The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-14
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.Iisfen." said tire young man. Il
came 10 this country with q definite
purpose In mind. and had three Yeas
IN which to work II out ! needed
money Cod. how needed rloncy
They may talk about he emptiness OF
riches and tell you that men labor
not for the KIN bet for the pursuit:
not for the score. but for the contest
Maybe sonic OF them do, but with me
ii was gold needed. gold / had to
nave. and I didn't care much how
yot It so long as l got it honestly.
| focused every power upon my desire.
hut n ,i,rSc. was on me-a curse.
nothi:i:. lt.SS at fr<t ! took nistor
tine ENTHUSIASTICALLY. but when Il came
ind slept with me l began TO rage at
t. II was terrifying because my time
was shortening. and the last day OF
\ grace was rushing toward me.
4 AUST to snow you what luck play
/ I'd In ;lt Dawson | found i prosper
/ fbat would l,s We made most men rich.
. and. although such thing had never
! happened IN that locality before. Ii
ninched out tried again ana again.
and finally found another mine. only
to be robbed OF It by the Canadian
| laws in such a manner that there was
/ NOT the faintest hope OF my ever re-
I covering the property. l finally shifted
from mining to other ventures. and
the town burned. 1 awoke in a mid
| night blizzard to see my chance Cor q
fortune licked up by flames, while the
hiss of the water from the dremen's
hose seemed directed at me, and the
voice of the crowd sounded like jeers.
az was among the first at Nome and
| stalzed ALONGSIDE the discoveries who
undertook to put.me In right for once;
but. although the fellows around me
made fortunes in 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 race
1 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 / was growing poorer.
"Two hours after the TopkuE strike
was made 1 drove past the shaft. but
the one partner known to me had gone
to the cabin TO build fire aud the
/ other one lied TO me. thinking was
a stranger. I heard afterward that
lust as drove away my friend came
i to the door and called after me, but
the day was bitter, and my ears were
| mufled with fur, while the dry snow
beneath the runners shrieked 50 that
It drowned his cries. he chased me
for half a mile to make me rich. but
the hand of fate lnshed my dogs faster
and faster. while that hellish screech-
ing outdinned his voice. Six hours
later Topkuk was history. You've seen
stnmpedes-you understand.
my name became a byword and
caused people to laugh, though they
shrank from me, for miners and sail
ors are equally superstitious No man
ever had more opportunities than |.
| and no man was ever so miserably
unfortunate in missing them In time
I became whipped, utterly without
hope. Yet almost from habit fought
on and on with my ears deaf to the
.oices that Knocked me.
''And something tells me that 1 have
left that Ill omened thing behind Mt
last. and / am going to win!'
"But you're too late" suggested
Cherry. ''You say your time was up
some time ago"
''Perhaps." he returned. staring into
the distances. That's what ! was
going out to ascertain. thought
might have few days Of grace allow
cd me. That's why can't quit, now
that you've set me In motion again.
now that you've given me another
l chance. That's why we leave tomor-
row and go by way Of the Katmal
pass"