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The Spoilers. ' By REX E. BEACH. j [Continued trom page 4.] I *T?ot tonight. i?on't say !t now." ?be managed to articolnte. "Tee, this to a good time. If you , ?*n't answer, I'll come back tomorrow. . I want yon to be coy wife. I want to . . . fire yon everything the world offers, and I want to make yon happy, girl. There'll he no goaalp hereafter?I'll htstfl fM fleas everything unpleasant, tod If tbsra Is anything yon .want la Me, TO lay tt at yoar test > I cen to tV SeUftod his asMsire ansa, and ta ttM mmt jrf lit* itmnt mmrf far* was . the promise that nbe should have whatweer she <erared If mortal man cooM .< It to her?love, protection, poeV (ton, adoration. Vbe otammooed uncertainly till the . jfraHBntioa and chagrin oho had eoftseed tbla night swept over her again. Hfls town?this croda, half bom nh tif iawp hsfl tamed against has, mis '. lodged her srnefly. The wceaaa -ware nail son, ctadking scandal mongers, all ?df litem, who would ustrsilas her and aarti herdBa ta the a nhmj, make iber aa ooteast whh nothing do eaetelu 'hm hat her own soBtarr tpMe. She coo Id pletore her future gleam bttiMastv. and ssa herself availing -alone, TiHM, baaaaaed ta a tflMMMMCUeattlac waya, y?t tauibla to Ian away or to explain. * 'She would . tonre t? and face It for Ha Ufa waabooaB up besetoitactoe aext law years or wo, or at loaf n 'bar uncle /uaBtalDed a Judge Hds man would -toc her. He lowed bor; Im offered bar aserytb***. Ha waa Mgger than all tos raat eoabtaad. They were Ue playftofa, and they kaew It 43ba waa not aaic that a be loved bias, but bis magmBib waa overpowering and ber admiration Intense. No other man she bad 'ever known compared with blm. except'Gleniatar? Bab! T be'beast! He had Inaalted her at drat; be wronged her now. " Will you be my wife, Helen?" the man repeated softly. She dropped ber bead, *ud be strode forward to take her in his.arms, tbeu topped listening. Someone ran up on the porch and hammered loudly at the door. MeXamara scowled, walked into the had and Cong the portal open, disclosing Struce. " 'Hello. McXamara! Been lookingtall Sewr "tor joo. There's rhe deuce-to "MaloUe! W,h? a whef '' ^ 9*$V Helen aigbed with relief and gathered up her cloak, while the bum 0t their voice* reached her indistinctly. JSW was given pienty or out iw wgum tor <-?mposure before they appeared. Wbeu fbey did, tbe politician spoke sourly: "I've been called to tbe mlse*. and ] must go at once." "Yob bet! it may be too late cow. Tbe sews came an hour ago. bnt 1 couldn't find you." said Struve. "Your borse Is saddled at tbe office. Better not wait to change your clothes.** "Yon say Voorbeea has gone with twenty deputies, eh ? That's good. Yon stay here and find out all you.can." "i t?iM>hnnMi nnt to the creek for tbe boys to arm themselves and throw out pickets. If you hurry, you can get there In time. It's only midnight now." What !s the trouble?" Miss Chester Inquired anxiously. "There's a plot on to attack the mines ' tonight." answered tbe lawyer. "The other side are trying to seize tbem, and there's apt to be a tight." "You mustn't go out there," she cried, aghast. "There will be bloodshed." "That's Just why I must go," said McNamara. "I'll come back in tbe ^Tiiorulng, though, and I'd like to see Jp&ff alone. Good nigbt!" There was a strange, new light In bis eyes as he left her. For one unversed in woman's ways he played the game surprisingly well and as be hurried toward his office be smiled grimly into the darkness. "She'll answer me tomorrow. Thank you, Mr. Glenister," be said to himself. Helen questioned Strove at length. ' but gained nothing more than that secret service men had been at work for weeks and bad today unearthed the fact that vigilantes bad been formed. They had beurd enough to make them think the mines would be jumped again ? j tonight and so had given toe nairni. "Htne you hired apiew'.'" *be n^hed incredulouely. i ' Sure. We bad to. The other people ahadowed r?*. and ft"* route to 11 point where it's l.fe or de;itb to ore *'de or ! the other. 1 tokl MvXnmnra we'd have bloodshed before we were through, wben he Brat outlined the scheme- 1 ! mean when the trouble began." She wrung tier hands. "Thufa wlur uncle feared ltefore we left Seattle That's why I took the risks I did in ' bringing .*<? tbow patter*. 1 though j you got theru Id time to avoid all this." ! Strove laughed a bit. eying her cu- 1 rloosly. "Does Uncte Arthur know about ; ' this?" she continued. "No; we don't let Dim know anyuuDg more then necessary. Be t not a strong | man." : "Yea, yes. He's Dot well." Again ' the lawyer ami led. "Who le beblud ! this Tigllante movement?" "We tbink It la Olenlater and bis New Mexican bandy partner. At least they got the crowd together." 8be was silent for a time. "I suppose they really think they tm those mtaeg." . "Undoubtedly." .... I "But they don't do theyT Somehow this question hsd recurred to her Insistently of late, for things were constantly happening which showed there was mors back of this great, fierce struggle than she knew. It was impossible that injustice bad been done the mine owners, and yet scattered talk reached her which was punting When she etreve to follow It op, her acqoatntanees adroitly changed the object. She was baffled on eosry Me. The three local newspapers upheld the eoort. She read them earsfolly and was rnose at aaa than soar. There waa a distorting undercurrent of alarm and omd Chat canned bar to feel Insecure. ma tbeogh standing on Villnw irmniwl "I?, this whale disturbance h ?anss! wd V tboae two. Outy for tbeao we'd Jhe all right.7 . i -Who t> Him Xdothf He ene we red promptly. "The handsomest woman la the worth and the. mOSt dtS|CNQI." "la what way? Who Is sher -It's hard to say who or what aba Is. She's dMPerest frost -other women. Star came to Dawson In the early days ?Jest ontoe?we -didn't know how. whence or why. and we never found ogL We wobe -up one morning, and there ehe was. fly night we'were all jsakim. avd in a week we were rooet ?f iff driorlrng idiots. VI might hare been tl*e rrrvt?tery or petmaps the compeCkion. That was the day when a dar-e huh' -girl -eonkl make <i home stakv- In a winter or marry a millkmmlre in *? month, but she never bothered. She tolled not neither did she spin on i+?e vwcseo HOOTS, ym. TSOKHBOC m *n Ills glory would -have V>ofced 4Ibe x tea it p be?We her." ~Tou say f be Is dangerous?" "there was a young nobleiuan. >n the winter of HR, Tfcme. I think? fine fnn.'Jy and all that?big yellow haired boy. Re win ted to rjurry lier. btif a Tarn dealer shot'htan. Then there vnb fHx-k of the mounted police. tbe finest oflld r in the sen iee. He was caahlensL She knew be was going to pdt for h??r, l?ut sire didn't seem to ease- and "there were others. Yet. with It *11, she is the most -generous pe~-on and the most tender hearted. Y?'Ly, she has fed every *rtew hum* on the Yukon. and there Isn't * busted pros peetor In tbe country who wouldn't swear by her. for she has grubstaked dozens of tbeu. I was horribly In love with her myself. Yes. she's dangerous all right?to 'everybody "but Gletileter." **What do you mean." "8be bad been across tire Yukon to nurse a menwyrb scurvy, .-and coming "back ?be was caught In the spring breakup. I wasn't there, but It seems this GlenlRter-got her ashore somehow when nobody else -would tacVIe the job. They were carried five miles downstream ; ? the k* pack befcose he soe\ ooedod;" What happened then?" "WbefeK In love with him.-off course." "And be worshiped her as madly as | all the rest of you, 9 suppose," she said j scornfully. ~T*ar? <ra?e peculiar pan. w nypnotiaed bins at Ant *>ut be ran away, and I dJdnl bear of bin again tin I eame to Nome. She followed blm Anally and last week evened np tier score. She paid .totes hack for eating her." "I haven't heard about It." He detailed the story of the gambling episode at the Northern saloon and concluded: "I'd like to bare see* that turn, for they say the excitement was terrific. She was keeping cases and at the finish slammed her case keeper shut and declared the bet off because she had made a mistake. Of coarse they couldn't dispute ber, and she stuck to It One of the bystanders told me she lied, though." "So, in addition to bis other vices. Mr. Glenister la a reckless gambler. Is be?" said Helen with beat "I am proud to be indebted to snch a character. Truly this country breeds wonderful species.'* "There's where you're wrong," Strove chuckled. "He's never been known to bet before." "Oh, I'm tired o< these contradlc tions!" she cried angrily. "Saloons, gambling halls, scandals, adventuresses! Ugh! I hate It! 1 bate It! Why did I ever come here?" "Those things are a part of every Dew country. They were about all we bad till this year. But it is women like you that we fellows need. Miss Helen. You can help us a lot." 8be did not like the way be was looking at her and remembered that her uncle | was upstairs and asleep. "I must ask you to excuse me now, j for It's late aDd 1 am very tired." The clock showed half past 32, so. after letting him out. she extinguished the light and dragged herself wearily up to her room. She removed her outer garments and threw oyer ber bar* shoulders a negligee of many flounces and bewildering, clinging looseners. .Aa she took down ber heavy braids tbe story of Cherry Mnlotte returned to ber torroentlugly. So GlenIster had saved her life also at tbe risk of bis own. What a very gallaDt ! cavalier tie was. to be sure! He should Itear a coAt of arms?a dragon, an armed knight and a fainting maiden. "I succor ladies in distress?handsome ones." should be tbe inotto qp bis shield. "The handsomest woman in j the north," Strove bad said. She! raised her eyes to the glass and made a month at tbe petuluDt. tired reflection there. She pictured Glenister looping from Ooe to floe with tbe hungry river surging and snapping at hla feet, wbile tbe cheers of tbe crowd on shore gave heart to the g!rl crouching out there. 8he could see bim snatch | her up and fight bis way back to safety over the plunging ice cakes with death dragging at bis heels. What a strong embrace he had! At this she j bins bed and realized with a shock that j while she was mooning that very man might be fighting hand to band la the darkness of a mountain gorge with the man she was going to marry. . s | A moment later some' one moented i the front steps below and knocked' sharply. ' rroly this was a night of alarms. Voold people never cease coming? She was worn out, hot at the tboug t of the tragedy abroad and the rick old man sleeping near by abe lit n caDdle and flipped downstairs to avoid disturbing him. Doubtless it was some message from Mcftamara, she thought, as she unchained the doer. As she opened it she fell lck a max ed while it swung wide and the can die flame flickered and spattered in the night air. Roy Glenlster stood there, grim and determined, hie soft, white Stetson palled low, hie trousers tacked Into tan half boots, in his hand s Winchester rlBe. Beneath his corduroy coat she saw a loose cartridge belt, yellow with Shells, and the nfclfeled' flash of. a rewolSorr1 -Without lhvltatlon be strode across the threshold, closing the doer behind him. "Mies Chester, yon and the Jodge most drees quickly and come with eae."" "I don't understand.'; "The vigilantes are on their way here to hang him. Come with me to any bosrse. where I can protect you.** She laid a trembling hand on her bosom. and the color died out of ber tace. fben nt a slight noise above they ?- > ? ? Still man VULU JWITU U|J w wx u uu^v leaning far over tbc banister.. He bad wrapped himself In a dressing gown and now grlpi>ed the rr.ll convulsively, whl'e bis features were blanched to the color or putty and fcla eyes were wide with terror, though puffed and swollen from sleep. Hie Hps moved in a rain endeavor to speak. CHAPTER XV. OX the morning after the episode In the Northern. Olenigter awoke under a weight of discouragement .and desolation. The past twenty-four hour* with their manifold experiences seemed distant and unreal. At breakfast be was -ashamed to teTl TVxtry of the gambling debauch, for he bad dealt treacherously with the old man in risking half of the mine, even though they <hn?t fW> oeooe'iess. unreasoning lost for play that possessed hiro later. This lapse was the last stand of his old. untamed Instincts. The embers of revolt in him were dec*!. He foft that he would never again So?e mastery of himself, that b'm passions would never beet him hereafter. . Dextry spoke. "We had a meeting of the "Strangle.rs" last night."" He always spoke of the vigilantes In that way, because of his early western "training. \ "What was done';" "They decided to act quick and do any odd jolra of lymbln". claim Jirmpin' or such as uee?ls uoiu". There's a 3ot of law sharps and storekeepers In the hunch who figure McN'amara's gang will wipe them off the trap next." "It was bound to come to this.** "They talked of ejectlo* the receivers men and puttlo* all us fellers hack on our mioes." *1Rood! How many can we count on to help us?" 44 * *?-* * ??? tlkont tka num. AWUI BtJLlj. w%xr*c mxfyt iut uuui ber dovD and onIv taLen men with so tnoefa property tfcat they'll bare to keep tfcelr mouths abut." "I wish we migbt engineer some kind of an encounter witb the court crowd Real tke Farmers A Merchants Balk's a4. this Issic. \ * f and create ladh an uproar that it would reach Washington. Everything else has failed, and oar last chance seems to be for the government to step In?that is, unices Bill Wheaton can do something with the California courts." "I don't count on him. McXamara I don't care for California courts no j more'n be would for a boy with a pea shooter?he's got too much pull at i headquarters. If the'Strauglers' don't) do no good we'd better go in an' clean [ out the bunch lfite we was killin' | snakes. If that falls I'm goiu' out to the States an' be a doctor." "A doctor! What for?" "I read somewhere that in the United States every year there is 40.000,000 n"nn? r>f whinltv used for medical ? ? ? purpose." Glenister laughed. "Speaking of whisky, Dex, I notice that you've been drinking pretty hard of late?that is, hard for you." The old man shook his head. "You're mistaken. It ain't hard for me." "Well, hard or easy, you'd better cut It out." It was some time later that one of the detectives employed by the Swedes met Glenister on Front street and by ant a I moat imperceptible sigh signified bis desire to speak with him. When they were alone he said: "You're been shadowed." "I've known thit-tor a long time." "Tbe district attorney baa pnt on some new men. I've fixed tbe woman who rooms next to him, and through 1 1 ? - * H?? A* AIT1A tit (turn UCT I \r ?Vi ? IIMV VW VVIHV V* 1?V?.| but I haven't spotted tbem all. They're bad ones, 'up river' men meetly, remnants of Soapy Bmtth'a Bkagway gang. Tbey won't atop at anythlnf." "Thank you. I'll keep my eyes open." few nights after Gleolster bad reason to recall tbe words of tbe sleuth and to realise that tbe fame was growing close and desperate. To reach bis cabin, wblcb sat on tbe outskirts of tbe town, be ordinarily followed one of tbe p^j^jrajlui. which.wound through , the con fusion of tent?. warehouses and cottages lying back of tbe two principal streets along tbe water front This part of tbe city was not laid out In rectangular Mopks, for in the early rush tbe first comers bad seised whatever pieces of ground tbey found vacant and erected thereon some kind of buildings to make good their titles. There resulted a formless jumble of hula, cabins and abeds, penetrated by no cross streets an?. quite unllgbted. At nlsbt one leaving tbe Illuminated portion of the town found this darkneee Intensified. G bolster knew bis coarse so well that be could have walked 1t blindfolded. Nearing a corner of the warehouse this evening be remembered that the planking at this point was torn up, so to avoid the mud be leaped lightly across. Simultaneously with his jump be detected a movement In the shadows that banked tbe wall at bis elbow and saw tbe flaming spurt of a revolver shot. The roan bad crouched behind the building and was so close that it seemed Impossible to miss. Glenlste>fell heavily upon his side, and tbe thought flashed over him. "M Nanism's thug* have shot me." Ills assailant leaped out from his h'ding place and ran 'down the walk, the sound of his quick, soft footfalls thudding faintly out Into-the silence.. 'J "to young man felt no pain. however, so scrambled to his feet, felt himself over with care and then tnvo;*e roundly.N I'e was untouched. The other had missed him cleanly. The report, coming v.blle be was In the act of leaping. had startled him so that be had lost his halance. slipped upon the wet btiird* :ind fitlleu. Hit ns-ailant was lost iu tLe darkness before be could ri>e. Fursnlt was out of the question, so be coDtlnued homeward, considerably shaken, and related the incident to Dextry. "You think it was some of McXamara's work, eh?' Deitry \inquired when he had finished. "Of course. Didn't the detective warn me today?" ' fcHsvrwlr hi? hkkari **Tt ilnn't seem like tbe game is that far ak>Dg yet. The time la coming when we'll go to tbe mat with them people, but they've got tbe aige on us now, so what could they gain by putting you away? I don't believe it's them, but whoever it is you'd better be careful or you'll be got." "Suppose we come home together after this," Roy eufgeetad. and they arranged to do so, realising that Ttytrger lurked in tbe dark corners and that it was in some such lonely spot that the deed would be tried again. They experienced no trouble for a time. For old peop rom rheumatisms neuralgia,sciatic % Slo&i> I V gives quiet Bn through the \tnflammal the blooi , \ though 'on nearlng tbetr cabin one night the younger man fancied that he aaw a shadow fiide away from Its vicinity and ont Into the blackness of the tUDdra as though some one had ! atood at hla very door waiting for him, then became frightened at the two figurea approaching. Pextry hud not observed if. however, and Glenister was not positive himself, but it eerved to give bira the tmcanny feeling that some determined, unacrnpulous force was beDt on his destruction., He determined to go nowhere unarmed. A few evenings later he went home early and .waa butted in writing when Dextry came in about 10 o'clock: The old miner hong up his coat liefore peaking. lit a cigarette, inhaled deeply, then, amid mouthful* of smoke, begun: "I bad my own toes over the lidge tonight. I was mistook for yon. which compliment I don't aim to have repeated." n'? Kim Aovorlr *iitrui9in quwuvucu urn* r.?*Dv? v . "We're about tbe tame height, an' these hats of onra are alike. Just as I came by that lumber pile down yonder a rqao bopped oat an' thro wed a 'fat' under my aooe. He waa quicker than light and near bio wed my akelp fnto' the noxt block before be ?w -wbe X was. Then be dropped hie weepon and Mid: u,Mj joalatake. Go an.', I, accepted, bia apology." "Could yon see who he was?" "Sore! Ooeoa." n. can't." 'JJ wa? B roe eg *Jdv" [Continued next week.] To bave perfect health we must hare perfect digestion, and it is very important not to permit of any de lay the moment the stomach feels out of order. Take something at once that yon know will promptly and unfailingly assist digestion. There is nothing better than Kedol for dyspepsia, indigestion, sour stompcU belching of gas and .nerv< ous headache. 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