Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-11-11
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saltery on his own account. Marsh
broke George in year. ruined him.
utterly wiped him out. just as he in
tends to wipe out Insignificant me.
Thinking to recOup his fortunes. George
came back into camp. but he owns a
valuable trap site which Marsh and
bis colleagues want. and before they
would give him work they tried to
make him assign it to them and con-
tract never to go in business on his
own account. Naturally George re-
fused. He's been starving now for two
years
"No man dares to furnish FOOD to
George Bait: no man darrS to give
him a bed: no canncry will let him
work. He has to take a dory to Dutch
Harbor to get food. He doesn't dare
leave the country and abandon the
meager thousands he has invested in
buildings. and every summer when
the run starts he comes across the
marshes and sinks about the Kalvik
thickets like u wrath. watching from
afar just in order to he near it all.
lie stands alone and forsaken. barking
to the clank of machinery. every bolt
Of which he placed. watching his
enemies enrich themselves from that
cleaning silver army. which he con-
siders his very own. He is Stunned
like a leper. Some time ] believe he
will kill Marsh"
"Hm-m. One seems to be forever
crossing the trail of this Marsh" said
Boyd. who had listened intently.
i. "The man who beats Marsh will
have done something" She paused.
then said deliberately, "And I believe
you are the one to do It,"
They had reached their destination
the mouth Of deep creek. up which
Cherry turned her dogs. Emerson
leaped from the sled and. running for
ward. seized the leader, guiding it into
clump of spruce. among the bolcs
Of which he tangled the harness. for
this team was like pack of wolves.
ravenous for travel and intolcrant Of
the leash.
Together they assembled the bank and
surveyed the surroundings. Cherry ex-
patiating upon every feature with the
fervor of land agent bent on w&av-
Ing his spell about prospective buyer,
And in truth she had chosen well. for
the conditions seemed ideal.
1--WE watched you. and know you
are down on your luck for some rea-
son." the girl said. you've been mis-
cast somehow. and you've had the
heart taken out of you. but I'm sure
It's in you to succeed. for you're young
and intelligent. cool and determined.
l am giving you this chance to play
the biggest game of your life and erase
In eight short months every trace of
failure. I'm not doing it altogether
unselfishly. for believe you've been
sent to Kalvik to work out your own
salvation and mine and that Of poor
George Bait. whom you've never seen.
You're going to do this thing. and
you're going to make 1t win"
Emerson reached out impulsively and
caught her tiny. mittcned hand. His
eyes were shining: his face had lost
the settled look Of detection and was
all aglow with new dawn Of hope.
Even his shoulders were lifted and
thrown back as If from some sudden
access Of vigor that lightened his bur
den.
You're right" he said firmly. We'll
send for Bait tonight"
In the days that followed Cherry
was at Boyds elbow constantly, aid
Ing him Mt every turn in his zeal to
acquire knowledge Of the cannery
system. The odd conviction grew upon
her that he was working against time
that there was limit to his period
Of action. for he seemed Obsesscd by
an ever growing passion to accomplish,
some end within given time and had
no thought for anything beyond the
engrossing issue into which he had
plunged. She was dumfounded by his
sudden transformation and delighted
at first, but later. when she saw tina,
he regarded her only as means tc
an end. his cool assumption Of leader
ship piQued her and she felt hurt
Constantine had been sent for Bal,
with instructions to keep on until he
found the fisherman even If the quest
carried him over the range. During
the days Of impatient waiting they oc
cupied their time largely in reconnoi
tering the nearest cannery. permission
to 20 over which Cherry had secured
from the Waterman. who was indebted
to her. The man was timid at first
but Emerson won him over. then pro
ceeded to pump him dry of inforna
ton. as he had done with his hostess
Fraser looked on in bewildermen
at the change in Emerson.
what have you done to 'Froze1
Annie?" he asked Cherry on one oc
casion. 'You must have fed him .
speed ball. for ! never saw gu!
gear up so fast. Why, he was thu
darndest Grape hanger l ever met til
you got him Fingered up. He didn'
have no more shirt than a sick kit