> T ' \ Houlton, Maine, Wednesday, October 12. 1910. No. 41 one**, went im < leorge. “He --aid t'i.■ us CHAPTER V. I 1 'e'.ir. 1 * iff 1 'tticc rich men back east had women come against liers tic he 1 rt of a rna­ LL three knew the desperate O s to < 'hi around anil clean their linger nails and ! ' ncr who has if at the tape, chance they were taking, and i In- own tailor shine ’em up. Is that right?” felt Ids an as If from they spoke little as they 1 '.11 • bit ,o, i,n.k(* Shon* "Guilt* right!” great l’aflgu* t time neither *c 5* made their wav' out Into tin* Bitter In* pondered T h e "Well, I don’t suppose \ ou ever had spoke. straits Their craft was strange to ■ • ’'■••irin : up s>j\ *t ;iI draf!s which ’em-shine your finger nails, did you?” them, and the j>ositinns they were Ml *.<•* 11 ir him. limilly giving one t.. “ Yes.” TEIL VI. forced to occupy soon brought on ’he "k'croi witii im odd mingling of n r ; - nr privations nnd cramped muscles. The bidarka is a The big man opened his mouth to f If:ii<Ii! y nod defiance. This done, In* - 'von for nothing,” frail, narrow^framework over which is apeak, then, evidently changing his hn a*‘t>ed to oin* of tin* loading banks, SILVER HORDE mind, observed, “Seems to me I'd bet­ I a ** 1 Wayiand when skin, and it is so ami two hours later returned to tin* d recounted tin* his- Author of " ‘The Spoilers’ fashioned that the crew sits, one be­ tor stay here on tin* c< .ast und wait hotel. Jubilant. for you.’’ m.w iuio the north. By REX BEACH " ‘The Barrier” hind tiie other, in circular oi>enIngs Hi- found Big George in fin* lobby, “No, ind<*ed!" the other answered *:; m a miner I am with legs straight out in front. staring with fascinated eyes at ids quiekly. “I will n**ed you in raising ;: . i::v Gradually, imperceptibly, the moun­ linger nails, whieli were strangely puri­ that money. You know’ the practical ■ t -dr adders in dls- COPYRIGHT, 190 9, BY HARPER & BROTHERS tain shores behind them shrank down fied a lid glossy. upon tiie gray horizon. It seemed that sid<* of the fishing business, and 1 “I/ook at ’em,” the fisherman broke th.it ten: he cried, for once tiie weather was going to is* don’t.” out admiringly. "They’re as rlean as ’uI to me kind to them, and their spirits rose? in Finally the stroimer diH-ked, and the 7 a hound’s tooth. They shine so l das se father consequenee. They ate frequently, throe men put up at a hotel. sent tauo hold of anything.” Lot us ~l mean that That storm delayed us food being the great fuel of the north, “ You letter train me up to wearing “ I have made my ileal with the lee been de­ feincb has “been written concerning and midday found them well out upon a dress suit before we get. east,” tha red man’s physical powers of en­ just long enough to ruin us,” bank," Bo;. I exulted. “All I need to "Why—er~let's wait till the next the heaving bosom of the straits with George W'arned, “or I’ll make your durance, bat as a rule no Indian Is raise- now is $loO.O*iO, The bank will That mits ne* better trip,” offered the fisherman. the Kadiak shores plainly visible. i swell friends sore and spoil tin* deal. the equal of his white brother, due as advance fin* n*st. That $10*1,OoO makes 1 see Pv forgotten bow Then, as If tired of toying with them, I could wear It on the cars and get Emerson shook his head. “She may all the difference in the world. The *c words.” much perhaps to lack of mental force the wind rose. Ilad it sprung from easy in it.” not be back here for eight weeks. No! task is easy now. We will make it j They were scu d in the library. M to generations of insufficient cloth- the north it would have wafted them “My dear fellow7, it taki*s morn than We’re done for.” go sure. These bankers know whnt I where for two hours they lmd remain- l i t and Inanition, so It was not sur* on their way, but it drew in from the a week to ‘get easy* in a dress suit.” Balt wus like a big boy in distress. that salmon business Is. Why. I had | ed undisturbed, Emerson talking rup- prising that as the long afternoon Boyd sinihd, amused at his earnest, His face wrinkled as if he were about i I’aeillc, straight Into their teeth, fore no trouble at all. They say we can't ; Idly, almost incoherently, dragged to a close the Aleut guide be­ ness, for the big fellow was merely t% burst Into loud lamentations. Then j ing them to redouble their exertions lose jf we have a good site on the j “And yon did til! that for me," she gan to weaken. In tiie hope that it would die down a boy out on a wonderful vacation. a thought seized him. Kalvlk river.” | mus**d. “ I wonder if any other man Darkness found them staggering on, with the darkness the boatm-ui held “Well. If there Is a down east mani­ “Where iu blazes is this steamer?” I I know would tako those risks just for ^supporting him wherever possible. At on their course, aud night closed over cure woman in Seattle show leer to me. he cried. I —me.” MOgth he became unable to guide them them still paddling silently. and I’ll practice on her,” he insisted. “Out to the westward somewhere.” j "of course. Why, the risk, I mean further, and Balt, who had once made It was nearly noon of the following ”Sho e;m halter break me at least” "Well, she's a mall boat, ain't she? i the physical peril ami hardship and the trip, took his place, while the oth­ It was the labor of several hours to Then why don’t she stop here coming day when tiie watchman at the Uyak j discomfort, don't amount to -that.” He ers dragged the poor creature along at tit Big George’s bulky frame, and when back? Answer me.” cannery beheld a nat .ve canoe creep­ 1 snapped his fingers. “ It was only the the cost of their precious strength. lb** dvo returned to tin* hotel Emer­ ing slowly up tiie hay and was aston­ I unending desolation that hurt; it was They had long since lost all track of The rotund nmn shrugged his fat son found the representative o' an aft ished to find it manned hy three white | the separation from you that punished time and place, trusting blindly to a shoulders. “She’s got to call at Uyak ernoon newspu[H r anxiously awaiting men in tiie last stages of exhaustion. | me--the thought that some luckier fel­ bay* going east.” him :d the desk. downward course. The hurricane One of them, in fact, was unconscious low might”- - Emerson looked up quickly. “Whore •till harried them with unabated fury. and had to in? carried to the house. "Mr. Athens sent me down to get a “Nonsense!” Mildred was really In- Is Uyak bay?” story.” When all at once they came to another He did marvel, however, that another ; dlguant. “ I told you to ;i\ your own "Over on Kadiak island.” / bluff where the ground fell away of the travelers should begin to cry “ A t liens -Billy At liens!” time, and I promised to wait. Even if "When is the boat due at Uyak?" Ubruptly. Without waiting to investi- J weakly when told that the mail l>oat "Yes He is t Im editor. I 1k'11**v<» I had not--cared for you I would have Emerson asked. gate whether the slope terminated In had sailed for Kadiak tiie previous you two were college mates. Ho want kept my word. That is a Wayiand “Most any time inside of a week.” • drift or a preclpace, they flung them- I evening. ed to know if you are the Boyd Finer principle. As it is, it was..compara­ far Is that from here?” •elves over. Down they floundered, “How “Too bad you didn't get in last son of the Michigan football team." tively easy.” the two half sensible men tangled to- i “It ain’t so far—only about fifty night,” said tiie caretaker sympatheti­ "Well, well,” Boyd mused. “Billy “Then you do lo*.*e mo, my lady?” Then, catching the light that gether as if In a race for total oblivion, mllesT cally. “She won’t bo back now for a Athens w as a good tackle." lie leaned eagerly toward her. the miner’s eyes, Petellln only to plunge through a thicket of flamed into month or more.” “Hi* thought you might have some­ ! "Do you need to ask?” she whisper­ to observe: “But you can’t willow tops that whipped and stung hastened “How long will she lie in Kadiak?" thing interesting to (ell about Alaska. ed from tho shelter of his arms. "It get there. It’s across the straits—Shel them. On they went now vastly heart­ Big George asked. Y<»ur partner has been telling me all is tin* sain*' o’d fascination of our girl ikof straits.” ened, over another ridge, down an- “The captain told me lie was going about 'on and your trip and your | and boy days I »<> you remember how “What of that! We can hire a sail­ qthpr declivity, and then into a grove to spend Christmas there.