The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 4, 1923, Page 13

THURSDAY, JANU. (Continued From Yesterday) Reluctant to leave his gold, yet gecing the truth in Netlson's words, Ray hastened to Mis cabin to get such few supplies as would be needed for the day's march into Snowy Im less than five minutes they on thelr way--tramping tn file the narrow moose trail. They crossed the Feaching the headwaters of Man's Creek; then took the trail Gown toward the settlements. But the two claim-jumpers had not yet learned all the day's il news. Halt way to the mouth of the stream they met Chan Hominway on his way back to the claim, At the first sight of him, riding tn the rear of a long train of laden pack horsea, they could hardly be eve their eyes It was not to be credited that he had made the trip to Bradieyburg and back in the few Gaye he had been absent. Only an Sirplane could have made so fast a trip. Could it be that in apite of bis definite orders he was returning with the duty of recording the claim still unperformed? To Neilson, however, the sight of the long pack train brought some measure of satisfac- tion. Here were horses laden with the summer supplies that Chan had heen told to procure, and they could de utilized in the pursuit of Beat: ‘Two days at least could be saved. “What the devil you coming back for? Ray shouted, when Chan's identity became certain. Chan rode nearer as if he had not Beard. He checked his horse delib- @rately, undoubtedly inwardly ited by the news ho had to tell and perhaps somewhat triumphant be @ause he was its bearer. “I'm com- ing back because there ain't no use fm staying at Snowy Gulch any longer,” he answered at last. “I've got the supplies, and I'm packin’ up to the claim, just as I was told.” “But why didn’t you go to Brad- leyburg and record the claim? Ray stormed. “Don't you know until down divide, thus Poor that’s done qe're likely to be chased | off any minute? Chan looked into his partner's angry eyes, and his own lips drew in S scowl, “Becaurso there wasn't any use in goin’ to Bradieyburg.”, Ray was stricken with terror, and Riis words faltered “You mean you could tend to tt In Snowy Gulch “I don't inean nothing of the kind Shat ugye minute, and I'l tell you about if" A few days ago Steve Mor- His got @ letter addressed to old Hiram Mbiville—in care of Steve. He opened it and read it, and I heard about it soon as I got into town. There aint no use of our trying to record that claim.” it's already recorded, We all feit so sure, and ‘e—and in it was claim. This let- was a notice that his Properly filed tn his— Whatever formalt- Recessary was cut out be- oid man had been too sick make the trip—the recorder got Permission from Victoria, To be plain, I didn't file the claim be- cause it's already filed, and I didn't want to show myself up as a claim- Jumper quite as bad as that’ “It's all over town—about claim?” “Sure, but there won't be a rush. ‘There's quite a movement over Brad- way for one thing; for an- other, this is a pocket country, once and for always.” For some seconds thereafter his Partners could make no fesponse. This bitter blow had been anticipated by neither. But Ray was @ strong man, and his self-control Quickly returned to him. “You see what that means, don't you?” he asked Netlson. “It means we've lost!” The eyes before him narrowed and Seamed. “So that’s what tt means te you! Well, 1 don't look at !t just that way. It means to me that ‘We've got to take these supplies and these pack horses and start out and find Ben Darby—and never stop hunting til! we've found him.” the Pe *, De SPRUCE O02 - Little Brown & Compary) J, “Of course we've got to rescue Reatrico—" | “Rescutng Beatrice ixn’'t all of tt |now, by a long shot. For the Lord's | sake, Nellson—use your head a min ute, Didn't olf Hitram leave a wil giving this claim to his brother Mara? If the claim wasn’t recorded that will wouldn't mean much—but tt ia And hasn't this Ben got « letter | from Exra leaving the claim to him? Now do you want to know who owns that claim? Ben Darby owns It, and as long as he can kick, that quarter of @ million tn gold oan never be jure” | “You mean we've got to find him and destroy that letter——* | “We've got to; that's all He wrote us he had it, just to taunt us, and | we've got to burn that up whether }we find the girl or sot But that ain't all we've got to destroy—that pleo of paper, You see that, don’t your" Netlson breathed heavily. plain enough.” I want It to be plain, 90 next time I want to let daylight thru « man you won't stand in the way. It ain't Just enough to burn up that letter | We've got to get the man who owns it, too. If we don't he'd atill have a good enough case against us—with a jmood lawyer, Likely enough lots of people knew of thelr partnership maybe have seen letter—and they'd all be good witnesses tn a sult Our reputation ain't so good, after |that Jenkins deal, that wo'd shine very bright in a suit. Even tf he couldn't prove his own elaim, could lug out the will old Ht lett he alone knows where it’s hid~and then his next nearest relatives would come in and get the claim. On the other hand, if we smash him, the thing will all quiet down; there'll be no claimants to work the mine; and after a few months we'can step In and put up our own notices But we've got to do that firat—smash him wide-open as soon as we can catch up with him. He'll be way out in Back There, and no man would ever know what become of him, and jthere'd be nobody left to oppose us any more. But we can't be safe any other Netlson nodded slowty. His subordi- nate had put the matter clearly; and there was truth tn bis words In Ben's murder alone lay their safety He had always” been averse to bloodshed; but further reluctance meant ruin, Ben was one whom he could strike down without mercy or regret. And the blow would not be for expediency alone. There would be a personal debt to pay after the longemonths of searching. He could not forget that Beatrice was helpless in his hands “It’s all wi OUR BOARDING HOL MARTOA, MDeAR} IT WAVE MADE ARRANGE- MENTS “1D HONOR “His HWouSE “oMoRROW NiGHT WIT He PRESENCE oF A DISTINGUISHED FeLLow COLLEAGUE OF MINE, = DR. CON NER, A GcIENTIS: OF WORLD WIDE NoTe | I Leave rr td Your INCOMPARABLE SKILL WTHE CULINARN ART TO PREPARE A REPAST, BEFITTING GUCH. AN OCCASION! OW ,Go You WAVE @« WELL, Nou GET INTouch WITH THE DOCTOR AND “TELL Wim"t> BRING ALONG ke hee NOURIGHME. POR “ao, AND BAcK I) Lad TWILL PURNIGH DAMP DANG ¢ “THE NAPKING ! ay Ha-Ha = WAT TLL Y'see Thar DR. CONNER « We STILL HAS CORNG OW HIS ELBOWS FROM LEANING ‘eMont WET MAHOGANY Uke PINN An! Happ <"TW’ ae DOINGS OF THE DUFFS SAY, MOTHER WILL \ | HAVE TO CHANGE SCHOOLS WHEN WE MOVE INTo "THe NEW HOUSE? | Don'T WANT TO CHANGE! GO TALK To YouoR DADDY ABouT IT- I'M ‘Too BUSY NOW To TALK To You- YEP, YOULL GO TOA SAY, DADOY, WILL NEW SCHOOL, SAVE | HAVE TO Go To A DIFFERENT SCHOOL AFTER WE MOVE INTO THE NEW HOUSE ? ANO A NEW TEACHER AND MAYBE You"LL GET SOME NEW Boorns WONT THAT BE FINE ? “The thing to do ts to turn back | with Chan, at once,” he sald. | “Of course,” Ray agreed “That plan of yours to get help in chasing | ‘em down don't fo any more. We) don't. want any spectators for what ahead of ux Here's grub and horses | a-plenty, and we needn't . lose ot time.” So they turned back toward the Yuga, on their quest of hate. xxT Beatrice Netlson was a mountain | sirl, with the strong thews of Janel yet she hid her face as the canoe shot into the crest of the rapids It | seemed Incredible to her that the light craft should buffet that wild cataract and yet live. She was young and sho! loved life: and death seemed very | ar. The scene that her eyes beheld tn! that last littié instant in which the/ oat seemed to hang, shuddering, at | the creat of the descent was branded | indelily on her memory. She saw! Ben's face, set like fron, the muscles | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS intelligent | bunching beneath his flannel sleeve: }as he set his paddle. He was leaning forward, aware of nothing in the world but the forthcoming crisis. And in that swift flash of vision she saw not only the steel determination and the brutal savagery of the avenger. A little glimpse of tie truth went | thing of the misdirected idealiem of the man, the intensity and steadfast- ness that were the dominant traits jof his nature. She could not doubt | his belief In the reality of his cause. | Whether fancied or real the injury, deep wells of emotion in his heart |had broken their seals and flowed forth. The wolf crouched on the heap of lies, fearful to the depths of his * + Cd mel MORE STEILACOOM STORIES Pegiy’s little mouth pressed tt- self into a tight, straight line, her eyes snapped and even her dimples managed to look quite flerce. “Don't you like this story?” Mra. Kellogg asked in surprise. “I ke the story,” Pegsy an- swered quickly, “but I ‘most hate that stately woman who wouldn't be nice to your mother.” Then Mrs. Kellogg laughed and sald, “But she didn’t understand at first, dear. Afterwards she and mother were very dear friends all the rest of thetr lives. “If tt had been springtime in- stead of late fall the house ques. tion would not have mattered much, but it was so colg-and rainy that we had to have Ome sort of real house to live in. “You remember how it was dur- ing the war? How people crowd- ed into Seattle, and some nights there wasn’t a single hotel room Jeft, and how families couldn't get homes to rent? More and more people kept coming and nobody had time to build more houses be cause the men were bullding ships to help win the war?’ “well, in Stellaccom it was something like that when we got there, Of course, there wasn't any war, but people came faster than homes could be built. You children know all about that. It took so much time to build houses of trees, with no sawmills, and Teal carpenters to make It easy. “Bo father looked and looked for somewhere to shelter his big family, and finally he found a room over @ store, and we moved into that. “But nowhere could he buy a stove. ‘Mother,’ he said, ‘can you get along for a little while with- out any stove? I'll go to Olympia and get can. But there are none to be had anywhere else.’ ‘Mother looked about for a way to manage and finally she founda big stump not far from the store, and had them build her fire on that, and for two weeks she did all the cooking for her family of eight children on that stump, carrying everything up and down @ long flight of stairs. My, but it was cold and uncorofortable tn that bare room! Iven the boards of which it was made were always damp, just new lumber, We wero most uncomfortable.” ‘There was a silence for a time. ‘Then she sald, “Did I tell you about Dave and the Indian wart’ (To Be Continued) you one as soon as I home to her, and rhe beheld some-| | | wild heart of this mighty stream, yet still putting his faith in his master lin the stern. Beatrice aaw his wild, | | frightened eyes as he gazed down Into |the frightful whirlpools, The banks | | seem to whip past. Then the rushing waters caught the craft and seemed to fling it into |the air, There was the swift sense of lightning and incredible’ move ment, of such incaloulable speed as that with which @ meteor blazes thru | | the sky, and then a mighty surging, | | struggle; an interminable instant of |ineffable and stupendous conflict. | The bow dipped, split the foam; then the raging water seized the cr lagain, and with one great impulse | hurled it thru the clouds of spray, down between the narrow portals of | rocks. Featrion came to herself with the realization that she had uttered a \ahrill ery. Part of the impulse be- hind tt was stmply terror; but it was also the expression of an intensity of sensation never before experi- enced. She could have understood, now, the lure of the rapids to expert lenced canoelsts. She forced herself to look into the wild cataract. The boat sped at an unbelievable pace. Ben held his paddle like tron, lyet with a touch as delicate as that of a great musician upon plano keys, and he steered his craft to the last inch. His face was still tke metal, but the eyes, steely, vivid, and mag- netic, had @ look of triumph. The| first of the great tests had been passed. Sudden confidence in Ben's ability to guide her thru to safety began to warm the girl's frozen heart. There were no places more dangerous than [that just past; and he had handled | his craft like a master. He was a | voyagqur: as long as his tron control | was sustained, as long as his nerve | was strong and his eye true, he had every chance of coming out alive But they had irremediably cast thelr fortunes upon the river, now. They could not turn back. She was in his whole charge, an agent of vengeance against her own father and his con- foderates. Hot, blinding tears suddenly filled} her eyes. Her frantic fear of the river had held them back for « time; but they flowed freely enough now the first crisis was past, In utter misery and despair her head bowed in her hands; and her brown hair, disheveled, dropped down. Ben gazed at her with a curtous mingling of emotions, It had not been part of his plan to bring sorrow to this girl, After all, she was not in the least responsible for her fath- er’s crimes. He had sworn to have no regrets, no matter what Innocent flesh was despotled in order that be EVERETT TRUE 19 @oOmMMUNI TY |] Wen, SVP POSIN’ (3 Gerrin® VERY MRED OF SOUR STRUTTING AND BULLYING S ONLY AS MORNING ‘Yo PICKED ON 4 WEAK, DEFENCELESS FGL- immo?! Sveposin’ I DID! oe Lemme Te. ‘You, Bo, ANY GUN THAT INTERFERE anth ME tS GOIN’ To KNOW IT, 4NO HE'S GOIN! to ‘know It GooD! IN OTHER WORDS WOU'RE A HARDO- BOLSCD SSG, AND (TSS TIMES To crRacK to him very deeply indeed. She was|astounding fact that she had won the instrument of his vengeanc compassion from this cast-iron man necessary to his cause, but there was|in the stern. nothing to be gained by afflicting} «pi try not to," she told him, her her needlessly, At least, he could | qark eyes ineffably beautiful with give her his pity. It would not weak-|ineir luster of tears. “I don't sec en him, dampen “his flery resolution, | why 1 should try—why I should try to give her that. to do anything you ask me to—~but As he guided his craft he felt grow-| yet 1 will" ing compassion for her; yet it was a) Further words came to him, and personal pity and brought no regrets| he could not restrain them. “You're that he had acted as he did. sort of—the goat, Beatrice,” he told “1 wish you wouldn't ery,” be sald,| her soberly. “It was said, long ago, rather quietly. that the sins of the father must be Amazed beyond expression at the| visited upon the children; and maybe might strike the guilty; yet the sight of that bowed, lovely head went home! instant her woe was forgotten in the can’t help but feel sorry—that you sturt one ~ Y fs words, Beatrice looked up, For the) that’s the way it is with you. I SOME NEW PLAYMATES: ix ere Jl. Wl g wae: ee, PAGE 1% BY STANLBY bs NO-NO ~- THE Box yl AINT EVEN/————| THAT FOOL BusTeD" ‘WAS i 22 GIT FER HOME AFTER RUNNING WILDLY .FOR SIX BLOCKS, OLD GENERAL GALLOPED UP To THE FEED STORE AND STOPPED-AUNT SARAH PEABOCOY WAS GREATLY RELIEVED TO SEE “THE FREIGHT WAS STILL SAFELY Box OF IN “THE WAGON - } FINE, NOTHING ~I'Lt Loose ALL MY OLO PLAYMATES AND I WAS ELECTED To PLAY FIRST BASE ON THE BASEBALL TEAM WELL-A- MAYBE You CAN SBLLIT- DID You TRY P \ Cae NEXT SUMMER ~- MISS DRESSER, MY TEACHER SAYS, SHE'S SORRY ‘Td WEAR IM GOING- Do WE HAVE TO WHERE AM L7TAKIN' 1) WHY 1M “AKIN fT DOWN 710 “TH SHOP SOS 1 KIN PUT “TH’ NEW WINDERS YOu ORDERED! MS “100 COLD TO WORK OUT HERE: 1S ALLREADY FOR US- WHAT ELSE CAN WE eo 4 t 5 4 yy, 4 7 PS “TOO COLD FER YouR DELLIKIT LIL CARCASS HEY! WELL WHADODO YOu “THINK L AM,A ae POLAR BEAR ? coo tea IN THAT a) “THE CROSSING WATTHMAN HAD TO GET ALONG rwlhasys WITHOUT HIS SHANTY ON-THAT REAL COLD DAY. 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