The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-15
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the clean shaven face was dignified by
learning and acumen and was wrin
killed. In pleasant fashion.
my niece has just told me of your
service to her." the old gentleman be
gan. 81 am happy to know you, sir"
Besides being a brave knight and
assisting ladies In distress, Mr.. Glenis-
ter Is very great and wonderful
man." Helen explained lightly. 'IIe
owns the Midas"
Indeed" said, the old man, his
shifting eyes now resting full on the
other with fash of unmistakable in
terest II hear that is wonderful
mine. Have you begun work YETI"
mo. Wen commence sluicing day
after tomorrow. 1t has been a late
spring. The snow in the gulch was
deep and the ground tha~s slowly.
We've been building houses and doing
dead work, but we've got our men on
the ground waiting"
'T am greatly Interested. Won't you
walk with us to the hotel? I want to
hear more about these wonderful
placers."
"Well, they are great placers," said
the miner as the three walked on to-
gether. Nobody knows how great be-
cause we've only scratched at them
yet. In the first place, the ground Is
50 shallow and the gold is so easy to
get that II nature didn't safeguard us
In the winter we'd never dare leave our
claims for fear of 'snipers.' They'd
run In and rob u.s."
How much will the Anvil creek
mines produce this summer?" asked
the judge.
Its hard to tell, sir, but we expect
to average $1,000 day from the Mi
das alone, and there are other claims
just as good"
your title Is all clear, dare say,
ehT
Absolutely except for one jumper,
and we don't take him seriously. A
fellow named Galloway relocated us
one night last month, but he didn't al
lege any grounds for doing so, and we
could never find trace of him. If we
had, our title would be as clean as
snow again" He said the last with
peculiar infection.
you wouldn't use violence, trust?"
"Sure! Why not? 1t has worked all
right heretofore"
But, my dear sir, those days are
gone. The law Is here, and it is the
duty Of every one to abide by it,"
"Well, perhaps 1t is, but In this coun-
try we consider mans mine as sa-
cred as his family. We didn't know
,I~,l To- To- s,xk oo,.yx,
times, and we didn't have any troubles
except famine and hardship. It's diff
ferent now, though. Why, there have
been more claims jumped around here
this spring than in the whole length
and history Of the Yukon"
They had reached the hotel, and
Glenister paused, turning to the girl as
the judge entered. When she started
to follow, he detained her.
II came down from the hills on pur-
pose to see you. il has been a long
week.
"Don't talk that way" she interrupt.
ell coldly. Il don't care to hear it."
"See here, what makes you shut me
out and wrap yourself up in your
haughtiness? I'm sorry for what did
that night I've told you so repeated
IT,. I've wrung my soul for that act
till there's nothing left but repent
ance."
1T is not that" she said slowly. 81
have been thinking 1t over during the
past month. and now that have gain
FL an insight into this life l see that
it wasn't an unnatural thing for you
to do It's terrible to think Of, but it's
true. don't mean that 1t was pardon
able" she continued quickly 'for it
wasn't, and | hate you when l think
about IT., but / suppose l put myself
into position to invite such actions.
No; I'm sufficiently broadminded not
to blame you unreasonably, and l think
I could like you in spite of it, just for
what you have done for me. But that
'Sn't all. There is something deeper.
Tou saved my life, and I'm grateful,
but you frighten me always. 1t is
the cruelty in your strength. 1t is
something away back in you-lustful
and ferocious and wild and crouching."
He smiled wryly.
at is my local color maybe, absorbed
from this country. I'll try to change,
though, IL you want me to. I'll let
them rope and throw and brand me.
I'll take on the graces of civilization
and put away revenge and ambition
and all the rest of 1t IL 1t will make
you like me any better. Why, I'll even
promise not to violate the person Of
our claim jumper If I catch him, and
heaven knows that means that Sam
son has parted with his locks"
IT think could like you If you did,"
she said, "but you can't do 1t. You are
a savage"
There are no clubs nor marts where
men foregather for business in the
north-nothlng but the saloon, and this
Is all and more than club. Here men
congregate to drink, to gamble and to
traffic.
It was late in the evening when
Glenister entered the Northern and
passed idly down the row Of games,
pausing at the crap table, where; he
rolled the dice when his turn came.
Moving to the roulette wheel, he lost a
stack of whites, but at the faro "lay-