The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-01-21

love naen, not because they arS
rnens but because they arc net wuns.
en.--oueen Christina.
There was at hat time ia Mon.
treAi q sort Df neNa room and public
exchange. which made q place III
Eeneral meeting. II was supplied
With newspapers and the mke. and
kept ap by subscriptions al the town
merchants "a spacious room MAIDS
OUT Of the cid Methodist chapel Oh
81 Joseph street. 1 knew this gas
place Of town gossip. and hoped
] might hit upon something 20 aid
me ta my eFfAad. which was no
more than begun. II seemed. I'm.
terinx the place shortly before na8u
! made pretense Of reading all the
while with an eye and ear ont for
anything thar might happen.
As ! stared In preseHae NJ the
page before me. / fnmhisd sdly in
pocket. wiih unthlnking hand. and
brought out 60 place before me- on
the table. an object OF which At frat
] was unconscious the ilffie Indian
blanket clasp A. il lay before me
! felt seized OF sudden hatred for
Il. and let fall on Il a heavy hand
A. ! did so. ! heard a voice at ms
ear.
Main Colt. man. do not You
break il surely
started AZ this. hnd ros heard
am one approach l discovered uow
that the speaker had taken q aeat
near me az the table. and could not
fai 70 see this object which las be
fore me.
I beg pardon" he said. In 4
broken speech which showed hia
foreign birth. but Il iss 40 beau.
tiful. 70 break It tss wrong
Something IN HIS appearance and
speech fixed my attention He wAs
2 tall. bent man. perhaps sixty years
o. axe. o. gray halr and beard. with
the glasaaa and the unmissakahle
aif of the sfudHut. Hts stopped
shoulders. hts weakened eye. his
thin. hluevelned hand. the lron-RFay
hair standing like a ruff above HIS
forehead. marked him not aa one
acquainted wlIh a Wild life. hnf BET
ter fitted for other days and scenes
pushed the tFinket along The
table toward him
It's 81 little value. said aana
. always in tho way when / would
flnd anything Ia my pocket"
But once some ore bass made II.
once lt has had value. Tell me
where YOU get tfr
North Of The Platte. h our vest.
ern territories" / said. II once
traded IN that country"
You are American"
Yes
So" he said thouRhgfully so
A great country. a very great coun.
try Ne. | also live ii lfe
indeedg | said In what
part7~
"it iaa five years since / cross the
Rockies"
You have crossed the Rockiesg I
envy you"
You meesunderstand me. I live
west o. them for five years. am
now come east"
You have been At Fort Van.
couver7"
He nodded. Also 10 Fort Col.
vile. far north. also 10 what they
call California, far south. and again
70 what they may yet call Fort VIC.
torla- / haf seen meny posts u the
Hudson Bay Company
| was afraid my eyes showed nv
Interest," but ho went on
haf been IN the Columbia e0un.
try, and IN the Willamette country.
where most Of your Americans are
settled know somewhat 1T Cali.
tofuia. Mr, Howard. Of the Hudson
Say Company, knows also Of This
country Of California. ne said to
those English gentlemens AZ our
meeting last night that England
should hat something 10 offset Call.
f0fnta On the west coast. because.
though Mexico claims California
The Yankees really rule there. and
VIII rule there yet more. lie iaH
rlEhti but they laughed 81 him
"Ohl think little win come Of an
this talk" I said careleaRiR. ~ Il
very far out 10 Oregon va an
the time my heart klas leaplng vtgo
he mad been there. at that -
meeting of which | could ieafHl
unthinRi
You know not what vou say al
thousand men came into Oregon fael
year. Il los like one OF i4he eroaf
migrallons Of the peopr5 ~ Asia