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To the astonishment Of all TIRES.
Hardy made no attempt to get the
drop" on his opponent. Instead, he
started TO advance upon vandervyn
ut q quick. deliberate pace. his hands
hanging empty ut his sides, his face
calm and stern.
"Put down that gun |" he command
ed.
vnndcrvyn was levcling the rife. He
took aim straight between Hardy's
eyes. Ills finger kissed the trigger,
Tie slightest twitch would have sent
the bullet crashing through Hardy's
brain, and the slightest sign Of fear
or hesitancy on Hardy's part would
have caused that twitch. lie was
looking death In the face. vandervyn
was In u murderous fury.
Yet Hardy came on-quick, steady.
absolutely calm. His gaze passed
above the deadly muzzle, along the
foreshortened barrel, to the narrow
lidded. bloodshot eyes of vandervyn.
His voice rang out again. clear and
sharp with authority:
PUT down that rine-put II Down,
sir 7"
The muscles Of vandervyn's neck
twitched. Along the top Of the barrel
no was glazing back at Hardy-glar-
Ing into those hazel eyes that met
his fury with the clear. cool gase OF
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CHAPTER XXI.


The commissioners came down
from the agency barely In time to
make their Identification Of the
contestants. Last OF all Hardy
and vandervyn identified them
selves and hurried over TO the end Of
the waiting line. There was a scant
five minutes remaining. Vandervyn
was a-quiver with eager excitement,
and made NJ attempt to conceal the
fact. lie smiled and waved his hand
TO the commissioners, and looked about
with sparkling eyes. There vas no
anxiety or envy or malice In his look.
Never had he appeared handsomer or
more boyish.
The other commissioners had
climbed into the touring car. One Of
them held up his watch. Another COM
missioner arose. thrust a small pistol
above his head with q melodramatic
flourish. and fired.
At the signal the line Of contestants
wavered and plunged forward into the
shallow stream. There were, however,
quite enough hasty ones to raise a
wild splashlng and turmoil. as. whoop-
Ing and yelling. they spurred their po-
niles through the water aud whirled
away at q gailOp. Some wheeled up
the coulec; a few rode straight across
at the steep bank. Vandervyn. Wild
est and nolsiest Of all. headed down.
stream for the road. squirting his
pinto. He was followed By Q large
bunch.
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CHAPTER xx--Contlnued.

-II-
Mumbling an apology. Dupont has
oily unfolded the deed, skinned
through 1t, and grasped the fact that
Gt purported to convey to him q full
h%alf-lnterest In the mine. He had
started to read II over more carefully
when an oath from Vandervyn caused
dim to look mp.
The younger man pointed along the
0oulee bank to where the road topped
ths spur ridge Of the butte.
The devil" he exclaimed "What
0stngs him back herer
'CApi II sure IL Capt." muttered
Dupont. "Nom dun chieni You don't
<hink he's got on to the game. do your"
wouldn't do him any good II he
lad"
Then why d'you think hes"
ITO enter the contest" OWNED
vandervyn. there's time enough to
wire Washington and have him put un-
der arrest for disobeying orders"
"Hold on |" cautioned Dupont. "what
u he does try his lucki In the noun
tains there amt no horse nor mare
neither can break up your pinto COM
eine."
vandervyn's face cleared. "You
ought to know. I'll chance 1t If"
"Ain't no chance to It," put In Du-
pont. "It's q dead cinch."
Hell think he's going to do me-" ex-
0lted vandervyn. LET him register.
Hes come back for the mine first /;
then Marie. ! don't want her to see
him or to know he has come back.
You have your deed. Suppose you
start at once"
"If she's willing. I'll see." qualified
Dupont. look out you don't slip up.
I'll tend to my end. So long-good
tuck |"
He ode OF down the butte side Of
the coulee.
vandervyn cantered straight across,
and met Hardy a few yards below the
cent Of the commissioners.
"Good day. captain" he spoke in
OWL greeting. ~ nm surprised to see
you back here. Have your orders been
eountermandedT
NO." replied Hardy with equal ci-
Witty. II have resigned"
vandervyn could not conceal his
Olank establishment. "Not-not re.
aigned from the armyT
Eyes. I telegraphed the wal depart.
nent, received IN answer, and mailed
ny resignation and application for
seave of absence to my commanding
sficer at Vancouver barracks. AS an
,Glcer It was not proper for me to en-.
ter the contest"
"Ah!" Va%ndervyn's smile gave place
20 a look of panied surprise. $50 you
entend to enter the contest. But do
you think that quite honorable, cap.
cain, In the clrcumstancesT
~ do not care to discuss questions
Of honor with you, Mr.. Vandervyn,"
ceplled Hardy with utmost GOODNESS.
"That I can well understand" coun
tered Vandervyn. 'Knowlng that We
can make no protest, you intend per
sonnlly to take advantage of the infor.
0ation that you pledged yourself to
Geep secret"
Hardy dismounted without replying
and placed himself at the end Of the
zine OF registering entrymen. The sun
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The 7 raider Reached for His Revolver.
absolute courage. The sheer nerve
Of that steady approach to his rife
muzzle compelled him to pause. IL
disconnected him; It struck q chill
into the hea. Of his frenzy.
Still Hardy advanced. swift and
steady, his gaze never 10 much a.
pickering. Now his eyes and forehead,
close beyond the foresight Of the rife,
appeared enormously enlarged to Van.
dervyn's distorted vision. Steadily
Hardy put up his hand, took hold Of
the rifle barrel, and turned the muzxls
aside.
"Ah.h.h !" gasped Marie.
Hardy drew the rifle out Of Wander
vyn's relaxing grasp.
"Stand aside, sir |" he quietly com
manded. II wish to speak alone with
Miss Dupont"
Vandervyn had parted with his rife
rs If daaed. At the sound OF Hardy's
voice n fresh wave of crimson flooded
his face. He stepped back, and jerked
out his revolver. Hardy leaped upon
him like n panther, and struck the
weapon aside. The heavy bullet
whizzcd past Ilardy's head. A moment
later, Vanderyyn, though the younger
and perhaps the stronger Of the two,
reeled away, clutching his iacerated
trigger finger. Hardy stood with the
revolver In his hand. He turned ia
Murie.
MAY I ask for a few words alone
with you?"
"No" vandervyn hoarsely forbade
the girl. You shall not speak with
him. Jake, you're her father-tell her
she shall not"
you know she don't never mind
what | say" mumbled Dupont. "Any.
way, It sort OF looks like Cap Is run.
ming this here shindy."
Hardy had not glanced away from
Marie. Throughout that supreme test
OF the will power and courage Of her
two lovers, she had stood tense and
silent. as II spellbound. She now
looked from n to the other. her face
~inscrutably calm. her black eyes faith.
omless.
~ will hear what Captain Hardy has
to say" she said.
Hardy motioned her father and Van.
dervyn toward the mine dump. They
obeyed.
"we are alone" said Marie.
Hardy smiled. II won the race"
"Was 1t fair. cutting across oun
tryT"
"Fair' Then you did not know Of
his scheme"
"what schemei I do not under
stand"
ut does not now matter. I won the
race and-the mine"
"Do you expect me to rejoice with
you?" asked the girl. ut has cost
my father his half OF the NINE"
"Ilow so? He is not nm entryman."
"Reggle gave him q deed to a half
interest"
~ see" said Hardy. "Quite In keep
Ing. The deed Is absolutely void. and
would have been no less so ever had
the grantor been first to reach here"
"You doubt his good faith I" The
girl glanced past him toward the sui.
len figure Of Vandervyn on the mine
dump with her father. $50 you thought
II better to take II all yourself than
to let him take II allf"
EYES," agreed Hardy.
The girls red lips curved In an from
teal smile.
~ do not 20 with the mine--neces.
sarily."
mo. But the mine necessarily gosa
with you-now," replied Hardy.
Cro m coNTuNUEDl
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Serial O3562, Survey ll47
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May y 1911
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT

NOTICE is hereby given that PA
CIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES, a
corporation, as assignee of John
Fletcher and Moses i. Lowell being
enG.lod to- the benefits of Section 25O6
@. he Revised Statutes OF the United
S,..es and the amendments thereto,
u.s. applied to make entry Of the
.... $ embraced in United States Nom
a.usral survey No. l147 situate Just
side Entrance Point, Port Moller,
5eriug Sea, Alaska, more particularly
described as follows, tO-Wlt:
Beg. cor. SO. 1 beach Port MoIler
1T ordinary high tide, cor. not set,
st cor. bears North 5.6Z chs. dist;
shence North 1888 chs. to cor. No. 2
from whence Point Divide bears s.
80 deg. q min w. USLMS ll47 bears
y 5S deg. 30 min. +. Ais chs. dist;
hence East SIT chs. to cor. No. 81
hence meandering beach at ordinary
nigh tide Port Moller, Cd S. 10 deg
3 min. l.. l.52 chs; (2) S. Al deg
% min. Il. 500 chs. CD ). 80 deg
- min. b. 4. 81 chs. (D S. 81 deg
IF min. w. 6.35 chs. 90 5. Al deg. 81
min. w. 1.54 chs. 90 S. % deg. 50
min. w. 1876 chs. Cd S. 40 deg. O4
min. w. 1863 chs. (8) n. 81 deg. IS
min. w. 3.91 chs. to cor No. i, place
of beginning. Area 1918 acres. Var
iation all corners 10 deg. 40 min. r..
Lat. 30 deg. 80 min. 10 sec. n. Long
100 deg. 81 min. w.
AS additional to original homestead
entries of John Betcher and Moses D..
Lowell, No. 373S and No. 3542, en-
tered at Redwood Falls, Mimi and
Junction City, Kan, respectively.
ANY ana all persons claiming ad-
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver OF
the United States Land Office at Jul
neau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto, under oath, during the period
of publication, or within thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions of the Statute.
PACIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES,
BY NEWARK l.. BURTON,
Its Attorney in Fact.
First publication MaV 10, 1917.
Last publication October 10, 1911
1T is HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing notice be published for the
statutory period in Tie Seward Gate
way. q newspaper of general circuIa-
ton printed at Seward, Alaska, the
nearest newspaper to said above de
scribed claim or survey.
G. b. WALKER, Register.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To j. C. Ducken, his heirs and admin
istrators, and to all whom it may
concern:
Take notice that l have done Three
Hundred Dollars, ($30OOO), worth Of
labor each year in order to hold the
following described quartz claims,
known as the Bonanza, Eureka and
Phoenix Claims, situated on Popot
Island, in the Unga Peninsula Mining
District, Territory Of Alaska, the no
tees of location whereof are recorded
in the Office of the Recorder of the
Unga Peninsula Mining District at
Unga, Alaska, in Book /, at Page 264,
of Locations for the Bonanza Claim, IN
Book 2, Page 80, for the Eureka
Claim, and Book No. 3, Page SO, for
the Phoenix Claim, Of the records OF
said District for the years ending De
cember 31st, 1913, and December 81,
1914, and December 81, 1915, and De
cember 81, 1916, and unless within
ninety days after this notice by pub
LEGATION you fail or refuse to contrib
ute your portion of such expenditure,
viz: Six Hundred Dollars, (S6OOCG),
being One Hundred and Fifty Dollars,
($150.00), for each of said years, your
interest in said Bonanza, Eureka and
Phoenix mining claims will be for
feited to and become the property Of
the subscriber under Section 1924 OF
the Revised Statutes of the United
TNT1Tc uFpNTANr
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Gravina lode mining claim, United
States Survey No. 782, and by the
White Wing lode mining claim, United
States Survey No. 1872; upon the west
erlv side by the Julia lode mining
claim. United States Survey No. 584,
and by the Greek lode mining claim,
United States Survey No. 584; upon
the southwesterly end by the Eagle
lode mining claim, United States Sur
vev No 5S4, and upon the southeast
eriy side by the Chinega lode mining
claim, United States Survey No. 584.
A more particular description of said
tract is as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 1, from
which Corner No. 1 United States Lo-
cation Monument No. / bears south 81
degrees 20 minutes west, 25.55 chains
distant, and from which Corner No.
/ Corner No. 4 OF United States Non
Mineral Survey No. 7l2, cOncuwenty
entered by the KenneCott Copper Cor
pOratiOn, as assignee of the aforesaid
Henry j.. Engell, bears north 81 de
grees % minutes west, 4.22 chains dis
tant; thence south q degrees 81 min.
utes west, 22.S2 chains following the
southeasterly side line OF Julia lode
mining claim, United States Survey
No. 5S4, and the nOrtherly part Of the
southeasterly side line of Creek lode
mining claim, United States Survey
No. 5S4 to Corner No. 2; thence south
81 degrees 03 minutes east, following
the northerly end line or boundary OF
Eagle lode mining claim, United
States Survey No. 5S4, 9.O9 chains to
Corner No. 3, the said point being
identical with the most northwesterly
corner of Big Bonanza lode mining
claim, United States Survey No. 564,
and the most sOuthwesterly corner OF
Chinega lode mining claim, United
States Survey No. 5S4; thence north
27 degrees 81 minutes east, 22.Sl12
chains to Corner No 4, the said Cor
.ner No. being identical with the most
northwesterly corner Of said Chinega
lode mining claim, United States Sur
vey No. 5S4; thence north 81 degrees
O3 minutes west, following the most
southerly end lines OF White Wing
lode mining claim, United States Sur
vey No. 7S2, and Gravina lode min
ing claim, United States Survey No.
7S2, a distance of 900 chains to the
place of beginning. Magnetic var-
alton, 26 degrees 80 minutes east
The foregoing description by metes
and bounds is according to the official
plat and field notes on file in the. Office
of the Register of the Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, a copy of which said
official plat is posted upon the land
with this notice of application FOR pat
ent.
Date OF posting this notice on the
land, June IA, 1917.
c. B. WALKER,
Register
First Pub. Aug. s, 1917.
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IN PROBATE COURT FOR kENAI
Precinct, Third Judicia, Division
Territory OF Alaska
I'm the Matter of the Estate OF Frank
III. DOOhttle, Deceased. No. AZ. No
ticc 60 Creditors,
Notice is hereby given, that the UNI
dersigued is the duly appointed, act
ing and qualified administrator of the
estate of Frank III. DO0ittle, Deceas-
ed; and, in accordance with am order
duly made therefor, notice lis now
hereby given 20 the creditors of and
90 all persons having claims against
said deceased, 90 exhibit such claims,
with the necessary vouchers, within
six months after and from the date Of
this notice, Co the said administrator
at his place OF business mn Seward,
Alaska which the undersigned selects
as his place OF business mn 8lI matters
connected with the estate of the sand
Frank III. D0oittIe. Deceased.
Dated, Seward Alaska, September
"a. 1917.
GUSTAV vs.. BORGEN,
Administrator OF the Estate of Frank
II. D0oittIe Deceased
De- v. RAY, Attorney for Admins
traitor
Published Sept. 10, %, 29s Oct. 6.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT

NOTICE is hereby given that John
II. Olson and Ned Olson, partners un-
der the name of Olson Brothers, as
assignee of Ezra Bartholomew, being
entitled to the benfts of Section 23O6
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States and the amendments thereto,
has applied to make entry of the lands
embraced in United States Non-min-
eral Survey No. 730, situate on right
bank of King Salmon Creek about
212 miles above its confluence with
kviChak Bay, Alaska, more partcu-
larly described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning NJ G. cor. No. on beach
King Salmon Greek at average high
tide, cor. not set, wit. cor. rock il
ground marked w. e. Cor No. j, 5.
730, bears West EOS chs. dist; saltery
building bears n. IA deg. 10 min. j..
LIT chs; S. w. Cor wharf bears n.
Al deg. 08 min. d. LAG chs; thence
West 4.24 chs. to cor. No. 2 rock set
in ground marked S. 73O cor. No. 2;
thence North 7.75 chs. to cor. No. 3
an iron pipe set in ground marked
5. 100 Cor. No. 3 from whence u. >.
l.. NJ. $50 bears S. 20 deg. 80 min. j.,
3.99 chs; Johnson's Hill bears S. 3
deg. 20 min. W.; thence East 9.O8 chs.
to cor. No. an iron pipe set in ground
marked S. 73O cor. No. 4; thence
South 2.15 chs. to NJ. G. Cor. No. 3,
cor. not set, wit. cor. rock in ground
marked S. 730 Cor. 8 w. q. bears
North LOO chs; thence meandering
beach King Salmon Greek at ordinary
high tide % S. % deg. 70 min. w.
1.61 chs; % S. 48 deg. 90 min. w.
3.83 chs; (3) S. 81 deg. AZ min. w.
2.06 chs. to Nj. G. Cor. No. /, place Of
beginning. Area Ste acres. Variation
at all corners % deg. 50 min. East.
Long 157 deg. 40 min. w. Lat. %
deg. 81 min. Is sec. North.
AS additional to original homestead
entry of Ezra Bartholomew, No. ..........,
entered at Iowa. Scrip filed in Juneau
/ Ser. 01802 to which reference is here
/ by made.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely any portion of the above de-
scribed tract of land are required to
. file with the Register and Receiver OF
, the United States Land Office at Ju-
neau, Alaska, their adverse claim
/ thereto, under oath, during the period
of publication or within thirty days
thereafter. or thew will be barred bv
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Serial O1687, Sur. 23O.
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May "a, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT


NOTICE is hereby given that An
drew GrOsvold, as assignee Of Deborah
A. Luthy, being entitled to the bene--
fits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced IN
United States NOn-mineral survey No.
23O situate on NOrtherly shore OF
Chernabura Island, ShUmigan Island
Group, District of Alaska, more par
ticularlv described as follows, to-Wlt:
Beg. cor. No. at ordinary mgh tide,
Pacific Ocean cor not set, wit. cor
bears South 1853 chs. from which wit.
cor. u. S. l.. NJ. Sur. go bears 5. 81
deg. So min. w. 1914 chs; thence from
true cor. No. South 3.14 chs. to Cor.
No. 2; thence East $40 chs. to Cor.
No. 3: thence North $50 chs. to cor.
No. 4. cor. not set, wit. cor. bears
South 1.24 chs; thence from true cor.
No. 4 meandering beach Pacific Ocean
at ordinary high tide ID 5. 5l deg
43 min. w. 2.02 chs; ~ ). on deg.
as min. w. 1.84 chs. 81 S. SO deg. "a
min. w. 1.25 chs. (4) n. 63 deg. y
min. w. O.55 chs. (5) S. 70 deg. 70
min. w. 1875 chs. to cor. No. j, place
of beginning. Area 2.59 acres. Var
iation at all corners 10 deg. 10 min.
East. Latitude "a deg. 40 min. 81 sec.
N. Longitude 159 deg. 81 min OO
sec. w.
AS additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow OF
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 1913 en-
tered at Boonville, Mo-, which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial Ol654.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
yersely any portion Of the above de-
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver OF
the United States Land Office at Ju-
neau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto, under oath, during the period
of publication, or within thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions OF the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK u, BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication Aug. 4g1917.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.

n
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That under and in pursuance Of the
Act of Congress of May IA, 1898, as
amended by the Act Of Congress of
March %, 1903, granting additional
land TO soldiers and sailors who served
I'm the army and navy of the United
States during the Civil, War, the UNI
dersigned, kennecOtt Copper COrpOr-
alton, corporation, the post Office adj
dress and place of business of which
said corporation is ut the Town OF
Latouche, upon LatOuche Island, I'M
the Territory OF Alaska, has made ap-
DHcation for q patent TO a tract of land
situated upon the westerly side of
Latouche Island, in the Territory of
Alaska, containing 2O73 acres entered
In the United States Land Office at
Juneau. Alaska, under the serial mum
Der O2762, and surveyed and plated
as United States Survey No. Tl5. The
said keuuecott Copper Corporation
mas entered upon the said tract of land
as the assignee of Henry j.. Enge,l,
who served i'm the army Of the United
States during the Civil War, from De-
tober ., 1861, TO- October 10, 1864, i'm
Company "I," 66th Regiment of New
York Volunteers, and who received an
honorable discharge from said ser
vice.
The said tract Of land lies adjacent
to- the Town OF LatouChe, which said
town lies upon the western side of
Lat0uChe Island, in the Territory of
Alaska, and upon the easter.y shore of
Lat0uche Passage, at Latitude 10 de
grees OS minutes north, Long itude
I4T degrees "a minutes 90 seconds
west, and the said tract is bounded
upon the most northerly end by the
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the foregoing Notice be published for
the statutory period I'M The Gateway
a newspaper of genera, circulation
printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest
newspaper to said above described
claim on survey.
c. b. WALKER, Register.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR


BAIENl.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That under and in pursuance Of the
Act of Congress of May IA, 1898, as
amended by the Act Of Congress Of
March 3, 1908, granting additional
land to soldiers and sailors who served
i'm the army and navy of the United
States during the Civil War, the UNI
dersigned, Kennecott Copper Corpor-
alton, a corporation, the post Office adj
dress and place of business of which
said corporation is at the Town OF
Latouche, upon LatOuche Island, IN
the Territory of Alaska, has made ap-