world that its mrs should in certain ways fall short of one cannot understand without laying hands to pitch which is very while there be plenty willing to undertake the experiment all of which is of small concern beyond the fact that it gave mrs ground for grievance and bred for her a greater love in the greek girl s heart the scorn of women iii and in this way things went along for a month � mrs striving to withhold the man from the greek s against the time of s coming the miles each day on the dreary trail her strength against the model woman the straining every nerve to land the prize and the man moving through it all like a flying very proud of himself whom he believed to be a second don it was nobody s fault except the man s that at last landed him the way of a man with a maid may be too wonderful to know but the way of a woman with a man all conception whence the prophet were indeed unwise who would dare s course twenty four hours in advance perhaps the model woman s attraction lay in that to the eye she was a handsome animal perhaps she fascinated him with her old world talk of the scorn of women palaces and princes she dazzled him whose life had been worked out in and he at last agreed to her suggestion of a run down the river and a marriage at forty mile in token of his intention he bought dogs from � more than one is necessary when a woman like takes to the trail � and then went up the creek to give orders for the of his mines during his absence he had given it out rather vaguely that he needed the animals for lumber from the mill to his and right here is where his fitness he agreed to furnish dogs on a given date but no sooner had turned his toes up creek than himself away in to did she know where mr had gone he had reed to supply that gentleman with a big string of dogs by a time but that one the german had been buying up the brutes and the scorn of women the market it was very necessary he should see mr because of the one he would be all of a week in filling the contract she did know where he had gone up creek good he would strike out after him at once and inform him of the unhappy delay did he understand her to say that mr needed the dogs on friday night that he must have them by that time it was too bad but it was the fault of the one who had bid up the prices they had jumped fifty dollars per head and should he buy on the rising market he would lose by the contract he wondered if mr would be willing to meet the advance she knew he would being mr lip s friend she would even meet the difference herself and he was to say nothing about it she was kind to so look to his interests friday night did she say good the dogs would be on hand an hour later knew the was to be pulled off on friday night also that had gone up creek and her hands were the scorn of women tied on friday morning the official bearing from the governor arrived over the ice besides the he brought news of he had passed her camp at sixty mile and dogs were in good condition and she would doubtless be in on the morrow mrs experienced a great relief on hearing this was safe up creek and ere the greek girl could again lay hands upon him his bride would be on the ground but that afternoon her big st defending her front stoop was by a party of trail starved he was buried beneath the mass for about thirty seconds when rescued by a couple of and as stout men had he remained down two minutes the chances were large that he would have been roughly and carried away in the respective of the attacking party but as it was it was a mere case of neat and came to repair the especially a right fore which had the scorn of women been left a of a second too long in some other dog s mouth as he put on his to go the talk turned upon and in natural passed on to the � er horrid woman remarked incidentally that she intended jumping out down river that night with and further ventured the information that accidents were very likely at that time of year so mrs s thoughts of were than ever she wrote a note addressed it to the man in question and it to a messenger who lay in wait at the mouth of creek another man bearing a note from also waited at that point so it happened that riding his merrily down with the last daylight received the notes together he tore s across no he would not go to see her there were greater things that night besides she was out of the but mrs he would observe her last wish � or rather the last wi b the scorn of women it would be possible for him to observe � and meet her at the governor s ball to hear what she had to say from the tone of the writing it was evidently important perhaps � he smiled fondly but failed to shape the thought confound it all what a lucky fellow he was with the women any way scattering her letter to the frost he the dogs into a swinging and headed for his cabin it was to be a and he had to dig up the costume used at the opera 