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chances Of a swim.
Some one must swim down to the
hulk and be drawn back with the girl
IN his arms. Capt Jake smiled grim
~ and nodded at the volunteers, then
tied the rope around his own waist.
Two jugs of kerosene and a key of
on were emptied overheard to make a
smooth and he followed. After a
minute the watching men could see
MIN only when he was hove up on a
SCI: but they paid out line and said to
eacll other that he would win. 49,
Whe.l at last they saw him climbing
up the bow of the hulk, they gave him
mighty cheer and slapped each other
on the back. They saw him pick the
girl up and wave all arm to them a
ne dropped into the sea. =,
Then it was haul line and utter
rough, silent prayers. By and BY he
was alongside, his burden in his arms.
and eager hands lifted them over the
rail. 1t was none too: soon. as both
were unconscious and remained so for
the best part of an hour. : ->...',
When the girl o*cned her ewes she
did not speak. Speech had gone from
her: For days she had none. The doc
tors at Gloucester said that; she had
been scared out of herself. -
At the end Of three or four weeks
She began to talk, and then it was
found that she had forgitten all that
had gone before the wreck. She co,,ld
not tell the name or the port Of the
ship. She could not tell her own name.
1t was believed that she was about "a
years old, and that she hailed from
Nova Scotia or some OF the islands
Any one of the married men of the
crew would have given the girl a
na;hc, but the prize went to Cant
JaSe, who was married.. bat had no
children. She was warmly received
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man and by the same letters. He must
have a regular: set . Of forms that he
copies of, since he seems to lack in
ventiyeness. ~ *. ~ I.
You know that Billy Se}over, Bob's
old chlm, Il, running an opera house
somewhere or other and your Gordon or
my Alfred was showing him one of my
letters. Mr.. e elover took my letters
away from him and sent them to my
brother. Bob was an angel about It and
brought them to me instead Of taking
the. them to. mother, but II cured me: s.
'tMr. Seloyer told all about our hero.
His real name is Brannig gan and he used
to be property boy iii. q theater. His
father il 1splasterer and his mother
takes in washing. The rest OF the corn
|psny M hatsss. him for hin foolisAnssa
and they were only too glad to tell Mr..
s3elovers gu they knew about him when
they found out that he knew one. OF
nranmgan's correspondence: .tss
|zss Marian dunn the letters into the
open 6ftplAce and t0nched match to
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away as ever. when Pingreave,,. sun,
ming hims self in front Of the Montezu.
ma, saw his victims coming down the
street. #s.>-%< *>>e,@ =; - 49, -. = =
He would have ducked into the sa'
loon, but Sherin's sharp eyes had To-
Gated him and he divcd forward. u Il
mo, you don't" he. cried, as he
grasPed at the coat tails Of the disap-
f Ress that il: You f, a5s going to get away
you've got me-" said Pingreave
sullenly. I'm fat broke The Others
got away, but bucked the wheel and
It ran, over me: What are you going
to do about it," :'' 1880
!, I'm going: to buy you a drink the
first thing, was the unexpected re-
ply. "Ihen1'm going to tell you that
you don't know claim when you see
one. Come*on.' - "a ::
;: He led the astonished Pingreave up
to the bar and gave his order, Carl
>joinii1g the pair while Lutte sauntered
on to the general store. :; FL :.:s =
Plngreave regarded Mande1's huge
bulk and felt nervously for the revol-
ver> he knew was no longer there.
Even his watch and gun had gone ia
keep up appearances while he sought
a new hacker. = - -.
/ Drink to Lutte" commanded Carl
as they raised their glasses she Is
to be married as soon as we get some
[other business fixed up" -m.> -.
Heres happiness" said Pingreave
with such small appearance. Of ease al
he could assume. 1T guess She peRged
cut better than the claim
"You bet she does was Hurh',
ferysnt reply: "She's worth the whole
OF Wildcat Greek and, you know what
that means" 49,
Pingreave stared. To the best o.
I his knowledge Wildcat Creek was
worth nothing at all save as an irri
! cation ditch and that was littls
enough. He murmured an assent tt
the proposition. however. since THU
seemed to- be expected of him. :,
Furtively he glanced from one tt
the other. From their talk he imag
ined that they had penetrated his d.
}plicity. -.
r. "How did You get gold out of tina
gravel bed?" demanded Carl suddenly
Hugh and I tried it for a week an,
| we could not get a show 49,
ct guess you were not used to pan
| ning,.' explained Pingreave, 1ookin,
yeatningly at: the door which was 81
invitingly near: and yet so dangerousl,
far awa ny from: these two men who 40
tparently were covering a. sense, o
wrong with a show Of :cheerfulness.
J apparently we. are not" agree.
Sherin,, Since: you got big traces an,
we could not9eyen show color TO
whole week's@work." :,
: .:".You shoveled: the gravel your
selves. said Pingreaye- Extensively
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heard Adra come in and began to read.
It was a high-fown, farewell, copied
from some play apparently. ~ ~.
The sentiment was lofty, but the ex.
preston was clumsy, thought seemed
beautiful enough to an 1s-year-old girl
already infatuated with the stage and
its people. j When she had finished she
looked up to Adra for her approval and
her eyes snapped as she saw that the
girl was rocking: on the bed in AN ec-
stacy. of merriment.e 4. h .s.,..e TX s.s
II 'He must have nianifolded those let
tiers" cried Adra, when her laughter had
subsidized. tsrhat was just the way he
'bade farewell to me. Did you. got one
where he told how. after his interview
with his father, he went into the art
gallery and how every. ono Of Che old
face = .Ssss. .5sssi 5s. &.
Marian nodded i startled assent and
Adra went on .. .sIs !,
/ dear cir, s. q shss said earnestly.
I've were both taken il ~ the same
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misery. and a box of chocolates.
u, C u. up in the big, sleepy hollow
|cha'r IN her room she became so alb.
sorbed in her letters that she never no.
ticed Adra;s silent entrance until a loud
poo caused her to leap from her chair
nurr'ed!y conceal her letters. When she
saw that it was her cousin, and not her
mother, she was less careful Of the let let.
t tsrs and Adra's quick. eyes detected
Sweetheart? ?" she demanded. and az
M wa, confusion made silent answer,
she shook half of the chocolates into
the cover of the box and made herself sf
comfortable on the bed. H..
TEL Tel me all about him." she demand.
Cd: IT, such a horrid dry. I can't even
sleep Hes handsome; Of course. :
AS Z Greek god" was the enthusias.
tic response Tall md dark, With s such
eyes! re On actor. It's ali over nov rs
4e had 70 marry some one his father
ins;cted that he marry. You see. his
father u - very wealtAy man. ana 't,nr.
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"And that is why poor Ben Bronson
signs in yain?~ demanded ;Adra. "Ben's
Hes DEAR" assented Marian. eff
it had not been for Gordon perhaps
but what's the use? :" she broke off des-
palringly.- "Bens is too good TO; be tied
to a girl whose heart is dead, I should
always be ,grieving for Gordon, and it
Wottld make Ben positively miserable
to see me always crying y" 5.s..s i -:ea
us Gordon worth it q asked Adra,
practically n thought that was in
love with an actor once. but Il i found
out that, he, was just q dirt: He liked
TO- get etters from girls and show them
to the rest Of the company. to- prove
what an irresistible chap he was. tt his
name Was not different II should be-
heve him te 1 Be: the. same fellow. .
Gordon is iitfferent,, VI mid Marian,
proudly. aOaly a great 1--we could sex..
press itself 40 ,his did. sLiaten:,
sMarian took up the letter. she had
thrust into the pack when she had
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self, but he feund himself loving her
- he might have loved an cider wom-
an. thinking town her for his second
wife. ->*.:: -: ...5.,. -, :. :,
There was nothing absurd in the
"a to him: Men Still spoke of him
as young man. He must marry again
to have a home. He has been only an
adopted father: TO the child OF the
ocean. - 49,. I,
When, a year sof mourning had
passed, and Capt. Jake began to pose
as =. lover. he learned that she was
keeping company with Will Andrews,
one of his own crew 8 He had never
given the girl a harsh word in his life,
and he never, meant to, but when he
learned of this friendship, he was
touched with jealousy and came near
showing it: y Il = 80 =. =. -
His. change of attitude from father
to would-be lover puzzled Curlew. She
could not make out what was happen
ing. 1t pert,1rbed and upset her, and
by and by. she got TO wondering if
grief over his wife s. death had mot
affected his. mind. =. -, 49,
I With that fear in her heart, she sat
down on his knee one evening and,
smoothing his hair, said: :;
"Poor old dad, something worries
you and I am sorry. Perhaps you
have got so old that you are breaking
down. Why don't you give up the
:schoonersand sit in the sun and smoke
your piper" ~: !.
The words were meant in ali affec-
ton; las? he well knew, but they cut
him like knife, While he was wine
ing, the girl continued: H. ,.%
when you Come back from this
trip, Will Andrews wants to see YOU
here and talk with YOU" s..:.
Her eyes were cast down and she
was blushing.t He uttered no word in
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don is his only son.
3"He was just acting because he loved
the work, but he promised his father
to leave the stage and manage the vast
estates if he could have one year of his
life on the stage. He was going to come
back, when he left the stage and meet
my parents. Until then he did not want
to meet them, for fear that, the fact
that he had been an actor might preiu-
dice them. against him. Il ~
"rhen when he did leave the stage his
horrid father made him marry some
girl that has money. and Gordon had to.
because. his father had. heart disease
and it would kill him to be opposed.
E1e married herEa year ago. He has not
"r1tten SINCE ~: 49, ,5 ~
1t is SO noble of him, because he does
not love the girl he married. But he said
that it would not be loyal to write the
g q that he really did love, and he knew
that he couldn't write without telling
nc ne how unhappy he was and making Fl
/ al the harder for both Of us to bear,
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.l..,, -, The brig was dis
s1iantled and rolling in the trough of
the sea, and after long look at her
through his glasses tie captain turned
to the watch on deck and said:
Glory be, all her crew got away
before it was too late Tn such gale
and sea as this, we could have done
.naught for Them"
Five minutes later, when he took an
other look, he uttered an exclamation
Ct surprise. He had caught sight of a
!: human figure Oh the heaving decks
OF H.. derelict--the figure Of a child
: that had ONE up from the cabin.
Ihere's some one there and it's 4
girlH he shouted. BOYS, we've GOT
to take her off that wrecE!' '
There was no doubt of his hav;no
seen Alright. The Rob Row swent dow1,
past. the brig like runaway horse
but all had time to see the vounr e;ri
who braced herself against the x;, .i
sWoops of the hulk to hold ont har
armss:lr1 mute appeal.
She was alone on the wreck tn.
empty davits showed that The cren,
: had.got away in the boats and left her
behind. 'eA' "ei
The watch below on the fsberr >
had come tumbling UP at the nv
wreck" and ~ men were waiting and
watching to see what Capt. Jake would
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90.
/ Every one OF. them was a thorough
sailor. Every one of them knew that
the attempt to heave the schooner to
III that gale and sea was, taking peril
Gus chances. If her masts did not go,
She would turn turtle as soon as She
came broadsides to the seas. They
realized this, and yet they waited for
the word they did not doubt would
come.
A minute later Capt Jake was issu-
ing his orders. The wheel, was put
os'er,. the schooner, got two troadside
seas that filled her decks to the RATS,
and every man held on for dear life
with the foan1in;, green waters up to
his neck. -. ).
Then her nose pointed fair into the
eye OF the gale, she shock herself free
OF the mighty load, and there was a
shout Of approval from each man. The
Rob Roy had taken big chances and
won.
AS the schooner began drifting
down to ieeward, her wheel was put
over and she was: edged under the lee
OF the wreck. This position made. it
Smooth for her.
The girl ceased to gesticulatt,e. but
she did not cease to watch. She
knew that they meant to save her.
Had she been 2 sailor, had she even
been a boy who had made one VOYAGE
to the banks, she would have under
stood what was wanted of her 50
There were trailing and dangling
ropes in plenty aboard the derelict. II
the girl had made one end of one OF
them fast aboard and the other around
her waist and gone overheard she
would have drifted down to the res.
cuer. A man would have taken the
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black sand to go with it. I simply
drop it into the pan while I am work
ing with it. The clay dissolves and
leaves the salt free"
Great scheme" softly commented
Blake. 1T beats trap in the cradle
or anything like that all hollow.
Here's mine"
He threw chamois bag on the ia
Bile and Cady followed his example.
Then they emptied the bottle in toasts
to- the new scheme and presently Pin
greave was left to himself
Wildcat Creek was on its last legs
as a mining camp. Two years before
the discovery of placer gold had Gre
ated the camp almost overnight. For
time some good finds were made
and then the boom petered out Here
and there pocket could be found
along the stream, but these became
more and more infrequcnt and claims
were abandoned while the miners left
for new fields.
A few remained behind in the hope
of discovering the ledge or vein from
which this free gold must have been
detached by the attrition of the waters
of the creek, but they were very near
y. discouraged. so three of them
Pingreaye. Blake and Cady-had de-
clded to salt and sell reproductive
claims in. the hope of making enough
to take them to Alaska.
f1ngreave was the leader II, the en-
terprlse and ora the funds furnished
by the other two he made trip to
Chicago. whence he presently return
ca with two men and girl.
Blake and Cady frowned when they
saw the girl They were willing
enough to fleece a couple of men. but
their chivalrv urged against swind1ing
4 woman
Pingreave had no such scruples. He
mas a soldier of fortune; on1 y a..pri-
Sate IN the ranks of the vast army,
rior.
He had been everything from q ma
g1c1an IN museums and with scheap
ped1c1ne shows to counterfeiter and
torger. and his lance knew no sex.
Carl Mandel and Hugh Sherfn had
", 500 between them. That would he
$500 apiece for the three:: enough to
take them to Alaska, where the real
gold was. That was sufficient for
Pingreave.
That Lutte Mandel was to: s1,arrv
:,herin when their fortune was made
mattered not at ALL The three. Of
them were densel y ignorant of min
ing processes and it would be easv to
eonvince them that the claims were
oil right.
1t required some argument to bring
the other two to his way Of thinking
but in the end they were converted to
f1ngreave's belief and the two green
horns were led up the creek to Wher.
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.fs55g8ss4s's..-a.- = y was tIe HfSC OPP
portnnity she had had to be miserabl.
Ia nearly two weeks, for her cousin,
Adra, was visiting In the hustle of en-
tertaining and being entertained there
had no opportunity to weep over
the bulky package of love letters that
weISsecurely locked in the tin box that
contained Marian's most treasured pos
sessions. M, -!.s '',. ,:;.'+,
.tfe mad lain down for nap, her
nothersisin macintosh and rubbsrs, had
gone to see married daughter and
Marian was left Ito the luxury sof her
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with the aid ofgaily colored blankets.
81 guess that's ali right" he declar-
ed briskly. as fold of blanket drop
ped over the door. "Now for the de-
monstration of my nonpatented mine
ma gnifer."
Moving quickly to pail in the cor
ner, Pingreavc shook painful OF
gravel into battered pan he had
caught up. and with this he turned
to the tub in the center of the room.
3D.. How much shall she run. to the
pan?' he demanded of his fellows.
. Make it $1,ooo,ooo,", demanded
Blake facetiously.
-Four dollars to the pan is big
enough bait" declared Cady. eff we
make it too rich we shall have to
charge more than the sucker can afford
to pay, or else sell it so cheap that he
will become suspicious"
- That's right" assented Blake
You can't catch minnow on a shark
hook. Make it $4.'
"Of course the sucker picks his own
pan of gravel" explained Pingreave
Well suppose that he has done So
II pan the gold. Either of YOU want
TO look the stuff over?"
The two men shock their heads and
"flngr.eave caught up the pan, sub
merging it in the tub of water, and
e!lielng tae wafer in the pan until
sns muddy liquid had become fair1,
# This Ae slopped out and re6lled the
Pa. shaking Il with ski1lful touch I'm.
y the coarse G!avel could be removed
nom the pan. Bit by bit the contents
ere removed until presently only ,
small quantity of black sand and SONS
cleaning particles remained in the
pan.
:: Pinsresve Strengthened Up and hand
ed the pan 70 the other men. They IN
turn las91naY 1xaaduea the contents
r. s. ~> ~ aas1an >k>>.k = Il,
Bpm r. a. .s,m>1 yqs IN. to
e. - ~ Dc , - 1kukIere alse, i
" x4sfv9 glanced ae Cady, VITO yer.
lnHd akse statemedt with / nod
and Ping1esve opened hlp hand to dis.
close Z little lump a dried claw
That's all there i 10 it" he ex.
planned, crushing the clay ball to dis.
close ks cleaning contents: II just
make up these pills and carry them II
my pocket. There's the gold ~ the
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them. ..sss: :sss $3.50, z.. ...
Il wish ISeould get my letters back
she said slowly. 81. -. .z-'.5
s. .tMr. Seloyer took all the letters a wy,
from the man to make certain That "a
got all Of mine" said Adra, comfort.
ingly. IF he wrote you that he WIS
married a year ago 4 guess that BiiIv.-.
Mr.. sselover---got yours, too.
81 Billy = Marian's voice Was teazinp,
and Adra's cheeks grew softly pink.
8. It's not to be announced until ia III
she acclaimed in confusion. 81 cts 90
and telephone Ben Bronson Is come over
tonight. It's too wet to 90 anywhere.
but We can make fuda = & So S.
: Let's,,s assentsd Marian seaRsTly, and.
Adra smiled % she realized that anothrr
cure was complete. SIS
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to do for the waif Then death came.
to change the whole program: :: =. 49,.
When Curlew had reached the age
Of 70, Mrs. Derwin died: The captain
had then reached the age Of 44,
J: AS men and women read the record.
a man is only. in his prime at AZ. They
do not speak Of him as an old man
even at 5o:- But will, youth it is diff.
.ferent. At the first wrinkle or gray
hair. one, seems to be grandfather to
youth. .:.>.... - :. =
Capt: Jake had rather enjoy ed being
called "poor old dad" but now, all Of
sudden, he almost resented the term.
. There came a day when his: feelings
toward Curlew underwent a~chanKe.
He hardly dared to admit it to him
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heed, to the becko,1ings of the Goddess
of Chance and his share of the trans
action soon reposed in the safe Of the
Montezuma gambling rooms. where
tore Plngreave beg gan to cast his ewes
about for some one to whom he could
appeal for a new stake of dust to
finance new sailing operation.
It was close toward the end of the
second week and a hacker was as far
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the sharpers had located three adj.
joining claims when the first rush had
come.
Carl and Hugh dug the gravel that
Pingreave panned and as pan after
pan showed from Sc to 81 in the gilt
tering grains Hugh and Lutte ex'
changed pleased glances. At this rate
it would not be long before Lutte
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banking affairs .when.I nan into you"
WASTE it lucky?" exclaimed Lutte.
IF we had not happened to- meet you
we should still be looking around for.
an. opportunity for inYes tment."
Pingreave smiled grizzly to himself
as, he, thought Of the pains to which
he had. gone to locate the unsuspect-
ing trio by bringing the clerk in a
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darts Of Cupid, and there were time.
when he weakened, but business was
business. and that evening the three
rogues divided the payments after the
two purchasers had departed with the
assignment Of claim all in due and le-
gal FORM ~" r. =: =: - -.
The next morning they. left for the
nearest town. There tPii1greaye gave
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would become Mrs: Hugh Sferin and
Hugh could scarcely wait until the
demonstration was completed before
he pulled the money from his pocket.
I'VE wouldn't let go of this" said
Eingreave reluctantly, "only we have
had letter from pal who went to
the Klondike. He has located a new
depbsit there and he wants us to come
Up. I was in Chicago settling up our
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and. in time, put to::school.
They called her Curlew-just Cur
lew. [: was mother" when she men-
toned Mrs: Derwin, but it was always
dad, or poor bid dad" when she
spoke of the captain He had just
passed his 38th birthday when he
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business brokers' Office, but he said
nothing. :, ~ :@:
In spite OF his glib talk and his cal
lous conscience, he wash sorry he
had picked them OUT be his VIC
TINS when he intercepted the loving
glances that flashed between Lutte and
Hugh. ~ s. ~ *. -. - -.
It had been years since. Pingreave's
heart had been pierced by the. tiny
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RM rahadrops were
softly tapping the
pane and the spring
landscape, drenched in
the downpour Of: the
night which had now
given way to a soft
drizzle, was drear and
desolate. Marian, in
melting mood, decid-
ed to be miserable.
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but she grew up to be a handsome and
lady-like person She Had friends and
we'll wishers by the score. -, Her own
parents could not have been more
proud of her.
Capt. Jake was 1noney-,naker, and
he had dreams of what he was going
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HE Rob Roy Of the

1E Rob Roy Of the
Glouce ster fishing
fleet, commanded BY
Capt. Jake Derwi11,
had got a full cargo
on the Grand banks
and was llomeward
bound III a strong
gale, when the 'dere-
lict brig was reported
almost in her course.
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rescued her. from the sea, bit he
seemed already an old man to the
young girl: :: : .::fs. -
. Curlew was bit slow in her, studies.
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F1nBredVe
led the way to his
cabin. There he set
forth a bottle and a
tin cup on the table
and while Blake and
Cady occupied them
selves with these he
went about the task
of making his win
dnus Nnnek.nr0of,
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GLORY BEL. ALL HER GREW
GETAWAY BEFORE IT WAS
- TOO ,LATE."'':, .-; = !,
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smith -Isn, I he rathe eccenfricr
{ Joas no. e |, poOr nan s.