The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-05

FoSPER. a shifty eyed youth Of d
humor because OF the hardships " q
with nill because the latter suggest
the trail lie refuses TO buy a praetlo
Now SO on with the story
Bln bronson gave his last direc. |
tons. frightened the iast cineh. and
allpped his rifle into the saddle reab.
bard There's just one thing more
the choice OF hornes." he said. |
"AIias fremont. OF course you can
take your pick Ills tone was trust /
fui. ''of course that will be all right |
with the other gsntiemen~-for sou |
To have the best and safest horse"
strangely. neither of the two men
seemed TO greet thla suggestion with /
especial enthusiasm. Il want a good |
and safe HORSE" Lounnbury said /
evenly. "of course you urtant pro-. |
vide ALIAS fremont the same"
The woodsman sighed. ever -
softly. lie turned TO voNper. but
II the latter had any suggestions 20
offer. the hard eyes % tho guide
caused him 20 think better OF them.
t'i'm sorry to say that good horses
and safe hornrs-arent To be found
IN tho same animal up here mn
explained. IF you have . Eooi
hornc~-ons thatfi take the mud and
swim the river and stand up under
the DAYS narch--hesfi likely have
too much sense and spirit TO be safe.
Hs'u more than likely prano@ around
whsn you get on and buck you off
n he thinks he can SGT away with IL
NJ you've got a Hafs horse. one that's
SCARED 20 death Of you. he won't he
a good hnrno--a yellow cuss that has
10 b dragged thru every mud pud
die. These are all Indian ponies. tho
hest that can b~ got up here, but
they're not Old ladies' driving mares
Miss fremont. the best horse In this
bunch L. my bay. Nuivansy--hut no
BODY can ride him bat me. Ia love
20 les you ride him n you could. and
after a DAY or t~o ia hs willing for
you 10 Try u. hut he bucks every.
hniy off but mo. Hut he DOESN'T
know shat fear l.. ard be doeanI
know when 20 give up.-
The man spoke soperiy. ~ was
wholly plain that Muivansy va. very
dear TO hls heart Men do not ride
over the caribou trails without en-
r~ndcrfng strvrg feelings toward
their snounfa Sometimes u IN love.
And not unusually Il II deiestAuon.
THAT iitiis back there Buster.
ws cal hints tho nsxt beat bot.
Its an important choice you're MAJ
ing. and IN tell you about him. he
threw a man off once. and wh~n I
got him he was supposed 10 bc tho
Enoet vicious animal in tho North
west. Tho truth IL. he hasn't got q
vicious hair In his head. nus he will
try TO sc, away. and he will dance
a bl, when you first get on and wheel
In circles. and he's hard to catch In
the morning. But he's surefootsd
and courageous and strong. hen
TAX. you Up hills where tho others
can't go. The other two horses
Colt and Ecoity~-maYhe seem safer.
but they haven't got the life Buster
has. nor the sense
Blil reached to pet he black bus.
ter. and tho animal SHE'D nsrvofsiy.
Virginia walked IN 10 him and seized
had vnuited into the saddle.
lie wheeled and plunged at first.
but soon she auisted him. In none
too good humor. Lounabury made
hla selection. and voaper took what
was left BIN led bis animal TO vir.
ginia's side.
And arc fhare any special IN.
! rtrtictionA-brfors We start" he
asked.
Il can give you some special In.
struciions." Lounabury interrupted.
Il didn't come up here TO risk my
life on a wild mustang in the noun.
tain@. I want you to pick eaav
traiis--you can II you've just got
energy enough TO try
a half smil. fingered moment at
the woodsman's lips. Their. was no
choice Of trails into Clearwater. lie
might have told Lounabury that
once they were out Of the sight Of
tho roofs OF the town they were ven.
turing into the Unknown. a land
where the caribou and the moose
made trails thru the forest but where
men came not. a land OF beasts rath.
sr than men, OF primeval grandeur
but savage might. Have you any
orders TO giye7' he asked the girl
again.
None. An ran do II tell you
what have already done--and then
let you do the best you can. As you
know. he left six years ago"
II know. saw him when he
came thru"
His eyes were fast upon her. and
he saw her start. Her face seemed
to flame. Stranger ne he WINS 20 the
hearts OF women Blll could under
stand. It was word Of her lover, n
message from the dead. and II moved
her to the depths. Hut he couldn't
understand the curious weight OF de
precision that descended upon him.
was ID n risho~thenr"
IAN right, but that was Just after
he cafne TO the North. I was camp.
Ing ON this side OF Grizzly River. and
no stayed to eat with me. He said
his name was Lounsbury. I've never
heard of him since"
The surface lights died in her eyes.
Then that doesn't help us much.
EXCEPT TO know that he got that far,
at least" she went on. "I'li tell you
the whole thing. simply: maybe Il
will help you In deciding where 10
look for him. lie was twenty seven
then--and he'd spent the fortune his
father left him. He had to have
more. and he came up hereto look
for gold"
Like many other men-before
him" Blll interrupted gravely.
Tie had some sort OF n definite
plnn-a certain place to go--but he
never told me what Il was. lie told
me he was going into Clearwater.
He had In havo mona, r. 49,. a.,