The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 06, 1908, Image 2
| By REX E.
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tTDon*t "blame these men. sir," she
begged the captain, "1 am the only
one at fault. Oh, I had to pet away I
I have papers here that must be delivered
quickly." She laid a hand uik>u
her bosom. "They couldn't be trusted
to the uusettled mail service. It's almost
life and death. And I assure
you there is no need of putting me in
quarantine. I haven't the smallpox
I wasn't even exposed to it."
"There's nothing else to d<>." sain
Stephens. "I'll isolate you in the deck
smoking cabin. God knows what these
madmen on Inmrd will do when they
hear about it. though. They're apt to
, tear you to shreds. They're crazy!"
Glenister had been thinking rapidly
"If you do that, you'll have mutiny
tn ?n hour. This isn't the crowd to
stand that sort of thing."
"Bah! Let 'era try !L I'll put 'era
down." The officer's square jaws
clicked.
"Maybe so; but what then? We
reach Nome and the health inspector
bears of smallpox suspects, then we're
all quarantined for thirty days; 800
of us. We'll lie at Egg island all summer
while your company pays five
thousand a day for this ship. That's
not all. The firm la liable in damages
for your carelessness in letting disease
aboard."
"My carelessness!" The old man
ground bis teeth.
"Yes; that's what it amounts to.
You'll ruin your owners, all right
You'll tie op your ship and lose yonr
Job, thsfs a cinch!"
Captain Stephens wiped the moisture
from his brow angrily.
"My carelessness! Curee you?you
gay it well! Don't you realise that I
am criminally liable If I don't take
?very precaution?" He paused for a
moment, considering. "I'll hand her
over to the ship's doctor."
* ? II rohwl
uuw, iiiruioici ui 5VU.
"We'll be lu Nome in a week-before
the young laity would have time to
show symptom* of the disease, even
If she were going to have it?and a
thousand to one she hasn't been exposed
and will never show a trace of
It Nobody knows she's aboard but we
three. Nobody will see her get off.
She'll stay in this cabin, which will be
just as effectual as though you isolated
her in any other part of the boat. It
will avoid a panic?you'll save your
ship and your company?nobody will
be the wiser?then if the girl comes
down with smallpox after she gets
ashore she can go to the pestlmuse and
not jeopardize the health of all the
people aboard this ship. You go up
forrad to your bridge, sir, and forget
that 3*ou stepped in to see old Bill
Dextry this morning. We'll take care 1
of this matter all right. It means as
much to us as it dots to you. We've
got to be ou Auvil creek before the
ground thaws or we'll lose the Midas.
If you make a fuss you'll ruin us all."
For spine moments they watched
him breathlessly as be frowued in ini;
decision, theu:
"You'll have to look out for the
steward," be said, and the girl sank to
a stool while two great tears rolled
down her cheeks. The captain's eyes
' softened, and his voice was gentle as
be laid his band on her head.
"Don't feel hurt over what I said,
jnisa. You see, appearances don't tell
much here?bout$? p^t 9C tbe pretty
ones are no good. They've fboled me
many a time, and I made a mistake.
These men will help you through. I
can't Then when you get to Nome,
make your sweetheart marry you the
day you land. You are two far north
to be alone."
11>*ha na??Aire and
SJ.TS v?i lum w
^Closed the door carefully.
' CHAPTER III.
M1 T ELI. beln' as me an* Glen
lH/ Ister 18 f?a^iu' lnt0 tbe
1/1/ bowels of Anvil creek all
? ? last summer, we don't re- j
ally get the fresh grub habit fastened
on us none. You see, the gamblers
downtown cop out the few algs an*
green vegetables that stray off the
ships, so they never get out as far as
the creek none, except maybe in the
shape of anecdotes.
"We don't get Intimate with no nutriments
exoept hog boosum an' brown
beans, of which luxuries we have unstinted
measure, an', beln' as this is
our third year In the country, we han,
ker for bony fldo grub sometbin' scan?
Uk
'loua. Tea, ma'am, tnree years wimotrt
a taste of fresh fruit nor meat nor
nutbin' except pork an' beans. Why,
I've et bacon till my Immortal soul has
' growed a rind.
"When.it comes time to close down
the claim, the boy is sick with the fever,
an' the only ship in port is a Point
Barrow whaler, bound for Seattle.
After I book our passage I find they
have nothln' aboard to eat except canned
salmon, it bein' the end of a two
years' cruise, so when I land in the
States after seveuteen days of a flah
diet I r.:? what you might call sated
with canned grub and have added
palnum to the list of things concernin'
which I atn g<?in* to economize.
"Soon"* ever I get the boy into a
hospital I gallop up to the best restarawnt
in towu an' jaepare for the
huge potlrtcb. This here, I determine,
i>; to I c a ;-on:;nnd:zin' jag which shall
LL'IP *'r;- ,c?* wharof ip Uiteryeaty
oilers.
BEACH. j
Rex E. Beach.
tin* n:!ti\i\< < f I'ujft't sound s'uiH s>
wiili l.au.l 1'ivath.
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"J irsi l can i<M <-.? ootin ...
bea lis an' then a full mown piaster <>f
canned salmon. When tlia waiter la;, s
'em out in front of me. 1 look them i
vittles eolilly in their disgustin' vr-nges
an' say in sarcastic aeeents:
" 'Sot tiler*.'. <1 yon; an' watch n
eat real grub." 'which 1 proceed to do.
eleanin' tiie inetiu from soda to hock.
When 1 have done my worst. 1 pile
I tones an* olive seeds an' peel ill's all
over them articles of nourishment,
stick toothpicks Into 'em, an', bavin'
offered 'em what other indignities oci
.eur to mo. I leave the jdaee."
Dextry and the girl were leaning
over the stem rail, chatting idly in the
darkness. It was the second night out.
i and the ship lay dead in the iee pack.
All about there was a flat, floe clogged
; sea. leprous and mottled in the deep
i twilight that midnight brought lu this
j latitude. They had threaded Into the
I Ice field as long as the light lasted,
j following the lanes of blue wpter till
they closed, then drifting Idly till others
appeared; worming out Into leagues
of open sea, again creeping into the
shifting labyrinth till darkness rendered
progress perilous.
Occasionally they bad passed herds
of walrus huddled sociably upon ice
pans, their wet bides glistening in the
snn light The air baa oeen near ami
pleasant, while awaj on all quarters
they had seen the smoke of other ships
tolling through the barrier. The spring
fleet was knocking at the door of the
golden north.
Chafing at her imprisonment, the girl
had asked the old man to take her oat
on deck under the shelter of darkness;
then she had led him to 8j>eak of ht*
own past experiences and of Gienlster's,
which he had dohe freely. She
was frankly curious aliout thcin. and
she woudered at their apparent lack of
interest In her own identity and her
secret mission. She even construed
their silence as indifference, not realizing
that these uorthmen were offering
her the truest evidence of camaraderie.
The frontier is capable of no finer
compliment than this utter disregard
of one's folded pages. It lietokcus that
highest faith in one's fellow man, the
belief that he should l>e measured by
his present deeds, not by his past. It
says, translated: "This is God's free
country, where a man is a num. nothing
more, our land is new and pure,
our faces are to the front. If you have
been square, so much the letter; if
not, leave behind the taints of artificial
things and start again on the level.
That's all."
It had happened, therefore, that,
sinee the men had asked her uo ques!
tious, she had allowed the hours to
| pass and still hesitated to explain further
than she had explained to Captain
Stephens. It uus taueh easier to let
things continue as they were, and
theie was, after all, so little that she
was at liberty to tell them.
In the short time since meeting them
the girl had grown to like Dextry, with
bis blunt chivalry and boyish, whimsical
philosophy, but she avoided Gleu'
ister. feeling a shrinking, hidden ter
ror of him, ever tslme her eavesdropping
of the previous night. At the
memory of that scene she grew hot,
tbeu cold?hot with anger, ley at the
sinister power and su renew; which
had vibrated !n his voice. Wba? kind
of life was she entering whore men
spoke of strange women with this assurance
and hinted thus of ownership"/
That be was handsome and uncon1
scious of it she acknowledged, and
hud she met biui in her accustomed
circle of friends, garbed In the conventionalities,
she would perhaps have
thought of him as a striking man, vigorous
and Intelligent, but here be seem
ed naturally to take on the attributes
of his surroundings, acquiring a picturesque
negligee of dress and morals
and suggesting rugged, elemental,
chilling potentialities. While with
him?and he had sought her repeat--*1
.?-? _?ho m-?a unoaailr aware
mi) luai uaj ?OM? TT?w w
of bis strong personality togging at
her; aware of the unbridled passionate
flood of a nature unbrooklng of
delay and heedless of denial. This It
was that antagonized her and set her
every mental sinew in rigid resistance.
I>uring Pextry's garrulous ramblings
(Roister emerged from the darkness
ai?! silently took his place beside her
against the rail.
"What j>ortent do yon see that makes
you stare into the night so anxiously?"
he inquired.
"I am wishing for a sight of the
midnight sun or the aurora borealis."
she replied.
j "Too late for one an' too fur south
for the other," Dextry interposed.
"We'll see the sun further north,
though."
"Hare you ever heard the real origin
of the northern lights?" the young man
inquired.
"Naturally, I never have," she answered.
"Well, here it is. I have it from
the lips of a great hunter of the
Tananas. lie told it to ine when I was
sick once in his cabin, and inasmuch
as he is a wise Indian and has a
reputation for truth I have no doubt
that it is scrupulously correct.
"In the very ok] days, before the
white man or corned beef had invaded
thi^Jaftd, the greatest triheJn .all .the
f
north was tlie" Tananas. The hravrs
hmiter of these was Itlka. the seco\
chief. He conld follow a moose till it |
fell exhausted !n the snow, and he I k*
many belts made from the claws of ;hc
hrowu hear, which is deadly r'akc'.
and, as every one knows, inhabited by
the spirits of *yabla men.' or devils.
"One winter a terrible famine sottleJ
over the Tanana valley. The moose
departed from the y iehes. 11ml the car
ib ill melted fjviin the hills like mist.
The dt.es erew yamtt and huv. loo all
myht. the babies ?-: I He w >::io:i lie
euine hollow eye?l and peevish.
"Then it was tli.it Itika decided to
I iro hun'.inir over the saw tooth rany
whieli formed the odye of the world
The;, tried to dissuade liita. savins; it
? -is certain death beeaiist a park of
ms white wolves taller than the
s ml swifter tlian the eairlc \va?
k .mi to run ye these mountains, run
i:ii"i_r t: n.'.ly in . Aiwa., s on dear,
cold n h's c ?:tM he seen tlie liashhty
of the moouhea:..s Irani their y! omnia.;.
hnn.rry r'd'-.-y and. although many
lien ors had crossed the passes in other
yea -. they iu >cr feiuna d. for the pack
slew them.
"Nothing eonld deter Itika. however,
so la* threaded his way np through the
ramie and. niylit coming, burrowed into
a drif Jo sleep in his caribou skin
Peering out into the darkness, he saw
tli." flx lights a thousand tuues
tlia;i ever before. The whole
heave: s were nbla&e with shifting j
st reamers that raved and writhed back 1
and forth it! wild revel. Listening, he
hoaid the hiss and whine of dry snow
under the loot of the pack and a dls- i
tant noise as of rushing winds, althoi:ah
the air was deathly still.
"Wit!: daylight lie proceeded throngh
the range till lie eauic out above a
magnificent valley. Descending the j
sit pe, he entered a forest of towering j
apruec. while o:j .ill sides the snow j
was trampled with tracks as wide as
a snowshoe. There came te him a
noise which as he proceeded increased
till it Oiled the woods. It was a frightful
din, as though a thousand waives
were bowling with the madness of the
kill. Cautiously creeping nearer, he |
found a monstrous white animal, struggling
beneath a spruce which bad fallen
upon it in such fashion rs to pinion St
securely.
"All brave men are tender hearted,
so Ittka set to work with his ax and
cleared away the burden, regardless of
the peril to himself. When he had
released It Lie beast arose and. Instead
of running away, addressed him
In the most jiollte and iioiished Indian,
without a trace of accent.
" 'You have saved my life. Now.
what can I do for you V
"'I want to hunt in this valley. My
people are starving.' said Itika. at
?.US..1. *l." ......1,1 t'rnillv nlnuunl
WUJVII IUt- IX'II II || -> f.ivnii,!
and rounded up tlie rest of the pa?k
to help iu the kill. * !
"Always thereafter when Itika came .
to the valley of the Yukon the giant ;
drove hunted with him. To this day j
they run through the mountains on j
cohl. clear night In a multitude, while ,
the light of the moon flickers from '
their white sides, flashing up into the
sky iu weird, fantastic figures. Some
j>eople call it northern lights, hut old
Isaac assured me earnestly, toothlessly
and with the light of ancient truth
as I lay snow blind in his lodge that ,
it is nothing more remarkable than
the spirit of itika and the great white j
wolves."'
"What a queer legend!" she said.
"There must l>e many of them in this
country. 1 feel that I am going to!
like the north."
"Perhaps you will." <>lcui*ter re- j
Itfiea, auudu.jw n m n?.? ?
land."
"Toll rue what led you out here tu I
the first place. You are an eastern
man. You have had advantages, education.
and yet you choose this. You
must love the north."
"Indeed I do! It calls to a fellow
In some strange way that a {rentier
WTlhfry never could. When once yon
have lived the long, lazy JnniQNiays
that never end and heard geese bonking
under a warm, sunlit midnight, or
when once you've hit the trail on a
winter morning so sharp and dear
that the air stings your lungs and the I
whole white, silent world glistens like 1
a jewel; yes, and when you've eeen the (
dogs romping In harness till the sled j
~ *h? iMotnnt mountain I
runners nu^ OHM
ranges come out like lieautlful carvings,
en clowe you con reach them?
well, there's something in It that
brings you Imck?that's all. no matter
where you're lost yourself. It means
health and equality and unrestraint.
That's what I like best, I dare say?
the utter unrestraint.
"When 1 was a acboollioy I used to
gaze at the map of Alaska for hours.
I'd lose myself In It. It wasn't anything
but a big, blauk corner In the
north then, with a name and moun- !
tains and mystery. The word Yukon j
suggested to me everything unknown
and weird?hairy mastodons, golden
river bars, savage Indians with bone
arrowheads and sealskin trousers.
When I left college. I came as fast as
ever I could?the adventure, I suppose.
VThe law was considered my destlDy.
flow the shades of old Cboate and
Webster and Patrick Henry must have
wailed when I forswore It! I'll bet
Blackstone tore his whiskers."
"I think von would have made a sue
cess," said tbe girl, but be laughed.
"Well, anynow,' I stepped out, leafing
tlie way to the United States supreme
itench unobstructed, and came
uortb. I found It was where I belonged.
I fitted in. I'm not contented?
don't think tbat. I'm ambitious, but I
prefer these surroundings to tbe others?that's
all. I'm realizing my desires.
I've made a fortune. Now I'll
see what else tbe world has."
He suddenly turned to ber. "See
here." be abruptly questioned, "wbat's
your name?"
She started and glanced toward
where Dextry had stood, only to find
tll.1t .tb?-nkl frontiersman bad slipped
[Continued on p age 3.]
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Krw Tra!n Schedale.
j The following schedule of the
I tie* train n ut.i Lane to Florence,
which went into effect Monday,
December 17. has been furnish
e-.l us by Mr J I* Taylor, the
courteous and efficient aj ent ol
the Atlantic v^a.-t Line r;. iiroad
Kin.:'stiee:
North J to and Arrives
No 60 7:37 A. .'C,
^ No. 41? lL-L A.M.
> i?. ,iiI (':3?i I*. ?..
> >ut!i tiounu .\rrivt"*
No. <t:]^ p. <; ;
N >. 47 5:41) P
No. 51 10:52 A.M.
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Heart Strength
Heart ^trenfth. or Heart Weakness, means Nerve
Strength, or Nerve Weakness?nothing more. Positively.
not one weak heart in a hundred is, in itself.
actually diseased. It is almost always a .
hidden tiny little nerve that really is all at fault.
This obscure nerve?the Cardiac, or Heart Nerve
?simply noeds, and must have, more power, more
stability, more controlling, more governing
strength. Without that the Heart must continue
to fail, and the stomach and kidneys also have
these same controlling nerves.
This clearly explains why. as a m dicine. Dr.
Shoop's Restorative has in the pe "> so much
for weak and ailing Hearts. Dr. H sought
the cause of all this painful, pal . suffocating
heart distress. Dr. Shoop's . *tlve?this
popular prescription?is alone dlrv-.ed to these
weak and wasting nerve centers. It baUds:
i&trengthens: it offers real, genuine heart bap.
If you would have strong Hearts, strong digestion.
strengthen these nerves ? re-establish
*k ? as w mmAmA
Dr. Shoop's
Restorative
D. C. SCOTT.
Ti)f Largest and Most T^mplete
Establishment South.
BED. S. BACKER I SON.
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?MAXUFACTl B OF? ,
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Sash, Doors, Blinds
Moulding and Building Material, j *
Sash Wrights and Cords
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Mill mi
W. L. Bass A. C. Hinds ?
BASS & HINDS, I
Attorneys-at-law j
KNfiSTREE. S. C. "
9.20-tf!" " | j
0111 lilia
Lake Gty, S. C. (
Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. (
ALL WORK j
Guaranteed aa'Rep resented |
W. L. BASS !
Attorney at Law J
LAKE CITY. S. C. <
Dr HJ McCabe j
Dentist <
KINGST3.EE, - S. C. J
J. D. MOUZON'S J
BARBER SHOPi
?in the? 4
Tia Keirei Hotel a
an- A
IB equipucu niku _r
pliances. rolite Service, t ompetent V
Workmen. ?
6-8-08.
China Ware?cups and saucers
toilet sets, salad bowls, cake plates, j
etc., high quality and low
price,*at People's Mercantile Co's.
Gotten Orders' Jlssoclatioi
There will be a meeting of the
Cotton Growers' association on j
1st Monday in February to elect
delegates to State Convention
at Columbia on February 5.
W. D. Bryan,
President.
For coffins,caskets or undertakers
supplies day or nightj call on L. J.
I Stackley, Kingstree, S. C.
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Colds on \
the Chest
Ask your doctor the medical
name for a cold on the chest.
" ?
1 Uo "'ill sav, "tironcniiis. g
I.isk hir.
Lastly, a. mm if he prescribes
Ayer's Cherry Pec"-al
for this disease. Keep
iose touch with your
/ physician.
A Wo publish our formulas
* We banish alcohol
jKmmrn, J from our medicines
m JE ^ Wo urge you to
A, JkifCl O C?ndaoUcloyrQUr
When you tell your doctor about the bad
taste in your mouth, loss of appetite for
breakfast, and frequent headaches, and
when he sees your coated tongue, he will
say, " You are bilious." Ayer's Pillf
work well in such cases.
??v??ta h7 the j. c. Ay or Co., Lowell, Mass.?'
COTTON I
-AM) THE PRIM
TOBi
There will be a number of si
Fall and we are ready to serve
splendid crop prospect we are re
enlarge our floor space, and ratbi
Queen Stoves and Ranges from w
price
2? Fez
We have just received a carl<
fered at a low price. Remember
min Moore & Co's Paint. Also,
Cutlery and Razors. The Robes<
preciate our friends' patronage a
t'nued confidence.
Lake City H
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is a dolh
There is no-'better way t<
lealing with
I. L. Stuckey, the ok
nan.
I have a splendid line of
Sips. Wip
hat in view of the hard times
ibove cost.
A hiinrh rvf HHR9F9
rv hill uuiicn \ji iiv/kwww
it prices to suit.
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jr Nice drivers and
Pnmp in and ire
5 Buggies and
? Harness
* Give us a call :
K the rest.
5 Yours to
i THE WILLIAMSBURf
js hfogstree i^Greelyviile,
riaMMai
BANK QFK
Kingstree. Soi
CAPITAL. $ 30.000
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Shotguns ?l'Dtol-. Ins'-! < n "iir
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pairing onr warehouse so as to
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arehouse we have (reduced the
Cent
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are headquarters for Benjawe
offer exceptional values i*
on Razor) can't be beat. We apnd
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