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% The Spoilers. Bv BfY P ftfATM | Oopyr1006. by Rex 13 BeacA. [Continued from page 2.] nw up into toe heart of ta<* city Hi* coqtjniuloa vm Stroke's partner. B Dunham, a middle aged, posapoa* man. They wen\ directly to the oflcss of W Dunham k Strnre. where they found the white hatred Junior partner. "Mighty glad to meet you. Mr. die HB Nauuu-a." aatd Strure. "Taut name U H ?**?oueehoid word In my part of the country. My people were mined up in W Dakota potttkw ao me what, ae I're al* ways had a great admiration for yon. and I'm giad you're coma to Alaska. This Is a big country, and we need big men." **I>id you have any trouble?" Dun ^ ham Inquired whou the three nan auJonrned to a private rootn. f ^Trouble." salil Strove ruefully. " "Well. 1 wonder If I.did. Miss Cbes- . te? brought me your in si ructions O. K. sod I got busy right off. Bat tetl me this? hovr did you get the girl to art . as messenger V i ^The^e wee no one eteo to 9eod." anf stored McNamara. ^Dunham intend ed salting on the first boat, bat be was JliieU In*Washington with me, and Judge had to wait for us at Seat. We were afraid to trust a stran-, ger for fear he might get curious and examine the papers. That would hare meanf"? -He moved^ bis hand elor qugntly. Strum nodded. *~l see. Doso she know what'was in the'documents?* -'"Decidedly not Women and busj?y osss don't mix. I hope yon didn't tell her anything." ~"No; I haven't had a chance. She dbemed to take a dislike to me for some reason. 1 haven't seen her since the day after she got here." "The Judge told her it bad something I *>.- A^ n.l?h nrtnaHne th? WEV fOC blS | WUV WUU J?. vr... , court." snkl Dunham, "and that If the papers were not delivered before he arrived it might cause a lot of trouble ?litigation, riots, bloodshed and aU that. He ailed her up on generalities till the girl was frightened to death and thought the safety of ber uncle and the whole country depended on her." "Well." continued Strove. "It's dead easy to hire men to jump claims, and It's dead easy to buy their rights afterward. particularly when they know they haven't got any. But what course do you follow when owuers go gunning U for you?" McNamara laughed. ' "Who did that?" ' "A benevoleut, silver haired old Texan pirate by the name of Dextry. He's one-half owner In the Midas and the other half monntaln lion, as peaceable, you'd imagiue. as a benediction, but with the temperament ot a ueivmuw. I sent Galloway out to relocate the claim, and he got his uotices up In the night when they were asleep, but at 6 a. m. be came flying back to my room and nearly hammered the door down. I've seen fright In varied forma and phases, but he had them all, with some added starters. "'Hide me out. quick!* he panted. "'What's up?* I asked. " 'I've stirred up a breakfast of gtiaxly bear, smallpox and sudden death, ahd it don't set well on my stummick. vLet me liw' "I had to keep him bidden three days. for tills gentle mannered old canmoai roamed the streets with a cannon in his hand, breathing fire and pestilence." "Anybody else act up?" queried Dunham. "No; all the rest are Swedes, and they haven't got the nerve to fight. They couldn't lick a spoon if they taied. These other men are different, though. There'are two of them?the old one and a young fellow. I'm a little afraid to mix it up with them, and if their claim wasn't the best in the district I'd say let it alone." "I'll attend to that." said McXamara. Strove resumed: "Yes. gentlemen. I've been working pretty hard and also pretty much in the dark so far. Tm groping for light. When Miss Chester brought in the papers I got busy iustanter. I clouded the title to the richest placers in the region, but I'm blarney if I quite see the use of it We'd be thrown out of any court in the land if we took them to law. What's the game?blackmail?" "Humph!" ejaculated McNamara. "What do you take me for?" "Well, It does seem small for Alee McNamara, but I can't see what else you're up to." "Within a week I'll be running every ajood mine la the Nome district." ^jffcNamara's voice was calm, but de* clave, his glance keen and alert, while about him clung such a breath, of power and confidence that It compelled belief even In the face of this astounding speech. r* x. In spite of himself Wilton Strove, rake and gentlemanly adventjfcr, felt his heart leap at what the other's daring implied. The proposi- , tion was utterly past lielief, and yet, looking Into the man's purposeful eyes, he believed. j * "That's big?awful big? too big." the younger mau murmured. "Why. man. It means you'll handle $.Vi,000 a day!" , Dunham shifted his feet In the silence and licked his dry lips. \ "Of course it's big, but Mr. McNamara's the biggest man that ever enine to Alaska." he said. "And I've got the biggest scheme that ever came north, backed by the biggest men In Washington," continued I the politician. "Look here!" He dis \ im nail mi pl*/dq a ; typewr*wc Aeet Warrta* w parallel Itots ef names and flgarrt. * ytrore gnatped lncmlnioaely. - w "Those hiv rar eteckhftldern. nod ' ' that Is their-atim* In tba-reaunw. OU. to yee. we're lnvon>orn'ted?natter tfe? laws of Arizona; secret. rf IJ * would uerer do for the wiaies to gel J* ont. I'm showing you this entr be- ^ cause I wuet you to le satiated who's ^ behhuJ me." . "Imrd. I'm satfevfled." said Stray*. Irnirfhlof nervoiwhr. "torch am wae ar with job when yon tigwall the scheme oat. and he m'et some of year friends . . tm in Washington and New York. It he *" snys lt> all rlxrht. that sertliM It. Bat. **j My. snp.pos8 anything west wremg J~ with the couipauy and It leaked eat who tbose stockholders are?" "There's n? danger. I havs the ai book* where they will be homed at the -T< first stgu. We'd have had o?r iwb land laws passed bat fsr dWrsevant et Nevada, carsa him. fie blocked ua In the senate. However, my plan ir M this." He rapidly outlined his preposl tlon to tbe listeners, while a light of "* admiration grew and shone hi tbe * neck lees face of Strove. "By heavens, yon're a wonder!" be cried at the close. "Ami I'm with yon m boity and son I. It's da npefous?that's n< why I like It." Is "Dangerous?" MeNnmara shrugged cc hie shoulders. "Bah! Where Is the tr danger? We've pot the law. or. rather we are the law. Noir, let's pet to G work." " pi .It seemed tbat tbe boss ef Nort$ p: Dakota was no sluggard. Hf discard- rc ed coat and waistcoat and tackled the M documents <j-hlch Strcve laid befonr at hltn. dolh^ through thenflffce a whirl- oi wind. ^Gradually he Infected the ot& & ?\r* with bis energy, and soon behind hi the i x-ked <1i>or.< of Dnnham & Strove t< tliere were only haste and fever and m plorund Intrhnie. ol As Holen Chester led the Jndr# to ward the .flamboyapf, three storied bo- w to! she f?r*?trle?l to him llghl henftedly. b; The fascination of n new* land already tt heljfl. her fast, and now she1 felt. In nd- 81 tllrionl security and relief. fJlenlster a saw them from a distance and strode tl forward to trreet them. g He beheld a man of pefhaps three- 11 score years, lienlgn of aspect save for t\ the eyes, which were neither clear nor n steady. Iwt had the trick of looking w paat one. Glenlster thought the mouth, I' toe. rather weak and vacillating. but II the clean shaven face was dignified by' g learning and acumeu and was wrlm, d kled in pleasant fashion. ol "My niece has' Jr.at told me of your pi service to her." the old gentleman be-/ yi can. "I am happy to know you. sir." "Beatdee being a brave knight and p assisting ladles In distress. Mr. Glenlstcr Is a very great and wonderful ^ man," Helen explained lightly. "lie owns the Midas." w "Indeed!" said the old man. bis shifting eyes now resting fall on the ^ other with a flash of unmistakable In- 0, terest. "I hear that Is a wonderful ^ mine. Have you begun work yet?" g, "No. We'll commence sluicing day after tomorrow. It has been a late spring. The snow In the gulch was g, /! **> and the around thaws slowly, m We've been building houses and doing a] dead work, but we've got our men on the ground waiting." ^ "I am greatly interested. Won't you walk with us to the hotel? I want to 4, hear more about these wonderful placers." el "Well, they are great placers," said ^ the miner as the three walked on together. "Nobody knows hew great be- & cause we've only scratched at them a] yet In the first place, the ground Is t, so shallow and the gold Is so easy to get that If nature didn't safeguard us m In the winter we'd never dare leave our a, claims for fear of 'snipers.' They'd gj run In and rob us." hi "How much will the Anvil creek w mines produce this summer?" asked the Judge. e, jit's hard to tell, sir, but we expect w to average $5,000 a day from the Mi- fv das alone, and there are other claims V] just as good." h< "Your title is all clear, I dare say, tfc en 7" Dc "Absolutely except for one jumper, Pfl and we don't take him seriously. A w fellow named Galloway relocated us V( one night last mouth, but he didn't al- ra lege any grounds for doing so, and we ai could never find trace of him. If we a had. our title would be as clean as j0 snow again." He Bald the last with a {)] peculiar Inflection. "You wouldn't use violence, I trust?" "Sure! Why not? It has worked all 5, right heretofore." Sll "But. my dear sir, those days are m gone. The law Is bere. and It Is the duty of every one to abide by it." b? "Well, perhaps it Is, but in this coun- gj( try we consider a man's mine as sa- jn cred as bis family. We didn't know m what a lock and key were in the early B] times, and we didn't have any troubles br except famine and hardship. It's different now, though. Why, there have m been more claims Jumped around here co this spring than in the whole length d( and history of the Yukon." ac They had reached the hotel, and Glenister paused, turning to the girl as the judge entered. When she started to follow, be detained her. "T cnmn rtnirn from th?? hills on nur- I pose to see you. It has been a long ^ week"? "Don't talk that way," she Interrupted coldly. "I don't care to hear It." "See here, what makes you shut me va out and wrap yourself up In your haughtiness? I'm sorry for what I did that night. I've told you so repeated- Pi ly. I've wrung luy soul for that act till there's nothing left but repentance." "It Is not that," she said slowly. "I have been thinking it over during the "r past month, and now that I have gain- er' ed an insight into this life I see that it wasn't an unnatural thing for you Sp to do. It's terrible to think of, but it's po true. I don't mean that It was pardon- or* able," she continued quickly, "for It rrrr-rn "mmmmmm K^Tt. an^i i Mite jotrwbwn t urfjtk >oat It &ot. I raopai^ Ilpat myself to a ponitloa to insiite web actions. 9; I'm" stitflciestiy brenilmtsdejl not blame yon *wircueoo?Wy. and I think could Hfce yo? lu spite of It. Jw?t for hat yon hare ?tone for me. Bat thdt a'i a(l. There la something deteper. on saved my life, and I'ju gra total it you frlghtee me always. It l? a cruelty ia your strength. It is oaetfatog away.bach la yea? liptfBl wl ferodMis and wild and oroechlnfc." He willed wryly. "It Is my local color caay.be, absorbed m MiU fnnntrv I'll tar to ebahjra. longfc, if 70a want ma tfc. 1*41 hft em pop* and throw and brand m. fl take on the graces of ctriflsallen Ml p?t away revets?* and ambition id ail the rest of It ff it w3il teak* m Ilk* me anj better. Why. I'll ere* omhw not to violate the perse* of ir claim Jumper If I catch him. awl area knows that means that 8am>n baa parted with bis locks." "I think I 000kl Uke job If yos did," i* sahl. "b?t yon can't do It. Too ara Mirage." There are no cinbe nor marts 'where en foregather for boaineea in the xth?nothing bnt the saloon, and this all and more than a club. Her* men mgreaMte to drink, to gamble and to flic. \' It v te hi the evening when Jenlai otered the -Northern and 1 seed iuij down the row of game* MWing at the crap table, where be >lled the dice wDen a is turn mn*. Dot tag to the roulette wheel. be loet a nek of whites, bat at the faro "laytt" bla luck was better, and be woia a >ld cotn on the high card, wberenpon s promptly ordered- a round of drink a >r the men grouped about htm. a forlallty always precedent to overtures f general friendship; As be paused, glass ta hand, his eyes ere drawn to a rpan who stood close y, talking earnestly. The aspect of ye stranger challenged notice, for be ood high above his companions, with peculiar gface of attitude in place of ie awkwardness common In men of reat stature. Among those who were stentng Intently to the man's careilly modulated tones Glenlster recogIxed Mexico Mulllns, the ex-gambler bo had given Dextry the warning at calaska. As he farther studied the stenlng group a drunken man stagpeed uncertainly through the- wide oors of the saloon and, gaining sight F the tall stranger, blinked, then aproecbed him. speaking with a loud nice: "Well, if taln't oie Alec McNamara: [ow do, ye ole pirate?" McNamara nodded and turned his ack coolly upon the newcomer. "Don't turn your dorsal fin to me. I an' to talk to ye." VfcVamara continued his calm die >urse till be received a vicious whack a the shoulder. Then be turned for a loment to interrupt his assailant's arrulous profanity: "Don't bother me. I am engaged." "Ye won* talk to me, eh? Well, I'm :>in' to talk to you. see. I guess you'd sten if I told these people all I know liout you. Tr.m around here." His voice was menacing 6nd attract1 general notice. Observing this, Mcamara addressed^ him. his words ropplng clear, concise and cold: "Don't talk to me. You are a drunki nuisance. Go away before someling happens to you." Again he turned away, but the runken man seized and whirled him t>out, repeating his abuse, encouraged r this apparent patience. "Your pardon for an instant, gentleen." McXamnrn laid a large white id manicured baud upon the flannel eeve of the miner and gently escorted m through the entrance to the sldealk, while the crowd smiled. As they cleared the threshold, howrer, he clinched his fist without a ord and, raising It, struck the sot dly and cruelly upon the Jaw. His Ictlm fell silently, the back of bis >ad striking the boards with a hollow lump: then, without even observing >w he lay, McNamara re-entered the iloon and took up his conversation here he had been Interrupted. His >Ice was as evenly regulated as his overaents, betraying not a sign of lger, excitement or bravado. He lit cigarette, extracted a notebook and tted down certaiu memoranda supied him by Mexico Mulllns. All this time the bodv lay across thei resbold without a sign of life. The izz of the roulette wheel was reimed, and the crap dealer began his onotonous routine. Every eye was ted on the nonchalant man at the ir, but the unconscious creature outie the threshold lay unheeded, for these men's code It behooves the ost humane to practice a certain oofness In the matter of private awls. Having completed his notes, McXaara shook hands gravely with his >mpauIons and strode out through the >or, past the bulk that sprawled ross his path and without pause or ance disappeared. A dozen willing, though unsympaetlc. hands laid the drunkard on the mlette table, where the bartender Hired pitcher upon pitcher of water er mm. [Continued next week.jl You'll be surprised to see the lues you get at the ne* five and n cent store. Strong & Patrick, rops. Next to P S Courtney's. l-304t FOR SALE. iek in any quantity to suit purchas The Best Dry Press Machine-made x BSZCE. ar ecial shapes made to order, t'orrendenee solicited betore placing your 3ers. W. R. FUNK, i I I ?. Girlhood and Scot 2 linked together. 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