The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-11-24

from the coast. the greatest
creek in the world. You'll see gold by
the mule load and hillocks of nuggets.
Oh. I'm glad to get back. This is life.
That stretch of beach is full of gold.
These hills are scanned with quartz.
The bedrock of that creek is yellow.
There's gold. gold, gold everywhere
more than ever was in old Solomon's
Smines-and there's mystery and peril
and things unknown.
LET us make haste" said the girl.
Il have something l must do tonight.
After that l can learn to know these
things"
Securing a small boat, they were
rowed ashore. the partners plying their
ferryman with eager questions. HAY
ing arrived five days before, he was
exploding with information and volun-
teered the fruits of his ripe experience
/ till Dextry stated that they were
|'sour doughs'' themselves and owned
the Midas, wheFeupon Miss Chester
marveled at the awe which sat upon
/ the man and the wondering stare with
/ which he deyoured the partners, to
+ her own utter exclusion.
s'Suferin' eats, Look at the freight
/ calculated Dextry. IF q storm come
/ up, it would bust the community"'
The beach they neared was walled
/ and crowded to the high tide mark
/ with ranlparts of merchandise, while
every incoming craft deposited it's quo
! til upon whatever vacant foot was
/ close at hand till bales, boxes. boilers
and baggage of all kinds We're con-
/ fusedly intermiXed in the narrow space.
Singing longshoremen trundled burdens
from the lighters and piled them on
the heap, while yelling, cursing crowds
fought over it all, selecting, sorting
loading.
There wa no room for more, yet
hourly they added to the mass. Teams
spIashed thr ugh the tapping surf or
stuck in til deep sand between hill
locks of go 11s. All was noise. pro-
family. cong astion and feverish hurry
The burning haste rang in the voice
/ of the multi de showed in its violence
| of gesture and redneSS of face per-
meated the atmosphere with mag
netic, eIectrifying energy.
Its somethin fierce ashore said
4 the oarsman. Il been up fer three
days an nights steady. There amt no
room nor time nor darkness to sleep
in. Ham an eggs is a dollar an a
half, an vhisky's i bits a throw" He
walled the last sadly, as a complaint
unSpeakable.
Amy trouble doin':" inquired the old
man.
You know it' the other cried col
loquially. There was a massacre in
the Northern last night
! "Gamblin row."
yep .Tinhorn' called Nilsson done
it,
"Shor' said Dextry. Il know him.
Hes Il bad actor" All three men nod
ded sageiy, and the girl wished for
further light but they volunteered no
explanation.
Leaving the skiff, they plunged into
turmoil. Dodging through the tangle,
they came out into fenced lots where
tents stood wall to wall and every
inch was occupied. Here and there
was vacant spot guarded jealousy
by its owner. who gazed sourly upon
all men with the forbidding eye of
suspicion. Finding an eddy in the
confusion, the men stopped.
'.Where do you want to go?" they
asked Miss Chester.
There was no longer in Glenister's
glance that freedom with which he
had come to regard the women of the
north. He had como to realize duly
that here was q girl driven by some
strong purpose into position repel-
7 lent to her. In Il man of his type her
Independence awoke only admiration,
and her GOODNESS served but to indame
him the more Delicacy in Glenister
was lost III n remarkable singlenesS Of
purpose. He could laugh at her loath-
ing, smile under her abuse and remain
utterly ignorant that anything more
than his action in selling her that
night lay at the bottom of her dislike.
lie did not dream that he possessed
characteristics abhorrent to her. and
he felt n keen reluctance at parting
She extended both hands.
Il can never thank you enough for
what you have done-you two-but
shall try. Goodby,"
Dextry gazed doubtfully at his own
hand, rough and gnarly, then taking
hers as he would have handled rob-
ms egg waggled it Imply.
I'VE amt goin' to turn you adrift
- " AsieSHNi toetA SASStlhettioAi
is, Wen see you to it,
L can find my friends" she assured
him.
This is the wrong latitude in which
to dispute a lady: bot. KNOWN this
camp from soup to nuts, as l do, l SUI
gests q male escort"
.'Eery well. | wish to find Mr.. Strive
Of Durham * Strive. lawyers
s'I'll take YOU TO their Offices said
GleniSter. You see to the baggage.
Dex. Meet me at the Second Class in
half an hour aud We'll run out to the
Midas" They pushed through the tam
gle of tents. past piles of lumber and
emerged upon the main thoroughfare,
which ran parallel to the shore.
Nome consisted of enc narrow street.
twisted between solid rows of canvas
/ and half erected frame buildings, its
every other door that of a saloon.
There were fair looking blocks which
aspired to the dizzy height of three
stories, some sheathed in corrugated
iron, others cleaning and galvanized.
Lawyers signs. doctors. surveyors
We're in the upper windows. The street