The evening world., 1915-03-20

M III q
- q. RIDER MA0GAND

~You kspt him non me- oeoov
whispered. II didn't hnOW ~ -
ponhin. but you kept Mn TN -
Thon rm--eQuag0r tAon n k0oXH
70 was % fAint that 0eDhy' eteoQeo
apd kisssd him pitifully - hie ~
closed. Dsvsnish eat Up vttny
sR:si"s them ana ma f'S :. ssr sssss
whats tau ysars. ny ssriS tris1-
phAntiy. "oh, my girl!s He Guns ous
both arms TO the woman they could
not ses. and fell back.
Hazard bsnt over the dead oaos
and for the hrst and last time u NJ
life lied in answer 70 eusstiea q
Sophy RidGeway's.
"what did | know about him1
Nothing. Just happened 10 hep hin
In . row once" For none of Dsvenp
ish's Gins should b written - ~
memory eophy had Of him; Dsveois1
had wiped that record clean.
0ophy caught Hazard round ~
neck and chung 70 him. ''oh," sho
soeesd. "oh, Paul 7 want e y swsy
fsUm hsrsi First Olsen. and thea -
want 20 I'd away" ~.
d aid Hasard. Kelly was sseth6p
sheer Ioss that ranhled r. hin; ~
had grown fond Of the llttle rat A.
70 vas poeejble TO 20 BOW; ~ 49,
half Of Athsrton's dogs and do1 49,
had been abandoned IN the wo1f-0Anso
house. II he heard the noloo - 40
srton's mon 0ettlng o6 over ~ ~
In the other half he Wou11 n6t ra1Eo
. finger 70 stop. the0--AAA ou11oo1V
he lifted his Ease freo oephyA 49,
were teams comlng; not SotrG. 1Gp-
Ard sslsed ne s!{yS 49,. ~ p
Under the stars aAvaneea twe -
sleds. their upturned noess fou .
Lastiuck; aa1 frem The nrss a -
"Ksiiyi" shoussi HassfS. sWSeruey>
trying 10 make NasSsolL
He was suddsaly AWaso ss SoDoD -
the second dog. ale1, q aaseA0 -
man Kelly, Of 0ophy calling ~ No.
ere name. and wss euos Win 49,.
, "x~i" said Kelly, n hspps6 = =
sled and graSped HasAr1'O. hanl q
didn't give curgs tor Nsclsod; y ~
grub and cartridges ! vented. ! ~
hold Of Sne % Atherton's 0ea, -
p p'.s S.% 0ss, sova ts'.ssH' sss'ss =
"But the des.-asl TIE se&9ss
saspsd Hazard. .And Ri60swsyf
Nelly wriggssd his has1s y -
sS xx. iP! jSss1 su,.,sa sas -, -
gold." said BE-. 'xAsA tsaS0l13
? b iovsssd HI voics 1lssfUs1Iy. F301
voul4n.t believs he yas. dsoA. M
them all the timef He tass thGnG
(, you bet ,Athsrtoe's man .djAat -
thati Joe and the ethse lo1lA4 -
dumped hia out. of - eaas6 -
Of wandered round till - eefuG6 -
trappsrs o. he'd havo stasvOA I r.
had to haul him heeA - aooDo1
scared blue % Athertoo, buS y Do1oI1(
up considsreble When ~ ne A.
tons man clearin9 vut, ~ ~ 49,
he'd bsea killsA 4 Guooo A9o r.
some Of his fat Oh. ooQip6l - ~
rode ALI the way. hot 70 GDo4x ~.
What dye suppose 10 neaas - -
about sneeking down thefS Win -
70 eat and his daughter nsas stasvs
But Ridsswsy, for sass, w. suvl.G
nothlng. He looked Sp WITH Q GS6S
defiance a. Hazard Stre00 ovsf .
him; then his arm tsn from s0u1A
Il hsv:st snysaias 70 ~ 49,
staying away" he muttorod. 4 nGW
I'm not 20 blame that Oophy Wann0
killed here, but I eoulln't know -
! oouidnt help gcisg vhen a. -
won't understand. 6ur'-he IoseDol q
= Athsrtoa. !ying 1saa y n 80. -
darsn't faoo Donkins ths9g6 ! WaGnrS
sYeS inSw Il. - n6.a -ss.ys
0urps(Ao 3or1eo6 q OFT -0e 0onnn1,
though 10 WAs no buoin1os q ~
y nsvGf theuGAt - sopld uAe491~
Ridegway 6hp0eq AnA pe61o91Z
80. tc'S ~. s:r;s =: yes.s:t !! = -
cs ssa s "a ~ nnS~s M v ss1 !. = -
sssi .::. . :s:ss e !: ~ w =. r.. e. =.
T wouidn't have sarsa ~ ysuea
done" Dophy csied. msviag - ~. .
"WhSrs's IL soilf. saiA n sESGV
said you'd enough 70 waAa ins
Hesard nodded gentemytueo61v -.
yard the ofece, H - ssyes -
Ridssway walked % q Steo. -
spoke unexpectedly over kis skou111N
"rn sive you my share - ~
Sophys told ne about yoa ga ~
IL you'll start for homo WITH ~ -.
merrow: Co Known sAs's IA sesaGA
Of IAstluck." a., ~ r., =, ~ ~.
-ofsst SCOTT. Ridgswayis ssssA h.
ard. DO you suppose Weal1n't g1va
my own share to tahs herr
eophy looked round her st IL
tramplsd. bloody snow: 1t Ridep AHA
Lake teuderly carrying DevenisA inlo
the once to walt for burial: 1t AtAos-
ton. lying stark under the stars; g
the ofncs that held the hard.hsD1
Lastluck gold. II had besn last lu1nI
for an Of thsm:' dsath fos two. one g
whom she was not sorry for, and life
and money and safety for her and her
father. She had loved every inch o<
the place. but new, In spite Il TIE
gold. she had indeed had enough e
IT," and sudden tears blinded her.
Cant we all TO-" she asked a.
steadily. Just as soon a. we're ready
We can take out most of our gol1;
we've plenty Of dogs and slsds. An1
somebody ourht to 20 up and foeA
Athsrton's dogs at"-she could ~
say "ths woh-msn's house"
Hazard gripped her hama 49,
"6ome q W anyhow" i.f
Kelly. passing with an srunnl -
wood to start up TIE bunk houoo M