The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-05

This Is the story OF Il tuan VINO III"
r,t annreciate hif wife: also. ~ Il wotA-
an who did him too great an mono; MH'''
she gave herself 20 him. Inciu'h,al!. -
concerns a Jesuit priest VINO H''' t"N''
80, tnoyn to lie He was an apDn:-
t.uance ard Il very necessary one. -,
the Yukon country: hut N" pr'SiS,,H
the other two was M.FstE. .,,s ,r,ny
'rhev were specimens -: ute ".'t:.
stranps waits which ride tt.e hreaSt -.
gold rush or come failing "to"S
behind p.,.,o,,
vsrs w,ifs: they were also failing along
behind for the klondike rush or p hAd
long since swept down the great eil*S
and subsidized into the L;.ra!ne,StEiSks"
CITY OF Dawson. When the tuNoh S.'u.
W shop aud went 10 sleep under i
thret.-foot ice-sheet. this peTipats'i'
couple found themselves az tns rt
Finger Rapids. with the III! OF |'','
still a Journey OF many sleeps 10 'hs
Nor = few cattle had been butche"ei
n, this place in the fail OF the year, ara
the offal made 4 g"odlF nsaP, pn
thre.. trllny voyaSeurs Of Edwin Ben
rhau and wife gazed upon this deposit.
did a little mental artthmetlc. caueh,
certain glimpse OF Il Honan~a: ~. ;.tu
decided TO remain. And all winter theE
sold sacks OF bones and frozen hides
to the fau,iShed dos-teamS. Il
modest price they asked, dollar
pound. just as it came. SlN mGh.hS
later. when the sun came BACK az! inc
Yukon awoke they buckled on their
heavy rnoney-belts and journ"yed back
10 the Southland, where they yet iiFe
and lie nightly about the kionulNe
they never saw. =,
Hu,. Edwin Bentham-he was an. in
dolent fellow, and had he not been pos
scsScd OF wife. would have siaG'y
Joined issues in the dog-meat specuIa-
tion. AS it was. she played upon his
vanity, told him how great and strong
n. was. how a man such as he certainly
was could overcome all obstacles ana
of surety obtain the Golden Fleeca
So no SQUARED his Jaw. sold his share In
the bones and hides for sled and one
dog and turned his snowshoeS TO the
north. Needless to state. Grace Ben
tham's snowshoes never allowed ms
tribulatlons had seen three days. it was
the man who followed In the rear. and
the woman who broke trail in advance
or course. II anybody hove IN sight. the
posttton was instantly reversed. Thus
did his manhood remain virgin to the
travellers who passed like ghosts on the
silent trail There are such men In this
world.
came to take each other for better and
for worse Is un!mportant to this mar
rative. These things are familiar to US
70 all. and those people who 90 them. or
even question them too closely, are apt
to lose beautiful faith which Is known
as Eternal Fitness.
Edwin Bentham was boy. thrust by
nischance into mans body.-a boy
who could complaceutly pluck butter
fly. wing from wing. or cover in abject
terror before a lean. nervy fellow. not
half his size. He was a selfish cry
baby. hidden behind mans Inutache
and stature, and CLOSED over with a
skin-deep veneer Of culture and conven-
tionality. Yes; ne was a clubnan and a
society man,-the sort that grace social
functions and utter tnanittes with a
charm and unction which are indescrib-
able: the sort that talk big. and cry
over toothache: the sort that put more
hell into q woruan's life by marrying her
than can the most graceleSs ltberttne
that ever browsed IN forbidden pastures.
We meet these men every day. but We
rarely know them for what they are.
Second to marrying them. the best way
to get this knowledge IS to eat out OF