New-York tribune., 1910-05-08


"HERE j, something IN the far North that gives
q challenge 10 strong souls and winnows away
the claff that Is weak. Up there the silence
Is So deep that ones footsteps are loud the
march Of city. the distances are 50 wide that a
mans character must speak loud II II would be
heard all. and the air keen. rnconlprOrnis
-nG- that man character must speak truth No
chance for COnCeaeu- Is there. the primitive facts
# temperament leap and soul grapples with soul
4s body with body. Il : only when men thcken and
cities spring up that people can hide behind their
OWN flesh
Something OF this sort Lars Andersen was thinking
as he rode with ms dogs 10 Carson. the last spot
where he would see faces Tor many month tie went
we'll with the frozen silence OF the NOrth,a huge
pillar Of man true child Of Vikings. with his wide
steady ewes straight gaze. and massive shoulders
Twenty wears before. stripping lad. he had lett
court 70 follow the lure Of the West-a lure that had
carried him three thousand miles over seas and then
three thousand miles westward and then north. eve
north. Il gold he waS seeking. and Il ne had
found hut lirtle he had found something that was
better. He was happy IN his long walks and rldeS
-ea-lesslv happy when he fought the bitter cold.
Struggled with hls dogs bore down who opposed
n--n. HIS seeking was not done. There were places
vet farther north 10 60 something was not sure
what b11- something seek something 10 md. He
lid not mind beng alone yet now and then ms own
-5-d drew him and tonight. as his dogs caught the
sound Of the village and increased Their speed ms
feeling matched theirs
carson Wa the last vlllage where moose hunters
got their mail. the point where gold seekers LAID IN
-ra provisions for themselves and their dogs Here
md shopkeeper. John Peters before he went on an
other venture norrhward-
4 he pushed open the door Of John Peters cabin
he thought he heard q trembling sob Il Va lot
-nt way Of Tohn Peters 10 sob There he sat by the
kitchen table mendIng strap under the Kerosene
lamp Z strong looking man but querlIous and
1is4rroirlred. He stretched forward his head and
-,ee-ed under heavy b-OWs Al the newcomer.
Well Lars. he said heaTJliE- ne@4rd YOU
would come this month
Lars sat down and Contentedly looked about the
familiar place. Then his wandering eyes leaped
and steadied. Tor there II the corner sat one who
was unfamiliar gI-l whose sad face dropped III the
ls-nrliglt ike flower whose haIr was aS yellow a.
The goid Lars had been seeking for many years.
Nv tiaughter said Peters briefly.
II didn't know YOU had daughter. STAN
-lle-ed Lars
Well YOU know II noW-ana 80 d" /. Here
have kept her down there IN Seattle since her mother
died ga-e ne a good schooling too And then !
sent Tor her TO comfort my old age Ever since
II Is nothing but CRYING TO get back 70 her mother
people Saws Il is lonely here. DO YOU call tins
lonely Lars, WhE YOU q hundred people
some 6avS # YOU count the Indians. Lonely.
don't SEE how She can call i lonely when the g1r-
come II 70 COPY her clothes and have 20 beat the
men Of To keep them from marrying her by main
force ] should have lei her stay n Seattle. that
was nv mistake / suppose She viii be marrying
one of these fellows that turned 50 soft Over he
v0u could pI1t them n molasseS can and viii q"
my 0Tvn cooking again.
The g-l had covered her face with her hands
La-- rose and went TO her. Softly he took away
er hands and looked straight into her eyes II wa
z fashion nor followed by the Young men OF seattle
and the gi-I gasped-
You rn1s1 have patience said Lars kindly