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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—As a representative of
the government Gordon Elliot Is on his
way to Alaska to Investigate coal claims.
On the bout he meets and becomes In
terested In a fellow passenger whom he
learn.i Is Bheba O'Neill, also "going In."
Colby Mncdonald, active head of the land-
Bv.-ihblncr syndicate under Investigation,
comes aboard. Macdonald Is attacked by
mine laborers whom ho had discharged,
and the active Intervention of Elliot prob
ably saves his life.
CHAPTER ll—Elliot and Macdonald
become In a measure friendly, though the
letter does not know that Elliot Is on a
mission which threatens to spoil plans of
Macdonald to acquire* millions of dollars
through the unlawful exploitation of Im
mensely valuable coal fields. Elliot also
"gets ft line" on the position occupied by
Waly gelfrldge, Macdonald's right-hand
man, who Is returning from a visit to
"the States," where he had gone in an
effort to convince the authorities that
there was nothing wrong In Macdonald's'
methods.
CHAPTER Til—Elliot secures an. Intro
duction to Miss O'Neill and while the
boat In taking on f-elght the pair sot out
to climb a locally famous mountain. They
venture too 1 high and reach a position
from which It Is Impossible for Miss
O'Neill to go forward or turn back.
CHAPTER IV—Elliot leaves Shcba and
nt Imminent peril of hll life goes for as
sistance. He meets Macdonald, who had
become alarmed for their safety, and they
return and rescue Shcba. s
CHAPTER V—Landing at Kuslak El
liot finds that ofd friends of his, Mr. and
Mrs. Paget, are the peoplo whom Sheba
has come to visit. Mrs. Paget Is Sheba's
cousin. At dinner Elliot reveals to Mac
donald the object of his coming to Alas
ka. The two n\en ( naturally antagonistic,
now aiso become rivals for the hand or ,
Sheba.
CHAPTER Vl—Macdonald, foreseeing
failure of his financial plans If Elliot
learns the facts, sends Selfrldge to Ka
matlah to arrange matters so that Elliot
will be deceived as to the true situation. t
CHAPTER Vll—Elliot, on his way to
Kamatlah, wanders from the trail. He
IOSAH his horse in a marsh and Is com
pelled to throw away rifle and provisions
and nil unnecessary clothing. After long
struggles he realizes that he will nevfer
reach Kamatlah, and resigns himself to
death.
CHAPTER VTIT—At Kamatlah. Oldeon
Holt, old prospector and bitter enemy of-
Macdonald, learns of Elliot's coming and
determines to let him know I'e truth.
Selfrldge has Holt kidnaped and taken on
n "prospecting" expedition. Elliot, bare
ly nllve, wanders into their camp and is
cirpd for.
, CHAPTER IX—Holt recognizes Elliot 1
and the two overpower the kidnapers and
reach Kamatlah. Holt gives Elliot the
real facts concerning the coal lands deal.
CHAPTER X—Having all the informa
tion lie wanted, fclllot, with Holt as guide,
goes back to Kftslak. On the way they
meet a squaw, Meteetse, with her child,
who Is Macdonald's son. Reaching KU
slak Elliot becomes convinced that Dla.ie
(Mrs. Paget) Is doing her utmost to In
duce Sheba to marry Macdonald. He de
termines to win her for himself.
CHAPTER Xl—Mncdonald confesses to
Sheba that ho had wronged her father In
a mining traction and makes financial
restitution. Macdonald and Sheba be
come engaged, and Elliot Is sent down
the river on official business.
. CHAPTER Xll—Genevieve Mallpry,
adventuress, who has determined to win
Macdonald, learns of Meteetse and her
child and sends for them to confront
Macdonald. They visit Sheba and she
learns the truth. Macdonald blames El
liot for bringing the Indian woman to
Kuslak. Sheba breaks the engagement.
CHAPTER Xlll—Convinced that Elliot
had Induced Moteetse to visit Sheba Mac
donald sends Selfrldge to warn him to
leave Kuslak at once, threatening to
shoot hlrn OH sight. Elliot refuses to go,
and purchases a revolver.
CHAPTER XlV—Macdonald. carrying
large mim of money to pay employees. It
assaulted and badly hurt. EUiot roscuen
him and carries him to Kuslak. Elliot Is
arrested, charged with attempt to murder
Macdonald.
CHAPTER XV—Sheba and Diane vlsll
Elliot and assure him of their belief In
his lnnoeence. Macdonald's attitude puz
zles Diane.
CHAPTER XVl—Elliot leartis that pa
pers havo been taken by Selfrldge from
lila room at the hotel. H* breaks Jail
and recovers them, and is again arrested
CHAPTER XVII Macdonald give*
bonds and arranges for Elliot's release.
On a business trip, Elliot Is compelled to
neck shelter in a miners' camp. The men
seeing In him an enemy of their interests,
attempt to kill him. He escapes.
CHAPTER XVlll—Official orders from
Washington susixmd Elliot from govern
ment service. Sheba leaves Kuslak for
a visit st a'camp near Katma. Gideon
Holt comes to Kuslak and purchases fin
est dog team that can be bought.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A New Way of Leaving a House.
The surge of disgust with which
Shcba had broken her engagement to
marry Macdonald ebbed awuy" us the
week* panned. It wan Impossible for
her to waft upon him In his illness and
hold any repugnance toward thin big,
elemental man. The thing he had done
might be wrong, hut the very open
ness and frankness of his relation to
Meteetse redeemed It from nhame. He
was neither a profligate nor a squaw
man. *
This was Diane's point of view, and
In time It became to a certain extent
that of Shcba. One taken on the color
of one's environment, and the girl from
Drogheda Knew In her heart that Me
teetse and Col mac were no longer the
real harriers that stood between her
and the Alaskan. She had been dis
illusioned. saw him more clearly; and
though she still recognized the quality
of bigness that s«-t him apart, her spirit
did not now do such complete homage
to It. More and more her thoughts
contrasted him with another man.
Macdonald did not need to be* told
thut he had lost ground, but with the
dogged determination that had carried
him to success lie refused to accept
the verdict. She was a woman, there
fore to be won. The habit of victory
was so strong In him that he could see
no alternative.
The motor-car picnic to the Willow
Creek camp wan a case in point. Sheba
did not want to go, but she went. The
picnic wan a success. Macdonald was
an outdoor man rather than a parlor
one. He took charge of the luncheon,
lit th» fire, and cooked the coffee with
out the least waste of effort. In bin
shirt sleeves, the neck open nt the
throat, be looked the embodiment of
masculine vigor. Diane could not
help mentioning ft to in or cousin.
"Isn't he a splendid human animal?"
Sheba nodded. "He's wonderful."
"If I were a little Irish colleen and
he had done me the honor to care for
me, I'd have fallen fathoms deep In
love with him."
The Irish colleen's eyes grew reflec
tive. "Not If you had seen Peter first,
Dl. There's nothing reosonable about
a girl, Ido believe. She loves—or else
sh(f Just doesn't."
Plane fired n question at her point
blank. "Hove you met your Peter? Is
that why you'hang back?"
The color flamed Into Sheba's face.
"Of course not. You do suy the most
outrageous things, Dl."
They had driven to Willow Creek
over the river road. They returned
by way of the hills. Macdonald drew
up In front of a cabin to fill the radl
etor.
lie stood listening beside the car,
the water bucket In Ills hund. Some
thing uuusual was going on Inside the
house. There eaine the sound of a
thud, of a groan, and then the crash
of breaking glass. The whole window
frame seemed to leap from the side
of the house. The head and shoulders
of a man projected through the broken
glass.
His hostess looked up at him with a
mocking little smile.
"Rumor says that sjhe has run away,
my lord. Is It true?"
"Yes. Slipped away on the stage
this morning."
"That's n good sign. She was afraid
to stay."
It was a part of the Action between
them that Mrs. Mullory was to give
him the benefit of her advice In his
wooing of her rival. She seemed to
take It foi* granted that he would at
last marry Sheba after wearing away
the rigid Puritanism of her resent
ment.
Macdonald had never liked her so
well as now. Her point of view was
so sane, so reasonable. It asked for
no Impossible virtues In a man. There
was something restful In her genial,
derisive understanding of lilin. -She
had n silent divination of his moods
and ministered Indolently to them.
"Do you think so? Ought I to, fol
low her?" he asked.
She showed a row of perfect teeth
in n low ripple of amusement. The sit
uation at least was piquant, even
thougfi It was at her expense.
"No. Give the girl time. Catch her
Impulse on the rebound. She'll be
bored to death at Katma and she will
come bock docile."
Her scarlet lips, the long, unbroken
lines of the sinuous, opulent body, the
challenge of the smoldering eyes, the
warmth of her laughter, all Invited him
to forget the charms of other women.
The faint feminine perfume of her was
wafted to his brain. He felt a besieg
ing of the blood.
Stopping behind the chair In which
she sat, he tilled back the head of lus
trous bronze, and very deliberately
kissed her on the lips.
For a moment she gave herself to
his embrace, then pushed him back,
rose, and walked across the room to a
little table. With fingers that trembled
slightly she lit a cigarette. Sheathed
For a Moment She G»ve Herself to Hi*
Embrace.
In her close-fitting gown, she made n
strong carnal appeal to hi in, but there
was between them, too, n close bond
lof the spirit. He made no apologies,
no explanation.
| Presently she turned and looked at
; him. Only the deejn-r color beneath
; her eyes betrayed any excitement.
| "Unless I'm a bad prophet you'll get
, the answer you want when Sheba
j comes back, Colby."
i He thought her reply to his Indis
cretion superb. It admitted com
plicity, reproached, warned and at the
same time fgnored. Never before had
she called him by his given name. Hn
took It as a token of forgiveness and
renunciation.
Why was It not Genevieve Mullory
that he wanted to marry? The mine
owner carried with him buck to his
office a seflse of the futile Irony of
| life. A score of men would have liked
;to marry Mrs. Mallory. She had all
the sophisticated graces of life and
GRAHAM, N. C„ THURSDAY, APBIL 4, 19X8 .'
much of the natural ctiarm of an un
usually attractive personality. Ho had
only to speak the word to win hot, and
his fancy luul (town in pursuit of a lit
tle L'urltan with no knowledge of the
world.
In front of the Seattle & Kuslak Em
porium the Scotsman stopped. A lit
tle man who had his back to him was
bargaining for a team of huskies. The
man turned, and Macdonald recognized
him.
"Hello, Old. Aren't you off your
usual boat a bit?" lie asked.
The little miner looked him over Im
pudently. "Well—well! If It ain't the
big mogul wantln' to
know If I've, got/permission to travel
off the reservation."
—"I reckon you travel where you want
to, Old —same as I do."
"Maybeso. I shouldn't wonder If
you'd find out quite sijon enough what
•I'm doing You never can tell,"
the old itiun retorted with a manner
that concealed volumes.
Those who were present remembered
the wort!?and In the light of wlint took
place later thought them significant.
"Anyhow, It is quite a social event
for .Kuslak," Macilonald suggested
with a hmlle of irony.
Without more words Holt turned
back to his bargaining. The big Scots
man went on his way, remembered
that fre wanted to see the cashier of
the bank which he controlled, and
promptly forgot that old Gld existed.
The old man concluded his purchase
and drove up to the hotel behind one
of the best dog teams In Alaska.
Gideon asked n question of the por
ter.
"Second floor. That's his room up
there," the man answered, pointing to
a window.
"Oh, you, seven—eighteen—ninety
nine," the little miner shouted up.
Elliott appeared at the window.
"Well, I'll be hanged I What are you
doing here, Old-Timer?"
"Onct I knew a man lived to be a
grandpa minding his own business,"
grinned the little mnn. "Come down
and I'll tell you all about It, boy."
In half a mlhute Gordon was beside
him. After the first greetings the
young mnn nodded toward the dog
team.
"llow did you persuode Tim Ryan to
lend you his huskies?"
"Why don't you take a paper and
keep up with thu. news, son? These
huskies dyn't belong to Tlin."
"Meaning that Mr. Gideon Holt Is
the owner?"
"You've done guessed It," admitted
the miner complacently.
He had a right to be proud of the
team. It was a famous one oven In
the North. It had run second for two
years In the Alaska sweepstakes to
Maedonuld's groat Siberian wolf
hounds. The leader, Butch, was the
hero of a dozen races and a hundred
savage fights.
"What In Halifax do you want with
the team?" asked Elliot, surprised.
"The whole outfit must have cost a
small fortune."
"Some dust,'* admitted Gideon proud
ly. He winked mysteriously at Gor
don. "I got a use for this team, If
anyone was to ask you."
"Haven't token the government mall
contract, have you 7"
"Not so you could notice It. I'll tell
you what I want with this team, as the
old sayin' Is." Holt lowered Ills voice
and narrowed slyly bis little bendlike
eyes. "I'm going to put a crimp In
Colby Macdonald. That's whut I aim
to do with It."
"How ?"
The miner beckoned Elliot closed
and whispered In his ear.
CHAPTER XIX.
In the Dead of Night.
While Kuslak slept that night the
wind shifted. It came roaring across
the range and drove before It great
scudding clouds henvlly laden with
sleety snow. Krom dark till dawn the
roar of the wind filled the night. Be
fore morning honvy drifts had wiped
out the roads and sheeted the town In
virgin white unbroken by trails or fur
rows.
With the coming of daylight the
tempest abated. Kuslak got Into -lt«
working clothes and dug ttSetf out
from the heavy blanket of white tlml
had tucked It In. By noon the busi
ness of the town was under way again.
That which would have demoralized
the activities of a Southern city made
little difference to these Arctic Circle
dwellers. Roads were cleared, path*
shoveled, stores opened. Children In
parkas and fur coats trooped to school
and studied through the short after
noon by the aid of electric light.
Dusk fell early and with It came n
scatter of more snow. Mrs. Helfrldgr
gave a dinner-dunce at the club that
night and her guests came In fur*
of great variety and much value. The
hostess outdid herself, to make the af-
I fair the most elaborate of the season.
Nobody In Kuslak of any social Im-
I portance was omitted from the list of
j invited except Gordon Elliot. Even
the grumpy old cashier of Macdonald'*
bank—an'old bachelor who lived by
himself In rooms behind those In which
the banking was done—was persuaded
to break his custom arid appear In n
rusty old dress suit of the vlntti*- ol
•OS.
The grizzled cashier—his name wan
Robert Milton —left the clubhouse
early for his rooms. It was snowing,
but the wind bad died down. Contrary
to his custom, he had taken two or
three glasses of wine. Ills brain was
excited so that he knew he could not
sleep.-vile decided to read "Don
Quixote*! by the stove for an hour or
j I,
Arrived at the bank, he let himself
Into his rooms and locked the door. He
Htooped to often the draft of the stove
when a sound stopped him halfway,
j The cashier SUMH! rigid, still crouched,
| waiting for a repetition of the noise.
! It came once more—the low, dull rasp
i Ing of a file.
| Shivers ran down the spine of Mil
: ton and up the back of his head to
j the roots of his hair. Somebody was
jln the bank—at two o'clock In the
morning—with tools for burglnry. He
' was a scholarly old fellow, brought up
i In New England arid cast out to the
| uttermost frontier by the malign trng
j edy of poverty. Adventure offered no
I appeal to him.
Hut though his knees trembled be
neath htm and the sickness of fear
wns gripping his heart, Itobert Mil
ton had In him the dynamic spark that
makes a man. He tiptoed to his desk
and with shaking fingers gripped the
revolver that lay In a drawer.
The cashier braced himself for the
plunge, then slowly trod across the
room to the Inner, locked door. The
palsied fingers of his left hand could
scarce turn the key.
It seemed to him that the night wns
alive with the noise he made In turning
the lock and opening the door. The
hinges grated and the floor squeaked
beneath the fall of his foot as he stood
at the threshold.
Two men were In front of the wire
I grating which protected the big snfe
that flllefl the alcove to the right. One
held a file and the other a candle.
Their blauk. masked faces were turned
toward Milton, and each of them cor
ered him with a weapon.
"W-what are you doing heret"
quavered the cashier.
"Drop that gun," came the low,
sharp command from one of them.
Some old ancestral Instinct In the
bank cashier rose out of his panic to
destroy him. He wanted to lie down
quietly In a faint But his mind as
serted Its mastery over the weakling
, "Drop That Gun," Came the Low,
, Sharp Command.
body. In spite of his terror, of hi»
flaccid will, he had to keep the faith,
lie was gunrdian of the bank funds.
At all costs he must protect them.
His forearm came up with a Jerk.
Two shots rnng out almost together.
1 The cashier sagged back against the
wall nnd slowly slid to the door.
.......
The guests of Mrs. Selfrldge danced
well into the small hours. The Cali
fornia champagne stimulated a gayety
' that was balm to her soul. She want
ed her dinner-dance to be smart, to
I have the atmosphere she had found In
* the New York cabarets. If everybody
» talked at once, she felt they were liav
> Ing a good time. If nobody listened
i to anybody else, It proved that the nf
i fair was a screaming success.
Mrs. Wally was satisfied as she bajje
her guests good-by and saw them pass
1 Into the heavy snow that was again
failing. They all assured her that
there had not been so Jillarious a party
In Kuslak.
One old-tliner, a trifle lit up by rea
son of too much hospitality, phrased
his enjoyment a little awkwardly.
"It's been great, Mrs, Selfrldge.
Nothing like It since the days of the
open dance hall."
Mrs. Mallory hastily suppressed nn
Internal smile and stepped Into the
breach. "How do you do It?" she
asked her hostess enviously.
"My dear, If you say It was a suc
cess—"
"What else could one say?"
fienevleve Mallory always preferred
to tell the truth when It would do Just
as well. Now It did better, since It
contributed to her own Ironic sense of
amusement. Mncdonald bad once told
her that Mrs. Selfrldge made him think
of the saying. "Monk'-y sees, monkey
does." The effervescent little woman
j had never had an original Idi'n In her
life.
| Most of those who hnd been nt the
J dance slept late. They were oblivions
I of the fact that the storm had quick
! ened again Into a howling gale. Nor
; did they know the two bits of news
| that were passing tip and down the
main street and being telephoned from
house to house. One of the Items was
that the stage for Knttna had failed to
i reach the roadhouse at Smith's Cross
[ Ing. The second bit of news was local.
For the first time since Robert Milton
had been cashier the bank had failed
to open on the dot.
.......
Mncdonald WOK no sluggard. It was
1 his habit not to let the piensuro of the
i night before Interfere with the busl
f ness of the morning after. Hut In the
dnrkness be overslept and let the town
>i waken before him. lie was roused by
the sound of knocking on his door.
"Who Is It?" he asked.
"It's me—Jones—Gopher Jones. Say,
Mac, the bank ain't open and we can't
rouse Milton. Thought I'd come to
you, seeing as you're president of the
shebang."
In three minutes Macdonald Joined
the marshal and walked down with
f him to the bank. He unlocked the
s front door and turned to the little
crowd that had gathered.
"Better wait here. boys. Gopher and
I will go In. I expect everything Is
all right, but we'll let you know about
thnt us soon as we find out."
| The bank president opened the door,
let the officer enter, and followed him
self.
The sun bad not yet risen and the
blinds were down. Macdonald struck
a match and held It up.
I "Bank's been robbed," he announced
quietly.
"Iyooks like," agreed Jones. Ills
voice was uneven with excitement.
The Scotch-Canadian lit another
match, FN fhe flare of ft fie BUW thtit
the steel grill cutting off the alcove |
•was open and that the door had been
blown from the safe.
The marshal clutched at the prm of |
the banker. "Did you see—that?" he ,
whispered.
His finger pointed through the dark
ness to the other end of the room. ID ,
tln» faint gray light of coming day!
Macdonald could nee a huddled muss
on tho floof.
"There has been murder done. I'll
get a light. Don't move from licie,j
Jones. I want to look at things before
we disturb them. There's no danger.
The robbers have boon gone for hours."
By the light of another match the
mine-owner crossed the room Into the
sitting room of the cashier. Presently
he returned with a lamp and lot Its
light fall upon the figure lying slumped
against the wall. A revolver lay close
to the Inert fingers. The head • hung
forward grotesquely upon the breast. |
The dead man wns Milton. His era
ployor saw nothing ridiculous In tho
twisted neck and sprawling limbs. The
cashier had died to save the money
entrusted to his care.
Macdonald handed fhe lamp to the
marshal and picked up the revolver.
Every chamber wag loaded.
"They beat him to It. They were
probably hero, when-ho reached home.
My guess Is ho heard them right nway, ;
got his gun, and came In, He's still
wearing his dress suit. That gives us
the time, for he loft tho club about
midnight. Soon ns they saw him they
dropped him. I wouldn't have had this
happen for all the money In tho safe."
"How much was there In It?"
"I don't know exactly. The books
will show. I'll send Wally down to
look them over."
"Shot right spang through the heart,
looks like," commented Jones, follow- j
lng with his eye tho course of the
wound.
"Wish I'd been here Instead of him," ,
Macdonald said grimly. Ills eyes soft- '
ened ns he continued to look down at j
tho employee who had paid with Ills
life for his faithfulness. "It wasn't an
even break. I'oor old fellow! You
-weren't built for a Job like this, Robert
Milton, but you played your hand out
to n finish' That's all any innn can
do."
He turned abruptly away and began
examining the sufe. The silver still
stood sacked In ono largo compart
ment. The bank notes had escuped the
hurried scorch of the robbers, but the
gold was practically all gone. One
sack had been torn by tho explosion
and single pieces of gold could be
found all over the safe.
Macilonald glanced over the papers
rapidly. Tho officer picked up one of
dozens scattered over the floor. It was
t\ mortgage note uiude out to tbc hank
by a miner. He collected tho others.
Evidently the bandits had torn (iff the
rubber, glanced over one or two to
see If they had any cash value, and
tossed tho package Into the air as a
disgusted gambler does a pack of
cards.
The bank president stepped to the
door and threw It open. He explained
the situation In three sentences.
"I can't let you In now, boys, until
the coroner has been here," he went on
to tell tho crowd. "But there Is one
way you can all help. Keep your eyes
open. If you have seen any suspicious
characters around, let mo know. Or
If onyone has left town In n hurry—
or been seen doing anything during tho
Sight that you did not understand at
tho time."
A man named Fred Tague pushed to
tho front. Ho kept a food corral nenr
tho edge of town. "I can tell you one
tnon who mushed out before five o'clock
this morning—and that's Gld Holt."
The eyes of Macdonald, cold and
hard as Jade, fastened to tho man.
"How do you know?"
"That dog team he bought from Tim
Ryan— Well, he's been keeping It In
U>y corral. When I got there this
morning It wns gone. The snow hadn't
wiped out tho tracks of the runners
yet, so he couldn't have left more than
fifteen minutes before."
"You don't kno*f that Holt took the
team himself?"
"Come to Hint, I don't. But he had
a key to the barn where the sled was.
Holt has been putting up at the hotel.
I reckon It Is easy to find out If lie's
still there."
Macdonnld's keen brain followed the
facts ns the nose of a bloodhound does
a trail. Holt, an open enemy of Ills,
had reached town only two days be
fore. He had bought one of the best
and swiftest dog looms In the North
and bad let slip before witnesses the
remark that Macdonaid would .soon
find out what he wanted with the out
fit. The bank had been robbed after
midnight. To file open the grill and to
blow up the safe must have taken sev
eral hours. Before morning tho dogs
of Ho|t hod taken the trail. If their
owner were with them. It was a safe
bet that the*, sled carried forty thou
sand dollars In Alasku gold dust.
So far the mind of the Scotsman fol
lowed the probabilities logically, but
at this point It made n jump. There
i were nt least two robbers. He was
, morally sure of that, for this was not
a one-man Job. Now, If Holt had v. Ith
him a companion. Who of all those In
Kuslak was the most likely mnn? II"
was a friendless, crabbed old fejtow.
Since coming to Kuslnk old Gldi-on had
been seen constantly with one mnn.
They had been with ench other nt din
| nor and hnd later l"ft the hotel to
-1 gother. Th** name of tho man who had
I been so friendly wtth old Holt was
Gordon Elliot—and Elliot not only wns
! another enemy of Mncdonald, but had
I very good reasons for getting out of
! the country Just now.
The strong Jaw of the mine-owner
| stood out sallently as ho gave short,
sharp orders to men In the crowd. Ono
was to got the coroner, n second Wally
| Helfrldge, another the lulled States
j district uttivney. He divided the r.nt
! Into squads to guard the roods lending
out of town nrid to see that nobody
| pasted for tho present.
The coroner took charge of the body
i and Wally of the bank. Tho mlne-
I owner and tho district attorney walked
tip to the hotel together. As soon *s
they had explained what they wanted,
the landlord got a passkey and took
them to the room Holt had used.
Am>arcntlT the bed bad been sleot
In. in the waste-paper basket the ais
trlct attorney found something which
he held up In a significant silence.
Macdonald stepped forward and took
from him a small cloth sack.
"One of those we keep our gold In
at the bank," said the Scotsman after
a close examination. "This definitely
ties up Holt with the robbery. Now
for Elliot."
"Ho left the hotel with Holt about
five this morning, the porter says."
This was the contribution of the land
lord.
The room of Gordon Elliot was In
great disorder. Garments had been
tossed on the bed and oa every chair
anil had been left to He wherever they
had chanced to fall. Plainly their
owner had been In great haste.
Macdonald looked through the closet
where clothes hung. "His new fur
cont Is not here—nor his trail boots.
Looks to me as though Mr. Cordon had
hit the .trail with his friend Holt"
All doubt of tills was removed when
a prospector reached town with the
news that he had met Holt and Elliot
traveling toward the divide as fast as
they could drive the dogs,
j The big Scotsman ordered his team
of Siberian wolf-hounds made ready
for the trail. As he donned his heavy
I furs, Colby Macdonald srulled with
deep satisfaction. He had Elliot on
the run at last.
Just as he closed the door of his
room, Macdonald heard the telephone
bell ring. He hesitated, then shrugged
his shoulders and strode out Into the
storm. If ho had answered the cull
he would hnve learned from Diane,
who was lit the other end of the line,
| that the stage upon which Sheba had
| started for Katma had not reached the
1 roadhouse at Smith's Crossing.
| Five minutes later the winners of
| the great Alaska sweepstakes were
j
! The Winners of the Oreat Alaska
Sweepstakes Were Flying Down the
Street.
flying down the street In the teeth of
| the storm. Armed with a rltle and a
' revolver, their rfwner wiis hiUsblng Into
the hills to bring back the men who
j had robbed his hank and killed the
I cashier. He traveled alone because he
1 could go faster without a companion.
I It never occurred to him that he was
i n«t a match for any two men he might
j face.
To be continued
THANKS RECEIVED
I FROM THE FRONT
WILD EXCITEMENT OVER
RECEIPT OF SURGICAL
' DRESSINGS
' Director Of Woman's Work For Hed
Crott Receive* Letttr
From Par Is
The Importance of the work that Is
j b« lriK done hy the women all over
j the Southern Division of the, ltd
j Crosn In the way of krilttlnn, of surgl
| cal iltcnlriKH and of boupltal garments
| ban been Btreiisod inauy times, but It
ha« never been shown more clearly
than In ili«, following note of thanks
which was received a few days ano
1 by Mrs. John W. tirant. Director of
j hie Department of Woman's Work of
the Kouiliern Division, from Mrs. tier
trude Austin, Chief of the lied Crons
| Surgical Orunulngs Service In I'aria:
2u Hue Plerre-Charron, Paris,
February -2. I'JIS. *
To The Chairman.
Dear Madam:
Your case of surgical dressings. No,
! 86 has Just been opened, anil we want
j to thank you roost heartily for your
help
We are wildly excited here over the
arrival of the llrst Kr'int Parcels and
tb« first Standard lrie»HiiiKs 'they
ftro not yet In our More,*, but we know
that they are In Prance.
| You can't realise what ttii.i means
to us, f.ir wo have waited fur thcui
•> IOIIK and MI antlouxly.
j" Qo ahead and send u:i plenty more.
Cordially yours,
OKKTHIIDK AT'STIN,
Chief of Her vice.
I That the Southern Division is doing
Its part In shipping these articles to
Europe Is shown In the reports of tli»
division warehouse In Atlanta which
give a detailed statement of all work
done during the week. Not Infrequent
ly a* many as 300,000 articles are ship
ped for export In a single week. In ad
dition to all of the work of Inspecting,
cutting out and packing, which Is
done at the warehouse, and to the
boxes wMrh are shipped to the can
tonment.H In this coufiiry.
\ ou (Jan Cure That llackache.
! Pain ffiiontf the back, dtz*ln«a, hfniriacli*;
ftnl trrnru-rai laftfuor. Out it or
i Mother »ru>'» Au«tr*ll t the pl-a*a- t
root and hi-rb ctir«» for Kidney, Bladder
ar.d L'rinary trouble*. Wtioo *ou feel all
• rundown, tired, weak ami without etieryy
u»e thU remarkable combination f nature.
| herb* and r*»ol#». Aa a regulator It banns
ijtial. Mother Gray'a Auatiaban la
old by DrriirirlMa or »« nt by mall for to eta
nmipl»: aent lr»e. Addieat, The 'Mother
: ray Co.. Le HOT. N. Y.
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GRAHAM CHURCH DIHRCTOIV
Graham Baptist Church—Rev. L. ?">
U. Weston, Pastor.
Preaching every first and third '
Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00 p.
M.
.Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. M. W. I. Ward, Supt.
Prayer meeting every Tuesday at
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tug every Secouu and fourth Bun
day nights at 6.00 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday at
-M6 a. m.—J. A. Bayliff, Superin- ...J
tendent.
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet- '• *
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o'clock.
Friends—Worth of Graham Pub
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Pastor.
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days at 11.U0 a. M. and 7.00 p. M. *1
Sunday School every Sunday at ,
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E. Ernhart, Pastor.
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Sunday School every Sunday at
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M. P. Church— N. Main Street,
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Rev. T. M. McConnell, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday at
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perintendent.
Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)— ,JJ
I. W, Clegg, pastor.
Preaching every Second and 
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