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' ' . > The Sp By REX E -:- Copyri(hl. 19 CVS. I This is a story of that great ! north country of which it has been said, "There's never a law of God or man runs north of j fifty-three a tale of impetuous ! emotion, of brute strength a:u! : courage, of swift and passionate love and haie; a tale vigorous, forceful and absorbing, which tells itself without fine words; j a story of the hunger for gold . and the hunger of man for woman, brooking no interference or rivalry, going straight for its object, as did the primitive man | before the time of laws and conventionalities ; of civilized man turned back to savagery and losing no manhood in the turning. Tarry awhile, O reader, with these rugged men of Nome, and you shall be refreshed and strengthened in their company. CHAPTER I. s f LEXISTER gaaed out over M the harbor agleam w!tli the 1 T lights of anchored ships, then up at the crenelated mountains, black against the sky. He J?? ? lp rtjwvl alp Kaiivtana^ n'ifh Itfi UiaUA IUC VWI Oil UUIUIVMVAA ?? v? . v.. taints of the sea, while the blood of his boyhood leaped within him. "Oh, it's fine?flue," be murmured, "and this is my country?my country, after all, Dex. It's lu my veius, this hunger for the north. I grow. I ex"Careful you don't bust," warnfln Dextry. "I've seen men get plumb druuk on mountaiu air. Don't expand too strong iu one spot." He weut back abruptly to his pipe, its villainous fuuies promptly averting any danger of the air's too tonie quality. "Gad, what c smudge!" sniffed the younger man. "You ought to be in quarantine." "I'd ruther smell like a man than talk like a kid. You desecrate the hour of meditation with rhapsodies on jiature wheu your aesthetics ain't lioueCl Jtp to the beauties of good to- j bacco." The other laughed. Inflating his deep | %eh<xt In the doom lie stretched his p ' muscles rcstlesslv, as though an ex- j cess of vigor filled him? ? Jfcey were louimrlug upon the dock, -* "while before turn lay the Santa Maria ready for her midnight sailing. ' .behind sir; t -[u:n:r. Itlque a_u<,l Russian, resting amid the fogs of Bering soa. Wliere a week before miid eyed natives had dried their cod among the old bronze cannon row a frenzied honlt* of gold i seekers paused iu their rush to "the 1 new El Dorado. They had come like 1 a locust cloud, thousands strong, settling on the edge of the Smoky sen. , waiting the going of the ice that barred them from their golden . I?from Nome the new, where found fortune iu a night. The mossy hills back of tLe village were ridged with graves of those who had died on the out trip the fall l>eK fore, when n plague ha 1 grippal tlie tland, but what of that? Gold glittered In the sands, so said the survivors, j Therefore men came in armies. Glen- | later and Dextry had left Nome the , autumn previous, the young man rav- I " * * * v? MfnnioH to ! } lDg Wliu ievi-r. .w.? iur,, . f their own land. "This air whets every auimal instinct I in me." Glenlster broke out again. j t "Away from the cit'es I torn savage, f 1 feel the rkl primitive passions, the B- fret for fighting." jg; "Mebbe you'll have a chance." Er "How so?" "Weil, it's this way. 1 met Mexico Mullins this moruin'. You mind old it Mexico, don't you?the feller that re located Discovery claim on Anvil j 1 creek last summer?" jtl "you don't mean' that tinhorn' the P boys were going to lynch for claim r Jumping?" ? "Identical! Remember me tellln'you About a good turn I done him once down Guadalupe way?" "Greaser shooting scrape, wasn't it?' "Yep. Well, I noticed first off that be'a gettin' fat?high llvln' fat, too, all In one spot, like he was playln* both ends agin the center. Also he wore fU'mon'a At to handle with See tongs. t "Says I, look in' at his side elevation, Whafs accented your middle syllable o strong, Mexico? "Prosperity, politics an' the Waldorf-Astorler.' says be. It seems Mex * ? ** fnMint All! llflTC TT P fTlP | I flail" i iVigvi.viu Into a corner an' says, 'Bill I'm goin' J to pay yon back for that Morales deal.' 44 It ain't com in' to me,' says I. That's a bygone.' " 'Listen bene,' says be, an', seein' be was In earnest, I let him run on. 44 'How much do yon value that claim yoarn at? * " 'Hard tellin',' sayB I. 'If sbe holds out like sbe run last fall, tbere'd ought to be a million clear in ber.' *' 'How much '11 you clean up this summer? 44' 'Bout four hundred thousand, with luck.' f "'Bill.' says be, there's bell a-poppln'. an' you've got to watch thrft ground like you'd watch a rattlesnake. ' ~wm i j oilers. ! . BEACH. .k?x E. Beach. j i i rvtu'i iiov'.t leave *C!: :r ! a ;r !;> "'i or v. r.'iv tio.vu an' nut." ) "i! v . - so m iMrn.-U i: ' si-aii 1 !! uo. "cause Mi'-i- ? ai.i't :: gabby 'What y u menu":' says J. "'I can't toil y< u tmlhin' m< re. ' putt; )' :? siring . 11 my own netsay::.' this much. You're a sty.iaro man. I?i?l. an' I'm a gambler, but you saved : i. life < an' 1 wouldn't steer ? u;s j wrong. l*<>r Hod's sake. tl?m"t lot 'or.' I jump y<mr g:??und. that's all.' "'In l who jump it"r t'ongrcs has, give us judges an' courts an' marshals' I begins. "That's just it How you gain' to buck that hand? Them's the best cards in the deck. There's a innu com in' by the name of McNainara. Watch him clost. I can't tell you no more. But don't never let 'em get a grip on your ground.' That's all he'd say." "Bah! He's crazy! I wish somebody would try to jump tbe Midas. We'd enjoy the exercise." The siren of the Santa Maria Interrupted. Its hoarse warning throbbing up the mountain. "We'll l?ave to get aboard," said I>extry. "Sb-li! What's that?" the other whispered. At first the only sound they heard was a atlr from the deck of the steamer. Then torn the water below theg) came the Tattle of rowkx-ks and a voice cautiously muffled. "Stop! Stop there!" A skiff burst from the darkness, grounding on' the beach beneath. A figure scrambled out and up the lad-1 der leading to the wharf. Immediate- ] Iy a second boat, plainly in pursuit of ; the first one, struck ou the bench be- i hind it. As the escaping figure mouuted to . their level the watchers perceived with ! amazement that it was a young worn- j an. Breath sobbed from her lungs ' and. stumbling, she would have fallen I but for Glenister, who ran forward and helped her to her feet. "I>on't let them get me." she panted. ' He turned to Lis partner in puzzled , inquiry, but Annul that the old man! . had crossed to the head of the landing irdder op which the pursuers were i dim! ling. ".iust a minute, you there! Back up or I'll kick your face iu!" f.bextry'.voiee was sharp .?vnd unexpected, and ift the darkness lie loomed tall and, menacing to those below. "Get out of the way. That woman'.-1 a runaway." came from the one highest on the ladder. . , "So I jetlfte." "She broke on" "Shut up!" broke In another. "Do you want to advertise it? Get out of the way. there, ye blam^ fool! Climb up. Tliorsen." lie spoke like a bucko. nvii'\ and bis wo; Is stirred the bile of! Dextry. 1 Thorscn jrrasped the dtx!; floor, try- i in? to climb up. imt t!ie old miner j 1^ The old miner stamped on his fingers. stamped on bis fingers, and the sailor loosened his hold with a yell, carrying the under men with him to the beach in his fall. "T^ls way! Follow me!" shouted the mate, making up the bank for the shore en? of the wharf. "You'd better pull your freight, miss," Dei try remarked. "They'll be here In a minute." "Yes. yes! Let us go! I must get aboard the Santa Maria. She's leaving now. Come, come!" Glenister laughed as though there were a humorous touch In her remark, but did not stir. "I'm gettin' awful old an' stiff to run," said Do x try, removing his macklnaw, "but I allow I ain't too old for a little diversion i# the way of a rough house when it comes nosln' around." He mfived lightly, though the girl could see in the half darkness that his hair was silvery. "What do you mean?" she questioned sharply. "Toa hurry alarm, miss. We'll taj ) with >in til! you're aboard." They stepped across to the dockhoua*. lm? k- j luic agatnrt it. The girl fallowed. Again came the warning b!ivt frnm the steamer and the voice rf r.n oncer: 'ler.r away tliat stern line!" "Oh. we'll be left!" she breathed, and somehow it struck fJlenister that she feared this more than the a:e:i whose approaching fivt he heard. "You <-..n make it all right." Ire urged , her roughly. "You'll get hurt if v<>u rtay here. !Jun u!?>ng a:ul d >a't tr.irul us. We've been thirty days on ship- j Mnr<l and w re praying for something to happen." IIi< voire was Impishly glad. as if Ise exulted i;i t!i ? fray that was^lo come. ami no s?.oi:er had lie i ?;? the sailors came out of ' li: . .viie-s upon theiu. I tr-ng the sjia- e of a few heartbeats t'; re was only a tangle of whirling forms v. it!: ihe sound of list 0:1 t!.?<h. ; tli-M! the Mot split ;ip. awl forms j pluuged < it\Vir l. fulling heavily. Again' the sailors rushed, attempting to clinch. They massed t:poti 1 >e.\try. only to grasp empty air. for he shifted with re- j inarhaMe agil'.tv. striking bitterlv. as an old wolf snaps. It was baffling work, however. for in the darkness his j Mows fell shirt or overreached. <tlenis'.er. ou the other hand, stood can iessiy. Uniting the men off-us they can.-' to him. lie laughed gloatingly, deep iti Ills-throat. as though the encounter were merely some rough sjiort. The girl shuddered, far the desjierate < silence of the attackiug men territied : her more than a din. and yet she j stay?d. crouched against the wall. I>extry swung at a dlui target and. j mls'ln . ft. was wh.irled off his l?alance. Instantly his antagonist grappled with hi 1. and they-fell to the tioor. while a third man shuffled about tbera. The girl throttled a : ? ream. i'tn goln' to kick Tm, Bill." the man jianted hoarsely. "he" me flx 'im." He swung his heavy shoe, and BUI ?* ! !? ttrrlnrr olnntionPO VUI3TU w HU riuiaii^, tivijuvuvv. "Off! You're kick In* me! I've got vlm safe enough. Tackle' the big an." Bill's ally then started toward the others, his Imdy l?ent. his arms flowed, yet hanging loosely. He crouched Inside the girl, ignoring her. while she heard the breath wheezlngVror.i his lungs; then silently he leaped. 'Cleulster had hurled a man from him. then stepped back to avoid the others, when he was seized from behind and felt the man's anus wrapped about his neck, the sailor's !e. a locked about his thighs. Now came the girl's first knowledge of real fiehting. The two span back and forth so closely in twined as to ho Indistinguishable, the ! others holding off. For what seemed J many minutes they struggled, the i young n an striving to reach his ad ; versa ry. till they crashed against tne wall near her and she heard lior champion's breath eon chine in his th'>^t at the tightening crip of the sailor. Fright held her paralysed, for she had never seen men thus. A moment an 1 (Jlenister would l>e down be :e::tb their; stamping feet- they would kick his , life out with their heavy shoes. At thought <<f it the necessity of action smote her like a blow in the face. Her terror fell away, iter shaking muscles stiffened, and before realizing what she did she had acted. The seaman's l >;ek was to her. She reached out and gripped him l?y the hair, while her : . ucrs. ten- as talons, sought his eyes Tk; n the lirst loud sound of the battle ;:r The man ycl!od In sudden I hi. r. . the others as suddenly fell back. T: best instant she felt a hand uj *-u*!ier shoulder and heard Destry's v.dee. "Are ye hur?? \o? Come on. then, or we'll get left." He sT >ke qnietly. t!i nigh his breath was loud. and. glancing down, she saw the huddled f >rm of the sailor whom he had fought. "That's all rght. IlOi&iu't hurt, it's a Jap trick I learned. Iiurry up!" They mil ^vviftiv down tne wuan. | followed by Glenistor and by the! groan< of the sailors in whom the lust j for e. ..i"vit li:ul lieen quenched, As they scrambled up ti e Santa Marin's I gangplank a strip of water widened i between the boat and the pier. ('lose shave, that," panted Gleuister. feeling bin' throat gingerly, "but 1 wouldn't have missed it for a spotted pup." "I've been through b'iler explosions and snowslides, uot to mention a trlflin' jail delivery, but fer real sprightly diversions I don't recall nothin' more pleasin' than this." Dextry's enthusiasm was boylike. "What kind of men are you?" the girl laughed nervously, but got no answer. They led her to their deck cabin, where they switched on the electric light, blinking at each other and at their unknown guest. They saw a graceful and altogether attractive figure in a trim short skirt and long tan boots. But what Gleuister first saw was her eyes, ln%e and gray, almost brown undeT the'^lectric light. They were active eyes, he hmicrht and thev flashed swift, com prehensive glances at the two men. Her hair had fallen loose and crinkled to her waist, all agleam. Otherwise she showed no sign of ber recent ordeal. Glen later had been prepared for the type of beauty that follows the frontier?beauty that may stun, but that has the polish and chill of a new ground bowie. Instead this girl with the calm, reposeful face struck a note almost painfully different from her surroundings. snrcestina countless DleftS ant things that had been strange to him for the past few years. Pure admiration atone was patent in the older man's gaze. "I make oration," said he, "that you're the gamest little chap I ever fought over, Mexikln, Injun or white. What's the trouble?" "I suppose you think I've done something dreadful, don't you?" she said. "But I haven't I had to get away [Continued on page 3.] Xei Train Schedule. The following schedule of the ne?v train IrotnLane to Florence, which went into effect Monday, December 17, has been furnish e?l us by Mr J P Taylor, the courteous and efficient a^ent of the Atlantic oa>t Line raiiroad a- Kinj>tree: North Pound An ives No. SO 7:;>?7 A. M, r\'A ait 11 ! ? \ \i No. 50 l\ .M. South Bound Arrives No. M? 9:1^ P. M *No. 4t oriti P. M. No. 51 10:52 A.M. # L?;pdv 1 \rept Sunday. E\>r\hotly !nv - ? nr . 1'OSV ?su ivt :?u-1 >1 ir \\ I. U;r.-\ (> ?m: ! 1 vi* tuck ami ? l-?-r nvjij< On ? -tic w 1 5*. tMHi ;'.<] cross. u*f<| ?;)crv with lmiii ? Molliei jthv?- lii-r (';i?r , turn silk's well sifaiti >< ! ! bv \Y I Wallace, M. I>. Cough Caution Never, positively never po Ison your lungs. If you eoufb?even from a simple coldonly?you should always heal.soothe, and ease the Irritated bronchial tubea. Don't blindly suppress It with a stupefying poison. It's strange bow some things finally coma about. For twenty years Dr. 8hoop has constantly warned people not to take cough mixtures or prescriptions containing Opium, Chloroform, or similar poisons. And bow a little late though?Congreee ays "Put it on tha label. " ?1 u -?. Ul^ma - Anrtflf ii l^juuui mo iu Jvui wu?u w? Very food!! Hereafter for thlSTeryreaaosimotben, and others, should Insist on having Dr. fihoop's Cough Core. Ho poison marks oe Dr. Shoop's labels?and none in the medicine, else It most or lav be on the labeL And it's not only sale, but it is Mid to be by those that know It best, a truly remarkable coogh remedy. Take no chance then, particularly with your children. Insist on haying Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. Compare carefully the r>r. 6hoop package with others and note the difference. No poison marks there! 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