Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-08-08

sour doughs" themselves and owned
the Midas. whereupon Miss Chester
marveled at the awe which sat upon
the man and the wondering stare with
which he devoured the partners, to
her own utter exclusion.
"Sufferin cats! Look at the freighti'
CALCULATED Dextry. IF storm come
up, it would bust the community
| The beach they neared was walled
and crowded to the high tide mark
| with ramparts of merchandise, while
every incoming craft deposited its quo
| ia upon whatever vacant foot was
close at hand till bales, boxes, boilers
and baggage of all kinds were 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 was no room for more, yet
| hourly they added to the mass. Teams
| splashed through the tapping surf or
stuck in the deep sand between hill
| locks of goods. All was noise, pro-
family, congestion and feverish hurry
The burning haste rang in the voice
of the multitude, showed in its violence
of gesture and redness of face. per-
meated the atmosphere with mag
netic, electrifying energy.
| Its somethin' fierce ashore said
the oarsman. & 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 whisky's bits throw" He
walled the last sadly, as complaint
unspeakable.
Amy trouble dom? p inquired the old
man.
You know it!'' the other cried coll
loQuially. There was massacre in
| the Northern last night
1Gamblin' row."
| Yep. .Tinhorn' called Nilsson done
it,
..Sho!' said Dextry. Il know him
He's bad actor" All three men nod
ded sagely, 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 come to realize duly
that here was a girl driven by some
strong purpose into position repel-
| lent to her. In man of his type her
| independence awoke only admiration,
and her coldness served but to infame
him the more. Delicacy in Glenister
was lost in a 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.
He did not dream that he possessed
! characteristics abhorrent to her, and
he felt keen reluctance at parting.
| She extended both hands.
81 can never thank you enough for
what you have done-you two-but l
shall try. Goodbye
| Dextry gazed doubtfully at his own
hand, rough and gnarly, then taking
hers as he would have handled rob
| ms egg waggled it Imply.
Eve amt goin' to turn you adrift
tfis-a-way. Whatever your destination
| is, we'll see you to it."
81 can find my friends" she assured
him.
s.This is the wrong latitude in which
to dispute a lady; but, KNOWN this
camp from soup to nuts, as do, SUI
/ gests a male escort"
| Every we'll / wish to find Mr.. Strive
of Durham & Struve, lawyers. I"
| Ill take you to their Offices" said
Glenister. You see to the baggage,
Dex. Meet me at the Second Glass in
half an hour, and we'll run out to the
Midas" They pushed through the tan
| gle of tents, past piles of lumber and
emerged upon the main thoroughfare,
which ran parallel to the shore.
| Nome consisted of one narrow street,
twisted between solid rows of canvas
and half erected frame buildings, its
every other door that Of 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,
were In the upper windows. The street
was thronged with men from every
land. Helen Chester heard more dia-
lects than she could count. Laplanders
In quaint three cornered padded caps
| idled past. Men with the tan of the
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