The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-21

-. ran / cry that took oyvry
900 man hurryipg 90 the riNyr-
y, Rock was coming" In a
- tho vantoEcpotuts were
sewasd. a..
=, when The teams drew Ia un.
- tss hank and RocS sal up. way
mlttened hand che shout was
.',,stv hushed AS the loollrE-on SAW
y, s,u II burden Joe MeCushry
rAs driNlng
p,.r,e Phillips, ~ course, Mas the
- ssrer member % that welcom-
,hrrng. AZ the earliest moment
= Aore 'Poleon away 20 hts cabin.
- ,her. when the last morbid GU
800 seeker had been shaken or
"a ,hs dogs had been attended 20,
!, heard the story
.Reule,,a fggcr Il out Jus right
z NJ so,N, Oats De smartvs' gale
.,see Is indeed Hut Frank What
s.seeneds How did you manage
spo,,on hosijaicj Therv was q rea.
:, WHY he dld not wish the details
!, ,hst affair on the upper Forty
Me % become public,
4 was not dlfucuIt 90 dislort the
+ ,.sv enough 20 reverse the roles he
"a the officer had played aud when
\. had finished. Pierce was loud iu
praisc q the Mounted Policeman.
~wel things happened hcre too.
+. y. you,h declared Succinctly he
. "a he story Of Gaurc's DELAYED cou-
,.x.,en proylng that be had been the
sssln of deliberate conspiracy
.R.l,,ve me. I'm glad it has AN come
ID. 50 well. be said People didn't
,e,ualy accuse me, but I was con,
,cseas q their suspicion, their doubt.
bad talked too much. Then, too,
,Asre was that beastly rumor about
~ Countess and me II was fierce.
App<arances were strons Id-hayc
-oae on the stampede. only didn't
Savs the heart You've heard about
,Ast. q course The new striker"
n when 'Poleou shook his head the
MUGS mans eyes ktudled why,
nap he broke out, "thc towns
rszy dippy It's the biggest thing
,yvr Fgtnchman's Hiil. les called
OF thsts Frpnchmnn's Huls
Some French Teller max lucky
srise. chr 'Poleon was not greatly
Interested. where de place IS? Who
ii Fpnchmanr
~li's a high her somewhere above
q Dcrado--a mountain OF pay gravel
IN old river.hcd or something They
AZ lis whsre all the gold came from,
ia mother lode. You can see u right
Il the grass roots
'Pc.eon started and his mouth
spsaed; then he shook his head,
BY Car. OATS tommy seen
.Eaysl up tlsec. but mg-tm oulucky.
Never quite get uotln; always I'm
close ty when uUd1r TELLER max
strike
Pierce s,Ili managed 70 control
himself enough to explain: They
svre shooting dead timber down into
The gulch and they wore the snow
ser where the rim cropped out II
Happened to be staked ground right
y lhkfs." Piercs's excitement. the odd
! hght tn his dancing eyes, bore TO
PUieon significance. some
Nsnchman had taken II IN. so they
,aIlsd Il Frsuehman's Hll
Dorst,s blank. COMPOUNDED stare
caused the speaker finally 10 blurt
cut: Good Heavens. man. wake up.
I In trying 10 break the news gently
that you're miiIlouaire-thc French
mar Of Frcnchman's Hill. don't
want you 10 faint. First time in his
ioEy miner ever left hts claim and
another fellow came along
Doret uttered feeble cry and rose
. hss feet Ma soeur he cxclairn-
o. She's got claim up here
stake i for her. For me. ] don care
I ! lcse mine plenty tam I come
Us 50 close as dis; but Il dam feIler
jGnp her groun'-"
Wait. wait, There's no question
q anything Ike that. Nobody has
lanped your claim, or hers. either.
ne law wouldn't let 'em. I wonder
ssae knows Why. she can't know!
LEI her not two hours ago
she don; know"
Pierce shook his head. "she doesn't
lEeam wish I'd known. I'd have
i'ged to tell her
Poieon DOret gazcd fixedly. curl
oasAy at the speaker. He nodded his
Hsaa- \ peculiar. set, hopeless look
srept INTO his eyes; his broad shout.
@'a sasged YEARLY. he had trav-
sed far and swiftly on this young
4ns affairs; he had slept but 1T.
y ana nov a great fatigue mastered
Am. Oddly enough. too. that fierce.
assuming desire 20 see Rouletta
1aeh had hourly gnawed at him
sas gone; all at once he felt that she
Aas quite the last person he wished
7" ace. This weakness, this small.
- o. spirit, was only temporary.
assured himself; # would soon
40 and then he would find the
H'ensth TO 90 to her with his Gus
ymafy smile, his mask in place.
10Y however, he was empty. cheer.
- frightened BY the portent Of this
- lhlng' II could have but one
slilieance-it means that he would
~ MS sister that she would have
T" iur'her need Of him.
Well, that was all right It was
,eas'nins like this, that he had
.qked for. Why cherish n mean
~ Oh this happy boy? why per.
~ narrow selfishness to mar this
supreme moment?
E Do'et was not a grudging giver.
: sraightened himself finally. and
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