The San Francisco call., 1904-02-07

Ia.@@@3 rused the protesting
inmates.
BEETLES raped the dog sharply with
a tin plate and il withdrew hastily.
Louis Savoy refastened the flaps.
kicked a frying pan over against the
bottom and warmed his hands. 1t
was very cold without. Forty-eight
hours before the spirit thermometer
had burst at sixty-eight below and
since that time il had grown steadily
and bitterly colder.
"Oh. Oh. Oh" A young fellow.
lying asleep in the furs. bearded and
wan and weary. raised a moan Of
pain, and without waking increased
the pitch and intensity of his anguish.
His body half lifted from the blankets
and quivered and shrank spasmodic-
ally. as though drawing away from a
bed Of nettIes.
-Rolrm over.' ordered BEETLES.
Hes crampin'."
Damn that traiI.' he muttered
softly, as he threw of the robes and
sat up. I've run across country.
played quarter three seasons hand
running and hardened myself in ali
manner Of ways, and then L pilgrim
into this GOd-forsaken land and find
myself an effeminate Athenian with
out the simplest rudiments Of man
hood" He hunched UP to the fire
and rolled~a cigarette. ''Oh. I'm not
whining. but I'm just decently asham-
ed OF myself, that's all Here 1 am,
on top of a dirty thirty miles, as
knocked up and stiff and sore as a
pink tea degenerate after a ive-mile
walk on Country turnpike
Don't git the tantrums, youngster."
BEETLES waxed patriarchal "Ye've
gOtter low some for the breakin in.
You're all right for a cub. and we've
the true sperrit An best in your IA
vor, you hain't got that streak of fat
IN your makeup which has sent many
a husky man to the bosom of Abraham
Gfore his right and proper time"
Streak Of fat?"
Yep. Comes along OF bulk. 'Tain't
the big men as is the best when it
comes TO the trail"
Never heard OF it."
Never heerd OF it, Ell? Well, it's a
dead straight, Open-sn' shut fact, an
no gittin' round. Bulk's all well enough
for a mighty big effort. but 'thout stay
ing powers il amt worth a continental
whoop; an stayin' powers an bulk
amt runnin' mates. Takes the small,
wiry fellows when it comes to gittin'
right down an hangin' on like a lean
sowled dog to a bone"
Look you, brothers" broke in Sitka
Charley from his seat on the grub box.
''Ye have spoken OF the streak of fat
that runs in hfp NAME y,,,,oolas opd ,-a
have spoken women and the love, and
ye have spoken fair: but / have in
mind things which happened when the
land was young and the fires Of men
far apart as the stars. It was then I
had concern with a big man, and a
streak Of fat and a woman. And the
woman was small; but her heart was
greater than the beef heart OF the
man, and she had grit. And we travel
ed a weary trail. even to the salt wa
ter, and the cold was bitter. the snow
deep, the hunger great. And the
wOman's love was a mighty love-no
more can man say than this.
Brothers, my blood is red with ST.
wash, but my heart is white. A great
truth came TO me when / was vet a
boy. ] learned that to your kind and
you was given the earth: that the ST.
wash could not Withstand you and. like
the caribou and the bear must perish
IN the cold. So / came into the warm
and sat among you. by your fires. and.
behold I became one of you. I have
seen much in my time. ] have known
strange things, and bucked big. on big
trails. with men of many breeds. And
because Of these things l measure
deeds after your manner, and judge
men, and think thoughts. Wherefore
when 1 speak harshly Of one Of your
own kind I know you will not take il
amiss; and when ] speak high of one
Of my fathers people you will not take
II upon you to say: 'Sitka Charley is
SiWash. and there is a crooked light
In his eyes and small honor to his
tongue. Is il not SOP
Deep down in throat the circle vouch-
safed its assent
The woman was Passuk. got her
IN fair trade from her people, who were
or the coast and whose Chilcat totem
stood al the head of a salt arm Of the
sea. Ny heart did not go out to tho
woman, nor did / take stock of heI
looks. For she scarce took her eyes
from the ground. and she was timid
and afraid. as girls viii be when cast
into q ST -nger's arms whom they ha
never seen before. One blanket would
cover the twain; so I chose Passuk
Have I not said ] was a servant Il