Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-03-21
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CMAPTER III-Jack Barrow, III @ -;
Jealous rage, demands from Hazel ar
.llanation Of Bush's action Hazel's pride
hort, and she refuses. The engage.
sna fs broken and Hazel determines tc
rs Granville. She sees an advertise.
sE~t for a scn2ol teacher at Cariboc
lows. Britt Columbia. and secures
n situation.
! CMAPTER Iy-Cariboo Meadows is in
- wild part OF British Columbia and Ha-
shortly after her arrival, loses her
while ,eu walking I;In. In the woods; She
sspfns to and somebody who viii guide
sSms s the to sr sas msaoKs
nearing Bill Wagstaff," who had seen
sr at her boarding house there. He
nnises to take her home in the morn
u but .shr is compelled to spend the
Nahf In the woods.
CHAPTER V~They start next day
Ezsi supposes, for Cariboo Meadows, but
Flagstaff finally admits he Is taking her
has cabin in the mountains. He Is re-
q Csagh protesting indignantly. IL helpless
"a has to accompany him.
+ CHAPTER vTI-with the coming OF
rfng Hazel insists that Wagstaff take
persuade her to marry him and stay.
sf on her persistent refusal he accom-
ks can proceed to Vancouver.
! CHAPTER WILTON parting, wagstar
later r1 Contains 81 go AND S map Which
&EM enable her to find her way to the
EGhfa IL she desires to go back. At Van
nFe. but on the train realizes that she
Enves Wagstaff and decides to go to him.
1Rse leaves the train at the first stop.
CHAPTER Ix-with the aid OF Bits
kksp she finds her way back, and the pair
aTried After some months a pot they decide
An go farther into the mountains to
krss where Bill is confident there Is gold.
/. CHAPTER X-After an arduous trip,
Etssch severely tries Hazers strength,
kry arrive at their destination and settle
&~Mu for the long winter.
CHAPTER xI-wagstaff builds cabin
mraA a stable for the horses and cuts and
STACKS sufficient hay to last until spring.
Eseod there Is in plenty. Hazel, forgetting
Che danger, allows sparks from the chin
Fssu=yuned with all the stored hay. To
eweR the animals from death by starva-
aasn Bill is compelled to shoot them
CHAPTER xII-with the first spring
&ays they start prospecting for gold and
q tse Of hf ss a and PadH nTn
NRo winter. they start back to the cabin
kMey call home
TIN glad you've found something
IN loose that pent-up energy of yours
Ihzr Billy-boy," she said. you'll make
IN success of it, know. don't see
why you shouldn't make a success of
amy kind of business. But l didn't
think you'd ever tackle business. You
save such peculiar views about bust
Rs.ss and business practice"
y Il despise the ordinary business
s<shic." he returned sharply. "But
.ean exploit the resources of nature.
And that is my plan. II we make
saaay Ii won't be flched by COM;
MAX process from the other fellows
8Cckets; it won't be wealth created by,
A&earing lambs in the market, by
Nsweatshop labor, or adulterated food,
- exorbitant rental of filthy dealing
with. I'm not overly anxious to get
.1nfD 1t with them. But 1t promises
action of some sort-and I have to
- something till spring"
LIN the spring! That brief phrase
IAet Hazel IL sober thinking. With
April or May Bill would spread his
wings for the North. There would be
-HD more staying him than the flight
~ the wild goose to the reedy nesting
lxrUunds could be stayed. Well, sum-
raer In the North would not be so bad,
&1ke reflected. But she hated to think
GF the isolation. 1t grieved her to
e0atemplate exchanging her beautiful
nv furnished apartment for log cabin
m the woods.
sail she had hopes. IL he plunged
AnAo business associations with jim
xsae Brooks and Paul Lorimer and 9TH
.@xs of that group, there was no telling
what might happen. His interests
nnixht become permanently identified
with Granville.
Bill informed her from time to time
ns to the progress of his venture. The
sssuEnpany was duly incorporated, with
ma authorized capital of one hundred
xhonsand dollars, five thousand dollars
worth of stock being taken out by each
nm a cash basis-the remaining sew
snfy-five thousand lying in the COM
many treasury, to be held or sold for
development purposes as the five saw
Rf when work began to show what
tine claims were capable Of producing.
In early March came a telegram
from Whitley Lewis saying that he
lad staked the claims, both placer and
Lode; that he was bound out by the
telegraph Trail to file at Hazelton.
BILL showed her the message-wired
from Station Six.
ST wish I could have been in ON it
that was some trip he said-and
there was trace of discomfort in his
kone. ST don't fancy somebody else
saving my chestnuts out of the Goals
for me. 1t was sure a mans job to