The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-03


in the snow at the Greek girls door,
with the frost at so below, and par
leyed with the waiting maid for a full
five minutes. She had also the pleas
ure of being turned away from the
door and of going back up the hill.
wroth at heart for the indignity which
had been put upon her. WHO is this
woman that she should refuse to see
me-" she asked herself. One would
think it the other way around. and
she herself but a dancing girl denied
at the door Of the wife of a cap
tain.
She would not have been surprised
had she been taken into the dancers
cabin and encountered on common
ground: nor surprised had she been
taken in and Haunted i'm priceless ar
rcgance. But to be treated as she had
been treated was unexpected and dis
appointing. Ergo. she had not caught
Fredas point of view. One cannot un-
derstand defilement without laying
hands to pitch. which is very sticky,
while there be plenty willing to un-
dertake the experiment. All of which
IS of small concern beyond the fact
that it gave Mrs. Eppingwell ground
for grievance and bred for her a great
love I'm the Greek girls heart.
And in this way things went along
for a month. Mrs. Eppingwell striv-
ing TO withhold the man from the
Greek dancers Establishments against
the time of Flossie's coming; Flossic
lessening the miles each day of the
dreary trail; Freda pitting her strength
against the model woman: the model
woman straining every nerve To land
the prize; and the man moving through
II all bike a flying shuttle, very proud
Of himself, whom he believed to be a
second Don Juan.
1t was nobodys fault except the
mans that Lorraine Lisznayi at last
landed him. The way of man with
a maid may be too wonderful to know.
but the way of a woman with a man
passeth all conception. Perhaps the
model woman's attractions lay in that
to the eye she was a handsome animal;
perhaps she fascinated him with her
Old World talk of palaces and princes;
leastwiSe she dazZled him whose life
had been worked out in uncultured
roughness, and he at last agreed to her
suggestion of run down the river and
a marriage at Forty Mile. In token OF
his intention he bought dogs from Sit
ka Charley-more than one sled is
necessary when a woman like Lorraine
Lisznayi takes to the traiI-and then
went up the creek to give orders for
mines during his absence.
He had given it out rather vaguely
that he needed the animals for sled
ding lumber from the mill to his sluic-
es. and right here is where Sitka Char
ley demonstrated his fitness. He agreed
To furnish dogs on a given date. but
no sooner had Floyd Vanderlip turned
his toes up. creek than Charley hied
himself away. in perturbation to Lo-
Taine Lisznayi. Did she know where
Mr. Vanderlip had gone? He had
a big string of dogs by a certain time;
but that shameless one, the German
trader Meyers. had been buying up
the brutes and skimped the market
II was very necessary he should see
Mr. Nanderlip: because Of the shame
less one he would be all of a week be-
hindhand in filing the contract.
She did not know where he had gone?
Up-creek2 Good. Did he understand
her to say Mr.. Vanderlip needed the
dogs on Friday night?-that he must
have them by that time? 1t was too
bad. but il was the fault of the shame
less one, who had bid Up the prices.
They had jumped $50 a head. and
should he buy on the rising market he
would lose by the contract. He Won
dered if Mr.. Vanderlip would be will
ing to meet the advance.
She knew he would2 Being Mr.. Van
derlips friend, she would even meet
the difference herseIf2 And he was to
say nothing about IL? She was kind
to so look 10 his interests. Friday
night. did she say? Good. The dogs
would be on hand.
An hour later Freda knew the elope-
ment was TO be pulled of on Friday
night; also that Floyd Nanderlip had
gone up-creek, and her hands were
tied.
On Friday morning. DevereauX, the
official courier. bearing dispatches from
the governor. arrived over the ice. Be
sides the dispatches. he brought news
OF FlOssie. He had passed her camp
at Sixty Mile; humans and dogs were
in good condition. and she would
doubtless be in on the morrow. Mrs.
/ EppingweH experienced a great relief
/ on hearing this. Floyd Vanderlip was
/ safe up-creek. and ere the Greek girl
/ could again lay hands upon his, his
/ bride would be on the ground Sitka
/ Charley remarked incidentally that she
l intended jumping out down river that
! night with Floyd Nanderlip, and
| further ventured the information that
/ accidents were very likely at that time
Of year
So Mrs. EppingwelTs thoughts OF
| Freda were unkinder than ever. She
/ wrote a note. addressed IL TO the man
in question, and entrusted Il to a mes
/ senger who lay in wait at the mouth
] Of Bonanza creek. Another man
! bearing a note from r'reda, also wait
ed at that strategic point So Il hap
4 pened that Floyd VanderIip. riding his
! sled merrily down with the last day
/ light. received the notes together. He
! tore Freda'S across. No he would no.
| go TO see her There were greater
! things afO0t that night. Besides. she
\ was out of the running. But Mrs ED
] pingwell, He would observe her SIasr
| wish-Or rather. the last wish il would
: be possible for him to observe-and
I meet her at the governors ball TO hear
I what she had TO say. From the tone
| OF the writing il was evidently i'm
pCrtant: perhaps He smiled fOndly
but failed 10 shape the thought Con-
! found il all. what a.lucky fellow M
was with the women anyway Scat
/ tcring her letter 10 the frost he mushed
! the dogs into a swinging lOpe and
! headed for his cabin. IL was 10 be
| a masquerade. and he had to dig vi
! the costume used at the opera hous,
"A couple of months ago. Also. he had
I Ia shave and TO eat. Thus IL was thai
/ he. alone Of al interested. was un-
aware Of Flossie's proximity
Have them down TO the water-hole
/ off the hospital at midnight sharp
/ Don't fail me-" he said 10 Sitl<a Char
/ ley. who dropped in with the advice
! that only one dog was lacking to III
! the bill. and that that one would be
( forthcoming in an hour or SO. Here's
I the sack There's the scales. Weigh