Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-01-21

/ D$ s4uaLLn IN bungalow with Jan
servant. a porcelain bathtub. an
/ breakfast In bed. Why don't you
travel an see stuff as it Isl How in
b!azes are you goin' TO write adven.
ture Il you don't live III
Ne, Tn goin' 10 git a schooner
built accordin' to my own ideas. Have
a kicker engine In it, mebbe, an 90
round the world. What's the use Of
Fdiyin' on ii an not KNOWN 1t by sight?
Books and pictures are an right in
their way, I reckon. but. while my
FiGgin' holds up, I'm for travel. Mebbe
I'll take a group Of Islands down in
the South seas after a bit an make
somethjn' out Of 'em. Not Jest copra
an pearl-shelI. but cotton an rubber"
- king and his kingdom" suggest
ed the girl.
AYE, an mebbe a queen TO 20 with
II, p" replied Lund. his eyes wide open
in look that made the girl flush and
Raiuey feel the hidden issue that he
felt was bound to come, rising to the
surface.
That's q mans life" went on Lund.
Travels all right, but a mans got to
do somethin', buck somethin'. start
somethin'. An a red-blooded man
wants the right kind of a woman 10
play mate. Polish off his rough
edges, mebbe. I'd rather be a rough
castin' that could stand film a bit.
than smooth an plated. An, when I
find tho Ffvh4 xs-oroor -
breed, I'm g0in' to tie to her an her
to me.
I'm goin' to be rich. They've
cleaned up the sands Of Nome. but
there's others1l be found yit between
Cape Hope an Cape Barry. Mean
time, we've got a placer Of our own
With plenty Of gold they amt much
limit to what a man can do. I've
roughed 1t all my life, an I'm not
lookin' for ease. IT makes a man soft.
But"
He swept the figure Of the girl in a
pause that was eloquent of his line Of
thought, She grew uneasy Of it, but
Lund maintained it until she raised
her eyes from her work and chal-
lenged his Rainey saw her breast
heave, saw her struggle to hold the
gaze, turn red, then pale. He thought
her eyes showed fear, and then she
stiffened. Almost uncOnsciously she
raised her hand to where Ralney was
sure she kept the little pistol, touched
something as though to assure herself
Of its presence, and went on sewing.
Lund chuckled, but shifted his eyes to
Rainey.
why don't you write up this
wage? When it's all over? There's
adventure for you, an We amt haf
through with 1t. An romance, too,
mebbe. We amt developed much Of
a love-story as yit, but you never can
tell"
He laughed. and Peggy Simms got
up quietly, folded her sewing. and
said Coed night" composedly before
she went TO her room.
"How about 1t, Rainey?" quizzed
Lund. "How about the love part OF
It? She's beauty, an she'll be an
heiress. Amt you got emmy red blood
in yore veins? Don't you want herr
You won't find many to hold a candle
to her. Looks. built like racin'
yacht, smooth an speedy. Smart, an
rich into the bargain. Why don't you
make love to her?'
Rainey felt the burning blood
mounting to his face and brain.
~ am not in love with Miss Slmms,"
he said. IF was I should not try
to make love TO her under the circum-
stances. She's alone, and she's father
less. do not care TO discuss her"
shes a woman" said Lund. And
yo're a id prig You'd like to bust
me in the jaw. but you know I'm
stronger. You've got some CUTS,
Rainey. but yo're hidebound You
amt got ha'f the git-up-an go to We
that she has She's a woman, l tell
you, an she's to be won. If you want
her, why don't you stand up an try
10 git her stead of sittin' around ike
a sick cat whenever l happen TO ad
mlre her looks?
awe seen you. I amt blind emmy
longer, you know. She's a woman an
Tn a man. | thought YOU was one
But you amt. Yore idea of maxim
love is to send the gal box Of candy
an walk pussy-footed an write poems
10 her. You want to write life an I
want to live Il. So dees a gal like
rhat. She's more my breed than yores,
II she has got eddication. An she's
4 I m Nr,fr
half sawduSt. Yo're stuffed"
He went on deck laughing, leaving
Rainey raging but helpless. Lund ap-
reared to think the situation obvious.
Two men. and a woman who was at
tractive In many ways. The only
woman while they were aboard the
schooner, therefore the more to be de-
sired. admired by men cut of from
the rest OF the world.