Carbon County news., 1937-03-26

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there" It was as though she were
in witness chair. Neither Fa.
ther nor Mother liked Lew.
worked in the trading store, espe-
cially when Father was up North.
Well. this time he had to go into
the Arctic circle to trade with the
Eskimos. Before he left, he told
me that / was to go to the annual
fur auction in Winnipeg for him;
know furs. So I went and took
So, 900 with me-"
''In currency?" Harmon had
begun to see ahead.
Eyes. Father likes cash. Lew
followed me down there. was
terribly in love with him." She must
have caught the look in Hammond's S
eyes. ''Oh, he's changed so much
all in a year. guess getting hold
Of that money did something to
him."
Evidently. So, after he met you
in Winnipeg-?"
''So-well-" she spread her
hands.
II know" Hammond was trying
to make it easier for her. 'You
were away where nobody would
kEow-and you loved him-and life
seemed something terribly precious
that wouldn't last"
Thanks" the girl answered.
"And, too, I suppose he pulled the
old gag-what was the use of wor-
rying your parents by getting mar
ried, to say nothing Of his poor old
mother who'd never survive the
shock"
''In this case, it was his crippled
sister," Jeanne supplied without bit
terness. ''Oh," she supplemented
suddenly, 'T'm not trying to say !.
was led around. Did you ever spend
the best part of your life in a
place like The Pas? Not the town.
that it is now-but the one like it
used to be?" !
"How did Lew shade get his
hands on thai, money!" Hammond
asked blunt1y. He felt queerly fe-7
verish. The girl went on: =, - 4
'There wasn't anything at the
Winnipeg auction worth buying.
Lew argued that we ought to go on
to Edmonton-there would be an
auction there in about ten days. r.
wrote home what had happened,
about the auction I mean. Then
we went to Edmonton. Lewis mon
ey was gone. I began to cut into.
the cash I'd brought along; then
one afternoon Lew pretended to-
count the money to be sure it was
all there. wasn't looking. He
shouted that a hundred-dollar bill
had flown out an open window" j
''Of course you never found it.
She smiled family. 4
II found the place later where he 4
had lost it gambling. Of course, I
didn't know that then. began to
worry about making up our ex-
penses and that hundred dollars.
Lew said he had friend in Van
couver who wanted to sell out his
stock of furs. I let him argue me
into believing that he knew enough
about the fur business to 60 and
buy out this stock and make enough
on it to cover all our losses.''
She was silent. Hammond waited
a moment.
''We1l," he asked at last.
'That's ALL" came tonelessly.
''He stole the money and deserted
you?' asked the man. His hands |
were trembling.
'I worked at anything I could |
get in Edmonton until / earned |
enough for second-class fare to
The man in the fur
store said he'd never even heard
Of Lew shade. I couldn't find a
job in Vancouver; finally I got one
for single trip on the Prince Ru-
pert boat, working in the dining
room."
"You kept on looking for Snade?"
"I'd been to every dance hall in
Vancouver and every gambling
Joint. Someone remembered him
and said he'd gone North. So
Kept on asking questions after I
GOT on the boat. One of the girls
said she knew hin1-that he'd got
ten her to sneak out after hours and
meet him on deck. When I got to
Prince Rupert, I asked about a law
yer and someone suggested Mr..
3arstow. I was afraid to 60 to the
police"
Eyes. Because Of your people"
II told Mr.. Barstow I'd pay him
/ percentage on any money he
could get back for me. But he
laid no"
''Barstow's that kind"
IT lived where could; for awhile
worked in Al Monson's store. I
vas there for nearly two months,
,ut Mr.. BarstoW couldn't get any
race of Lew. Then one day, he
allied me and said Lew was in
own-he'd been in Alaska and just
on1e back. don't know how he
ound out"
''Barstow knows every ship cap
ain and cabin boy in Prince Ru-
'ert." II