White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-03

way TO Alaska. IL a passenger on the Ne.
braska. The ship runs aground. O'Nef
helps Captain Johnny Brennan to ausll =
panic among the pa~ ssengers
As the ship settles o'Nel is accosted
BY a beautiful girl. and ne piunges over.
board with her They are picked I'D by
Captain Brennan she proves to be Ma
talie Gerard. whose motser Is the friend
Of Curtis Gordon. o'Neifs u-nscrupulous
business rival
oNel IL impressed with the magnetism
Of his rival. but Is sure his plans are ua-
sound Tom Slater quits Gordon for
o'Neil. They go to cortez In time To save
Dan Appleton IN a crooked card gaf"e.
o.Neii and Natalie journey to Hope to.
xether she tells him Of her motheS and
Gordon. When they arrive at EIope Cor
ron meets them
Appteton. an engineer. had worked for
Gordon. He casts MS fortunes with
oNeiI. O'Heil leads mis- lsen to a Wild
country. convinced he can build a rail
road up the salmon river
0Nali meets his crew in Seattle. when
a newspaper woman gets on tie PHONE
She proves 10 be Dan Appieton's sister.
o'Neil tells her his Iaans. but not for
publication.
Eliza Appleton Is sent To Omar TO ex
pose the men who are trying 70 snatch
contrui of an empire. She meets her
brother and Natalie Dan is worried over
a possible newspaper attack by eliza Oh
0seii
There's a scene when Curtis Gordon
asks Gloria 10 be hostess to Miss Golden
Gloria says Miss Golden Isn't a M person
20 meet Natalie Gordon says she has
money and he needs her m his scheme~
In her extremity Mrs Gerard listens
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OfHeii hnds places for them In hts new
hotel. Gordon. thoroughly enragsd plans
10 cripple ofNsii.
Dan tells his sister he's desperately In
love with Natalie and asks her TO win
O'Eefl. as he considers him a rfval. Dan
goes out with n car OF dynamite and holds
. canyon threatened by Gordon's men.
When the other girl had gone the
oarsman completed his preparations
by lashing fast the contents OF the
skill. a proceeding which Eliza watch
ed with some uneasiness. O'Seil show
sd his resentment by q pointed silence.
which nettled her. aud she resolved to
hold her seat though the boat turned
s0mersaults.
Word was finally given, and they
swung out info the dood. o'Neil stood
as best be could on hts nrrn leg and
steered by means OF a scuiling oar.
while the Norwegian rowed Justify.
Bits OF drift, patches OF froth. fraL
ments Of Ice accompanied them. bob
bing alongside SO persistentiy that
Eliza faDcied the boat must be sta
tionary until. glancing at the river
banks, she saw them racing past like
the panoramic scenery In a melo-
drama. The same glance showed her
that they were rushing directly TO
ward the upper ramparts Of Jackson
glacier. as II for an assault Out here
In the current there were waves. aud
these increased In size as the bed OF
the Salmon grew sleeper. until the pol
ing boat began To rear and leap like n
frightened horse. The cleaning wall
ahead rose higher with every instant
Ii overriding, a giant, crumbling clin.
imposing, ~treacherous. Then the
stream turned at right angles they
were swept along parallel with b ice
face. and ahead of them for three
miles stretched the gauntlet. The tot
tering wall seemed almost within
reaching distance. It's breath was cold
and damp and clammy. O'Neil stood
erect and powerful In the stern. sway
Ing TO the antics OF the craft. his
weight upon the sweep. his eyes fixed
upon the thing overhead. The Nor
wegfan strained ut his oars while the
sweat ran down into his open shirt
The boat hinged and wallowed DIES
'perately. rising on end, falling with
'prodlgious slaps. drenchlng the occu
pants with spray II was splendid
terrifying. Eliza chung TO her seat
and felt her heartbeats smothering
her. Occasionally the oarsman turn
ed, staring past her with round. fright.
ened eyes aud affording her IA glimpse
OF a face working with mingled fear
and exultation.
Thus far the glacier had NOT disput-
ed their passage. II maintained the
silence and the i%mmobility of marble
Nothing but the snarl of the strGing
hood re-echoed from It's n But
~ HAotaNithtNo VI ffHN 49,
there came "A %detonation, louder. sharp
er than any blast of powder. The
Norwegian cursed, the helmsman
dropped his eyes to the white face In
the bow aud smiled.
Half a mile ahead of them n mass
OF Ice came rumbling down, and the
whole valley rocked with the sound.
Onward the little craft led. a dancing
speck beneath the majesty Of that
frozen giant. an atom threatened by
the weight of mountains. AT last
through the opening of the gorge be
low came a glimpse OF the tlats that
led to the sea. A moment later the boat
swung into an eddy and came to rest.
pumping against the powders.
ONeil sat down, wiping his wet face
Well, was 1t worth your trouble
Miss ACKNOWLEDGMENT be asked.