gur doings. We don't wang to mix up in it, but the Count had a thousand dollars, thet much Tl! swear to, He lost about a hundred and forty up the street and he bought two ‘rounds of drink: afterward. ain't quick at figure: Pierte uttered a threatening cry. He. moved toward the speaker, but | Rock laid a band on his arm’ and in a tone A authority panained: “None of that, Phillips. I'll do all | the fighting.” Ben Miller, who likewise ‘had be~ stirred himself to forestall violence, now spoke Up: “T'm not. boosting for the Rouse,”. said he, “but IT. want more proof than this kind of chatter. Pierce has been weighing here since last fall, and nobody ever. saw “him go south with a color. If he split this poke he must have the stuff on tory Let Rock search vou, Pierce.” illips agreed readily enough to this suggestion, and assisted the of- ficer’s search of his pockets, a pro- ce which yielded nothing. lat boy’s wo tiief,” ’P iH! peed. to Rouletta. Comte has been frisk’ by oraebody. The Rn did not answer. She was intently: watching the little drama be- fore her. During the «search Miller. forced his’ way out of the nag of spectators, unlocked the .gate of the. cashier's cage, ati inside, “Weikeep our takin’s in one pile, and>Vit fay a little eight to five'that they'll | ‘balance up with the checks to a. penn ny weight,” said he: “Just wait ae “ the.figgers and ‘weigh—"' He: pause: he 3, then he roes mith some- thing he had jen up from the floor beneath his * (To re Continued? H yhis. 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