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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-03
Qhe Free Traders
By UlcToR ROUSSEAU
Copyright by W. G.. Chapman,

ture of the man who had attacked him
IN the tunnel. He could no doubt
throw light on PeIly's whereabouts.
Perhaps he was the assistant of whom
Joyce had spoken.
Lee expected that he would be Turk
ing in the tunnel, ready to renew his
attack, but this time there should be
no such fiasco as before.
Lee made his way back on the oppo-
site side of the gorge. Here there was
thick growth of dwarfed scrub laurel,
which had taken root in the soil
brought down by the little stream, and
bordered it, extending back from it
toward the cliff in a sort of miniature
jungle. Something protruding out of
this growth arrested Lees attention.
1t. was wooden cross carved with
the name HELENE PELLY, standing
up above low cairn of bou1ders.
Lee stood and looked, and vaguely
mournful thoughts coursed through
his mind. 1t was a sad and lonely
burying place for Joyces mother. It's
existence there was in itself a testi-
mony to the old mans mental con-
dition-that he should have carried
his wife's body through the tunnel to
that place of his dreams. And yet it
was certain that no prowling thing
would ever violate that grave
Lee went on, and, few steps fur
ther, stumbled against something else.
1t was the skeleton of a man, the
bones prOtruding through the rents and
tatters of the scarecrOw clothes. The
laurel tangleS sprouted between the
ribs. The bones were bleached white,
the flesh had long since disappeared.
One bony hand still tightly clutched
the handle of large, old-fashiOned
revolver. The muzzle was choked with
rust; there were rusted cartridges in
side.
Disengaging it with difficulty from
the fingers, Lee saw, on the less rusted
portion of the handle which they had
protected, the initials, c. p.
But he hardly needed that to know
that his mission was at an end, and
the last barrier between himself and
Joyce overthrow.
The problem so inscrutable an
hour before had been solved. All cause
for antagOnism between them had
come to an end.
And Lee was conscious of a quiet
satisfaction. 1t was the happiest sOlu-
ton, and though Joyce would grieve,
she would come to see that it was the
best. She would be glad, after the
first shock, that her father would not
have to face the ordeal which he had
dreaded for so many years.
But as Lee looked down at the re-
mains of the dead man, he became
aware of a single fact. Nearly every
bone on one side of the skeleton was
broken-the skull, ribs, arm and leg
bones, and pelvis.
Then Pelly had not died of a stroke
or from a sudden attack of heart fail
the cliff above-perhaps he had been
flung down, for the revolver which he
had been clutching showed that he had
either encountered or anticipated an
enemy.
And, filled with a mixture of emo
tions-happiness for their future, grief
for the news that he must break to
Joyce, Lee made his way toward the
tunnel.
But all at once he made the singular
and unexpected discovery that he did
not know where the entrance was.
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Oh, that frliback got his face kicked
in. Oh, how sweetly pretty! just
know he's happy. Now he can lie
still in the hospital and read and hear
the brides sing and be glad, oh. so
glad.
oh, goody. Those two big Swedes
are jumping up and down on the quar-
terback. Just like boys at play. How
glad the Swedes look. And how hap
py the little quarterback must be that
he can make then so glad. Oh, foot
ball is so lovely, so bloody lovely. re-
ports Outing Magazine.
Oh, joyl No wonder the brides
sing and the flowers are gay. They
have knocked the center cold. See.
his left leg is broken, quite broken.
And oh, rapture! I think his neck Is
hurt, too. How pleased all the others
are. They are singing and cheering.
They're so happy.
oh, what a delightful picture!
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power that the Free Traders were not
anxious to tackle. Father McGrath,
hating the necessity of making terms
with Railway, had felt nevertheless
that he was doing the only thing pos
sible under the circumstances, until
the government made a move to wipe
out the organization. He assured Lee
that Railway and his men would not
dare to modest Joyce, and, further
more, that he would protect her with
his life If necessary.
Lee had thought best to say nothing
to Joyce about his discovery of the
mine, but he meant to make a thor
ough search Of the gorge for Pelly.
Failing him, he meant to discover his
mysterious assailant, in the belief that
he could provide him with the clue
he needed.
He had no doubt that Pelly's gold
mine lay In the chasm.
After having breakfasted he made
his way to the rocking stone, and
slipped quietly into the tunnel.
Striking a match or two, and assuring
himself that 1t was empty, he de-
scended, and within minute or two
had reached the lower orifice. and
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CHAPTER XI-Continued

"He would not touch the hoard Of
gold which he claimed to possess-we
had never believed in it-but he had
made money by his furs. l was to be
we'll educated. l spent three years
at the convent, and then l went to a
missionary training school, to study
medicine, because 1t had always been
my dream to teach the Indian and
half-breed children in this district.
And then"
She stopped and looked at him
doubtfully. Father McGrath strobe
toward them.
Hes gettin' round vel" he cried.
81 can see the softenin' in your face,
Mees Pelly!"
mo, no, Father!" cried Joyce
sharply. Leave us few minutes
morer'
Father McGrath withdrew, mutter-
ing, after a doubtful glance at her.
"And then-and them can't re-
member. Lee" Joyce continued.
There's a blank, terrible blank in
my mind still. The next thing 1 re-
member l was riding north alone, to
save my father, because that devil
Railway had betrayed him. But how
was l to save him? That l don't
know. / remember that / was half
crazed with anxiety. remember see
Ing you at hotel, and those two
dreadful men.
"And-they had some power over
me, and l wanted you to help me, and
dared not ask you'll didn't know what
to do. Once, in my despair, begged
you to kill Railway, to save my
father. But how could that have saved
him, when he was already betrayed?'
She looked at Lee in anguish. "Oh,
I don't understand! she cried. 'lf
could remember! 1t was something
terrible, something that l could never
go through again"
do. you Think" asked Lee, "that you
had pledged yourself to marry Rath-
way in order to save your fathers
lifeY'
I'll couldn't have. No, never,
Lee!" She trembled. Lee stepped to
her.
"Joyce, darling Joyce, nothing has
changed. You are still mine."
Lee, it can't be. My father stands
between us-will always stand"
Joyce, I've been thinking of something
on the way here tonight. We both
wish to do what is best for your
father. Let us work together. Marry
mel"
Lee, it can't be-not till"
But she swayed toward him. In a
moment they would have been in each
others arms. 1t was below from
Father McGrath, whom they had for
gotten, that forced them guiltlly apart.
Hes got round We, and / knew
'twould come aboot!" he cried. "Get
ye back to your de'il's wurrk-"
"Ob, Father" cried Joyce, half sob
bling and half laughing. this isn't one
of Railways gang. I've tried to tell
you"
AYE, and We told me that We
wouldna see him, and moo ye'd have
bussed him If l hadna stopped ye!
Weel. 1 ken the pertinacity Of the
de'il's agents"
Listen to me. nowl" said Lee, TAX
Ing Father McGrath by the arm. And,
Ignoring the good priests impulsive
Interruptions, he told him their story.
Before he was half way through,
Father McGrath was listening in pro-
serind, perplexed establishment
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Father, l want Joyce to marry me-
cried Lee. "Once she is mine, we can
face the future together, whatever 1t
may bring forward. There is no real
antagonism-"
Father McGrath shook his head in
perplexity. 81 Gamma understand it,"
he said. 81 ken but little of what's
been happening here. I'm a new man
in the deestrlct. 1t isna as II I'd
known Mr.. Pelly himself, you see. l
Gamma imagine what Mees Pelly In
tended TO do when she was coming up
to see her father Was 1t your in
tention to warm him, do you theenk?'
he asked the girl. "Or was it some
thing more?"
| Joyce could not answer him, and
Lee saw how 1t distressed her to try
to remember. 1t was from that crux
of the problem that the mind had
withdrawn itself. refusing to re-
member.
"Ye were going to the Free
Traders?" Father McGrath persisted.
ooh. don't know don't know"
cried Joyce in agony.
Father McGrath cleared his throat
and delivered his deliberated opinion.
Its my opeenion," he said, that
until we deescover Mr.. Pelly, or learn
that he's dead or ava fra the dees-
trict, it wadna be advisable for We and
Mees Pelly to marry unless her MEM
DRY comes back to her. Mebbe Pm
too conservative, but while agone
she hated We"
Father, 1 never hated him." cried
Joyce Indignantly.
queek changes" said Father McGrath.
Joyce sided with him. Lee, dear.
| est, until one of those two things hap
pens, we must just wait" she said
But If you find my father-and I'm
convinced now that it would be for
the best-well, then, I'm marry you
| if you want me, Lee"
And this time there was no Father
McGrath to interfere with them, for
the good priest was patting the head
of an Indian baby at the door of one of
the huts.
And late though the hour was, Lee
declining the fathers offer of hospi-
tally for the night, set off for the log
house again. He wanted to be alone
with his singing heart in the silence.
He reached his destination some
time in the small hours, and, careless
of possible attack by the mysterious
wanderer, flung himself down in one
of the rooms, and lay like log until
awakened by the sunlight streaming
| in.
Jumping up, completely rested and
restored, he ran down to the river,
plunged into the ice-cold waters,
raced back over the frozen snow, and
dressed.
Joyce was to remain at the mission
until Lee knew definitely whether or
not her father was in the district.
Before leaving the night before, Lee
| had drawn the father into a talk, and
had learned from him that she would
not be in danger from the Free Trad
ers. The father had been compelled,
he said, much against his will, to come
to an understanding with them, by
which hes undertook not to attempt to
| interfere with their operations pro-
vided his women and BARNS were left
alone The board of missions was a
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SYNOPSIS.-Lee Anderson, Roy
al Canadian Mounted Police SER
geant, is sent to Stony Range to
arrest a man named Pelly for
murder. He is also instructed to
look after Jim Pathway, reputed
head of the Free Traders" Illicit
liquor runners. At Little Falls
he finds Pelly Is credited with
having found a gold mine, and
is missing. At the hotel appears
a girl, obviously out of place In
the rough surroundings. A half
breed. Pierre, and companion,
shorty" annoy the girl. An
derson interferes in her behalf.
The girl sets out for Siston Lake.
which is also Anderson's objec-
tive. He overtakes her and the
two men with whom he had trou-
BILE the night before. She is sus-
picious of him and the two men
are hostile. Pierre and Shorty
ride on, Anderson and the girl
following. In the hills the road
is blown up before and behind
the two. Anderson, with his
horse, is hurled down the noun
tain side, senseless. Recovering
consciousness, Anderson finds
the girl has disappeared, but he
concludes she is alive and prob
ably in the power of Pierre and
Shorty. On foot he makes his
way to Siston Lake There he
finds his companion of the day
before. and Railway, with girl,
Estelle. former sweetheart of
Anderson's, who had abused his
confidence and almost wrecked
his life. pathway strikes Estelle,
and after a fight Anderson, with
Estelle's help. escapes with the
girl. Anderson's companions
mind is clouded and she is suf-
fering with a dislocated knee.
Anderson sets the knee and
makes the girl as comfortable as
possible. He has a broken rib.
The two plan to make their way
to a Moravian mission, Of which
Father McGrath has charge.
Their acquaintance ripens into
love. The girl remembers that
her name is Joyce Pelly. She Is
daughter of the man Anderson
has been sent to arrest. Torn
between her love for her father
and her regard for Anderson, the
girl practically drives him from
her. In the forest Anderson
stumbles upon the entrance to a
gorge and is convinced he has
located Pelly's mine. In the tun-
mel he is attacked by an unseen
adversary, whom he takes to be
Pelly. A knife thrust is turned
aside by the girls hair in his
y INC he 70
the cabin, to find Joyce gone. He
follows her trail to the mission
of Father McGrath. The priest
repulses him, but Joyce feels her
love return and welcomes him.
Her memory has been in a meas
ure restored.
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He had accomplished nothing. He was
becoming bewiIdered. 1t was necessary
to proceed in a systematic way.
He now proceeded to mark off what
he considered the possible boundaries
within which the tunnel lay, by stamp
ing down two birch saplings. And
again and yet again he essayed his
task, always to recoil, beaten.
He was only half way from sapling
to sapling, and it was beginning to
grow dark. His hands were bleeding,
his nails split to the quick. But it
was the eerie nature of his efforts in
the loneliness of the darkening gorge
that was the most nerve-racking part
Of all. He was like some mythical hero
of the classic world, tortured by inan-
innate things-like Sisyphus, con-
demned to roll his stone up the hills
of Tartarus forever, only TO have it
bound down again before it reached
the summit.
He had been toiling by moonlight
for an infinfty of time. He had COW
cred all the space between the sap
Iings. He extended his radius: and
now. in his desperation, he attacked
the cliff as If it were a human enemy,
beating on it with his fists in senseless
fury.
Dawn, clear and gray, and bitter
cold crept into the gorge and found
him still at his labors. The sun rose.
Long rays of light streamed down into
the chasm, in which Lee struggled like
a mailman, dust-white, dishevelled,
haggard, half-delirious from want OF
sleep and exhaustion.
He stopped, tried to collect himself.
But to cease meant to yield to des-
pair. Only by incessant labor could
he keep up the pretense that he was
about to find the tunnel. He felt at
the end of his resources. One con-
clusiOn was being borne in upon him:
he had worked his way far beyond the
saplings on either side; he must have
passed the tunnel during the night.
One little orifice unexplored IN the
obscurity, and all his work had gone
for nothing.
He would have to go back to the be-
ginning and start over again.
But no human being could go
through the test again.
There occurred to him an alternative,
but so fantastic that he only played
with it as mailman plays with q
straw. The tunnel might be no longer
there. 1t might have disappeared
through rock slide.
That seemed incredible put the
thought from him; its very occurrence
made him realize that his mind waS
beginning to wander.
And. tapping up some water frOn'
the stream, and sprinkling himself
with it, he began again-at the farther
SaDlinS
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Ice Age Return Unlikely

There are old-timers who will tell
you that so far as the United States
is concerned the winters are warmer
than they used to be and that a
climatic change is taking place. DR..
A. p. Coleman of the Royal Ontario
museum in Toronto, has come forward
with the further comforting statement
that return of an ice age is quite
unlikely. Glacial periods Of the past
have been accounted for by rather
definite physical changes that could
be charted in advance if necessary.
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Evidently the question of
Joyce's father is not to separate
the lovers. Any guess as to
what new danger threatens?
(To BE CONTINUED
Who Knous2

1t was in restaurant. The anxious
waiter was lowering round the opu-
lent-loOking and benevolent diner.
do you believe that history re-
peats itself, sirf" he asked anxiously.
II certainly IU,' replied the Gus
toner as he rose from the table and
put down. the napkin he had been
using.
The walters face lost something of
that anxious LOOK.
WELL" he said, "a gentleman who
was here yesterday gave me 81 for
tip"
"Oh, WE'LL" replied the patron, Tut
toning up his coat to leave, perhaps
he will be in again today."-London
Answers.
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ORIGIN of Word "Picnic"

The word picnic" first came into
usage in the Finger lake. country of
northern New York over a century
ago, the residents of the town of
Hector first using it. The town had
a Sunday school that decided to give
an outing by picking" up their
"knicknacks" and going into the
woods. From this the word devel-
oped.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-03

That big blond giant just kicked at
the ball and missed 1t and his great
foot landed in that other players
stomach, quite lost from sight. The
band plays. No wonder. There! He
has got his foot out again. Now they
can both be glad.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-03
Toothache Closed School

Mrs. Bessie Hooper has school Of
one pupil near Kelso, Wash. One day
recently her pupil developed a severe
toothache and school was closed while
the teacher took her to the nearest
dentist. Ii took two days to make
the trip, get the tooth doctored and
return.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-03
Smallest Dictionary

Mrs. Otto Frederick of Minneapolis,
Mimi, claims to have the smallest die
tionary in the world. 1t is carried in
a locket and contains nearly $4,000
definitions. 1t is one and one-eighth
inches long. three-quarters of an inch
wide and three-sixteenths of an inch
thick.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-03
Zane Grey as Fisherman

Zane Grey holds the worlds record
in catching tuna fish, his latest catch
being a monster that weighed, when
landed, 75S pounds. The author had
to tussle with it more than six hours
before it was landed safely and
weighed. Grey is enthusiastic in fish
ing and had special boats built, special
tackle made, and spent many weeks
studying the habits Of the big fish,
aiming to make new record. He did.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-03
BuiIdine Sets Record

During the past three years there
has been expended for new building
in the United States somewhere be-
tween $14,00OO0O,OO0 and $16,0O0,-
100000, and the year 1924 has seen a
larger amount expended for building
than any previous year.
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$50 MAIN STREET, HoYEHSFoHO, PA.
Royersford, Pa. - ''My daughter
was sickly from the time she was 13
wears old, and when she was Is she
was irregular and also had severe
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back. She was this way about six
months before I began giving her
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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much She is not bothered by head
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and has not missed but one days work.
We recommend it to other mothers
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One-Way Talent

Talents usually come singly. The
man who makes money seldom knows
much about the art of spending it.
Duluth Herald.
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help FOR MOTHERS
Of AILING DAUGHTERS
Mrs. Quigg and Mrs. Betton Tell in the
Following Letters What Is Best To Do
with girls who have these troubles"
Mrs. QuIGG, 2lO Main Street, Roy
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Mrs. Bottoms Letter

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She is schoolgirl and was going to
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We make way for the man who
boldly pushes past us.-Bovee.
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If man looks younger than he Is
he'll say he is.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

Some folks seem t enjoy poor
health.
Dir, Mopps goes North ever
Summer t escape 80 in TIL
shade, an t Floridy ever Win
ter t run int it.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
Evening star., 1925-03-19

More than 10000 farmers wives in
California cook by electricity.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
FIRST ENTRY MADE
FOR BIG DOG SHOW
Eleventh Annual Exhibition of
Kennel Club to Be Held
Next Month.

The first entry in the eleventh an
nual dog show of the Washington
Kennel Club, to be held April l3 and
II, in the Riding and Hunt Club,
was made Yesterday by Mrs. {. r.
Datz, owner of the famous karlo
Kennels. Her entry was an English
setter. Turk Redfield. She is from
GlasSboro, y. j.
Club officials announce that begin
ming today entries will be received
from . am. to Q pm. at the offices of
the club. 2130 = street northwest.
Every owner of a pedigreed dog in
Washington and nearby is urged by
club officials to enter the show.
Leading Kennels Enter.
All of the leading local kennels will
enter, including Mrs. r. G. Birney,
Aspen Hill kennels; +. Roy Routt,
Dee Gee kennels; Mathew Trimble,
Twin Pine kennels; Frank T. Leach
Newcoin kennels. Entries will also
be made by Mrs. Richard H. Johnston,
Miss Gretchen Wahl, Mrs. B. b
Thompson, Mrs. Mary Cowles Pope
Mrs. Robert ~ Harper, Mrs. Arthur
Hvler. Mrs Charles Hess. Mrs. VIII
liam p Collins, Mrs. Marion {. Dur
ply, George Goodacre, +. Hume TAI
bert. George H. Lehker and Andrew
j. Cummings.
There will be many. champions
benched. There will be three ribbons
given in every class and speclai
prizes. Every dog winning points
at the Washington show Will be given
points toward its championship. Inc
rules of the American Kennel Cluo
will govern the exhibit and George
T Foley of Philadelphia will super
intend 10 show
Many Trophies Ordered.
cup is offered by Adolph Lehel Tor
the best of the breed in the snow
Guns have also been offered by Berry
& Whitmore; Mrs. A. p. Gardner, Mrs
Robert \. Harper, DR.. D. T. buchllS
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Dr. VII
liam T. Collins, Leo {. May ana MI :
IA Davidson. Others have also or
fered prizes.
information regarding classes ana
the proper method of making ou'
entries will be furnished at the
clubs offices on p street