The Arvada enterprise., 1918-07-25

swift glance Of admiration at Hazal,
and thsy passed with . mutual 40
long"
"what DO you think oe that, old
girlt" Bill observed presently. "A
real. honest-to-good railroad going
By within . hundred miles Of our
shack. Three years. Itll be there b.
fore We know It Wen have neigh
bors to burn"
"A hundred milesi" Ha1el laughed
'Is that your idea Of . neishborly dis.
tancer
"What's Q hundred milesr' hs d.
Tended. 1.-TWO days ride. that's an.
And the kind Of people that come to
settle in . country Ike this don't stick
in sight Of the cars. They're like
me-need lots Of elbow room. There1l
bs hardy souls looking for q location
up where We are before very long.
YouTl see."
They passed other crews Of men.
surveyors with transits, chainmen.
stake drivers, AZ gangs widening the
path through the timber. Most o6
them looked at Hazel In frank sur
prise, and stared long after she passed
BY. And when IN open bottom beside
Q noisy little creek showed the scat
tered tents Of the survey camp. Hasa
said:
LETS not stop. Btll."
He looked back ovef his sh0uldee
with Q comprehending smile.
Getting shyf Make you uneom-
foetable to have an these boys look at
you. little personf" he bantered. An
right We won't stop. But al these
fellows probably havsn't seen . white
woman for montha You can't blame
them for admiring. You DO look good
b other men besides me. you know.
30 they rode through the camp with
but q nod to the aproned cook. who
thrust out his head, and Q gray-hairsd
man With glasses. who bumped Over
Q drafting board under IN awning
Their noon IRE thsy built at . spring
6vs miles beyond.
AZ length they Jared into Hassltoa
which 10 the hub oe vast ara ovsf
which men pursue gold and fua
Some hundred odd souls were gath
cred there. whsfs the stefn-whsd
steamers that ply The turgid skesna
reach the head o6 navigation. 4 land
recording once and q mining recorder
Hassltoa boosted - proof of II
civic importance. The mining recorder.
who combined In himself many capad-
ties besides his governmental function.
undertook to put through Bill's land
deal. He knew Bill wagsta6.
"Wise man." he nodded, over the d.
scription. IF some more nh these boys
that have blazed trnils through this
country would do the same thing.
they'd b. better Of. 4 chunk Of land
anywhere in this country 10 . good
bet now. Wen have rails here from
the coast In Q year. Better freess
onto Q couple nh lots here In Hassa
ton. while they're low. Bs plumb 10
the skies In ten years. Natural place
for . city. Bill. It's astonishin' how
the settlers u COMM"
There Was ocular evidence q tAis
last. for they had followed In Q road
well rutted from loaded wagons. But
Bin invested In no real estate. not.
wthstandin9 the positive assurance
that Haselton was On the ragged edss
Of q boom.
Maybe. maybe" he admitted. "Bui
I've got other dsh to fry. That oos
piece up By Pine river will do me foz
q WHILE"
Here where folk talked only Of gold
and pelts and railroads and settlement
and the coming boom that would make
them all rich. Bill WasstaR added two
more ponies to his pack train. Thesa
he loaded down with food. staples only,
dour, sugar, beans. salt, tea and cot.
fee. and Q sack Of dried fruit. Also
he bestowed upon Niger q furthss
burden Of six dozen steel traps.
And IN the cool Of Q midsummss
morning. before Haselton had rubbed
the sleep out Of its collective eyes and
taken up the days work Of discussing
its future greatness, Roaring Bill and
his wife draped the mosquito nets over
their heads and turned their facss
north.
They bore out upon q wagon road.
For Q brief distance only did this q,
dure, then dwindled to . path. A turn
In this hid sight Of the clustered Ion
houses and tents, and the two steam,
ers that lay up against the bank. Ths
river itself was soon lost IN the fss
stretches Of forest. Once more tAsy
rode alone IN the wilderness. For ths
nrat time Hasel felt q quick shrinkins
from the North. an awe Of its huge.
silent spaces. which could % easily
ensulf Thousands such % they and stiil
remain Q land untamsd.
Ha1si ssts tsrrifyiN0 Oilmeee II
sf the ruthless way u tho W. II
Ssrnssa shs lsasns that the II
great vide spaess u ths north II
ars n,sreilsss - thess vhs make II
mIstakss. hsw she learns ~ II
lssssn 10 tsid In Ne Rsxe lNslaiG.