The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-04

100, JUST because you was 1eeOI
and because I've got considerable,
for my seniors. l was raised tina
way. ! honored your age, Jerry.
knew you was about all in. but
never called you old. ! wouldn'
hurt your feelings. What did 20,
do? You set around on your bon,
hips and criticized and picked at me
But you've picked my last feathe
of and I'm plumb raw. Right her
we splitl" ...... Dr.. ...
Jerry Quirk staggered slightly an,
leaned against a post for support
His knees were wobbly: he, too
ached in every bone and muscle; he
too. had been goaded into an insan
temper. but that which maddene,
him beyond expression was this I'm
warranted charge of incompetency
"Split it is" he agreed "Tha
II take load off my shoulders"
"We'1l cut our grub fifty-6fty
then I'll hit you q clout with tn
traces and turn you a-loose."
Jerry was still dazed, for hi
world had come to an end, but h
pretended to an extravagant Joy an,
managed to chirp: Good news
the first I've had since we went pard
ners. Ill sure kick up my heel.
What'll we do with the boata"
Cut her in two"
Right. Wen toss up for end.
Wen divide everything the sam
way. down to the skillet"
Every blame thing" Into
agreed.
Side by side they set off heavif,
through the woods.
Quafrels similar to this were Of
daily occurrence on the trail. but
especially common were they here
at 1indermaR, for of all the devices
OF the devil the one most trying sc
human patience is q whip-saw. !,
IS a saying in the North that t.
know a man one must eat at a sack
of flour with him: it is also gen.
orally recognized that partnership
which survives the.-vexations of :
saw-pit is time and weather PROOF
"a predestined union more sacred
and more perfect even than that Of
inatrimony. Few indeed have, stood
the test.
1t was in this loosening of senti.
mental ties, in the breach of friend.
ships and the birth of bitter en-.
mites. where lay the deepest traq.
edy of the Chilkoot and the Chilka.
trails. Under ordinary. normal cir.
cumstances men of opposite TEN.
peraments may live with each Other
in harmony and died in mutual &C.
cord. but circumstances here were
extraordinary, abnormal. Hardship
monotony, fatigue score the very
soul; constant close association rem.
ders men absurdly petulant and
childishly' quarrelsome. Many are
the heartaches charged against those
early days and those early tails.
Ut course there was, much less in
ternal friction in outfits like Krby's
Or the Countess. Courteau's, where
the men worked under orders. bui
even there, relations were often
strained: Both Danny Royal and
Pierce Phillips had had their trori-
bles, their problems-nobody could
escape them-but on the whole ti,cy
had he'd their men together pretty
we'll and had made fast prorresS
all things considered. ROYAL had
experience to draw upon, Will Phil
lips had none: nevertheless. the
countess was a good counselor and
this brief training in authority wa,
OF extreme value to the younper
man. who developed some of the
Qualities of leadership: As result
of their frequent conferences :
frank. free intimacy had sprung 'sup
between Pierce and his employer, al
intimacy both gratifying and dissp-
pointing to him. Just how it affected
the woman he could not tell. AZ
a matter of fact he made little effort
to learn. being for the moment. too
deeply concerned in the great change
that had come over him. > -
!. Pierce Phillips made no effort ia
deceive himself; he was in love, ye,.
desperately in love- and his infatua.
ton grew with every hour. It was
his first serious affair and quite nat-
urahy its newness took his breath.
he had heard,of puppy love and he
scorned It, but this was NOT that
kind. he told himself: his was an
epic alteration, a full-growu, death-
less mans affection such as comes
70 none but the favored of the godi
and then but once in a lifetime. The
reason, wa: patent-it lay in the fact
that the object Of his soul-consury.;
ing worship was NOT an ordinary
woman: No. the Countess was cast
~ heroic mold ,and>she inspired love
OF Character to match her individ.
uality: she was one of those rare.
Naming creatures E,e like of wli6sn
illuminate the pages OF history. SEe
was another Cleopatra, q reeok
creature.
4 To be sure, she was not At All t]ke
sort of woman lie had ex6ecfed Is
love, therefore he loved her he
more; nor was abe The sort he M
chosen as his ideal. But f. n stkis
abandonment Of old iidealt sd sace
eeptance of new ones which matt
development. which sigualizes youth's
evolution into maturity.
tTo be continued), I