Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-01-21
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81 don't know exactly" he replied
"Pm not going in from the coast.
though. I'm taking the Ashcroft-Fort
George Trail. have to take In pack
train and more men and get work
started on q decent SCALE"
"Dut you won't have to stay there
all summer and oversee the work. will
your she inquired anxiously.
Il should" he said.
For second or two he drummed
on the table top.
'But is there any real necessity for
you to stay on the ground? she pur-
sued her own line of thought. II
should think an undertaking of this
size would Justify hiring an expert to
take charge of the actual mining oper-
ations. Won't you have this end Of It
TO look afterY
'Lorimer and Brooks are eminently
capable of upholdlng the dignity and
Importance Of that sign they've got
smeared across the windows down
town." he observed CURLY. 1.-THE chief
labor of the Office they've set up will
be to divide the proceeds. The work
j win be done and the money made In
the Klappan Range. You sabe that.
don't your
'rm not stupid" she pouted.
sIm going tomorrow he said. II
think. on the whole. it'll be just as
well If you don't go. Stay here and
enjoy yourself. I'll transfer some
more money to your accounts think
Ill drop down to the club
4 She followed him out into the hall,
and, as he wriggled into his coat, she
had an impulse to throw her. arms
around his neck and declare. In all
sincerity, that she would go to the
klappan or to the north pole or any
place on earth with him. If he wanted
4 her. But by some peculiar feminine
reasoning she reflected In the same In
slant that IL Bill were away from her
ia few weeks he would be all the
| more glad to get back. That closed
her mouth. 1t was not wise to be too
meek or obedient where husband
was concerned. That was another mite
Ok wisdom she had garnered from the
wives Of her circle.
SO she kissed Bill good-by at the
station next day with perfect good hu
NOR and no parting emotion of any
| particular keennesS. And IL he were
a trifie sober he showed no sign of
resentment, nor uttered any futile
wishes that she could accompany him.
$50 long," he said from the car
| steps. "I'll keep in touch--all can"
Then he was gone.
Somehow. his absence made less diff
ference than Hazel had anticipated.
She had secretly expected to be very
lonely at first. And she was not. Even
when in her hand she held a telegram
dated at a point five hundred or u
thousand miles or. double that distui,C.
| away she did not experience the feet
ing OF complete bodily absence. Sh.
| always felt as IL he were near. DULY
1T night, when there was no long arm
10 pillow her head. no goodnight kiss
lis she dozed into slumber. she missed
him, realized that he was far away.
early in June came brief wire
from Station Six. Three weeks later
the Free Gold Mining company set
up mild ripple Of excitement along
Broad street by exhibiting In their
office window forty-p0und heap Of
coarse gold; raw. yellow gold. just as
il had come from the sluice. Every
Jay knots of men stood gazing at The
treasure. Bill had forwarded tle 6gss
| cleanup.
And close on the heels of this--ten
days later, to be exact--he came home.
sYou great bear" Hazel laughed. In
the shelter Of his encircling allns.
"AEy, It's good to see you again."
She pushed herself back little and
surveyed him adnlringIy, with grati-
1 fed sense of proprietorship. The
cheeks of him were tanned to healthy
brown, his eyes clear and shining. The
offending flesh had fallen away on the
strenuous paths Of the Klappan. He
radiated boundlsss vitality, strength,
ulertness, that perfect coordination Of
mind and body chat is bred of faring
rcsourcefully along rude ways. She
lhrilled at the touch of his hand, was
content to lay her head on his Shout
| Ger dUu 4uISrb ~tSAJ t1kh6 ~ s<AU lSy !
OF his phys.~-L oearness.
They elected to spend the evening
j quietly at home, as they used to do.
| 10 Hazel 1t seemed quite like old
i times. Bill told her Of the Klappali
country, and their prospects at the
nine.
IT'S going to be mighty big thing"
Ae declared.
I'm so glad" said Hazel. a,
4 We've got a group Of ten claims..
| Whitley Lewis and the original stakers
hold an interest In their claims. L
acting as agent for these other fal-
lows in the company. staked i've more.
took in eight more men--and. be.
Eeve me, things were humming when
! left. And, say, went IN By the
| ranch. Old Jake has fine garden
He's still pegging away with the mule