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The state herald., 1918-05-03

slipped his arms through the siits ha
had made. Painfully hs labored for.
ward over the quivering peat Some.
timss he stumbled and went down into
the oozing mud. minded to stay there
and be done with the struggle. But
the urge Of life drove him to his feet
again. Il carried him for weary miles
after he despaired Of ever covering
another hundred yards.
With old. half.forgotten signals from
the football field he spurred his viii.
Perhaps his mind was already begin
ming to wander. though through It all
he held steadily to the direction that
alone could save him.
When at last he went down to stay It
was in an exhaustion so complete that
not even his indomitable will could
lash him to his feet again. For an
hour he lay in stupor. never stirring
even to fight the swarm Of mosquitoes
that buzzed about him.
Toward evening he sat up and undid
the pack from his back. The matches,
In a tin box wrapped carefully with
oilskin. were still perfectly dry. Soon
he had fire going and coffee boiling
In the frying-pan. From the tin cup he
carried strung on his belt he drank
the coffee. It went through him like
strong liquor. He warmed some beans
and fried himself slice of bacon.
sopping up the grease with cold bis
cult left over from the day before.
Again he slept for few hours. He
had wound his watch mechanically and
1t showed him four o'clock when he
took up the trail once more. In Seattle
and San Ffancisco people were still
asleep and darkness was heavy over
The state herald., 1918-05-03
ON THE WAY TO KAMATLAH, ELLIOT WANDERs FROM THE
TRAIL AND FEARS HE CANNOT ESCAPE DEATH

synopss-As representative Of
his Alaska to investigate coal claims On the
and becomes interested fellow whom he
ONel also going n Colby Macdonald active head
grabbing syndicate under investigation
attacked by mine aborer whom he had discharged
Intervention of Elliot probably his life Elliot and Macdonald
become friendly though the latter does
Elliot mission which threatens spoil
acquire millions Of dollars through the unlawful exploitation
mensey valuable coal fields Elliot
occupied by Way selfdge Macdonads rhthand
turning from visit to he States where
convince the authorities that there nothing
methods Elliot introduction
boat is taking freight the pair locally
mountain They venture too high and reach position from which
is impossible for Miss ONen forward
sheba imminent peril Of his life
Macdonald who had become alarmed
and Sheba Landing Kusiak Elliot
friends his Mr. and Mrs Page the people whom seba
Mrs is Shebas At
Macdonald the object Of his coming ALASKA
ally antagonisc
failure Of his financial
acts sedse Kamalah
WI be the situation.
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CHAPTER vii.
Old Holt Goes PrsspsesIno.

Ws0 St8se wv VuVDtSySssUUs
Al soon ns Selfridge reached Kamat.
lah he began arranging the stage
against the arrival Of the government
agent His preparations were elab-
orate and thorough. A young engineer
named Howland had been In charge Of
the development work. but Waliy re-
arranged his forces no m to let each
dummy entryman handle tho claim CO.
tered In his name. One or two men
about whom he was doubtful he dis
charged and hurried out Of the camp.
The company boarding house became
q restaurant above which was sus.
pended = newly painted sign with the
legend. "San FY1ncisco Grill. J. Giynn.
Proprietor" The store also passed
temporarily into the hands Of itx mana.
gef. Miners moved from the barracks
that had been built BY Macdonald Into
hastily constructed cabins on the In.
dividual claims. wnlly had always
fancied himself A. stngc manager for
amateur theatricais. Now he justifcd
his faith By Transforming Kamatlah
outwardly from q company camp to Q
mushroom one settled BY wandering
prospcctorx.
Gideon Holt alone was outside Of on
these activities and watched them with
suspicion. He was an old.timcr. sly
but fearless, who hated Colby Macdon.
aid with . bitter jealousy that could
not be placated and he took no pains
to hide the fact. Hc had happsnsd to
be In the vicinity prospecting when
Macdonald had rushed his entries.
Partly out Of mere pcrversity and part.
" By reason Of native shrewdnesa, old
Holt had slipped In and located one Of
the best claims In tho heart Of the
group. Nor had be been moved BY per.
suasion. threats. or tentative offers TO
buy . relinquishmsot Hs was obsti.
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CHAPTER WI.

The End Of the Passage.
Wally Selfridge was q reliable busi-
neSs subordinate. even though he had
slipped up In the matter Of the ap-
pointment Of Elliot. But when II came
to facing the physical hardships Of the
North he was a malingerer. The Ka-
matlah trip had to be taken because
his chief had ordered II, but the little
man shirksd the journey In his heart
Just % he knew his soft muscles would
shrink from the aches Of the trail
The part Of the journey to bs made
By water was not % bad Lett b hio
own Judgment he would have eone to
St. Michael's By boat and chartered .
small steamer for the long trip along
the coast through Bering sea. But this
would take time. and Macdonald did
not mean to let him waste day. He
was to leave the river boat at the big
bend and pack across country to Ka-
matlah. II would be q rough. heavy
trail. Tho mosquitoes would be 4 con-
tinual torment. The cooking would
be poor. And at the end Of the long
trek there awaited him monotonous
months In a wretched coal camp far
from all the comforts Of civilization.
No wonder he grumbled.
But though he grumbled at home and
at the club and on the street about his
coming exile. Selfridge made no COM
plants to Macdonald. Thnt man Of
steel had no sympathy with the yearn-
ings for the feshpots. He was used
to driving himself through discom-
fort to his end. and he expected a.
much Of his deputies. Wherefore
wally took the boat at the time sched-
uled and waved q dismal farewell to
wife and friends assembled upon the
wharf.
Elliot said good-by to the Pngets
and Miss O'Neiil ten days later. Diane
was very frank with him.
II hear you've been sleuthing around.
Gordon. for facts about Colby Macdon.
aid. don't know what you have heard
about him. but hope you've got the
sense TO see how big man he In and
how much this country here owes
him."
Gordon nodded agreement. "Yes,
he's big man,"
sand he's good" added Sheba eager-
ly. "Hc never talks Of II. but one
fnds out splendid things he has done. y
The young man smiled. but not at all
superciliously. He liked the stanch
fnith Of the girl In her friend, even
though his Investigations had not led
him to accept goodness a. the out.
standing quality Of the Scotsman.
II don't know what we would do
without him." Diane went on. '0ive
him ten ycars and q FREQ hand and
Alaska will bc iit for white people to
live In. These attacks on him BY news.
papers and magazines are an outrage"
'It's plain that you arc q partisan. =
charged Gordon gnyly.
TIN against locking up Alaska and
throwing away the key. II that II what
you mean by n partisan. We need this
country opened up--thc farms settled,
tho mines worked. tho coal fields DE-
veloped. railroads built"
Tho Kusiak chamber OF commerce
ought to send you out ~ . lecturer "a
change public opinion. Diane. You are
one enthusiast1c little boostR for free.
dom Of opportunity" laughed ths
younK man.
~oh. wsiir Diane jolaed In his
laughter. Il was one Of her rood
points that shs could lnush at hersesf.
] II darn say 20 sousd IKE . real =.
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sFssfty-mlle Swamp Ees . Monster
That Swallows Men Alive"
limcs Ind an uncnnny divinntion. ibid
be-" she asked herself. "know what
stake she was gambling for ut Ku.
hakr
"You are too wiss," she laughed with
. touch Of embarrassment very becom.
Ing. "But ! suppose you are right. I
like excitement"
I'VE nil do. The only man who
doesn't gambls 10 tke convict In stripes,
and the only reason he doesn't IL that
his chips are oil gone. It's true that
men 90 the frontier play for bigger
stakes. They back their bets with all
they have got and put their lives On
ssp for goo1 measure. But kids In the
~aAas IN ~ssp ~ Unltsh 9tstss ssa
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Holt recognizes Elliot and
the two overpowsr the kldnap.
ere and reach kamatiah. EI.
Hot 'sarns truth about coal land
deals.
tTo BE coNTiNuEp.)
None More 90.

None More %.
"h the woman l saw you talking
to a hitting associate for your
"she couldn't b more ntting. shSs
NJ 1rsasu,akls.~
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nats. He knew . good thing when b
had II, and he meant to ut tight.
The adherents Of the company might
charge that Holt was cracked In the
upper story. but none Of them denied
he was sharp - . street arab. He
guessed that all this preparation was
not for nothing. Kamatlah was being
dressed up to imprcss somebody who
would shortly arrive. The first thought
Of Holt was that group Of big capi-
talists might be coming to look over
their Investment. But he rejected this
surmise. There would be no need to
try any deception upon them.
Mail from Seattle reached camp once
q month. Holt sat down before his
stove to read one Of the newspapers he
had brought from the Office. It was
the P.-I. On the NTH page was Q
little story that gave him his clue.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
SPEAKER FROM THE FRONT.
Fullerton Waldo Talks to Meade
Rows About Active War Conditions.

One of the principal features of the
Y. M. C. A. educational program is to
procure speakers each week who are
able to talk Interestingly and with some
authority upon the causes and issues Of
the war and the actual conditions under
which men are fighting at present on
the other side. In as many cases as pos
sible the purpose is to have the talks
illustrated.
Last Monday evening the 2. M. c. A.
was fortunate in having on its sched-
ule Mr.. Fullerton Waldo. associate edi-
tor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger
During the last three years Mr.. Waldo
has spent considerable time on the
British front under the auspices of the
British war Office, and has acted as
war correspondent for the Ledger and
the London Observer. Monday evening
he delivered a most instructive illus
tra&ed address at &c" Y. N. c. A.
All of the non -commissioned officers
of the 313th Infantry attended. This
address was followed by one at 8:15 to
the commissioned officers Of the 313th
and 314th Infantries. It was evident
from the beginning of the first address
go the conclusion OF the second that
what Mr.. Waldo had to say was worth
listening to. He claimed to have no
technical military knowledge to pre-
aenf but the men were not looking for
such information. They wanted a state
ment of conditions of life and Of fight
ing over there from man who had
heen ON the ground and could present
a nicture of what is to be encountered
1rt waldo was able to do this, and
every one who heard the address went
ewav feeling that he had gained some
Extremely valuable Impressions.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
MEADE'S SMALLEST MAN
IS PRIVATE A. l. BUM
Weighs 1O5 Pounds and Wears 311
Shoe, Which Had to Be Made for
Him by Government.

The smallest man IN Camp Meade is
not in the Depot Brigade, as claimed
several weeks ago. but he is none other
than Private A. L. Bum, Company C,
18th Engineers, who has had to have
the government make his shoes to or
der to get ut.
Now Bum wears q three-and- one half
The funny part Of It is that even these
are too large for him and his feet
flop around in them. But he doesn't
care a rap and he says his weight of
105 pounds makes him one Of the best
soldiers in the cantonment.
The reason for BunTf's citation is that
when the boys go on a hike he and
the other small fellows invariably come
back to barracks first. He is forty
years old, is married and has one child
He started out I'm Kansas City and
spent much time in Mexico.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04

Gen. Joseph e. Kuhn and his stan. in
Guiding many who have been at the front
in France, had more bullets sail over their
heads right here in camp than they faced
while over there. A machine gun barrage
was demonstrated at the rife range, with
four Colt guns going at full tilt for sew
eral minutes at a time. The observers
sat in a pit with their heads out OF
danger, but still able to see where the
bullets landed The firing was from
500 to 1000 yards over the heads of
the officers. The demonstration was
success in every way.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
WINS FIRST H0N0RS.
1A Depot Brigade Track Team
Scores in Contests.

The indoor track team made up of
members Of the 154th Depot Brigade
and reresenting 7. n. C. ACC, won
first honors in the recent indoor track
meet held in the Y. N. c. A auditorium.
The &C combination took two Of the
four events. the tug-of-war and the
rescue race.
The team representing building B
won the thirty-yard dash. and the team
representing building won the potato
race. The winning brigade tug-of-war
team included Buten. Mahlen, Witkow-
ski, Gesell, Allebach. Davis, Decker.
Swope, Strohm and Miller The rescue
and Smith.
All the Y. NJ. G. A. bungalows In Camp
were represented with the exception of
bungalow Z.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
DIVIDE DIAMOND HoNoRs.
Two Interesting Games of Base Ball
Are Played Sunday.

Two interesting games Of base ball
were played Sunday on the grounds in
the rear of the post office building.
Two games were played between the
boys Of the 154th Depot Brigade, COL
ored troops, and the men of Company
A, 31Oth Machine Gun Battalion. In
the morning the former won by the
score of 5-4, while the second game
was in favor of Company A, 81.
Arrangements have been made to
play next Sunday. Quite bit Of in
terest has been aroused and it is ex-
pected that rooters will be out in full
force when the contests are staged
again.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
18th DIVISION TO OCCUPY
BALTIMORE Three DAYS
Monster Demonstration to Mark
First Anniversary Of Americas
Entrance Into War Saturday. =

Baltimore IL to be occupied next Fri
day. Saturday and Sunday by the 7sth
Division. and on Saturday, the first an
niversary Of Americas entrance into
the war, the soldiers will give q mon
ster demonstration. On Saturday Mai.
Gen. Joseph z. Kuhn will lead his d.
vision through the streets in heavy
marching order.
The plans can for the soldiers leaving
Camp Meade on Thursday and march
ing to Shipley, where they will camp
Tor the night. On Friday the troops
VIII march to Baltimore and camp in
Druid Hill. Patterson and Clifton
parks. On Saturday will come the big
oemonstFation and on Sunday the army
VII VIII leave baltimore early and march
back to Camp Meade.
Inc division will be assembled at
central avenue and Jefferson street at
l pm. on Saturday. Gen. Kuhn will
.nen !ead MS army over the following
street. to the Fallsway, to Lexington
street, to Holiday street. to Baltimore
street, to Howard street. to Monument
street. to Charles street. to Chase
street to Calvert street, to Mount
l hoyai avenue. AT Mount Royal ave-
AS
join the acting Secretary Of War in re-
view OF the troopa. At Mount Royal
station the parade win end ana each
brigade VIII return to Its camp in the
park.
Division VIII Divide.
Coming toward Baltimore the entire
division will march a. q unit as far as
Shipley. From Ehipiey to Baltimore
Brig. Gen. w. J. Nicholson will lead
his brigade by the Washing ton road to
Monroe street. to Wilkens avenue. to
Fulton avenue, to Druid Hill Park.
where 1t will enca1np.
Andrew Fl. Hero will bring their bril-
gades over the Annapolis road to Rus
sell street, to Bush street, to Ridgely
street. to Fremont avenue, to Paca
street, to lombard street. At Lom-
bard ana Holiday streets Gen. HERDS
brigade Will turn iforth to Lexington
street and then to Gay street, to Ches-
ter street, to Clifton Park, where it
Will encamp. Gen. Hatch's brigade will
continue east on Lombard street to
Broadway, to Eastern avenue, to Pat
terson Park.
The army will come to Baltimore in
heavy marching order and will thus
be given practice in the way in which
they will move forward and occupy
cities in Europe. Every branch Of the
service will be represented and the men
Will bring their own supplies, includ-
ing portable kitchens. More than $4,000
men will take part in the occupation Of
Baltimore by the 18th Division.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
HOSPITAL DETACHMENT
G|MSASTR|'' DANCE

Easter Sunday was gay one for the
unlisted men OF the base hoapikal de-
'tachment. for they had the pleasure OF
giving their nrst dance since Joining
the forces Of Uncle Sam. II anybody
ever doubted the popularity Of these
boys. that doubt was soon dispeIled
after Sundays activities. Friends and
relatives OF the men were present, in
GLIDING, Of course. the young ladies,
who were attired In their new Easter
gowns. 20
The guests began to arrive early I'm
the day. and at II o'clock q chicken
dinner was waiting for them In the de-
fachment mess hall The dinner rtvaled
any served at the best hotels. the
menu including soup. fried chicken.
Dreamed potatoes. string beans pickles.
pudding.
Went to New Barracks.
After all had satisfied their appetite
they went to the new barracks. where
the orchestra Of the S13th Infantry
was decorated with Easter lilies and
carnations. with cedar boughs 9nd
holly as q background. The ceiling
was draped with red. white and blue
bunting.
AS the couples entered the hall pro-
grams were presented. Each lady was
given a bouquet Of carnations. After
playing the national anthem, the or
chestra struck up the music for the
promenade. During the grand march.
headed by First Sergt. and Mrs. Ogle.
every one was given paper cap. Then
the dancing started. The music was OF
the first order and the orchestra was
very liberal in answering encores.
= During the course of the afternoon
surprise was c, sprung on the guests e:
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Connor Of Atlantic City
had consented to give an exhibition or
: fancy dancing.
Supper Followed Dance.
The dance continued until 4:45 PM,
when supper was served. The bill Of
fare included sliced ham and tongue.
sdeviled eggs. potato salad. fruit salad.
pin-money pickles, olives, celery. cake,
chocolates, minis and fresh fruits. Just
before the guests departed Sergt.
Guilbault took occasion to thank every
one for helping the boys to make the
AFFAIR a success.
Much credit is due Lieut.. Col. Ke-
fauver in aiding the affair. The adju-
tAnt, the detachment commander and
Capt. Warfield also deserve credit, and
their efforts for the boys are very much
appreciated. First Sergt. Ogle. who
was the first one to gladden. the men
when he notified them that they could
have the dance. was in large part re-
sponsible for the success through his
untiring efforts. The committee Of or
ganization consisted of Sergts. White
way and Guilbault and Private c. e.
Smith of the medical department and
Sergt. Potts Of the Quartermaster
Corps. Credit must be given also to
Sergt. Wildman, who arranged the bill
Of fare and saw to it that the guests
had plenty to eat and drink. He was
assisted in this work by Corp. Car
penter.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
D Block Y. II. C. A. Notes.

Holy week was observed in d. and as
result Of the meetings held every night
many men signed the war roll cards and
many others signed the Christian dec
laration cards. Whenever one wants to
listen to or engage in a 1--we song service,
just let him find his way to D-39 on
Thursday on Sunday night.
On Sunday afternoon at 2 pm. a grand
band concert was given by the band of
the 36Sth, just outside Of the building.
which was surrounded by more than two
thousand visitors. Bandmaster A. Jack
Thomas was in charge.
Religious Work Secretary NJ b. Nc
Alden, who attended the Reserve Onicers'
Training School at Fort Des Moines. iowa.
last summer. has been commissioned a
second lieutenant Of infantry and win no
doubt be called to active service in a
very short while.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
Lectures on Foreign Chimes.

DR.. Harley Stamp Of Philadelphia de-
livered his famous lecture on Travels
in Siberia, Alaska and the WiIds of
Canada" in the 20" building, Y. NJ c. A.
The views he shows have been largely
taken by himself and are said to be un-
surpassed by any views Of similar
kind. DR.. Stamp Travelled more than
$4,000 miles in the most remote places
Of the earth and studied the conditions
found in these places along every line.
He did this work under the direction
Of the government
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04

| now that the annexation bin has
passed. Keep your eye on It. John.
Some pay for United States soldiers,
these prosperous days. while carpen-
tiers draw from $50 to $50 per week
building the barracks.
l. One soldier declared that he owed
the government money at the end OF
the month-$2.S4. Paying to fight for
his country! Still. this will be ad-
justed.
''Matty'' in headquarters. s11th Field
ARTILLERY. was accusing Gilhooley,
cousin Of the Yankee bauplayer. of be-
piled.
go along. boy. why you are so noisy
you wake yourself up snoring"
Lieut.. Fitzpatrick, Boston, now with
the 310th Field Artillery. deplores the
fact that SO many Marylanders have
been transferred from the regiment to
other organizations. They are fine SOL
with them. The genial lieutenant went
home last week in preparation for q
stay at Fort Sill. the school of fire, in
ficer.
THE French and British need u.s."
said Private Salmon in C. 2Sth Engi-
neers.
Salmon said he enlisted TO fight ana
hoped to be able. to see the other side
very soon. Having been q foot ball
player. he thinks those who know that
game will be good fighters.
Private LAyaou. Battery 4. 311th
"Binker Light over on S'1 pivisio ., tns
and he takes down ten words a minute
with ease. Three nights a week he
does this work. and the battery keeps
posted on all the latest orders and
news Of the war through the skill of
this young soldier. who interprets the
dope as it Is flashed around the camp.
In the 9th Engineers Is a fellow
from Idaho named Singleton. He shoots
to kill. and knows a German from an
Austrian at 500 yards.
Knowles, Battery B. 311th Field Ar
tillery. says the only reason his bat
terry has not been in quarantine since
coming to camp Is that the boys are all
ed by mere germ"
To have had two brothers killed in
action and another injured for life and
still want to fight is the position of
Private walker, Company D, 2Sth En-
gineers. whose home was formerly in
Scotland.
Walker Is plucky lad beyond
doubt, and he wants to get at them.
Besides the brothers, he has had eight
cousins to become victims Of German
shells.
Corp. Charles Grimes is one of the
few representatives. of Brooklyn, Anne
Arundel county, at Meade. He is in
Battery d, 310th Field Artillery, and
his friends declare that he sends a
large share Of his money each month
to his mother. She comes to see him
every Sunday and Charlie gets a pack
age Of eats each time.
Quinn and Rafferty,, "eat sergeants,
were neaEing q scrap in Supply Com
pany, 311th Field Artillery.
You'll be carrying your leg home on
your arm" said Rafferty, to Quinn.
yes, they'll let you read magazines
in the hospital" said Quinn to Rafferty,.
Then they had another plate Of choco-
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