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There was light enough for the four men playing pi nochle on the upper deck, though the women of their party, gossiping in chairs grouped near at hand, bud at last put aside their embroidery. The girl who sat by herself at a little dis tance held a magazine still open In her lap. Gordon Elliot had taken the boat at Pierre's Portage,. fifty miles farther down the rlvei - . He had come direct from the creeks, and his Impressions of the motley pioneer life at the gold diggings were so vivid that he had found an Isolated corner of the deck where he could scribble them In a note book while still fresh. But he had not been too busy to flee that the girl In the wicker chair was as much of an outsider as he was. Plainly this was her first trip in. Gor don was a stranger In the Yukon coun try, one not likely to be overwelcome when It became known what his mis sion was. From where he was leaning against the deckhouse Elliot could see only a fine, chiseled profile shading Into a mass of crisp, black hair, but some quality In the detachment of her per sonality stimulated gently his imagina tion. He wondered who she could be. A short, thickset man who had ridden down on the stage with Elliot to Pierre's Portage drifted along the deck toward him. He wore the careless garb of a mining man in a country which looks first to comfort. "Bound for Kuslak?" he asked, by way of opening conversation. "Yes," answered Gordon. The miner nodded toward the group under the awning. "That bunch lives at Kuslak. They've got on at different places the last two or three days— except Selfridge and his wife; they've been out. Guess you can tell that from hearing her talk—the little woman In red with the snappy block eyes. She's splllln' over with talk about the styles In New York and the cabarets and the new shows. That pot-bellied little fel low in the checked suit is Selfridge. He Is Colby Macdonald's man Friday." - Elliot took In with a quickened in terest the group bound for Kusiak. He had noticed that they monopolized ns a matter of course 'the-best places on the deck and in the dlaing room. They were civil enetigh to outsiders, but their manner had the unconscious self ishness that often regulates social ac tivities. It excluded from their gay ety everybody that did not belong to the proper set. "That sort of thing gets my goat," the miner went on sourly. "Those women over there have elected themselves Society with a capital S. They put on all the airs the Four Hundred do In New York. And who are they any how?—wives to a bunch of grafting politicians mostly." "That's the way of the world, Isn't ltt Our civilization is built on the group system," suggested EUlot. "Maybe so," grumbled the miner. "But I hate to see Alaska come to it. Me, I saw this country first in ninety seven—packed an outfit in over the pass. Every man stood on his own hind legs then. He got there if he was strong—mebbe; he bogged down on the trail good and plenty If he was weak. We didn't have any of the ar tificial stuff then. A roan had to have the guts to stand the gaflf." "I suppose it was a wild country, Mr. Strong." Tbe little miner's eyes gleamed. "Best country in tbe world. We didn't stand for anything that wasn't on the level. It was a poor man's country— wages fifteen dollars a day and plenty of work. Everybody had a chance. Anybody could stake a claim and gamble on his luck. Now the big cor porations have slipped In and grabbed the best. It ain't a prospector's propo sition any more. Instead of faro banks we've got savings banks. The wide open dance hall has quit business In favor of moving pictures. And, as I said before, we've got Society." "All frontier countriea have to come to It" \ "Hmp! In tW days I'm telling you about that crowd there couldn't 'a' hustled meat to fill their bellies three meals. N Parasites, that's what they are. They're living off that bunch of rougjinecks down there and folks like •em." With a wave of his hand Strong pointed to a group of miners who had boarded t*.e boat with them at I'lerre's Portage. There were about a dozen of ih« men, for the most part husky, heavy-set foreigners. Elliot gathered fn»m their talk that they had lost their Jobs because they, had tried to organ ize an incipient strike In the Frozen Gulch district. "Roughnecks and booze fighters— that's all they are. But they earn their way. Not that I blame Macdon ald for firing them, mind you," con tinued the miner. "Hia superintendent up there was too soft. These here Swedes got gay. Mac hit the trail for Frozen Gulch. He hammered hla bif flat Into the bread basket of tha rt»>- leader and "said,"Git P ' I'hur fellow's running yet, I'll bet. Then Mac catled the men together and read the riot act to them. He fired this bunch on the boat and was out of the camp before you could bat an eye. It was the clean est hurry-up Job I ever did see." "From what I've heard about him, he must be a remarkable man." "He's the biggest man In bar none." This was a subject that Interested Gordon Elliot very much. Colby Mac donald and his activities had brought him to the country. "Do you mean personally—or be cause he represents the big corpora tions?" "Both. His word comes pretty near being law up here, not only because he stands for the Consolidated, but because he's one man from the ground up." "Do you mean that he's square— honest?" "You've said two things, ray friend," answered Strong dryly. "He's square. If he tells you anything, don't worry because he ain't put down his John Hancock before a notary. Don't waste any time looking for fat or yellow streaks In Mac. They ain't there. No body ever heard him squeal yet and what's more nobody ever will." ' "No wonder men like him." "But when you say honest— Not Not the way you define honesty down in the States. He's a grabber, Mac Is." "What does he look like?" "Oh, I don't know." Strong hesi tated, while he searched for words to show the picture In his mind.. "Big as a bouse —steps out like a buck In the spring—blue-gray eyes that bore right through you." "How old?" "Search me. Ton never think of eg* when you're looking at him. Forty* Ave, mebbe—or fifty—l don't know." "Married 7" "No-o." Hanford Strong nodded In the direction of the Kuslak circle. "They say he's going to marry Mrs. Mallory. She's the one with tbe red hair." It struck young Billot thnt the miner was dismissing Mrs. Mallory la too cavalier a fashion. She was the sort of woman at whom men look twice, and then continue to look while she I appears magnificently unaware of It. Her hair was not red, but of » lustrous bronze, amazingly abundant, and dressed In waves with the careful skill of a coiffeur. Slightest shades of meaning she conld convey with a lift of the eyebrow or an intonntUftvof the musical voice. If she was\ already fencing with the encroaching years there was little evidence of It In ber opulent good looks. • *••••« The whistle of the Hannah blew for the Tatlah Cache lauding while Strong and Elliot were talklilg. The gang plank was thrown out. A man came to the end of the wharf carrying a suitcase. He was well-set. fhlck in the chest and broad-shoul dered.. Looking down*- from above, Gordon Elliot guessed Mm to be in the early thirties. Mrs. Mallory was the first to recog nize him, which she did with a drawl ing little shout of welcome. "Ob, you, Mr. Man. I knew you first. I speak for you," she cried. The man on the gangplank looked up, smiled and lifted to her bis broad gray hat In a wave of greeting. "How do you do, Mrs. Mallory? Glad to see you." The miners from Frozen Gulch were grouped together on the lower, deck. At sight of the man with the suitcase n sullen murmur rose among them. Those In the rear pushed forward and closed the lane leading to this cabins. One of the miners was (lung roughly against the new passenger. With a wide, powerful sweep of his arm the man who had just come aboard hurled the miner back among his companions. "Gangway P' he said brusquely, and as hd" stroda forward did not even glance In the direction of the angry men pressing toward him. "Here. • Keep back there, you fel lows. None of that rough stuff goes," ordered the mate sharply. The big Cornlshman who had been tossed aside (Touched for a spring. He launched himself forward with the awkward force of a bear. The suit case described a whirling arc of a cir cle with the arm of Its owner as a ra dius. Tile bag and the bead of the miner came Into swift Impact. Like a bullock which bad been poleaxed, the man went to the door. He turned over with a groan and lay atlli. The new passenger looked across the huge, sprawling body at the group of miners facing him. They glared In savage hate. All they needed was a leader to send them driving at him with the force of an avalanche. The man at whom they raged did not giv en Inch. He leaned forward slightly, his weight renting on the balla of bis feet. alert to the Anger tip*. "Next," he taunted. Then the mate got busy. He hustled hla stevedores forward In front of the mlnera and ahook hi* flat In their fare* aa be stormed up and down. If they wanted trouble, by Jove! It wo* wait ing for 'em, be swore In apoplectic fury. The Hannah was a river boat and not a dive of wharf rats! The man with the suitcase, did not wait to bear out hla tirade. He fol lowed the purser to bis stateroom, dropped hla baggage beside the berth, and Joined the Knslak group on the upper deck. GRAHAM, Nt C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918 Like s Bullock Which Hsd Been Pole ' sxed, the Msn Went to the Floor. "TEey greeted him eagerly, a little effusively, as If they were anxious to prove themselves on good terras with htm. "What was the matter?" asked Self ridge. "How did the trouble start?" The big man shrugged his shoulders. "It didn't start. Some of the outfit thought they were looking for a row, but they balked on the Job when Tre lawney got his." Gordon, as he watched from a little distance, corrected earlier impressions. This man had passed the thirties. Hp had the thick neck and solid trunk of middle life, but he carried himself so superbly that his whole bearing denied that years could touch his splendid physique. Strong had stepped to the wharf to talk with an old acquaintance, but when the boat threw out a warning signal he made a hurried goodby and came on board. He rejoined Billot. "Well, what d'you think of him? Was I right?" The young man had already guessed who this Imperious stranger was. "1 never saw anybody get away with a hard Job as easily as he did that one. You could sec with half an eye that those fellows meant fight. They were all primed for It—and ho bluffed them out." "Bluffed them —huh 1 I was where 1 could see Just*what happened, Colby Macdonald wasn't even looking at Tre lawney, but you bet he saw him start. That suitcase traveled like a streak of light. You'd 'a' thought It weighed about two pounds. That ain't all, ei ther. Mac used his brains. Guess what was In that grip." "The usual thing, I suppose." "You've got another guo**—packed In among hi* nocks and underwenr wo* about twenty pound* of ore sample*. The purser told me. It was that quart/ that put Trelawney to sleep no thor ough that fie'd Just begun to wake up when I passed a minute ago." ' The young man turned hi* eye* again upon the big Canadian Scots man. He was talking with Mr*. Mal lory, who was leaning back luxuri ously In a steamer chair she had brought aboard at St. Michael's. It would have been hard to conceive a contrast greater than the one between thl* pampered heiress of the ages andj the modern hu*lness berserk who looked down Into her mocking eyes. He wns the embodiment of the domi nant male—efficient to the last Inch of his straight six feel. What he wanted he hnd always taken, by the sheer strength that wns In him. Rack her smiling Insolence lay n Milken force to match hi* own. She too had taken what *he wanted from life, hut she hod won It by Indirection. Manifestly she was of those women who conceive that charm and beauty are tools to bend men to their will*. The du*ky young woman with the magazine wa* the first of those on the upper deck to retire for the night. She flitted so quietly that Gordon did not notice until *he had gone. Mrs. Self ridge and her friends disappeared with their men folks, calling gay gortd nights to one another as they left. Macdonal'l and Mr*. Mallory talked. After a time she too vanished. The big promoter leaned against th" deck roll, where he was Joined by Self rldge. For a long time they talked In low voices. The little man had most lo say. Ill* chief listened, but occasion ally Interrupted to ask u sharp, incisive question. Klllot, sitting further forward witii Btrong, Judged thnt Selfrldge wo* mak ing a report of his trip. Once he caught a fragment of their talk, enough to confirm thin impression. "I)ld Wlnton tell you that himself?" demanded the Scotsman. The answer of bin employee came la a murmur NO low that the word* were lout. But the mime used told Oordou a good deal. The commissioner of the general land office at Waahlngton *lgm-d hi* letter* Harold B. Wlaton. Strong tosKed the stub of hi* ciga rette overboard aod nodded good rtU-ht. A glance at hi* watch told KM lot thut It wm pa*t two o'clock. He roue, Wretched and Hauntered back to hi* stateroom. The young man had ju*t taken off hi* coat when there came the hurried ru*h of trampling feet upon the hur ricane deck above. Alino*t inxlantly he heard a cry of alarm. He could heor the xhuflllng of footstep* and the Hound of heavy b«xlle* moving. Someone lifted a frightened ahoul. "Help ■ Help !" The call had come, he thought, from Belfrtdge. Oordon flung open the door of hi* fxiin. along the deck and took the *talr* three at a time. A huddle of men xwayed and shifted heavily In front of him. Even a* he ran toward the ma**, Elliot noticed that the *ttTy\*onnd* were grunt*. *tertorou* hroathlng*. ■nd the acraplng of feet. The attack er* wanted no pobllclty. The attacked wn* too busy to waste breath In futile orlea. He wa* flgbthig for hi* life. Two men. separated from the crowd, lay on the deck farther aft. One was on top of the other, his fingers clutch ing the gullet of his helpless opponent. The agony of the man underneath found expression only In the drumming heels that heat a tattoo on the floor. The spasmodic feet were shod In Ox ford tans of an ultra-fashionable cut. No doubt the owner of the smart foot wear had been pulled down as he was escaping to shout the alarm. The runner hurdled the two In his stride and plunged straight at the struggling (angle. He caught one man by the shoulders from behind nnd flung him back. He struck hard, smashing blows ns he fought his way to the heart of the melee. Heavy-fisted miners with" corded muscles landed upon his face and bead and neck. He did not care a straw for the odds. The sudden attack of Elliot hud opened the pack. The man battling against a dozen was Colby Macdonald. The very number of his foes had saved him so far from being rushed overboard or trampled down. His coat and shirt were In rags. He was bruised nnd battered* and bleeding from the chest up. But he was still slugging hnrd. They had him pressed to the roll. A huge miner, head down, had his arms around the waist of the Scotsman and was trying to throw him overboard. Macdonald lashed out and landed flush upon the cheek of n man attempting to brain him with a billet of wood.' He hammered home a short-arm Jolt against the ear of tho giant who was giving liim the benr grip. The big miner grunted, but hung on like n football tackier. With a Jerk he raised Macdonald from the floor 5J_. V The Rail Gave Way. Just UN three or four other* rushed hhn again. Tho roll gave way, splintered like kindling wood. The Keotxman and the man at crips with him went over the Hide together. Clear and loud rnrig the voice of Kl- Mot. "Map overboard I" The wheelsman signaled to tho en gine room to reverse and blew short, sharp shriek* of warning. "Men overboard—two of 'em !'* ex plained Klllot In a shout from the boat which he was trying to lower. The first mate and anothor man ran to help him. The three of them low ered and manned the boat. Gordon sat In the bow and gave directions while the other two put their back* Into the stroke. Acros* the water came a call for help. "I'm sinking—hurry I" The other man In the river wns a dozen yards from the one In distress. With strong, swift, pverhund strokes he shot through tho water. "All right," he called presently. "I've got him." The oarxmen d»ew alongside the Hwlmmcr. With one hand Macdoniild caught hold of the edge of the boat. The other clutched the rescued man by the hair of hi* head. "I.ook out. You're drowning him," the unit* warned. "Ain I?" Macdoniild glanced with mild Interest ut the heud that liud been nntll that moment submerged. "Shows how absent-minded a man gets. I was thinking about how he tried to drown me, I expect." They dragged the miner aboard. "(In ahead. I'll xwlin down," Mnc donald ordered. "Wetter come aboard," advised the male. \ "No. I'm oil right," The Scotsman pushed himself back from the boat and fell Into an easy stroke. Nevertheless, there was power In It, for he reached the Hannah be fore the rescued miner hail been helped to the deck. A dozen passengers, crowded on the lower deck, pushed forward eagerly to see. Among them was Selfrldge, hi* *hlrt and rollar torn I wise at the neck and his Immaculate checked suit dUHty andisheveled. He WOK wearing a pair of up to date Oxford pumps. Mncdonnld shook himself like n New foundland dog. H«' looked n round with sardonic ainns-meiit. a grin on his swollen and disfigured face. "Quite a pleasant welcome home," he *ald Ironically, hi* cold eye* fixed on a face (hat looked us If It might hove been kicked by n healthy mule. "KU, Trehi wney ?" The Cornlshman glared yt him, and turned away with n low. savage oath. "An? you hurt, Mr. Macdonald?" asked the captain. "Hurt! Not at all, captain. I cut myself while I wus shaving this morn ing—Just a scratch," was the Irorile answer. "There'* been *ome dirty work going on. I'll we the men are punlxhed, sir," t "Eorget It, captain. I'll attend to hiat little matter." Hl* Jaunty. almo*t Insolent glance made the half-circle again. "Korry you were too lute for the party, gentlemen—mo*t of you. I see three or four of you who were 'among tho*e present* It wa* it Ktrlct- I y exclnxlve affair. And now. If you don't mind, I'll auy good night." He turned on hi* heel, went up the stairway to the deck above and dis appeared into bis stateroom. .CHAPTER 11. '* The Qlrl From Drogheds. Gordon Elliot was too much of s night owl to be an early riser, but next morning he was awakened by the tramp of hurried feet along the deck to the accompaniment of brusque or ders, together with frequent nn.:ry pufllng and snorting of the boat From the quiver of the walls he guessed that the Hannah was stuck on a sandbar. The mate's lunguugc gave backing to his surmise. Elliot tried to settle back to sleep, but after two or three Ineffectual ef forts guve It up. He rose and did one or two setting-up exercises to limber Ills Joints. The first of these flashed the signal to his brain that he was stiff and sore. This brought to mind the fight on the hurricane deck, nnd he sml|cd. It hurt every time he twlched a muscle. The young man stepped to the look ing glass. Both eyes wfte blacked, his lip had bean cut, nnd there was a purple weal well up on his left cheek. He stopped himself from grinning only Just In time to save another twinge of pain. "Some party while It lasted. I never saw more willing mixers. Everybody seemed anxious to sit In except Mr. Wally Selfrrtlge." he explained to Ills reflection. "But Macdonald Is the cluss. He's there with both right and left. That upperent of his Is vicious. Don't ever get In the way of It. Gor don Elliot." He bathed, dressed and went on deck. Early though he was, one passen ger at least \»as up before him. The young woman he had noticed last eve ning with the magazine was doing n constitutional. Irish he guessed her when the deep blue eyes rested on his for an Instant as she passed, and fortified his conjec ture by the coloring of the clear sklnned fac« and the marks of the Cel tic race delicately stamped upon It. The purser catno out of Ills room and Joined Billot. Ho smiled at sight of the young man's face. "Your map's a little out of plutnb this morning, sir," he ventured. , "But yon ought to see the otttar fel low," catno buck Gordon boyishly. "I've seen him —several of hltn. I've got to give It to you and Mr. Macdon ald. You know how to hit." "Oh, I'm not In his class." Gordon Klllot meant what he said. He was himself an athlete, bad played for three yinrs left tackle on his col lege eleven. More than one critic had picked him for the All-America team. But after nil he was a product of train ing and of the gymnasiums. Macdon ald was what nature ami a long line of fighting Highland ancestors had made hltn. The purser chuckled. "He's a good un, Mac Is. They say he liked to have drowned Northrup after lie had suved him." Klllot WII* again following with hi* eye* the lilt of the girl'* movement*. Apparently he had not heard what the oflleer Hold. AVlth a grin the purser opened an other attack. "Ilon't blame you a bit, Mr. Klllot. She's the prettiest colleen thnt ever sailed from Dublin bay." "Who Is she?" "The name on the books Is Hheba O'Neill." "Krom Dublin, you say?" "Oh, If you want to be literal, her baggage say* Drogheda, Irelund Is Ireland to me." "Where I* she bound for?" "Kuslak." The young woman passed them with a little nod of morning greeting to the purser. Vine and dainty though she was, Miss O'Neill guvo an Impression of rudlunt strength. "What I* *he going to do In Kuslak?" Again the purser grinned. "What do they all do —the good-looking ones?" "Get married, you mean?" "Surest thing you know, Girl* coin ing up ask me what to bring by way of outfit. 1 u*ed to make out a long list. Now I tell them lo bring Hollies enough for six weeks and their favor ite wedding march." "Is this girl engaged 7" "Cjji't prove It by me," said (he of lleer lightly. "Hut she'll never get out of Alaska a splpster—not that girl. She may lie going In lo teach, or lo run u store, or to keep books for a trading eompiiny. She'll stay to bring up kiddles of tier own. They all do." Three children came up the slulr way, caught sight of Mis* O'Neill, and raced pell-mell across the deck lo her. The young woman's face v.as trans formed. It was bubbling Willi tender ness, with gay and happy laughter. Kllnglng her arms wide, she waited for them. With Incoherent cries of de light, they flung themselves msin her. The two oldest were girls. Tho youngest wa* a fat. cuddly little l>oy with dimples In hl» soft cheeks. "I (Unused myself, Aunt Shclm. Didn't I, Owen?" Shi'bo stooped and held him off to admire. "All by yourself—Just think of that." "We hel|H-d Just the teeniest bit on the buttons." confessed Janet, the oili est of the small family. "And 1 tied bis shoes," added Oucn doleu. "after In* had laced them." iJv.cndolcti Mtugglcd close lo Miss O'Neill. "Vnii always smell s*i sweet and clean and vlolety. Aunt Shelm," she »lil«perci| In confidence. "You're spoiling me, Owen," laughed the young woman. "You've klsned the blarney stone. It's a good thing you're leaving the boat today." Miss fiwen had one more confidence to make In the ear of her friend. "I wish yon'd come 100 and be our new tnamnui," she begged. A abell-plnk tinge crept Into the milky xkln of the Irish girl. She wu* lex* Kijre of herself, more easily em barrnxxwl. than the average American of her age nmfSicx. "Are your thibg.H gathered ready for packing. Janetr *h: axked iiuletly. The punier gave Information to El liot. "They coll her Aunt Hheba, but *he*H no relative of their*. The kldx are on their way In to their father, who I* an engineer on one of the creek* back of Katma. Their mother died two month* ago. Mlf»s O'Neill met them flrst aboard the Jjknglt on. the way up and she has mothered them ever since." The eyes of Elliot rested on Miss O'Neill. "She loves children." "She sure does—no bluff about that" An Imp of mischief sparkled In the eye of the supercargo. "Not married your self, ore you, Mr. Elliot?" "No." "Hmp 1" That was all he said, but Gordon felt the blood creep Into his face. This annoyed him, so he added brusquely: "And not likely to be." When the call for brenkfast came Miss O'Neill took her retinue of young sters with her to the dining room. Looking across from his sent at an adjoining table, Elliot could see her waiting upon them with a fine ab sorption In their needs. Before they had been long In the dining room Macdonald came In carry ing a sheaf of business papers. He glanced around, recognized Elliot, and made Instantly for the seat across the table from him. On his face and head were many marks of the recent Rattle. 'Trade yon a cauliflower ear far a pair of black eyes, Mr. Elliot," he laughed as he shook hands with the man whose nntnft he had Just learned from the purser. The grip of his brown, muscular Itnnd was strong. It was In character with the steady, cool eyes set deep be neath the Jutting forehead, with the confident carrloge of the deep, broad shoulders. "You might throw In several other little souvenirs to boot and not miss thein," suggested Elliot with a smile. Macdonald nodded Indifferently. "I gave and I took, which was as It should he. But It's different with you, Mr. Elliot. Tills wasn't yonr row." "I hadn't been In a good inlx-up since I left college. It did me a lot of good." "Much obliged, anyhow." He turned his attention to a lady entering the dining room. "'Mornin', Mrs. Sclf rldge. How's Wally?" She threw up her hands In despair. "He's on his second bottle of liniment nlready. I expect those rufllnns have mined his singing voice. When I think of how close you both came to death last night—" "I don't know about Wally, but I had, no notion of dying, Mr*. Belf rldge. They mussed us up a bit. That was nil." "Hut they meant to kill you. the cowards. And they almost did It too. Look nt Wally—confined to hi* bed and speaking In a whisper. Look ut f vou—a wreck, horribly beaten up, al most drowned. Wo must drive the vil lain* out of the country or send them to prison." "Am I n wreek?" the big Scotsman wanted to know. "I feel us husky us u well-fed nmlamute." "Oh, you tulk. But we all know you—how brnve nnd strong 'jou are. That's why this outrage ought to be punished. What would Alaska do If anything happened to you?" "I hadn't thought of that," admitted Mnedonald. "The North would have to go out of business, I suppose. Hut you're right about one thing. Mrs. Self rldgu. I'm brave and strong enough at the breakfast table. Hteward, will you bring n>;• a double order of these shirred eggs—and a small steak?" "Well, I'm k'«l »ou can still Joke, Mr. Mucdomild, nfter such n terrible experience. All I can Hny Ik that I hope Wnlly Isn't permnnrntly Injured." Mrs. Helfrldgc sighed and punned to her place. The eyes of the big man twinkled. "Our little fracas linn been a godsend to Mrs. Nel fridge. Wnlly nnd I will both emerge lis heroes of a desperate struggle. Yon won't even (jet a men tion. Hut It's u pity about Wully'a Injuries—and his Hinging voice." The younger mun with a gravity back of which his umusemeut was apparent. The share of Belfrldge 111 the buttle had been limited to leg work only, but tills had not been good enough to keep him from being over hauled and having Ills throat squeezed. ICIIInt finished breakfast and left Mii'donuld looking over a long type -1 written document. The paper was u re|>ort Helfrldgc had brought In to hlni from u clerk In the general land of fice. The big Canadian nnd the men he represented were dealing directly with the heads of the government de partmenls, hut they thought " •'»' l" ,r t | of wisdom to keep In thiir employ sub ordlnates In the capacliy of secret service agents to spy upon the higher ups. To bt- e'illtill'le.l Break your Cold or LaGrippe with (•»w doses of 666. . One American soldier was {.Unlit wounded and two others sustained slight wounds in n light with Mexican food smugglers lt> miles west ii Kio Orande fit;., Texas. One oI the smugglers dies u/ wounds. WANTED: ' Ladii sor men wun riifi or auto mobiles to roprcsen' a B'iuthern Company. Those with si lling ex perience preferred, tie/ not twee i s.iry. l*".iit sellin,; ..reposition lirand m w article. Hxc-il n» pa.v for hustler*. 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