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CHAPTER lx-Continued.

CHAPTER lx-Continued.
This is July the twenty-fifth, Mr..
Roaring Bill Wagstaff," she announced
We've been married exactly one
month"
"a whole month";" he echoed, in
mock establishment. 'You don't say
SO? Seems like it was only day before
yesterday, little person."
81 WONDER" she snuggled up little
closer to him, eff any two people were
ever as happy as we've been?"
Bill put his arm across her shoulders
and tilted her head back so that he
could smile down into her face.
'They have been a bunch of golden
days, haven't they?" he whispered.
''You won't forget this joy time if we
ever do hit real hard going, will you,
Hazel?"
"The bird of i'll omen croaks again."
she reproved. "Why should we come
to hard going, as you call it?'
"We shouldn't" he declared. sBut
most people do. And we might. One
never can tell what's ahead By and
by when the novelty wears off-maybe
you'll get sick of seeing the same old
Bill around and nobody else. You see,
I've always been on my good behavior
with you. Do you like me lOt?
His arm frightened with quick and
powerful pressure, then suddenly re-
Taxed to let her lean back and stare
up at him tenderly-
ST ought to punish you for saying
things like that" she pouted. "Only 1
can't think of any effective method.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof-and there is no evil in our
days."
amen" he whispered softly-and
they fell to silent contemplation of
the rose and gold that spread in a
wonderful blazon over all the western
sky.
''Twenty-fifth of July. eh?" he unused
presently. Summers half gone al
ready. I didn't realize it. We ought
to be stirring pretty soon. lady. These
northern seasons are so blessed short.
We ought to try and do a little good
for ourselves-make hay while the sun
shines. Wen media da mon'."
"Needa f1ddlesticks," she laughed.
''What do we need money for? 1t
costs practically nothing to live up
here. Why this sudden desire to pur-
sue the dollar? Besides. how are you
going to pursue it?'
go prospecting" he replied prompt
". "Hit the trail for a place I know
where there's coolies of coarse gold, If
you can get to it at low water. How'd
you like to go into the Upper Mas
country this fall, trap all winter. work
the sandbars in the spring, and come
out next Eal with a sack of gold it
would take a horse to pack?"
Hazel clapped her hands.
"Oh Bill. wouldn't that be finer she
cried I'D love to-"
'It won't be all smooth sailing" he
warned. Its a long trip and a hard
one. and the winter viii be longer and
harder than the trip. Still, there's
chance for good big stake, right In
that one trip"
"But why the necessity for making
stalker" she inquired thoughtfully,
after a lapse of five minutes. II
thought you didn't care anything about
money so long as you had enough to
get along on? And we surely have
that. We've over two thousand dollars
in real money-and no place to spend
tt-SO we're compelled to save"
Bill blew a smoke ring over his head
and watched it vanish up toward the
dusky roof beams before he answered
swell, little person." said he. that's
very true, and We can't truthfully say
that stern necessity is treading on our
heels. The possession of money has
never been crying need with me.
But 1 hadn't many wants when was
playing lone hand. and generally let
the future take care of itself. 1t was
always easy to dig up money enough to
buy books and grub or anything I
wanted. Now that I've assumed GER
tain responsibility. it has begun to
dawn on me that we'd enjoy life bet
tier if we were assured of q compe-
tence. We won't stay here always.
I'm pretty much contented just now.
So are you. But i know from past ex-
perience that the outside will grow
more alluring rs time passes. You'll
get lonasome for civilization. It's the