The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-11
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half a million next week And there 4
girl down In Indiana"
While he worked and fought and
planned down In the trenches that We're
slashed like great wounds IN the breast
OF the mountain. the Hawk and. Bones
remained In the shack, cooking and caring,
for everything. and worshipping as mas
ter the tall deep chested boy from In.
diana. g.
IT'S up to a quarter. Kid. he would
say at night. When it's a million,
straight Wen go out Z. ~
Two men came up the river from ST..
Michaels one day. One had been sick all
the way. They buried him decently and
divided his pack In two weeks Dawson
had smallpox. and the other. stranger took
q tumble In front of Ellis shack. He was
9 clean; well bred looking fellow, and
Ellis liked him. The Hawk and he gave
Dattle to DEATH and one day the stranger
was sitting up outside the shack, and all
was we'll. The mountains. were atlame
with red and gold and an amethyst haze
nung around the river distances.
aWfully pretty up here" the
stranger said dreamily !.
Bet your life. it is" responded Eli,
warmly. Wrap that blanket round you,
tho. You don't want the damp curling UP
your bones. Going to plant here % y
- think So" said the other slowly.
Come up on business?'
Yes. little private business.''s..
All right Needn't tell If you don't fee
the spirit moving YOU Only like YOU
and you might as well stay right here
where God or the devil dropped YOU 70,
me to take care of. Any good reason why
not?ns : : - -
The stranger smiled. He had. a smooth
face, white and clear skinned as a girl
put his eyelids had a trick Of narrowins
ever 50 slightly as he looked at one, ani
when he smiled his lips drew tight acros.
his even white teeth.
Laughs like hound dog: the Hawk tolt
Bones, and he did not seek the stranger
favor. -
But Ellis liked. him. He was a clever
brafny young fellow, brimful OF the lates
lore OF the world below, mot particular,
tered heart and soul into Ellis plains ant
Ideas The shack became his pertnanen
home. and while the stranger shared tn,
freight with Ellis, the Hawk and Bone.
sat outside. looking up at the stars, pom
dering over many things
You have a queer chap in that Sho
shone. Hardy, as he called himself re
marked casually one day. Where did 70,
pick him up?''
over the states line, one day. We ha,
a mutual grievance against the world,
laughed Ellis, grimly.
/: They were corning UP the narrow pat
! that ran like thread thru the woods
up the mountain side to the shack. Hard
lglanced sideways at his companion.
You've seen trouble, Jack, somewhere,
he said. Its the way with nearly a.
who come up here
You. too?'' Ellis shot the question a
him point blank.
i Nothing special" replied Hardy. "Figh
over a girl
i Ellis urew long deep breath an
|stepped nearer to his companion
That's me, too. Over g girl with .yel
How hair"
''Murder?' the other mans tone wa
light and disinterested, but Ellis caugh
ilirns elf UP with a, laugh.
mot as bad as that. We fought fai,
enly happened to be the stronger. II
knew it, and SO did I, only I had a litt1
difficulty in making the world believe it
lafterward." --:.-4--.=
Hardy looked out over the hills to wher
the Yukon turned into the embrace g
the distant mountains, and he was silent
That night he wrote letter and sent
out by Cy Danvers, who was going dow