The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-21
A Flesh and
 Blood Fortune
By DWIGHT NoRWOoD

Edward Clavering Inherited Sl0,OOO on the death of his father, and not be- ! ing inclined to settle down to hum- drum business life he looked about him for something more exciting. That was a time when gold was discovered in the Elondike, and he decided to go out there, look about him and if he saw a chance for a fortune invest his money.
 The first thing he came across to In terest him was a girl in the house in which he lodged She was not the daughter of the proprietor, but m or phan who was trying to keep soul and ] body together us hired help. He noticed 1 her from her personal uttractiveneSs, a | sadness that was on her young face and the fact that she was far more l refined and better educated than her employers He wondered that she did not occupy a higher and more lucrative | position than servant in a boarding house in mining district But this l was explained by her having been left unprotected and unCared for when she waS but sixteen years of age. She was only eighteen when Ned first saw her. [ Her father well to do merchant in | Pennsylvania. had been seized by the 1 gold fever and taken her and her moth er to Alaska. Her mother had died on | the way out; her father had been re lieved of his money by mining sharps and had died from diseaSe induced by exposure in vigorous climate. Th!s is bare synopsis of the story ! Ned got from Alice WoOdviIIr and was quite enough to excite his sympathy. { sympathy induces love, ard he soon 1 found himself interested u the nnfor- uuatc girl But Ned was one ut those 1 fellows who look upward instead of | downward in all that pertained to the fife on the threshold of which he stood His family held their heads nigh. being all persons of social prom | Wpucc The bare thought of writing his mother that he was about to mar. ry a servant appalled, hlm He there fore refraincd from making love to ! Alice Wuodvillc. and in order to scpa. ] rate himself from her went into an un' occupied cabin, where he kept house as a bachelor
 Wherever there is money for invest mcmt. especially in new countries, there age persons who are Intent upon getting fl without a return Clavcring hud listened to Alice WoodyIlle's story aS to how her father had bought worthless mine and resolved to profit Jv the information. He would hold ur to his money till he had proved that what he proposed to purchase was what il purported to be.
 One day woman came 10 him, who said that she had understood that he was looking for mining property. Her husband had been prospecting for long while and had finally struck a vein that would make him rich. He owned, however, but fifty feet or ground, and 1t was essential that he should buy at least fifty feet more on the west of his property, since the vein widened In that direction. He dared not reveal his secret because there were so many rascaIs about that be feared he would be beaten out of his find She had. unknown to him, come to Ned to beg him to help them out and share their good fortune. Ned spent some time. looking into the matter. which seemed to promise large return. He finally agreed that he would select from the mine himself certain specimens of the earth, have 1t analyzed and If 1t was as had been represented he would buy the adjoin' ing ground. put in what other money was required and take a half interest in the whole
 He selected an asSayer whose repu- ration for integrity was of the highest and gave him the specimens of dirt he had taken from the mine. The report was fur beyond what had been claim pd Ned's sense of honor led him to give the results of the analyses to the HlIr or lue bN utl' OlSliA "''' Wa Sen' that she should ESe it elsewhere rO her and her husband advantage Afrrr consulting with hlm she told Ned that they woul prefer 10 rarry out thr arrHngvmrut with him. since he gad convinced thcm that they could g~r.t him The papers wer" drawn up, m urripn waS secured nu the adjOin n. property, aud the transaction was .., n,. signed and sealed uu the follow .a- morning
 That night Ned went 10 sleep think. ma of tne fortune he was to taEe back with him when he returned south ward In the middle of the n,ght he wlS awakened by rap on the cabin r1nr Getting out Of bed and putting ,n fur uvercOat. for tur night was ruld he opened the door. There stood girl whom he recognized by her ruire aS Aire WoodviIle
 "Dout sign those papers she said nurripdIy
 "Whl not?"
 "Thp mine has been salted
 How do you knOwT
 MT. Hawkins told those people about you. They have planned to ;windle you" Hawkins kept the