West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-12-12

siantly happening which showed there
YVES more back Of this great. fierce
at. gglc tlfau she knew. II was impos-
sib.c that Injustice had been done the
mine owners. aud yet scattered talk
reached her which was puzzling.
When she stroye TO follow it up, her
acquaIntances adroitly changed the
subject She was banied on every
slide. The three local newspapers up
held the court. She read them care
fully and was more at sea than ever.
There was disturbing undercurrent
OF alarm and unrest that caused her 10
feel Insecure. as though standing on
hollow ground.
Yes. this whole disturbance a. caus-
ed 10y those two Only for them we'd
bc all right"
"Who Is Miss MaiotteT'
He answered promptly. "The hand
soonest woman In the north and the
most dangerous"
"In what wayt Who Is 'shef"
ITS hard TO say who or what she
Is. She's different from other women.
She came TO DDS wson I'm the early days
just came-ve didn't know how,
whence or why. and we never found
out. We woke up one morning. and
there she was by night we were all
Jealous. and I'm week we were most
OF us driveling Idiots. IL might have
been the mystery or perhaps the COM
petition. That was the day when a
dance hall girl could make home
stake In n winter or marry MILLION
alre I'm n month, but she never bother
ed. She toiled not. neither did she spin
on TIE waxcd floors, yet Solomon I'm all
his glory would have looked like a
tramp beside her"
you say she Is dangerousl'
"Wcll, there was II young nobleman,
In the winter of '9S, Dane. I think
fine family and all that-big yellow
haired boy. He wanted TO marry her,
but n faro dealer shot him. Then there
was Rock of the mounted police. the
finest officer In the service. He was
cashlered. She knew he was going to
pot for her, but she didn't seem TO
carc-and there were others. Yet. with
II all, she is the most generous person
and the most tender hearted Why.
she has fed every stew bum on the
Yukon, and there Isn't busted pros
pcctor In the country who wouldn't
swear 10y her. for she hns grul strkcl
dozens of them. was horribly III love
with her myself. Yes, she's dangerous
all right-to everybody but GlenIstcr"
"What do you mean"
"Shc had been across the Yukon to
nurse man with scurvy. ana coming
back she was caught In the spring
breakup. ! wasn't there. but II seems
this Glcnister got her ashore somehow
when nobody else would tackle the lob
They were carried FIVE miles down
stream i'm the ice pack before IL sue
Cccdcd."
"Whnt happened them"
"Shc fell I'm love with him. of cnurse e."
and he wOrshiped her us mgily as
oil the rest of YOU, | suppose" sll, said
scornfully
That's the peculiar part. She hyp-
Noticed him at first, but he ran away.
and | didn't hear of him again gill
came to Nome She followed him final
ly and last week cvencd up her score
She paid him back for saving her"
II haven't heard about It,"
He detailed the story of the gam
bling episode at the Northern saloon
and concluded: I'D Ike to have seen
that turn, for they say the excitement
was terrific. She was keeping cases
and at the finish slammed her case
keeper shut and declared the bet of
because she had made mistake. or
course they couldn't dispute her. and
she stuck to II. One of the bystanders
told me she lied, though"
$50, I'm addition to his other vices.
Mr.. Glenister Is n reckless gambler, is
hep" said Eelen with heat. II am
proud to be indebted to such charac-
ter. Truly this country breeds wonder
full species"
There's where you're wrong" Strive
chuekled. Hes never been known to
bet before"
"Oh. I'm tired of these contradic-
tions" she cried angrily. Saloons,
gambling halls. scandals. adventur-
esses! Ugh! 1 hate It! 1 hate IT.
Why did / ever come here?"
"Those things are part OF every
new country. They were about all we
had till this year. But II is women
like you that we fellows need, Miss
Helen. You can help us lot" She
did not like the way he was looking at
her and remembered that her uncle
was upstairs and asleep
II must ask you TO excuse me now,
for it's late and I am very tired"
The clock showed half past II. so,
after letting him out, she extinguishcd
the light and dragged herself YEARLY
up TO her room She removed her
HEaFs trV.NaH
bare shoulders negligee of many
hounces and bewlldering. cllngng
loOseness. AS she took down her heavy
braids the story OF Cherry Malotte re-
turned to her tOrmentingly. So Glen
lister had saved her life also mt the
risk OF his own. What n very gallant
cavalier he was, TO be sure! lie should
bear n coat OF arms-n dragon. an
armed knight and fainting maiden.
Il succOr ladies I'm distress handsome
ones" should be the motto on his
shield. "The baudsOmcst woman I'm
the north" Strive. had said. She
raised her eyes to the glass aud made
mouth at the pctulnnt. tired refec.
ton there. She pictured Glculster
loaplng from foe to foe with the hun
Rry river surging and swapping nc his
feet. while tile cheers Of the crowd on
shore gave heart TO the girl crouchng
ont there. She could see him snatch
her mp and fight his way back TO
safety over the plunging ice cakes with
death dragging at his heels What n
strong embrace he had, At this she
h'ushed and realized with n shock that
while she was incoming that very man
might be fighting hand to hand I'm the
darkness Of mountain gorge with the
man she was going 10 marry.
s. moment later some one mounted
The front steps below and Knocked
eIrulv. Truly thfs was n ufObt Of