El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-28
By Rex Beach
synopsis of Previous Chapters.

CHERRY 0eScrlpeS the salmon HsHeIIess
and Marsh. the inscriptions head OF
the Kalvik canneries.
Cherry owns a cannery site. Elmer
son, George Bait and she go into part
nership., Emerson describes his fah-
Emerson kisses Cherry goodbye
Bait Fraser and Emerson nearly lose
their lives in Katmai pass and miss
the steamer at Katma1 On their way
out TO get capital.
After dreadful privations they eaten
the boat at Kadiak and are soon e2
route for Chicago. Emerson seeks MISS
Mildred Wayland.
She and Emerson are engaged. Her
father, Wayne Wayland, is million
aire. Alton Clyde offers $4,000 to-
ward the cannery.
Bait and Emerson meet Marsh IN
Chicago. Marsh is sutton Tor NIL
dred's hand. Marsh tells Mildred about
Cherry Malotte. He and Wayne Way
land plan canneries trust
Mildred learns that Emerson ana
Cherry are partners. Banker Hilliard,
Seattle, refuses to lend Emerson $780,
600. Cherry. who has arrived IN
from Hilliard
Cherry discovers that Emerson is 20
ing delays for Emerson's party, To-
coma refuses Emerson a loan. Clyde
suggests that Cherry can get the loan
from Hilliard-
Emerson enrages Cherry by CRITICS.
ing her friendly relations with Hill
lizard. Cherry sees Hilliard, who I'M
axpectedly furnishes the money. Marsh
causes a strike, delaying the loading
Of EmerSOns machinery
Balt's fishermen fight the strikers.
Fraser shoots a striker and imperson-
ates Emerson, for whom a warrant is
issued.
Emerson escapes to Kalvik. Marsh
follows. Fraser is released and re-
in9v z n, ear-xy
as tempered with.
Marsh builds a trap to prevent SAL
mon from reaching Emerson's cannery
site. He is mysteriously stabbed. En-
Salmon begin their run, but Marsh
hires Emerson's fishermen. Clyde
threatens to sell his stock. Fraser is
noneommittal to Emerson concerning
Cherry's early life.
Bait threatens to kill Marsh. Cherry
gets a crew of indians to help Elmer
son pack his salmon catch Emerson
suspects Constantine, Cherry's indian
servant, of attempting to kill Marsh.
Cherry tells Emerson Mildred doesn't
love him if she will not help him.
Emerson's fishing crews fight
Marsh's. Wayland and Mildred arrive
at Kalvik. Emerson tells Mildred his
cannery may be a failure. She takes
little interest in his work
Wayland approves of Marsh's crook
ed methods in fighting Emerson and
threatens to crush him financially. The
salmon fill Emerson's traps. Bait
cries, We've won't
Chakawana, Cons tantine's pretty sis
ter, has disappeared. Cherry asks Mil
dred to help Emerson and denounces
Marsh. Constantine learns Marsh
wants to marry Mildred. Mildred be-
comes Jealous of Cherry
Continued from Yesterday
you can search me. don't keep
cases on him. AS long as he does his
work / don't care where he goes at
quitting time" He resolved that this
girl should learn nothing from him.
There seem to be very few white
women in this place." she said after
a pause.
"Only one. till you people came.
Maybe you've crossed her trail?"
Mr. Emerson told me about her.
He seems quite fond Of her."
1--WE always said they'd make 6
swell looking pair
Zone can hardly blame her for trying
to catch him."
'Oh, you can make book that she
didn't start no lovemaking. She amt
the kind to curl up in a mans ear and
whisper. She don't have to. All she
needs to do is look natural. The men
will fall like ripe persimmons."
They have been together a great
deal. l suppose"
Every hour of the day. and the days
are long" said Fraser cheerfully. But
he amt crippled. He could have walk
ed away if he'd wanted to. It's a good
thing he didn't, though. because she's
done more to win this bet for US than
we've done ourselves"
shes unusually pretty" the girl re-
marked coldly.
.'Yes. and she's just as bright as she
is good looking. But / don't care for
blends" Fraser gazed admiringly at
the brown hair before him and rolled
his eyes eloquently. I'm strong for
brunettes, l am. It's the creole blood
In me-"
She gathered up her wild flowers and
rose, saying:
'"I must be going"
'I'll go with you" He jumped to
his feet with alacrity.
Thank you. | prefer to walk alone"
Declined with thanksv' he murmur-
ed. I'D need ear muffs and mittens
to handle her. think I'll build me
some bonfire and thaw out She must
own the mint"
At the upper cannery Mildred found
Alton Clyde with the younger Berry
girl She called him aside and talked
earnestly with him for several min
utes.
'All right" he said at length. I'm
glad to get out, of course The rest is
up to you"
Mildred's lips were white and her |
voice hard as she cried:
81 am thoroughly sick of it all! /
have played the fool long enoughp'
Nov. look here" Clyde objected !
weakly, lyon may be mistaken. and it |
doesn't look like quite the square thing
to do" But she silenced him with an !
angry geSt11ra