The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-12

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10 10 am en- sleps Aetts
fhere u 6ne. when came mere
Il enf ago iie d Ole riEes vas qlls p
20 on m outside chance loeatea 9
as The best one available. When
,yriliis Marsh learned of a ne took NJ
m OF the remaining places. and. A.
enough at the time bad no idea WHAT
I vas going to do with my prop
+ hung on 70 r
II can't buy your site"
Nobody asked you 60. s4e :
~ wouldn't sell Il TO you Il you mao
the money. but II you WIN buIId
cannefy on It IN turn IN the ground
for an interest"
Emerson meditated 4 moment then
replied, II can't say yes or NO. IT'S
a pretty big proposition O0,O0os you
saidr'
Eyes. IT'S a big opportunity. You
can clean up 100 per cent In year.
Do you think you could raise the
money to build plantf
II might" he said cautiously.
eat least you can tryE
.sBut don't know anything about
the business"
sI've thought OF All that. and there's
a way to make success certain. De
lieve you have executive ability and
can handle these men,"
.soh, yes, I'VE done that sort OF
thing" His broad shoulders went up
as he drew a long breath Whats
your plan7"
There's a man down the coast,
George Bait. who knows more about
the business than any four people IN
| Xalyfk. He discovered the Kalvtk
49,, here and
| was its foreman until he quarreled
with Marsh. Bait isn't the kind Of
man to be disciplined. so, not having
enough money to build a cnnnery. be
took his scanty capital and started
l saItery on his own account. Marsh
broke George in a year, ruined him,
utterly wiped him out. just as he IN
! tends 10 wipe out Insignificant me-
| thinking to recoup his fortunes, George
came bnck into camp. but he owns
| valuable trap site which Marsh and
his colleagues want. and before they
/ would give him work they tried 70
make him nseiEn It to them and con
tract never IL, go IN business on bis
own account Naturally George re-
| fused. He's been starving now for two
years.
George Bait; no man dares to give
him a bed: no cRnnery win let him
work. He has to take dory to Dutcn
| Harbor 10 get food He doesn't dare
leave the country and abandon the
/ meaeer thousands he has invested in
/ buildings, and every summer when
| the run starts he comes across the
marshes and sinks about the Kalvik
| thickets ike a wrath. watching from
| afar Just in order to be near it all,
| He stands alone and forsaken. barking
| to the clank Of machinery. every bolt
| Of which he. place.. watching bis
| enemies enrich themselves from that
| cleaning silver army. which he con-
siders his very own. He Is stunned
ike a leper. Some time believe he
| will kill Marsh"
.'Hm-m! One seems to be forever
crossing the trail of this Marsh" SAD
Boyd. who had listened intently.
1.-THE man who beats Marsh VIII
| have done something She paused.
| then said deliberately, And believe
you are the one to do IT.
/! They had reached their destination
the mouth OF deep creek, mp which
| Cherry turned her dogs. Emerson
Ieaped from the sled and, running for
ward, seized the leader. guiding 1t into
| a clunp of spruce, among the boles
Of which he tangled the harness, for
this team wns like pack of wolves.
rnvenous for travel and intolerant OF
the leash.
Together they assembled the bank and
surveyed the surroundings. Cherry ex-
patiatIng upon every feature with the
fervor of a land agent bent on weav-
ing his spell about prospective buyer
And in truth she had chosen well, for
the conditions seemed ideal
1--WE watched you. and know you
are down on your luck for some rea-
~" the girl said. You've been mis-
=. "";nehow. and you've had the
.ca !, "It of you. but Pm sure
IT'S a y"" coed. for you're young
| and InteI.rr cool and determined.
am giving you this chance TO play
! the biggest game of your life and erase
in eight short months every trace Of
failure. I'm not doing it altogether
unseIdshIy, FOR believe you've been
sent TO Kalvlk TO work out your own
| salvation and mine and that of poor
George Bait. whom you've never seen.
You're going to do this thing. and
| you're going to make It win"
Emerson reached out impuisively ana
caught her tiny, mittened hand. His
eyes were shining; his face had lost
the settled look of detection and was
all agIow with new dawn OF hope,