The evening world., 1915-03-16
THE WOLF-MAN
BY 9. CARLETON

Ignorance about the gold.
II guess It does" Rider whistled
dryly. He looked At Hazard, who
Il said wouldn't search them. and
won't..but 4 I were you I'd have an
"Dye mean ne took itf~
mo. mean he'll find out VINO did
for the reward and the shindy over
It."
He'll get no shindy.~ said Rider un-
expectedly. THE men aren't In shape
to handle good in . row; some Of
them'd ny out crazy, and there'd be
murder. ! guess I'll let Kelly be-"
TIL bet you a dollar he's been
through most Of them already" Hnz-
ard could be unexpected. too. kelly
didn't believe for second that none
OF the men knew about the gold--he
only thought he'd be neglected not to
know about It himself; you won't
have any stirring up to do to Kelly.
You keep away from the bunk house
for while after we get back, and
give him a chance. He won't have
any murder; they're all too much
afraid of him." He broke of, and
looked round the desolation where
his newly erected stakes showed
bravely. Il suppose you know they're
only good morally II any one comes
and disputes them," he added in a
the nearest surveyed line "a to tie
them to. for recording"
ANY one comes!" Riders eyes
bulged. "Nobodyd come, in the fr.t
place-and. II they did, what's the
matter with the claimT'
Nothing. but that any one desiring
n IN n,St.
ritory is Obliged to make a survey At
his own expense. to the first surveyed
line; otherwise. there's nothing to tie
your claim to-"
"Shoo!" said Rider. IT guess we'li
record somehow. when we've got the
stun. l guess It isn't likely any one
VIII survey up to us and make trou-
BILE. Why. no one knew this place
was, even. when we came to It,"
Not for all we Know" careiessly.
Anyhow. II there was a rush, even, I
guess we can make our own laws
here"
"Um-hum." Rider grinned. "I guess
III go down now and get some water
and such for Miss Ridgeway. I sup
pose you won't begin work till the
men GOT"
TN begin timbering Tomorrow.
The men can't leave till there's snow.
What would be the good Of their to-
boggans? They couldn't haul them!"
Rider nodded and disappeared with
Olsen. Hazard. following them, sat
down In his shack to make a sketch
plan OF his claim. and time few at
IT, Not till after dark was he aware
Of a sudden commotion: Of the voice
OF Kelly in wrathful yells. Of Keily's
friends In rude laughter. As ne
opened his door to investigate Rider
banged on II.
They're gone: lock. stock and bar
REL" he gasped. "All but Kelly and
last man we wanted to stay. We
forgot the Ice. Mr., Hazard; they
didn't need to wait for snow. Ice Ia
just as good going for toboggans."
But the stores? They'll starve!"
They took all they wanted: broke
into the store. They may have to
throw things away. but they won't
starve. You were in here; Olsen
and were fixing Miss Ridgeway's
stove. and they just got out clean
and easy"
"The fools" said Hazard. slowly.
II meant to give them a map, and
tell them things. so that they could
have had a chance to get some
where"
He was appalled, at the plain sui =
eide Of the thing. and ashamed to
know that he was relieved. too: he
had not looked forward to the So
ciety OF the malcontents for the
next week. He marched over to the
bunk k-house, and n suddea silence
fell on 1t as he stood In the open
door.
(which OF tho mon had the gold
Kclly?" he asked cool!y.
Kelly fairly rocked with the oaths
that tore out of him. ANY OF them.
ne sputtered, "any damn one. I knew
fellows had, and 1t was no use their
saying they was all In here last night
for they weren't: only l didn't take
notice which OF them wus out. gave
them an hour to cough II up. while
the rest OF us went OF a little pasear
and"
81 said that way was not good" pu,
in Olsen slowly. "nor any use was II
to search them" .s~...l
said! know you said" snapped
Kelly, but you went out same as we
did, and when we gets back-they'rt
gone" He pointed to the darkness,
there, somewhere, getting along like
hell; and one Of them's got the gold
They didn't kid me any with theiI
wolf stories. I bet that COLDS In Mel.
sons clothes this minute"
"Of course" said Hazard; II II hat
not been for Sophy's being the losei
he would have grinned with pure
pleasure. 1t was the best thing tina
could have happened. for II killed al
spooks and wolves with mems faces
deader than a door-nail. "Braco up
Kelly. There's plenty moro gold"
Kelly exploded. "It amt the gold
it's me, getting done by lot OF scab!
like them"
And the bunk-house roarcd cheer
fuilv. with a laughter n had no
known for weeks Even Rider wor'
the face Of different man. OlseI
alone said nothing.