The Lamar register., 1918-03-27
.u,nes. Wen needa da mon. .

sunes. Wen needd da mon"
"Needa fiddlesticks," she laughed.
What do we need money for? II
costs practically nothing to live up
here. Why this sudden desire to pur-
sue the dollar7 Besides. how are you
going to pursue it?'
go prospecting" he replied prompt
ly. "TIit the trail for place / know
where there's oOdles of coarse gold. II
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 fall with a sack of gold 1t
would take horse to packf
Hazel clapped her hands.
"Oh. Bill. wouldn't that be fine" she
cried. "Fd love to-"
at won't be all smooth sailing" he
warned. "It's a long trip and hard
one, and the winter will be longer and
harder than the trip. Still, there's a
chance for good big stake, right in
that one trip"
-But why the necessity for making
a stalker" she inquired thoughtfully.
after 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
it-so we're compelled to save"
Bill blew a smoke ring over his head
and xuatchad I vanish nm fpxNnr 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 / hadn't many wants when i was
playing lone hand. and generally let
the future take care of itself. II 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
ter II we were assured of compe-
tence. We won't stay here always.
I'm pretty much contented just now.
So are you. But 1 know from past ex-
perience that the outside Will grow
more alluring as time passes. You'll
get lonesome for civilization. It's the
most natural thing in the world. And
when we go out to mix with our fellow
humans we want to meet them on
terms of worldly equality. Which is
to say with good clothes on, and a fat
bank roll in our pocket. And last. but
not least, old girl, while l love to loaf,
can only loaf about so long In con
tentment. Sabe? I've got to be doing
something; whether 1t was profitable
or not has never mattered. just SO II
was action"
.T sabe, as you call it." Hazel smiled
"Of course / do. Only lazy people like
to loaf all the time. 1 love this place
and we might stay here for years and
be satisfied. But"
@But we'd be better satisfied to stay
If we knew that we could leave II
whenever we wanted to-" he inter
rupted THAT'S the psychology of the
human animal, all right. We don't like
to be coerced, even by circumstances
eff you made lot of money mining
we could travel-one could do lots OF
things" she reflected. II don't think
I'd want to live In a city again. But
it would be nice to go there, some
times"
ayes, dear girl. 1t would" Bill
agreed. "With a chum to help you en-
joy things. We can do things together
that | couldn't do alone, and yor
couldn't do alone. Remains only to get
the wherewithnl. And since l know
how to manage that with minimum
amount of effort, I'd like to be abou
It before somebody else gets ahead ol
me. Though there's small chance oi
that"
"well be partners" said she. 'Hov