The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

You don't happen to care for pal
aces, do your
She shook her head.
well, 1 had a hankering after them
myself till / got to thinking a while
back, and I've about sized il up that
one'd get fat living in palaces, and soft
and lazy"
Yes, it's nice for time, but you
soon get tired Of it, l imagine, she
FASTENED to. reassure him. The world
is good. but life should be many-sided
Rough and knock-about for while.
and then rest uD somewhere OF to
the South Seas on a yacht. then q nib
BILE OF Paris, winter in South Amer
lea and summer in Norway. few
months in England
Good society?"
Most certainly-the best-and then.
heigh-ho! for the dogs and sleds and
the Hudson Bay country. Change, you
know A strong man like you, full or
vitality and go, could not possibly
stand a palace for a year 1t is all
very well for effen1inate men. but you
weren't made for such life You are
masculine, intensely masculine"
Think so?"
"It does not require thinking I
know. Have you ever noticed that.it
was easy to make women care for
you?"
His dubious innocence was superb.
1T is very easy. And why? Because
Won are masculine. You strike the
deepest chords of a woman's hearr.
You are something to cling to-big
muscled. strong and brave. In snort'
because you are a man"
She shot a glance at the clock. 1t
was half after the hour. She had
given a margin of thirty minutes 10
Sitka Charley; and it did not matter
now when Devereaux arrived her
work was done She lifted her head,
x,o SlInna0
hand clear, and rising to her feet
called her maid. 49,.
"Alice, help Mr.. vanderlip on with
his parka His mittens are on the Sill
by the stove"
The man could not understand.
LET me thank you for your kind
ness. Flovd Your time was invaluable
TO me, and it was indeed good or you
The turning to the left, as you leaVe
the cabin, leads the quickest TO the
water hole. Good night. l am going 10
bed"
Floyd vanderlip employed strong
words to express his perplexity and
disappointment. Alice did not like 10
hear men swear. so dropped his parka
on the floor and tossed his n1ttens on
top of it. Then he made break for
Freda and she ruined her retreat 10
the inner room by tripping over the
parka. He brought her uD standing
with a rude grip on the wrist. But
she only laughed. She was not afraid
of men. Had they not wrought their
worst with her and did she not still
endure?
Don't be rough" she said finally.
. ION. second thought" here she looked
at his OBTAINING hand, I've decided
not to go to bed yet a while. Do SIT
down and be comfortable instead OF
ridiculous. Any questions?"
Yes, my lady. and reckoning. too.
He still kept his hold. What do you
know about the water hole? What
did you mean by-no., never mind.
One question at time.
.-Oh, nothing much. Sitka Charley
had an appointment there with some
body you may know and, not being
anxious for a man OF your known
charm to be present, fell back upon
me to kindly help him. That's ALL
They're off now. and a good half hour
ago."
Where? Down the river and with
out me? And he an Indian?"
There's no accounting for taste,
you know, especially in a woman"
But how do 1 stand in this deal?
I've lost $4,000 worth of dogs and
tidy bit of woman and nothing to
show for it. Except you." he added
az an afterthought, "and cheap you
are at the price, q.
Freda shrugged her shoulders.
You might as well get ready. I'm
going out to borrow couple Of teams
of dogs, and Wen start in as many
hours"
Il am very sorry. but I am going to
bed.''
You'll pack II you know what's good
for you. Go TO bed or not, when get
my dogs outside, so help me, onto the
sled you go. Mebbe you fooled with
me. but I'll just see your bluff and
: take you in earnest. Hear .me?''
He closed on her wrist till II hurt.
but on her lips smile was growing,
and she seemed to listen intently to
OF dog bells and a mans voice crying
"Hawt" as a sled took the turning and
drew uD at the cabin ,.xs..
Now will you let me go to bed?' -.
AS Freda spoke she threw open the
door. Into the warm room rushed the
frost and on the threshold, garbed in
trail-worn furs knee-deep in the swirl
ing vapor. against a background of
flaming borealis, a woman hesitated.
Floyd she cried, relieved and glad,
and met him with tired bound.
What could he but kiss the armful
of furs? And a pretty armful 1t was.
nesting against him wearily. but
happy.
''It was good of you," spoke the arm
full. Ito send Mr.. Devereaux with fresh
dogs after me, else I would not have
been in till tomorrow"
The man looked bIankly across at
Freda, then, the light breaking In upon
him, "And wasn't it good OF Deve-
reaux to go?" 49,
Couldn't wait a bit longer, could
you, dear?" F'1ossie snuggled closer.
We'll. / was getting sort Of impa-
tient." he confessed glibly. at the same
time drawing her up till her feet left
the floor and getting outside the door,
That same night an inexplicablesthing
happened to the Rev. James Brown,
missionary, who lived among the ma
tives several miles down the Yukon
and saw to it that the trails they trod
led to the white mans paradise. He
was reused from his sleep by a strange
Indian, who gave into his charge not
only the soul but the body of a wo-
man. and, having done this, drove
quickly away. This woman was heavy
and handsome, and angry. and in her
wrath unclean words fell from her
mouth. This shocked the worthy man,
but he was yet young and her pres