The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-14

marry. II that could have rennld
her In any way for what he thought
ans had done for him. had proved
tfaitorous. Ills letters. written to
her az general delivery, 81. Louis.
haa been returned. uneallcd for.
From the moment that he had re-
ecived that liEht haunting note. he
had heard nothing more. She had
done her work. she was gone.
December came Christmas. and
with Il ha'tista with flour In his
hair and beard. his red shirt pulled
out over bis trousers. distributing
the presents which Houston had
.hopEht for the few men IN his en-.
pioy, January wore on. bringing
with u more snow February and
then
TEet II come Eet II Gomez Ba'.
tizte. waving his arms wildly. In
spite OF the stuffIuess OF his heavy
mackinnaw. and the broad belt which
aank into layer AFTER layer OF cloth.
Ing at his waist, came over tho brow
81 the raise Into camp. 10 srise
Houston In his arms and danr~ him
about. TO i'm him and literally throw
him hlgh upon his chest as onn
would to~a child. 10 roar AZ Cote.
mar. then To stand hack. hrnndish.
ms an opened letter above his head
'ket u GENE have open ecta-r
cannot wait. f;et say We shall have
The contract' All. out ouif ouil oui,
We shall have the CONTRACT
Houston. suddenly awake 20 whas
,hs message meant. reached Tor the
letter. II was there IN black and
white. The bid had bccn accepted
There need now be bat the confer
vnce IA Chicago. the posting Of tho
forfeit money. and the deal was
made.
"Ect say five thousand dollars
cash. and the rest In bond came
enthusiastically from Hatiase. -Eet
u simple. You have the mill. you
have the timber. na'tcrse. he have
the friend IN Denver who viii make
the bond
-But how about the machinery:
well need a hundrcd.sh thousand. dollar
plant before we're thru. natlsie."
An The old French Canadians
Jaw dropped ~lla1sese. be " like
the child lie have not think Of
that. lie have figure he can borrow
ton thousand dollar IN his own
name But he have not think about
tho machinery.
~nut We must think about IL. Ba'.
tlHte. We've gut TO get a. With
the equipment that's here. We never
could hope 60 keep up with the con.
tract. And II we can't do that. we
lose everything. Understand me. I'm
not thinking OF qt~tting. I merely
want 20 look over tho battlefield
first. Shall we take the chane~7~
slw Batistn shrugged hts houl.
defn
.'satcese. he always try 20 break
the way came AZ last. ~fin'teene
he have trouhle-hut he have new
been beat You ask natecae--fga',
tcese say SO ahead Somehow we
make lt.~
Then tomorrow morning We take
the train 10 Denver. and from there
III go on 10 Boston III raise the
money sosne say. don't know
how. II ! don't. we're only beaten
in the beginning instead Of AZ the
end Wen simply have 10 trust %
the fnture--on everything. Ba'tistc.
There are 40 many things that can
whip Us. that Houston laughed
shortiy--~we might as well b. gam.
blers all the way thru. Wen never
fuiflil the contract. even with the
machinery. unless we can get the
use OF the lake and a fiuns 70 the
mill We may be able 10 keep Il up
for a month or Two. bat that viii BE-
all The expense viii eat Us up.
But one chance y no greater than
the other. and personally. I'm at the
point where I don't care
OUR Ba'teese. he have nothing
Bafeeae he only fight for the excite.
meut. So, tomorrow we CO.
And on the next day they went
again 70 E0 over an tho details Of
their mad. forndationlcss encapade
with Chance. 70 talk u all over IN
the old smoking car. 20 weight the
balance against them from every
angle. and 10 see failure on every
side But they had become gamblers
with Fate. for one. II was his final
opportunity. 70 take or diregard.
with saint giimmer ~ success AZ
one end Of the vista. with the wip.
ing out Of every hope az the other
They tried not TO look AZ the gloomy
side, but that was impossible. As
the train ground It's way up the cir