Glacier County chief., 1937-09-17

GoWSSS4 u0t00 xu0 I00ukut On re.
farming home. That dreaded injunc-
t3on had probably reached the Bay
by now: and when Corporal Northup
yoad the document to Craig and her.
+ would mean IN abrupt end to all
association between them.
That Was why she had suddenly
decided to come along on this trip
- that shs and Craig might have q
lev days together before the law
said 70 them, Eye shall not"
The rank injustice Of that court
order nl)ed her with q raging help
less fury. How could the law be so
monstrously unjust as to give a
spendthrift and adulterous woman a
club over Craigf After squander-
ing The fortune which Craig handed
her and breaking her promise to get
. divorce, Rosalie was now coming
10 Dynamite Bay, backed up by the
law, to make Craig take care Of her,
to spike his reputation among those
men and harass him with her vim
dictive spite.
Craig's one hope Of deliverance
from her was that cold gray-rock
yonder, that gneiss outcropping,
rich with gold. II he put through
his deal with the Vanguard people,
he would eventually have time and
money to break that Injunction.
On the taut frozen air Patricia
could distinctly hear Craig and
Kessler talking, though they were
good two-thirds Of mile away.
"Craig" spoke in an ordi-
nary conversational voice.
One Of the distant figures straight
ened up.
Hello, Treeshia."
1--WE got the notices printed"
That's fine. Thanks, girl" He
turned to Kessler. "You 60 and
get 'em, Phil, while finish this
stake base"
Kessler Knocked off work willingly
enough and hurried in to camp.
Across the fire from Patricia he
crouched down and spread out his
hands to the warmth Of the flames.
How does it feel to be q rich
man, Phil?" Patricia asked.
II wish I was rich. But seems
like there's a joker to everything"
why, what's the joker to this
gold strike? Up there the lode is!
You've seen Craig's tonnage esti-
mate and the assay figures"
eyes. but I won't git one red
cent out Of the hundred thousand
bucks that the vanguard'll put up.
Craig intends to use it all for these
other fellers."
Patricia thought Kessler's remark
rather ungrateful. Except for
Craig's work, the lode would never
have been found at all.
She tried to encourage him.
why, Phil, when the actual min
ing starts, the money will roll in
on you 90 thick and fast that you'll
think It's an avalanchei Here, take
these claim notices and 20 stake
yourself q couple Of million dol
larsi"
Kessler stepped into the near tent
for nails and belt-ax, and went out
the slope to join the others.
II was ten-thirty when the four
men got back. with the claims all
staked and the notices tackled up.
In spite Of the cold, Patricia had
managed to boil tea. thaw out some
caribou 'jerky and get a makeshift
meal ready.
''Poleon," Craig instructed, while
they were eating, ''you take Sam
and Phil and hit straight southwest
for the Bay. You can make it
there in "a hours. Patricia and !
are going to head south for Resur-
rection. Wen spend the night with
Dave Higginson and then come on
in. The river'll be easier going
for Patricia than across country"
A. Patricia looked up and met
Craig's eyes, she realized that he
was making this arrangement be-
cause Of her-because he saw how
desperately she wanted to spin out
the little freedom that remained to
them. BY taking this roundabout
trail TO the Bay, he and she would
have two whole days with each 9TH
er. II would be their frst real trip
together, and their last.
While the men were striking the
tents, Craig put his pack and hers
On . little hand-tobogean, and gave
sogns nnal orders to Poleon.
Leaving camp. he and she started
down Tie long southern slope Of the
hill I'D headed for Resurrection
xivse. - milss to the south.
h - hour they came to the first
etance q trees, . drogue Of black
eDguoe n . sheltered valley. In
81 ~ timber. where the gales
wefo heeksn, the snow was soft:
an1 thsy had TO pvt on their rae
Neiivsy5 tkreush ths drosus they
~ apSo6s . trail that stopped Craig
6HoGk . tran made By several men
wearing snowshoss and walking In
GiAols Als.
Qns dance sold him that the party
Wogo NJ Indians. Their racquets
vogo - 1fnneh bsar-pawy but ordi-
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