The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-10-13
The
SILVER
HORDE
By REX BEACH,
Author OF THE Spoilers' and
The Barrier
; CepvriGht. 1909 BY Harper q Brothess
Continued from page !
ceovr;sh. 1903. BY harper a Brother.

COnillucu from page
Remember George Bait"
"Balt hasn't started yet. For the
frst time he is a real menace to Willis
Marsh"
Wont you take my advice and re-
consider?" urged the girl
Listen" said the young man. II
came to this country with a definite
purpose in mind. and had three years
In which to work it out. | needed
money-God. how needed money!
They may talk about the emptiness of
riches and tell you that men labor
not for the KILL but for the pursuit:
not for the score. but for the contest.
Maybe some of them do. but with me
It was gold needed. gold had to
have. and I didn't care much how !
got 1t so long as I got It honestly.
focused every power upon my desire.
but q curse was on me-a curse.
nothing less. At first took misfor-
tune philosophically. but when 1t came
and slept with me began to rage at
It. 1t was terrifying because my time
|
grace was rushing toward me.
"Just to show you what luck l play
ed in. at Dawson I found a prospect
that would have made most men rich.
and. although such thing had never
happened in that locality before. It
pinched out. tried again and again.
and finally found another mine. only
to be robbed Of 1t by the Canadian
laws in such manner that there was
not the faintest hope of my ever re-
covering the property. finally shifted
from mining to other ventures, and
night blizzard to see my chance for q
fortune licked up by flames, while the
hiss of the water from the fremen' s
hose seemed directed at me. and the
voice Of the crowd sounded like jeers
81 was among the first at Nome and
staked alongside the discoveries who
undertook to put me in right for once;
but, although the fellows around me
made fortunes in a day, my ground
was barren and my bedrock swept
clean by that unseen hand which
always felt, but could never avoid
Once broken snowshoe in a race
J to the recorders Office lost me for
tune: at another time corrupt judge
plunged me from certainty to despair
and all the while my time was grow
ing shorter and I was growing poorer
1.-TWO hours after the Topkuk strik'
was made drove past the shaft, bu
the one partner known to me had gon'
to the cabin to build a fire and thu
other one lied to me, thinking l wa
stranger. l heard afterward tina
Just as I drove away my friend cam'
to the door and called after me, bu
the day was bitter, and my ears wer'
muffled with fur, while the dry snow
beneath the runners shrieked so tina
1t drowned his cries. He chased M
for half mile to make me rich, blu
the hand Of fate dashed my dogs taste
and faster, while that hellish screech
ing outdinned his voice. Six hour
later Topkuk was history. You've seel
stampcGes-you understand.
"My name became byword an,
caused people to laugh. though the.
shrank from me. for miners and sal
ors are equally superstitious. No maj
ever had more opportunities than
anil no man was ever so miserabl
unfortunate in missing them. In tim
bccamc whipped. utterly withou
hope. Yet almost from habit tough
on and ON with my ears deaf to tn
voices that Knocked me.
".And something tells me that hav
left that III omened thing behind n
last. and ! am going to VIM
But you're too late:.s suggeste
Cherry. "You. say your time was u
some time ngo."
perhaps" he returned. staring int
the distances. That's what wa
going out to ascertain. thought
might have few days Of grace allow
ed me. That's why l can't quit. no,
that you've set me in motion agail
now that you've given me anothe
chance. That's why we leave tomo1
row and 60 by way Of the Katms
, pass"
J COntinced Next Week.