Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-04-27
SMOKE
BELLEW
SYNOPSIS.
BY
JACK
LONDON
Copyright. 1914. by the Wheeler
Syndicate

nor the Klondke In gold rush and pluck
NJ works at the back breaking toll or
packing freight
He meets a beautiful girl JOY Gasteli.
eeserts his own party. and he and shorty
a new acquaintance, hire out TO TWO
~salthy prospectors. Joy has nicknamed
Ann smoke
Smoke ard shorty hefriend man nam
q Breck and nearly perish ln attempting
10 cross Lake L.ebarge because or the
aselessness OF their employ ers.
smoke and shorts take command By
force and get through 20 Dawson CITY
where they are discharged on Brecks
i1p they stampede FOR squaw creek
They overtake JOY Gasten and her IA
ther To help the Sea Lion crowd JOY
troacherously leads them away from
bQuaw creek
Smoke saves tho girls feet from fre~z
ing he and shorty by mistake jump
niner's claim and lose IT, Then Smoke
nnds Surprise lake the bottom OF which
h covered with gold
Smoke is shot At. witnesses the murder
q miner by the unknown marksman
and IN arrested FOR murder himself
szo4e goes TO Surprise lake He falls
INTO a crevasse IN glacier. and a miner
Carson. makes heroic efforts 20 rescue
him
smoke cuts rope to save Carson. falls
himself and is caught In pocket below
from which he IS rescued by Carson and
Joy.
Smoke and shorty find a tribe Of stary-
ms Indians. and Smoke goes 10 Mucluc
b secure food and help
Smoke forces Cuitus George an Indian
frf Essa 81 IA
Smoke and Shorty ind several dead men
m the snow.
They discover Laura sibley's party dy-
measures One man. Wentworth. is mys
teriously free from the trouble
They discover Wentw1rths secret hoard
OF potatoes and save many lives. Lu-
ellie Afral wants Smoke 20 corner the egg
market and discipline her lover Wild
Water
Wild Water wants eggs for Miss Arral
he agrees 20 pay SO per egg II two dozen
sold him win her smile.
BY clever ruse wild Water unloads
had eggs on Smoke and Shorty and they
lose $1,000 They are captured by In
dams
snsss. Scotchman is their chief. No
white man Is permitted to escape. La
siskwee. daughter OF snas.. admire,
Smoke
Smoke, Shorty and Dan McCsn another
prisoner plan to escape and Shorty gets
away. Labiskwee loves Smoke and wants
10 go with him.
Nccsn joins them and steals food. La.
stskwee tries to kill McCan They are
nearly strangled by the white death and
are fired upon by pursuing Indians.
McCan dies Iabis<wee starves herself
70 death TO save Smoke who finally gets
back to civilization. appreciating Labisk-
wees great sacrifice and more in love
With Joy Gastell than ever.
Don't. eb? Why. it's plain open and
shut They's a skirt after Won. an that
skirt Is goiD' to light q tire. an mat
skirts name IL Labisk wee on I've
been watchn' her watch you " hen you
amt lookin'. She amt never lighted
her fire. She said She wouldn't marry
q Indian. An nov. when she lights
her Ore. it's a dnch It's my poor old
friend Smoke"
1T sounds like syllogism." Smokc
said with a sinking heart. reviewin-
Labiskwee's actions of the past sever
al days.
''Cinch is shorter 10 pronounce,
Shorty returned. An that's Away
the way-just as we're workin mp ON
getaway along comes a skirt TO com
plicate everything. Hey. LISTEN
Three ancient squaws had halted
midway between the bachelors camp
and the camp OF McCan. and the old
est was declalming In shrill falsetto.
"Labiskwee. the daughter OF Snass
the Rainmaker. the great chief. tights
her frst maidens' Gre tonight Maka
the daughter OF Owits. the Wolf Run
ser
The recital ran through the names OF
q dozen maidens. and then the three
heralds tottered on their way TO make
announcement at the next fires
The bachelors. who had sworn
youthful oaths to speak to no maiden
we're uninterested In the approaching
ceremony. and to show their disdain
they made preparations for immediat.
departure on mission set them by
Snass and upon which they bad plan
ned 10 start the following morning
Not satisfied With the old hunters e.
Inmates Of the carbon, Snass had de-
cided that the run was split The task
set the bachelors was TO scout 10 thu
north and west I'm quest OF the second
division of the great nerd
Smoke. troubled by Labiskwee's tr,
lighting. announced that he would nc
company the bachelors But first M
talked with Shorty and with Mclean
'YOu be there on the third day
Smoke" Shorty said Wen have the
outfit an the dogs
But remember" Smoke cautioned
IF there is any slipup in meeting me
you keep on going and get out to the
Yukon That's dat. II you make II
you can come back for me In the sum
mer II get The chance III make II
and come back FOR You
McCan. standing by his fire, indicat
ed with his eyes rugged mountain
where the high western range outjut
ted ON the open country
That's the one" he said. "a small
stream on the south side We go up
IL. On the third day you meet Us
Wen pass by on the third day. Any
where you tap that stream you'll meet
us or our trail
But the chance did not come 20
Smoke on the third day. The bache
lors had changed the direction Of their
scout. and while Shorty and McCan
Nodded UP the stream with their dogs
Smoke and the bachelors were sixty
miles 10 the northeast picking up the
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