Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-03

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81 shall be dreadfully worried until
I know you are safely over" said the
girl, a new note of wistful tenderness
in her voice.
Nonsense! We've all taken bigger
risks before"
ingly, i've been thinking that perhaps
you'd better not take up this enter
prise, after all"
"why not?" he asked. with an in
| credulous stare. 81 thought you were
| enthusiastic on the subject"
! 1T anil believe in the proposition
thoroughly" Cherry limped on, but
we'll, / was entirely selfish in getting
you started, for 1t possibly means my
own salvation, but--"
ITS my last chance, also" Boyd
broke in That's only another reason
for you to continue, however. Why
have you suddenly weakened?"
Because I see you don't realize what
you are going into" she said, desper-
ately. Because you don't appreciate
the character of the men you Will
clash with. There is actual physical
peril attached to this undertaking, and
Marsh won't hesitate toto do any
thing under the sun to balk you. 1t
isn't worth while risking your life for
a few dollars"
"Oh, isn't it," Emerson laughed a
trife harshly. my dear girl, you
don't know what I am willing to risk
for those few dollars;' you don't know
what success means to me. Why, II |
don't make this thing win I'll be per-
fectly willing to let Marsh wreak his
vengeance upon mel might even help
| him."
"Oh MOI"
you may rest assured of one thing;
IL he Is INSCRIPTIONS, so shall [ be.
II he undertakes to check me, I'll
we'll, I'll fight fire with fire."
His face vas not pleasant to look at
now, and the girl felt an access Of that
vague alarm which a been troubling
her of late. h saw again that old
light of sullen desperation in the mans
eye, and marked with 1t a new, logged,
dangerous CLEAN as of one possessed,
which proclaimed his extreme neces-
sity.
But what has occurred to make you
change your mind?" he asked, causing
the faintest flush to rise in her cheeks.
"A few days ago you were a stranger,
now you are a friend she replied,
steadily. "One's likes and dislikes
grow rapidly when they are not choked
By convention. 1 like you too we'll to
isee you do this. You are too good a
man 10 become the prey of those peo-
pie. Remember George Bait"
"Balt hasn't started yet. For the
first time he is a real menace to Willis
Marsh"
Wont you take my advice and re-
consider?" urged the girl.
"Listeni" said the young man. ST
came to this country with a definite
purpose in mind, and 1 had three
years in which to work it out. l
needed money-God, how I needed
money! They nay talk about the
emptiness of riches, and tell o 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 I needed, gold 1
had to have, n I didn't care much
how 1 got it, SO long as 1 got it hon.
estly. l didn't crave the pleasure of
earning it nor the thrill of finding it;
1 just wanted the thing itself, and
came up here because I thought the op-
portunities were greater here than
elsewhere. I'd have gone to the Sahara
or into Thibet just as willingly. I left
behind a good many things to which
I had been raised, and forsook ppor-
tunities which to most fellows of my
age would seem golden, but I did 1t
eagerly. because 1 had only three years
of grace n knew l must win in that
time. Well, 1 went at it. No chance
was too desperate, nc peril was too
great, no hardship too Intense for me.
I bent every effort to my task, until
mind and body became sieepless. un-